1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Austria, Hungary, Malta, and Sweden. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

Standings
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1=  Austria 86321147+7
1=  Sweden 86321158+7
3  Hungary 86240127+5
4  Malta 06006120−19
14 November 1971 Malta 0 – 2 HungaryValletta, Malta
Report Bene  3', 56' Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
30 April 1972 Austria 4 – 0 MaltaVienna, Austria
Hickersberger  29', 34', 36'
Hof  85'		 Report Referee: Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
6 May 1972 Hungary 3 – 0 MaltaBudapest, Hungary
Kocsis  35'
Bene  60'
I. Juhász  75'		 Report Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
25 May 1972 Sweden 0 – 0 HungaryStockholm, Sweden
Report Referee: Van Ravens (Netherlands)
10 June 1972 Austria 2 – 0 SwedenVienna, Austria
Parits  65'
Pumm  78'		 Report Referee: Bucheli (Switzerland)
15 October 1972 Austria 2 – 2 HungaryVienna, Austria
Hasil  58' (pen.)
Jara  71'		 Report Dunai II  16'
Kocsis  20'		 Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
15 October 1972 Sweden 7 – 0 MaltaGothenburg, Sweden
Edström  2', 32', 64'
Larsson  18', 35' (pen.)
Sandberg  44'
Szepanski  57' (pen.)		 Report Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
25 November 1972 Malta 0 – 2 AustriaValletta, Malta
Report Köglberger  48'
Spiteri  77' (o.g.)		 Referee: Francescon (Italy)
29 April 1973 Hungary 2 – 2 AustriaBudapest, Hungary
Zámbó  12'
Bálint  69'		 Report Starek  14'
Jara  28'		 Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
23 May 1973 Sweden 3 – 2 AustriaGothenburg, Sweden
Sandberg  24', 78'
Grahn  52'		 Report Jara  50'
Starek  89'		 Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
13 June 1973 Hungary 3 – 3 SwedenBudapest, Hungary
Kozma  9'
Vidáts  59'
Zámbó  71'		 Report Kindvall  38'
Sandberg  57'
Edström  77'		 Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
11 November 1973 Malta 1 – 2 SwedenValletta, Malta
Camilleri  20' Report Kindvall  21'
Larsson  35' (pen.)		 Referee: Katsoras (Greece)

Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

27 November 1973 Sweden 2 – 1 AustriaGelsenkirchen, West Germany
Sandberg  12'
Larsson  28' (pen.)		 Report Hattenberger  39' Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)

Notes
  1. Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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