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1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 3

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| tourney_name = 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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| host countries =

| dates =19 May 1968 - 7 December 1969

| num_teams = 29

| confederations = 1

| matches =

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| prevseason = 1966

| nextseason = 1974

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{{Qualification for championships (UEFA)|expanded=FIFA}}

The European (UEFA) zone of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup saw 29 teams competing for eight places at the finals. UEFA members England qualified automatically as the defending champions. The qualification process started on 19 May 1968 and ended on 7 December 1969.

Format

FIFA rejected the entry of Albania, while Iceland and Malta did not enter. The remaining 29 teams were drawn into eight groups, five groups of four teams and three of three teams. All eight group-winners qualified automatically.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Casablanca on 1 February 1968. During the draw procedure, entrants were drawn into the 8 qualifying groups from the four pots of seeds.

class="wikitable"
width=20%|Pot A

!width=20%|Pot B

!width=20%|Pot C

!width=20%|Pot D

valign="top"

|

{{fb|BUL|1968}}

{{fb|FRA|1794}}

{{fb|HUN}}

{{fb|ITA}}

{{fb|POR}}

{{fb|URS|1955}}

{{fb|ESP|1945}}

{{fb|FRG}}

|

{{fb|TCH}}

{{fb|GDR}}

{{fb|NED}}

{{fb|NIR}}

{{fb|SCO}}

{{fb|SWE}}

{{fb|SUI}}

{{fb|YUG}}

|

{{fb|AUT}}

{{fb|BEL}}

{{fb|IRL}}

{{fb|NOR}}

{{fb|POL|1928}}

{{fb|ROU|1965}}

{{fb|TUR}}

{{fb|WAL}}

|

{{fb|CYP|1960}}

{{fb|DEN}}

{{fb|FIN}}

{{fb|GRE|old}}

{{fb|LUX}}

Groups

=Group 1=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1}}

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width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

|align="left"|{{fb|ROU|1965}}

|6

32176+18

|col_=green1|Qualify for the World Cup

2

|align="left"|{{fb|GRE|old}}

|6

231139+47
3

|align="left"|{{fb|SUI}}

|6

21358−35
4

|align="left"|{{fb|POR}}

|6

123810−24

=Group 2=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2}}

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width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#FFFFBB"

|1=

|align="left"|{{fb|HUN}}

|6

411167+99
bgcolor="#FFFFBB"

|1=

|align="left"|{{fb|TCH}}

|6

411126+69
3

|align="left"|{{fb|DEN}}

|6

213610−45
4

|align="left"|{{fb|IRL}}

|6

015314−111

Czechoslovakia and Hungary finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Czechoslovakia won the play-off to qualify for the World Cup.

=Group 3=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3}}

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width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

|align="left"|{{fb|ITA}}

|4

310103+77

|col_=green1|Qualify for the World Cup

2

|align="left"|{{fb|DDR}}

|4

2117705
3

|align="left"|{{fb|WAL}}

|4

004310−70

=Group 4=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

|align="left"|{{fb|URS|1955}}

|4

31081+77

|col_=green1|Qualify for the World Cup

2

|align="left"|{{fb|NIR}}

|4

21173+45
3

|align="left"|{{fb|TUR}}

|4

004213−110

=Group 5=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

|align="left"|{{fb|SWE}}

|4

301125+76

|col_=green1|Qualify for the World Cup

2

|align="left"|{{fb|FRA|1794}}

|4

20264+24
3

|align="left"|{{fb|NOR}}

|4

103413−92

=Group 6=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

|align="left"|{{fb|BEL}}

|6

411148+69

|col_=green1|Qualify for the World Cup

2

|align="left"|{{fb|YUG}}

|6

312197+127
3

|align="left"|{{fb|ESP|1945}}

|6

222106+46
4

|align="left"|{{fb|FIN}}

|6

105628−222

=Group 7=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

|align="left"|{{fb|FRG}}

|6

510203+1711

|col_=green1|Qualify for the World Cup

2

|align="left"|{{fb|SCO}}

|6

312187+117
3

|align="left"|{{fb|AUT}}

|6

303127+56
4

|align="left"|{{fb|CYP|1960}}

|6

006235−330

=Group 8=

{{main|1970 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=30|Rank

!width=165 style="text-align:left"|Team

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

!width=100|{{tooltip|Qualification|Qualification to respective phase}}

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

|align="left"|{{fb|BUL|1968}}

|6

411127+59

|col_=green1|Qualify for the World Cup

2

|align="left"|{{fb|POL|1928}}

|6

402198+118
3

|align="left"|{{fb|NED}}

|6

31295+47
4

|align="left"|{{fb|LUX}}

|6

006424−200

Goalscorers

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;7 goals

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;6 goals

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;5 goals

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;4 goals

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;3 goals

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;2 goals

{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}

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;1 goal

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{{div col end}}

;1 own goal

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{{div col end}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071121132745/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/preliminaries/preliminary=27/index.html European Zone] at FIFA.com

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