UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying#Group 7

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

| dates = {{nowrap|7 September 1966 – 11 May 1968}}

| num_teams = 31

| matches = 98

| matches_footnote = {{refn|group=note|name=tally}}

| goals = 306

| goals_footnote = {{refn|group=note|name=tally}}

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{nowrap|{{fbicon|HUN}} János Farkas
{{fbicon|ITA}} Gigi Riva
(6 goals each)}}

| prevseason = 1964

| nextseason = 1972

}}

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

The qualifying round for the 1968 UEFA European Championship consisted of 31 teams divided into eight groups; seven of four teams and one of three 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.

Qualified teams

File:UEFA Euro 1968 Qualifiers Map.png

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in tournament{{efn-ua|Bold indicates champion for that year.}}

{{fb|ITA}} (host){{sort|1|Quarter-final winner}}{{dts|20 April 1968}}0 (debut)
{{fb|YUG}}{{sort|4|Quarter-final winner}}{{dts|24 April 1968}}1 (1960)
{{fb|ENG}}{{sort|3|Quarter-final winner}}{{dts|8 May 1968}}0 (debut)
{{fb|URS}}{{sort|2|Quarter-final winner}}{{dts|11 May 1968}}2 (1960, 1964)

{{notelist-ua}}

Summary

{{legend|#BBF3BB|Group winners advanced to the quarter-finals (second round)}}

{{legend||Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage}}

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style="width:12.5%" | Group 1

! style="width:12.5%" | Group 2

! style="width:12.5%" | Group 3

! style="width:12.5%" | Group 4

! style="width:12.5%" | Group 5

! style="width:12.5%" | Group 6

! style="width:12.5%" | Group 7

! style="width:12.5%" | Group 8

style="background:#BBF3BB"

| {{fb-big|ESP|1945}}

| {{fb-big|BUL|1967}}

| {{fb-big|URS}}

| {{fb-big|YUG}}

| {{fb-big|HUN}}

| {{fb-big|ITA}}

| {{fb-big|FRA}}

| {{fb-big|ENG}}

style="vertical-align:top;"

| {{fb-big|TCH}}
{{fb-big|IRL}}
{{fb-big|TUR}}

| {{fb-big|POR}}
{{fb-big|SWE}}
{{fb-big|NOR}}

| {{fb-big|GRE|old}}
{{fb-big|AUT}}
{{fb-big|FIN}}

| {{fb-big|FRG}}
{{fb-big|ALB|1946}}

| {{fb-big|GDR}}
{{fb-big|NED}}
{{fb-big|DEN}}

| {{fb-big|ROU|1965}}
{{fb-big|SUI}}
{{fb-big|CYP|1960}}

| {{fb-big|BEL}}
{{fb-big|POL}}
{{fb-big|LUX}}

| {{fb-big|SCO}}
{{fb-big|WAL}}
{{fb-big|NIR}}

Tiebreakers

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

=Group 1=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 1}}

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 1|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 2=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 2}}

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 2|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 3=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 3}}

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 3|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 4=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 4}}

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 4|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 5=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 5}}

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 5|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 6=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 6}}

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 6|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 7=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 7}}

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 7|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group 8=

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8}}

Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship.

{{UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables|Group 8|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Quarter-finals

{{main|UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals}}

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals|Matches}}

Goalscorers

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying|inlineref={{refn|group=note|name=tally}}}}

Notes

{{Reflist|group=note}}

References

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