| # | Group 1 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15:5 | 7 | |
| 2. | Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:7 | 5 | |
| 3. | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4:13 | 0 | |
| # | Group 2 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19:4 | 7 | |
| 2. | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16:11 | 5 | |
| 3. | Iceland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6:26 | 0 | |
| # | Group 3 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:4 | 6 | |
| 2. | Bulgaria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11:7 | 4 | |
| 3. | Norway | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3:15 | 2 | |
| # | Group 4 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9:3 | 6 | |
| 2. | Wales | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6:5 | 4 | |
| 3. | German Democratic Republic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5:12 | 2 | |
| # | Group 5 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Austria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14:3 | 7 | |
| 2. | Netherlands | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12:7 | 5 | |
| 3. | Luxembourg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3:19 | 0 | |
| # | Group 6 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | SSSR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18:3 | 8 | |
| 2. | Poland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9:7 | 6 | |
| 3. | Finland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2:19 | 0 | |
| # | Group 7 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7:2 | 6 | |
| 2. | Romania | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:4 | 5 | |
| 3. | Greece | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2:9 | 1 | |
| # | Group 8 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Northern Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6:3 | 5 | |
| 2. | Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5:5 | 4 | |
| 3. | Portugal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4:7 | 3 | |
| # | Group 9 | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10:9 | 6 | |
| 2. | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12:8 | 5 | |
| 3. | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6:11 | 1 | |
| # | Additional match | MP | W | D | L | G | Pts | Form |
| 1. | SSSR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:0 | 2 | |
| 2. | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:2 | 0 |