25 June 1978 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Austria, Peru, Poland, West Germany | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Sweden, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, Hungary | 
				
		
		
		11 
		October 1978 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Budapest)
          Hungary 2-0 USSR
		(Hungary promoted to Group 
		4, USSR relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Hungary, Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, USSR | 
				
		
		
		20 December 1978 
		(Dusseldorf)
          West Germany 3-1 Netherlands
		(West 
		Germany promoted to second, 
		Netherlands drop to third, Brazil drop to fourth, Italy relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Austria, Italy, Peru, Poland | 
				
		
		
		6 January 1979 (Monterrey)
          Mexico 1-0 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		31 January 1979 (Los Angeles)
          Mexico 0-1 USSR
		(USSR promoted to Group 
		4, Mexico relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Hungary, Portugal, Uruguay, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, England, Mexico | 
				
		
		
		8 February 1979 (Tampico)
          Mexico 1-1 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		24 February 1979 
		(Milan)
          Italy 3-0 Netherlands
		(Italy promoted to 
		third, 
		Netherlands drop to fourth, Brazil relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Austria, Brazil, Peru, Poland | 
				
		
		
		19 April 1979 (Tbilisi)
          USSR 2-0 Sweden
		(USSR promoted to Group 
		3, Sweden relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				USSR, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Hungary, Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
		
        
		2 May 1979 - 
		
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Chorzow)
          Poland 2-0 Netherlands
		(Poland promoted to 
		fourth, 
		Netherlands relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Austria, Brazil, Netherlands, Peru | 
				
		
		
		19 May 1979 - European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Tbilisi)
          USSR 2-2 Hungary 
		x - no change
		
		22
		May 1979 - 
		
		FIFA 75th Anniversary match 
		 (Berne)
          Argentina 0-0 Netherlands
          Argentina won 8-7 on penalties. 
		x - no change
		
		26
		May 1979 
		 (Rome)
          Italy 2-2 Argentina 
		x - no change
		
		10
		June 1979 
		 (Stockholm)
          Sweden 0-0 England 
		x - no change
		
		2 August 1979 - Copa América 
		
		Preliminary Group match 
		(Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 2-1 Argentina
		(Brazil 
		promoted to top, Argentina drop to second, West Germany drop to third, 
		Italy drop to fourth, Poland relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 West 
				Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Austria, Netherlands, Peru, Poland | 
				
		
		
		23 August 1979 - Copa América 
		
		Preliminary Group match 
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 2-2 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		5 September 1979 (Moscow)
          
		USSR 1-0 German Democratic Republic 
		x - no change
		
		12 September 1979 (Berlin)
          
		West Germany 2-1 Argentina
		(West 
		Germany go second, Argentina drop to third)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
		
		
		22 March 1980 (Sarajevo)
          Yugoslavia 2-1 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
		
		19 April 1980  
		(Turin)
          Italy 2-2 Poland
          
		x - no change
		
		26 April 1980 
		(Borovo)
          Yugoslavia 2-1 Poland
		(Yugoslavia promoted to Group 
		2, Poland relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Netherlands, Peru, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Poland, USSR | 
				
		
		
		29 April 1980 
		(Malmo)
          Sweden 1-5 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		7 May 1980 
		(Rostock)
          German Democratic Republic 2-2 USSR
          
		x - no change
		
		14 June 1980 European Championship Finals Group match (Naples)
          Netherlands 2-3 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		27 August 1980 
		(Budapest)
          Hungary 1-4 USSR
          
		x - no change
		
		11 October 1980 
		(Eindhoven)
          Netherlands 1-1 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		15 November 1980 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Turin)
          Italy 2-0 Yugoslavia 
		x - no change
		
		1 January 1981 - 
		Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Group match (Montevideo)
          Argentina 2-1 West Germany
		
		(Argentina go second, West Germany drop to third)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 West 
				Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
		
		
		4 January 1981 - 
		Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Group match (Montevideo)
          Argentina 1-1 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		6 January 1981 - 
		Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Group match (Montevideo)
          Italy 1-1 Netherlands
          
		x - no change
		
		7 January 1981 - 
		Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales Group match (Montevideo)
          Brazil 4-1 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		29 April 1981 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Hamburg)
          West Germany 2-0 Austria 
		x - no change
		
		2 May 1981 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Chorzow)
          Poland 1-0 German Democratic Republic 
		x - no change
		
		19 May 1981 
		(Stuttgart)
          West Germany 1-2 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		6 June 1981 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Budapest)
          Hungary 1-3 England
		(England promoted to Group 
		4, Hungary relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England, German Democratic Republic, 
				Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, Hungary, Mexico | 
				
		
		
		10 October 1981 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Leipzig)
          German Democratic Republic 2-3 Poland 
		
		x - no change
		
		14 October 1981 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Vienna)
          Austria 1-3 West Germany 
		
		x - no change
		
		17 October 1981 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Belgrade)
          Yugoslavia 1-1 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		18 November 1981 - 
		
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 1-0 Hungary 
		x - no change
		
		21 March 1982  
		(Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 1-0 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		24 March 1982  
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 1-1 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		5 May 1982  
		(Moscow)
          USSR 1-0 German Democratic Republic 
          
		x - no change
		
		3 June 1982  
		(Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-1 USSR
          
		x - no change
		
		18 June 1982 - World Cup Finals Group match 
		(Vigo)
          Italy 1-1 Peru 
		x - no change
		
		22 June 1982 - World Cup Finals Group match 
		(La Coruna)
          Peru 1-5 Poland
		(Poland promoted to Group 
		2, Peru relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Netherlands, Poland, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Peru, USSR | 
				
		
		
		25 June 1982 - World Cup Finals Group match 
		(Gijon)
          Austria 0-1 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		29 June 1982 - World Cup Finals Second Round Group match 
		(Barcelona)
          Argentina 1-2 Italy
		
		(Italy go second, Argentina drop to third, West Germany drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Italy | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 West 
				Germany | 
			
		
		5 July
		1982 - 
		Brazil were eliminated by Italy in the World Cup, after beating 
		Argentina.
		11 July 1982 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 France | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Austria, Brazil, England, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				Argentina, Netherlands, Peru, 
				
				Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, Hungary, Mexico | 
				
		
		
		31 August 1982  
		(Paris)
          France 0-4 Poland
          
		x - no change
		
		13 October 1982  
		(Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 1-2 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		23 March 1983  
		(Paris)
          France 1-1 USSR
          
		x - no change
		
		13 April 1983  
		(Coimbra)
          Portugal 0-0 Hungary
          
		x - no change
		
		27
		April 1983 -
          
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Vienna)
          Austria 0-0 West Germany 
		x - no change
          (Utrecht)
          Netherlands 0-3 Sweden
		(Sweden promoted to Group 
		3, Netherlands relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Peru, Sweden, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Netherlands, Portugal, Uruguay | 
				
		
		
		22
		May 1983 - European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Chorzow)
          Poland 1-1 USSR 
		x - no change
        
		22 June 1983 
		(Gothenburg)
          Sweden 3-3 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		
		18 July 1983 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-1 Peru
          
		x - no change
		
		11 August 1983 (Lima)
          Peru 1-1 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
		
		24 August 1983 - Copa América 
		
		Preliminary Group match 
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 1-0 Brazil
		(Argentina 
		promoted to Group 2, Brazil relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Austria, England, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, Peru, Sweden, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		14 September 1983 - Copa América 
		
		Preliminary Group match 
		(Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 0-0 Argentina 
		x - no change
		
		5 October 1983 - European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Gelsenkirchen)
          West Germany 3-0 Austria 
		x - no change
		
		9 October 1983 - European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Moscow)
          USSR 2-0 Poland
		(USSR 
		promoted to third, Poland drop to fourth, France relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 USSR | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Poland | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Austria, England, France | 
				
			
		
		13 October 1983 - Copa América 
		Semi-Final 
		first leg 
		(Lima)
          Peru 0-1 Uruguay
		(Uruguay 
		promoted to Group 3, Peru relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, Sweden, Uruguay, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Netherlands, Peru, Portugal | 
				
		
		
		20 October 1983 - Copa América 
		Semi-Final 
		second leg 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-1 Peru
          
		x - no change
		
		12 November 1983 
		(Zagreb)
          Yugoslavia 0-0 France
          
		x - no change
		
		17 January 1984 - Nehru Cup Group match 
		(Calcutta)
          Argentina 1-1 Poland
          
		x - no change
		
		18 April 1984 
		 (Strasbourg)
          France 1-0 West Germany
		(France 
		promoted to second, West Germany drop to third, USSR drop to fourth, 
		Poland relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         France | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 USSR | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Austria, England, Poland | 
				
			
		
		22 May 1984 - 
		
		
		FIFA 80th Anniversary match
		
		 (Zurich)
          Italy 0-1 West Germany
		(West 
		Germany go top, Italy drop to second, France drop to third)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Italy | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 USSR | 
			
			
		
		2 June 1984 -
          
		(Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 0-2 USSR
          
		x - no change
          
		(Lisbon)
          Portugal 2-3 Yugoslavia
          
		x - no change
		
		10 June 1984 
		(Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 0-2 England
          
		x - no change
		
		13 June 1984 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 2-0 England
		(Uruguay 
		promoted to Group 2, England relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Austria, Poland, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, England, Sweden, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		17 June 1984 
		(Sao Paulo)
          Brazil 0-0 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		21 June 1984 
		(Curitiba)
          Brazil 1-0 Uruguay
		(Brazil 
		promoted to Group 2, Uruguay relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Poland | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				England, Sweden, Uruguay, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		18 July 1984 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-0 Argentina
		(Uruguay 
		promoted to Group 2, Argentina relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Brazil, Poland, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, England, Sweden, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		2 August 1984 
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 0-0 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
		
		11 August 1984 
		(East Berlin)
          German Democratic Republic 1-1 Mexico 
		x - no change
		
		12 September 1984 -
          
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Stockholm)
          Sweden 0-1 Portugal
          
		(Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 1-0 German Democratic Republic
          
		x - no change
		(Portugal 
		promoted to Group 3, Sweden relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, England, Portugal, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Netherlands, Peru, Sweden | 
				
		
		
		17 October 1984 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Rotterdam)
          Netherlands 1-2 Hungary
		(Hungary 
		promoted to Group 4, Netherlands relegated)
		
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Peru, Sweden | 
				
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, Mexico, 
				Netherlands | 
				
		
		
		20 October 1984 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Leipzig)
          German Democratic Republic 2-3 Yugoslavia
          
		x - no change
		
		14 November 1984 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Lisbon)
          Portugal 1-3 Sweden
		(Sweden 
		promoted to Group 3, Portugal relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, England, Sweden, 
				 Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Hungary, Peru, Portugal | 
				
		
		
		8 December 1984 
		(Pescara)
          Italy 2-0 Poland
          
		x - no change
		
		27 March 1985 
		(Tbilisi)
          USSR 2-0 Austria
          
		x - no change
		
		5 May 1985 
		(Salvador)
          Brazil 2-1 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		14 May 1985 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Budapest)
          Hungary 0-1 Netherlands
		
		(Netherlands promoted to Group 4, Hungary relegated)
		
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Netherlands, Peru, Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea, Hungary,
				Mexico | 
				
		
		
		23 June 1985 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Lima)
          Peru 1-0 Argentina
		(Peru 
		promoted to Group 3, Argentina relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England, 
				Peru, Sweden, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, German Democratic Republic, 
				Netherlands, Portugal | 
				
		
		
		30 June 1985 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 2-2 Peru 
		x - no change
		
		21 August 1985 -
          
		Artemio Franchi Trophy 
		
		(Paris)
          France 1-0 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
          
		(Malmo)
          Sweden 1-0 Poland
		(Sweden 
		promoted to Group 2, Poland relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Brazil, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England, 
				Peru, Poland, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		28 August 1985 
		 (Moscow)
          USSR 1-0 West Germany
		(USSR go top, 
		West Germany drop to second, Italy drop to third, France drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 USSR | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 France | 
			
			
		
		28 September 1985 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Belgrade)
          Yugoslavia 1-2 German Democratic Republic
		(German 
		Democratic Republic promoted to Group 3, Yugoslavia relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England, 
				German Democratic Republic,
				Peru, Poland | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, 
				Netherlands, Portugal, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		14 November 1985 
		(Los Angeles)
          Mexico 1-1 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		17 November 1985 
		(Puebla)
          Mexico 1-1 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		5 February 1986 
		(Avellino)
          Italy 1-2 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		16 February 1986 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 2-2 Poland
          
		x - no change
		
		19 February 1986 
		(Braga)
          Portugal 1-3 German Democratic Republic
          
		x - no change
		
		12 March 1986 -
          
		(Leipzig)
          German Democratic Republic 0-1 Netherlands
          
		(Frankfurt)
          West Germany 2-0 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		(Netherlands promoted to Group 
		3, German Democratic Republic relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England, 
				Netherlands, 
				Peru, Poland | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, German Democratic 
				Republic, Portugal, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		3 June 1986 
		- World Cup Finals Group match (Monterrey)
          England 0-1 Portugal
		(Portugal promoted to Group 
		3, England relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Netherlands, 
				Peru, Poland, Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, England, German Democratic 
				Republic, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		4 June 1986 
		- World Cup Finals Group match (Queretaro)
          Uruguay 1-1 West Germany 
		x - no change
		
		5 June 1986 
		- World Cup Finals Group match (Leon)
          France 1-1 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		11 June 1986 
		- World Cup Finals Group match (Monterrey)
          England 3-0 Poland
		(England promoted to Group 
		3, Poland relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England, 
				Netherlands, 
				Peru, Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Argentina, German Democratic 
				Republic, Poland, Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		15 June
		1986 - 
		USSR lost to Belgium in the World Cup.
		29 June 1986 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         West Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Belgium | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, England, Mexico, Spain | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Italy, Sweden, Uruguay, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Netherlands, Peru, Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea,  
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Hungary, 
				
				Poland, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		10 September 1986 
		(Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-0 England
		(Sweden 
		promoted to Group 2, England relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, Mexico, Spain, 
				Sweden | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, England, Italy, Uruguay, USSR | 
				
		
		
		15 October 1986 -
          
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Budapest)
          Hungary 0-1 Netherlands
          
		x - no change
          
		(Hanover)
          West Germany 2-2 Spain
          
		x - no change
		
		19 November 1986 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Amsterdam)
          Netherlands 0-0 Poland
          
		x - no change
		
		14 February 1987 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match
		(Lisbon)
          Portugal 0-1 Italy
          
		x - no change
		
		18 February 1987 
		(Madrid)
          Spain 2-4 England
		(England 
		promoted to Group 2, Spain relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, England, Mexico, Sweden | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Italy, Spain,
				Uruguay, USSR | 
				
		
		
		18 April 1987 
		(Tbilisi)
          USSR 1-3 Sweden
          
		x - no change
		
		29 April 1987 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Rotterdam)
          Netherlands 2-0 Hungary
          
		x - no change
		
		3 June 1987 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-0 Italy
          
		x - no change
		
		12 August 1987 
		(Berlin)
          West Germany 2-1 France 
		x - no change
		
		9 September 1987 
		(Dusseldorf)
          West Germany 3-1 England 
		x - no change
		
		14 October 1987 -
          
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Zabrze)
          Poland 0-2 Netherlands 
		x - no change
          
		(Gelsenkirchen)
          West Germany 1-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		
		14 November 1987 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match
		(Naples)
          Italy 2-1 Sweden
		(Italy 
		promoted to Group 2, Sweden relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, England, Italy, Mexico | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay, USSR | 
				
		
		
		12 December 1987 
		(Brasilia)
          Brazil 1-1 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		16 December 1987 
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 1-0 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		20 February 1988 
		(Bari)
          Italy 4-1 USSR
          
		x - no change
		
		2 April 1988 - Vier-Ländier-Turnier Third-Place match 
		(Berlin)
          Argentina 0-1 West Germany
		(West Germany 
		go top, Argentina drop to second)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Belgium | 
			
			
		
		10 June 1988 - 
		European Championship 
		 Finals Group match 
		 (Dusseldorf)
          Italy 1-1 West Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		12 June 1988 - 
		European Championship 
		 Finals 
		 Group match 
		 (Cologne)
          Netherlands 0-1 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		14 June 1988 - 
		European Championship 
		 Finals 
		 Group match 
		 (Frankfurt)
          Italy 1-0 Spain
          
		x - no change
		
		18 June 1988 - 
		European Championship 
		 Finals Group match
		(Frankfurt)
          England 1-3 USSR
		(USSR 
		promoted to Group 2, England relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, Italy, Mexico, 
				USSR | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, England, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
		
		
		10 July 1988 - Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup Group match 
		 (Melbourne)
          Argentina 0-0 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		
		31 July 1988 
		(Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-1 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		
		3 August 1988 
		(Vienna)
          Austria 0-2 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		
		21 September 1988 
		(Dusseldorf)
          West Germany 1-0 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		12 October 1988
		- 
		 (Antwerp)
          Belgium 1-2 Brazil
          
		 (Gothenburg)
          Sweden 0-0 Portugal 
		x - no change
		(Brazil 
		promoted to fourth, Belgium relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Belgium, Italy, Mexico, 
				USSR | 
				
			
		
		19 October 1988 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Kiev)
          USSR 2-0 Austria
          
		x - no change
		
		14 December 1988 
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 3-0 Peru 
		x - no change
		
		25 March 1989 
		(Vienna)
          Austria 0-1 Italy
          
		x - no change
		
		22 April 1989 
		(Verona)
          Italy 1-1 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		
		12 July 1989
		- Copa América 
		Final 
		Group match 
		(Rio de Janeiro)
          Argentina 0-2 Brazil
		(Brazil 
		promoted to second, Argentina drop to third, France drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 France | 
			
			
		
		27 August 1989 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Lima)
          Peru 0-2 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
		
		6 September 1989 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Vienna)
          Austria 0-0 USSR
          
		x - no change
		
		24 September 1989 - 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		
		(Montevideo)
          Uruguay 2-0 Peru
          
		x - no change
		
		14 October 1989 
		(Bologna)
          Italy 0-1 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		
		15 November 1989 
		(Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 0-0 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		21 December 1989 
		(Cagliari)
          Italy 0-0 Argentina 
		x - no change
		
		21 February 1990 
		(Brussels)
          Belgium 0-0 Sweden
          
		x - no change
		
		30 May 1990 
		(Vienna)
          Austria 3-2 Netherlands
          
		x - no change
		
		3 June 1990 
		(Zagreb)
          Yugoslavia 0-2 Netherlands
          
		x - no change
		
		9 June 1990 - World Cup Finals Group match (Rome)
          Austria 0-1 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		13 June 1990 - World Cup Finals Group match (Naples)
          Argentina 2-0 USSR 
		x - no change
		
		16 June 1990 - World Cup Finals Group match (Cagliari)
          England 0-0 Netherlands 
		x - no change
		
		17 June 1990 - World Cup Finals Group match (Verona)
          Belgium 3-1 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		
		21 June 1990 - World Cup Finals Group match
		(Verona)
          Belgium 1-2 Spain
		(Spain 
		promoted to Group 2, Belgium relegated)
		
			
				| Group Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Italy, Mexico, 
				Spain, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Belgium, England, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
		
		8 July 1990 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 England | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, France, Mexico, 
				Spain, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Netherlands, Peru, Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Six | 
				
			
				| 
				DPR Korea,  
				German Democratic Republic, 
				Hungary, 
				
				Poland |