1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Group 3 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Belgium, Iceland, Netherlands, and Norway. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 9,5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming those spots.

Standings
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Netherlands 106420242+22
2  Belgium 106420120+12
3  Norway 46204916−7
4  Iceland 06006229−27
18 May 1972 Belgium  4 – 0  Iceland Liege, Belgium
Van Himst  12'
Polleunis  34', 57'
Gunnarsson  89' (o.g.)		 Report Referee: Rasmussen (Denmark)
22 May 1972 Iceland  0 – 4  Belgium Bruges, Belgium[2]
Report Janssens  28'
Lambert  30' (pen.), 49' (pen.)
Dockx  60'		 Referee: Byrne (Republic of Ireland)
3 August 1972 Norway  4 – 1  Iceland Stavanger, Norway
Fuglset  55' (pen.)
Lund  57'
Hestad  83'
Johansen  87'		 Report Óskarsson  90' Referee: Riedel (East Germany)
4 October 1972 Norway  0 – 2  Belgium Oslo, Norway
Report Dolmans  58' (pen.)
Lambert  60'		 Referee: Mullan (Scotland)
1 November 1972 Netherlands  9 – 0  Norway Rotterdam, Netherlands
Neeskens  31', 51', 63'
Cruyff  55', 82'
De Jong  70'
Brokamp  76', 87'
Keizer  80' (pen.)		 Report Referee: Eksztajn (Poland)
19 November 1972 Belgium  0 – 0  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
Report Referee: Walker (England)
2 August 1973 Iceland  0 – 4  Norway Reykjavík, Iceland
Report Sunde  40'
Johansen  55', 87'
Pettersen  80'		 Referee: Dahlberg (Sweden)
22 August 1973 Netherlands  5 – 0  Iceland Amsterdam, Netherlands
Van Hanegem  6'
Cruyff  8', 57'
Haan  17'
Brokamp  29'		 Report Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)
29 August 1973 Iceland  1 – 8  Netherlands Deventer, Netherlands[3]
E. Geirsson  44' Report Brokamp  15', 75'
Cruyff  21', 28'
Neeskens  24'
Van der Kerkhof  46'
Schneider  48' (pen.)
Van Hanegem  71'		 Referee: Hirviniemi (Finland)
12 September 1973 Norway  1 – 2  Netherlands Oslo, Norway
Hestad  77' Report Cruyff  7'
Hullshoff  87'		 Referee: Wright (Northern Ireland)
31 October 1973 Belgium  2 – 0  Norway Brussels, Belgium
Dolmans  32' (pen.)
Lambert  85' (pen.)		 Report Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
18 November 1973 Netherlands  0 – 0  Belgium Amsterdam, Netherlands
Report Referee: Kazakov (Soviet Union)

Notes
  1. Only 31 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: West Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. This match was played in Belgium rather than Iceland.
  3. This match was played in Netherlands rather than Iceland.
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