Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying tournament was one of the eight groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 1968 finals tournament. Group 3 consisted of four teams: Soviet Union, Greece, Austria, and Finland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners were the Soviet Union, who finished 5 points above Greece.
| Pos | Team
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Soviet Union
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 4–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Greece
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Austria
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 5 | 1–0 | Void[a] | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Finland
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6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
| Finland | 0–0 | Austria |
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| Report |
Attendance: 10,070
Referee: Peter Coates (Rep. of Ireland)
| Greece | 2–1 | Finland |
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Report |
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Attendance: 28,478
Referee: Zdeněk Valeš (Czechoslovakia)
| Finland | 1–1 | Greece |
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Attendance: 14,056
Referee: Pieter Roomer (Netherlands)
| Soviet Union | 4–3 | Austria |
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 36' 43' [2] 80' |
Report |
54' 71' |
Attendance: 72,142
Referee: Johan Einar Boström (Sweden)
| Soviet Union | 4–0 | Greece |
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72' (pen.) 83' |
Report |
Attendance: 28,040
Referee: Birger Nilsen (Norway)
| Soviet Union | 2–0 | Finland |
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80' |
Report |
Attendance: 20,597
Referee: Muzaffer Sarvan (Turkey)
| Finland | 2–5 | Soviet Union |
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25' |
Report |
14' 35' 63' |
Attendance: 7,793
Referee: Pavel Špoták (Czechoslovakia)
| Austria | 2–1 | Finland |
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81' |
Report |
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Attendance: 25,231
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
| Greece | 4–1 | Austria |
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75' |
Report |
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Attendance: 34,552
Referee: Vasile Dumitrescu (Romania)
| Austria | 1–0 | Soviet Union |
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Report |
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: Todor Bechirov (Bulgaria)
| Greece | 0–1 | Soviet Union |
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| Report |
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Attendance: 33,588
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
| Austria | Annulled[note 2] | Greece |
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Attendance: 31,996
Referee: Gyula Gere (Hungary)
There were 37 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 3.08 goals per match.[note 3]
4 goals
3 goals
Juhani Peltonen Anatoliy Banishevskiy Igor Chislenko Eduard Malofeyev Yozhef Sabo2 goals
Alekos Alexiadis1 goal
Erich Hof Franz Wolny Pertti Mäkipää Simo Syrjävaara Stathis Chaitas Mimis Papaioannou Anatoliy Byshovets Murtaz Khurtsilava Valery Maslov Eduard Streltsov
