1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) qualified. Austria qualified. Netherlands qualified. France qualified. Sweden qualified. Scotland qualified. Spain qualified. Hungary advanced to the UEFA / CONMEBOL Intercontinental Play-off. This is the first time the USSR failed to qualify. The previous absences of the Soviet team at World Cup were all due to them not participating in the qualification. 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA) in association football. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article "1978 FIFA World Cup qualification". A total of 32
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 5 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised European champions Spain, Turkey, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia and Estonia. The group was won by Spain, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup without dropping a single point in qualification. The runners-up Bosnia and Herzegovina entered the UEFA play-off stage. A meeting was held in Barcelona, Spain on 8 January 2008 to determine the fixtures for Group 5. However, the Bosnian delegation arrived several hours late,