Group 7 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Greece, Spain, and Yugoslavia. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 9.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming the place in the finals. This group required a play-off to decide the winner.
As of 2022, this was the last time Spain failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.
| width=30 | Rank | width=165 style="text-align:left;" | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
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| 1= | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1= | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -6 | 0 |
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Spain and Yugoslavia finished level on points and goal difference, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.