1982 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

1982 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 7 consisted of three of the 34 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] East Germany, Malta, and Poland. These three teams competed on a home-and-away basis for one of the 14 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner claiming that spot.

Standings

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Poland	8	4	4	0	12	2	+10
2	East Germany	4	4	2	2	9	6	+3
3	Malta	0	4	0	4	2	15	−13

Results

7 December 1980

Malta	0 – 2 (77')^[2]	Poland
	Report	Smolarek 55' Lipka 75'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 5,565

Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

4 April 1981

Malta	1 – 2	East Germany
Fabri 11'	Report	Schnuphase 20' (pen.) Häfner 44'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 3,873

Referee: Peter Reeves (England)

2 May 1981

Poland	1 – 0	East Germany
Buncol 55'	Report

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 73,600

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

10 October 1981

East Germany	2 – 3	Poland
Schnuphase 53' (pen.) Streich 66'	Report	Szarmach 2' Smolarek 5', 61'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)

11 November 1981

East Germany	5 – 1	Malta
Krause 11' Streich 35', 75' Heun 71' Holland 90' (o.g.)	Report	Spitteri-Gonzi 41'

Ernst Abbe Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 1,908

Referee: Frederic McKnight (Northern Ireland)

15 November 1981

Poland	6 – 0	Malta
Iwan 6' Smolarek 46', 64' Majewski 48' Dziekanowski 80' Boniek 85'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Wrocław

Attendance: 25,618

Referee: Bo Helen (Sweden)

Goalscorers

5 goals

Włodzimierz Smolarek

3 goals

Joachim Streich

2 goals

Rüdiger Schnuphase

1 goal

1 own goal

John Holland (playing against East Germany)

Notes

^ Only 33 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Spain qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
^ The match was interrupted in 77th minute due to stones thrown at the pitch; FIFA later gave this result to Poland.