Group 3 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone: [1] Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Soviet Union, Turkey, and Wales. 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.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | |
| 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | |
| 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | |
| 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | −11 | |
| 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 22 | −21 |
| Turkey | 1 – 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fatih | Report | Guðlaugsson A. Guðmundsson T. Þórðarson |
| Wales | 1 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Giles | Report |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nehoda | Report |
| Czechoslovakia | 6 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vízek Panenka Nehoda Bjarnason Kozák Janečka | Report | Bergs |
| Wales | 0 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Iceland | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| L. Guðmundsson A. Eðvaldsson | Report |
| Soviet Union | 4 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chivadze Demianenko Blokhin Shengelia | Report |
| Iceland | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ormslev | Report | Kozák |
| Turkey | 0 – 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Shengelia Blokhin |
| Soviet Union | 2 – 0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shengelia | Report |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 – 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vojaček | Report | Blokhin |