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UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates7 October 1970 – 17 May 1972
Teams32
Tournament statistics
Matches played105
Goals scored282 (2.69 per match)
Top scorerWest Germany Gerd Müller (7 goals)
← 1968
1976 →
International football competition

The qualifying round for the 1972 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.[1]

Qualified teams

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Euro 1972 qualifiers
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Belgium (host)Quarter-final winner13 May 19720 (debut)
 Soviet UnionQuarter-final winner13 May 19723 (1960, 1964, 1968)
 West GermanyQuarter-final winner13 May 19720 (debut)
 HungaryQuarter-final winner17 May 19721 (1964)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Summary

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  Group winners advanced to the quarter-finals (second round)
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8

Romania
Hungary
England
Soviet Union
Belgium
Italy
Yugoslavia
West Germany

Czechoslovakia

Wales

Finland
Bulgaria

France

Norway
Switzerland

Greece

Malta
Spain

Northern Ireland

Cyprus
Portugal

Scotland

Denmark
Austria

Sweden

Republic of Ireland
Netherlands

East Germany

Luxembourg
Poland

Turkey

Albania

Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Drawing of lots

Groups

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Group 1

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania Czechoslovakia Wales Finland
1  Romania 6 4 1 1 11 2 +9 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 2–0 3–0
2  Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 9 1–0 — 1–0 1–1
3  Wales 6 2 1 3 5 6 −1 5 0–0 1–3 — 3–0
4  Finland 6 0 1 5 1 16 −15 1 0–4 0–4 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 2

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary Bulgaria France Norway
1  Hungary 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–0 1–1 4–0
2  Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 3–0 — 2–1 1–1
3  France 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 7 0–2 2–1 — 3–1
4  Norway 6 0 1 5 5 18 −13 1 1–3 1–4 1–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group 3

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Switzerland Greece Malta
1  England 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–1 3–0 5–0
2   Switzerland 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9 2–3 — 1–0 5–0
3  Greece 6 1 1 4 3 8 −5 3 0–2 0–1 — 2–0
4  Malta 6 0 1 5 2 16 −14 1 0–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 4

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Soviet Union Spain Northern Ireland Cyprus
1  Soviet Union 6 4 2 0 13 4 +9 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 1–0 6–1
2  Spain 6 3 2 1 14 3 +11 8 0–0 — 3–0 7–0
3  Northern Ireland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 1–1 1–1 — 5–0
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 2 26 −24 0 1–3 0–2 0–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Belgium Portugal Scotland Denmark
1  Belgium 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–0 3–0 2–0
2  Portugal 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 7 1–1 — 2–0 5–0
3  Scotland 6 3 0 3 4 7 −3 6 1–0 2–1 — 1–0
4  Denmark 6 1 0 5 2 11 −9 2 1–2 0–1 1–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 6

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Austria Sweden Republic of Ireland
1  Italy 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–2 3–0 3–0
2  Austria 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 7 1–2 — 1–0 6–0
3  Sweden 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2 6 0–0 1–0 — 1–0
4  Republic of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1 1–2 1–4 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 7

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Netherlands East Germany Luxembourg
1  Yugoslavia 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–0 0–0 0–0
2  Netherlands 6 3 1 2 18 6 +12 7 1–1 — 3–2 6–0
3  East Germany 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 7 1–2 1–0 — 2–1
4  Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1 23 −22 1 0–2 0–8 0–5 —
Source: UEFA

Group 8

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification West Germany Poland Turkey Albania
1  West Germany 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 0–0 1–1 2–0
2  Poland 6 2 2 2 10 6 +4 6 1–3 — 5–1 3–0
3  Turkey 6 2 1 3 5 13 −8 5 0–3 1–0 — 2–1
4  Albania 6 1 1 4 5 9 −4 3 0–1 1–1 3–0 —
Source: UEFA

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd legReplay
Italy  1–2  Belgium 0–0 1–2
Hungary  5–4  Romania 1–1 2–2 2–1
England  1–3  West Germany 1–3 0–0
Yugoslavia  0–3  Soviet Union 0–0 0–3

Goalscorers

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There were 282 goals scored in 105 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (31 January 2007). "European Championship 1972". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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