Group 6 of the

UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying The qualifying round for the 1972 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basi ...

tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the

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finals tournament. Group 6 consisted of four teams:

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, Sweden, and

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, 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

Matches

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Goalscorers

References

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1970–71 in Italian football 1971–72 in Italian football 1970–71 in Austrian football 1971–72 in Austrian football 1970 in Swedish football 1971 in Swedish football 1970–71 in Republic of Ireland association football 1971–72 in Republic of Ireland association football