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UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying

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The qualifying round for the 1976 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]

UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates1 September 1974 – 22 May 1976
Teams32
Tournament statistics
Matches played104
Goals scored289 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)Republic of Ireland Don Givens (8 goals)
← 1972
1980 →

Qualified teams edit

 
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
  Czechoslovakia Quarter-final winner 22 May 1976 1 (1960)
  Netherlands Quarter-final winner 22 May 1976 0 (debut)
  West Germany Quarter-final winner 22 May 1976 1 (1972)
  Yugoslavia (host) Quarter-final winner 22 May 1976 2 (1960, 1968)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Summary edit

  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
 
Czechoslovakia 		 
Wales 		 
Yugoslavia 		 
Spain 		 
Netherlands 		 
Soviet Union 		 
Belgium 		 
West Germany
 
England
 
Portugal
 
Cyprus 		 
Hungary
 
Austria
 
Luxembourg 		 
Northern Ireland
 
Sweden
 
Norway 		 
Romania
 
Scotland
 
Denmark 		 
Poland
 
Italy
 
Finland 		 
Republic of Ireland
 
Turkey
 
Switzerland 		 
East Germany
 
France
 
Iceland 		 
Greece
 
Bulgaria
 
Malta

Tiebreakers edit

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 edit

Group 1 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Czechoslovakia 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 5–0 4–0
2   England 6 3 2 1 11 3 +8 8 3–0 — 0–0 5–0
3   Portugal 6 2 3 1 5 7 −2 7 1–1 1–1 — 1–0
4   Cyprus 6 0 0 6 0 16 −16 0 0–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 2 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 2
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Wales 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–0 1–0 5–0
2   Hungary 6 3 1 2 15 8 +7 7 1–2 — 2–1 8–1
3   Austria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 2–1 0–0 — 6–2
4   Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 7 28 −21 0 1–3 2–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 3 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 3
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Yugoslavia 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–0 3–0 3–1
2   Northern Ireland 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 6 1–0 — 1–2 3–0
3   Sweden 6 3 0 3 8 9 −1 6 1–2 0–2 — 3–1
4   Norway 6 1 0 5 5 15 −10 2 1–3 2–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 4 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 4
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Spain 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–1 1–1 2–0
2   Romania 6 1 5 0 11 6 +5 7 2–2 — 1–1 6–1
3   Scotland 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 7 1–2 1–1 — 3–1
4   Denmark 6 0 1 5 3 14 −11 1 1–2 0–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 5
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 8 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–0 3–1 4–1
2   Poland 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8 4–1 — 0–0 3–0
3   Italy 6 2 3 1 3 3 0 7 1–0 0–0 — 0–0
4   Finland 6 0 1 5 3 13 −10 1 1–3 1–2 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 6 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 6
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Soviet Union 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 8 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 3–0 4–1
2   Republic of Ireland 6 3 1 2 11 5 +6 7 3–0 — 4–0 2–1
3   Turkey 6 2 2 2 5 10 −5 6 1–0 1–1 — 2–1
4    Switzerland 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 3 0–1 1–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 7 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 7
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Belgium 6 3 2 1 6 3 +3 8 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–2 2–1 1–0
2   East Germany 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 7 0–0 — 2–1 1–1
3   France 6 1 3 2 7 6 +1 5 0–0 2–2 — 3–0
4   Iceland 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4 0–2 2–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 8 edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying Group 8
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   West Germany 6 3 3 0 14 4 +10 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–1 1–0 8–0
2   Greece 6 2 3 1 12 9 +3 7 2–2 — 2–1 4–0
3   Bulgaria 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 6 1–1 3–3 — 5–0
4   Malta 6 1 0 5 2 20 −18 2 0–1 2–0 0–2 —
Source: UEFA

Quarter-finals edit

Main article: UEFA Euro 1976 quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Yugoslavia   3–1   Wales 2–0 1–1
Czechoslovakia   4–2   Soviet Union 2–0 2–2
Spain   1–3   West Germany 1–1 0–2
Netherlands   7–1   Belgium 5–0 2–1

Goalscorers edit

There were 289 goals scored in 104 matches, for an average of 2.78 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (20 June 2013). "European Championship 1976". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

External links edit

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