Group A was one of four groups of national teams competing in the second stage of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The group's three matches were staged at the Nou Camp in Barcelona. The group consisted of three teams advancing from the first group stage: Group 1 winners Poland, Group 3 winners Belgium and Group 6 runners-up the Soviet Union.

Poland topped the group and advanced to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by eventual champions Italy.

Qualified teams

The winners of Group 1 and 3 and the runner-up of Group 6 qualified for Group A of the second round.

Group	Winners
1	Poland
3	Belgium
Group	Runners-up
6	Soviet Union

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Matches

Poland vs Belgium

28 June 1982

21:00 CEST

Poland	3–0	Belgium
Boniek 4', 26', 53'	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica)

Poland

Belgium

GK 1 Józef Młynarczyk DF 2 Marek Dziuba DF 5 Paweł Janas DF 9 Władysław Żmuda (c) DF 10 Stefan Majewski MF 3 Janusz Kupcewicz  82' MF 8 Waldemar Matysik MF 13 Andrzej Buncol MF 20 Zbigniew Boniek FW 16 Grzegorz Lato FW 11 Włodzimierz Smolarek  48' Substitutes: DF 4 Tadeusz Dolny MF 14 Andrzej Pałasz MF 15 Włodzimierz Ciołek  82' FW 17 Andrzej Szarmach GK 21 Jacek Kazimierski Manager: Antoni Piechniczek

GK 12 Theo Custers DF 4 Walter Meeuws (c) DF 5 Michel Renquin DF 3 Luc Millecamps DF 16 Gerard Plessers  87' MF 8 Wilfried Van Moer  46' MF 6 Franky Vercauteren MF 10 Ludo Coeck MF 11 Jan Ceulemans FW 9 Erwin Vandenbergh FW 21 Alexandre Czerniatynski Substitutes: FW 13 François Van der Elst  46' DF 14 Marc Baecke  87' MF 17 René Verheyen MF 18 Raymond Mommens GK 22 Jacky Munaron Manager: Guy Thys

Belgium vs Soviet Union

1 July 1982

21:00 CEST

Belgium	0–1	Soviet Union
	Report	Oganesian 48'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Belgium

Soviet Union

GK 22 Jacky Munaron DF 4 Walter Meeuws (c) DF 5 Michel Renquin DF 3 Luc Millecamps DF 15 Maurits De Schrijver  65' MF 10 Ludo Coeck MF 20 Guy Vandersmissen  67' MF 6 Franky Vercauteren MF 11 Jan Ceulemans FW 9 Erwin Vandenbergh FW 17 René Verheyen Substitutes: MF 7 Jos Daerden GK 12 Theo Custers MF 18 Raymond Mommens FW 19 Marc Millecamps  65' FW 21 Alexandre Czerniatynski  67' Manager: Guy Thys

GK 1 Rinat Dasayev SW 3 Aleksandre Chivadze (c) DF 6 Anatoliy Demyanenko DF 5 Sergei Baltacha DF 14 Sergei Borovsky MF 8 Volodymyr Bezsonov  77' MF 10 Khoren Oganesian MF 12 Andriy Bal  87' FW 7 Ramaz Shengelia  90' FW 9 Yuri Gavrilov FW 11 Oleh Blokhin Substitutes: DF 2 Tengiz Sulakvelidze MF 13 Vitaly Daraselia  87' FW 15 Sergey Andreyev FW 16 Sergey Rodionov  90' GK 22 Vyacheslav Chanov Manager: Konstantin Beskov

Soviet Union vs Poland

4 July 1982

21:00 CEST

Soviet Union	0–0	Poland
	Report

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Soviet Union

Poland

GK 1 Rinat Dasayev DF 2 Tengiz Sulakvelidze DF 3 Aleksandre Chivadze (c)  38' DF 5 Sergei Baltacha  90' DF 6 Anatoliy Demyanenko MF 8 Volodymyr Bezsonov MF 14 Sergei Borovsky  87' MF 9 Yuri Gavrilov  78' MF 10 Khoren Oganesian FW 7 Ramaz Shengelia  56' FW 11 Oleh Blokhin Substitutes: MF 12 Andriy Bal MF 13 Vitaly Daraselia  78' FW 15 Sergey Andreyev  56' FW 16 Sergey Rodionov GK 22 Vyacheslav Chanov Manager: Konstantin Beskov

GK 1 Józef Młynarczyk SW 10 Stefan Majewski CB 2 Marek Dziuba CB 5 Paweł Janas CB 9 Władysław Żmuda (c) CM 8 Waldemar Matysik RW 13 Andrzej Buncol  65' AM 3 Janusz Kupcewicz  51' LW 20 Zbigniew Boniek  88' SS 16 Grzegorz Lato CF 11 Włodzimierz Smolarek Substitutes: DF 4 Tadeusz Dolny DF 12 Roman Wójcicki MF 15 Włodzimierz Ciołek  51' FW 17 Andrzej Szarmach GK 21 Jacek Kazimierski Manager: Antoni Piechniczek