Group 9 consisted of three of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] France, Republic of Ireland, and Soviet Union. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis with the group's winner advancing to the UEFA–CONMEBOL play-off with the winner of the play-off earning a place in the final tournament.
| 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
---- ---- ---- ---- ----