1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1
Appearance
Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Cyprus, Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.
Standings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Poland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 11 |
2 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 |
3 | Denmark | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 4 |
4 | Cyprus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Matches
[edit]Cyprus | 1 – 5 | Denmark |
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Michael 10' | Report | Simonsen 14' Tune-Hansen 19' Rasmussen 21' Bastrup 51', 76' |
Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)
Denmark | 5 – 0 | Cyprus |
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B. Nielsen 54' H.M. Jensen 60' (pen.), 64' Røntved 68' (pen.) Kristensen 75' |
Report |
Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)
Poland | 5 – 0 | Cyprus |
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Deyna 24' (pen.), 40' Szarmach 25' Boniek 58' Terlecki 76' |
Report |
Referee: Müncs (Hungary)
Portugal | 1 – 0 | Denmark |
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M. Fernandes 69' | Report |
Referee: Aoussi (Algeria)
Denmark | 2 – 4 | Portugal |
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Røntved 45' (pen.) A. Hansen 88' |
Report | Jordão 15' Nené 35' M. Fernandes 61' Machado 79' |
Referee: Azim Zade (Soviet Union)
Poland | 1 – 1 | Portugal |
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Deyna 36' | Report | M. Fernandes 61' |
Referee: Eschweiler (West Germany)
Portugal | 4 – 0 | Cyprus |
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Seninho 11' Chalana 35' Vital 58' M. Fernandes 71' |
Report |
Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions.
The Goals given to Henning Munk Jensen in the 5-0 defeat of Cyprus were in fact scored my Henning Jensen a different player.