8 Groups - 8 Berths. 5 groups with 4 teams and 3 groups with 3 teams. | 30 UEFA members took part. Albania, Malta and Iceland did not take play. | From 1966 Romania, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Belgium replaced Switzerland, Hungary, France and Spain. | |
Champion | England | Group 1 | Romania, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal | Group 2 | Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Denmark, Ireland | Group 3 | Italy, East Germany, Wales | Group 4 | Soviet Union, Northern Ireland, Turkey |
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Group 5 | Sweden, France, Norway | Group 6 | Belgium, Yugoslavia, Spain, Finland | Group 7 | West Germany, Scotland, Austria | Group 8 | Bulgaria, Poland, Netherlands, Luxembourg |
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Group 1 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. Romania | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7: | 6 | +1 | 2. Greece | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13: | 9 | +4 | 3. Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5: | 8 | -3 | 4. Portugal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8: | 10 | -2 |
Team | Roma | Gree | Swed | Port | Romania | --- | 1:1 | 2:0 | 1:0 | Greece | 2:2 | --- | 4:1 | 4:2 | Switzerland | 0:1 | 1:0 | --- | 1:1 | Portugal | 3:0 | 2:2 | 0:2 | --- |
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Romania qualified to World 1970 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | Deciders: Switzerland 1-0 Greece, Greece 2-2 Romania, Romania 1-1 Greece. |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | 12.10.68 | Basel | Switzerland | 1-0 | Greece | 1-0 | 27.10.68 | Lisboa | Portugal | 3-0 | Romania | 2-0 | 23.11.68 | Bucuresti | Romania | 2-0 | Switzerland | 0-0 | 11.12.68 | Athens | Greece | 4-2 | Portugal | 2-1 | 16.04.69 | Lisboa | Portugal | 0-2 | Switzerland | 0-2 | 16.04.69 | Athens | Greece | 2-2 | Romania | 0-0 | 04.05.69 | Porto | Portugal | 2-2 | Greece | 0-0 | 14.05.69 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 0-1 | Romania | 0-1 | 12.10.69 | Bucuresti | Romania | 1-0 | Portugal | 1-0 | 15.10.69 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 4-1 | Switzerland | 3-0 | 02.11.69 | Bern | Switzerland | 1-1 | Portugal | 0-1 | 16.11.69 | Bucuresti | Romania | 1-1 | Greece | 1-0 |
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Group 2 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. Czechoslovakia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12: | 6 | +6 | 2. Hungary | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16: | 7 | +9 | 3. Denmark | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6: | 10 | -4 | 4. Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3: | 14 | -11 |
Team | Czec | Hung | Denm | Irel | Czechoslovakia | --- | 3:3 | 1:0 | 3:0 | Hungary | 2:0 | --- | 3:0 | 4:0 | Denmark | 0:3 | 3:2 | --- | 2:0 | Ireland | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:1 | --- |
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Czechoslovakia qualified to World 1970 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | Decider: Play-Off Czechoslovakia 4-1 Hungary. |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | 25.09.68 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 0-3 | Czechoslovakia | 0-2 | 20.10.68 | Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | Denmark | 0-0 | 04.05.69 | Dublin | Ireland | 1-2 | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | 25.05.69 | Budapest | Hungary | 2-0 | Czechoslovakia | 1-0 | 27.05.69 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 2-0 | Ireland | 1-0 | 08.06.69 | Dublin | Ireland | 1-2 | Hungary | 0-1 | 15.06.69 | Kopenhagen | Denmark | 3-2 | Hungary | 2-2 | 14.09.69 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 3-3 | Hungary | 1-2 | 07.10.69 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 3-0 | Ireland | 3-0 | 15.10.69 | Dublin | Ireland | 1-1 | Denmark | 1-0 | 22.10.69 | Budapest | Hungary | 43-0 | Denmark | 2-0 | 05.11.69 | Budapest | Hungary | 4-0 | Ireland | 1-0 | Play-Off | 03.12.69 | Marseille(FRA) | Czechoslovakia | 4-1 | Hungary | 1-0 |
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Group 3 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. Italy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10: | 3 | +7 | 2. East Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7: | 7 | 0 | 3. Wales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3: | 10 | -7 |
Team | Ital | EaGe | Wale | Italy | --- | 3:0 | 4:1 | East Germany | 2:2 | --- | 2:1 | Wales | 0:1 | 1:3 | --- |
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Italy qualified to World 1970 and lost Final to Brazil 1-4. | Decider: Italy 3-0 East Germany. |
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date | venue | team 1 __________ | score | team 2 __________ | HT | att. | 23.10.68 | Cardiff | Wales | 0-1 | Italy | 0-1 | | 29.03.69 | East Berlin | East Germany | 2-2 | Italy | 1-0 | 60,000 | 1-0 Eberhard Vogel 28' 1-1 Luigi Riva 55' 2-1 Hans-Jurgen Kreische 70' 2-2 Luigi Riva 83' Walter-Ulbricht Stadion. Referee: Johan Einar Bostroem, Sweden. | 16.04.69 | Dresden | East Germany | 2-1 | Wales | 1-0 | 45,000 | 1-0 Wolfram Loewe 31' 1-1 John Toshack 57' 2-1 Peter Rock 90' Heinz-Steyer-Stadion. Referee: Franz Geluck, Belgium. | 22.10.69 | Cardiff | Wales | 1-3 | East Germany | 0-0 | 22,500 | 0-1 Eberhard Vogel 54' 0-2 Wolfram Loewe 60' 0-3 Henning Frenzel 62' 1-3 David Powell 83' Ninian Park. Referee: Roger Machin, France. | 04.11.69 | Roma | Italy | 4-1 | Wales | 1-0 | | 22.11.69 | Napoli | Italy | 3-0 | East Germany | 3-0 | 90,000 | 1-0 Alessandro Mazzola 7' 2-0 Angelo Domenghini 26' 3-0 Luigi Riva 37' Stadio San Paolo. Referee: Paul Chiller, Austria. |
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Group 4 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. Soviet Union | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8: | 1 | +7 | 2. Northern Ireland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7: | 3 | +4 | 3. Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2: | 13 | -11 |
Team | SoUn | NoIr | Turk | Soviet Union | --- | 2:0 | 3:0 | Northern Ireland | 0:0 | --- | 4:1 | Turkey | 1:3 | 0:3 | --- |
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Soviet Union qualified to World 1970 and was eliminated in Quarter Final against Uruguay 0-1. | Decider: Soviet Union 2-0 Northern Ireland. |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | 23.10.68 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 4-1 | Turkey | 1-1 | 11.12.68 | Istanbul | Turkey | 0-3 | Northern Ireland | 0-1 | 10.09.69 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | Soviet Union | 0-0 | 15.10.69 | Kiev | Soviet Union | 3-0 | Turkey | 1-0 | 22.10.69 | Moskva | Soviet Union | 2-0 | Northern Ireland | 1-0 | 16.11.69 | Istanbul | Turkey | 1-3 | Soviet Union | 1-2 |
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Group 5 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. Sweden | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12: | 5 | +7 | 2. France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6: | 4 | +2 | 3. Norway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4: | 13 | -9 |
Team | Swed | Fran | NoIr | Sweden | --- | 2:0 | 5:0 | France | 3:0 | --- | 0:1 | Norway | 2:5 | 1:3 | --- |
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Sweden qualified to World 1970 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | Decider: France 0-1 Norway, Sweden 2-0 France. |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | 09.10.68 | Stockholm | Sweden | 5-0 | Norway | 1-0 | 06.11.68 | Strasbourg | France | 0-1 | Norway | 0-0 | 19.06.69 | Oslo | Norway | 2-5 | Sweden | 0-3 | 10.09.69 | Oslo | Norway | 1-3 | France | 0-1 | 15.10.69 | Stockholm | Sweden | 2-0 | France | 1-0 | 01.11.69 | Paris | France | 3-0 | Sweden | 3-0 |
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Group 6 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. Belgium | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14: | 8 | +6 | 2. Yugoslavia | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19: | 7 | +12 | 3. Spain | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10: | 6 | +4 | 4. Finland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6: | 28 | -22 |
Team | Belg | Yugo | Spai | Finl | Belgium | --- | 3:0 | 2:1 | 6:1 | Yugoslavia | 4:0 | --- | 0:0 | 9:1 | Spain | 1:1 | 2:1 | --- | 6:0 | Finland | 1:2 | 1:5 | 2:0 | --- |
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Belgium qualified to World 1970 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | Deciders: Yugoslavia 0-0 Spain, Spain 1-1 Belgium, Belgium 2-1 Spain. |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | 19.06.68 | Helsinki | Finland | 1-2 | Belgium | 1-0 | 25.09.68 | Beograd | Yugoslavia | 9-1 | Finland | 2-0 | 09.10.68 | Waregem | Belgium | 6-1 | Finland | 3-0 | 16.10.68 | Brussels | Belgium | 3-0 | Yugoslavia | 1-0 | 27.10.68 | Beograd | Yugoslavia | 0-0 | Spain | 0-0 | 11.12.68 | Madrid | Spain | 1-1 | Belgium | 0-1 | 23.02.69 | Liege | Belgium | 2-1 | Spain | 1-0 | 30.04.69 | Barcelona | Spain | 2-1 | Yugoslavia | 2-0 | 04.06.69 | Helsinki | Finland | 1-5 | Yugoslavia | 1-3 | 25.06.69 | Helsinki | Finland | 2-0 | Spain | 2-0 | 15.10.69 | Kadiz | Spain | 6-0 | Finland | 5-0 | 19.10.69 | Skopje | Yugoslavia | 4-0 | Belgium | 3-0 |
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Group 7 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. West Germany | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20: | 3 | +17 | 2. Scotland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18: | 7 | +11 | 3. Austria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12: | 7 | +5 | 4. Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2: | 35 | -33 |
Team | WeGe | Scot | Aust | Cypr | West Germany | --- | 3:2 | 1:0 | 12:0 | Scotland | 1:1 | --- | 2:1 | 8:0 | Austria | 0:2 | 2:0 | --- | 7:1 | Cyprus | 0:1 | 0:5 | 1:2 | --- |
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West Germany qualified to World 1970 and was eliminated in Sem-Final against Italy 3-4 aet. Won 3rd place Play-Off against Uruguay 1-0. | Decider: West Germany 3-2 Scotland |
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date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | att. | 19.05.68 | Wien | Austria | 7-1 | Cyprus | 3-0 | 13.10.68 | Wien | Austria | 0-2 | West Germany | 0-1 | 06.11.68 | Glasgow | Scotland | 2-1 | Austria | 0-1 | 23.11.68 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 0-1 | West Germany | 0-0 | 11.12.68 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 0-5 | Scotland | 0-5 | 16.04.69 | Glasgow | Scotland | 1-1 | West Germany | 0-1 | 19.04.69 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 1-2 | Austria | 0-1 | 10.05.69 | Nurnberg | West Germany | 1-0 | Austria | 0-0 | 17.05.69 | Glasgow | Scotland | 8-0 | Cyprus | 3-0 | 21.05.69 | Essen | West Germany | 12-0 | Cyprus | 7-0 | 22.10.69 | Hambourg | West Germany | 3-2 | Scotland | 1-1 | 05.11.69 | Wien | Austria | 2-0 | Scotland | 1-0 |
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Group 8 | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | g+- | 1. Bulgaria | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12: | 7 | +5 | 2. Poland | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19: | 7 | +12 | 3. Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9: | 5 | +4 | 4. Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3: | 24 | -21 |
Team | Bulg | Pola | Neth | Luxe | Bulgaria | --- | 4:1 | 2:0 | 2:1 | Poland | 3:0 | --- | 2:1 | 8:0 | Netherlands | 1:1 | 1:0 | --- | 4:0 | Luxembourg | 1:3 | 1:5 | 0:2 | --- |
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Bulgaria qualified to World 1970 and was eliminated in Groups Round. | Deciders: Netherlands 1-1 Bulgaria and Luxembourg 1-3 Bulgaria. |
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date | venue | team 1 __________ | score | team 2 __________ | HT | att. | 04.09.68 | Rotterdam(NED) | Luxembourg | 0-2 | Netherlands | 0-1 | 27.10.68 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2-0 | Netherlands | 1-0 | 26.03.69 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 4-0 | Luxembourg | 2-0 | 20.04.69 | Krakow | Poland | 8-1 | Luxembourg | 3-0 | 23.04.69 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 2-1 | Luxembourg | 1-0 | 07.05.69 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 1-0 | Poland | 0-0 | 15.06.69 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 4-1 | Poland | 2-1 | 07.09.69 | Chorzow | Poland | 2-1 | Netherlands | 0-1 | 12.10.69 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1-5 | Poland | 1-0 | 22.10.69 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 1-1 | Bulgaria | 1-0 | 09.11.69 | Warsaw | Poland | 3-0 | Bulgaria | 1-0 | 07.12.69 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1-3 | Bulgaria | 0-2 |
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