| Group A | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. England | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22: | 5 | | 2. Northern Ireland | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8: | 14 | | 3. Ireland | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9: | 8 | | 4. Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6: | 14 | | 5. Denmark | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13: | 17 |
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| Team | En | No | Ir | Bu | De | | England | --- | 4:0 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 1:0 | | Northern Ireland | 1:5 | --- | 1:0 | 2:0 | 2:1 | | Ireland | 1:1 | 0:0 | --- | 3:0 | 2:0 | | Bulgaria | 0:3 | 0:2 | 1:0 | --- | 3:0 | | Denmark | 3:4 | 4:0 | 3:3 | 2:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 24.05.78 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 3-3 | Ireland | 1-2 | | 20.09.78 | Dublin | Ireland | 0-0 | Northern Ireland | 0-0 | | 20.09.78 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 3-4 | England | 2-2 | | 11.10.78 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 2-2 | Bulgaria | 1-1 | | 25.10.78 | Dublin | Ireland | 1-1 | England | 1-1 | | 25.10.78 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 2-1 | Denmark | 0-0 | | 29.11.78 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 0-2 | Northern Ireland | 0-1 | | 07.02.79 | London | England | 4-0 | Northern Ireland | 1-0 | | 02.05.79 | Dublin | Ireland | 2-0 | Denmark | 1-0 | | 02.05.79 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 2-0 | Bulgaria | 2-0 | | 10.05.79 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 1-0 | Ireland | 0-0 | | 06.06.79 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 0-3 | England | 0-1 | | 06.06.79 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 4-0 | Northern Ireland | 2-0 | | 12.09.79 | London | England | 1-0 | Denmark | 1-0 | | 17.10.79 | Dublin | Ireland | 3-0 | Bulgaria | 1-0 | | 17.10.79 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 1-5 | England | 0-2 | | 31.10.79 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 3-0 | Denmark | 1-0 | | 21.11.79 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | 1-0 | Ireland | 0-0 | | 22.11.79 | London | England | 2-0 | Bulgaria | 1-0 | | 06.02.80 | London | England | 2-0 | Ireland | 1-0 |
| Group B | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Belgium | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12: | 5 | | 2. Austria | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14: | 7 | | 3. Portugal | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10: | 11 | | 4. Scotland | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15: | 13 | | 5. Norway | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5: | 20 |
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| Team | Be | Au | Po | Sc | No | | Belgium | --- | 1:1 | 2:0 | 2:0 | 1:1 | | Austria | 0:0 | --- | 1:2 | 3:2 | 4:0 | | Portugal | 1:1 | 1:2 | --- | 1:0 | 3:1 | | Scotland | 1:3 | 1:1 | 4:1 | --- | 3:2 | | Norway | 1:2 | 0:2 | 0:1 | 0:4 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 30.08.78 | Oslo | Norway | 0-2 | Austria | 0-2 | | 20.09.78 | Lokeren | Belgium | 1-1 | Norway | 0-1 | | 20.09.78 | Wien | Austria | 3-2 | Scotland | 1-0 | | 11.10.78 | Lisboa | Portugal | 1-1 | Belgium | 1-1 | | 25.10.78 | Glasgow | Scotland | 3-2 | Norway | 1-1 | | 15.11.78 | Wien | Austria | 1-2 | Portugal | 0-1 | | 29.11.78 | Lisboa | Portugal | 1-0 | Scotland | 1-0 | | 28.03.79 | Brussels | Belgium | 1-1 | Austria | 1-0 | | 02.05.79 | Wien | Austria | 0-0 | Belgium | 0-0 | | 09.05.79 | Oslo | Norway | 0-1 | Portugal | 0-1 | | 07.06.79 | Oslo | Norway | 0-4 | Scotland | 0-3 | | 29.08.79 | Wien | Austria | 4-0 | Norway | 1-0 | | 12.09.79 | Oslo | Norway | 1-2 | Belgium | 1-1 | | 17.10.79 | Brussels | Belgium | 2-0 | Portugal | 0-0 | | 17.10.79 | Glasgow | Scotland | 1-1 | Austria | 0-1 | | 01.11.79 | Lisboa | Portugal | 3-1 | Norway | 1-1 | | 21.11.79 | Brussels | Belgium | 2-0 | Scotland | 1-0 | | 21.11.79 | Lisboa | Portugal | 1-2 | Austria | 1-1 | | 19.12.79 | Glasgow | Scotland | 1-3 | Belgium | 0-3 | | 26.03.80 | Glasgow | Scotland | 4-1 | Portugal | 2-0 |
| Group C | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Spain | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13: | 5 | | 2. Yugoslavia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14: | 6 | | 3. Romania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9: | 8 | | 4. Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2: | 19 |
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| Team | Sp | Yu | Ro | Cy | | Spain | --- | 0:1 | 1:0 | 5:0 | | Yugoslavia | 1:2 | --- | 2:1 | 5:0 | | Romania | 2:2 | 3:2 | --- | 2:0 | | Cyprus | 1:3 | 0:3 | 1:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 04.10.78 | Zagreb | Yugoslavia | 1-2 | Spain | 1-2 | | 25.10.78 | Bucuresti | Romania | 3-2 | Yugoslavia | 0-1 | | 15.11.78 | Valencia | Spain | 1-0 | Romania | 1-0 | | 13.12.78 | Salamanca | Spain | 5-0 | Cyprus | 2-0 | | 01.04.79 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 0-3 | Yugoslavia | 0-1 | | 04.04.79 | Craiova | Romania | 2-2 | Spain | 0-0 | | 13.05.79 | Limassol | Cyprus | 1-1 | Romania | 1-1 | | 10.10.79 | Valencia | Spain | 0-1 | Yugoslavia | 0-1 | | 31.10.79 | | Yugoslavia | 2-1 | Romania | 0-0 | | 14.11.79 | Novi Sad | Yugoslavia | 5-0 | Cyprus | 1-0 | | 18.11.79 | Bucuresti | Romania | 2-0 | Cyprus | 1-0 | | 09.12.79 | Limassol | Cyprus | 1-3 | Spain | 0-2 |
| Group D | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Netherlands | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20: | 6 | | 2. Poland | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13: | 4 | | 3. East Germany | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18: | 11 | | 4. Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7: | 18 | | 5. Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2: | 21 |
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| Team | Ne | Po | Ea | Sw | Ic | | Netherlands | --- | 1:1 | 3:0 | 3:0 | 3:0 | | Poland | 2:0 | --- | 1:1 | 2:0 | 2:0 | | East Germany | 2:3 | 2:1 | --- | 5:2 | 3:1 | | Switzerland | 1:3 | 0:2 | 0:2 | --- | 2:0 | | Iceland | 0:4 | 0:2 | 0:3 | 1:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 06.09.78 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 0-2 | Poland | 0-1 | | 20.09.78 | Nijmegen | Netherlands | 3-0 | Iceland | 1-0 | | 04.10.78 | Halle | East Germany | 3-1 | Iceland | 2-1 | | 11.10.78 | Bern | Switzerland | 1-3 | Netherlands | 1-1 | | 15.11.78 | Wroclaw | Poland | 2-0 | Switzerland | 1-0 | | 15.11.78 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 3-0 | East Germany | 1-0 | | 28.03.79 | Eindhoven | Netherlands | 3-0 | Switzerland | 0-0 | | 18.04.79 | Leipzig | East Germany | 2-1 | Poland | 0-1 | | 02.05.79 | Chorzow | Poland | 2-0 | Netherlands | 1-0 | | 05.05.79 | St. Gallen | Switzerland | 0-2 | East Germany | 0-1 | | 22.05.79 | Berne | Switzerland | 2-0 | Iceland | 1-0 | | 09.06.79 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 1-2 | Switzerland | 0-0 | | 05.09.79 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 0-4 | Netherlands | 0-0 | | 12.09.79 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 0-2 | Poland | 0-1 | | 12.09.79 | Reykjavik | Iceland | 0-3 | East Germany | 0-0 | | 26.09.79 | Chorzow | Poland | 1-1 | East Germany | 0-0 | | 10.10.79 | Krakow | Poland | 2-0 | Iceland | 0-0 | | 13.10.79 | East Berlin | East Germany | 5-2 | Switzerland | 3-1 | | 17.10.79 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | 1-1 | Poland | 0-1 | | 21.11.79 | Leipzig | East Germany | 2-3 | Netherlands | 2-1 |
| Group E | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Czechoslovakia | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17: | 4 | | 2. France | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13: | 7 | | 3. Sweden | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9: | 13 | | 4. Luxembourg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2: | 17 |
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| Team | Cz | Fr | Sw | Lu | | Czechoslovakia | --- | 2:0 | 4:1 | 4:0 | | France | 2:1 | --- | 2:2 | 3:0 | | Sweden | 1:3 | 1:3 | --- | 3:0 | | Luxembourg | 0:3 | 1:3 | 1:1 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 01.09.78 | Paris | France | 2-2 | Sweden | 0-0 | | 04.10.78 | Solna | Sweden | 1-3 | Czechoslovakia | 1-1 | | 07.10.78 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1-3 | France | 0-1 | | 25.02.79 | Paris | France | 3-0 | Luxembourg | 1-0 | | 04.04.79 | Bratislava | Czechoslovakia | 2-0 | France | 0-0 | | 01.05.79 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 0-3 | Czechoslovakia | 0-1 | | 07.06.79 | Malmo | Sweden | 3-0 | Luxembourg | 2-0 | | 05.09.79 | Solna | Sweden | 1-3 | France | 1-1 | | 10.10.79 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 4-1 | Sweden | 3-0 | | 22.10.79 | Esch-s-Alzette | Luxembourg | 1-1 | Sweden | 1-0 | | 17.11.79 | Paris | France | 2-1 | Czechoslovakia | 0-0 | | 24.11.79 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | 4-0 | Luxembourg | 3-0 |
| Group F | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. Greece | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13: | 7 | | 2. Hungary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9: | 9 | | 3. Finland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10: | 15 | | 4. Soviet Union | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7: | 8 |
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| Team | Gr | Hu | Fi | So | | Greece | --- | 4:1 | 8:1 | 1:0 | | Hungary | 0:0 | --- | 3:1 | 2:0 | | Finland | 3:0 | 2:1 | --- | 1:1 | | Soviet Union | 2:0 | 2:2 | 2:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 24.05.78 | Helsinki | Finland | 3-0 | Greece | 1-0 | | 20.09.79 | Yerevan | Soviet Union | 2-0 | Greece | 1-0 | | 20.09.78 | Helsinki | Finland | 2-1 | Hungary | 1-0 | | 11.10.79 | Athens | Greece | 8-1 | Finland | 5-0 | | 29.10.79 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 4-1 | Hungary | 0-0 | | 11.11.78 | Budapest | Hungary | 2-0 | Soviet Union | 1-0 | | 02.05.79 | Budapest | Hungary | 0-0 | Greece | 0-0 | | 19.05.79 | Tbilisi | Soviet Union | 2-2 | Hungary | 1-1 | | 04.07.79 | Helsinki | Finland | 1-1 | Soviet Union | 0-1 | | 12.09.79 | | Greece | 1-0 | Soviet Union | 1-0 | | 17.10.79 | Debrecen | Hungary | 3-1 | Finland | 2-0 | | 31.10.79 | Moscva | Soviet Union | 2-2 | Finland | 0-0 |
| Group G | p | w | d | l | gf | ga | | 1. West Germany | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17: | 1 | | 2. Turkey | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5: | 5 | | 3. Wales | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11: | 8 | | 4. Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2: | 21 |
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| Team | We | Tu | Wa | Ma | | West Germany | --- | 2:0 | 5:1 | 8:0 | | Turkey | 0:0 | --- | 1:0 | 2:1 | | Wales | 0:2 | 1:0 | --- | 7:0 | | Malta | 0:0 | 1:2 | 0:2 | --- |
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| date | venue | team 1 | score | team 2 | HT | | 25.10.78 | Wrexham | Wales | 7-0 | Malta | 3-0 | | 29.11.78 | Wrexham | Wales | 1-0 | Turkey | 0-0 | | 25.02.79 | Gzira | Malta | 0-0 | West Germany | 0-0 | | 18.03.79 | Izmir | Turkey | 2-1 | Malta | 1-0 | | 01.04.79 | Izmir | Turkey | 0-0 | West Germany | 0-0 | | 02.05.79 | Wrexham | Wales | 0-2 | West Germany | 0-1 | | 02.06.79 | Gzira | Malta | 0-2 | Wales | 0-1 | | 17.10.79 | Koln | West Germany | 5-1 | Wales | 4-0 | | 28.10.79 | Gzira | Malta | 1-2 | Turkey | 0-2 | | 21.11.79 | Izmir | Turkey | 1-0 | Wales | 0-0 | | 22.12.79 | Gelsenkirchen | West Germany | 2-0 | Turkey | 1-0 | | 27.02.80 | Bremen | West Germany | 8-0 | Malta | 3-0 |
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