UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 8
Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 8 consisted of four teams: West Germany, Poland, Turkey, and Albania, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were West Germany, who finished four points above the Poland.
Final table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | 1–3 | — | 5–1 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — |
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
West Germany ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() | Report | Yavuz ![]() |
Albania ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Müller ![]() |
Turkey ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Müller ![]() Köppel ![]() |
West Germany ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Netzer ![]() Grabowski ![]() | Report |
Poland ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Gadocha ![]() | Report | Müller ![]() Grabowski ![]() |
West Germany ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Goalscorers
There were 30 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Panajot Pano
Medin Zhega
Astrit Ziu
Jan Banaś
Bronisław Bula
Zygfryd Szołtysik
Metin Kurt
Kamuran Yavuz
Nihat Yayöz
Horst Köppel
Günter Netzer
References
- "1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- "European Championship 1972". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.