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UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying Group 7

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Group 7 of the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1968 finals tournament. Group 7 consisted of four teams: France, Belgium, Poland, and Luxembourg, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were France, who finished 2 points above Belgium.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Belgium Poland Luxembourg
1  France 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 9 Advance to quarter-finals 1–1 2–1 3–1
2  Belgium 6 3 1 2 14 9 +5 7 2–1 2–4 3–0
3  Poland 6 3 1 2 13 9 +4 7 1–4 3–1 4–0
4  Luxembourg 6 0 1 5 1 18 −17 1 0–3 0–5 0–0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

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Poland 4–0 Luxembourg
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Attendance: 10,840
Referee: Erwin Vetter (East Germany)

France 2–1 Poland
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Attendance: 23,524
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Belgium 2–1 France
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Attendance: 43,404
Referee: John Keith Taylor (England)

Luxembourg 0–3 France
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Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Luxembourg 0–5 Belgium
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Attendance: 9,107
Referee: Karl Göppel (Switzerland)

Luxembourg 0–0 Poland
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Attendance: 7,229
Referee: Einar Poulsen (Denmark)

Poland 3–1 Belgium
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Attendance: 57,050
Referee: Toimi Olkku (Finland)

Poland 1–4 France
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Attendance: 51,010
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Belgium 2–4 Poland
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Attendance: 35,897
Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain)

France 1–1 Belgium
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Attendance: 14,591
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Belgium 3–0 Luxembourg
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Attendance: 6,745
Referee: William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)

France 3–1 Luxembourg
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Attendance: 7,320
Referee: Aníbal da Silva Oliveira (Portugal)

Goalscorers

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There were 42 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  • "1968 UEFA European Championship". uefa.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  • "European Championship 1968". rsssf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.[dead link]
  • Robinson, J. (1996). The European Football Championships 1958-1996. Soccer Book Publishing. ISBN 0-947808-69-8.