1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Group 3 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Czechoslovakia, Iceland, Soviet Union, Turkey, and Wales. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Soviet Union 14 8 6 2 0 20 2 +18
2  Czechoslovakia 10 8 4 2 2 15 6 +9
3  Wales 10 8 4 2 2 12 7 +5
4  Iceland 6 8 2 2 4 10 21 −11
5  Turkey 0 8 0 0 8 1 22 −21

Results

Iceland 0 – 4 Wales
Report Walsh 45', 75'
Giles 53'
Flynn 61' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,254
Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
Iceland 1 – 2 Soviet Union
Sveinsson 75' Report Gavrilov 35'
Andreyev 80'
Attendance: 4,190
Turkey 1 – 3 Iceland
Fatih 72' (pen.) Report Guðlaugsson 12'
A. Guðmundsson 62'
T. Þórðarson 80'
Attendance: 18,506
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
Soviet Union 5 – 0 Iceland
Andreyev 9', 78'
Oganesian 39', 58'
Bezsonov 84'		 Report
Attendance: 21,000
Wales 4 – 0 Turkey
Flynn 19'
L. James 37' (pen.), 85'
Walsh 79'		 Report
Attendance: 11,770
Wales 1 – 0 Czechoslovakia
Giles 10' Report
Attendance: 20,175
Czechoslovakia 2 – 0 Turkey
Nehoda 13', 15' Report
Attendance: 8,500
Turkey 0 – 1 Wales
Report Harris 67'
Attendance: 35,000
Turkey 0 – 3 Czechoslovakia
Report Janečka 58'
Kozák 70'
Vízek 81'
Attendance: 35,000
Czechoslovakia 6 – 1 Iceland
Vízek 35'
Panenka 44' (pen.)
Nehoda 72'
Bjarnason 78' (o.g.)
Kozák 79'
Janečka 87'		 Report Bergs 60'
Attendance: 21,756
Wales 0 – 0 Soviet Union
Report
Attendance: 29,366
Czechoslovakia 2 – 0 Wales
D. Davies 24' (o.g.)
Lička 67'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Soviet Union 4 – 0 Turkey
Chivadze 4'
Demianenko 20'
Blokhin 26'
Shengelia 49'		 Report
Attendance: 41,500
Iceland 1 – 1 Czechoslovakia
Ormslev 6' Report Kozák 77'
Attendance: 7,343
Turkey 0 – 3 Soviet Union
Report Shengelia 17'
Blokhin 38', 54'
Attendance: 62,125
Wales 2 – 2 Iceland
R. James 25'
Curtis 54'		 Report Á. Sigurvinsson 47', 61'
Attendance: 19,783
Soviet Union 2 – 0 Czechoslovakia
Shengelia 28', 46' Report
Attendance: 75,000
Soviet Union 3 – 0 Wales
Daraselia 13'
Blokhin 18'
Gavrilov 64'		 Report
Attendance: 75,000
Czechoslovakia 1 – 1 Soviet Union
Vojaček 34' Report Blokhin 14'
Attendance: 47,000
Referee: Clive White (England)

Notes

  1. ^ Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.