1978 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1

Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] Cyprus, Denmark, Poland, and Portugal. These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone. The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Poland	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13	11
2	Portugal	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	9
3	Denmark	6	2	0	4	14	12	+2	4
4	Cyprus	6	0	0	6	3	24	−21	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

23 May 1976

Cyprus	1 – 5	Denmark
Michael 10'	Report	Simonsen 14' Tune-Hansen 19' Rasmussen 21' Bastrup 51', 76'

Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)

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16 October 1976

Portugal	0 – 2	Poland
	Report	Lato 49', 77'

Referee: Kitabdjian (France)

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27 October 1976

Denmark	5 – 0	Cyprus
B. Nielsen 54' H.M. Jensen 60' (pen.), 64' Røntved 68' (pen.) Kristensen 75'	Report

Referee: Coiling (Luxembourg)

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31 October 1976

Poland	5 – 0	Cyprus
Deyna 24' (pen.), 40' Szarmach 25' Boniek 58' Terlecki 76'	Report

Referee: Müncs (Hungary)

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17 November 1976

Portugal	1 – 0	Denmark
M. Fernandes 69'	Report

Referee: Aoussi (Algeria)

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5 December 1976

Cyprus	1 – 2	Portugal
Stylianou 74' (pen.)	Report	Chalana 36' Nené 76'

Referee: Ghita (Romania)

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1 May 1977

Denmark	1 – 2	Poland
Simonsen 50'	Report	Lubański 7', 55'

Referee: Mattsson (Finland)

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15 May 1977

Cyprus	1 – 3	Poland
Antoniou 13'	Report	Lato 26' Terlecki 40' Mazur 82'

Referee: Ashkenazi (Israel)

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21 September 1977

Poland	4 – 1	Denmark
Masztaler 27' Lato 38' Deyna 62' Szarmach 81'	Report	Nygaard 66' (pen.)

Referee: Rainea (Romania)

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9 October 1977

Denmark	2 – 4	Portugal
Røntved 45' (pen.) A. Hansen 88'	Report	Jordão 15' Nené 35' M. Fernandes 61' Machado 79'

Referee: Azim Zade (Soviet Union)

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29 October 1977

Poland	1 – 1	Portugal
Deyna 36'	Report	M. Fernandes 61'

Referee: Eschweiler (West Germany)

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16 November 1977

Portugal	4 – 0	Cyprus
Seninho 11' Chalana 35' Vital 58' M. Fernandes 71'	Report

Referee: Jursa (Czechoslovakia)