1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

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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 two of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

Standings[]

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Poland 11 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13
2  Portugal 9 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6
3  Denmark 4 6 2 0 4 14 12 +2
4  Cyprus 0 6 0 0 6 3 24 −21
23 May 1976 Cyprus  1 – 5  Denmark Limassol, Cyprus
Michael 10' Report Simonsen 14'
Tune-Hansen 19'
Rasmussen 21'
Bastrup 51', 76'		 Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)
16 October 1976 Portugal  0 – 2  Poland Porto, Portugal
Report Lato 49', 77' Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
27 October 1976 Denmark  5 – 0  Cyprus Copenhagen, Denmark
B. Nielsen 54'
H.M. Jensen 60' (pen.), 64'
Røntved 68' (pen.)
Kristensen 75'		 Report Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)
31 October 1976 Poland  5 – 0  Cyprus Warsaw, Poland
Deyna 24' (pen.), 40'
Szarmach 25'
Boniek 58'
Terlecki 76'		 Report Referee: Müncs (Hungary)
17 November 1976 Portugal  1 – 0  Denmark Lisbon, Portugal
M. Fernandes 69' Report Referee: Aoussi (Algeria)
5 December 1976 Cyprus  1 – 2  Portugal Limassol, Cyprus
74' (pen.) Report Chalana 36'
Nené 76'		 Referee: Ghita (Romania)
1 May 1977 Denmark  1 – 2  Poland Copenhagen, Denmark
Simonsen 50' Report Lubański 7', 55' Referee: Mattsson (Finland)
15 May 1977 Cyprus  1 – 3  Poland Limassol, Cyprus
13' Report Lato 26'
Terlecki 40'
Mazur 82'		 Referee: Ashkenazi (Israel)
21 September 1977 Poland  4 – 1  Denmark Chorzów, Poland
Masztaler 27'
Lato 38'
Deyna 62'
Szarmach 81'		 Report Nygaard 66' (pen.) Referee: Rainea (Romania)
9 October 1977 Denmark  2 – 4  Portugal Copenhagen, Denmark
Røntved 45' (pen.)
A. Hansen 88'		 Report Jordão 15'
Nené 35'
M. Fernandes 61'
Machado 79'		 Referee: Azim Zade (Soviet Union)
29 October 1977 Poland  1 – 1  Portugal Chorzów, Poland
Deyna 36' Report M. Fernandes 61' Referee: Eschweiler (West Germany)
16 November 1977 Portugal  4 – 0  Cyprus Faro, Portugal
Seninho 11'
Chalana 35'
Vital 58'
M. Fernandes 71'		 Report Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Notes[]

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

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