FIFA World Cup qualification

1982: 249 of 249 matches played, 677 goals

Group stage

12 groups

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	8	5	1	2	+3	11
2	France	8	5	0	3	+12	10
3	Republic of Ireland	8	4	2	2	+6	10
4	Netherlands	8	4	1	3	+4	9
5	Cyprus	8	0	0	8	−25	0

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Scotland	8	4	3	1	+5	11
2	Northern Ireland	8	3	3	2	+3	9
3	Sweden	8	3	2	3	−1	8
4	Portugal	8	3	1	4	−3	7
5	Israel	8	1	3	4	−4	5

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Russia	8	6	2	0	+18	14
2	Czechoslovakia	8	4	2	2	+9	10
3	Wales	8	4	2	2	+5	10
4	Iceland	8	2	2	4	−11	6
5	Turkey	8	0	0	8	−21	0

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Germany	8	8	0	0	+30	16
2	Austria	8	5	1	2	+10	11
3	Bulgaria	8	4	1	3	+1	9
4	Albania	8	1	0	7	−18	2
5	Finland	8	1	0	7	−23	2

Group 5

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Romania	4	2	2	0	+2	6
2	England	4	1	1	2	+2	3
3	Norway	4	1	1	2	−4	3

Group 6

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	8	6	1	1	+15	13
2	Italy	8	5	2	1	+7	12
3	Denmark	8	4	0	4	+3	8
4	Greece	8	3	1	4	−3	7
5	Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	−22	0

Group 7

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Poland	4	4	0	+10	8
2	German DR	4	2	2	+3	4
3	Malta	4	0	4	−13	0

Group 8

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	4	4	0	+9	8
2	Bolivia	4	1	3	−1	2
3	Venezuela	4	1	3	−8	2

Group 9

#	Team	P	W	L	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	4	4	0	+5	8
2	Iraq	4	3	1	+3	6
3	Qatar	4	2	2	+2	4
4	Bahrain	4	1	3	−5	2
5	Syria	4	0	4	−5	0

Group 10

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	3	3	0	0	+12	6
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	+3	4
3	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	−5	1
4	Thailand	3	0	1	2	−10	1

Group 11

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Chile	4	3	1	0	+6	7
2	Ecuador	4	1	1	2	−3	3
3	Paraguay	4	1	0	3	−3	2

Group 12

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Peru	4	2	2	0	+3	6
2	Uruguay	4	1	2	1	0	4
3	Colombia	4	0	2	2	−3	2

Groups numbered by the date of their first match: the official letters are not in our data. 2 points a win, then goal difference and goals scored; head-to-head rules and deductions are not applied.

Other matches

0 still to play

Sat 5 Jul 1980

Sun 6 Jul 1980

Sat 12 Jul 1980

Tunisia0Nigeria won on penalties

Sun 13 Jul 1980

Wed 16 Jul 1980

Sat 19 Jul 1980

Sun 20 Jul 1980

Sun 27 Jul 1980

Mozambique1 Zaïre2 FT

Somalia1

Niger1