1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Group 8 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and Scotland. 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.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Scotland 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 6
2  Czechoslovakia 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6 5
3  Denmark 4 0 1 3 2 13 −11 1

Matches

Denmark 1–4 Scotland
Laudrup 28' Report Macari 18'
Bone 20'
Harper 80'
Morgan 83'
Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Attendance: 31,200
Referee: Bakhramov (Soviet Union)

Scotland 2–0 Denmark
Dalglish 2'
Lorimer 46'
Report
Attendance: 47,109
Referee: Corver (Netherlands)

Denmark 1–1 Czechoslovakia
Bjørnmose 15' Report Petráš 32'

Czechoslovakia 6–0 Denmark
Nehoda 46'
Veselý 56', 65', 80'
Bičovský 57'
Hagara 60'
Report
Attendance: 17,432
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Scotland 2–1 Czechoslovakia
Holton 40'
Jordan 74'
Report Nehoda 32'
Attendance: 95,786
Referee: Øberg (Norway)

Czechoslovakia 1–0 Scotland
Nehoda 15' (pen.) Report
Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Attendance: 13,668

Notes

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

External links

  • Group 8 Detailed Results at RSSSF
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