Group 7 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Greece, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These three 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. This group required a play-off to decide the winner.

As of 2022, this was the last time Spain failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.

Standings

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1=  Spain 422085+36
1=  Yugoslavia 422074+36
3  Greece 4004511−60

Matches

Spain 2–2 Yugoslavia
Amancio 30'
Asensi 89'		 Report Bajević 52', 60'
Referee: Walker (England)
Yugoslavia 1–0 Greece
Aćimović 14' Report
Greece 2–3 Spain
Domazos 41'
Koudas 56'		 Report Valdez 40', 86'
Claramunt 65'
Spain 3–1 Greece
Claramunt 29'
Sol 39'
Martínez 78'		 Report Antoniadis 37'
Referee: Kitabdjian (France)
Yugoslavia 0–0 Spain
Report
Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
Greece 2–4 Yugoslavia
Eleftherakis 29'
Katalinski 44' (o.g.)		 Report Bajević 12'
Karasi 15', 90'
Šurjak 62'

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 1–0 Spain
Katalinski 13' Report
Referee: Loraux (Belgium)

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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