1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

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
1	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	24	2	+22	10
2	Belgium	6	4	2	0	12	0	+12	10
3	Norway	6	2	0	4	9	16	−7	4
4	Iceland	6	0	0	6	2	29	−27	0

Matches edit

18 May 1972

Belgium	4–0	Iceland
Van Himst 12' Polleunis 34', 57' Gunnarsson 89' (o.g.)	Report

Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)

22 May 1972

Iceland	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Janssens 28' Lambert 30' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Dockx 60'

Referee: Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

3 August 1972

Norway	4–1	Iceland
Fuglset 55' (pen.) Lund 57' Hestad 83' Johansen 87'	Report	Óskarsson 90'

Referee: Riedel (East Germany)

4 October 1972

Norway	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Dolmans 58' (pen.) Lambert 60'

Referee: Mullan (Scotland)

1 November 1972

Netherlands	9–0	Norway
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
	Report

Referee: Walker (England)

2 August 1973

Iceland	0–4	Norway
	Report	Sunde 40' Johansen 55', 87' Pettersen 80'

Referee: Dahlberg (Sweden)

22 August 1973

Netherlands	5–0	Iceland
Van Hanegem 6' Cruyff 8', 57' Haan 17' Brokamp 29'	Report

Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)

29 August 1973

Iceland	1–8	Netherlands
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
Hestad 77'	Report	Cruyff 7' Hullshoff 87'

Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)

31 October 1973

Belgium	2–0	Norway
Dolmans 32' (pen.) Lambert 85' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

18 November 1973

Netherlands	0–0	Belgium
	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.

External links edit

Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF

[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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