Group 4 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Northern Ireland. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Netherlands 6 5 1 0 11 3 +8 11
2  Belgium 6 3 0 3 7 6 +1 6
3  Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 5
4  Iceland 6 1 0 5 2 12 −10 2
Source:

Matches

Iceland 0 – 1 Belgium
Report Van Der Elst 73'
Referee: Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)
Iceland 0 – 1 Netherlands
Report Geels 42'
Referee: Mulhall (Republic of Ireland)
Netherlands 2 – 2 Northern Ireland
Krol 64'
Cruyff 66'		 Report McGrath 4'
Spence 88'
Referee: Martinez (Spain)
Belgium 2 – 0 Northern Ireland
Van Gool 29'
Lambert 52'		 Report
Referee: Prokop (East Germany)
Belgium 0 – 2 Netherlands
Report Rep 19'
Cruyff 65'
Referee: Gonella (Italy)
Iceland 1 – 0 Northern Ireland
Albertsson 33' Report
Netherlands 4 – 1 Iceland
Van Hanegem 15'
Geels 18', 89' (pen.)
Rep 35'		 Report Sigurvinsson 68'
Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
Belgium 4 – 0 Iceland
Van Binst 15'
Martens 20'
Courant 60'
Lambert 65'		 Report
Referee: Thime (Norway)
Northern Ireland 2 – 0 Iceland
McGrath 67'
McIlroy 76'		 Report
Northern Ireland 0 – 1 Netherlands
Report W. van de Kerkhof 76'
Referee: Garrido (Portugal)
Netherlands 1 – 0 Belgium
R. van de Kerkhof 4' Report
Referee: Partridge (England)
Northern Ireland 3 – 0 Belgium
Armstrong 42', 74'
McGrath 58'		 Report
Referee: Konrath (France)

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions.
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