Uefa Euro 1972 Qualifying

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

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	—

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