1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Austria, Hungary, Malta, and Sweden. 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 this spot.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1=  Austria 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 8
1=  Sweden 6 3 2 1 15 8 +7 8
3  Hungary 6 2 4 0 12 7 +5 8
4  Malta 6 0 0 6 1 20 −19 0

Matches

Malta 0–2 Hungary
[1] Bene 3', 56'
Attendance: 9,231
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Austria 4–0 Malta
Hickersberger 29', 34', 36'
Hof 85'		 [2]
Attendance: 16,081
Referee: Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
Hungary 3–0 Malta
Kocsis 35'
Bene 60'
I. Juhász 75'		 [3]
Attendance: 5,646
Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Sweden 0–0 Hungary
[4]
Attendance: 28,598
Referee: Van Ravens (Netherlands)
Austria 2–0 Sweden
Parits 65'
Pumm 78'		 [5]
Attendance: 40,578
Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)
Austria 2–2 Hungary
Hasil 58' (pen.)
Jara 71'		 [6] Dunai II 16'
Kocsis 20'
Attendance: 67,392
Sweden 7–0 Malta
Edström 2', 32', 64'
Larsson 18', 35' (pen.)
Sandberg 44'
Szepanski 57' (pen.)		 [7]
Attendance: 24,277
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Malta 0–2 Austria
[8] Köglberger 48'
Spiteri 77' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,373
Referee: Francescon (Italy)
Hungary 2–2 Austria
Zámbó 12'
Bálint 69'		 [9] Starek 14'
Jara 28'
Attendance: 72,068
Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
Sweden 3–2 Austria
Sandberg 24', 78'
Grahn 52'		 [10] Jara 50'
Starek 89'
Attendance: 48,462
Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
Hungary 3–3 Sweden
Kozma 9'
Vidáts 59'
Zámbó 71'		 [11] Kindvall 38'
Sandberg 57'
Edström 77'
Attendance: 73,070
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Malta 1–2 Sweden
Camilleri 20' [12] Kindvall 21'
Larsson 35' (pen.)
Attendance: 15,459
Referee: Katsoras (Greece)

Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

Sweden 2–1 Austria
Sandberg 12'
Larsson 28' (pen.)		 [13] Hattenberger 39'
Attendance: 69,974

Notes

  1. ^ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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