UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

The qualifying round for the 1968 UEFA European 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.

UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates7 September 1966 – 11 May 1968
Teams31
Tournament statistics
Matches played98[note 1]
Goals scored306 (3.12 per match)[note 1]
Top scorer(s)Hungary János Farkas
Italy Gigi Riva
(6 goals each)
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Qualified teams
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
 Italy (host)Quarter-final winner20 April 19680 (debut)
 YugoslaviaQuarter-final winner24 April 19681 (1960)
 EnglandQuarter-final winner8 May 19680 (debut)
 Soviet UnionQuarter-final winner11 May 19682 (1960, 1964)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year.

Summary
  Group winners advanced to the quarter-finals (second round)
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8

Spain
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Italy
France
England

Czechoslovakia

Republic of Ireland

Turkey
Portugal

Sweden

Norway
Greece

Austria

Finland
West Germany

Albania
East Germany

Netherlands

Denmark
Romania

Switzerland

Cyprus
Belgium

Poland

Luxembourg
Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Drawing of lots

Groups

Group 1
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Czechoslovakia Republic of Ireland Turkey
1  Spain 6 3 2 1 6 2 +4 8 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–1 2–0 2–0
2  Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 8 4 +4 7 1–0 — 1–2 3–0
3  Republic of Ireland 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 5 0–0 0–2 — 2–1
4  Turkey 6 1 2 3 3 8 −5 4 0–0 0–0 2–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 2
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Bulgaria Portugal Sweden Norway
1  Bulgaria 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–0 3–0 4–2
2  Portugal 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 6 0–0 — 1–2 2–1
3  Sweden 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 5 0–2 1–1 — 5–2
4  Norway 6 1 1 4 9 14 −5 3 0–0 1–2 3–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 3
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Soviet Union Greece Austria Finland
1  Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 4–0 4–3 2–0
2  Greece 5 2 1 2 7 8 −1 5 0–1 — 4–1 2–1
3  Austria 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 5 1–0 Void[lower-alpha 1] — 2–1
4  Finland 6 0 2 4 5 12 −7 2 2–5 1–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. The Austria v Greece match was abandoned in the 86th minute at 1–1 due to a crowd disturbance and declared void.[1]

Group 4
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia West Germany Albania
1  Yugoslavia 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5 6 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–0 4–0
2  West Germany 4 2 1 1 9 2 +7 5 3–1 — 6–0
3  Albania 4 0 1 3 0 12 −12 1 0–2 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary East Germany Netherlands Denmark
1  Hungary 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–1 2–1 6–0
2  East Germany 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7 1–0 — 4–3 3–2
3  Netherlands 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 5 2–2 1–0 — 2–0
4  Denmark 6 1 1 4 6 16 −10 3 0–2 1–1 3–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 6
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Romania Switzerland Cyprus
1  Italy 6 5 1 0 17 3 +14 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–1 4–0 5–0
2  Romania 6 3 0 3 18 14 +4 6 0–1 — 4–2 7–0
3   Switzerland 6 2 1 3 17 13 +4 5 2–2 7–1 — 5–0
4  Cyprus 6 1 0 5 3 25 −22 2 0–2 1–5 2–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 7
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Belgium Poland Luxembourg
1  France 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 1–1 2–1 3–1
2  Belgium 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 7 2–1 — 2–4 3–0
3  Poland 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 7 1–4 3–1 — 4–0
4  Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1 18 −17 1 0–3 0–5 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 8
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
1  England 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–3 5–1 2–0
2  Scotland 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 8 1–1 — 3–2 2–1
3  Wales 6 1 2 3 6 12 −6 4 0–3 1–1 — 2–0
4  Northern Ireland 6 1 1 4 2 8 −6 3 0–2 1–0 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Quarter-finals
Main article: UEFA Euro 1968 quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Goalscorers

There were 306 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.[note 1]

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. The matches/goals tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently annulled.

References
  1. Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (7 February 2007). "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
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