1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

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
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

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Cyprus  1 – 5  Denmark
Michael   10' Report Simonsen   14'
Tune-Hansen   19'
Rasmussen   21'
Bastrup   51', 76'
Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)

Portugal  0 – 2  Poland
Report Lato   49', 77'
Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

Denmark  5 – 0  Cyprus
B. Nielsen   54'
H.M. Jensen   60' (pen.), 64'
Røntved   68' (pen.)
Kristensen   75'
Report
Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)

Poland  5 – 0  Cyprus
Deyna   24' (pen.), 40'
Szarmach   25'
Boniek   58'
Terlecki   76'
Report
Referee: Müncs (Hungary)

Portugal  1 – 0  Denmark
M. Fernandes   69' Report
Referee: Aoussi (Algeria)

Cyprus  1 – 2  Portugal
Stylianou   74' (pen.) Report Chalana   36'
Nené   76'
Referee: Ghita (Romania)

Denmark  1 – 2  Poland
Simonsen   50' Report Lubański   7', 55'
Referee: Mattsson (Finland)

Cyprus  1 – 3  Poland
Antoniou   13' Report Lato   26'
Terlecki   40'
Mazur   82'
Referee: Ashkenazi (Israel)

Poland  4 – 1  Denmark
Masztaler   27'
Lato   38'
Deyna   62'
Szarmach   81'
Report Nygaard   66' (pen.)
Referee: Rainea (Romania)

Denmark  2 – 4  Portugal
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
Deyna   36' Report M. Fernandes   61'

Portugal  4 – 0  Cyprus
Seninho   11'
Chalana   35'
Vital   58'
M. Fernandes   71'
Report
Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.

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