UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

The qualifying round for the 1968 European Football 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 nations

  Qualified

  Did not qualify – First Round

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

Country	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament1
Italy	00 !Quarter-finals winner	1st	000000001968-04-20-000020 April 1968	0 (debut)
Yugoslavia	00 !Quarter-finals winner	2nd	000000001968-04-24-000024 April 1968	1 (1960)
England	00 !Quarter-finals winner	1st	000000001968-05-08-00008 May 1968	0 (debut)
Soviet Union	00 !Quarter-finals winner	3rd	000000001968-05-11-000011 May 1968	2 (1960, 1964)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

Groups

Group 1

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 8  Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 7  Republic of Ireland 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5  Turkey 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4

Czechoslovakia  — 1–2 1–0 3–0 Republic of Ireland  0–2 — 0–0 2–1 Spain  2–1 2–0 — 2–0 Turkey  0–0 2–1 0–0 —

Group 2

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bulgaria 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10  Portugal 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6  Sweden 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 5  Norway 6 1 1 4 9 14 −5 3

Bulgaria  — 4–2 1–0 3–0 Norway  0–0 — 1–2 3–1 Portugal  0–0 2–1 — 1–2 Sweden  0–2 5–2 1–1 —

Group 3

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 10  Greece 5 2 1 2 7 8 −1 5  Austria 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 5  Finland 6 0 2 4 5 12 −7 2

Austria  — 2–1 annulled 1–0 Finland  0–0 — 1–1 2–5 Greece  4–1 2–1 — 0–1 Soviet Union  4–3 2–0 4–0 —

RSSSF reports that the Austria vs Greece match was abandoned at 1–1 and declared void, and does not include it in the final group standings.^[1] On the other hand, however, UEFA's website accounts the match as having finished as a 1–1 draw^[2] and includes it as such in the final group standings.^[3]

Group 4

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Yugoslavia 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 6  West Germany 4 2 1 1 9 2 +7 5  Albania 4 0 1 3 0 12 −12 1

Albania  — 0–0 0–2 West Germany  6–0 — 3–1 Yugoslavia  4–0 1–0 —

Group 5

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Hungary 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9  East Germany 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7  Netherlands 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 5  Denmark 6 1 1 4 6 16 −10 3

Denmark  — 1–1 0–2 3–2 East Germany  3–2 — 1–0 4–3 Hungary  6–0 3–1 — 2–1 Netherlands  2–0 1–0 2–2 —

Group 6

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 6 5 1 0 17 3 +14 11  Romania 6 3 0 3 18 14 +4 6   Switzerland 6 2 1 3 17 13 +4 5  Cyprus 6 1 0 5 3 25 −22 2

Cyprus  — 0–2 1–5 2–1 Italy  5–0 — 3–1 4–0 Romania  7–0 0–1 — 4–2 Switzerland   5–0 2–2 7–1 —

Group 7

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 9  Belgium 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 7  Poland 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 7  Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1 18 −17 1

Belgium  — 2–1 3–0 2–4 France  1–1 — 3–1 2–1 Luxembourg  0–5 0–3 — 0–0 Poland  3–1 1–4 4–0 —

Group 8

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9  Scotland 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 8  Wales 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 4  Northern Ireland 6 1 1 4 2 8 −6 3

England  — 2–0 2–3 5–1 Northern Ireland  0–2 — 1–0 0–0 Scotland  1–1 2–1 — 3–2 Wales  0–3 2–0 1–1 —

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

Play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bulgaria	3–4	Italy	3–2	0–2
Hungary	2–3	Soviet Union	2–0	0–3
England	3–1	Spain	1–0	2–1
France	2–6	Yugoslavia	1–1	1–5

References

External links

• tables and results at RSSSF.com