UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 24 May 1978 – 26 March 1980 |
Teams | 31 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 108 |
Goals scored | 327 (3.03 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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UEFA European Qualifiers |
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The qualifying round for the 1980 European Football Championship consisted of 31 teams divided into seven groups; three of five teams and four of four teams. The qualifying round (drawn in Rome on 30 November 1977) was played at various times between May 1978 and February 1980, with some groups concluding earlier than others.[1]
Qualified teams
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1] |
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Host | 12 November 1977 | 1 (1968) | |
Group 6 winner | 31 October 1979 | 0 (debut) | |
Group 1 winner | 21 November 1979 | 1 (1968) | |
Group 4 winner | 21 November 1979 | 1 (1976) | |
Group 5 winner | 24 November 1979 | 2 (1960, 1976) | |
Group 3 winner | 9 December 1979 | 1 (1964) | |
Group 2 winner | 19 December 1979 | 1 (1972) | |
Group 7 winner | 22 December 1979 | 2 (1972, 1976) | |
- ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Groups
Four groups of four teams and three groups of five teams competed for qualification for UEFA Euro 1980. The teams played home and away matches against the other teams in their group. The seven teams that acquired the most points to win their respective group qualified for the main tournament, joining the host nation Italy.
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 15 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 9 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |||
3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | |||
4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | |||
5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 4 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | — |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 12 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | |||
3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 9 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | |||
4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 7 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | — | 3–2 | |||
5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — |
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 8 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 5–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | 2–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | |||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — |
Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 12 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 11 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 5–2 | 3–1 | |||
4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | |||
5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |
Group 5
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 9 | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | |||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — |
Group 6
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | |||
3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | 3–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — |
Group 7
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 8–0 | ||
2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 7–0 | |||
4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — |
References
- ↑ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (28 March 2007). "European Championship 1980". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
External links
- UEFA Euro 1980 at UEFA.com