1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. West Germany, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams.

The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Düsseldorf on 17 July 1971. During the draw procedure, entrants were drawn into the 9 qualifying groups from the four pots of seeds.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Italy  England  Czechoslovakia  Belgium  Romania  Soviet Union  Sweden  Bulgaria  Yugoslavia	Portugal  Spain  France  East Germany  Denmark  Poland   Switzerland  Netherlands  Hungary	Northern Ireland  Austria  Turkey  Republic of Ireland  Wales  Norway  Scotland  Greece  Albania	Finland  Luxembourg  Malta  Iceland  Cyprus

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1=	Austria	6	3	2	1	14	7	+7	8
1=	Sweden	6	3	2	1	15	8	+7	8
3	Hungary	6	2	4	0	12	7	+5	8
4	Malta	6	0	0	6	1	20	−19	0

Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Sweden won to qualify for the World Cup.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	6	4	2	0	12	0	+12	10
2	Turkey	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	6
3	Switzerland	6	2	2	2	2	4	−2	6
4	Luxembourg	6	1	0	5	2	14	−12	2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	24	2	+22	10
2	Belgium	6	4	2	0	12	0	+12	10
3	Norway	6	2	0	4	9	16	−7	4
4	Iceland	6	0	0	6	2	29	−27	0

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	East Germany	6	5	0	1	18	3	+15	10
2	Romania	6	4	1	1	17	4	+13	9
3	Finland	6	1	1	4	3	21	−18	3
4	Albania	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Poland	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
2	England	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Wales	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bulgaria	6	4	2	0	13	3	+10	10
2	Portugal	6	2	3	1	10	6	+4	7
3	Northern Ireland	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	5
4	Cyprus	6	1	0	5	1	14	−13	2

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1=	Spain	4	2	2	0	8	5	+3	6
1=	Yugoslavia	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	6
3	Greece	4	0	0	4	5	11	−6	0

Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia won to qualify for the World Cup.

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Scotland	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	6
2	Czechoslovakia	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	5
3	Denmark	4	0	1	3	2	13	−11	1

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3	6
2	Republic of Ireland	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
3	France	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3

The Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Soviet Union	w.o.[note 1]	Chile	0–0	0–2[note 1]

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