1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Group 8 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone: ^[1] Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and Scotland. These three 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	Scotland	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	6
2	Czechoslovakia	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	5
3	Denmark	4	0	1	3	2	13	−11	1

Matches

18 October 1972

Denmark	1–4	Scotland
Laudrup 28'	Report	Macari 18' Bone 20' Harper 80' Morgan 83'

Københavns Idrætspark , Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 31,200

Referee: Bakhramov (Soviet Union)

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15 November 1972

Scotland	2–0	Denmark
Dalglish 2' Lorimer 46'	Report

Hampden Park , Glasgow, Scotland

Attendance: 47,109

Referee: Corver (Netherlands)

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2 May 1973

Denmark	1–1	Czechoslovakia
Bjørnmose 15'	Report	Petráš 32'

Københavns Idrætspark , Copenhagen, Denmark

Attendance: 19,942

Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)

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2 June 1973

Czechoslovakia	6–0	Denmark
Nehoda 46' Veselý 56', 65', 80' Bičovský 57' Hagara 60'	Report

Stadion Letná , Prague, Czechoslovakia

Attendance: 17,432

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

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26 September 1973

Scotland	2–1	Czechoslovakia
Holton 40' Jordan 74'	Report	Nehoda 32'

Hampden Park , Glasgow, Scotland

Attendance: 95,786

Referee: Øberg (Norway)

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17 October 1973

Czechoslovakia	1–0	Scotland
Nehoda 15' (pen.)	Report

Tehelné pole , Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

Attendance: 13,668

Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)

Notes

1. Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

External links

• Group 8 Detailed Results at RSSSF