UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6
Group 6 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 6 consisted of four teams: Italy, Austria, Sweden, and Republic of Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Italy, who finished three points above Austria.
Final table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Italy
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Austria
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 3 | Sweden
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Republic of Ireland
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
Matches
[edit]| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Sweden |
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Carroll  44' (pen.) |
Report | Brzokoupil 61' |
| Sweden | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Turesson 74' |
Report |
| Italy | 3–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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| De Sisti 22' (pen.) Boninsegna 42'Prati 84' |
Report |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | Italy |
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| Conway 23' |
Report | Boninsegna 15' Prati 59' |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–4 | Austria |
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| Rogers 46' (pen.) |
Report | Schmidradner 4' (pen.) Kodat 11'T. Dunne 31' (o.g.)Starek 71' |
| Italy | 3–0 | Sweden |
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| Riva 3', 83' Boninsegna 40' |
Report |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Tony Dunne (against Austria)
References
[edit]- "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.