title: UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6
text: # UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying Group 6
  
  Group 6 of the UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1972 finals tournament. Group 6 consisted of four teams: Italy, Austria, Sweden, and Republic of Ireland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were Italy, who finished three points above Austria.
  
  ## Final table
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
  | 2 | Austria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 7 | | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 6–0 |
  | 3 | Sweden | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
  | 4 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — |
  
  ## Goalscorers
  
  There were 32 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.
  
  4 goals
  
  * Thomas Parits
  
  3 goals
  
  * Kurt Jara
  * Roberto Boninsegna
  * Giancarlo De Sisti
  * Pierino Prati
  
  2 goals
  
  * Luigi Riva
  
  1 goal
  
  * Karl Kodat
  * Hans Pirkner
  * Robert Sara
  * Hans Schmidradner
  * August Starek
  * Josef Stering
  * Sandro Mazzola
  * Tommy Carroll
  * Jimmy Conway
  * Eamonn Rogers
  * Dan Brzokoupil
  * Jan Olsson
  * Tom Turesson
  
  1 own goal
  
  * Tony Dunne (against Austria)
  