| 16.11.1977 | Belfast | Windsor Park | 5 200 |
| North Ireland | 3:0(1:0) | Belgium |
| [1] Pat Jennings, [2] Pat Rice, [3] Jimmy Nicholl, [4] Alan Hunter(c), [5] Samuel Nelson, [6] Samuel McIllroy, [7] David McCreery, [8] D.Stewart, [9] Roland Chris McGrath, [10] Gerard Armstrong, [11] Trevor Anderson | [1] Jean-Marie Pfaff, [2] Eric Gerets, [3] Hugo Broos, [4] Walter Meeuws, [5] Michael Renquin, [6] Julien Cools(c), [7] Ludo Coeck, [8] Frank Vercauteren, [9] Raymond Mommens, [10] Wellens Willy, [11] Jan Ceulemans |
| Coach:Danny Blanchflower | Guy Thys |
| Scorers:42' Gerard Armstrong, 58' Roland Chris McGrath, 74' Gerard Armstrong |   |
| Substitutions:46' in [13] Chris Nicholl out Alan Hunter |   |
| Cautions: | 43' Eric Gerets, 61' Walter Meeuws |
| Referee:Georges Konrath (FRA) | Assistant referee:Achille Verbeke (FRA), Marcel Bacou (FRA) |