Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
Appearance
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Tournament details | |
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Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 36 |
Goals scored | 112 (3.11 per match) |
The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two stages, the first single elimination tournament and then group stage.[1]
Play-off stage
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Finland ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
– | – |
East Germany ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–0 |
Great Britain ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–5 |
Iceland ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
Luxembourg ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–3 |
Poland ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
7–0 | 1–0 |
Republic of Ireland ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Romania ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 |
Soviet Union ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–0 |
Spain ![]() |
0-4 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–4 |
Switzerland ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–4 |
Group stage
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | URS | FRA | AUT | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 8 | 1972 Summer Olympics finals | — | 5–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 4 | 1–3 | — | 5–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
Source: [ FIFA]
Group 2
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | POL | BUL | SPA | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | 1972 Summer Olympics finals | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 5 | 3–1 | — | 8–3 | ||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | — |
Source: [ FIFA]
Group 3
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GDR | YUG | FIN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 1972 Summer Olympics finals | — | 2–0 | +/- | |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 0–0 | — | +/- | ||
3 | ![]() |
0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | withdrew | -/+ | -/+ | — |
Source: [ FIFA]
Group 4
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark ![]() |
5–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–2 |