Group 2 consisted of four of the 32 teams entered into the European zone:^[1] England, Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg. 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, with the group's winner claiming the spot.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy	6	5	0	1	18	4	+14	10
2	England	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	10
3	Finland	6	2	0	4	11	16	−5	4
4	Luxembourg	6	0	0	6	2	22	−20	0

13 June 1976

Finland	1 – 4	England
Paatelainen 27'	Report	Pearson 14' Keegan 30', 60' Channon 56'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)

22 September 1976

Finland	7 – 1	Luxembourg
A. Heiskanen 15' E. Heiskanen 22', 27' Rissanen 51', 61' Heikkinen 54' Mäkynen 82' (pen.)	Report	G. Zender 52'

Referee: Thime (Norway)

13 October 1976

England	2 – 1	Finland
Tueart 4' Royle 51'	Report	Nieminen 48'

Referee: Eriksson (Sweden)

16 October 1976

Luxembourg	1 – 4	Italy
Braun 86'	Report	Graziani 24' Bettega 44', 81' Antognoni 50'

Referee: Dörflinger (Switzerland)

17 November 1976

Italy	2 – 0	England
Antognoni 36' Bettega 77'	Report

Referee: Klein (Israel)

30 March 1977

England	5 – 0	Luxembourg
Keegan 9' T. Francis 58' Kennedy 65' Channon 68', 79' (pen.)	Report

Referee: Bonett (Malta)

26 May 1977

Luxembourg	0 – 1	Finland
	Report	A. Heiskanen 57'

Referee: Amundsen (Denmark)

8 June 1977

Finland	0 – 3	Italy
	Report	Gentile 8' Bettega 56' Benetti 81'

Referee: Helies (France)

12 October 1977

Luxembourg	0 – 2	England
	Report	Kennedy 31' Mariner 90'

Referee: Jarguz (Poland)

15 October 1977

Italy	6 – 1	Finland
Bettega 29', 38', 59', 62' Graziani 45' Zaccarelli 71'	Report	Haaskivi 67'

Referee: Dudin (Bulgaria)

16 November 1977

England	2 – 0	Italy
Keegan 11' Brooking 80'	Report

Referee: Palotai (Hungary)

3 December 1977

Italy	3 – 0	Luxembourg
Bettega 4' Graziani 11' Causio 56'	Report

Referee: Maksimović (Yugoslavia)

• Group 2 Detailed Results at RSSSF