29 teams entered the Europe Zone, competing across 2 sub-zones.
25 teams entered the competition in the qualifying round, competing for 4 places in each sub-zone's main draw to join the 4 finalists from the 1977 Europe Zone.
The winners of each sub-zone's main draw went on to compete in the Inter-Zonal Zone against the winners of the Americas Zone and Eastern Zone.
[1] Great Britain defeated Czechoslovakia in the Zone A final, and Sweden defeated Hungary in the Zone B final, resulting in both Great Britain and Sweden progressing to the Inter-Zonal Zone.
[1][2][3] Monaco vs. Luxembourg Israel vs. Finland Netherlands vs. Greece Algeria vs. Iran Monaco vs. Great Britain Israel vs. Austria Czechoslovakia vs. Netherlands Poland vs. Iran Great Britain vs. Austria Czechoslovakia vs. Poland France vs. Great Britain Czechoslovakia vs. Romania Great Britain vs. Czechoslovakia Morocco vs. Turkey Morocco vs. Norway Ireland vs. Portugal Belgium vs. Denmark Switzerland vs. Egypt Morocco vs. Yugoslavia Ireland vs. Sweden Hungary vs. Belgium Switzerland vs. West Germany Yugoslavia vs. Sweden Hungary vs. West Germany Sweden vs. Spain Hungary vs. Italy Sweden vs. Hungary