UEFA_Euro_1968_qualifying_Group_8

UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8

UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 8

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Group 8 of the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1968 finals tournament. Group 8 consisted of four teams: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship. The group winners were England, who finished 1 point above Scotland.

Final table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

1966–67 British Home Championship

More information Wales, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 33,269
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
More information Northern Ireland, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 47,897
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

More information Scotland, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 45,281
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)
More information England, 5–1 ...
Attendance: 75,380
Referee: Thomas Wharton (Scotland)

More information Northern Ireland, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 17,643
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
More information England, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 99,063
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

1967–68 British Home Championship

More information Wales, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 44,960
Referee: John Robertson P. Gordon (Scotland)
More information Northern Ireland, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 47,359
Referee: James Finney (England)

More information England, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 83,969
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
More information Scotland, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 57,472
Referee: James Finney (England)

More information Scotland, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 134,461
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
More information Wales, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 17,548
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

Goalscorers

There were 33 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.75 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal


References

  • "1968 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.[dead link]
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.

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