UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 3

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Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1968 finals tournament. Group 3 consisted of four teams: Soviet Union, Greece, Austria, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Soviet Union, who finished 5 points above Greece.

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Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Finland.svg
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 6501166+1010Advance to quarter-finals 4–0 4–3 2–0
2Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 52127815 0–1 4–1 2–1
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52127925 1–0 Void [lower-alpha 1] 2–1
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 602451272 2–5 1–1 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. The Austria v Greece match was abandoned in the 86th minute at 1–1 due to a crowd disturbance and declared void. [1]

Matches

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg0–0Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,070
Referee: Peter Coates (Rep. of Ireland)

Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg2–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  • Alexiadis Soccerball shade.svg39', 86'
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Kaftatzoglio Stadio, Salonika
Attendance: 28,478
Referee: Zdeněk Valeš (Czechoslovakia)

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–1Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
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Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)

Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4–3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 72,142
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg4–0Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
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Central Stadium Dynamo, Tbilisi
Attendance: 28,040
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)

Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg2–0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 20,597
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg2–5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
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Kupittaan Stadion, Turku
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg2–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
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Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 25,231
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg4–1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
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Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus (Athens)
Attendance: 34,552
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)

Austria  Flag of Austria.svg1–0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
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Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)

Greece  Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg0–1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
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Stadio Karaiskaki, Piraeus (Athens)
Attendance: 33,588
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Austria  Flag of Austria.svgAnnulled [note 2] Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
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Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 31,996
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)

Goalscorers

There were 37 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match. [note 3]

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. The Greece v Austria match, originally scheduled on 23 April 1967, was postponed to 4 October 1967 due to the Greek coup d'état on 21 April 1967. [3]
  2. The Austria v Greece match was abandoned in the 86th minute at 1–1 due to a crowd disturbance and declared void. [1]
  3. 1 2 3 The matches/goals tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently annulled.

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References

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  2. Goal also credited to Wartusch own goal.
  3. Benesch, Heribert (23 April 1967). "Spiel abgesagt, Team nominiert" [Match canceled, team nominated]. Arbeiter-Zeitung (in German). Vienna . Retrieved 24 October 2017.