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.
Draw 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 APot BPot CPot D
Groups
Group 1
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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.
Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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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.
Group 8
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Group 9
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The Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off.
Inter-confederation play-offs
Goalscorers
7 goals
Hristo Bonev Joachim Streich Gigi Riva Johan Cruyff
5 goals
Willy Brokamp Florea Dumitrache Roland Sandberg
4 goals
Raoul Lambert Jürgen Sparwasser Johan Neeskens Ralf Edström Bo Larsson
3 goals
Josef Hickersberger Kurt Jara Georgi Denev Zdeněk Nehoda Bohumil Veselý Ferenc Bene Tor Egil Johansen Dušan Bajević
2 goals
August Starek Léon Dolmans Odilon Polleunis Bozhil Kolev Bernd Bransch Hans-Jürgen Kreische Wolfram Löwe Lajos Kocsis Sándor Zámbó Terry Conroy Gianni Rivera Willem van Hanegem Trevor Anderson Harry Hestad Jan Domarski Robert Gadocha Rui Jordão Nené Ion Dumitru Dumitru Marcu Mircea Sandu Volodymyr Onyshchenko José Claramunt Rubén Óscar Valdez Ove Kindvall Osman Arpacıoğlu Stanislav Karasi
1 goal
Sabah Bizi Mihal Gjika Ramazan Rragami Franz Hasil Roland Hattenberger Norbert Hof Helmut Köglberger Thomas Parits Peter Pumm Jean Dockx Paul Van Himst Frans Janssens Atanas Mihaylov Kokos Antoniou Přemysl Bičovský Vladimír Hagara Ladislav Petráš Ole Bjørnmose Finn Laudrup Peter Ducke Colin Bell Allan Clarke Norman Hunter Jarmo Manninen Olavi Rissanen Miikka Toivola Georges Bereta Serge Chiesa Jean-Michel Larqué Antonis Antoniadis Mimis Domazos Kostas Eleftherakis Giorgos Koudas László Bálint Antal Dunai István Juhász Mihály Kozma Csaba Vidáts Elmar Geirsson Örn Óskarsson Mick Martin Ray Treacy Pietro Anastasi Fabio Capello Giorgio Chinaglia Nico Braun Gilbert Dussier Anton Camilleri Arie Haan Barry Hullshoff Theo de Jong Piet Keizer René van de Kerkhof Dick Schneider Sammy Morgan Liam O'Kane Martin O'Neill Jan Fuglset Tom Lund Per Pettersen Harald Sunde Grzegorz Lato Włodzimierz Lubański Humberto Coelho Eusébio Chico Faria Artur Jorge Alfredo Quaresma António Simões Emerich Dembrovschi Nicolae Dobrin Dudu Georgescu Radu Nunweiller Nicolae Pantea Teodor Tarălungă Jimmy Bone Kenny Dalglish Joe Harper Jim Holton Joe Jordan Peter Lorimer Lou Macari Willie Morgan Oleh Blokhin Vladimir Fedotov Viktor Kolotov Amancio Amaro Juan Manuel Asensi Roberto Juan Martínez Juan Cruz Sol Ove Grahn Dag Szepanski Rolf Blättler Karl Odermatt Köksal Mesçi Mehmet Türkkan Melih Atacan Trevor Hockey Leighton James John Toshack Jovan Aćimović Josip Katalinski Ivica Šurjak
1 own goal
Einar Gunnarsson (playing against Belgium) Charles Spiteri (playing against Austria) Josip Katalinski (playing against Greece)
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