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UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6

Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 6 consisted of four teams: Italy, Austria, Sweden, and Republic of Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Italy, who finished three points above Austria.

Final table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Italy 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 2–2 3–0 3–0
2   Austria 6 3 1 2 14 6 +8 7 1–2 — 1–0 6–0
3   Sweden 6 2 2 2 3 5 −2 6 0–0 1–0 — 1–0
4   Republic of Ireland 6 0 1 5 3 17 −14 1 1–2 1–4 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches edit

Republic of Ireland  1–1  Sweden
Carroll   44' (pen.) Report Brzokoupil   61'
Attendance: 28,194
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)
Sweden  1–0  Republic of Ireland
Turesson   74' Report
Attendance: 11,922
Referee: Pavel Kazakov (USSR)
Austria  1–2  Italy
Parits   29' Report De Sisti   27'
Mazzola   34'
Attendance: 54,953
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Italy  3–0  Republic of Ireland
De Sisti   22' (pen.)
Boninsegna   42'
Prati   84'		 Report
Attendance: 41,092
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Republic of Ireland  1–2  Italy
Conway   23' Report Boninsegna   15'
Prati   59'
Attendance: 22,613
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Sweden  1–0  Austria
Olsson   62' Report
Attendance: 5,416
Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland)
Republic of Ireland  1–4  Austria
Rogers   46' (pen.) Report Schmidradner   4' (pen.)
Kodat   11'
T. Dunne   31' (o.g.)
Starek   71'
Attendance: 14,674
Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)
Sweden  0–0  Italy
Report
Råsunda Stadion, Solna(Stockholm)
Attendance: 36,528
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Austria  1–0  Sweden
Stering   23' Report
Attendance: 38,274
Referee: Rudolf Glöckner (East Germany)
Italy  3–0  Sweden
Riva   3', 83'
Boninsegna   40'		 Report
Attendance: 65,582
Referee: Roger Machin (France)
Austria  6–0  Republic of Ireland
Jara   12', 85'
Pirkner   41' (pen.)
Parits   45', 51', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,050
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)
Italy  2–2  Austria
Prati   10'
De Sisti   75'		 Report Jara   36'
Sara   59'
Attendance: 58,752
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Goalscorers edit

There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  • "1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1972". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.
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