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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

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Group 7 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host. Greece, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These three 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 the place in the finals. This group required a play-off to decide the winner.

As of 2022, this was the last time Spain failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Standings

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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}}

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|1=

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ESP|1945}}

|4

22085+36
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|1=

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|YUG}}

|4

22074+36
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GRE|1970}}

|4

004511−60

Matches

{{footballbox

|date = 19 October 1972

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}

|goals1 = Amancio {{goal|30}}
Asensi {{goal|89}}

|goals2 = Bajević {{goal|52||60}}

|stadium = Las Palmas, Spain

|referee = Walker (England)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 18 November 1972

|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|GRE|1970}}

|goals1 = Aćimović {{goal|14}}

|stadium = Belgrade, Yugoslavia

|referee = Tschenscher (West Germany)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 17 January 1973

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GRE|1970}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1 = Koudas {{goal|56}}
Domazos {{goal|81}}

|goals2 = Valdez {{goal|40||86}}
Claramunt {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Athens, Greece

|referee = Glöckner (East Germany)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 21 February 1973

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP|1945}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|GRE|1970}}

|goals1 = Claramunt {{goal|29}}
Sol {{goal|39}}
Martínez {{goal|78}}

|goals2 = Antoniadis {{goal|37}}

|stadium = Málaga, Spain

|referee = Kitabdjian (France)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 21 October 1973

|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|ESP|1945}}

|stadium = Zagreb, Yugoslavia

|referee = Linemayr (Austria)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = 19 December 1973

|team1 = {{fb-rt|GRE|1970}}

|score = 2–4

|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}

|goals1 = Eleftherakis {{goal|29}}
Katalinski {{goal|44|o.g.}}

|goals2 = Bajević {{goal|12}}
Karasi {{goal|15||90}}
Šurjak {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Athens, Greece

|referee = Tschenscher (West Germany)

}}

Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

{{footballbox

|date = 13 February 1974

|team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|ESP|1945}}

|goals1 = Katalinski {{goal|13}}

|stadium = Frankfurt, West Germany

|referee = Loraux (Belgium)

}}

Notes

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External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74qual.html Group 7 Detailed Results at RSSSF]

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