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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

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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 two of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

Standings

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Netherlands 10 6 4 2 0 24 2 +22
2  Belgium 10 6 4 2 0 12 0 +12
3  Norway 4 6 2 0 4 9 16 −7
4  Iceland 0 6 0 0 6 2 29 −27
18 May 1972 Belgium  4 – 0  Iceland Liege, Belgium
Van Himst 12'
Polleunis 34', 57'
Gunnarsson 89' (o.g.)
Report Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)

22 May 1972 Iceland  0 – 4  Belgium Bruges, Belgium[2]
Report Janssens 28'
Lambert 30' (pen.), 49' (pen.)
Dockx 60'
Referee: Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

3 August 1972 Norway  4 – 1  Iceland Stavanger, Norway
Fuglset 55' (pen.)
Lund 57'
Hestad 83'
Johansen 87'
Report Óskarsson 90' Referee: Riedel (East Germany)

4 October 1972 Norway  0 – 2  Belgium Oslo, Norway
Report Dolmans 58' (pen.)
Lambert 60'
Referee: Mullan (Scotland)

1 November 1972 Netherlands  9 – 0  Norway Rotterdam, Netherlands
Neeskens 31', 51', 63'
Cruyff 55', 82'
De Jong 70'
Brokamp 76', 87'
Keizer 80' (pen.)
Report Referee: Eksztajn (Poland)

19 November 1972 Belgium  0 – 0  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
Report Referee: Walker (England)

2 August 1973 Iceland  0 – 4  Norway Reykjavík, Iceland
Report Sunde 40'
Johansen 55', 87'
Pettersen 80'
Referee: Dahlberg (Sweden)

22 August 1973 Netherlands  5 – 0  Iceland Amsterdam, Netherlands
Van Hanegem 6'
Cruyff 8', 57'
Haan 17'
Brokamp 29'
Report Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)

29 August 1973 Iceland  1 – 8  Netherlands Deventer, Netherlands[3]
E. Geirsson 44' Report Brokamp 15', 75'
Cruyff 21', 28'
Neeskens 24'
Van der Kerkhof 46'
Schneider 48' (pen.)
Van Hanegem 71'
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)

12 September 1973 Norway  1 – 2  Netherlands Oslo, Norway
Hestad 77' Report Cruyff 7'
Hullshoff 87'
Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)

31 October 1973 Belgium  2 – 0  Norway Brussels, Belgium
Dolmans 32' (pen.)
Lambert 85' (pen.)
Report Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

18 November 1973 Netherlands  0 – 0  Belgium Amsterdam, Netherlands
Report Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union)

Notes

  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. ^ This match was played in Belgium rather than Iceland.
  3. ^ This match was played in Netherlands rather than Iceland.

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