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1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Republic of Ireland, France, Netherlands and Cyprus. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings edit

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   Belgium 11 8 5 1 2 12 9 +3
2   France 10 8 5 0 3 20 8 +12
3   Republic of Ireland 10 8 4 2 2 17 11 +6
4   Netherlands 9 8 4 1 3 11 7 +4
5   Cyprus 0 8 0 0 8 4 29 −25

Results edit

Cyprus  2 – 3  Republic of Ireland
N. Pantziaras   29'
Kaiafas   74' (pen.)		 Report McGee   8', 38'
Lawrenson   23'
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Zvi Shahir (Israel)
Republic of Ireland  2 – 1  Netherlands
Daly   78'
Lawrenson   85'		 Report Tahamata   57'
Attendance: 25,782
Cyprus  0 – 7  France
Report Lacombe   4'
Platini   14', 23'
Larios   40' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Six   82'
Zimako   87'
Attendance: 9,500
Republic of Ireland  1 – 1  Belgium
Grealish   42' Report Cluytens   13'
Attendance: 36,524
France  2 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Platini   11'
Zimako   77'		 Report
Attendance: 44,800
Belgium  1 – 0  Netherlands
Vandenbergh   48' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 57,665
Republic of Ireland  6 – 0  Cyprus
Daly   10' (pen.), 23'
Grealish   24'
Robinson   28'
Stapleton   46'
Hughton   65'		 Report
Attendance: 24,351
Cyprus  0 – 2  Belgium
Report Vandenbergh   30'
Ceulemans   68'
Attendance: 6,000
Belgium  3 – 2  Cyprus
Plessers   12'
Vandenbergh   17'
Ceulemans   67'		 Report Lysandrou   42'
Vrachimis   60'
Attendance: 17,445
Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland)
Netherlands  3 – 0  Cyprus
Hovenkamp   15'
Schapendonk   48'
Nanninga   58'		 Report
Attendance: 12,972
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
Netherlands  1 – 0  France
Mühren   47' Report
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Belgium  1 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Ceulemans   88' Report
Attendance: 39,178
Cyprus  0 – 1  Netherlands
Report Van Kooten   29'
Attendance: 7,500
France  3 – 2  Belgium
Soler   14', 31'
Six   26'		 Report Vandenbergh   5'
Ceulemans   52'
Attendance: 46,194
Netherlands  2 – 2  Republic of Ireland
Thijssen   11'
Mühren   64' (pen.)		 Report Robinson   40'
Stapleton   71'
Attendance: 46,000
Belgium  2 – 0  France
Czerniatynski   24'
Vandenbergh   83'		 Report
Attendance: 52,525
Netherlands  3 – 0  Belgium
Metgod   6'
Van Kooten   26'
Geels   54'		 Report
Attendance: 56,000
Republic of Ireland  3 – 2  France
Mahut   5' (o.g.)
Stapleton   23'
Robinson   39'		 Report Bellone   9'
Platini   83'
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
France  2 – 0  Netherlands
Platini   52'
Six   82'		 Report
Attendance: 46,348
France  4 – 0  Cyprus
Rocheteau   25'
Lacombe   29', 82'
Genghini   86'		 Report
Attendance: 43,437
Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

External links edit

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