| Play-Off Group 9 Europe - Group 3 South America | | date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 26.09.73 | Moskva |  Soviet Union | 0-0 |  Chile | 0-0 | | 21.11.73 | Santiago | Chile | wo | Soviet Union | wo | | Soviet Union refused to play in Chile the second leg |
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| 9 Groups - 10 Berths. 4 groups with 4 teams and 5 groups with 3 teams. | | All 33 UEFA members took part. | | Sweden beat Austria and Yugoslavia beat Spain after play-off. Last time play-offs were used for tie-break. | | From 1970 Netherlands, East Germany, Poland, Yugoslavia and Scotland replaced Belgium, Romania, England, Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union. | | |
| Champion | West Germany | | Group 1 | Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Malta | | Group 2 | Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, Luxembourg | | Group 3 | Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Iceland | | Group 4 | East Germany, Romania, Finland, Albania | | Group 5 | Poland, England, Wales |
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| Group 1 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Sweden | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15: | 8 | +7 | | 2. Austria | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14: | 7 | +7 | | 3. Hungary | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12: | 7 | +5 | | 4. Malta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1: | 20 | -19 |
| Team | Swed | Aust | Hung | Malt | | Sweden | --- | 3:2 | 0:0 | 7:0 | | Austria | 2:0 | --- | 2:2 | 4:0 | | Hungary | 3:3 | 2:2 | --- | 3:0 | | Malta | 1:2 | 0:2 | 0:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 14.11.71 | La Valletta |  Malta | 0-2 |  Hungary | 0-1 | | 30.04.72 | Wien |  Austria | 4-0 | Malta | 3-0 | | 06.05.72 | Budapest | Hungary | 3-0 | Malta | 1-0 | | 25.05.72 | Stockholm |  Sweden | 0-0 | Hungary | 0-0 | | 10.06.72 | Wien | Austria | 2-0 | Sweden | 0-0 | | 15.10.72 | Wien | Sweden | 7-0 | Malta | 5-0 | | 15.10.72 | Goteborg | Austria | 2-2 | Hungary | 0-2 | | 25.11.72 | La Valletta | Malta | 0-2 | Austria | 0-0 | | 29.04.73 | Budapest | Hungary | 2-2 | Austria | 1-2 | | 23.05.73 | Goteborg | Sweden | 3-2 | Austria | 1-0 | | 13.06.73 | Budapest | Hungary | 3-3 | Sweden | 1-1 | | 11.11.73 | La Valletta | Malta | 1-2 | Sweden | 0-0 | | Play-off | | 27.11.73 | Gelsenkirchen(FRG) | Sweden | 2-1 | Austria | 2-1 |
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| Group 2 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Italy | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12: | 0 | +12 | | 2. Turkey | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5: | 3 | +2 | | 3. Switzerland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2: | 4 | -2 | | 4. Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2: | 14 | -12 |
| Team | It | Tu | Sw | Lu | | Italy | --- | 0:0 | 2:0 | 5:0 | | Turkey | 0:1 | --- | 2:0 | 3:0 | | Switzerland | 0:0 | 0:0 | --- | 1:0 | | Luxembourg | 0:4 | 2:0 | 0:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 07.10.72 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0-4 |  Italy | 0-3 | | 21.10.72 | Berne |  Switzerland | 0-0 | Italy | 0-0 | | 22.10.72 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2-0 |  Turkey | 2-0 | | 10.12.72 | Istanbul | Turkey | 3-0 | Luxembourg | 2-0 | | 13.01.73 | Napoli | Italy | 0-0 | Turkey | 0-0 | | 25.02.73 | Istanbul | Turkey | 0-1 | Italy | 0-1 | | 31.03.73 | Genoa | Italy | 5-0 | Luxembourg | 2-0 | | 08.04.73 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0-1 | Switzerland | 0-1 | | 09.05.73 | Basel | Switzerland | 0-0 | Turkey | 0-0 | | 26.09.73 | Luzerne | Switzerland | 1-0 | Luxembourg | 1-0 | | 20.10.73 | Roma | Italy | 2-0 | Switzerland | 1-0 | | 18.11.73 | Izmir | Turkey | 2-0 | Switzerland | 0-0 |
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| Group 3 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Netherlands | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24: | 2 | +22 | | 2. Belgium | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12: | 0 | +12 | | 3. Norway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9: | 16 | -7 | | 4. Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2: | 29 | -27 |
| Team | Neth | Belg | Norw | Icel | | Netherlands | --- | 0:0 | 9:0 | 5:0 | | Belgium | 0:0 | --- | 2:0 | 4:0 | | Norway | 1:2 | 0:2 | --- | 4:1 | | Iceland | 1:8 | 0:4 | 0:4 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 18.05.72 | Liege |  Belgium | 4-0 |  Iceland | 2-0 | | 22.05.72 | Brugge(BEL) | Iceland | 0-4 | Belgium | 0-2 | | 03.08.72 | Oslo |  Norway | 4-1 | Iceland | 0-0 | | 04.10.72 | Oslo | Norway | 0-2 | Belgium | 0-0 | | 01.11.72 | Rotterdam |  Netherlands | 9-0 | Norway | 1-0 | | 19.11.72 | Antwerpen | Belgium | 0-0 | Netherlands | 0-0 | | 03.08.73 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 0-4 | Norway | 0-1 | | 22.08.73 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 5-0 | Iceland | 4-0 | | 29.08.73 | Deventer(NED) | Iceland | 1-8 | Netherlands | 1-4 | | 12.09.73 | Oslo | Norway | 1-2 | Netherlands | 0-1 | | 31.10.73 | Brussels | Belgium | 2-0 | Norway | 1-0 | | 18.11.73 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 0-0 | Belgium | 0-0 |
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| Group 4 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. East Germany | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18: | 3 | +15 | | 2. Romania | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17: | 4 | +13 | | 3. Finland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3: | 21 | -18 | | 4. Albania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3: | 13 | -10 |
| Team | EaGe | Roma | Finl | Alba | | East Germany | --- | 2:0 | 5:0 | 2:0 | | Romania | 1:0 | --- | 9:0 | 2:0 | | Finland | 1:5 | 1:1 | --- | 1:0 | | Albania | 1:4 | 1:4 | 1:0 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 21.06.72 | Helsinki |  Finland | 1-0 |  Albania | 1-0 | | 20.09.72 | Helsinki | Finland | 1-1 |  Romania | 0-0 | | 07.10.72 | Dresden |  East Germany | 5-0 | Finland | 0-0 | | 29.10.72 | Bucuresti | Romania | 2-0 | Albania | 2-0 | | 08.04.73 | Magdeburg | East Germany | 2-0 | Albania | 0-0 | | 06.05.73 | Tirana | Albania | 1-4 | Romania | 0-2 | | 27.05.73 | Bucuresti | Romania | 1-0 | East Germany | 0-0 | | 06.06.73 | Tampere | Finland | 1-5 | East Germany | 0-3 | | 26.09.73 | Leipzig | East Germany | 2-0 | Romania | 1-0 | | 10.10.73 | Tirana | Albania | 1-0 | Finland | 1-0 | | 14.10.73 | Bucuresti | Romania | 9-0 | Finland | 5-0 | | 03.11.73 | Tirana | Albania | 1-4 | East Germany | 1-2 |
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| Group 5 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6: | 3 | +3 | | 2. England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3: | 4 | -1 | | 3. Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3: | 5 | -2 |
| Team | Pola | Engl | Wale | | Poland | --- | 2:0 | 3:0 | | England | 1:1 | --- | 1:1 | | Wales | 2:0 | 0:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 15.11.72 | Cardiff |  Wales | 0-1 |  England | 0-1 | | 24.01.73 | London | England | 1-1 | Wales | 1-1 | | 28.03.73 | Cardiff | Wales | 2-0 |  Poland | 0-0 | | 06.06.73 | Chorzow | Poland | 2-0 | England | 1-0 | | 26.09.73 | Chorzow | Poland | 3-0 | Wales | 2-0 | | 17.10.73 | London | England | 1-1 | Poland | 0-0 |
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| Group 6 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Bulgaria | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13: | 3 | +10 | | 2. Portugal | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10: | 6 | +4 | | 3. Northern Ireland | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5: | 6 | -1 | | 4. Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1: | 14 | -13 |
| Team | Bulg | Pola | NoIr | Cypr | | Bulgaria | --- | 2:1 | 3:0 | 2:0 | | Portugal | 2:2 | --- | 1:1 | 4:0 | | Northern Ireland | 0:0 | 1:1 | --- | 3:0 | | Cyprus | 0:4 | 0:1 | 1:0 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 29.03.72 | Lisboa |  Portugal | 4-0 | Cyprus | 2-0 | | 10.05.72 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 0-1 | Portugal | 0-0 | | 18.10.72 | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 3-0 | Northern Ireland | 1-0 | | 19.11.72 | Lisi | Cyprus | 0-4 | Bulgaria | 0-3 | | 14.02.73 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 1-0 | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | | 28.03.73 | Coventry(ENG) | Northern Ireland | 1-1 | Portugal | 0-1 | | 02.05.73 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2-1 | Portugal | 1-0 | | 08.05.73 | London(ENG) | Northern Ireland | 3-0 | Cyprus | 3-0 | | 26.09.73 | Sheffield(ENG) | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | Bulgaria | 0-0 | | 13.10.73 | Lisboa | Portugal | 2-2 | Bulgaria | 0-0 | | 14.11.73 | Lisboa | Portugal | 1-1 | Northern Ireland | 1-0 | | 18.11.73 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2-0 | Cyprus | 1-0 |
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| Group 7 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Yugoslavia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7: | 4 | +3 | | 2. Spain | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8: | 5 | +3 | | 3. Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5: | 11 | -6 |
| Team | Yugo | Spai | Gree | | Yugoslavia | --- | 0:0 | 1:0 | | Spain | 2:2 | --- | 3:1 | | Greece | 2:4 | 2:3 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 19.10.72 | Las Palmas |  Spain | 2-2 |  Yugoslavia | 1-0 | | 18.11.72 | Beograd | Yugoslavia | 1-0 |  Greece | 1-0 | | 17.01.73 | Athens | Greece | 2-3 | Spain | 0-1 | | 21.02.73 | Malaga | Spain | 3-1 | Greece | 2-1 | | 21.10.73 | Zagreb | Yugoslavia | 0-0 | Spain | 0-0 | | 19.12.73 | Athens | Greece | 2-4 | Yugoslavia | 2-2 | | Play-Off | | 13.02.74 | Frankfurt(FRG) | Yugoslavia | 1-0 | Spain | 1-0 |
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| Group 8 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Scotland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8: | 3 | +5 | | 2. Czechoslovakia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9: | 3 | +6 | | 3. Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2: | 13 | -11 |
| Team | Scot | Czec | Denm | | Scotland | --- | 2:1 | 2:0 | | Czechoslovakia | 1:0 | --- | 6:0 | | Denmark | 1:4 | 1:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 18.10.72 | Kopenhagen |  Denmark | 1-4 |  Scotland | 1-2 | | 15.11.72 | Glasgow | Scotland | 2-0 | Denmark | 1-0 | | 02.05.73 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 1-1 |  Czechoslovakia | 1-1 | | 06.06.73 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 6-0 | Denmark | 0-0 | | 26.09.73 | Glasgow | Scotland | 2-1 | Czechoslovakia | 1-1 | | 17.10.73 | Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | Scotland | 1-0 |
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| Group 9 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | | 1. Soviet Union | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5: | 2 | +3 | | 2. Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4: | 5 | -1 | | 3. France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3: | 5 | -2 |
| Team | Sovi | Irel | Fran | | Soviet Union | --- | 1:0 | 2:0 | | Ireland | 1:2 | --- | 2:1 | | France | 1:0 | 1:1 | --- |
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| Winner of this Group required a Play-Off against a South American team. |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | | 13.10.72 | Paris |  France | 1-0 | Soviet Union | 0-0 | | 18.10.72 | Dublin |  Ireland | 1-2 | Soviet Union | 0-0 | | 15.11.72 | Dublin | Ireland | 2-1 | France | 1-0 | | 13.05.73 | Moskva | Soviet Union | 0-0 | Ireland | 0-0 | | 19.05.73 | Paris | France | 1-1 | Ireland | 0-0 | | 26.05.73 | Moskva | Soviet Union | 0-0 | France | 0-0 |
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