UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying

Template:Short description Template:Qualification for championships (UEFA) The qualifying round for the 1968 UEFA European Championship consisted of 31 teams divided into eight groups; seven of four teams and one of three teams. Each group winner progressed to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

File:UEFA Euro 1968 Qualifiers Map.png

  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn-ua
Italy (host)		Template:Dts	0 (debut)
Yugoslavia		Template:Dts	1 (1960)
England		Template:Dts	0 (debut)
Soviet Union		Template:Dts	2 (1960, 1964)

Summary

  Group winners advanced to the quarter-finals (second round)

  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg Spain	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	File:Flag of France.svg France	File:Flag of England.svg England
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	File:Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg Greece File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany File:Flag of Albania (1946–1992).svg Albania	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:

1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Drawing of lots

Groups

Group 8

Group 8's results were formed by combining the results of the 1966–67 and 1967–68 editions of the British Home Championship. Template:UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying group tables

Quarter-finals

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External links

• UEFA Euro 1968 at UEFA.com