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UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying - Wikipedia

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UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates	24 May 1978 – 26 March 1980
Teams	31
Tournament statistics
Matches played	108
Goals scored	327 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kevin Keegan (7 goals)
← 1976 1984 →

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The qualifying round for UEFA Euro 1980 consisted of 31 teams divided into seven groups; three of five teams and four of four teams. The qualifying round (drawn in Rome on 30 November 1977) was played at various times between May 1978 and February 1980, with some groups concluding earlier than others.^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^[A]
Italy	Host	12 November 1977	1 (1968)
Greece	Group 6 winner	31 October 1979	0 (debut)
England	Group 1 winner	21 November 1979	1 (1968)
Netherlands	Group 4 winner	21 November 1979	1 (1976)
Czechoslovakia	Group 5 winner	24 November 1979	2 (1960, 1976)
Spain	Group 3 winner	9 December 1979	1 (1964)
Belgium	Group 2 winner	19 December 1979	1 (1972)
West Germany	Group 7 winner	22 December 1979	2 (1972, 1976)

^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Summary

Group winners qualified directly for UEFA Euro 1980

Other teams were eliminated

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7
England	Belgium	Spain	Netherlands	Czechoslovakia	Greece	West Germany
Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Bulgaria Denmark	Austria Portugal Scotland Norway	Yugoslavia Romania Cyprus	Poland East Germany Switzerland Iceland	France Sweden Luxembourg	Hungary Finland Soviet Union	Turkey Wales Malta

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

Greater number of points in all group matches
Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Groups

Four groups of four teams and three groups of five teams competed for qualification for UEFA Euro 1980. The teams played home and away matches against the other teams in their group. The seven teams that acquired the most points to win their respective group qualified for the main tournament, joining the host nation Italy.

Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	7	1	0	22	5	+17	15	Qualify for final tournament	—	4–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
2	Northern Ireland	8	4	1	3	8	14	−6	9		1–5	—	1–0	2–0	2–1
3	Republic of Ireland	8	2	3	3	9	8	+1	7		1–1	0–0	—	3–0	2–0
4	Bulgaria	8	2	1	5	6	14	−8	5		0–3	0–2	1–0	—	3–0
5	Denmark	8	1	2	5	13	17	−4	4		3–4	4–0	3–3	2–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	4	4	0	12	5	+7	12	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1
2	Austria	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7	11		0–0	—	1–2	3–2	4–0
3	Portugal	8	4	1	3	10	11	−1	9		1–1	1–2	—	1–0	3–1
4	Scotland	8	3	1	4	15	13	+2	7		1–3	1–1	4–1	—	3–2
5	Norway	8	0	1	7	5	20	−15	1		1–2	0–2	0–1	0–4	—

Source: UEFA

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	9	Qualify for final tournament	—	0–1	1–0	5–0
2	Yugoslavia	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	8		1–2	—	2–1	5–0
3	Romania	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6		2–2	3–2	—	2–0
4	Cyprus	6	0	1	5	2	19	−17	1		1–3	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	13	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
2	Poland	8	5	2	1	13	4	+9	12		2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0
3	East Germany	8	5	1	2	18	11	+7	11		2–3	2–1	—	5–2	3–1
4	Switzerland	8	2	0	6	7	18	−11	4		1–3	0–2	0–2	—	2–0
5	Iceland	8	0	0	8	2	21	−19	0		0–4	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	6	5	0	1	17	4	+13	10	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	4–1	4–0
2	France	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	9		2–1	—	2–2	3–0
3	Sweden	6	1	2	3	9	13	−4	4		1–3	1–3	—	3–0
4	Luxembourg	6	0	1	5	2	17	−15	1		0–3	1–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	6	3	1	2	13	7	+6	7	Qualify for final tournament	—	4–1	8–1	1–0
2	Hungary	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	6		0–0	—	3–1	2–0
3	Finland	6	2	2	2	10	15	−5	6		3–0	2–1	—	1–1
4	Soviet Union	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	5		2–0	2–2	2–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	6	4	2	0	17	1	+16	10	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	5–1	8–0
2	Turkey	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	7		0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Wales	6	3	0	3	11	8	+3	6		0–2	1–0	—	7–0
4	Malta	6	0	1	5	2	21	−19	1		0–0	1–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Goalscorers

There were 327 goals scored in 108 matches, for an average of 3.03 goals per match.

7 goals

Kevin Keegan

6 goals

Klaus Fischer

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Gerd Kische (against Netherlands)
John Holland (against West Germany)
Jimmy Nicholl (against England)

References

^ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (28 March 2007). "European Championship 1980". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

External links

UEFA Euro 1980 at UEFA.com

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