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FIFA WORLD CUP
ARGENTINA 1978
UEFA qualification





Qualified teams



  Team Qualified to
Austria 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 3 winners
France 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 5 winners
Italy 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 2 winners
Netherlands 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 4 winners
Poland 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 1 winners
Scotland 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 7 winners
Spain 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 8 winners
Sweden 1978 FIFA World Cup - Group 6 winners
     
West Germany 1978 FIFA World Cup - CHAMPIONS
     
Hungary Inter-confederation play-offs - Group 9 winners


Group 1



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Poland 11 6 5 1 0 17 4    
2 Portugal 9 6 4 1 1 12 6
3 Denmark 4 6 2 0 4 14 12
4 Cyprus 0 6 0 0 6 3 24
  FIFA World Cup 1978




             
23/05/1976     Lemesós (CYP) Cyprus - Denmark 1-5  
16/10/1976     Oporto (POR) Portugal - Poland 0-2  
27/10/1976     København (DEN) Denmark - Cyprus 5-0  
31/10/1976     Warszawa (POL) Poland - Cyprus 5-0  
17/11/1976     Lisboa (POR) Portugal - Denmark 1-0  
05/12/1976     Lemesós (CYP) Cyprus - Portugal 1-2  
01/05/1977 København (DEN) Denmark - Poland 1-2
15/05/1977 Lemesós (CYP) Cyprus - Poland 1-3
21/09/1977 Chorzow (POL) Poland - Denmark 4-1
09/10/1977 København (DEN) Denmark - Portugal 2-4
29/10/1977 Chorzow (POL) Poland - Portugal 1-1 Qual. Poland
16/11/1977 Faro (POR) Portugal - Cyprus 4-0


 


Group 2



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Italy 10 6 5 0 1 18 4    
2 England 10 6 5 0 1 15 4
3 Finland 4 6 2 0 4 11 16
4 Luxembourg 0 6 0 0 6 2 22
  FIFA World Cup 1978




             
13/06/1976     Helsinki (FIN) Finland - England 1-4  
22/09/1976     Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Luxembourg 7-1  
13/10/1976     London (ENG) England - Finland 2-1  
16/10/1976     Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - Italy 1-4  
17/11/1976     Roma (ITA) Italy - England 2-0  
30/03/1977     London (ENG) England - Luxembourg 5-0  
26/05/1977 Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - Finland 0-1
08/06/1977 Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Italy 0-3
12/10/1977 Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - England 0-2
15/10/1977 Torino (ITA) Italy - Finland 6-1
16/11/1977 London (ENG) England - Italy 2-0
03/12/1977 Roma (ITA) Italy - Luxembourg 3-0 Qual. Italy


 


Group 3



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Austria 10 6 4 2 0 14 2    
2 East Germany 9 6 3 3 0 15 4
3 Turkey 5 6 2 1 3 9 5
4 Malta 0 6 0 0 6 0 27
  FIFA World Cup 1978




             
31/10/1976     Izmir (TUR) Turkey - Malta 4-0  
17/11/1976     Dresden (DDR) East Germany - Turkey 1-1  
05/12/1976     Valletta (MLT) Malta - Austria 0-1  
02/04/1977     Valletta (MLT) Malta - East Germany 0-1  
17/04/1977     Wien (AUT) Austria - Turkey 1-0  
30/04/1977     Salzburg (AUT) Austria - Malta 9-0  
24/09/1977 Wien (AUT) Austria - East Germany 1-1
12/10/1977 Leipzig (DDR) East Germany - Austria 1-1
29/10/1977 Potsdam (DDR) East Germany - Malta 9-0
30/10/1977 Izmir (TUR) Turkey - Austria 0-1 Qual. Austria
16/11/1977 Izmir (TUR) Turkey - East Germany 1-2
27/11/1977 Valletta (MLT) Malta - Turkey 0-3


 


Group 4



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Netherlands 11 6 5 1 0 11 3    
2 Belgium 6 6 3 0 3 7 6
3 Northern Ireland 5 6 2 1 3 7 6
4 Iceland 2 6 1 0 5 2 12
  FIFA World Cup 1978




             
05/09/1976     Reykjavik (ISL) Iceland - Belgium 0-1  
08/09/1976     Reykjavik (ISL) Iceland - Netherlands 0-1  
13/10/1976     Rotterdam (NED) Netherlands - Northern Ireland 2-2  
10/11/1976     Liège (BEL) Belgium - Northern Ireland 2-0  
26/03/1977     Antwerpen (BEL) Belgium - Netherlands 0-2  
11/06/1977     Reykjavik (ISL) Iceland - Northern Ireland 1-0  
31/08/1977 Nijmegen (NED) Netherlands - Iceland 4-1
03/09/1977 Bruxelles (BEL) Belgium - Iceland 4-0
21/09/1977 Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Iceland 2-0
12/10/1977 Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Netherlands 0-1
26/10/1977 Amsterdam (NED) Netherlands - Belgium 1-0 Qual. Netherlands
16/11/1977 Belfast (NIR) Northern Ireland - Belgium 3-0


 


Group 5



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 France 5 4 2 1 1 7 4    
2 Bulgaria 4 4 1 2 1 5 6
3 Republic of Ireland 3 4 1 1 2 2 4
4 Albania * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FIFA World Cup 1978
* Albania withdrew




             
09/10/1976     Sofia (BUL) Bulgaria - France 2-2  
17/11/1976     Paris (FRA) France - Republic of Ireland 2-0  
30/03/1977     Dublin (IRL) Republic of Ireland - France 1-0  
01/06/1977     Sofia (BUL) Bulgaria - Republic of Ireland 2-1  
12/10/1977     Dublin (IRL) Republic of Ireland - Bulgaria 0-0  
16/11/1977     Paris (FRA) France - Bulgaria 3-1 Qual. France


 


Group 6


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Sweden 6 4 3 0 1 7 4    
2 Norway 4 4 2 0 2 3 4
3 Switzerland 2 4 1 0 3 3 5
  FIFA World Cup 1978




             
16/06/1976     Solna (SWE) Sweden - Norway 2-0  
08/09/1976     Oslo (NOR) Norway - Switzerland 1-0  
09/10/1976     Basel (SUI) Switzerland - Sweden 1-2  
08/06/1977     Solna (SWE) Sweden - Switzerland 2-1  
07/09/1977     Oslo (NOR) Norway - Sweden 2-1  
30/10/1977     Bern (SUI) Switzerland - Norway 1-0 Qual. Sweden


 


Group 7


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Scotland 6 4 3 0 1 6 3    
2 Czechoslovakia 4 4 2 0 2 4 6
3 Wales 2 4 1 0 3 3 4
  FIFA World Cup 1978




             
13/10/1976     Praha (TCH) Czechoslovakia - Scotland 2-0  
17/11/1976     Glasgow (SCO) Scotland - Wales 1-0  
30/03/1977     Wrexham (WAL) Wales - Czechoslovakia 3-0  
21/09/1977     Glasgow (SCO) Scotland - Czechoslovakia 3-1  
12/10/1977     Liverpool (ENG) Wales - Scotland 0-2 Qual. Scotland
16/11/1977     Praha (TCH) Czechoslovakia - Wales 1-0  


 


Group 8


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Spain 6 4 3 0 1 4 1    
2 Romania 4 4 2 0 2 7 8
3 Yugoslavia 2 4 1 0 3 6 8
  FIFA World Cup 1978




             
10/10/1976     Sevilla (ESP) Spain - Yugoslavia 1-0  
16/04/1977     Bucuresti (ROU) Romania - Spain 1-0  
08/05/1977     Zagreb (YUG) Yugoslavia - Romania 0-2  
26/10/1977     Madrid (ESP) Spain - Romania 2-0  
13/11/1977     Bucuresti (ROU) Romania - Yugoslavia 4-6  
30/11/1977     Beograd (YUG) Yugoslavia - Spain 0-1 Qual. Spain


 


Group 9


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Hungary 5 4 2 1 1 6 4    
2 Soviet Union 4 4 2 0 2 5 3
3 Greece 3 4 1 1 2 2 6
  Inter-confederation play-offs




             
09/10/1976     Athénai (GRE) Greece - Hungary 1-1  
24/04/1977     Moskva (URS) Soviet Union - Greece 2-0  
30/04/1977     Budapest (HUN) Hungary - Soviet Union 2-1  
10/05/1977     Thessaloniké (GRE) Greece - Soviet Union 1-0  
18/05/1977     Tbilisi (URS) Soviet Union - Hungary 2-0  
28/05/1977     Budapest (HUN) Hungary - Greece 3-0 Qual. Hungary