UEFA_Euro_1984_qualifying

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates	1 May 1982 – 22 December 1983
Teams	32
Tournament statistics
Matches played	116
Goals scored	341 (2.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (7 goals)
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UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

International football competition

The qualifying round for the 1984 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. The qualifying round was played at various times between May 1982 and December 1983, with some groups concluding earlier than others.^[1]

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Overview

There were a number of extremely close finishes in some of the qualifying groups. In Group 2, Portugal edged out the Soviet Union by beating them narrowly 1–0 on a penalty by Rui Jordão in Lisbon on the final day. Meanwhile, in Group 5, again on the final day, Romania managed to hold on for a tense 1–1 draw in Bratislava and qualify at the expense of Czechoslovakia. A major surprise in this group was the poor performance of then-World Cup holders Italy, who were rebuilding after the retirement of many of their 1982 heroes and quickly dropped out of contention.

Another surprise was the qualification of Denmark in Group 3 at the expense of England. Having conceded a 2–2 draw at home against the Three Lions, the hitherto unknown Danes performed well in their other qualifiers and capped their impressive campaign with a 1–0 win at Wembley, while England dropped a point at home against Greece that ultimately cost them the qualifying berth.

There was also heartbreak for Northern Ireland in Group 6. After managing to beat hot favourites West Germany both home and away earlier in the campaign, they came within 11 minutes of making it to France, but could only look on as Gerd Strack scored a crucial late winning goal for the West Germans in their own final fixture at home to Albania.

In Group 7, The Netherlands thought they had done enough to qualify, given that their closest rivals Spain went into the final match needing to beat Malta by eleven goals in order to qualify. And when Spain went in at half-time in Seville leading the Maltese minnows by a margin of only 3–1, the Dutch could have been forgiven for assuming they were home and dry. Spain, incredibly, then proceeded to score nine more goals in the second half, the last of them coming in the 83rd minute from Juan Señor, to book an unlikely passage to the finals. UEFA has since changed its rules: all teams now play their final game at exactly the same time and date, so that none of the teams has an advantage. Also, overall goal difference is now de-emphasised in the tie-breakers in favour of head-to-head results.

Things were tightest of all in Group 4, where Wales, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia were all in contention until the final few seconds of the last match in the group, between the latter two teams in Split. A draw would have put the onlooking Welsh through to the finals, but just moments after Bulgaria had squandered a glorious chance to score the winning goal and seal their own qualification, Yugoslavian defender Ljubomir Radanović wrote himself into Balkan footballing history with the 90th-minute header that sent him and his teammates to France.

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[2] Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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Stokkermans, Karel (13 December 2001). "European Championship 1984". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^{[upper-alpha 1]}
France	Host	10 December 1981	1 (1960)
Belgium	Group 1 winner	12 October 1983	2 (1972, 1980)
Portugal	Group 2 winner	1 November 1983	0 (debut)
Denmark	Group 3 winner	16 November 1983	1 (1964)
West Germany	Group 6 winner	20 November 1983	3 (1972, 1976, 1980)
Romania	Group 5 winner	30 November 1983	0 (debut)
Yugoslavia	Group 4 winner	21 December 1983	3 (1960, 1968, 1976)
Spain	Group 7 winner	21 December 1983	2 (1964, 1980)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	9	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–0	2–1	3–2
2	Switzerland	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	6		3–1	—	0–0	2–0
3	East Germany	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	5		1–2	3–0	—	2–1
4	Scotland	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	4		1–1	2–2	2–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	6	5	0	1	11	6	+5	10	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–0	2–1	5–0
2	Soviet Union	6	4	1	1	11	2	+9	9		5–0	—	2–0	2–0
3	Poland	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	4		0–1	1–1	—	1–1
4	Finland	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11	1		0–2	0–1	2–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	6	1	1	17	5	+12	13	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–2	1–0	3–1	6–0
2	England	8	5	2	1	23	3	+20	12		0–1	—	0–0	2–0	9–0
3	Greece	8	3	2	3	8	10	−2	8		0–2	0–3	—	2–2	1–0
4	Hungary	8	3	1	4	18	17	+1	7		1–0	0–3	2–3	—	6–2
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	5	36	−31	0		1–2	0–4	0–2	2–6	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	6	3	2	1	12	11	+1	8	Qualify for final tournament	—	4–4	3–2	2–1
2	Wales	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	7		1–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	Bulgaria	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	5		0–1	1–0	—	2–2
4	Norway	6	1	2	3	7	8	−1	4		3–1	0–0	1–2	—

UEFA_Euro_1984_qualifying

UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

Qualified teams

Seedings

Overview

Tiebreakers

Summary

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Goalscorers

References

External links

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