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Group 3 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone: [1] Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Soviet Union, Turkey, and Wales. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1   Soviet Union 14 8 6 2 0 20 2 +18
2   Czechoslovakia 10 8 4 2 2 15 6 +9
3   Wales 10 8 4 2 2 12 7 +5
4   Iceland 6 8 2 2 4 10 21 −11
5   Turkey 0 8 0 0 8 1 22 −21

Results

Iceland 0 – 4  Wales
Report Walsh 45', 75'
Giles 53'
Flynn 61' ( pen.)
Attendance: 10,254
Referee: Rolf Nyhus ( Norway)

Iceland 1 – 2  Soviet Union
Sveinsson 75' Report Gavrilov 35'
Andreyev 80'

Turkey 1 – 3  Iceland
Fatih 72' ( pen.) Report Guðlaugsson 12'
A. Guðmundsson 62'
T. Þórðarson 80'
Attendance: 18,506
Referee: Ioan Igna ( Romania)

Soviet Union 5 – 0  Iceland
Andreyev 9', 78'
Oganesian 39', 58'
Bezsonov 84'
Report
Wales 4 – 0  Turkey
Flynn 19'
L. James 37' ( pen.), 85'
Walsh 79'
Report
Attendance: 11,770

Wales 1 – 0  Czechoslovakia
Giles 10' Report
Attendance: 20,175

Czechoslovakia 2 – 0  Turkey
Nehoda 13', 15' Report

Turkey 0 – 1  Wales
Report Harris 67'
Attendance: 35,000

Turkey 0 – 3  Czechoslovakia
Report Janečka 58'
Kozák 70'
Vízek 81'
Attendance: 35,000

Czechoslovakia 6 – 1  Iceland
Vízek 35'
Panenka 44' ( pen.)
Nehoda 72'
Bjarnason 78' ( o.g.)
Kozák 79'
Janečka 87'
Report Bergs 60'
Attendance: 21,756

Wales 0 – 0  Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 29,366

Czechoslovakia 2 – 0  Wales
D. Davies 24' ( o.g.)
Lička 67'
Report

Soviet Union 4 – 0  Turkey
Chivadze 4'
Demianenko 20'
Blokhin 26'
Shengelia 49'
Report
Iceland 1 – 1  Czechoslovakia
Ormslev 6' Report Kozák 77'
Attendance: 7,343

Turkey 0 – 3  Soviet Union
Report Shengelia 17'
Blokhin 38', 54'

Wales 2 – 2  Iceland
R. James 25'
Curtis 54'
Report Á. Sigurvinsson 47', 61'
Attendance: 19,783

Soviet Union 2 – 0  Czechoslovakia
Shengelia 28', 46' Report
Attendance: 75,000

Soviet Union 3 – 0  Wales
Daraselia 13'
Blokhin 18'
Gavrilov 64'
Report
Attendance: 75,000

Czechoslovakia 1 – 1  Soviet Union
Vojaček 34' Report Blokhin 14'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Clive White ( England)

Notes

  1. ^ Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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