UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 1

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Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 1 consisted of four teams: Romania, Czechoslovakia, Wales, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Romania, who finished above Czechoslovakia on goal difference.

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Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Flag of Finland.svg
1Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6411112+99Advance to quarter-finals 2–1 2–0 3–0
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 6411114+79 1–0 1–0 1–1
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 62135615 0–0 1–3 3–0
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6015116151 0–4 0–4 0–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg11Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Albrecht Soccerball shade.svg30' Report Paatelainen Soccerball shade.svg41'
Letenský stadion, Prague
Attendance: 5,549
Referee: William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)

Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg30Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Dumitrache Soccerball shade.svg28', 42'
Nunweiller Soccerball shade.svg77'
Report
Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 36,584
Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg00Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Report
Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 19,882
Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)

Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
R. Davies Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.) Report Čapkovič Soccerball shade.svg80', 83'
Táborský Soccerball shade.svg81'
Vetch Field, Swansea
Attendance: 12,767
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)

Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg10Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Veselý Soccerball shade.svg88' Report
Tehelné Pole (Slovan), Bratislava
Attendance: 38,207
Referee: Fernando dos Santos Leite (Portugal)

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg01Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Report Toshack Soccerball shade.svg54'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 5,410
Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg04Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Report Čapkovič Soccerball shade.svg10'
Pollák Soccerball shade.svg16'
Karkó Soccerball shade.svg83', 89'
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 4,658
Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg04Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Report Iordănescu Soccerball shade.svg25'
Lupescu Soccerball shade.svg37'
Dembrovschi Soccerball shade.svg55'
Lucescu Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.)
Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 2,084
Referee: Pius Kamber (Switzerland)

Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg30Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Durban Soccerball shade.svg10'
Toshack Soccerball shade.svg53'
Reece Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report
Vetch Field, Swansea
Attendance: 10,301
Referee: Kaj Rasmussen (Denmark)

Czechoslovakia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg10Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Kuna Soccerball shade.svg60' Report
Letenský stadion, Prague
Attendance: 20,051
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)

Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg21Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Dembrovschi Soccerball shade.svg26'
Dobrin Soccerball shade.svg52'
Report Čapkovič Soccerball shade.svg50'
Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 63,583
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Romania  Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg20Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Lupescu Soccerball shade.svg9'
Lucescu Soccerball shade.svg74'
Report
Stadionul 23. August, Bucharest
Attendance: 35,251
Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

Goalscorers

There were 28 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References