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Group 3 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone: Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Norway. 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 the place in the finals.

Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	6	4	2	0	24	2	+22	10
2	Belgium	6	4	2	0	12	0	+12	10
3	Norway	6	2	0	4	9	16	−7	4
4	Iceland	6	0	0	6	2	29	−27	0

Matches

Belgium	4–0	Iceland
Van Himst 12' Polleunis 34', 57' Gunnarsson 89' (o.g.)	Report

Iceland	0–4	Belgium
	Report	Janssens 28' Lambert 30' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Dockx 60'

Norway	4–1	Iceland
Fuglset 55' (pen.) Lund 57' Hestad 83' Johansen 87'	Report	Óskarsson 90'

Norway	0–2	Belgium
	Report	Dolmans 58' (pen.) Lambert 60'

Netherlands	9–0	Norway
Neeskens 31', 51', 63' Cruyff 55', 82' De Jong 70' Brokamp 76', 87' Keizer 80' (pen.)	Report

Belgium	0–0	Netherlands
	Report

Iceland	0–4	Norway
	Report	Sunde 40' Johansen 55', 87' Pettersen 80'

Netherlands	5–0	Iceland
Van Hanegem 6' Cruyff 8', 57' Haan 17' Brokamp 29'	Report

Iceland	1–8	Netherlands
E. Geirsson 44'	Report	Brokamp 15', 75' Cruyff 21', 28' Neeskens 24' Van der Kerkhof 46' Schneider 48' (pen.) Van Hanegem 71'

Norway	1–2	Netherlands
Hestad 77'	Report	Cruyff 7' Hullshoff 87'

Belgium	2–0	Norway
Dolmans 32' (pen.) Lambert 85' (pen.)	Report

Netherlands	0–0	Belgium
	Report

Notes

1. Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
2. This match was played in Belgium rather than Iceland.
3. This match was played in Netherlands rather than Iceland.

External links

• Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF

• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
• 1972–73 in Belgian football
• 1973–74 in Belgian football
• 1972–73 in Dutch football
• 1973–74 in Dutch football
• 1972 in Icelandic football
• 1973 in Icelandic football
• 1972 in Norwegian football
• 1973 in Norwegian football