1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Group 3 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Norway. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

Standings

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

Belgium  v  Iceland

18 May 1972	Belgium	4 – 0	Iceland	Liege, Belgium
	Van Himst  12' Polleunis  34', 57' Gunnarsson  89' (o.g.)	Report		Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)

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Iceland  v  Belgium

22 May 1972	Iceland	0 – 4	Belgium	Bruges, Belgium[2]
		Report	Janssens  28' Lambert  30' (pen.), 49' (pen.) Dockx  60'	Referee: Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

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Norway  v  Iceland

3 August 1972	Norway	4 – 1	Iceland	Stavanger, Norway
	Fuglset  55' (pen.) Lund  57' Hestad  83' Johansen  87'	Report	Óskarsson  90'	Referee: Riedel (East Germany)

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Norway  v  Belgium

4 October 1972	Norway	0 – 2	Belgium	Oslo, Norway
		Report	Dolmans  58' (pen.) Lambert  60'	Referee: Mullan (Scotland)

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Netherlands  v  Norway

1 November 1972	Netherlands	9 – 0	Norway	Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Neeskens  31', 51', 63' Cruijff  55', 82' De Jong  70' Brokamp  76', 87' Keizer  80' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Eksztajn (Poland)

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Belgium  v  Netherlands

19 November 1972	Belgium	0 – 0	Netherlands	Antwerp, Belgium
		Report		Referee: Walker (England)

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Iceland  v  Norway

2 August 1973	Iceland	0 – 4	Norway	Reykjavík, Iceland
		Report	Sunde  40' Johansen  55', 87' Pettersen  80'	Referee: Dahlberg (Sweden)

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Netherlands  v  Iceland

22 August 1973	Netherlands	5 – 0	Iceland	Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Van Hanegem  6' Cruijff  8', 57' Haan  17' Brokamp  29'	Report		Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)

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Iceland  v  Netherlands

29 August 1973	Iceland	1 – 8	Netherlands	Deventer, Netherlands[3]
	E. Geirsson  44'	Report	Brokamp  15', 75' Cruijff  21', 28' Neeskens  24' Van der Kerkhof  46' Schneider  48' (pen.) Van Hanegem  71'	Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)

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Norway  v  Netherlands

12 September 1973	Norway	1 – 2	Netherlands	Oslo, Norway
	Hestad  77'	Report	Cruijff  7' Hullshoff  87'	Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)

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Belgium  v  Norway

31 October 1973	Belgium	2 – 0	Norway	Brussels, Belgium
	Dolmans  32' (pen.) Lambert  85' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

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Netherlands  v  Belgium

18 November 1973	Netherlands	0 – 0	Belgium	Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Report		Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union)

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

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