UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 2

Group 2 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 2 consisted of four teams: Hungary, Bulgaria, France, and Norway, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Hungary, who finished two points above Bulgaria and France.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Hungary Bulgaria France Norway
1  Hungary 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 9 Advance to quarter-finals 2–0 1–1 4–0
2  Bulgaria 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 3–0 2–1 1–1
3  France 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 7 0–2 2–1 3–1
4  Norway 6 0 1 5 5 18 −13 1 1–3 1–4 1–3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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Norway 1–3 Hungary
Iversen 50' Report Bene 6'
Nagy 23'
Karlsen 69' (o.g.)
Attendance: 16,090
Referee: Adrianus Boogaerts (Netherlands)

France 3–1 Norway
Floch 30'
Lech 55'
Mézy 63'
Report Nilsen 79'
Attendance: 10,357
Referee: António Ribeiro Saldanha (Portugal)

Bulgaria 1–1 Norway
Atanasov 29' Report Fuglset 83'
Attendance: 21,465
Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (Cyprus)

Hungary 1–1 France
Kocsis 70' (pen.) Report Revelli 64'
Attendance: 45,867
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes dos Campos (Portugal)

Bulgaria 3–0 Hungary
Kolev 38'
Petkov 48'
Velichkov 72'
Report
Attendance: 28,342
Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)

Norway 1–4 Bulgaria
Iversen 80' Report Bonev 26', 42' (pen.)
Zhekov 29'
M. Vasilev 37'
Attendance: 22,041
Referee: William Gow (Wales)

Norway 1–3 France
Dybwad-Olsen 80' Report Vergnes 33'
Blanchet 34'
Loubet 46'
Attendance: 16,544
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

Hungary 2–0 Bulgaria
Juhász 51'
Vidáts 52'
Report
Attendance: 67,740
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

France 0–2 Hungary
Report Bene 35'
Novi 43' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,756
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

Hungary 4–0 Norway
Bene 22', 43'
Dunai 24'
Szűcs 63'
Report
Attendance: 29,253
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

France 2–1 Bulgaria
Lech 64'
Loubet 84'
Report Bonev 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,405
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Bulgaria 2–1 France
Zhekov 47'
Mihaylov 82'
Report Blanchet 84'
Attendance: 18,057
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers

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There were 38 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  • "1972 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1972". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.