1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Group 3 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Norway. These four 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[edit]

Rank  | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1 |  Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 10
2 |  Belgium | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 10
3 |  Norway | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4
4 |  Iceland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0

## Matches[edit]

18 May 1972

Belgium | 4–0|  Iceland

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Van Himst 12'
Polleunis 34', 57'
Gunnarsson 89' (o.g.) | Report |

Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)

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22 May 1972

Iceland | 0–4|  Belgium

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| Report | Janssens 28'
Lambert 30' (pen.), 49' (pen.)
Dockx 60'

Referee: Byrne (Republic of Ireland)

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3 August 1972

Norway | 4–1|  Iceland

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Fuglset 55' (pen.)
Lund 57'
Hestad 83'
Johansen 87' | Report | Óskarsson 90'

Referee: Riedel (East Germany)

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4 October 1972

Norway | 0–2|  Belgium

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| Report | Dolmans 58' (pen.)
Lambert 60'

Referee: Mullan (Scotland)

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1 November 1972

Netherlands | 9–0|  Norway

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Neeskens 31', 51', 63'
Cruyff 55', 82'
De Jong 70'
Brokamp 76', 87'
Keizer 80' (pen.) | Report |

Referee: Eksztajn (Poland)

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19 November 1972

Belgium | 0–0|  Netherlands

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| Report |

Referee: Walker (England)

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2 August 1973

Iceland | 0–4|  Norway

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| Report | Sunde 40'
Johansen 55', 87'
Pettersen 80'

Referee: Dahlberg (Sweden)

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22 August 1973

Netherlands | 5–0|  Iceland

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Van Hanegem 6'
Cruyff 8', 57'
Haan 17'
Brokamp 29' | Report |

Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)

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29 August 1973

Iceland | 1–8|  Netherlands

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E. Geirsson 44' | Report | Brokamp 15', 75'
Cruyff 21', 28'
Neeskens 24'
Van der Kerkhof 46'
Schneider 48' (pen.)
Van Hanegem 71'

Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)

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12 September 1973

Norway | 1–2|  Netherlands

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Hestad 77' | Report | Cruyff 7'
Hullshoff 87'

Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)

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31 October 1973

Belgium | 2–0|  Norway

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Dolmans 32' (pen.)
Lambert 85' (pen.) | Report |

Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

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18 November 1973

Netherlands | 0–0|  Belgium

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Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union)

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
2. ^ This match was played in Belgium rather than Iceland.
3. ^ This match was played in Netherlands rather than Iceland.

## External links[edit]

* Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF

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