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
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Matches
Norway | 1–3 | Hungary |
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Iversen 50' | Report | Bene 6' Nagy 23' Karlsen 69' (o.g.) |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 16,090
Referee: Adrianus Boogaerts (Netherlands)
Goalscorers
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
- Tsvetan Atanasov
- Bozhil Kolev
- Atanas Mihaylov
- Petko Petkov
- Mladen Vasilev
- Stefan Velichkov
- Louis Floch
- Michel Mézy
- Hervé Revelli
- Jacques Vergnes
- Antal Dunai
- Péter Juhász
- Lajos Kocsis
- László Nagy
- Lajos Szűcs
- Csaba Vidáts
- Ola Dybwad-Olsen
- Tor Fuglset
- Olav Nilsen
1 own goal
- Jacky Novi (against Hungary)
- Geir Karlsen (against Hungary)
References
- "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.