UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6
# UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6

Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 6 consisted of four teams: Italy, Austria, Sweden, and Republic of Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Italy, who finished three points above Austria.

## Final table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Austria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 7 | | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

4 goals

* Thomas Parits

3 goals

* Kurt Jara
* Roberto Boninsegna
* Giancarlo De Sisti
* Pierino Prati

2 goals

* Luigi Riva

1 goal

* Karl Kodat
* Hans Pirkner
* Robert Sara
* Hans Schmidradner
* August Starek
* Josef Stering
* Sandro Mazzola
* Tommy Carroll
* Jimmy Conway
* Eamonn Rogers
* Dan Brzokoupil
* Jan Olsson
* Tom Turesson

1 own goal

* Tony Dunne (against Austria)
