1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

Group 6 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.

Standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	4	3	1	7	4	+3	6
2	Norway	4	2	2	3	4	−1	4
3	Switzerland	4	1	3	3	5	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches edit

16 June 1976

Sweden	2 – 0	Norway
B. Andersson 27' Sjöberg 42'	Report

Referee: Corver (Netherlands)

8 September 1976

Norway	1 – 0	Switzerland
Lund 75'	Report

Referee: Rion (Belgium)

9 October 1976

Switzerland	1 – 2	Sweden
Trinchero 40' (pen.)	Report	Börjesson 29' Sjöberg 73'

Referee: Ok (Turkey)

8 June 1977

Sweden	2 – 1	Switzerland
Börjesson 69' Sjöberg 77'	Report	Risi 80'

Referee: Wright (Republic of Ireland)

7 September 1977

Norway	2 – 1	Sweden
Ottesen 34' Iversen 66'	Report	Sjöberg 53'

Referee: Prokop (East Germany)

30 October 1977

Switzerland	1 – 0	Norway
Sulser 29'	Report

Referee: Lipatov (Soviet Union)

Notes edit

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

External links edit

Group 6 Detailed Results at RSSSF

[1] Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions.

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