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 118512129+3
2  France 108503208+12
3  Republic of Ireland 1084221711+6
4  Netherlands 98413117+4
5  Cyprus 08008429−25

Results
Cyprus 2 – 3 Republic of Ireland
N. Pantziaras  29'
Kaiafas  74' (pen.)		 Report McGee  8', 38'
Lawrenson  23'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Zvi Shahir (Israel)
Republic of Ireland 2 – 1 Netherlands
Daly  78'
Lawrenson  85'		 Report Tahamata  57'
Attendance: 25,000
Cyprus 0 – 7 France
Report Lacombe  4'
Platini  14', 23'
Larios  40' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
Six  82'
Zimako  87'
Attendance: 15,000
Republic of Ireland 1 – 1 Belgium
Grealish  42' Report Cluytens  13'
Attendance: 40,000
France 2 – 0 Republic of Ireland
Platini  11'
Zimako  77'		 Report
Attendance: 44,800
Belgium 1 – 0 Netherlands
Vandenbergh  48' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 57,665
Referee: Elzar Azim-Zade (Soviet Union)
Republic of Ireland 6 – 0 Cyprus
Daly  10' (pen.), 23'
Grealish  24'
Robinson  28'
Stapleton  46'
Hughton  65'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Eysteinn Gudmundsson (Iceland)
Cyprus 0 – 2 Belgium
Report Vandenbergh  30'
Ceulemans  68'
Attendance: 6,000
Belgium 3 – 2 Cyprus
Plessers  12'
Vandenbergh  17'
Ceulemans  67'		 Report Lysandrou  42'
Vrachimis  60'
Attendance: 17,445
Referee: Arto Ravander (Finland)
Netherlands 3 – 0 Cyprus
Hovenkamp  15'
Schapendonk  48'
Nanninga  58'		 Report
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Howard King (Wales)
Netherlands 1 – 0 France
Mühren  47' Report
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Belgium 1 – 0 Republic of Ireland
Ceulemans  88' Report
Attendance: 37,978
Referee: Raúl Joaquim Fernandes Naza (Portugal)
Cyprus 0 – 1 Netherlands
Report Van Kooten  29'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ivan Yosifov (Bulgaria)
France 3 – 2 Belgium
Soler  14', 31'
Six  26'		 Report Vandenbergh  5'
Ceulemans  52'
Attendance: 44,954
Referee: Victorino Arminio Sánchez (Spain)
Netherlands 2 – 2 Republic of Ireland
Thijssen  11'
Mühren  64' (pen.)		 Report Robinson  40'
Stapleton  71'
Attendance: 48,000
Belgium 2 – 0 France
Czerniatynski  24'
Vandenbergh  83'		 Report
Attendance: 52,525
Netherlands 3 – 0 Belgium
Metgod  6'
Van Kooten  26'
Geels  54'		 Report
Attendance: 56,000
Republic of Ireland 3 – 2 France
Mahut  3' (o.g.)
Stapleton  23'
Robinson  39'		 Report Bellone  9'
Platini  83'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
France 2 – 0 Netherlands
Platini  52'
Six  82'		 Report
Attendance: 44,884
France 4 – 0 Cyprus
Rocheteau  25'
Lacombe  29', 82'
Genghini  86'		 Report
Attendance: 43,437
Referee: Edwin Borg (Malta)

Notes
  1. Only 34 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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