Tournament details | |
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Dates | 7 September 1966 – 11 May 1968 |
Teams | 31 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 98[note 1] |
Goals scored | 306 (3.12 per match)[note 1] |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (6 goals each) |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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The qualifying round for the 1968 UEFA European Championship consisted of 31 teams divided into eight groups; seven of four teams and one of three teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.
Qualified teams
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Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Quarter-final winner | 20 April 1968 | 0 (debut) |
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Quarter-final winner | 24 April 1968 | 1 (1960) |
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Quarter-final winner | 8 May 1968 | 0 (debut) |
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Quarter-final winner | 11 May 1968 | 2 (1960, 1964) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.
Summary
[edit]Tiebreakers
[edit]If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Greater number of points in all group matches
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Groups
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
Group 2
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — |
Group 3
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 1–0 | Void[a] | — | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
Notes:
Group 4
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | 3–1 | — | 6–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — |
Group 5
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1–0 | — | 4–3 | 3–2 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — |
Group 6
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 6 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 | 7–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 5 | 2–2 | 7–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 25 | −22 | 2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–1 | — |
Group 7
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 | 2–1 | — | 2–4 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 7 | 1–4 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–0 | — |
Group 8
[edit]Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bulgaria ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–2 |
Hungary ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–3 |
England ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 |
France ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–5 |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 306 goals scored in 98 matches, for an average of 3.12 goals per match.[note 1]
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Leopold Grausam
Jacques Stockman
Dinko Dermendzhiev
Kresten Bjerre
Juhani Peltonen
Georges Lech
Charly Loubet
Flórián Albert
Kálmán Mészöly
Janusz Żmijewski
Mircea Dridea
Emil Dumitriu
Anatoliy Banishevskiy
Igor Chislenko
Eduard Malofeyev
Yozhef Sabo
Inge Danielsson
Karl Odermatt
René-Pierre Quentin
Hannes Löhr
Vahidin Musemić
Slaven Zambata
2 goals
Helmut Siber[note 1]
Roger Claessen
Johan Devrindt
Johnny Thio
Nikola Kotkov
Nikola Tsanev
Jozef Adamec
Tom Søndergaard
Herbert Pankau
Jack Charlton
Robert Herbin
Alekos Alexiadis
Ferenc Bene
Pierino Prati
Johan Cruyff
Piet Keizer
Wim Suurbier
Kjetil Hasund
Odd Iversen
Olav Nilsen
Lucjan Brychczy
Ryszard Grzegorczyk
Włodzimierz Lubański
Eusébio
Jaime Graça
Nicolae Dobrin
Ion Ionescu
Mircea Lucescu
Alan Gilzean
Denis Law
Bobby Lennox
Anatoliy Byshovets
Murtaz Khurtsilava
Pirri
Leif Eriksson
Tom Turesson
Ogün Altıparmak
Ron Davies
Wyn Davies
Ivica Osim
Ilija Petković
1 goal
Rudi Flögel
Erich Hof
Franz Wolny
Wilfried Puis
Georgi Asparuhov
Vasil Mitkov
Melis Asprou
Pamboullis Papadopoulos
Kostakis Pierides
Alexander Horváth
Josef Jurkanin
Ladislav Kuna
Vojtech Masný
Juraj Szikora
Erik Dyreborg
Gerhard Körner
Wolfram Löwe
Eberhard Vogel
Alan Ball
Roger Hunt
Norman Hunter
Pertti Mäkipää
Simo Syrjävaara
André Guy
Yves Herbet
Hervé Revelli
Stathis Chaitas
Mimis Papaioannou
János Göröcs
Dezső Molnár
Zoltán Varga
Mario Bertini
Virginio De Paoli
Giacinto Facchetti
Jean Klein
Rinus Israël
Jan Mulder
Miel Pijs
Sjaak Swart
Willy van der Kuijlen
Dave Clements
Jimmy Nicholson
Harald Berg
Sven Otto Birkeland
Harald Sunde
Andrzej Jarosik
Jan Liberda
Jerzy Sadek
Zygfryd Szołtysik
Custódio Pinto
José Augusto Torres
Noel Cantwell
Andy McEvoy
Turlough O'Connor
Frank O'Neill
Ray Treacy
Florea Martinovici
John Hughes
Jim McCalliog
Ronnie McKinnon
Bobby Murdoch
Valery Maslov
Eduard Streltsov
Amancio Amaro
José Eulogio Gárate
José María García Lavilla
Francisco Gento
Ramón Grosso
Thomas Nordahl
Ingvar Svensson
Richard Dürr
Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu
Alan Durban
Ronnie Rees
Uwe Seeler
Dragan Džajić
Vojin Lazarević
Josip Skoblar
Edin Sprečo
1 own goal
Dimitar Penev (against Italy)
Kostas Panayiotou (against Switzerland)
Ernő Solymosi (against Soviet Union)
John Dempsey (against Czechoslovakia)
Terry Hennessey (against England)
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Tabeira, Martín (7 February 2007). "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- UEFA Euro 1968 at UEFA.com