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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

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
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

Matches

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Norway  1–3  Hungary
Iversen   50' Report Bene   6'
Nagy   23'
Karlsen   69' (o.g.)
Attendance: 16,090
Referee: Adrianus Boogaerts (Netherlands)
France  3–1  Norway
Floch   30'
Lech   55'
Mézy   63'		 Report Nilsen   79'
Attendance: 10,357
Referee: António Ribeiro Saldanha (Portugal)
Bulgaria  1–1  Norway
Atanasov   29' Report Fuglset   83'
Attendance: 21,465
Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (Cyprus)
Hungary  1–1  France
Kocsis   70' (pen.) Report Revelli   64'
Attendance: 45,867
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes dos Campos (Portugal)
Bulgaria  3–0  Hungary
Kolev   38'
Petkov   48'
Velichkov   72'		 Report
Attendance: 28,342
Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (USSR)
Norway  1–4  Bulgaria
Iversen   80' Report Bonev   26', 42' (pen.)
Zhekov   29'
M. Vasilev   37'
Attendance: 22,041
Referee: William Gow (Wales)
Norway  1–3  France
Dybwad-Olsen   80' Report Vergnes   33'
Blanchet   34'
Loubet   46'
Attendance: 16,544
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)
Hungary  2–0  Bulgaria
Juhász   51'
Vidáts   52'		 Report
Attendance: 67,740
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
France  0–2  Hungary
Report Bene   35'
Novi   43' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,756
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)
Hungary  4–0  Norway
Bene   22', 43'
Dunai   24'
Szűcs   63'		 Report
Attendance: 29,253
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)
France  2–1  Bulgaria
Lech   64'
Loubet   84'		 Report Bonev   54' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,405
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Bulgaria  2–1  France
Zhekov   47'
Mihaylov   82'		 Report Blanchet   84'
Attendance: 18,057
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

Goalscorers

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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

1 own goal

References

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  • "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.
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