1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Listed below are the dates and results for the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 33 UEFA teams entered the competition. Moreover, Israel were also assigned to the European zone despite not being a UEFA member. The European zone was allocated 14 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Spain, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 13 spots open for competition between 33 teams.

The 33 teams were divided into 7 groups. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The number of teams and spots for each group were as follows:

Groups 1 to 6 had 5 teams each. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
Group 7 had 3 teams. The group winner would qualify.

Draw

The draw for the qualifying groups took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 14 October 1979. During the draw teams were drawn from the 5 pots into the 7 groups. The seedings below were announced ten days before the draw.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E
England Scotland Czechoslovakia Poland Italy Netherlands West Germany	Yugoslavia France Austria Hungary Soviet Union Sweden	East Germany Belgium Wales Portugal Switzerland Greece Bulgaria	Romania Northern Ireland Turkey Denmark Finland Republic of Ireland	Malta Albania Cyprus Luxembourg Iceland Norway Israel

UEFA Group 1

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	West Germany	16	8	8	0	0	33	3	+30
2	Austria	11	8	5	1	2	16	6	+10
3	Bulgaria	9	8	4	1	3	11	10	+1
4	Albania	2	8	1	0	7	4	22	−18
5	Finland	2	8	1	0	7	4	27	−23

West Germany and Austria qualified.

UEFA Group 2

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Belgium	11	8	5	1	2	12	9	+3
2	France	10	8	5	0	3	20	8	+12
3	Republic of Ireland	10	8	4	2	2	17	11	+6
4	Netherlands	9	8	4	1	3	11	7	+4
5	Cyprus	0	8	0	0	8	4	29	−25

Belgium and France qualified.

UEFA Group 3

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Soviet Union	14	8	6	2	0	20	2	+18
2	Czechoslovakia	10	8	4	2	2	15	6	+9
3	Wales	10	8	4	2	2	12	7	+5
4	Iceland	6	8	2	2	4	10	21	−11
5	Turkey	0	8	0	0	8	1	22	−21

Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia qualified.

UEFA Group 4

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Hungary	10	8	4	2	2	13	8	+5
2	England	9	8	4	1	3	13	8	+5
3	Romania	8	8	2	4	2	5	5	0
4	Switzerland	7	8	2	3	3	9	12	−3
5	Norway	6	8	2	2	4	8	15	−7

Hungary and England qualified.

UEFA Group 5

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Yugoslavia	13	8	6	1	1	22	7	+15
2	Italy	12	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7
3	Denmark	8	8	4	0	4	14	11	+3
4	Greece	7	8	3	1	4	10	13	−3
5	Luxembourg	0	8	0	0	8	1	23	−22

Yugoslavia and Italy qualified.

UEFA Group 6

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Scotland	11	8	4	3	1	9	4	+5
2	Northern Ireland	9	8	3	3	2	6	3	+3
3	Sweden	8	8	3	2	3	7	8	−1
4	Portugal	7	8	3	1	4	8	11	−3
5	Israel	5	8	1	3	4	6	10	−4

Scotland and Northern Ireland qualified.

UEFA Group 7

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Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Poland	8	4	4	0	12	2	+10
2	East Germany	4	4	2	2	9	6	+3
3	Malta	0	4	0	4	2	15	−13

Poland qualified.

References

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