Group 1 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Cyprus, Denmark, Poland, and Portugal.
These four teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 8.5 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone.
The spot would be assigned to the group's winner.
The Goals given to Henning Munk Jensen in the 5-0 defeat of Cyprus were in fact scored my Henning Jensen a different player.