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The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two stages, the first single elimination tournament and then group stage.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Finland	w/o	Malta	–	–
East Germany	5–0	Italy	4–0	1–0
Great Britain	1–5	Bulgaria	1–0	0–5
Iceland	0–1	France	0–0	0–1
Luxembourg	3–3	Austria	1–0	2–3
Poland	8–0	Greece	7–0	1–0
Republic of Ireland	0–3	Yugoslavia	0–1	0–2
Romania	4–2	Albania	2–1	2–1
Soviet Union	4–0	Netherlands	4–0	0–0
Spain	0-4	Turkey	0–0	0–4
Switzerland	2–5	Denmark	2–1	0–4

Second round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		URS	FRA	AUT
1	Soviet Union	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	8	1972 Summer Olympics finals		—	5–1	4–0
2	France	4	2	0	2	10	9	+1	4			1–3	—	5–1
3	Austria	4	0	0	4	1	13	−12	0			0–1	0–3	—

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POL	BUL	SPA
1	Poland	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	6	1972 Summer Olympics finals		—	3–0	2–0
2	Bulgaria	4	2	1	1	14	10	+4	5			3–1	—	8–3
3	Spain	4	0	1	3	6	15	−9	1			0–2	3–3	—

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		GDR	YUG	FIN
1	East Germany	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	3	1972 Summer Olympics finals		—	2–0	+/-
2	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1			0–0	—	+/-
3	Finland	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	withdrew		-/+	-/+	—

Group 4

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	5–3	Romania	2–1	3–2

References

1. Games of the XX. Olympiad. RSSSF.

• Football qualification for the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Football at the Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers