1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
Appearance
Group 3 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Norway. These four 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
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 10 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 10 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 |
Matches
[edit]Belgium ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Van Himst ![]() Polleunis ![]() Gunnarsson ![]() |
Report |
Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)
Iceland ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Janssens ![]() Lambert ![]() Dockx ![]() |
Referee: Byrne (Republic of Ireland)
Norway ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Fuglset ![]() Lund ![]() Hestad ![]() Johansen ![]() |
Report | Óskarsson ![]() |
Referee: Riedel (East Germany)
Netherlands ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Neeskens ![]() Cruyff ![]() De Jong ![]() Brokamp ![]() Keizer ![]() |
Report |
Referee: Eksztajn (Poland)
Belgium ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Referee: Walker (England)
Netherlands ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Van Hanegem ![]() Cruyff ![]() Haan ![]() Brokamp ![]() |
Report |
Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)
Iceland ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() |
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E. Geirsson ![]() |
Report | Brokamp ![]() Cruyff ![]() Neeskens ![]() Van der Kerkhof ![]() Schneider ![]() Van Hanegem ![]() |
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Norway ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Hestad ![]() |
Report | Cruyff ![]() Hullshoff ![]() |
Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)
Netherlands ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
- ^ This match was played in Belgium rather than Iceland.
- ^ This match was played in Netherlands rather than Iceland.