33 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones.
The 3 winners in the pre-qualifying rounds joined an additional 21 teams in the preliminary rounds, with 12 teams in each sub-zone competing for 4 places in the main draw, to join the 4 finalists from the 1976 Europe Zone.
[1][2][3] Iran vs. Algeria Poland vs. Norway Switzerland vs. Rhodesia Belgium vs. Bulgaria Ireland vs. Iran Poland vs. West Germany Switzerland vs. France Romania vs. Belgium Czechoslovakia vs. Ireland Poland vs. France Romania vs. Czechoslovakia France vs. Soviet Union Due to their refusal to play against Chile in the 1976 Inter-Zonal semifinals, the Soviet Union were disqualified from the 1977 tournament.
Therefore, France were declared winners by default and progressed to the final.
[15][16] Romania vs. Great Britain France vs. Romania Israel vs. Turkey Luxembourg vs. Finland Netherlands vs. Israel Greece vs. Denmark Portugal vs. Monaco Austria vs. Finland Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia Greece vs. Spain Sweden vs. Monaco Austria vs. Egypt Yugoslavia vs. Spain Sweden vs. Austria Hungary vs. Spain Sweden vs. Italy Spain vs. Italy