Listed below are the dates and results for the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 32 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 9.5 places (out of 16) in the final tournament. West Germany, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 8.5 spots open for competition between 32 teams. The 32 teams were divided into 9 groups of 3 or 4 teams each (four groups with 3 teams and five groups with 4 teams). The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify, except the winner of Group 9, which would advance to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off. Groups Group 1 Austria and Sweden finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Sweden won to qualify for the World Cup. Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. Yugoslavia won to qualify for the World Cup. Group 8 Group 9 The Soviet Union advanced to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off. Inter-confederation play-offs Goalscorers 7 goals Hristo Bonev Joachim Streich Gigi Riva Johan Cruyff 5 goals Willy Brokamp Florea Dumitrache Roland Sandberg 4 goals Raoul Lambert Jürgen Sparwasser Johan Neeskens Ralf Edström Bo Larsson 3 goals Josef Hickersberger Kurt Jara Georgi Denev Zdeněk Nehoda Bohumil Veselý Ferenc Bene Tor Egil Johansen Dušan Bajević 2 goals August Starek Léon Dolmans Odilon Polleunis Bozhil Kolev Bernd Bransch Hans-Jürgen Kreische Wolfram Löwe Lajos Kocsis Sándor Zámbó Terry Conroy Gianni Rivera Wim van Hanegem Trevor Anderson Harry Hestad Jan Domarski Robert Gadocha Rui Jordão Nené Ion Dumitru Dumitru Marcu Mircea Sandu Volodymyr Onyshchenko José Claramunt Rubén Óscar Valdez Ove Kindvall Osman Arpacıoğlu Stanislav Karasi 1 goal Sabah Bizi Mihal Gjika Ramazan Rragami Franz Hasil Roland Hattenberger Norbert Hof Helmut Köglberger Thomas Parits Peter Pumm Jean Dockx Paul van Himst Frans Janssens Atanas Mihaylov Kokos Antoniou Přemysl Bičovský Vladimír Hagara Ladislav Petráš Ole Bjørnmose Finn Laudrup Peter Ducke Colin Bell Allan Clarke Norman Hunter Jarmo Manninen Olavi Rissanen Miikka Toivola Georges Bereta Serge Chiesa Jean-Michel Larqué Antonis Antoniadis Mimis Domazos Kostas Eleftherakis Giorgos Koudas László Bálint Antal