1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Group 8 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Romania, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These three 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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 4 3 0 1 4 1 +3 6
2   Romania 4 2 0 2 7 8 −1 4
3   Yugoslavia 4 1 0 3 6 8 −2 2
Source: [citation needed]

Matches edit

Spain  1 – 0  Yugoslavia
Pirri   86' (pen.) Report
Referee: Palotai (Hungary)

Romania  1 – 0  Spain
Benito   5' (o.g.) Report
Referee: Gordon (Scotland)

Yugoslavia  0 – 2  Romania
Report D. Georgescu   37'
Iordănescu   44'
Referee: Ashkenazi (Israel)

Spain  2 – 0  Romania
Leal   75'
Cano   83'
Report
Referee: Wurtz (France)

Romania  4 – 6  Yugoslavia
Vigu   2'
Iordănescu   40'
Bölöni   43'
Georgescu   67'
Report Sušić   14', 51', 62'
Mužinić   18'
Trifunović   79'
Filipović   84'
Referee: Delcourt (Belgium)

Yugoslavia  0 – 1  Spain
Report Cano   71'
Referee: Burns (England)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions.

External links edit