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Group 4 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone: [1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Northern Ireland. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Netherlands 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 11
2   Belgium 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 6
3   Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 5
4   Iceland 6 1 0 5 2 12 −10 2
Source: [ citation needed]

Matches

Iceland 0 – 1  Belgium
Report Van Der Elst 73'
Referee: Carpenter ( Republic of Ireland)
Iceland 0 – 1  Netherlands
Report Geels 42'
Referee: Mulhall ( Republic of Ireland)
Netherlands 2 – 2  Northern Ireland
Krol 64'
Cruyff 66'		 Report McGrath 4'
Spence 88'
Referee: Martinez ( Spain)
Belgium 2 – 0  Northern Ireland
Van Gool 29'
Lambert 52'		 Report
Referee: Prokop ( East Germany)
Belgium 0 – 2  Netherlands
Report Rep 19'
Cruyff 65'
Referee: Gonella ( Italy)
Iceland 1 – 0  Northern Ireland
Albertsson 33' Report
Netherlands 4 – 1  Iceland
Van Hanegem 15'
Geels 18', 89' ( pen.)
Rep 35'		 Report Sigurvinsson 68'
Referee: Hirviniemi ( Finland)
Belgium 4 – 0  Iceland
Van Binst 15'
Martens 20'
Courant 60'
Lambert 65'		 Report
Referee: Thime ( Norway)
Northern Ireland 2 – 0  Iceland
McGrath 67'
McIlroy 76'		 Report
Northern Ireland 0 – 1  Netherlands
Report W. van de Kerkhof 76'
Referee: Garrido ( Portugal)
Netherlands 1 – 0  Belgium
R. van de Kerkhof 4' Report
Referee: Partridge ( England)
Northern Ireland 3 – 0  Belgium
Armstrong 42', 74'
McGrath 58'		 Report
Referee: Konrath ( France)

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.

External links

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