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rounds for the European zone (

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). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''

1974 FIFA World Cup qualification 99 teams entered the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for 16 spots in the final tournament. West Germany, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. Th ...

''. A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament.

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, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams. The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off.

Groups

Group 1

Austria and Sweden finished level on points and

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, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Sweden won to qualify for the World Cup.

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and

, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia won to qualify for the World Cup.

Group 8

Group 9

The Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs

Goalscorers

;7 goals * Hristo Bonev *

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* Gigi Riva *

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;5 goals * Willy Brokamp *

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;4 goals *

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* Jürgen Sparwasser *

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;3 goals * Josef Hickersberger *

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* Georgi Denev * Zdeněk Nehoda * Bohumil Veselý *

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* Tor Egil Johansen * Dušan Bajević ;2 goals * August Starek * Léon Dolmans *

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* Sándor Zámbó *

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* Wim van Hanegem *

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* Robert Gadocha *

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* Nené *

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* Dumitru Marcu * Mircea Sandu * Volodymyr Onyshchenko * José Claramunt * Rubén Óscar Valdez *

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* Osman Arpacıoğlu * Stanislav Karasi ;1 goal *

Sabah Bizi Sabah Bizi (born 13 November 1946) is an Albanian retired footballer who played for Vllaznia Shkodër and Partizani Tirana as well as the Albania national team. Club career A Vllaznia club legend, Bizi won three league titles with the club du ...

* Mihal Gjika * Ramazan Rragami * Franz Hasil *

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* Norbert Hof * Helmut Köglberger * Thomas Parits * Peter Pumm * Jean Dockx *

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* Kokos Antoniou * Přemysl Bičovský * Vladimír Hagara *

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* Ole Bjørnmose *

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* Peter Ducke * Colin Bell * Allan Clarke * Norman Hunter * Jarmo Manninen * Olavi Rissanen *

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* Georges Bereta * Serge Chiesa *

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* Kostas Eleftherakis *

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* Antal Dunai * István Juhász *

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* Csaba Vidáts * Elmar Geirsson * Örn Óskarsson * Mick Martin * Ray Treacy *

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* Gilbert Dussier * Anton Camilleri *

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* Barry Hullshoff * Theo de Jong * Piet Keizer * René van der Kerkhof * Dick Schneider * Sammy Morgan *

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* Jan Fuglset *

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* Per Pettersen * Harald Sunde *

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Humberto Coelho Humberto Manuel de Jesus Coelho (born 20 April 1950) is a Portuguese retired Association football, footballer and Manager (association football), manager. In a career mainly associated with S.L. Benfica, Benfica, the Defender (association footba ...

Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...

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* Artur Jorge * Alfredo Quaresma *

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* Emerich Dembrovschi *

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* Nicolae Pantea * Teodor Tarălungă *

Jimmy Bone James Bone (born 22 September 1949) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. Following his playing retirement he moved into coaching and has managed a number of Scottish League clubs. Playing career Early career ...

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* Peter Lorimer *

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Oleh Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...

* Vladimir Fedotov *

Viktor Kolotov Viktor Mikhailovich Kolotov (russian: Виктор Михайлович Колотов; ua, Віктор Михайлович Колотов; 3 July 1949 – 3 January 2000) was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer. He was born in the settlement ...

* Amancio Amaro *

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* Roberto Juan Martínez *

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Ove Grahn Jan-Olof "Ove" Grahn (9 May 1943 – 11 July 2007) was a Swedish professional football player who played as a striker. He represented IF Elfsborg, Grasshoppers, Lausanne Sports, and Örgryte IS during a career that spanned between 1960 and 19 ...

* Dag Szepanski * Rolf Blättler *

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* Mehmet Türkkan * Melih Atacan * Trevor Hockey *

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* John Toshack *

Jovan Aćimović Jovan "Kule" Aćimović (; born 21 June 1948) is a former Serbian football player. His son Đorđe was also a footballer who played for Red Star Belgrade and FK Mačva Šabac. International career On the national level he played for Yugoslavia ...

Josip Katalinski Josip Katalinski (12 May 1948 – 9 June 2011) was a Bosnian professional football manager and player. Club career Katalinski's career began in a small club Igman based in Ilidža, a suburb of Sarajevo. He was spotted there in 1964 by Željezni ...

Ivica Šurjak Ivan "Ivica" Šurjak (born 23 March 1953) is a Croatian retired football midfielder. He was the driving force behind the success of Hajduk Split as it became a force in the Yugoslav First League in the 1970s. Club career He started his career a ...

;1 own goal * Einar Gunnarsson (playing against

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

) * Charles Spiteri (playing against

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

) *

(playing against

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...

)

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