UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8

Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1968 finals tournament. Group 8 consisted of four teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship. The group winners were England, who finished 1 point above Scotland.

Final table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   England 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9 Advance to quarter-finals 2–3 5–1 2–0
2   Scotland 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 8 1–1 3–2 2–1
3   Wales 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 4 0–3 1–1 2–0
4   Northern Ireland 6 1 1 4 2 8 −6 3 0–2 1–0 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

1966–67 British Home Championship edit

Wales  1–1  Scotland
R. Davies   77' Report Law   86'
Attendance: 33,269
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
Northern Ireland  0–2  England
Report Hunt   40'
Peters   60'
Attendance: 47,897
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Scotland  2–1  Northern Ireland
Murdoch   14'
Lennox   35'[1]
Report Nicholson   9'
Attendance: 45,281
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)
England  5–1  Wales
Hurst   30', 34'
B. Charlton   43'
Hennessey   65' (o.g.)
J. Charlton   84'
Report W. Davies   36'
Attendance: 75,380
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

Northern Ireland  0–0  Wales
Report
Attendance: 17,643
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
England  2–3  Scotland
J. Charlton   84'
Hurst   88'
Report Law   27'
Lennox   78'
McCalliog   87'
Attendance: 99,063
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

1967–68 British Home Championship edit

Wales  0–3  England
Report Peters   34'
B. Charlton   87'
Ball   90' (pen.)
Attendance: 44,960
Referee: John Robertson P. Gordon (Scotland)
Northern Ireland  1–0  Scotland
Clements   69' Report
Attendance: 47,359
Referee: James Finney (England)

England  2–0  Northern Ireland
Hurst   43'
B. Charlton   62'
Report
Attendance: 83,969
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Scotland  3–2  Wales
Gilzean   16', 65'
McKinnon   78'
Report R. Davies   18'
Durban   57'
Attendance: 57,472
Referee: James Finney (England)

Scotland  1–1  England
Hughes   39' Report Peters   19'
Attendance: 134,461
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Wales  2–0  Northern Ireland
Rees   75'
W. Davies   84'
Report
Attendance: 17,548
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Goalscorers edit

There were 33 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  • "1968 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.[dead link]
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.