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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Austria, Hungary, Malta, and Sweden. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming this spot.

Standings edit

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

Matches edit

Malta  0–2  Hungary
[1] Bene   3', 56'
Attendance: 9,231
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Austria  4–0  Malta
Hickersberger   29', 34', 36'
Hof   85'		 [2]
Attendance: 16,081
Referee: Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
Hungary  3–0  Malta
Kocsis   35'
Bene   60'
I. Juhász   75'		 [3]
Attendance: 5,646
Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Sweden  0–0  Hungary
[4]
Attendance: 28,598
Referee: Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Austria  2–0  Sweden
Parits   65'
Pumm   78'		 [5]
Attendance: 40,578
Austria  2–2  Hungary
Hasil   58' (pen.)
Jara   71'		 [6] Dunai II   16'
Kocsis   20'
Attendance: 67,392
Sweden  7–0  Malta
Edström   2', 32', 64'
Larsson   18', 35' (pen.)
Sandberg   44'
Szepanski   57' (pen.)		 [7]
Attendance: 24,277
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Malta  0–2  Austria
[8] Köglberger   48'
Spiteri   77' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,373
Referee: Francescon (Italy)
Hungary  2–2  Austria
Zámbó   12'
Bálint   69'		 [9] Starek   14'
Jara   28'
Attendance: 72,068
Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
Sweden  3–2  Austria
Sandberg   24', 78'
Grahn   52'		 [10] Jara   50'
Starek   89'
Attendance: 48,462
Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
Hungary  3–3  Sweden
Kozma   9'
Vidáts   59'
Zámbó   71'		 [11] Kindvall   38'
Sandberg   57'
Edström   77'
Attendance: 73,070
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Malta  1–2  Sweden
Camilleri   20' [12] Kindvall   21'
Larsson   35' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,459
Referee: Katsoras (Greece)

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  2–1  Austria
Sandberg   12'
Larsson   28' (pen.)		 [13] Hattenberger   39'
Attendance: 69,974

Notes edit

  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

External links edit

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