1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

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Group 8 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and Scotland. These three 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[]

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Scotland 6 4 3 0 1 8 3 +5
2  Czechoslovakia 5 4 2 1 1 9 3 +6
3  Denmark 1 4 0 1 3 2 13 −11
18 October 1972 Denmark  1 – 4  Scotland Copenhagen, Denmark
Laudrup 28' Report Macari 18'
Bone 20'
Harper 80'
Morgan 83'		 Referee: Bakhramov (Soviet Union)
15 November 1972 Scotland  2 – 0  Denmark Glasgow, Scotland
Dalglish 2'
Lorimer 46'		 Report Referee: Corver (Netherlands)
2 May 1973 Denmark  1 – 1  Czechoslovakia Copenhagen, Denmark
Bjørnmose 15' Report Petráš 32' Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
2 June 1973 Czechoslovakia  6 – 0  Denmark Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nehoda 46'
Veselý 56', 65', 80'
Bičovský 57'
Hagara 60'		 Report Referee: (Switzerland)
26 September 1973 Scotland  2 – 1  Czechoslovakia Glasgow, Scotland
Holton 40'
Jordan 74'		 Report Nehoda 32' Referee: Øberg (Norway)
17 October 1973 Czechoslovakia  1 – 0  Scotland Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Nehoda 15' (pen.) Report Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)

Notes[]

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

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