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1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

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Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone: Austria, Hungary, Malta, and Sweden. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming this spot.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1=  Austria 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 8
1=  Sweden 6 3 2 1 15 8 +7 8
3  Hungary 6 2 4 0 12 7 +5 8
4  Malta 6 0 0 6 1 20 −19 0

Matches

Malta 0–2 Hungary
Bene 3', 56'
The Stadium, Valletta, MaltaAttendance: 9,231Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Austria 4–0 Malta
Hickersberger 29', 34', 36'
Hof 85'
Praterstadion, Vienna, AustriaAttendance: 16,081Referee: Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
Hungary 3–0 Malta
Kocsis 35'
Bene 60'
I. Juhász 75'
Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest, HungaryAttendance: 5,646Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Sweden 0–0 Hungary
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Stockholm, SwedenAttendance: 28,598Referee: Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Austria 2–0 Sweden
Parits 65'
Pumm 78'
Praterstadion, Vienna, AustriaAttendance: 40,578Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
Austria 2–2 Hungary
Hasil 58' (pen.)
Jara 71'
Dunai II 16'
Kocsis 20'
Praterstadion, Vienna, AustriaAttendance: 67,392Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
Sweden 7–0 Malta
Edström 2', 32', 64'
Larsson 18', 35' (pen.)
Sandberg 44'
Szepanski 57' (pen.)
Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, SwedenAttendance: 24,277Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Malta 0–2 Austria
Köglberger 48'
Spiteri 77' (o.g.)
The Stadium, Valletta, MaltaAttendance: 4,373Referee: Francescon (Italy)
Hungary 2–2 Austria
Zámbó 12'
Bálint 69'
Starek 14'
Jara 28'
Népstadion, Budapest, HungaryAttendance: 72,068Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
Sweden 3–2 Austria
Sandberg 24', 78'
Grahn 52'
Jara 50'
Starek 89'
Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, SwedenAttendance: 48,462Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
Hungary 3–3 Sweden
Kozma 9'
Vidáts 59'
Zámbó 71'
Kindvall 38'
Sandberg 57'
Edström 77'
Népstadion, Budapest, HungaryAttendance: 73,070Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Malta 1–2 Sweden
Camilleri 20' Kindvall 21'
Larsson 35' (pen.)
The Stadium, Valletta, MaltaAttendance: 15,459Referee: Katsoras (Greece)

Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Sweden 2–1 Austria
Sandberg 12'
Larsson 28' (pen.)
Hattenberger 39'
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, West GermanyAttendance: 69,974Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)

Notes

  1. Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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