The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner Hungary qualified for the eighth FIFA World Cup held in England.
Austria  | 1–1 |  East Germany |
|---|---|---|
Hof  46' | Report | Nöldner 74' |
| East Germany | 1–1 |  Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| Vogel 17' | Report | Bene 28' |
| East Germany | 1–0 | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| Nöldner 1' | Report |
Hungary qualified. This is the first time Austria failed to qualify. The previous absences of the Austrian team at World Cup were all due to withdrawals (1938, 1950, and 1962).
| Final table | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | | | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | X | 3:2 | 3:0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2. | East Germany | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1:1 | X | 1:0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 3. | Austria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0:1 | 1:1 | X | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Hungary Head coach: Lajos Baróti
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Flórián Albert | 15 September 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| FW | Ferenc Bene | 17 December 1944 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Újpesti Dózsa |
| FW | János Farkas | 27 March 1942 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Budapesti Vasas |
| FW | Máté Fenyvesi | 20 September 1933 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| MF | Ferenc Fister | 23 February 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Budapesti Vasas |
| GK | József Gelei | 29 June 1938 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Tatabányai Bányász |
| DF | Kálmán Ihász | 6 March 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Budapesti Vasas |
| MF | Imre Mathesz | 25 March 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | Budapesti Vasas |
| DF | Sándor Mátrai | 20 November 1932 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| DF | Kálmán Mészöly | 16 July 1941 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | - | Budapesti Vasas |
| FW | Antal Nagy | 16 May 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | Budapest Honvéd FC |
| MF | István Nagy | 14 April 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | MTK Budapest |
| DF | Dezső Novák | 3 February 1939 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| MF | Gyula Rákosi | 9 October 1938 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | Ferencvárosi TC |
| MF | Ferenc Sipos | 13 December 1932 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Budapest Honvéd FC |
| DF | Gusztáv Szepesi | 17 July 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | - | Tatabányai Bányász |
East Germany Head coach: Károly Soós
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Peter Ducke | 14 October 1941 | 3 | 2 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | SC Moter Jena |
| MF | Roland Ducke | 19 November 1934 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | 90 | 90 | SC Moter Jena |
| FW | Dieter Erler | 28 May 1939 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| DF | Otto Fräßdorf | 5 February 1942 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| FW | Henning Frenzel | 3 May 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | Lokomotive Leipzig |
| DF | Manfred Geisler | 3 March 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Lokomotive Leipzig |
| MF | Gerhard Körner | 20 September 1941 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| DF | Waldemar Mühlbächer | 25 September 1937 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | SC Dynamo Berlin |
| MF | Jürgen Nöldner | 22 February 1941 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FC Vorwärts Berlin |
| MF | Herbert Pankau | 4 October 1941 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Empor Rostock |
| FW | Hermann Stöcker | 6 January 1938 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | SC Aufbau Magdeburg |
| FW | Eberhard Vogel | 8 April 1943 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | - | 90 | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| DF | Manfred Walter | 31 July 1937 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BSG Chemie Leipzig |
| GK | Horst Weigang | 30 September 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | Lokomotive Leipzig |
Austria Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games played | Goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | | | | | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Heinz Binder | 29 January 1943 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Hans Buzek | 22 May 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | 90 | FK Austria Wien |
| DF | Rudolf Cejka | 16 March 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | First Vienna FC |
| MF | Alfons Dirnberger | 4 September 1941 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Ernst Fiala | 23 February 1940 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Rudi Flögel | 13 December 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| GK | Gernot Fraydl | 10 December 1939 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien | ||
| - | 90 | FC Wacker Innsbruck | ||||||||||
| FW | Toni Fritsch | 10 July 1945 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Walter Glechner | 12 February 1939 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 13 | - | - | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| FW | Leopold Grausam | 29 June 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Paul Halla | 10 April 1931 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| FW | Franz Hasil | 28 July 1944 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| FW | Horst Hirnschrodt | 5 December 1940 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Erich Hof | 3 August 1936 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | Wiener Sportclub |
| FW | Helmut Köglberger | 12 January 1946 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | LASK |
| MF | Karl Koller | 8 February 1929 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | First Vienna FC |
| MF | Friedrich Kremser | 10 September 1942 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | First Vienna FC |
| DF | Toni Linhart | 24 July 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | Wiener Sportclub |
| DF | Walter Ludescher | 5 October 1942 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FC Wacker Innsbruck |
| FW | Adolf Macek | 16 December 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | Austria Salzburg |
| FW | Horst Nemec | 25 January 1939 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | - | FK Austria Wien |
| FW | Walter Seitl | 15 March 1941 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Gerhard Sturmberger | 1 May 1940 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | LASK |
| GK | Rudolf Szanwald | 6 July 1931 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | Wiener Sportclub |
| MF | Ewald Ullmann | 5 May 1943 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | SK Rapid Wien |
| DF | Franz Vieböck | 15 October 1938 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | LASK |
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