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Group 2 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone: Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Turkey. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals.

Standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	6	4	2	0	12	0	+12	10
2	Turkey	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	6
3	Switzerland	6	2	2	2	2	4	−2	6
4	Luxembourg	6	1	0	5	2	14	−12	2

Matches

Luxembourg	0–4	Italy
		Chinaglia 3' Riva 6', 36' Capello 62'

Switzerland	0–0	Italy

Luxembourg	2–0	Turkey
Dussier 14' Braun 16'

Turkey	3–0	Luxembourg
Osman 6', 39' Köksal 79' (pen.)

Italy	0–0	Turkey

Turkey	0–1	Italy
		Anastasi 35'

Italy	5–0	Luxembourg
Riva 18', 45', 70', 80' Rivera 63'

Luxembourg	0–1	Switzerland
		Odermatt 20'

Switzerland	0–0	Turkey

Switzerland	1–0	Luxembourg
Blättler 2'

Italy	2–0	Switzerland
Rivera 39' (pen.) Riva 79'

Turkey	2–0	Switzerland
Mehmet Türkkan 51' Melih 54'

Notes

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

External links

• Group 2 Detailed Results at RSSSF

• 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
• 1972–73 in Italian football
• 1973–74 in Italian football
• 1972–73 in Luxembourgian football
• 1973–74 in Luxembourgian football
• 1972–73 in Swiss football
• 1973–74 in Swiss football
• 1972–73 in Turkish football
• 1973–74 in Turkish football