1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Group 2 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Republic of Ireland, France, Netherlands and Cyprus. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.
Standings
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | ![]() | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 8 | +12 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 29 | −25 |
Results
Cyprus ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() |
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N. Pantziaras ![]() Kaiafas ![]() | Report | McGee ![]() Lawrenson ![]() |
Makario Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Zvi Shahir (Israel)
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Daly ![]() Lawrenson ![]() | Report | Tahamata ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Grealish ![]() | Report | Cluytens ![]() |
France ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Platini ![]() Zimako ![]() | Report |
Belgium ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Vandenbergh ![]() | Report |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 6 – 0 | ![]() |
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Daly ![]() Grealish ![]() Robinson ![]() Stapleton ![]() Hughton ![]() | Report |
Cyprus ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() |
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Report | Vandenbergh ![]() Ceulemans ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Hovenkamp ![]() Schapendonk ![]() Nanninga ![]() | Report |
Netherlands ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Mühren ![]() | Report |
Belgium ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() |
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Ceulemans ![]() | Report |
Cyprus ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() |
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Report | Van Kooten ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() |
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Thijssen ![]() Mühren ![]() | Report | Robinson ![]() Stapleton ![]() |
Belgium ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Czerniatynski ![]() Vandenbergh ![]() | Report |
Netherlands ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() |
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Metgod ![]() Van Kooten ![]() Geels ![]() | Report |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
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Mahut ![]() Stapleton ![]() Robinson ![]() | Report | Bellone ![]() Platini ![]() |
France ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Platini ![]() Six ![]() | Report |
Notes
- ^ Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
External links
- Group 2 Detailed Results at RSSSF
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