1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Cyprus, Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Poland 6 5 1 0 17 4 +13 11
2  Portugal 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 9
3  Denmark 6 2 0 4 14 12 +2 4
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3 24 −21 0
Source:

Matches

Cyprus 1 – 5 Denmark
Michael 10' Report Simonsen 14'
Tune-Hansen 19'
Rasmussen 21'
Bastrup 51', 76'
Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)
Portugal 0 – 2 Poland
Report Lato 49', 77'
Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
Denmark 5 – 0 Cyprus
B. Nielsen 54'
H.M. Jensen 60' (pen.), 64'
Røntved 68' (pen.)
Kristensen 75'		 Report
Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)
Poland 5 – 0 Cyprus
Deyna 24' (pen.), 40'
Szarmach 25'
Boniek 58'
Terlecki 76'		 Report
Referee: Müncs (Hungary)
Portugal 1 – 0 Denmark
M. Fernandes 69' Report
Referee: Aoussi (Algeria)
Cyprus 1 – 2 Portugal
Stylianou 74' (pen.) Report Chalana 36'
Nené 76'
Referee: Ghita (Romania)
Denmark 1 – 2 Poland
Simonsen 50' Report Lubański 7', 55'
Referee: Mattsson (Finland)
Cyprus 1 – 3 Poland
Antoniou 13' Report Lato 26'
Terlecki 40'
Mazur 82'
Referee: Ashkenazi (Israel)
Poland 4 – 1 Denmark
Masztaler 27'
Lato 38'
Deyna 62'
Szarmach 81'		 Report Nygaard 66' (pen.)
Referee: Rainea (Romania)
Denmark 2 – 4 Portugal
Røntved 45' (pen.)
A. Hansen 88'		 Report Jordão 15'
Nené 35'
M. Fernandes 61'
Machado 79'
Referee: Azim Zade (Soviet Union)
Poland 1 – 1 Portugal
Deyna 36' Report M. Fernandes 61'
Portugal 4 – 0 Cyprus
Seninho 11'
Chalana 35'
Vital 58'
M. Fernandes 71'		 Report
Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

Notes

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

The Goals given to Henning Munk Jensen in the 5-0 defeat of Cyprus were in fact scored my Henning Jensen a different player.

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