1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Republic of Ireland, France, Netherlands and Cyprus. 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  Belgium 118512129+3
2  France 108503208+12
3  Republic of Ireland 1084221711+6
4  Netherlands 98413117+4
5  Cyprus 08008429−25

Results

26 March 1980
Cyprus  2 – 3  Republic of Ireland
N. Pantiziaras  29'
Kaiafas  74' (pen.) 		Report McGee  8', 38'
Lawrenson  23'
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Zvi Shahir (Israel)

10 September 1980
Republic of Ireland  2 – 1  Netherlands
Daly  78'
Lawrenson  85' 		Report Tahamata  57'

11 October 1980
Cyprus  0 – 7  France
Report Lacombe  4'
Platini  14', 23'
Larios  40' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Six  82'
Zimako  87'
Tsirion Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 15,0000
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

15 October 1980
Republic of Ireland  1 – 1  Belgium
Grealish  42' Report Cluytens  13'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

28 October 1980
France  2 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Platini  11'
Zimako  77' 		Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 44,800
Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

19 November 1980
Belgium  1 – 0  Netherlands
Vandenbergh  48' (pen.) Report
Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 57,665
Referee: Elzar Azim-Zade (Soviet Union)

19 November 1980
Republic of Ireland  6 – 0  Cyprus
Daly  10' (pen.), 23'
Grealish  24'
Robinson  28'
Stapleton  46'
Hughton  65' 		Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eysteinn Gudmundsson (Iceland)

21 December 1980
Cyprus  0 – 2  Belgium
Report Vandenbergh  30'
Ceulemans  68'
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)

18 February 1981
Belgium  3 – 2  Cyprus
Plessers  12'
Vandenbergh  17'
Ceulemans  67' 		Report Lysandrou  42'
Vrachimis  60'
Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 17,445
Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland)

22 February 1981
Netherlands  3 – 0  Cyprus
Hovenkamp  15'
Schapendonk  48'
Nanninga  58' 		Report
Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Howard King (Wales)

25 March 1981
Netherlands  1 – 0  France
Mühren  47' Report
Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

25 March 1981
Belgium  1 – 0  Republic of Ireland
Ceulemans  88' Report
Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 37,978
Referee: Raúl Joaquim Fernandes Naza (Portugal)

29 April 1981
Cyprus  0 – 1  Netherlands
Report Van Kooten  29'
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)

29 April 1981
France  3 – 2  Belgium
Soler  14', 31'
Six  26' 		Report Vandenbergh  5'
Ceulemans  52'
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 44,954
Referee: Victorino Arminio Sánchez (Spain)

9 September 1981
Belgium  2 – 0  France
Czerniatynski  24'
Vandenbergh  83' 		Report
Stade du Heysel, Brussels
Attendance: 52,525
Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

14 October 1981
Netherlands  3 – 0  Belgium
Metgod  6'
Van Kooten  26'
Geels  54' 		Report

14 October 1981
Republic of Ireland  3 – 2  France
Mahut  3' (o.g.)
Stapleton  23'
Robinson  39' 		Report Bellone  9'
Platini  83'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

18 November 1981
France  2 – 0  Netherlands
Platini  52'
Six  82' 		Report

5 December 1981
France  4 – 0  Cyprus
Rocheteau  25'
Lacombe  29', 82'
Genghini  86' 		Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 43,437
Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta)

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 34 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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