1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of five of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] Belgium, Republic of Ireland, France, Netherlands and Cyprus. 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	Belgium	11	8	5	1	2	12	9	+3
2	France	10	8	5	0	3	20	8	+12
3	Republic of Ireland	10	8	4	2	2	17	11	+6
4	Netherlands	9	8	4	1	3	11	7	+4
5	Cyprus	0	8	0	0	8	4	29	−25

Results

26 March 1980

Cyprus	2 – 3	Republic of Ireland
N. Pantziaras 29' Kaiafas 74' (pen.)	Report	McGee 8', 38' Lawrenson 23'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Zvi Shahir (Israel)

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10 September 1980

Republic of Ireland	2 – 1	Netherlands
Daly 78' Lawrenson 85'	Report	Tahamata 57'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 25,782

Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)

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11 October 1980

Cyprus	0 – 7	France
	Report	Lacombe 4' Platini 14', 23' Larios 40' (pen.), 76' (pen.) Six 82' Zimako 87'

Tsirion Stadium, Limassol

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

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15 October 1980

Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Belgium
Grealish 42'	Report	Cluytens 13'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 36,524

Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

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28 October 1980

France	2 – 0	Republic of Ireland
Platini 11' Zimako 77'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 44,800

Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

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19 November 1980

Belgium	1 – 0	Netherlands
Vandenbergh 48' (pen.)	Report

Stade du Heysel, Brussels

Attendance: 57,665

Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

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19 November 1980

Republic of Ireland	6 – 0	Cyprus
Daly 10' (pen.), 23' Grealish 24' Robinson 28' Stapleton 46' Hughton 65'	Report

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 24,351

Referee: Eysteinn Gudmundsson (Iceland)

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21 December 1980

Cyprus	0 – 2	Belgium
	Report	Vandenbergh 30' Ceulemans 68'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Robert Valentine (Scotland)

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18 February 1981

Belgium	3 – 2	Cyprus
Plessers 12' Vandenbergh 17' Ceulemans 67'	Report	Lysandrou 42' Vrachimis 60'

Stade du Heysel, Brussels

Attendance: 17,445

Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland)

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22 February 1981

Netherlands	3 – 0	Cyprus
Hovenkamp 15' Schapendonk 48' Nanninga 58'	Report

Oosterpark Stadion, Groningen

Attendance: 12,972

Referee: Howard King (Wales)

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25 March 1981

Netherlands	1 – 0	France
Mühren 47'	Report

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

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25 March 1981

Belgium	1 – 0	Republic of Ireland
Ceulemans 88'	Report

Stade du Heysel, Brussels

Attendance: 39,178

Referee: Raúl Joaquim Fernandes Nazaré (Portugal)

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29 April 1981

Cyprus	0 – 1	Netherlands
	Report	Van Kooten 29'

Makario Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)

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29 April 1981

France	3 – 2	Belgium
Soler 14', 31' Six 26'	Report	Vandenbergh 5' Ceulemans 52'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 46,194

Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

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9 September 1981

Netherlands	2 – 2	Republic of Ireland
Thijssen 11' Mühren 64' (pen.)	Report	Robinson 40' Stapleton 71'

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)

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9 September 1981

Belgium	2 – 0	France
Czerniatynski 24' Vandenbergh 83'	Report

Stade du Heysel, Brussels

Attendance: 52,525

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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14 October 1981

Netherlands	3 – 0	Belgium
Metgod 6' Van Kooten 26' Geels 54'	Report

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

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14 October 1981

Republic of Ireland	3 – 2	France
Mahut 5' (o.g.) Stapleton 23' Robinson 39'	Report	Bellone 9' Platini 83'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)

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18 November 1981

France	2 – 0	Netherlands
Platini 52' Six 82'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 46,348

Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

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5 December 1981

France	4 – 0	Cyprus
Rocheteau 25' Lacombe 29', 82' Genghini 86'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 43,437

Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta)