Group 6 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Bulgaria, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, and Portugal. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Bulgaria 6420133+1010
2  Portugal 6231106+47
3  Northern Ireland 613256−15
4  Cyprus 6105114−132

Matches

Portugal 4–0 Cyprus
Humberto Coelho 7'
Nené 17'
Artur Jorge 46'
Rui Jordão 81'		 Report
Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
Cyprus 0–1 Portugal
Report Chico Faria 36'
Referee: Chevorc (Romania)
Bulgaria 3–0 Northern Ireland
Bonev 18' (pen.), 85' (pen.)
Kolev 53'		 Report
Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)
Cyprus 0–4 Bulgaria
Report Mihaylov 2'
Denev 15'
Bonev 17', 80'
Referee: Lo Bello (Italy)
Cyprus 1–0 Northern Ireland
Antoniou 88' Report
Referee: Bentu (Romania)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Portugal
O'Neill 18' Report Eusébio 84' (pen.)
Referee: Schiller (Austria)
Bulgaria 2–1 Portugal
Denev 38'
Bonev 60'		 Report Nené 74'
Referee: Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Northern Ireland 3–0 Cyprus
Morgan 4'
Anderson 32', 44'		 Report
Referee: Jones (Wales)
Northern Ireland 0–0 Bulgaria
Report
Referee: Nyhus (Norway)
Portugal 2–2 Bulgaria
Quaresma 48'
Simões 89'		 Report Bonev 56', 65'
Referee: Taylor (England)
Portugal 1–1 Northern Ireland
Rui Jordão 34' Report O'Kane 68'
Referee: Ibanez (Spain)
Bulgaria 2–0 Cyprus
Kolev 2'
Denev 65'		 Report
Referee: Placek (Czechoslovakia)

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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