Group 6 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1]Norway,
Sweden, and
Switzerland. These three 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.
^Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament:
West Germany qualified for
the World Cup automatically as defending champions.