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title: 1938 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
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# 1938 FIFA World Cup
The **1938 FIFA World Cup** was the 3rd edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in France from 4 to 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beating Hungary 4–2. Italy's 1934 and 1938 teams hold the distinction of being the only men's national team to win the World Cup multiple times under the same coach, Vittorio Pozzo. It would be the last World Cup until 1950; the 1942 and 1946 World Cups were cancelled due to World War II.
## Host selection
France was chosen as host nation by FIFA in Berlin on 13 August 1936. France was chosen over Argentina and Germany in the first round of voting. The decision to hold a second consecutive tournament in Europe (after Italy in 1934) caused outrage in South America, where it was believed that the venue should alternate between the two continents. This was the last World Cup to be staged before the outbreak of the Second World War.
## Qualification
Because of anger over the decision to hold a second successive World Cup in Europe, Uruguay, Argentina, United States and Mexico refused to enter the competition. Spain meanwhile could not participate due to the ongoing Spanish Civil War.
It was the first time that the hosts, France, and the title holders, Italy, qualified automatically. Title holders were given an automatic entry into the World Cup from 1938 until 2002 (inclusive), since abolished.
Of the 14 remaining places, eleven were allocated to Europe, two to the Americas, and one to Asia. As a result, only three non-European nations took part: Brazil, Cuba and Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), the latter being the first Asian country to participate in a FIFA World Cup.[1] This is the smallest ever number of teams from outside the host continent to compete at a FIFA World Cup.
Austria qualified for the World Cup, but after qualification was complete, the Anschluss united Austria with Germany. Austria subsequently withdrew from the tournament, with some Austrian players joining the German squad, although not including Austrian star player Matthias Sindelar, who refused to play for the unified team.[2] Latvia was the runner-up in Austria's qualification group, but was not invited to participate; instead Austria's place remained empty, and Sweden, which would have been Austria's initial opponent, progressed directly to the second-round by default.
This tournament saw the first, and as of 2022Cuba and the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It also saw the World Cup debuts of Poland and Norway. Romania would not qualify for another World Cup until 1970, Poland and the Netherlands would not reappear at a finals tournament until 1974, and Norway would not qualify for another World Cup finals until 1994. A unified Germany team would not appear again until 1994, although Austria returned in 1954 and finished in third place.
the only, participation in a World Cup tournament from
### List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams originally qualified for the final tournament. However, 15 teams participated after Austria's withdrawal due to the Anschluss.
**Asia (1)**
- Dutch East Indies (debut)
**Africa (0)**
- None qualified
**North, Central America and Caribbean (1)**
- Cuba (debut)
**South America (1)**
- Brazil
**Europe (12)**
- Austria (withdrew)
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia
- France (hosts)
- Germany
- Hungary
- Italy (1934 champions)
- Netherlands
- Norway (debut)
- Poland (debut)
- Romania
- Sweden
- Switzerland
## Format
The knockout format from 1934 was retained. If a match was tied after 90 minutes, then 30 minutes of extra time were played. If the score was still tied after extra time, the match would be replayed. This was the last World Cup tournament that used a straight knockout format.
## Summary
Qualifying countries and their results
Germany, France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Cuba and Brazil were seeded for the draw taking place in Paris, on 5 March 1938. Sweden was given a bye due to Austria's withdrawal.[3]
Five of the seven first round matches required extra time to break the deadlock; two games still went to a replay. In one replay, Cuba advanced to the next round at the expense of Romania. In the other replay, Germany, which had led 1–0 in the first game against Switzerland, led 2–0 but eventually was beaten 2–4. This loss, which took place in front of a hostile, bottle-throwing crowd in Paris, was blamed by German coach Sepp Herberger on a defeatist attitude from the five Austrian players he had been forced to include; a German journalist later commented that "Germans and Austrians prefer to play against each other even when they're in the same team".[4] Until they were knocked out in the first round in 2018, this was the only time Germany had failed to advance past the first round, and until their penalty shootout victory over France in the round of 16 of UEFA Euro 2020, this would be the last time Switzerland advanced past the first knockout game of a tournament.[5]
Sweden advanced directly to the quarter-finals as a result of Austria's withdrawal, and they proceeded to beat Cuba 8–0. The hosts, France, were beaten by the holders, Italy, and Switzerland were seen off by Hungary. Czechoslovakia took Brazil to extra time in a notoriously feisty match in Bordeaux before succumbing in a replay; the South Americans proved too strong for the depleted Czechoslovak side (both Oldřich Nejedlý and František Plánička had suffered broken bones in the first game) and won 2–1. This was the last match to be replayed in a World Cup.
Hungary destroyed Sweden in one of the semi-finals 5–1, while Italy and Brazil had the first of their many important World Cup clashes in the other. The Brazilians were without their star player Leônidas, who was injured, and the Italians won 2–1.[6] Brazil topped Sweden 4–2 for third place.
Rumour has it, before the finals Benito Mussolini was to have sent a telegram to the team, saying "Vincere o morire!" (literally translated as "Win or die!"). This should not have been meant as a literal threat, but instead just an encouragement to win. However, no record remains of such a telegram, and World Cup player Pietro Rava said, when interviewed in 2001, "No, no, no, that's not true. He sent a telegram wishing us well, but no never 'win or die'."[7]
The final itself took place at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris. Vittorio Pozzo's Italian side took the lead early, but Hungary equalised within two minutes. The Italians took the lead again shortly after, and by the end of the first half were leading the Hungarians 3–1. Hungary never really got back into the game. With the final score favouring the Italians 4–2, Italy became the first team to successfully defend the title and were once more crowned World Cup winners.
Because of World War II, the World Cup would not be held for next 12 years, until 1950. As a result, Italy were the reigning World Cup holders for a record 16 years, from 1934 to 1950. The Italian Vice-president of FIFA, Dr. Ottorino Barassi, hid the trophy in a shoe-box under his bed throughout the Second World War and thus saved it from falling into the hands of occupying troops.[8]
## Venues
Eleven venues in ten cities were planned to host the tournament; of these, all hosted matches except the Stade de Gerland in Lyon, which did not due to Austria's withdrawal.
| Colombes (Paris area) | Marseille | Paris | Bordeaux |
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| Stade Olympique de Colombes | Stade Vélodrome | Parc des Princes | Parc Lescure |
| Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 34,694 |
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| Strasbourg | AntibesBordeauxLe HavreLilleMarseilleColombesParisReimsStrasbourgToulouse1938 FIFA World Cup (France) | AntibesBordeauxLe HavreLilleMarseilleColombesParisReimsStrasbourgToulouse1938 FIFA World Cup (France) | Le Havre |
| Stade de la Meinau | AntibesBordeauxLe HavreLilleMarseilleColombesParisReimsStrasbourgToulouse1938 FIFA World Cup (France) | AntibesBordeauxLe HavreLilleMarseilleColombesParisReimsStrasbourgToulouse1938 FIFA World Cup (France) | Stade Municipal |
| Capacity: 30,000 | AntibesBordeauxLe HavreLilleMarseilleColombesParisReimsStrasbourgToulouse1938 FIFA World Cup (France) | AntibesBordeauxLe HavreLilleMarseilleColombesParisReimsStrasbourgToulouse1938 FIFA World Cup (France) | Capacity: 22,000 |
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| Reims | Toulouse | Lille | Antibes |
| Vélodrome Municipal | Stade du T.O.E.C. | Stade Victor Boucquey | Stade du Fort Carré |
| Capacity: 21,684 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 7,000 |
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## Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see _1938 FIFA World Cup squads_.
## Final tournament
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 5 June – Marseille | 5 June – Marseille | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 June – Marseille | 5 June – Marseille | | | | | | | | | | | Italy (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| 12 June – Colombes | 12 June – Colombes | | | | | | | | | | | Italy (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| 12 June – Colombes | 12 June – Colombes | | | Norway | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Italy | 3 | | Norway | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Italy | 3 | 5 June – Colombes | 5 June – Colombes | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 5 June – Colombes | 5 June – Colombes | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | France | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | 3 | 16 June – Marseille | 16 June – Marseille | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Belgium | 1 | 16 June – Marseille | 16 June – Marseille | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Belgium | 1 | Italy | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 June – Strasbourg | 5 June – Strasbourg | Italy | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 June – Strasbourg | 5 June – Strasbourg | | Brazil | | | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 6 | | Brazil | | 1 | | | | | | |
| | 12 and 14 June – Bordeaux | 12 and 14 June – Bordeaux | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 12 and 14 June – Bordeaux | 12 and 14 June – Bordeaux | Poland | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil (rep.) | 1 (2) | Poland | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil (rep.) | 1 (2) | 5 June – Le Havre | 5 June – Le Havre | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Czechoslovakia | 1 (1) | 5 June – Le Havre | 5 June – Le Havre | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Czechoslovakia | 1 (1) | Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | | | 19 June – Colombes | 19 June – Colombes | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | 19 June – Colombes | 19 June – Colombes | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | Italy | | | 4 | |
| | | | 5 June – Reims | 5 June – Reims | | | | | | Italy | | | 4 | |
| | | | 5 June – Reims | 5 June – Reims | | | | | | | | | Hungary | 2.0 |
| | | | Hungary | 6 | | | | | | | | Hungary | 2 | |
| | 12 June – Lille | 12 June – Lille | Hungary | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 12 June – Lille | 12 June – Lille | Dutch East Indies | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hungary | 2 | Dutch East Indies | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hungary | 2 | 4 and 9 June – Paris | 4 and 9 June – Paris | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Switzerland | 0 | 4 and 9 June – Paris | 4 and 9 June – Paris | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Switzerland | 0 | Switzerland (rep.) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Switzerland (rep.) | 1 (4) | | 16 June – Paris | 16 June – Paris | | | | | | | |
| | | | Germany | 1 (2) | | 16 June – Paris | 16 June – Paris | | | | | | | |
| | | | Germany | 1 (2) | | Hungary | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 June – Lyon | 5 June – Lyon | | Hungary | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 June – Lyon | 5 June – Lyon | | Sweden | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Sweden | w/o | | Sweden | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 12 June – Antibes | 12 June – Antibes | Sweden | w/o | | | | | | | | 19 June – Bordeaux | 19 June – Bordeaux | |
| | 12 June – Antibes | 12 June – Antibes | Austria | | | | | | | | | 19 June – Bordeaux | 19 June – Bordeaux | |
| | Sweden | 8 | Austria | | | | | | | | | Brazil | 4 | |
| | Sweden | 8 | 5 and 9 June – Toulouse | 5 and 9 June – Toulouse | | | | | | | | Brazil | 4 | |
| | Cuba | 0 | 5 and 9 June – Toulouse | 5 and 9 June – Toulouse | | | | | | | | Sweden | 2 | |
| | Cuba | 0 | Cuba (rep.) | 3 (2) | | | | | | | | Sweden | 2 | |
| | Romania | 3 (1) | Cuba (rep.) | 3 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Romania | 3 (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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### Round of 16
| Switzerland | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Germany |
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| Abegglen 43' | Report | Gauchel 29' |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 27,152Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
| Hungary | 6–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Kohut 13'Toldi 15'G. Sárosi 28', 89'Zsengellér 35', 76' | Report |
Vélodrome Municipal, ReimsAttendance: 9,000Referee: Roger Conrié (France)
w/o
Stade Gerland, Lyon
| Cuba | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Romania |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Socorro 44', 103'Magriñá 69' | Report | Bindea 35'Barátky 88'Dobay 105' |
Stade du T.O.E.C., ToulouseAttendance: 7,000Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy)
| France | 3–1 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Veinante 1'Nicolas 16', 69' | Report | Isemborghs 38' |
Stade Olympique de Colombes, ColombesAttendance: 30,454Referee: Hans Wüthrich (Switzerland)
| Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ferraris 2'Piola 94' | Report | Brustad 83' |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 19,000Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany)[a]
| Brazil | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | Poland |
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| Leônidas 18', 93', 104'Romeu 25'Perácio 44', 71' | Report | Scherfke 23' (pen.)Wilimowski 53', 59', 89', 118' |
Stade de la Meinau, StrasbourgAttendance: 13,452Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
| Czechoslovakia | 3–0 (a.e.t.) |
| --- | --- |
| Košťálek 93'Zeman 111'Nejedlý 118' | Report |
Stade municipal, Le HavreAttendance: 11,000Referee: Lucien Leclerq (France)
#### Replays
| Switzerland | 4–2 | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Walaschek 42'Bickel 64'Abegglen 75', 78' | Report | Hahnemann 8'Lörtscher 22' (o.g.) |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 20,025Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
| Cuba | 2–1 | Romania |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Socorro 51'Fernández 57' | Report | Dobay 35' |
Stade du T.O.E.C., ToulouseAttendance: 8,000Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)
### Quarter-finals
| Hungary | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| G. Sárosi 40'Zsengellér 89'[b] | Report |
Stade Victor Boucquey, LilleAttendance: 15,000Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
| Sweden | 8–0 |
| --- | --- |
| H. Andersson 9', 81', 89'[c]Wetterström 22', 37', 44'Keller 80'[d]Nyberg 84'[e] | Report |
Stade du Fort Carré, AntibesAttendance: 7,000Referee: Augustin Krist (Czechoslovakia)
| Italy | 3–1 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colaussi 9'Piola 51', 72' | Report | Heisserer 10' |
Stade Olympique de Colombes, ColombesAttendance: 58,455Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leônidas 30' | Report | Nejedlý 65' (pen.) |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 22,021Referee: Pál von Hertzka (Hungary)
#### Replay
| Brazil | 2–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leônidas 57'Roberto 62'[f] | Report | Kopecký 25' |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 18,141Referee: Georges Capdeville (France)
### Semi-finals
| Hungary | 5–1 | Sweden |
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| Jacobsson 19' (o.g.)Titkos 37'Zsengellér 39', 85'G. Sárosi 65' | Report | Nyberg 1' |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 20,000Referee: Lucien Leclerq (France)
| Italy | 2–1 | Brazil |
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| Colaussi 51'Meazza 60' (pen.) | Report | Romeu 87' |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 33,000Referee: Hans Wüthrich (Switzerland)
### Third place play-off
| Brazil | 4–2 | Sweden |
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| Romeu 44'Leônidas 63', 74'Perácio 80' | Report | Jonasson 28'Nyberg 38' |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 12,000Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
### Final
| Italy | 4–2 | Hungary |
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| Colaussi 6', 35'Piola 16', 82' | Report | Titkos 8'G. Sárosi 70' |
Stade Olympique de Colombes, ParisAttendance: 45,000Referee: Georges Capdeville (France)
## Goalscorers
With seven goals, Leônidas was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 42 players, with two of them credited as own goals.
- 7 goals
- Leônidas
- 5 goals
- György Sárosi
- Gyula Zsengellér
- Silvio Piola
- 4 goals
- Gino Colaussi
- Ernest Wilimowski
- 3 goals
- Perácio
- Romeu
- Héctor Socorro
- Harry Andersson
- Arne Nyberg
- Gustav Wetterström
- André Abegglen
- 2 goals
- Oldřich Nejedlý
- Jean Nicolas
- Pál Titkos
- Ștefan Dobay
- 1 goal
- Henri Isemborghs
- Roberto
- Tomás Fernández
- José Magriñá
- Vlastimil Kopecký
- Josef Košťálek
- Josef Zeman
- Oscar Heisserer
- Émile Veinante
- Josef Gauchel
- Wilhelm Hahnemann
- Vilmos Kohut
- Géza Toldi
- Pietro Ferraris
- Giuseppe Meazza
- Arne Brustad
- Fryderyk Scherfke
- Iuliu Barátky
- Silviu Bindea
- Tore Keller
- Sven Jonasson
- Alfred Bickel
- Eugen Walaschek
- 1 own goal
- Sven Jacobsson (playing against Hungary)
- Ernst Lörtscher (playing against Germany)
## FIFA retrospective ranking
A ball from the tournament
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[11][12] The rankings for the 1938 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. | Unnamed: 10 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 8 | |
| 2 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 2 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | Cuba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 8 | France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 9 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 1 | |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
| 14 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
| 15 | Dutch East Indies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 16 | Austria | Withdrew | | | | | | | | |
## Footnotes
1. Actually from Austria, but representing the German Football Association because of the Anschluss.
2. RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 90th minute.[9]
3. RSSSF credits goal in the 81st minute as coming in the 61st minute.[9]
4. RSSSF credits goal in the 80th minute as coming in the 60th minute.[9]
5. RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 89th minute.[9]
6. FIFA initially credited this goal to Leônidas, but changed it to Roberto in 2006.[10]
## References
1. "Did you know Dutch East Indies, erstwhile Indonesia, were the first flagbearers of Asia in FIFA World Cup?". _FIFA.com_. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
2. Ashdown, John (22 April 2014). "World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No11: Austria's Wunderteam". _The Guardian_. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
3. "History of the World Cup Final Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
4. Hesse-Lichtenberger, Ulrich (2003). _Tor!: The Story of German Football_. London: WSC Books. p. 85. ISBN 095401345X.
5. Steinberg, Jacob (27 June 2018). "Germany crashed out of the World Cup group stages and finished bottom of Group F after defeat to South Korea". _TheGuardian.com_. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
6. Gehringer, Max (November 2005). "Faltaram os papéis". _A Saga da Jules Rimet_ (in Portuguese). No. 3. São Paulo: Editora Abril. p. 37.
7. Martin, Simon (5 April 2018). "World Cup stunning moments: Mussolini's blackshirts' 1938 win". _TheGuardian.com_. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
8. "History". _FIFAWorldCup.com_. Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
9. "World Cup 1938 finals". _RSSSF_. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
10. "American Bert Patenaude credited with first hat trick in FIFA World Cup history". _FIFA.com_. 2006. Archived from the original on 16 November 2006.
11. "Mexico 1986" (PDF). FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
12. "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7" (PDF). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
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title: 1958 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_FIFA_World_Cup
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# 1958 FIFA World Cup
The **1958 FIFA World Cup** was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil beat Sweden 5–2 in the final in Solna, Stockholm, to claim their first title, having beaten France in the semi-final and Wales in the quarter-final. The tournament also marked the arrival of a then 17-year-old Pelé on the world stage, who scored in all three of Brazil's knockout games.
This was the first appearance of Wales at the FIFA World Cup. They would not qualify for another until 64 years later. This tournament also marked the debuts of fellow British side Northern Ireland, as well as the Soviet Union. Defending champions West Germany were eliminated by runners-up Sweden and would lose to France in a third place match.
## Host selection
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, and Sweden expressed interest in hosting the tournament.[1] Swedish delegates lobbied other countries at the FIFA Congress held in Rio de Janeiro around the opening of the 1950 World Cup finals.[1] Sweden was awarded the 1958 tournament unopposed on 23 June 1950.[2]
## Qualification
The hosts (Sweden) and the defending champions (West Germany) qualified automatically. Of the remaining 14 places, nine were allocated to Europe, three to South America, one to North/Central America, and one to Asia/Africa.
Aside from the main European zone matches, Wales, which finished second in its group behind Czechoslovakia, was drawn into a play-off with Israel after Israel won its group by default because its three opponents, Turkey, Indonesia and Sudan, refused to play. FIFA had imposed a rule that no team would qualify without playing at least one match, something that had happened in several previous World Cups. Wales won the play-off and qualified for the first time (something they wouldn't do again until 2022). With Northern Ireland making its debut, and England and Scotland also qualifying, this World Cup was the only one to date to feature all four of the United Kingdom's Home Nations.
This World Cup also saw the entry and qualification of the Soviet Union for the first time, while Argentina appeared for the first time since 1934. It was also the first one for which Italy failed to qualify (Italy did not take part in the 1930 tournament but there was no qualification for that competition). Other teams that failed to qualify included two-time champions and 1954 semifinalists Uruguay, as well as Spain and Belgium.
On 8 February 1958, in Solna, Lennart Hyland and Sven Jerring presented the results of the draw where the qualified teams were divided into four groups. Seeding was geographical rather than by team strength, with each group containing one western European team, one eastern European team, one of the four British teams that had qualified, and one from the Americas.[3]
### List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
**AFC (0)**
- None qualified
**CAF (0)**
- None qualified
**NAFC (1)**
- Mexico
**CCCF (0)**
- None qualified
**CONMEBOL (3)**
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Paraguay
**UEFA (12)**
- Austria
- Czechoslovakia
- England
- France
- Hungary
- Northern Ireland (debut)
- Scotland
- Soviet Union (debut)
- Sweden (hosts)
- Wales (debut)
- West Germany (title holders)
- Yugoslavia
Qualifying countries and their results
## Format
USSR stamps marking the tournament; the Soviet Union qualified for the first time
The format of the competition changed from 1954: 16 teams still competed in four groups of four, but this time each team played each of the other teams in its group at least once, without extra time in the event of a draw. Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw. If the first two teams finished on equal points, then goal average would decide who was placed first and second. As in 1954, if the second and third-placed teams finished on the same points, then there would be a play-off with the winner going through. If a play-off resulted in a draw, goal average from the group games would be used to determine who went through to the next round. If the goal averages were equal, then lots would have been drawn. By the time the competition began, these arrangements were still in discussion. Some teams complained that a play-off match, meaning three games in five days, was too much, and before the second round of group matches, FIFA informed the teams that goal average would be used before resorting to a play-off.[4] This was overturned when the Swedish Football Association complained, stating that it was wrong to change the rules mid-tournament, but also because it wanted the extra revenue from playoff matches.[4]
This was the first time that goal average was available to separate teams in a World Cup. It was used to separate the teams finishing first and second in one of the groups. However, all three playoffs finished with decisive results and so it was not needed to separate the teams involved in a tied playoff.
Almost all the matches kicked off simultaneously in each of the three rounds of the group phase, as did the quarter-finals and semi-finals. The exceptions were Sweden's three group matches, all of which were televised by Sveriges Radio; these started at other times so Swedes could attend other matches without missing their own team's. Apart from these, one match per round was televised, and relayed across Europe by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Many Swedes bought their first television for the World Cup.
The official ball was the "Top-Star VM-bollen 1958" model made by Sydsvenska Läder & Remfabriks AB (aka "Remmen" or "Sydläder") in Ängelholm. Four FIFA officials conducted a blind test to choose it from 102 candidates.[5][6]
## Summary
Official 1958 FIFA World Cup poster.
In Group 4, Pelé and Garrincha did not play until the last of Brazil's group games, against the Soviet Union.[7] Pelé failed to score, but provided the assist to Vavá's second goal.[8][9] Brazil won the game 2–0 (also thanks to an impressive exhibition of dribbling prowess by Garrincha) and the group by two points. Previously, they had drawn 0–0 with England in what was the first ever goalless game in World Cup history. Eventually, the Soviet Union and England went to a playoff game, in which Anatoli Ilyin scored in the 67th minute to knock England out, while Austria had already been eliminated. The English side had been weakened by the Munich air disaster earlier in the year, which killed three internationals on the books of Manchester United, including England's young star Duncan Edwards.
Playoffs were also needed in Group 1 (Northern Ireland beat Czechoslovakia to join the defending champions West Germany in the quarter-finals) and Group 3 (Wales topped Hungary to advance with hosts Sweden). Hungary had become a spent force after their appearance in the final of the previous tournament. They had lost their best players two years before, when they fled in the wake of the failed uprising against the communist regime. In a rather restrictive sense, from the 1954 team, only goalkeeper Gyula Grosics, defender Jozsef Bozsik and forward Nándor Hidegkuti remained.
In Group 2, Scotland faced Yugoslavia, Paraguay, and France. France topped the group, with Just Fontaine netting six goals. Yugoslavia finished second, while Scotland came in last.
The quarter-finals saw France's Just Fontaine continue in similar form as in the group stage, managing another two goals as France triumphed over Northern Ireland. West Germany's Helmut Rahn put them into the semi-finals with a single goal against Yugoslavia, while Sweden went through at the expense of USSR. The other game in the quarter-finals saw Pelé score the only goal for Brazil against Wales.
In the semi-finals, Sweden continued their strong run as they defeated West Germany 3–1 in a vicious game that saw the German player Erich Juskowiak sent off (the first ever German player to be sent off in an international game) and German veteran forward Fritz Walter injured, which further weakened the German team (substitutes were first allowed in the 1970 FIFA World Cup).
In the other semi-final, Brazil and France were tied 1–1 for much of the first half. However, 36 minutes into the game, French captain and most experienced defender Robert Jonquet suffered a broken leg in a clash with Vavá, and France was down to ten men for the rest of the game, (substitutions were not allowed back then). Brazil dominated the rest of the match, as a Pelé hat-trick gave them a 5–2 victory. Fontaine of France added one goal to his impressive tally.
The third-place match saw Fontaine score four more goals as France defeated West Germany 6–3. This brought his total to 13 goals in one competition, a record that still stands.
### Final
The final was played in Solna, in the Råsunda Stadium; 50,000 people watched as the Brazilians went a goal down after four minutes. However, Vavá equalised shortly afterwards and then put them a goal ahead before half time. In the second half, Pelé outshone everyone, notching two goals, including the first one where he lobbed the ball over Bengt Gustavsson then followed it with a precise volley shot. Zagallo added a goal in between, and Sweden managed a consolation goal.
The Final saw many records made in World Cup history that still stand as of 2018Nils Liedholm became the oldest player to score in a World Cup Final at 35 years 263 days. This final had the highest number of goals scored by a winning team (5), the highest number of total goals scored (7), and together with the 1970 and 1998 finals shares the highest goal margin of difference (3); Brazil played in all those three finals.
. At age 17, Pelé simultaneously became the youngest player to participate in, score, and win a World Cup final. Conversely,
The game is also notable for many firsts in FIFA World Cup. With the exception of the 1950 FIFA World Cup final group stage, this marked the first time that a World Cup host reached the final without winning it. Additionally, the match marked the first time two nations from different continents (Europe and South America) met in a World Cup final. It also marks the first and only World Cup hosted in Europe not won by a European team, a feat mirrored in 2014 where a World Cup hosted in the Americas was not won by a team from the Americas for the first time, with Germany beating Argentina 1–0 at the final.
## Venues
A total of twelve cities throughout the central and southern parts of Sweden hosted the tournament. FIFA regulations required at least six stadiums to have a capacity of at least 20,000.[10] If Denmark had qualified, the organisers had planned to use the Idrætsparken in Copenhagen for Denmark's group matches.[10] The Idrætsparken was renovated in 1956 with this in mind, but Denmark lost out to England in qualification.[10] When doubts arose about whether funding would be forthcoming for rebuilding the Ullevi and Malmö Stadion, the organisers considered stadiums in Copenhagen and Oslo as contingency measures.[11]
The Råsunda Stadium was expanded from 38,000 for the World Cup by building end stands.[12] Organising committee chairman Holger Bergérus mortgaged his house to pay for this.[12] The new Malmö Stadion was built for the World Cup, replacing the 1896 Malmö Stadion at a new site.[13] The Idrottsparken had 4,709 seats added for the World Cup. The Social Democratic municipal government refused to pay for this until the organisers threatened to select Folkungavallen in Linköping instead.[14] At the Rimnersvallen, a stand from the smaller Oddevallen stadium was moved to Rimnersvallen for the World Cup. The crowd at Brazil v. Austria was estimated at 21,000, with more looking in from the adjoining hillside.[12] The most used stadium was the Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, which hosted 8 matches, including the final, followed by the Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg (the biggest stadium used during the tournament), which hosted 7 matches. The Malmö Stadium hosted 4 matches, Norrköping hosted 3 matches; Borås, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Västerås, and Sandviken hosted 2 matches each, and Örebro, Eskilstuna, and Uddevalla each hosted 1 match.
Gothenburg
Ullevi Stadium
Capacity: **53,500**
Eskilstuna
Tunavallen
Capacity: **22,000**
Sandviken
Jernvallen
Capacity: **20,000**
Borås
Ryavallen
Capacity: **15,000**
Helsingborg
Olympia
Capacity: **27,000**
Norrköping
Idrottsparken
Capacity: **20,000**
Uddevalla
Rimnersvallen
Capacity: **17,778**
Västerås
Arosvallen
Capacity: **10,000**
| Solna (Stockholm area) | Malmö |
| --- | --- |
| Råsunda Stadium | Malmö Stadion |
| Capacity: 52,400 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| | |
| BoråsEskilstunaGothenburgHalmstadHelsingborgMalmöNorrköpingÖrebroSandvikenSolnaUddevallaVästerås | BoråsEskilstunaGothenburgHalmstadHelsingborgMalmöNorrköpingÖrebroSandvikenSolnaUddevallaVästerås |
| Halmstad | Örebro |
| Örjans Vall | Eyravallen |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 13,000 |
| | |
## Match officials
22 match officials were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees.
**Europe**
- Fritz Seipelt
- Lucien van Nuffel
- Martin Macko
- Carl Jørgensen
- Arthur Ellis
- Reginald Leafe
- Arne Eriksson
- Maurice Guigue
- István Zsolt
- Vincenzo Orlandini
- Jan Bronkhorst
- Joaquim Campos
- Jack Mowat
- Juan Gardeazábal Garay
- Sten Ahlner
- Raymond Wyssling
- Nikolai Latyshev
- Mervyn Griffiths
- Albert Dusch
- Leo Lemešić
**South America**
- Juan Brozzi
- José María Codesal
## Seeding
There was no seeding for this World Cup; the teams were instead allocated geographically into four pots chosen by the FIFA Organising Committee.[15] Teams were drawn from each pot into Groups 1–4 in numerical order.
Preventing the defending champions from meeting the hosts in the group stage, either by seeding or predetermined group positions, was a practiced tradition throughout the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 1934 and 1954 being the only two exceptions.[15] This tradition continued in 1958, with West Germany as defending champion and host nation Sweden both being allocated into the same _Western European Pot_, which kept them from meeting in the group stage.
| Western European Pot | Eastern European Pot | British Pot | Americas Pot |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sweden (hosts) West Germany (holders) Austria France | Czechoslovakia Hungary Soviet Union Yugoslavia | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales | Argentina Brazil Mexico Paraguay |
The geographical basis of the seeding attracted criticism, especially from Austria, who were drawn against the teams considered strongest in each of the other three pots.[16]
## Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see _1958 FIFA World Cup squads_.
## Group stage
### Group 1
The West Germans, surprise world champions four years before, were still very strong, and fielded an exciting young forward in Uwe Seeler. The Germans had to contend with a real powerhouse in Argentina's team, competing for the first time since 1934. In fact, some experts thought Argentina had a very realistic chance of reaching the semi-finals or even winning the World Cup this time. Czechoslovakia was a fairly strong team with a rich football tradition, and was considered to be no walkover for the West Germans or the Argentinians.
Nobody expected much from tiny newcomers Northern Ireland. But the Northern Irish had already shown that they could be a danger by knocking out double world champions Italy in World Cup qualifying. In the end, the Northern Irish pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World Cup Finals history by qualifying for the quarter-finals, beating Czechoslovakia in a play-off.
Argentina experienced a horrible blow finishing last in the group with a −5 goal differential. Arriving home, the Argentinian team met the wrath of several thousand angry football fans at Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires.[17]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1.4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0.5 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
- Northern Ireland finished ahead of Czechoslovakia by winning a play-off
| Argentina | 1–3 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corbatta 3' | Report | Rahn 32', 79'Seeler 42' |
Malmö Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 31,156Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)
| Northern Ireland | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Cush 21' | Report |
Örjans Vall, HalmstadAttendance: 10,647Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
| West Germany | 2–2 | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Schäfer 60'Rahn 71' | Report | Dvořák 24' (pen.)Zikán 42' |
Olympiastadion, HelsingborgAttendance: 25,000Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
| Argentina | 3–1 | Northern Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Corbatta 37' (pen.)Menéndez 56'Avio 60' | Report | McParland 4' |
Örjans Vall, HalmstadAttendance: 14,174Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden)
| West Germany | 2–2 | Northern Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rahn 20'Seeler 78' | Report | McParland 18', 60' |
Malmö Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 21,990Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)
| Czechoslovakia | 6–1 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dvořák 8'Zikán 17', 40'Feureisl 69'Hovorka 82', 89' | Report | Corbatta 65' (pen.) |
Olympiastadion, HelsingborgAttendance: 16,418Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
#### Play-off
| Northern Ireland | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| McParland 44', 97' | Report | Zikán 18' |
Malmö Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 6,196Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
### Group 2
The second group saw the largest number of goals scored in a single group in the 1958 World Cup, with 31 goals in total (~5.16 goals per game). Just Fontaine of France scored 6 of his 13 goals in the tournament, making him the tournament's top scorer going into the quarter-finals.
The teams in this group had not seen significant success in past World Cups. France, even as hosts in 1938, did not secure notable achievements; Yugoslavia failed to match their 1930 semi-final run, and both Paraguay and Scotland entered the tournament as underdogs.
France won the group ahead of Yugoslavia and would go on to finish third.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 0.75 | 3 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
- France finished ahead of Yugoslavia on goal average
| France | 7–3 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fontaine 24', 30', 67'Piantoni 52'Wisnieski 61'Kopa 70'Vincent 83' | Report | Amarilla 20', 44' (pen.)Romero 50' |
Idrottsparken, NorrköpingAttendance: 16,518Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
| Yugoslavia | 1–1 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Petaković 6' | Report | Murray 49' |
Arosvallen, VästeråsAttendance: 9,591Referee: Raymond Wyssling (Switzerland)
| Yugoslavia | 3–2 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Petaković 16'Veselinović 63', 88' | Report | Fontaine 4', 85' |
Arosvallen, VästeråsAttendance: 12,217Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
| Paraguay | 3–2 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agüero 4'Ré 45'Parodi 73' | Report | Mudie 24'Collins 74' |
Idrottsparken, NorrköpingAttendance: 11,665Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
| France | 2–1 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kopa 22'Fontaine 44' | Report | Baird 58' |
Eyravallen, ÖrebroAttendance: 13,554Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
| Paraguay | 3–3 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parodi 20'Agüero 52'Romero 80' | Report | Ognjanović 18'Veselinović 21'Rajkov 73' |
Tunavallen, EskilstunaAttendance: 13,103Referee: Martin Macko (Czechoslovakia)
### Group 3
The Swedish hosts could count themselves lucky in ending up in a rather weak group, which they proceeded to win fairly easily with their powerful, workmanlike football. The group included Hungary which had been considered by far the best team in the world some years ago, although the Hungarians could not beat West Germany in the final of the World Cup in 1954. But the Hungarian team had been dealt a blow by the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 after which star players like Sándor Kocsis and Ferenc Puskás left their homeland. Striker Nándor Hidegkuti was still playing, but he was by now 36 years old and nowhere near his peak form.
In spite of Hungary's recent travails, they were still considered a strong side and were expected to advance from their group. The success of Wales was a surprise but they drew all their group games and beat the Hungarians in a play-off match to follow Sweden into the knock-out stage. Wales played Brazil in the quarterfinals and became the recipient of young Pelé's first World Cup goal.[18]
The 1–1 draw between Wales and Mexico was the first point scored by Mexico in a World Cup, having lost all eight matches in their previous three appearances in the World Cup, as well as their first match in this group against Sweden. To date, no other team has ever lost nine consecutive games in the World Cup.
The match between Hungary and Wales in Sandviken became the northernmost World Cup match in history.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0.125 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
- Wales finished ahead of Hungary by winning a play-off
| Sweden | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Simonsson 17', 64'Liedholm 57' (pen.) | Report |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 34,107Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
| Hungary | 1–1 | Wales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bozsik 5' | Report | J. Charles 27' |
Jernvallen, SandvikenAttendance: 15,343Referee: José María Codesal (Uruguay)
| Mexico | 1–1 | Wales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belmonte 89' | Report | I. Allchurch 32' |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 15,150Referee: Leo Lemesic (Yugoslavia)
| Sweden | 2–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hamrin 34', 55' | Report | Tichy 77' |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 38,850Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 30,287Referee: Lucien van Nuffel (Belgium)
| Hungary | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Tichy 19', 46'Sándor 54'Bencsics 69' | Report |
Jernvallen, SandvikenAttendance: 13,300Referee: Arne Eriksson (Finland)
#### Play-off
| Wales | 2–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| I. Allchurch 55'Medwin 76' | Report | Tichy 33' |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 2,823Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
### Group 4
Despite setbacks in earlier tournaments, Brazil was still regarded as a formidable force, a reputation they would go on to justify. The Soviet Union, having clinched the Olympic gold in 1956, and Austria, securing the bronze medal at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, were also strong contenders. England, despite being weakened by the tragic Munich air disaster that claimed several players, remained a team of considerable strength.
In the end, this group had the highest average attendance (31,320 per game), even higher than Group 3 with the host nation, Sweden.
The quality of the football in this group did not quite live up to expectations, however. Only 15 goals were scored in the whole group, only one more than Group 3. And when England and Brazil drew 0–0, it was the first time in World Cup history that a game ended goalless. It was also the first time Brazil had failed to score in a World Cup finals match.
Brazil won the group without conceding a single goal. The teenage Pelé played Brazil's last game against the Soviet Union. He did not score but drew wild reviews for his play. The Soviet Union, in their first World Cup, took second place.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | England | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 3 | |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0.286 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
- The Soviet Union finished ahead of England by winning a play-off
| Brazil | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Altafini 37', 85'Nílton Santos 50' | Report |
Rimnersvallen, UddevallaAttendance: 17,778Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
| Soviet Union | 2–2 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simonyan 13'A. Ivanov 56' | Report | Kevan 66'Finney 85' (pen.) |
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 49,348Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 40,895Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
| Soviet Union | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ilyin 15'V. Ivanov 62' | Report |
Ryavallen, BoråsAttendance: 21,239Referee: Carl Jørgensen (Denmark)
| England | 2–2 | Austria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haynes 56'Kevan 74' | Report | Koller 15'Körner 71' |
Ryavallen, BoråsAttendance: 15,872Referee: Jan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Vavá 3', 77' | Report |
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 50,928Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
#### Play-off
| Soviet Union | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ilyin 69' | Report |
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 23,182Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
## Knockout stage
### Bracket
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| | 19 June – Gothenburg | 19 June – Gothenburg | | | | | | | | | |
| | 19 June – Gothenburg | 19 June – Gothenburg | | | | | | | Brazil | 1 | |
| | 24 June – Solna | 24 June – Solna | | | | | | | Brazil | 1 | |
| | 24 June – Solna | 24 June – Solna | | | Wales | 0 | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 5 | | Wales | 0 | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 5 | 19 June – Norrköping | 19 June – Norrköping | | | | | | | |
| | | France | 19 June – Norrköping | 19 June – Norrköping | | 2 | | | | | |
| | | France | France | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | France | 4 | 29 June – Solna | 29 June – Solna | | | | |
| | | | | Northern Ireland | 0 | 29 June – Solna | 29 June – Solna | | | | |
| | | | | Northern Ireland | 0 | Brazil | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | 19 June – Solna | 19 June – Solna | Brazil | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | 19 June – Solna | 19 June – Solna | | Sweden | | | | 2.0 |
| | | | | Sweden | 2 | | Sweden | | | 2 | |
| | | 24 June – Gothenburg | 24 June – Gothenburg | Sweden | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | 24 June – Gothenburg | 24 June – Gothenburg | Soviet Union | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | Sweden | 3 | Soviet Union | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | Sweden | 3 | 19 June – Malmö | 19 June – Malmö | | | | | | |
| | | West Germany | 1 | 19 June – Malmö | 19 June – Malmö | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | | |
| | | West Germany | 1 | West Germany | 1 | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | | |
| | | | | West Germany | 1 | | | 28 June – Gothenburg | 28 June – Gothenburg | | |
| | | | | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | 28 June – Gothenburg | 28 June – Gothenburg | | |
| | | | | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | France | 6 | | |
| | West Germany | | | 3 | France | 6 | | | | | |
| West Germany | | | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
### Quarter-finals
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Pelé 66' | Report |
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 25,923Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
| France | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Wisnieski 44'Fontaine 55', 63'Piantoni 68' | Report |
Idrottsparken, NorrköpingAttendance: 11,800Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
| Sweden | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Hamrin 49'Simonsson 88' | Report |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 31,900Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)
| West Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rahn 12' | Report |
Malmö Stadion, MalmöAttendance: 20,055Referee: Raymond Wyssling (Switzerland)
### Semi-finals
| Brazil | 5–2 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vavá 2'Didi 39'Pelé 52', 64', 75' | Report | Fontaine 9'Piantoni 83' |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 27,100Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
| Sweden | 3–1 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Skoglund 32'Gren 81'Hamrin 88' | Report | Schäfer 24' |
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 49,471Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
### Third place play-off
| France | 6–3 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fontaine 16', 36', 78', 89'Kopa 27' (pen.)Douis 50' | Report | Cieslarczyk 18'Rahn 52'Schäfer 84' |
Ullevi, GothenburgAttendance: 32,483Referee: Juan Regis Brozzi (Argentina)
### Final
| Brazil | 5–2 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vavá 9', 32'Pelé 55', 90'Zagallo 68' | Report | Liedholm 4'Simonsson 80' |
Råsunda Stadium, SolnaAttendance: 49,737Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
## Goalscorers
With 13 goals, Just Fontaine was the top scorer in the tournament. As of 2022[19]
, no player has ever scored more goals in a single FIFA World Cup Final stage. In total, 126 goals were scored by 60 players, with none of them credited as an own goal.
**13 goals**
- Just Fontaine
**6 goals**
- Pelé
- Helmut Rahn
**5 goals**
- Vavá
- Peter McParland
**4 goals**
- Zdeněk Zikán
- Lajos Tichy
- Kurt Hamrin
- Agne Simonsson
**3 goals**
- Omar Oreste Corbatta
- Raymond Kopa
- Roger Piantoni
- Hans Schäfer
- Todor Veselinović
**2 goals**
- José Altafini
- Milan Dvořák
- Václav Hovorka
- Derek Kevan
- Maryan Wisnieski
- Juan Bautista Agüero
- Florencio Amarilla
- José Parodi
- Jorge Lino Romero
- Anatoli Ilyin
- Nils Liedholm
- Ivor Allchurch
- Uwe Seeler
- Aleksandar Petaković
**1 goal**
- Ludovico Avio
- Norberto Menéndez
- Karl Koller
- Alfred Körner
- Didi
- Nílton Santos
- Mário Zagallo
- Jiří Feureisl
- Tom Finney
- Johnny Haynes
- Yvon Douis
- Jean Vincent
- József Bencsics
- József Bozsik
- Károly Sándor
- Jaime Belmonte
- Wilbur Cush
- Cayetano Ré
- Sammy Baird
- Bobby Collins
- Jackie Mudie
- Jimmy Murray
- Aleksandr Ivanov
- Valentin Ivanov
- Nikita Simonyan
- Gunnar Gren
- Lennart Skoglund
- John Charles
- Terry Medwin
- Hans Cieslarczyk
- Radivoje Ognjanović
- Zdravko Rajkov
## All-Star Team
The team of the tournament voted by journalists was as follows:[20][21][22]
- Goalkeeper: Harry Gregg
- Defenders: Orvar Bergmark, Hilderaldo Bellini, Nílton Santos
- Midfielders: Yuriy Voynov, Horst Szymaniak
- Forwards: Garrincha, Didi, Raymond Kopa, Pelé, Lennart Skoglund
Although Just Fontaine got more votes than any other forward, they were split between the left and right inside forward positions.[20] The All-Star Team scored 12 goals in total. Fontaine scored 13.
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[23][24] The rankings for the 1958 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 11 |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 8 |
| 4 | West Germany | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Wales | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 |
| 7 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 5 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 |
| 10 | Hungary | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
| 11 | England | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 12 | Paraguay | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 |
| 13 | Argentina | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 |
| 14 | Scotland | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| 15 | Austria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| 16 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
## In popular culture
The 1958 FIFA World Cup is depicted in the 2016 American film _Pelé: Birth of a Legend_ which is centered around Pelé and the Brazilian team's journey to winning the tournament.[25]
## References
- Norlin, Arne (2008). _1958: När Folkhemmet Fick Fotbolls-VM_ (in Swedish). Malmö: Ross & Tegner. ISBN 978-91-976144-8-1.
### Citations
1. Norlin, pp. 24–25
2. "FIFA World Cup: host announcement decision" (PDF). FIFA. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
3. "History of the World Cup Final Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
4. Norlin, p. 117
5. Norlin, pp. 130–6
6. "Top Star 1958". balones-oficiales.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
7. "How 17-year-old Pele conquered the world with dazzling goals as Brazil won its first World Cup in 1958". _The Economic Times_. 30 December 2022. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
8. "Pelé: Most Wins of the FIFA World Cup by a player". _Guinness World Records_. 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
9. "Pelé leads Brazil to first World Cup title". _HISTORY_. 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
10. Norlin, p. 23
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13. Norlin, p. 30
14. Norlin, p. 28
15. "FIFA World Cup: Seeded teams 1930–2010" (PDF). FIFA. November 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012.
16. Norlin, p. 8
17. _Mundo Deportivo_, 23 June 1958; _El Grafico_, 27 June 1958.
18. "BBC Sport archive: 1958 - Wales 0-1 Brazil". 1 September 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
19. "Players - Top goals". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017.
20. Norlin, p. 273
21. "KOPA considerado el delantero centro del major equipo del mundo (1)" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 January 1959. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
22. "KOPA considerado el delantero centro del major equipo del mundo (2)" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 January 1959. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
23. "page 45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
24. "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7" (PDF). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
25. "Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016)". _Rotten Tomatoes_. Fandango Media. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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# 1978 FIFA World Cup
The **1978 FIFA World Cup** was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June.
The Cup was won by the host nation, Argentina, who defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in the final, after extra time. The final was held at River Plate's home stadium, Estadio Monumental, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after Uruguay, Italy, England, and West Germany) to be both hosts and world champions and the third South American team to win a World Cup. Argentina, the Netherlands, and Brazil were the gold, silver, and bronze medalists, respectively. Iran and Tunisia made their first appearances in the tournament. The defending champions, West Germany were eliminated in the second round (finishing third in their group). This was also the last World Cup tournament to use the original inclusion of 16 teams. Since the first World Cup in 1930, only 15 teams (plus the host, who automatically qualified) had been allowed to qualify (the reigning title holders also received automatic qualification from 1934 through 2002); but for the next World Cup, in Spain, FIFA expanded that tournament to 24 teams.
This tournament was marred by flagrant controversy, domestic politics, and alleged interference and match-fixing by the Argentine authoritarian military junta government, who were using this tournament as an opportunity for nationalistic propaganda, and for the relatively new military junta to seek legitimacy on the world stage.[3] During the months before the start of the World Cup, the junta was intending to dismantle those who were against them and mitigate criticism from the public on their policies.[4]
The official match ball was the Adidas Tango.
## Host selection
Argentina was chosen as the host nation by FIFA on 6 July 1966 in London, England when the hosts for 1974, 1978 and 1982 editions were chosen. Mexico withdrew from the bidding process after having been awarded the 1970 event two years earlier.
The logo is based on President Juan Perón's signature gesture: a salute to the crowd with both arms extended above his head. This was one of the most famous, populist images of Perón. The design was created in 1974, two years prior to the military coup in 1976. The military leadership were aware that the World Cup's logo symbolized Perón's gesture, and they tried to change the competition's logo. At this point, the design was already broadly commercialized and the merchandise had already been made: a forced modification "would trigger a sea of lawsuits against the country", so the military had no option but to give up their attempts and leave it.[5]
The monetary cost of preparing to host the World Cup was put at $700 million, including building three new stadia and redeveloping three others; building five press centres; a new communications system costing $100 million; and improvements to transport systems.[6]
## Qualification
Countries that qualified for World Cup Countries that failed to qualify Countries that did not enter Non-FIFA members
England, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (the European champions) and the Soviet Union failed to qualify for the second World Cup in succession, losing out to Italy, the Netherlands, Scotland and Hungary respectively. Along with England's failure, Wales and Northern Ireland also failed to qualify leaving Scotland the only nation of the United Kingdom to remain in the final sixteen. 1974 quarter-finalists East Germany and Yugoslavia were eliminated by Austria and Spain and thus also failed to qualify for the finals, along with Bulgaria which failed to qualify for the first time since 1958 after losing to France. Bolivia's win meant Uruguay also failed to qualify for the first time since 1958. Newcomers to the finals were Iran and Tunisia; Austria qualified for the first time since 1958, while France, Spain and Hungary were back for the first time since 1966. Peru and Mexico returned after missing the 1974 tournament. For the first time, more than 100 nations entered the competition.[7]
### List of teams qualifying
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament:
- AFC (1)
- Iran (debut)
- CAF (1)
- Tunisia (debut)
- OFC (0)
- _None qualified_
- CONCACAF (1)
- Mexico
- CONMEBOL (3)
- Argentina (hosts)
- Brazil
- Peru
- UEFA (10)
- Austria
- France
- Hungary
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Scotland
- Spain
- Sweden
- West Germany (holders)
## Controversy
A controversy surrounding the 1978 World Cup was that Argentina had undergone a military coup of its democratic government only two years before the cup, which installed a dictatorship known as the National Reorganization Process. Between the time that the military junta took over the government and the time the World Cup started, foreign journalists were concerned about how Argentinian newspaper reporters and editors were being treated by the regime, in attempting to get leftist members out of the picture. The new government targeted any parts of society that they saw were trying to undermine them.[4] Less than a year before the World Cup, in September 1977, Interior Minister General Albano Harguindeguy, stated that 5,618 people had recently disappeared. The infamous Higher School of Mechanics of the Navy (known by its acronym ESMA) held concentration camp prisoners of the Dirty War and those held captive reportedly could hear the roars of the crowd during matches held at River Plate's Monumental Stadium, located only a mile away;[8] prompting echoes of Hitler's and Mussolini's alleged political manipulation of sports during the 1936 Berlin Olympics and 1934 FIFA World Cup.[9] Also, the junta practiced censorship since it was established, which encouraged less reports on the real situation in Argentina. This was done as an attempt to change the character of the Argentinian people.[4]
Just months before the World Cup, the Argentinian regime launched a campaign to silence any disapproval of the government from the people. However, over the course of the tournament, the regime ceased the operation to avoid giving off their authoritarianism and receiving criticism from all over the world, but international newspapers and human rights organizations have already criticized Argentina as host for the next World Cup.[10] Because of the political turmoil, some countries, most notably the Netherlands and Sweden,[11] considered publicly whether they should participate in the event. Despite this, all teams eventually took part without restrictions. However, most notably, Dutch star Johan Cruyff, who won the Golden Ball in the previous 1974 FIFA World Cup, refused to take part in the 1978 World Cup, even though he earlier participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification. Allegations that Cruyff refused to participate because of political convictions were denied by him 30 years later—he and his family had been the victims of a kidnapping attempt a few months before the tournament. Several criminals entered his house in Barcelona at night and tied him and his family up at gunpoint.[12] One player, Ralf Edström, was arrested for speaking to someone in Buenos Aires; however, the Argentine military released him upon recognizing that he was a Swedish footballer, not an ordinary person. More controversy surrounded the host, Argentina, as all of their games in the first round kicked off at night, giving the Argentines the advantage of knowing where they stood in the group. This issue would arise again in Spain 1982, which prompted FIFA to change the rules so that the final two group games in subsequent World Cups (as well as in every other international tournament, starting with the UEFA Euro 1984) would be played simultaneously.
The military forces that had control over Argentina at the time wanted to hold that power for as long as they could, but with a different perspective. The use of repression, torture, kidnapping, and assassination was becoming an everyday reality, with 30,000 people murdered between 1976 and 1983, the end of the dictatorship.[13] People wondered why FIFA would allow the World Cup to go on under these circumstances and that 15 other countries, most of which are old democracies, would participate in the tournament. However, it is simply because of the dominant notion that football or soccer, or any sport for that matter, belong to civil society, giving the assumption that state policies wouldn't interfere with the passion and enthusiasm of fans.[13]
Argentina's controversial and favorable decisions in their matches have caused many to view their eventual win as illegitimate; many cite the political climate and worldwide pressure on the Argentine government as the reason for these decisions. Desperate to prove their stability and prominence to the world after their coup two years earlier, the government used whatever means necessary to ensure that the team would progress far in the tournament.
Suspicions of match fixing arose even before the tournament began; Lajos Baróti, the head coach of Argentina's first opponents, Hungary, said that "everything, even the air, is in favor of Argentina".[14] He also talked about the financial imperative to have Argentina win the World Cup: "The success of Argentina is financially so important to the tournament".[14]
From Will Hersey's article "Remembering Argentina 1978: The Dirtiest World Cup of All Time":
The other teams in Argentina and Hungary's group were the much-fancied France and Italy, establishing the tournament's toughest qualifying section. After the victory against Hungary, one junta official remarked to Leopoldo Luque that "this could turn out to be the group of death as far as you are concerned." It was delivered with a smile. "Uppermost in my mind was that earlier that day, the brother of a close friend of mine had disappeared", recalled Luque. "His body was later found by villagers on the banks of the River Plate with concrete attached to his legs. At that time, opponents of the regime were sometimes thrown out of aeroplanes into the sea."[14]
In their second group stage game against France, Argentina were the beneficiaries of multiple favourable calls. After France were denied what looked to be a clear penalty in the first half, an anonymous French player said he had heard the referee tell Daniel Passarella (the player who committed the foul), "Don't do that again please, or I might have to actually give it next time."[15]
### Protests
Amnesty International announced their strategy for Argentina in 1978. After their awareness that urging people away from the World Cup could produce counter-sympathy for the junta, they launched a campaign that would teach journalists to write about the tournament but based on the regime, along with the slogan "Football yes, torture no." They hoped that the journalists would turn their eyes away from the matches and look at what's going on in their society to educate their readers on the reality of Argentina.[4] Paris was a center of unanimity for the victims of the Argentinian dictatorship, which launched a campaign to boycott the 1978 World Cup. In the city, they made posters, publications or any kind of information that expressed opposition to the World Cup under a dictatorship. The first calls to boycott were published in the daily _Le Monde_ in October 1977. Later, a boycott committee was organized, which brought together human-rights militants and left-wing activists. This organization came to be known as COBA, a French acronym for, "Committee for the Boycott of the World Cup in Argentina." It wasn't long before the COBA had established a strong base of unity and protest throughout France, with more than 200 local COBA committees created in major cities and provinces. [16]
### Argentina v Peru
Further accusations have surrounded the game Argentina and Peru played in the second round of the tournament. Following Brazil's 3–1 win over Poland, Argentina needed to win by a margin of four goals to proceed to the final and did so by defeating Peru by 6–0. There were allegations that the authoritarian Argentine military government interfered to ensure Argentina would defeat Peru through intimidation, though these were denied by Peruvian captain Héctor Chumpitaz and several Peruvian players.[17] Some accusations originated in the Brazilian media and pointed to the fact that the Peruvian goalkeeper, Ramón Quiroga, had been born in Argentina.[18][19] There was also an alleged deal, reported by the British media as an anonymous rumour, that involved the delivery of a large grain shipment to Peru by Argentina and the unfreezing of a Peruvian bank account that was held by the Argentine Central Bank.[20] Another alleged deal, published by a Colombian drug lord in a controversial book, involved the Peruvian team being bribed without any political implications.[17] A third alleged deal, stated by a Peruvian leftist politician, encompassed sending 13 Peruvian dissidents exiled in Argentina back to Peru.[21]
Three months before the World Cup, Argentina had beaten Peru 3–1 in Lima, their head-to-head record was 15–3 in favour of the host nation, and Peru had never beaten Argentina away from home. However, Peru had conceded only six goals in their previous five games in the World Cup. During the first half, Peru hit the post twice after two counters when the game was 0–0. Argentina managed to get 2–0 ahead before the end of the first 45 minutes. During the second half, Argentina was 4–0 ahead when Peru had another clear chance. Argentina kept attacking and scored twice more, making it 6–0 and surpassing the required margin.
There was also some domestic controversy as well, as Argentine manager César Luis Menotti did not call up the then-17-year-old Argentinos Juniors local star Diego Maradona, for Menotti felt Maradona was too young to handle the pressures of such an important tournament on home soil and that the expectations of the team's performance would probably revolve around the Buenos Aires-born youngster.[22] In addition, Maradona's usual position of number 10 (play-making attacking midfielder) was taken by Mario Kempes, who ended up as the Best Player and Top Goal Scorer.
## Format
The format of the competition stayed the same as in 1974: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Each group played a round-robin with two points for a win and one for a draw, and goal difference used to separate teams level on points. The top two teams in each group would advance to the second round, where they would be split into two groups of four. The winners of each group would play each other in the final, and the second-place finishers in the third place match.
## Summary
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Second round First round
### First round
The first round produced several surprises. Poland won Group 2 ahead of world champions West Germany, after holding the Germans to a goalless draw and then beating Tunisia and Mexico. The Germans then beat Mexico 6–0, and finally played out a second goalless draw against Tunisia. Although they failed to qualify for the second round, Tunisia made history by beating Mexico 3–1 while trailing 0–1 at half time. It was the first time that any African team had won a match at the World Cup finals.
Peru pushed the Netherlands into second place in Group 4, where Scotland missed out on goal difference for the second successive tournament. Teófilo Cubillas was outstanding for Peru, scoring twice against Scotland in Peru's 3–1 win and hitting a hat-trick in their 4–1 victory over newcomers Iran. Rob Rensenbrink of the Netherlands also scored three times against Iran, scoring all the goals as the Dutch won 3–0. Scotland drew with Iran 1–1 and the only highlight of their campaign was a 3–2 victory over the Netherlands in their final group game which was not enough to prevent elimination. Iran, the reigning Asian champions, went out of the tournament winless. Rensenbrink's goal against Scotland was the 1000th goal of World Cup history. Scotland's Willie Johnston was expelled from the World Cup after he was found to have taken a banned stimulant during the opening game against Peru.
The biggest surprise of all came in Group 3, where Austria finished ahead of Brazil. The Austrians beat Spain and Sweden, while Brazil were held to draws by the same two teams. The draw between Brazil and Sweden was especially controversial; Welsh referee Clive Thomas awarded Brazil a very late corner kick, and Zico directly headed the kick into the net; but Thomas blew for time before Zico made contact with the ball, and the goal was disallowed. The Brazilian players were not happy with the decision, but the final result remained a 1–1 draw. Heading into their final group game, Brazil needed to beat Austria to be certain of advancing to the second round and managed a 1–0 win thanks to a goal from Roberto Dinamite. Brazil and Austria thus finished with the same number of points and the same goal difference, but Austria won the group by virtue of having scored more goals.
Group 1 had the strongest line-up of teams in the first round, featuring Italy, the host Argentina, France and Hungary. The two places in the second round were claimed before the final round of games, with Italy and Argentina both beating France and Hungary. The match between Italy and Argentina decided who topped the group, and a goal from Roberto Bettega midway through the second half was enough to give that honour to Italy. It also forced Argentina to move out of Buenos Aires and play in Rosario.
The 1978 World Cup marked the fourth and last occasion during which a national team did not wear its own kit to play a match (the first being in the 1934 World Cup third place match between Germany and Austria; the second in the 1950 World Cup first round match between Switzerland and Mexico and the third in the 1958 World Cup first round match between West Germany and Argentina). The incident happened during the game between France and Hungary. Both teams arrived at the venue with only their white change kits, resulting in a delayed kickoff while officials went in search of the jerseys of a local team from Mar del Plata, Club Atlético Kimberley; the jerseys had vertical green and white stripes and were worn by France.
### Second round
In the all-European Group A, the Netherlands got off to a flying start by thrashing Austria 5–1, Johnny Rep scoring two of their goals. In a rematch of the 1974 final, the Dutch then drew 2–2 with West Germany, who had previously shared a goalless game with Italy. The Italians beat Austria 1–0, and so the Netherlands faced Italy in their last group game knowing that the winners would reach the final. Ernie Brandts scored an 18th-minute own goal to put Italy ahead at half-time, but he made up for his mistake by scoring at the right end in the fifth minute of the second half. Arie Haan got the winner for the Dutch with 15 minutes remaining, and the Netherlands had reached their second successive World Cup Final. In the game known as the miracle of Cordoba, West Germany were surprisingly beaten by Austria 2–3 which marked their end as World Champions.
Group B was essentially a battle between Argentina and Brazil, and it was resolved in controversial circumstances. In the first round of group games, Brazil beat Peru 3–0 while Argentina saw Poland off by a score of 2–0. Brazil and Argentina then played out a tense and violent goalless draw, so both teams went into the last round of matches with three points. Argentina delayed the kick-off of its last match to await the result of the Brazil-Poland encounter. Brazil won by a 3–1 score, meaning Argentina had to beat Peru by four clear goals to reach the final but they managed to do it. Trailing 2–0 at half-time, Peru simply collapsed in the second half, and Argentina eventually won 6–0. As previously noted, rumors suggested that Peru might have been bribed or threatened into allowing Argentina to win the match by such a large margin. However, nothing could be proved, and Argentina met the Netherlands in the final. Brazil took third place from an enterprising Italian side with Nelinho scoring a memorable goal, and were dubbed "moral champions" by coach Cláudio Coutinho, because they did not win the tournament, but did not lose a single match.
### Final
The final, Argentina vs Netherlands, was also controversial, as the Dutch accused the Argentines of using stalling tactics to delay the match. The host team came out late and questioned the legality of a plaster cast on René van de Kerkhof's wrist, which the Dutch said allowed tension to build in front of a hostile Buenos Aires crowd.
Mario Kempes opened the scoring for the hosts before Dick Nanninga equalised a few minutes from the end. Rob Rensenbrink had a glorious stoppage-time opportunity to win it for the Netherlands but his effort came back off the goal post. Argentina won the final 3–1 after extra time, after Daniel Bertoni scored and Kempes, who finished as the tournament's top scorer with six goals, added his second of the day. The Netherlands, because of the controversial game events, refused to attend the post-match ceremonies after the match ended.[23] They had lost their second consecutive World Cup final, both times to the host nation, after losing to West Germany in 1974. Argentina won 5 games but became the first team to win the World Cup after failing to win two matches, where they had lost to Italy in the first round and drawn with Brazil in the second round. Four years later, Italy would win the next World Cup despite failing to win three games.
## Mascot
The official mascot of this World Cup was _Gauchito_, a boy wearing an Argentina kit. His hat (with the words ARGENTINA '78), neckerchief, and whip are typical of gauchos.
## Venues
In 1972, eight venues were preselected; six that were used for the finals, plus La Plata and Tucuman. La Plata, the city of the diagonals, promised a "one-of-a-kind stadium" but by 1974 it was scrapped by internal bids. The La Plata Stadium was finally completed in 2003. In the case of Tucuman, an ambitious stadium of 70,000 spectators had been promised in Horco Molle, similar to the current Racing Club Stadium, along with the roof. The Tucuman venue was temporarily suspended in 1974 and was decommissioned the following year, given the intensity of the actions of the guerrillas and the Armed Forces in the province.[24] Three new stadiums were built (Olympic Stadium in Córdoba; World Cup Stadium in Mar del Plata; and Mendoza City Stadium in Mendoza) and the other three were remodelled.[6]
Of the six venues used, the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires was the largest and most used venue, hosting nine total matches, including the final. The Olympic Stadium in Cordoba hosted eight matches, the stadiums in Mendoza, Rosario and Mar del Plata each hosted six matches and José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires hosted three matches — bringing the Argentine capital and largest city's total to 12 — nearly a third of all the matches played. The World Cup Stadium in Mar del Plata was heavily criticized due to its terrible pitch, which was deemed "nearly unplayable"; whereas the Amalfitani stadium in Buenos Aires, which was refurbished with the completion of press boxes and another section of upper stands but was the least used stadium for the tournament, was praised for its very good pitch.[25][26] Brazil was forced by tournament organizers to play all three of its first group matches in Mar del Plata; there had been rumors and allegations of the organizers deliberately sabotaging the Minella stadium's pitch to weaken Brazil's chances of success.
| Buenos Aires, Federal District | Buenos Aires, Federal District.1 | Córdoba City, Córdoba |
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| River Plate Stadium | José Amalfitani Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
| Capacity: 74,624 | Capacity: 49,318 | Capacity: 46,986 |
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| Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| World Cup Stadium | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| Capacity: 43,542 | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| Rosario, Santa Fe | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| Rosario Central Stadium | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| Capacity: 45,645 | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza | Buenos AiresCórdobaMar del PlataRosarioMendoza |
| Mendoza City, Mendoza | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani |
| Mendoza City Stadium | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani |
| Capacity: 34,954 | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani |
| | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani | Stadiums in Buenos AiresRiver PlateAmalfitani |
## Match officials
- AFC
- Farouk Bouzo
- Jafar Namdar
- Abraham Klein
- CAF
- Youssou N'Diaye
- CONCACAF
- Alfonso González Archundia
- CONMEBOL
- Ramón Barreto
- Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
- Ángel Norberto Coerezza
- César Orosco
- Juan Silvagno
- UEFA
- Ferdinand Biwersi
- Charles Corver
- Jean Dubach
- Ulf Eriksson
- António Garrido
- John Gordon
- Sergio Gonella
- Alojzy Jarguz
- Erich Linemayr
- Dušan Maksimović
- Ángel Franco Martínez
- Károly Palotai
- Pat Partridge
- Adolf Prokop
- Nicolae Rainea
- Francis Rion
- Clive Thomas
- Robert Wurtz
## Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see _1978 FIFA World Cup squads_.
## Seeding
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Argentina (hosts) West Germany (defending champions) Netherlands (1974 runners-up) Brazil | Italy Sweden Mexico Peru | Hungary Poland Scotland Spain | Austria France Iran Tunisia |
## Group stage
### Group 1
France (wearing Club Kimberley jerseys) v Hungary. Jean Petit carrying the ball
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Italy | 2–1 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rossi 29'Zaccarelli 54' | Report | Lacombe 1' |
World Cup Stadium, Mar del PlataAttendance: 38,100Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
| Argentina | 2–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luque 14'Bertoni 83' | Report | Csapó 9' |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 71,615Referee: Antonio Garrido (Portugal)
| Italy | 3–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rossi 34'Bettega 35'Benetti 61' | Report | A. Tóth 81' (pen.) |
World Cup Stadium, Mar del PlataAttendance: 26,533Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
| Argentina | 2–1 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Passarella 45' (pen.)Luque 73' | Report | Platini 60' |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 71,666Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
| France | 3–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lopez 23'Berdoll 38'Rocheteau 42' | Report | Zombori 41' |
World Cup Stadium, Mar del PlataAttendance: 23,127Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
| 0–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Bettega 67' |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 71,712Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
### Group 2
Tunisia at the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification in Cairo.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 67,579Referee: Ángel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)
| Tunisia | 3–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kaabi 55'Ghommidh 79'Dhouieb 87' | Report | Vázquez Ayala 45' (pen.) |
Rosario Central Stadium, RosarioAttendance: 17,396Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)
| West Germany | 6–0 |
| --- | --- |
| D. Müller 15'H. Müller 30'Rummenigge 38', 73'Flohe 44', 89' | Report |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 35,258Referee: Farouk Bouzo (Syria)
| Poland | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Lato 43' | Report |
Rosario Central Stadium, RosarioAttendance: 9,624Referee: Ángel Franco Martínez (Spain)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 30,667Referee: César Guerrero Orosco (Peru)
| Poland | 3–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Boniek 43', 84'Deyna 56' | Report | Rangel 52' |
Rosario Central Stadium, RosarioAttendance: 22,651Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Austria | 2–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Schachner 10'Krankl 76' | Report | Dani 21' |
José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 40,841Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
| Brazil | 1–1 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reinaldo 45' | Report | Sjöberg 37' |
World Cup Stadium, Mar del PlataAttendance: 32,569Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
| Austria | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Krankl 42' (pen.) | Report |
José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 41,424Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
World Cup Stadium, Mar del PlataAttendance: 34,771Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
| Spain | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Asensi 75' | Report |
José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 42,132Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Roberto Dinamite 40' | Report |
World Cup Stadium, Mar del PlataAttendance: 35,221Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
### Group 4
Teófilo Cubillas's free kick for a Peru goal v Scotland
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Peru | 3–1 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cueto 43' Cubillas 71', 77' | Report | Jordan 14' |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 37,927Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
| Netherlands | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rensenbrink 40' (pen.), 62', 78' (pen.) | Report |
Mendoza City Stadium, MendozaAttendance: 33,431Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)
| Scotland | 1–1 | Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eskandarian 43' (o.g.) | Report | Danaeifard 60' |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 7,938Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Mendoza City Stadium, MendozaAttendance: 28,125Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
| Peru | 4–1 | Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Velásquez 2'Cubillas 36' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 79' | Report | Rowshan 41' |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 21,262Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
| Scotland | 3–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dalglish 45'A. Gemmill 46' (pen.), 68' | Report | Rensenbrink 34' (pen.)Rep 71' |
Mendoza City Stadium, MendozaAttendance: 35,130Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
## Second round
### Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Advance to third place play-off |
| 3 | West Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
| Austria | 1–5 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Obermayer 80' | Report | Brandts 6'Rensenbrink 35' (pen.)Rep 36', 53'W. van de Kerkhof 82' |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 25,050Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 67,547Referee: Dušan Maksimović (Yugoslavia)
| Netherlands | 2–2 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haan 27'R. van de Kerkhof 82' | Report | Abramczik 3'D. Müller 70' |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 40,750Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
| Italy | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rossi 13' | Report |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 66,695Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)
| Austria | 3–2 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vogts 59' (o.g.)Krankl 66', 87' | Report | Rummenigge 19'Hölzenbein 68' |
Olympic Stadium, CórdobaAttendance: 38,318Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
| Italy | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brandts 19' (o.g.) | Report | Brandts 49'Haan 76' |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 67,433Referee: Angel Franco Martínez (Spain)
### Group B
Mario Kempes saving Argentina goal with his hand so the referee awarded a penalty kick to Poland
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 5 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | Advance to third place play-off |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Brazil | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Dirceu 15', 27'Zico 72' (pen.) | Report |
Mendoza City Stadium, MendozaAttendance: 31,278Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
| Argentina | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Kempes 16', 71' | Report |
Rosario Central Stadium, RosarioAttendance: 37,091Referee: Ulf Eriksson (Sweden)
| 0–1 | Poland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Szarmach 65' |
Mendoza City Stadium, MendozaAttendance: 35,288Referee: Pat Partridge (England)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Rosario Central Stadium, RosarioAttendance: 37,326Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
| Brazil | 3–1 | Poland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nelinho 13'Roberto Dinamite 58', 63' | Report | Lato 45' |
Mendoza City Stadium, MendozaAttendance: 39,586Referee: Juan Silvagno Cavanna (Chile)
| Argentina | 6–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Kempes 21', 49'Tarantini 43'Luque 50', 72'Houseman 67' | Report |
Rosario Central Stadium, RosarioAttendance: 37,315Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)
## Knockout stage
### Third place play-off
| Brazil | 2–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nelinho 64'Dirceu 71' | Report | Causio 38' |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 69,659Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
### Final
| Argentina | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kempes 38', 105'Bertoni 115' | Report | Nanninga 82' |
River Plate Stadium, Buenos AiresAttendance: 71,483Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
## Goalscorers
With six goals, Mario Kempes was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 102 goals were scored by 62 players, with three of them credited as own goals.
- 6 goals
- Mario Kempes
- 5 goals
- Rob Rensenbrink
- Teófilo Cubillas
- 4 goals
- Leopoldo Luque
- Hans Krankl
- 3 goals
- Dirceu
- Roberto Dinamite
- Paolo Rossi
- Johnny Rep
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
- 2 goals
- Daniel Bertoni
- Nelinho
- Roberto Bettega
- Ernie Brandts
- Arie Haan
- Zbigniew Boniek
- Grzegorz Lato
- Archie Gemmill
- Heinz Flohe
- Dieter Müller
- 1 goal
- René Houseman
- Daniel Passarella
- Alberto Tarantini
- Erich Obermayer
- Walter Schachner
- Reinaldo
- Zico
- Marc Berdoll
- Bernard Lacombe
- Christian Lopez
- Michel Platini
- Dominique Rocheteau
- Károly Csapó
- András Tóth
- Sándor Zombori
- Iraj Danaeifard
- Hassan Rowshan
- Romeo Benetti
- Franco Causio
- Renato Zaccarelli
- Víctor Rangel
- Arturo Vázquez Ayala
- Dick Nanninga
- René van de Kerkhof
- Willy van de Kerkhof
- César Cueto
- José Velásquez
- Kazimierz Deyna
- Andrzej Szarmach
- Kenny Dalglish
- Joe Jordan
- Juan Manuel Asensi
- Dani
- Thomas Sjöberg
- Mokhtar Dhouieb
- Néjib Ghommidh
- Ali Kaabi
- Rüdiger Abramczik
- Bernd Hölzenbein
- Hansi Müller
- Own goals
- Andranik Eskandarian (against Scotland)
- Ernie Brandts (against Italy)
- Berti Vogts (against Austria)
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[27][28] The rankings for the 1978 tournament were as follows:
| R | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 1/B | Argentina | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 11 | Champion |
| 2 | 4/A | Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 8 | Runners-up |
| 3 | 3/B | Brazil | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 | Third place |
| 4 | 1/A | Italy | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | 2/B | Poland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in the second group stage |
| 6 | 2/A | West Germany | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Eliminated in the second group stage |
| 7 | 3/A | Austria | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | Eliminated in the second group stage |
| 8 | 4/B | Peru | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | Eliminated in the second group stage |
| 9 | 2 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 10 | 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 11 | 4 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 12 | 1 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 13 | 3 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 14 | 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 15 | 1 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 16 | 2 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in the first group stage |
Source: [27][28]
## Notes
1. Initially scheduled at 13:45, the match was delayed as both teams were wearing white shirts. [1]
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# 1990 FIFA World Cup
The **1990 FIFA World Cup** was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Mexico in 1986). Teams representing 116 national football associations entered and qualification began in April 1988. 22 teams qualified from this process, along with the host nation Italy and defending champions Argentina.
The tournament was won by West Germany, for the third time. They beat defending champions Argentina 1–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, a rematch of the previous final four years earlier. Italy finished third and England fourth, after both lost their semi-finals in penalty shootouts. This was the last tournament to feature a team from West Germany, with the country being reunified with East Germany a few months later in October, as well as teams from the Eastern Bloc before the end of the Cold War in 1991, as the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia teams made their final appearances. Costa Rica, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates made their first appearances in the finals. As of 2022, this was the last time the United Arab Emirates qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals. Cameroon went on an unexpectedly strong run in the tournament, becoming the first African team to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup. The official match ball was the Adidas Etrusco Unico.
The 1990 World Cup is widely regarded as one of the poorest World Cups in terms of the games.[1][2][3][4] It generated an average 2.21 goals per game – a record low that still stands[5] – and a then-record 16 red cards, including the first dismissal in a final. The tournament also had a significant lasting influence on the game as a whole. In England, the team's success in this tournament led to the resurgence of the domestic top-flight, which had suffered from violence on the pitch and hooliganism by spectators throughout the 1980s.[6] It saw the introduction of the pre-match Fair Play Flag (then inscribed with "Fair Play Please") to encourage fair play. Overly defensive tactics of many teams led to the introduction of the back-pass rule in 1992 and three points for a win instead of two, both of which have encouraged attacking play, increasing spectator interest in the sport. The tournament also produced some of the World Cup's best remembered moments and stories, including the emergence of African nations, in addition to what has become the World Cup soundtrack: "Nessun dorma".[6]
The 1990 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.69 billion non-unique viewers over the course of the tournament.[7] This was the first World Cup to be officially recorded and transmitted in HDTV by the Italian broadcaster RAI in association with Japan's NHK.[8] The huge success of the broadcasting model has also had a lasting impact on the sport.[6] At the time it was the most watched World Cup in history in non-unique viewers, but was bettered by the 1994 and 2002 World Cups.[9]
## Host selection
The vote to choose the hosts of the 1990 tournament was held on 19 May 1984 in Zürich, Switzerland. Here, the FIFA Executive Committee chose Italy ahead of the only rival bid, the USSR, by 11 votes to 5.[10] This awarding made Italy only the second nation to host two World Cup tournaments after Mexico had also achieved this with their 1986 staging. Italy had previously held the event in 1934, where they had won their first championship.
Austria, England, France, Greece, West Germany and Yugoslavia also submitted initial applications for the 31 July 1983 deadline.[11] A month later, only England, Greece, Italy and the Soviet Union remained in the hunt after the other contenders all withdrew.[12] All four bids were assessed by FIFA in late 1983, with the final decision over-running into 1984 due to the volume of paperwork involved.[13] In early 1984, England and Greece also withdrew, leading to a two-horse race in the final vote. The Soviet boycott of the 1984 Olympic Games, announced on the eve of the World Cup decision, was speculated to have been a major factor behind Italy winning the vote so decisively,[14] although this was denied by the FIFA President João Havelange.[10] The Soviet state media responded by accusing FIFA of political corruption, and blamed the organization's American sponsors (chiefly Coca-Cola) for influencing the decision.[15]
Iran also planned to host the competition. They proposed it to FIFA in 1977, but a few months later they withdrew their request.[16]
## Qualification
116 teams entered the 1990 World Cup, including Italy as host nation and Argentina as reigning World Cup champions, who were both granted automatic qualification. Thus, the remaining 22 finals places were divided among the continental confederations, with 114 initially entering the qualification competition. Due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 103 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages.
Thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), two by CONMEBOL teams (South America), two by CAF teams (Africa), two by AFC teams (Asia), and two by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining place was decided by a play-off between a CONMEBOL team and a team from the OFC (Oceania).
Mexico was disqualified during the qualification process for fielding four overage players in a prior youth tournament.[17]
Three teams made their debuts, as this was the first World Cup to feature Costa Rica and the Republic of Ireland, and the only one to date to feature the United Arab Emirates. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, this is the most recent World Cup not to feature Mexico.
Returning after long absences were Egypt, which appeared for the first time since 1934; the United States (which would not miss a World Cup again until 2018), which competed for the first time since 1950; Colombia, which appeared for the first time since 1962; Romania, which last appeared at the Finals in 1970; and Sweden and the Netherlands, both of which last qualified in 1978. Austria, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia also returned after missing the 1986 tournament.
Among the teams that failed to qualify were 1986 semi-finalist France (missing its first World Cup since 1974) and Poland (its first since 1970).
### List of qualified teams
The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.
- AFC (2)
- South Korea
- United Arab Emirates (debut)
- CAF (2)
- Egypt
- Cameroon
- OFC (0)
- _None qualified_
- CONCACAF (2)
- Costa Rica (debut)
- United States
- CONMEBOL (4)
- Argentina (holders)
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Uruguay
- UEFA (14)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia
- England
- Italy (hosts)
- Netherlands
- Republic of Ireland (debut)
- Romania
- Scotland
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Sweden
- West Germany
- Yugoslavia
Countries qualified for World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter the World Cup or were expelled from the tournament by FIFA prior to playing a match Country not a FIFA member
## Venues
Twelve stadiums in twelve cities were selected to host matches at the 1990 World Cup. The Stadio San Nicola in Bari and Turin's Stadio delle Alpi were completely new venues opened for the World Cup. Of the twelve stadiums used, only four (San Siro, Luigi Ferraris, Comunale of Florence, and Renato Dall'Ara) had been used for the 1934 FIFA World Cup, while Trieste was the only host city from 1934 not to be selected for the 1990 tournament.
The ten existing venues all underwent extensive programmes of improvements in preparation for the tournament, forcing many of the club tenants of the stadia to move to temporary homes. Additional seating and roofs were added to most stadia, with further redevelopments seeing running tracks removed and new pitches laid. Due to structural constraints, several of the existing stadia had to be virtually rebuilt to implement the changes required.
Like España '82 and México '86, the group stage of this tournament was organized so an individual group only played in two cities in close proximity to each other. Group A only played in Rome and Florence (hosts Italy played all but two competitive matches in Rome: their semi-final match was played in Napoli, and their third-place match in Bari), Group B played their matches in Naples and Bari (except for Argentina vs. Cameroon, which was the opening match of the tournament, played in Milan), Group C played their matches in Turin and Genoa, Group D played all their matches in Milan and Bologna, Group E played only in Udine and Verona, and Group F played in the insular cities of Cagliari and Palermo. The cities that hosted the most World Cup matches were the two biggest cities in Italy: Rome and Milan, each hosting six matches, and Bari, Naples, and Turin each hosted five matches. Cagliari, Udine and Palermo were the only cities of the 12 selected that did not host any knockout round matches.
The England national team, at the British government's request, played all 3 of their group stage matches in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia.[18] Hooliganism, rife in English football in the 1980s had spilled over onto the European continent when 39 mostly Italian Juventus supporters were killed and 600 were injured at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels while trying to flee from an attack by Liverpool supporters. This hooliganism had followed the England national team while they played friendlies on the European continent – the distrust of English fans was high enough that the English Football Association's reputation and even diplomatic relations between the UK and Italy were seen to be at risk if England played any group stage matches on the Italian mainland. Thanks largely to British Sports Minister Colin Moynihan's negative remarks about English fans weeks before the match, security around Cagliari during England's three matches there was heavy – in addition to 7,000 local police, the Carabinieri and special forces of the Italian military were also there patrolling the premises. The Italian authorities' presence proved to be justified as there were several riots during the time England were playing their matches in Cagliari, leading to a number of injuries, arrests and even deportations.[19][20]
Most of the construction cost in excess of their original estimates and total costs ended up being over £550 million (approximately $935 million). Rome's Stadio Olimpico which hosted the final was the most expensive project overall, while Udine's Stadio Friuli, the newest of the existing stadia (opened 14 years prior), cost the least to redevelop.
| Milan | Rome | Turin | Naples |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| San Siro | Stadio Olimpico | Stadio delle Alpi | Stadio San Paolo |
| 45°28′40.89″N 9°7′27.14″E / 45.4780250°N 9.1242056°E | 41°56′1.99″N 12°27′17.23″E / 41.9338861°N 12.4547861°E | 45°06′34.42″N 7°38′28.54″E / 45.1095611°N 7.6412611°E | 40°49′40.68″N 14°11′34.83″E / 40.8279667°N 14.1930083°E |
| Capacity: 74,559[21][22] | Capacity: 73,603[21][22] | Capacity: 62,628[21][22] | Capacity: 59,978[21][22] |
| | | | |
| Bari | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | Florence |
| Stadio San Nicola | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | Stadio Comunale |
| 41°5′5.05″N 16°50′24.26″E / 41.0847361°N 16.8400722°E | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | 43°46′50.96″N 11°16′56.13″E / 43.7808222°N 11.2822583°E |
| Capacity: 51,426[21][22] | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | Capacity: 38,971[21][22] |
| | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | |
| Verona | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | Udine |
| Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | Stadio Friuli |
| 45°26′7.28″N 10°58′7.13″E / 45.4353556°N 10.9686472°E | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | 46°4′53.77″N 13°12′0.49″E / 46.0816028°N 13.2001361°E |
| Capacity: 35,950[21][22] | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | Capacity: 35,713[21][22] |
| | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | RomeMilanNaplesTurinBariVeronaFlorenceCagliariBolognaUdinePalermoGenoa | |
| Cagliari | Bologna | Palermo | Genoa |
| Stadio Sant'Elia | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | Stadio La Favorita | Stadio Luigi Ferraris |
| 39°11′57.82″N 9°8′5.83″E / 39.1993944°N 9.1349528°E | 44°29′32.33″N 11°18′34.80″E / 44.4923139°N 11.3096667°E | 38°9′9.96″N 13°20′32.19″E / 38.1527667°N 13.3422750°E | 44°24′59.15″N 8°57′8.74″E / 44.4164306°N 8.9524278°E |
| Capacity: 35,238[21][22] | Capacity: 34,520[21][22] | Capacity: 33,288[21][22] | Capacity: 31,823[21][22] |
| | | | |
## Squads
Squads for the 1990 World Cup consisted of 22 players, as for the previous tournament in 1986. Replacement of injured players was permitted during the tournament at FIFA's discretion. Two goalkeepers – Argentina's Ángel Comizzo and England's Dave Beasant – entered their respective squads during the tournament to replace injured players (Nery Pumpido and David Seaman).
## Match officials
41 match officials from 34 countries were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees. Officials in italics were only used as assistants during the tournament. Referees dressed only in traditional black jerseys for the final time at a World Cup (a red change shirt was used for two Group C games in which Scotland wore their navy blue shirts).
| List of match officials |
| --- |
| Africa Mohamed Hansal Neji Jouini Jean-Fidèle Diramba Asia Jamal Al Sharif Jassim Mandi Shizuo Takada Europe Luigi Agnolin Emilio Soriano Aladrén George Courtney Pietro D'Elia Erik Fredriksson Siegfried Kirschen Helmut Kohl Tullio Lanese Michał Listkiewicz Rosario Lo Bello Carlo Longhi Pierluigi Magni Peter Mikkelsen Pierluigi Pairetto Zoran Petrović Joël Quiniou Kurt Röthlisberger Aron Schmidhuber Carlos Silva Valente George Smith Alan Snoddy Alexey Spirin Marcel Van Langenhove Michel Vautrot North and Central America Edgardo Codesal Vincent Mauro Berny Ulloa Morera Oceania Richard Lorenc South America Juan Daniel Cardellino Armando Pérez Hoyos Elías Jácome Juan Carlos Loustau Carlos Maciel Hernán Silva José Roberto Wright |
## Draw
### Seedings
The six seeded teams for the 1990 tournament were announced on 7 December 1989, two days ahead of the draw. The FIFA Organising Committee also decided ahead of the draw, to allocate the six seeded teams into the first position of the six groups, in the alphabetic order of their seeding rank: first seed to Group A, second seed to Group B, etc.[23] The seeds were decided by FIFA, primarily based on the nations' ranked position in the 1986 World Cup (counting double), with the ranked position in the 1982 World Cup also considered as a secondary influence (counting normal).[24]
Six of the final eight in 1986 had qualified for the 1990 tournament, the missing nations being Mexico (quarter-final in 1986) and France (third place). Italy did not reach the final eight in 1986, but despite this were still seeded first in 1990 as hosts. In total, the primary seeding criteria hereby resulted in seven countries to be potentially seeded. As the tournament structure only had place for the selection of six seeded teams, this left FIFA needing to exclude one of the six teams qualifying for a seed based on the primary sporting criteria. FIFA first decided, that all qualified teams having played the 1986 semifinals (Argentina, Germany, Belgium), should be guaranteed a seeding place behind the first seeded host nation Italy. Consequently, one of the three qualified nations who were eliminated in the 1986 quarter-finals (Brazil, England or Spain), should not be seeded based on the secondary sporting criteria - looking at their 1982 FIFA World Cup results.
Owing to their performance in 1982, but also to their overall World Cup record, Brazil were seeded third, and not considered to drop out of the seedings. FIFA therefore had to choose if England or Spain should be granted the last seeding slot, and ultimately opted to seed England ahead of Spain.[23]
Spain had only been eliminated in their 1986 quarter-final on penalties, albeit by fourth-placed Belgium, while England had been defeated in their 1986 quarter-final after 90 minutes by eventual winners Argentina. If the only criteria had been the 1986 ranking, then Spain should have been seeded as #6 instead of England; a viewpoint being supported by FIFA President João Havelange as late as 29 November 1989.[25] If taking the 1982 ranking into consideration, England however had performed slightly better than Spain - as they had finished ahead of them in Group B of the second group stage. If only considering the results of the 1978 event, it could on the other hand have been counter argued, that Spain by their group stage performance and Netherlands by their silver medal accomplishment, should have been seeded rather than England and Belgium who both had failed to qualify.
Spanish officials believed the seeding was contrived to ensure England would be placed in Group F, the group to be held off the Italian mainland, in a bid to contain England's hooliganism problems.[18] Their coach Luis Suárez said, "We feel we've been cheated...they wanted to seed England and to send it to Cagliari at all costs. So they invented this formula".[23] FIFA countered that "the formula was based on the teams' respective showings during the previous two World Cups. England merited the sixth position. This is in no way a concession to English hooliganism".[23]
Meanwhile, the Netherlands also had an argument, that on grounds of recent footballing form, they should be seeded, as the winners of the 1988 European Championship, in which both Spain and England had been eliminated in the group stages, while Belgium (fourth in the 1986 World Cup after beating Spain, and thus seeded in 1990) had failed to even qualify. However, this argument was countered by the fact that Netherlands had themselves failed to qualify for both the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, which was considered the most important factor in the decision not to seed them.[26]
The arguments whether or not seeding positions were justified, mainly existed ahead of the draw, and rapidly fizzled out after the draw, as the two teams considered the most unlucky not to be seeded (Spain and Netherlands), were both drawn in groups against the two teams considered the weakest of the seeded nations (Belgium and England). After the group stage had been completed, England could be said to have justified their seeded position by winning their Group F ahead of Ireland and Netherlands; while Spain seemed to have made their own point about being worth a seeded position, by defeating Belgium to top their own Group E.
| Top Seeded teams[23] (hosts and top 6-ranked from 1982 & 1986) | Pot 1[27] Africa, Asia & North America (CAF, AFC & CONCACAF) | Pot 2[27] South America & Europe II (CONMEBOL & UEFA) | Pot 3[27] Best unseeded from Europe (UEFA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Italy (hosts, A1) (1st) Argentina (holders, B1) (2nd) Brazil (C1) (3rd) West Germany (D1) (4th) Belgium (E1) (5th) England (F1) (6th) | Cameroon Costa Rica Egypt South Korea United Arab Emirates United States | Colombia Czechoslovakia Republic of Ireland Romania Sweden Uruguay | Austria Netherlands Scotland Spain Soviet Union Yugoslavia |
### Final draw
_Ciao_, a stick figure in the colours of the Italy _Tricolore_, was the mascot for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
On 9 December 1989 the draw was conducted at the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups, in alphabetic order. A special draw decided teams should first be drawn from Pot 1, then from Pot 3, and finally from Pot 2. Each drawn team also had their group position number drawn from a separate group bowl, in order to decide their exact match schedule. The only stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two South American teams. Hence, a special rule was set up that:[27][28][29]
- **Pot 2 rule (final version):** _If the two South American teams (Colombia and Uruguay) are drawn as the second/third team from Pot 2, then they will not go into group B/C - as those two groups are led by the two seeded South American teams (Argentina and Brazil); but instead they will be placed in the next open group in the alphabet led by a seeded European team (Group D/E)._[27][28][29]
The procedure for the draw, was presented by FIFA at a press meeting the day before the draw. However, after having received objections from Italian officials, FIFA opted to slightly change their special Pot 2 rule, during the last 24 hours ahead of the draw. Before this rule was changed into the final wording given in the paragraph above, it had been intended to say:[30]
- **Pot 2 rule (dropped initial version):** _First two drawn European teams from Pot 2 shall, irrespectively of the alphabet order for the open groups, first be drawn into the two groups led by a seeded South American team (Argentina's Group B and Brazil's Group C); while the two drawn South American teams (Colombia and Uruguay) can not join Group B+C and shall instead be drawn into the first still open group being led by a seeded European team._[30]
This dropped initial wording, would have increased the risk for Italy in Group A to draw one of the difficult two South American teams, instead of one of the easier European teams from Pot 2; because for Italy to get paired with a European Pot 2 team it would have required the less likely event that all three first drawn teams from Pot 2 should be European. When FIFA accepted to change the Pot 2 rule into the final version presented at the televised draw, this lowered the chance for the Italian Group A to draw a South American Pot 2 team, from the 80% chance created by the initial wording to only a 33% chance (two out of six teams).[30]
The ceremony was hosted by Italian television presenter Pippo Baudo, with Italian actress Sophia Loren and opera singer Luciano Pavarotti conducting the draw alongside FIFA general secretary Sepp Blatter.[18] The draw show was FIFA's most ambitious yet with Pelé, Bobby Moore and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge appearing, as well as a performance of the Italian version of the tournament's official song "To Be Number One" by Giorgio Moroder, performed as "Un'estate italiana" by Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini.[31]
The event also featured the official mascot of this World Cup, _Ciao_, a stick figure player with a football head and an Italian tricolor body that formed the word "ITALIA" when deconstructed and reconstructed.[32] Its name is a greeting in Italian.
### Results of the draw
| Group A[28][29] | Group B[28][29] | Group C[28][29] | Group D[28][29] | Group E[28][29] | Group F[28][29] |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Italy 2. Austria 3. United States 4. Czechoslovakia | 5. Argentina 6. Cameroon 7. Soviet Union 8. Romania | Brazil 10. Sweden 11. Costa Rica 12. Scotland 9. | 13. West Germany 14. Yugoslavia 15. United Arab Emirates 16. Colombia | 17. Belgium 18. South Korea 19. Uruguay 20. Spain | 21. England 22. Ireland 23. Netherlands 24. Egypt |
In each group, the teams would play three matches, one against each of the other teams. Victories would be granted 2 points, while a draw awarded 1 point. After completion of the group stage, the best two teams of each group as well as the four best ranked third places, advanced to round 16 in the knockout stage. This format was identical with the tournament structure being used in 1986. A total of 52 games would be played, including the final and a bronze medal game between the two semifinale losers.
## Summary of tournament
### Negative tactics
The tournament generated a record low goals-per-game average and a then-record of 16 red cards were handed out.[5] In the knockout stage, many teams played defensively for 120 minutes, with the intention of trying their luck in the penalty shoot-out, rather than risk going forward. Two exceptions were the eventual champions West Germany and hosts Italy, the only teams to win three of their four knockout matches in normal time. There were four penalty shoot-outs, a record equalled with the 2006, 2014, and 2018 tournaments, until it was surpassed by the 2022 tournament, with five.[33] Eight matches went to extra time, also a record tied with the 2014 tournament.
Losing finalists Argentina were prime examples of this trend of cautious defensive play, choosing to do so because 3 of their best players were left off the squad due to injury. They scored only five goals in the entire tournament (a record low for a finalist). Argentina also became the first team to advance twice on penalty shoot-outs and the first team to fail to score and have a player sent off in a World Cup final.[1]
Largely as a result of this trend IFAB introduced the back-pass rule in time for the 1994 tournament to make it harder for teams to time-waste by repeatedly passing the ball back for their goalkeepers to pick up. Three, rather than two points would be awarded for victories at future tournaments to help further encourage attacking play.
### Emergence of Cameroon
Cameroon reached the quarter-finals, where they were narrowly defeated by England.[1] They opened the tournament with a shock victory over reigning champions Argentina, before topping the group ahead of them, Romania and European Championship runners-up the Soviet Union. Their success was fired by the goals of Roger Milla, a 38-year-old forward who came out of international retirement to join the national squad at the last moment after a personal request from Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Milla's four goals and flamboyant goal celebrations made him one of the tournament's biggest stars as well as taking Cameroon to the last eight.[1] Most of Cameroon's squad was made up of players who played in France's premier football league, Ligue 1 - French is one of the officially spoken languages in Cameroon, it being a former French territory. In reaching this stage, they had gone further than any African nation had managed in a World Cup before; a feat not surpassed until Morocco reached the semi-final in 2022. Their success was African football's biggest yet on the world stage and FIFA subsequently decided to allocate the CAF qualifying zone an additional place for the next World Cup tournament.
### All-champion final four
Despite the performances of nations such as Cameroon, Colombia, Ireland, Romania and Costa Rica, the semi-finalists consisted of Argentina, England, Italy and West Germany, all previous World Cup winners, with eight previous titles between them. After the 1970 tournament, this is only the second time in the history of the World Cup this has occurred. The teams which finished first, second and third had also contested both the two previous World Cup Finals between themselves.
## Group stage
_All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)_
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarter-finals Round of 16
Group stage
In the following tables:
- **Pld** = total games played
- **W** = total games won
- **D** = total games drawn (tied)
- **L** = total games lost
- **GF** = total goals scored (goals for)
- **GA** = total goals conceded (goals against)
- **GD** = goal difference (GF−GA)
- **Pts** = total points accumulated
The Group stage saw the twenty-four teams divided into six groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams coming first and second in each group qualified for the Round of 16. The four best third-placed teams would also advance to the next stage.
Typical of a World Cup staged in Europe, the matches all started at either 5:00 or 9:00 in the evening; this allowed for the games to avoid being played in the heat of an Italian summer, which would soar past 86F (30C) all over Italy.
If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:
1. Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
2. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
3. Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
4. Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
5. Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
6. Drawing of lots
### Group A
Hosts Italy won Group A with a 100 percent record. They beat Austria 1–0 thanks to substitute Salvatore 'Totò' Schillaci, who had played only one international before but would become a star during the tournament. A second 1–0 victory followed against a United States team already thumped 5–1 by Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovaks ended runners-up in the group, while the USA's first appearance in a World Cup Finals since 1950 ended with three consecutive defeats.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 9 June 1990 | | | |
| Italy | 1–0 | Austria | Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
| 10 June 1990 | | | |
| United States | 1–5 | Czechoslovakia | Stadio Comunale, Florence |
| 14 June 1990 | | | |
| Italy | 1–0 | United States | Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
| 15 June 1990 | | | |
| Austria | 0–1 | Czechoslovakia | Stadio Comunale, Florence |
| 19 June 1990 | | | |
| Italy | 2–0 | Czechoslovakia | Stadio Olimpico, Rome |
| Austria | 2–1 | United States | Stadio Comunale, Florence |
### Group B
Cameroon defeated world champions Argentina 1–0. Despite ending the match with only nine men, the African team held on for a shock 1–0 win, with contrasting fortunes for the Biyik brothers: François Omam scoring the winning goal, shortly after seeing Andre Kana sent off for a serious foul. In their second game the introduction of Roger Milla was the catalyst for a 2–1 win over Romania, Milla scoring twice from the bench (making him the oldest goalscorer in the tournament). With progression assured, Cameroon slumped to a 4–0 defeat in their final group game to the Soviet Union (in what would be their last World Cup due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union), who were striving to stay in the tournament on goal difference after successive 2–0 defeats. Argentina lost their veteran goalkeeper, Nery Pumpido, to a broken leg during their victory over the USSR: his replacement, Sergio Goycochea, proved to be one of the stars of their tournament. In the final match, a 1–1 draw between Romania and Argentina sent both through, equal on points and on goal difference but Romania having the advantage on goals scored: Romania were thus second, Argentina qualified as one of the best third-placed teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Cameroon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8 June 1990 | | | |
| Argentina | 0–1 | Cameroon | San Siro, Milan |
| 9 June 1990 | | | |
| Soviet Union | 0–2 | Romania | Stadio San Nicola, Bari |
| 13 June 1990 | | | |
| Argentina | 2–0 | Soviet Union | Stadio San Paolo, Naples |
| 14 June 1990 | | | |
| Cameroon | 2–1 | Romania | Stadio San Nicola, Bari |
| 18 June 1990 | | | |
| Argentina | 1–1 | Romania | Stadio San Paolo, Naples |
| Cameroon | 0–4 | Soviet Union | Stadio San Nicola, Bari |
### Group C
Costa Rica beat Scotland 1–0 in their first match, lost 1–0 to Brazil in their second, then saw off Sweden 2–1 to claim a place in the second round. Brazil took maximum points from the group. They began with a 2–1 win over Sweden, then beat both Costa Rica and Scotland 1–0. Scotland's 2–1 win over Sweden was not enough to save them from an early return home as one of the two lowest-ranked third-placed teams.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10 June 1990 | | | |
| Brazil | 2–1 | Sweden | Stadio delle Alpi, Turin |
| 11 June 1990 | | | |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 | Scotland | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa |
| 16 June 1990 | | | |
| Brazil | 1–0 | Costa Rica | Stadio delle Alpi, Turin |
| Sweden | 1–2 | Scotland | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa |
| 20 June 1990 | | | |
| Brazil | 1–0 | Scotland | Stadio delle Alpi, Turin |
| Sweden | 1–2 | Costa Rica | Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa |
### Group D
Group D featured the most goals of all the groups, most due to two large wins of West Germany and defensive inadequacies of a United Arab Emirates team that lost 2–0 to Colombia, 5–1 to West Germany and 4–1 to Yugoslavia. The West Germans topped the group after a 4–1 opening victory over group runners-up Yugoslavia.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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| 9 June 1990 | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 0–2 | Colombia | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna |
| 10 June 1990 | | | |
| West Germany | 4–1 | Yugoslavia | San Siro, Milan |
| 14 June 1990 | | | |
| Yugoslavia | 1–0 | Colombia | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna |
| 15 June 1990 | | | |
| West Germany | 5–1 | United Arab Emirates | San Siro, Milan |
| 19 June 1990 | | | |
| West Germany | 1–1 | Colombia | San Siro, Milan |
| Yugoslavia | 4–1 | United Arab Emirates | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna |
### Group E
The winners of Group E were Spain, for whom Míchel hit a hat-trick as they beat South Korea 3–1 in an unbeaten group campaign. Belgium won their first two games against South Korea and Uruguay to ensure their progress; Uruguay's advance to the second round came with an injury time winner against South Korea to edge them through as the weakest of the third-placed sides to remain in the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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| 12 June 1990 | | | |
| Belgium | 2–0 | South Korea | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona |
| 13 June 1990 | | | |
| Uruguay | 0–0 | Spain | Stadio Friuli, Udine |
| 17 June 1990 | | | |
| Belgium | 3–1 | Uruguay | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona |
| South Korea | 1–3 | Spain | Stadio Friuli, Udine |
| 21 June 1990 | | | |
| Belgium | 1–2 | Spain | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona |
| South Korea | 0–1 | Uruguay | Stadio Friuli, Udine |
### Group F
Group F featured the Netherlands, England, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt. In the six group games, no team managed to score more than once in a match. England beat Egypt 1–0, the only match with a decisive result, and that was enough to win the group. England took the lead with an early goal for Lineker against Ireland, but Sheedy's late equalizer secured a draw. The Netherlands drew with Egypt: they had taken a 1–0 lead, but Egypt equalised with a penalty by Abdelghani. England then drew 0–0 with the Netherlands; a goal from a free-kick by Pearce was disallowed. For the second World Cup in succession, however, England lost their captain Bryan Robson to an injury which put him out of the tournament, just over halfway through their second match. Ireland missed a number of scoring opportunities in the second half of the other 0–0 draw against Egypt.[34] After the first four matches all four teams had equal records with two draws, one goal for and one goal against. England's victory over Egypt, thanks to a 58th-minute goal from Mark Wright, put them top of the group: in the other match, Gullit gave the Netherlands the lead against Ireland, but Niall Quinn scored a second-half equalizer and the two teams finished in second and third, still with identical records. Both teams qualified but they had to draw lots to place the teams in second and third place.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
1. The Republic of Ireland and the Netherlands finished with identical records. With both teams assured of progressing, they were split by the drawing of lots to determine second and third place.
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| 11 June 1990 | | | |
| England | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland | Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari |
| 12 June 1990 | | | |
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Egypt | Stadio La Favorita, Palermo |
| 16 June 1990 | | | |
| England | 0–0 | Netherlands | Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari |
| 17 June 1990 | | | |
| Republic of Ireland | 0–0 | Egypt | Stadio La Favorita, Palermo |
| 21 June 1990 | | | |
| England | 1–0 | Egypt | Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Netherlands | Stadio La Favorita, Palermo |
### Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | B | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | D | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | F | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | E | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | A | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 6 | C | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
Ireland won the drawing of lots against the Netherlands for second place in Group F: the Netherlands were the only third-placed team not to have won any matches - or lost any: they progressed with three draws (3 points).
## Knockout stage
The knockout stage involved the 16 teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. There was also a play-off to decide third/fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time; if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out (five penalties each, if neither team already had a decisive advantage, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Scores after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.) and penalty shoot-outs are indicated by (pen.).
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 24 June – Turin | 24 June – Turin | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 June – Turin | 24 June – Turin | | | | | | | | | | | Brazil | 0 | |
| 30 June – Florence | 30 June – Florence | | | | | | | | | | | Brazil | 0 | |
| 30 June – Florence | 30 June – Florence | | | Argentina | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Argentina (pen.) | 0 (3) | | Argentina | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Argentina (pen.) | 0 (3) | 26 June – Verona | 26 June – Verona | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yugoslavia | 26 June – Verona | 26 June – Verona | | 0 (2) | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yugoslavia | Spain | 1 | 0 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Spain | 1 | 3 July – Naples | 3 July – Naples | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Yugoslavia (a.e.t.) | 2 | 3 July – Naples | 3 July – Naples | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Yugoslavia (a.e.t.) | 2 | Argentina (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 25 June – Genoa | 25 June – Genoa | Argentina (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 25 June – Genoa | 25 June – Genoa | | Italy | | | 1 (3) | | | | | |
| | | | Republic of Ireland (pen.) | 0 (5) | | Italy | | 1 (3) | | | | | | |
| | 30 June – Rome | 30 June – Rome | Republic of Ireland (pen.) | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 30 June – Rome | 30 June – Rome | Romania | 0 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republic of Ireland | 0 | Romania | 0 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Republic of Ireland | 0 | 25 June – Rome | 25 June – Rome | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Italy | 1 | 25 June – Rome | 25 June – Rome | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Italy | 1 | Italy | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Italy | 2 | | | | | | 8 July – Rome | 8 July – Rome | | | |
| | | | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | | 8 July – Rome | 8 July – Rome | | | |
| | | | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | | Argentina | | | 0 | |
| | | | 23 June – Bari | 23 June – Bari | | | | | | Argentina | | | 0 | |
| | | | 23 June – Bari | 23 June – Bari | | | | | | | | | West Germany | 1.0 |
| | | | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | | | West Germany | 1 | |
| | 1 July – Milan | 1 July – Milan | Czechoslovakia | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 July – Milan | 1 July – Milan | Costa Rica | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Czechoslovakia | 0 | Costa Rica | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 24 June – Milan | 24 June – Milan | | | | | | | | | | |
| | West Germany | 1 | 24 June – Milan | 24 June – Milan | | | | | | | | | | |
| | West Germany | 1 | West Germany | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | West Germany | 2 | | 4 July – Turin | 4 July – Turin | | | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 1 | | 4 July – Turin | 4 July – Turin | | | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 1 | | West Germany (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 23 June – Naples | 23 June – Naples | | West Germany (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 23 June – Naples | 23 June – Naples | | England | 1 (3) | | | | | Third place | Third place | |
| | | | Cameroon (a.e.t.) | 2 | | England | 1 (3) | | | | | Third place | Third place | |
| | 1 July – Naples | 1 July – Naples | Cameroon (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | 7 July – Bari | 7 July – Bari | |
| | 1 July – Naples | 1 July – Naples | Colombia | 1 | | | | | | | | 7 July – Bari | 7 July – Bari | |
| | Cameroon | 2 | Colombia | 1 | | | | | | | | Italy | 2 | |
| | Cameroon | 2 | 26 June – Bologna | 26 June – Bologna | | | | | | | | Italy | 2 | |
| | England (a.e.t.) | 3 | 26 June – Bologna | 26 June – Bologna | | | | | | | | England | 1 | |
| | England (a.e.t.) | 3 | England (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | | | England | 1 | |
| | Belgium | 0 | England (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
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### Round of 16
Two of the ties—Brazil vs Argentina and Italy vs Uruguay—pitted former champion countries against each other and West Germany met the Netherlands in a rematch of the 1974 World Cup Final. The all-South American game was won for Argentina by a goal from Claudio Caniggia with 10 minutes remaining after a run through the Brazilian defence by Diego Maradona and a strong performance from their goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea. It would later come to light that Branco had been offered water spiked with tranquillisers by Maradona and Ricardo Giusti during half time, to slow him down in the second half. Initially discredited by the press, Branco would be publicly proven right years later, when Maradona confessed the episode on a TV show in Argentina.[35] Hosts Italy beat Uruguay 2–0, thanks to goals from Schillaci and Aldo Serena.
The match between West Germany and the Netherlands was held in Milan, and both sides featured players from the two Milanese clubs (Germans Andreas Brehme, Lothar Matthäus and Jürgen Klinsmann for Internazionale, and Dutchmen Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard for Milan). After 22 minutes Rudi Völler and Rijkaard were both dismissed after a number of incidents between the two players, including Rijkaard spitting on Völler. As the players walked off the pitch together, Rijkaard spat on Völler a second time. Early in the second half, Jürgen Klinsmann put the West Germans ahead and Andreas Brehme added a second with eight minutes left. A Ronald Koeman penalty for the Netherlands in the 89th minute narrowed the score to 2–1 but the Germans saw the game out to gain some revenge for their exit to the Dutch in the previous European Championship.
Meanwhile, in Cameroon v. Colombia, Roger Milla was introduced as a second-half substitute with the game goalless, eventually breaking the deadlock midway in extra time. Three minutes later he netted a second after Colombian goalkeeper, René Higuita was dispossessed by Milla while well out of his goal, leaving the striker free to slot the ball into the empty net. Though the deficit was soon reduced to 2–1, Cameroon held on to become the first African team to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Costa Rica were beaten 4–1 by Czechoslovakia, for whom Tomáš Skuhravý scored the tournament's second and final hat-trick.
The Republic of Ireland's match with Romania remained goalless after extra time and the Irish side won 5–4 on penalties. David O'Leary converted the penalty that clinched Ireland's place in the quarter-finals. Ireland thus became the first team since Sweden in 1938 to reach the last eight in a World Cup finals tournament without winning a match outright. Yugoslavia beat Spain 2–1 after extra time, with Dragan Stojković scoring both the Yugoslavs' goals. England were the final qualifier against Belgium, as midfielder David Platt's swivelling volley broke the stalemate with the game moments away from a penalty shoot-out.
| Cameroon | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Colombia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Milla 106', 108' | Report | Redín 115' |
Stadio San Paolo, NaplesAttendance: 50,026Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)
| Czechoslovakia | 4–1 | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Skuhravý 12', 63', 82'Kubík 76' | Report | González 55' |
Stadio San Nicola, BariAttendance: 47,673Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
| 0–1 | Argentina |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Caniggia 81' |
Stadio Delle Alpi, TurinAttendance: 61,381Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| West Germany | 2–1 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Klinsmann 51'Brehme 85' | Report | R. Koeman 89' (pen.) |
San Siro, MilanAttendance: 74,559Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)
| Republic of Ireland | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Romania |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Sheedy Houghton Townsend Cascarino O'Leary | 5–4 | Hagi Lupu Rotariu Lupescu Timofte |
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, GenoaAttendance: 31,818Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
| Italy | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Schillaci 65'Serena 83' | Report |
Stadio Olimpico, RomeAttendance: 73,303Referee: George Courtney (England)
| Spain | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salinas 84' | Report | Stojković 78', 93' |
Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, VeronaAttendance: 35,500Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)
| England | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| --- | --- |
| Platt 119' | Report |
Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, BolognaAttendance: 34,520Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
### Quarterfinals
The first game of the last 8 saw Argentina and a Yugoslav side, reduced to 10 men after only half an hour, play out a goalless stalemate. The holders reached the semi-finals after winning the penalty shoot-out 3–2, despite Maradona having his penalty saved. A second Argentine miss (by Pedro Troglio) looked to have eliminated them until goalkeeper Sergio Goycochea – playing because first choice Nery Pumpido broke his leg during the group stage – rescued his side by stopping the Yugoslavs' final two spotkicks.
The Republic of Ireland's World Cup run was brought to an end by a single goal from Schillaci in the first half of their quarter-final with hosts Italy, thus becoming the team who advanced the furthest in a World Cup without winning a single match. West Germany beat Czechoslovakia with a 25th minute Lothar Matthäus penalty.
The quarter-final between England and Cameroon was the only quarter-final to produce more than one goal. Despite Cameroon's heroics earlier in the tournament, David Platt put England ahead in the 25th minute. At half-time, Milla was brought on. In the second half, the game was turned on its head during a five-minute stretch: first Cameroon were awarded a penalty from which Emmanuel Kunde scored the equaliser; then in the 65th minute Eugene Ekeke put Cameroon ahead. Cameroon came within eight minutes of reaching the semi-finals before they conceded a penalty, which Gary Lineker converted. Midway through extra time, England were awarded another penalty and Lineker again scored from the spot. England were through to the semi-finals for the first time since 1966.
| Argentina | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Serrizuela Burruchaga Maradona Troglio Dezotti | 3–2 | Stojković Prosinečki Savićević Brnović Hadžibegić |
Stadio Comunale, FlorenceAttendance: 38,971Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
| 0–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Schillaci 38' |
Stadio Olimpico, RomeAttendance: 73,303Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
| 0–1 | West Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Matthäus 25' (pen.) |
San Siro, MilanAttendance: 73,347Referee: Helmut Kohl (Austria)
| Cameroon | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kundé 61' (pen.)Ekéké 65' | Report | Platt 25'Lineker 83' (pen.), 105' (pen.) |
Stadio San Paolo, NaplesAttendance: 55,205Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
### Semifinals
The first semi-final featured the host nation, Italy, and the world champions, Argentina in Naples. 'Toto' Schillaci scored yet again to put Italy ahead in the 17th minute, but Claudio Caniggia equalised midway through the second half, breaking Walter Zenga's clean sheet streak throughout the tournament. There were no more goals in the 90 minutes or in extra time despite Maradona (who played for Naples in Serie A at the time) showing glimpses of magic, but there was a sending-off: Ricardo Giusti of Argentina was shown the red card in the 13th minute of extra time. Argentina went through on penalties, winning the shoot-out 4–3 after more heroics from Goycochea.
The semi-final between West Germany and England at Juventus' home stadium in Turin was goalless at half-time. Then, in the 60th minute, a free-kick tapped to Andreas Brehme resulted in a shot which was deflected off Paul Parker into his own net. England equalised with ten minutes left; Gary Lineker was the scorer. The game ended 1–1. Extra time yielded more chances. Klinsmann was guilty of two glaring misses and both sides struck a post. England had another Platt goal disallowed for offside. The match went to penalties, and West Germany went on to win the shoot-out 4–3.[36]
The two matches had the exact same score at 1–1, an identical penalty shootout score at 4–3, and the same order of penalties scored.
| Argentina | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Caniggia 67' | Report | Schillaci 17' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Serrizuela Burruchaga Olarticoechea Maradona | 4–3 | Baresi Baggio De Agostini Donadoni Serena |
Stadio San Paolo, NaplesAttendance: 59,978Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| West Germany | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brehme 60' | Report | Lineker 80' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Brehme Matthäus Riedle Thon | 4–3 | Lineker Beardsley Platt Pearce Waddle |
Stadio delle Alpi, TurinAttendance: 62,628Referee: José Roberto Wright (Brazil)
### Third place play-off
The game saw three goals in a 15-minute spell near the end of the match. Roberto Baggio opened the scoring after a mistake by England's goalkeeper Peter Shilton, in his final game before international retirement, presented a simple opportunity. A header by David Platt levelled the game 10 minutes later but Schillaci was fouled in the penalty area five minutes later, leading to a penalty. Schillaci himself got up to convert the kick to win him the tournament's Golden Boot for his six-goal tally. Nicola Berti had a goal ruled out minutes later, but the hosts claimed third place. England had the consolation prize of the Fair Play award, having received no red cards and the lowest average number of yellows per match.
| Italy | 2–1 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Baggio 71'Schillaci 86' (pen.) | Report | Platt 81' |
Stadio San Nicola, BariAttendance: 51,426Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
### Final
The final between West Germany and Argentina has been cited as one of two most cynical and lowest-quality of all World Cup Finals, next to the 2010, between Spain and Netherlands.[1][2][37][38][39] In the 65th minute, Argentina's Pedro Monzon – himself only recently on as a substitute – was sent off for a foul on Jürgen Klinsmann. Monzon was the first player sent off in a World Cup Final.
Argentina, weakened by suspension and injury, offered little attacking threat throughout a contest dominated by the West Germans, who struggled to create many clear goalscoring opportunities. The only goal of the contest arrived in the 85th minute when Mexican referee Edgardo Codesal awarded a dubious penalty to West Germany, after a foul on Rudi Völler by Roberto Sensini leading to Argentinian protests. An earlier obvious foul by Goycoecha, who blantanly tripped Klaus Augenthaler in the box, had not been given. German commentators speculated, that the subsequent penalty was therefore a concession by the referee. [40] Andreas Brehme converted the spot kick to settle the contest. In the closing moments, Argentina were reduced to nine after Gustavo Dezotti, who had already been given a yellow card earlier in the match, received a red card when he hauled Jürgen Kohler to the ground during a stoppage in play. The 1–0 scoreline provided another first: Argentina were the first team to fail to score in a World Cup Final.
With its third title (and three second-place finishes) West Germany – in its final tournament before national reunification – became the most successful World Cup nation at the time along with Italy and Brazil (also won three titles each then). West German manager Franz Beckenbauer became the first man to both captain (in 1974) and manage a World Cup winning team, and only the second man (after Mário Zagallo of Brazil) to win the World Cup as a player and as team manager. It was also the first time a team from UEFA won the final against a non-European team.
| West Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Brehme 85' (pen.) | Report |
Stadio Olimpico, RomeAttendance: 73,603Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
Salvatore Schillaci received the Golden Boot award for scoring six goals in the World Cup. This made him the second Italian footballer to have this honour, after Paolo Rossi won the award in 1982. In total, 115 goals were scored by 75 players (none credited as own goals).
- 6 goals
- Salvatore Schillaci
- 5 goals
- Tomáš Skuhravý
- 4 goals
- Roger Milla
- Gary Lineker
- Míchel
- Lothar Matthäus
- 3 goals
- David Platt
- Andreas Brehme
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Rudi Völler
- 2 goals
- Claudio Caniggia
- Careca
- Müller
- Bernardo Redín
- Michal Bílek
- Roberto Baggio
- Gabi Balint
- Marius Lăcătuș
- Davor Jozić
- Darko Pančev
- Dragan Stojković
- 1 goal
- Andreas Ogris
- Gerhard Rodax
- Jorge Burruchaga
- Pedro Monzón
- Pedro Troglio
- Jan Ceulemans
- Lei Clijsters
- Michel De Wolf
- Marc Degryse
- Enzo Scifo
- Patrick Vervoort
- Eugène Ekéké
- Emmanuel Kundé
- François Omam-Biyik
- Freddy Rincón
- Carlos Valderrama
- Juan Cayasso
- Róger Flores
- Rónald González
- Hernán Medford
- Ivan Hašek
- Luboš Kubík
- Milan Luhový
- Magdi Abdelghani
- Mark Wright
- Giuseppe Giannini
- Aldo Serena
- Ruud Gullit
- Wim Kieft
- Ronald Koeman
- Niall Quinn
- Kevin Sheedy
- Mo Johnston
- Stuart McCall
- Hwangbo Kwan
- Igor Dobrovolski
- Oleh Protasov
- Oleksandr Zavarov
- Andrei Zygmantovich
- Alberto Górriz
- Julio Salinas
- Tomas Brolin
- Johnny Ekström
- Glenn Strömberg
- Khalid Ismaïl
- Ali Thani Jumaa
- Paul Caligiuri
- Bruce Murray
- Pablo Bengoechea
- Daniel Fonseca
- Uwe Bein
- Pierre Littbarski
- Robert Prosinečki
- Safet Sušić
### Awards
[41]
| Golden Boot | Best Young Player | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salvatore Schillaci | Robert Prosinečki | England |
| Golden Ball[42][43]_Rank | Golden Ball[42][43]_Player | Golden Ball[42][43]_Points |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1st | Salvatore Schillaci | 1629 |
| 2nd | Lothar Matthäus | 1036 |
| 3rd | Diego Maradona | 802 |
| 4th | Roger Milla | — |
| 5th | Jürgen Klinsmann | — |
| 6th | Roberto Baggio | — |
#### All-star team
FIFA published the first All-Star Team in 1938, but it never made an All-Star Team again until 1990 due to ensuing complaints. In 1990 an All-Star Team was announced in combination with the Golden Ball ceremony. It was chosen by the same journalists who chose the best player, but this team is still considered unofficial.[44]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Reserves |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sergio Goycochea | Paolo Maldini Giuseppe Bergomi Franco Baresi Guido Buchwald Andreas Brehme | Diego Maradona Lothar Matthäus Roberto Donadoni | Salvatore Schillaci Jürgen Klinsmann | Cláudio Taffarel Branco Jorge Burruchaga Roberto Baggio Claudio Caniggia |
### Final standings
After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1990 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[45][46]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | D | West Germany | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 12 | 1st |
| 2 | B | Argentina | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 2nd |
| 3 | A | Italy | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 13 | 3rd |
| 4 | F | England | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 4th |
| 5 | D | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | A | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 7 | B | Cameroon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 8 | F | Republic of Ireland | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 9 | C | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 10 | E | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 11 | E | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 12 | B | Romania | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 13 | C | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 14 | D | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 15 | F | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 16 | E | Uruguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 17 | B | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 18 | A | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 19 | C | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 20 | F | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 21 | C | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 22 | E | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 23 | A | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 24 | D | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
Source:
### Records
- Most wins: **Italy (6)**
- Fewest wins: **Egypt, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, South Korea, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United States** (0)
- Most defeats: **South Korea, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United States** (3)
- Fewest defeats: **Italy, West Germany** (0)
- First goal: **François Omam Biyik** (for Cameroon vs Argentina; Group B, 8 June)
- Fastest goal in a match: **3 minutes 59 seconds** – Safet Sušić (for Yugoslavia vs United Arab Emirates; Group D, 19 June)
- Latest goal scored in a match (apart from penalty shoot-outs): **119 minutes** – David Platt (for England vs Belgium; Round of 16, 26 June)
- Biggest win: **5–1** – by Czechoslovakia vs United States, and by West Germany vs United Arab Emirates
- Most goals in the tournament (team): **West Germany** (15)
- Most goals in the tournament (player): **Salvatore Schillaci** (Italy) (6)
- Fewest goals in the tournament (team): **Egypt** and **South Korea** (1)
- Most goals in a game: **6** (United States 1 Czechoslovakia 5; West Germany 5 United Arab Emirates 1)
- Most goals in a game (player): **3**, by **Míchel** (for Spain vs South Korea) and **Tomáš Skuhravý** (for Czechoslovakia vs Costa Rica)
- Fewest goals conceded: **Brazil**, **Egypt** and **Italy** (2)
- Total goals scored: **115** (average 2.21 goals per game, a record low in World Cup history)
- Most clean sheets: **Italy** (5)
- Total penalties awarded: **18** (13 scored, 5 missed)[47]
- Most yellow cards in a game: **9** – **Austria vs United States** (Group A, 19 June)
- Most yellow cards in the tournament: **Argentina** (22)
- Total yellow cards: **162**[48]
- Most red cards in the tournament: **Argentina** (3)
- Total red cards: **16** (a record high for a 24 team World Cup)
- Highest attendance: **74,765** – **West Germany vs Yugoslavia** (Group D, 10 June)
- Lowest attendance: **27,833** – **Yugoslavia vs United Arab Emirates** (Group D, 19 June)
- Average attendance: **48,391** (5th highest in World Cup history)
- Oldest player: **Peter Shilton** (England) (40 years 292 days)
- Youngest player: **Rónald González Brenes** (Costa Rica) (19 years 307 days)
- Italy's performance of 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses is the highest winning percentage for a team that did not win the World Cup.[49]
- The Republic of Ireland became the second team in World Cup history to reach the last eight without winning a match (Sweden progressed to the last eight by default in 1938 when Austria withdrew).
## Symbols
### Mascot
The official mascot of this World Cup was "Ciao", a stick figure player with a football head and an Italian tricolore body.[50][51][52][53][54][55] Its name is an Italian greeting.
### Match ball
The official match ball of this World Cup was the "Etrusco Unico", manufactured by Adidas.
### Music
The official song of this World Cup was "Un'estate italiana".
## See also
- Sir Bobby Robson Trophy match, a 2009 replay of the 1990 England Germany semi-final in honour of the England manager Bobby Robson
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# 1994 FIFA World Cup
The **1994 FIFA World Cup** was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988.[1] Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the host nation, the tournament was the most financially successful[2][3] in World Cup history. It broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per game,[4] figures that stand unsurpassed as of 2022,[5] despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams starting with the 1998 World Cup.[6]
Brazil was crowned the winner after defeating Italy 3–2 in a penalty shootout at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, near Los Angeles, after the game had ended 0–0 after extra time. It was the first World Cup final to be decided on penalties. The victory made Brazil the first nation to win four World Cup titles. There were three new entrants in the tournament: Greece, Nigeria, and Saudi Arabia; Russia also appeared as a separate nation for the first time, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, and for the first time since 1938, a unified Germany took part in the tournament. It was also the defending champion, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Bulgaria. It was the first World Cup where three points were awarded for a victory instead of two and also the first with the back-pass rule. This was done to encourage a more attacking style of soccer as a response to the criticism of the defensive tactics and low-scoring matches of the 1990 World Cup. This resulted in an average of 2.71 goals per match, compared to 2.21 in 1990.
## Background and preparations
### Bidding process
Three nations bid to host the event: United States, Brazil, and Morocco.[7] The vote was held in Zurich on July 4, 1988 (Independence Day in the United States), and only took one round with the United States bid receiving a little over half of the votes by the FIFA Executive Committee members.[7] FIFA hoped that by staging the world's most prestigious tournament there, it would lead to a growth of interest in the sport.[8]
An inspection committee also found that the proposed Brazilian stadiums were deficient, while the Moroccan bid relied on the construction of nine new stadiums. Conversely, all the proposed stadiums in the United States were already built and fully functioning; U.S. Soccer spent $500 million preparing and organizing the tournament, far less than the billions other countries previously had spent and subsequently would spend on preparing for this tournament.[9] The U.S. bid was seen as the favorite and was prepared in response to losing the right to be the replacement host for the 1986 tournament following Colombia's withdrawal.[10]
One condition FIFA imposed was the creation of a professional soccer league – Major League Soccer was founded in 1993 and began operating in 1996.[11] There was some initial controversy[12] about awarding the World Cup to a country where soccer was not a nationally popular sport, and at the time, in 1988,[13] the U.S. no longer had a professional league; the North American Soccer League, established in 1967, had folded in 1984 after attendance faded.[12] The success of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, particularly the soccer tournament that drew 1.4 million spectators throughout the event, also contributed to FIFA's decision.[14]
The United States had previously bid to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup, after Colombia withdrew as the host nation in November 1982 because of economic concerns. Despite a presentation led by former North American Soccer League players Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer, as well as former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the executive committee selected Mexico.[15] There were proposals by FIFA to introduce larger goals and breaks after every quarter instead of just at halftime in order to appease U.S. television advertisers.[16][17][18] These proposals were met with resistance,[19] and ultimately rejected.
## Venues
This section **needs additional citations for verification**. _(May 2019)_
This section **possibly contains original research**. _(February 2024)_
The games were played in nine cities across the contiguous United States.[20] All stadiums had a capacity of at least 53,000 and were occupied by professional or college American football teams.[21]
Other host city candidates included Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Tampa, as well as smaller communities such as Annapolis, Maryland; Columbus, Ohio; Corvallis, Oregon; and New Haven, Connecticut.[22] Some sites, including Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami and Candlestick Park in San Francisco, were rejected because of conflicts with Major League Baseball. Stanford Stadium, 30 miles (48 km) southeast of San Francisco,[23][24] and the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, were picked (the Miami Orange Bowl, another Miami venue, required major renovations to meet tournament standards).[25]
The Rose Bowl hosted the most matches with eight, four of them in the knockout stage, including the final. Giants Stadium hosted seven games including a semifinal; Foxborough Stadium, Stanford Stadium, and the Cotton Bowl hosted six games each, and Soldier Field, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, and the Citrus Bowl hosted five games each. Pontiac Silverdome, the first indoor stadium used in a World Cup, hosted the least number of matches, four group-stage games. The Silverdome was also the only venue of the nine used that did not host knockout round games.
Because of the large area of the continental United States, the game locations were often far apart. Some teams in Groups A and B had to travel from Los Angeles or San Francisco to Detroit and back again, covering 2,300 miles (3,700 km) and four time zones.
Teams in Groups C and D only played in Boston, Chicago, and Dallas—a trip from Boston to Dallas is 2,000 miles (3,200 km), but only covers two time zones; Chicago is in the same time zone as Dallas but is still 1,000 miles (1,600 km) away from both Dallas and Boston. Teams in Groups E and F played exclusively in East Coast cities and stayed in the same time zone.
The variety of climates in different cities across the United States also sometimes made playing conditions challenging.South, because of the combination of heat and extreme humidity.[26] The Floridian tropical climate of Orlando meant all games there were played in temperatures of 95 °F (35 °C) or above with dew points above 70 or more (the temperature there during the group stage game between Mexico and Ireland was 105 °F (41 °C)) due to the mid-day start times.[27] Dallas was not much different: in the humid heat of a Texas summer, temperatures exceeded 100 °F (38 °C) during mid-day, when games there were staged in the open-type Cotton Bowl meant that conditions were just as oppressive there as they were in Orlando.[28] Detroit also proved to be difficult: the Pontiac Silverdome did not have a working cooling system and because it was an air-supported stadium, the air could not escape through circulation, so temperatures inside the stadium would climb past 90 °F (32 °C) with 40% humidity. United States midfielder Thomas Dooley described the Silverdome as "the worst place I have ever played at".[29]
Aside from the oceanic coolness of Boston (Foxborough), the Mediterranean climate of San Francisco (Stanford), and occasionally the coolness of Chicago, as they had been in Mexico in 1970 and 1986 most matches were played in hot and/or humid conditions, thanks to nearly all of the games being scheduled to be played during the day. Although playing in the mostly dry heat and smoggy conditions of Los Angeles (Pasadena) and the mixture of heat and humidity of Washington and New Jersey sometimes proved to be difficult, the cities with the most consistently oppressive conditions were Orlando and Dallas in the
Since the tournament, Pontiac Silverdome, Giants Stadium, and Foxboro Stadium have been demolished, and RFK Stadium is slated for demolition by 2023[30] Stanford Stadium, the Cotton Bowl, the Citrus Bowl (now Camping World Stadium), and Soldier Field have all been moderately or heavily modified. The Rose Bowl is the only largely unmodified stadium used for this tournament.
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| Capacity: 94,194 | Capacity: 84,147 | Capacity: 77,557 | Capacity: 76,322 |
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| Soldier Field | Citrus Bowl | Foxboro Stadium | Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium |
| Capacity: 63,160 | Capacity: 62,387 | Capacity: 54,456 | Capacity: 53,121 |
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## Participating teams and officials
### Qualification
This section **needs additional citations for verification**. _(August 2021)_
Three teams—one African, one Asian, and one European—made their debuts at the 1994 tournament. Nigeria qualified from the African zone alongside Cameroon and Morocco as CAF was granted three spots as a result of the strong performances by African teams in 1986 and 1990. In the Asian zone, Saudi Arabia qualified for the first time by topping the final round group ahead of South Korea as both edged out Japan, which was close to making its own World Cup debut, but was denied by Iraq in what became known as the "Agony of Doha". In the European zone, Greece made its first World Cup appearance after topping a group from which Russia also qualified, competing independently for the first time after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The defending champion, West Germany, was united with its East German counterpart, representing the unified Germany for the first time since the 1938 World Cup. Norway qualified for the first time since 1938, Bolivia for the first time since 1950 (and the last time as of 2022), and Switzerland for the first time since 1966. Norway's 56-year gap between appearances in the final tournament equaled Egypt's record in the previous tournament as the longest. This record was later broken when Wales qualified for the 2022 tournament after a 64-year absence. Mexico had its first successful qualification campaign since 1978, failing to qualify in 1982, qualifying as host in 1986, and being banned for the Cachirules scandal in 1990.
The qualification campaigns of both Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were affected by political events. The nation of Czechoslovakia dissolved in 1993, completing its qualifying group under the name "Representation of Czechs and Slovaks" (RCS), but failed to qualify for the finals, having been edged out by Romania and Belgium in Group 4. Yugoslavia (which was supposed to play in Group 5) was suspended from international competition in 1992 as part of United Nations sanctions against the country as a result of the Yugoslav Wars. The sanctions were not lifted until 1994, by which time it was no longer possible for the team to qualify. Chile's suspension from the 1990 FIFA World Cup, following the forced interruption of its qualification game against Brazil, extended to the 1994 qualifiers as well.
This was the first World Cup since World War II in which none of the UK Home Nations of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales[31] qualified (they withdrew their FIFA memberships between 1928 and 1946, during the first three tournaments), with England (finishing third behind Norway and Netherlands in Group 2) missing out after having finished fourth in the 1990 tournament, and Scotland (who finished fourth in Group 1) failing to qualify for the first time since 1970.[32] France, which had been already designated as host of the 1998 tournament, also missed out following surprise home losses to Israel and Bulgaria.[33] This was the second World Cup in a row for which France had failed to qualify, and the last one to date not to feature England, France, and Japan. Other notable absentees were 1986 and 1990 Round of 16 participants Uruguay, UEFA Euro 1992 champions Denmark, Poland, Portugal, and Hungary.
#### List of qualified teams
The following 24 teams, shown with their pre-tournament FIFA World Ranking (in parentheses) from June 1994,[34] qualified for the final tournamentː
- AFC (2)
- Saudi Arabia (debut) (34)
- South Korea (37)
- CAF (3)
- Cameroon (24)
- Morocco (28)
- Nigeria (debut) (11)
- OFC (0)
- _None qualified_
- CONCACAF (2)
- Mexico (16)
- United States (23) (host)
- CONMEBOL (4)
- Argentina (8)
- Bolivia (43)
- Brazil (3)
- Colombia (17)
- UEFA (13)
- Belgium (27)
- Bulgaria (29)
- Germany (defending champion) (1)
- Greece (debut) (31)
- Italy (4)
- Netherlands (2)
- Norway (6)
- Republic of Ireland (14)
- Romania (7)
- Russia (19)
- Spain (5)
- Sweden (10)
- Switzerland (12)
Countries qualified for World Cup Country failed to qualify Countries that did not enter or were banned from the World Cup Country not a FIFA member
### Squads
Teams were selected following usual FIFA rules with 22 players. Greece, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and Spain were the only countries that had all their players coming from domestic teams, while the Republic of Ireland and Nigeria had no players from domestic teams. Saudi Arabia was the only team with no players from European teams.
### Referees
- CAF
- Lim Kee Chong
- Neji Jouini
- AFC
- Jamal Al Sharif
- Ali Bujsaim
- UEFA
- Fabio Baldas
- Manuel Díaz Vega
- Philip Don
- Bo Karlsson
- Hellmut Krug
- Peter Mikkelsen
- Leslie Mottram
- Pierluigi Pairetto
- Sándor Puhl
- Joël Quiniou
- Kurt Röthlisberger
- Mario van der Ende
- CONCACAF
- Arturo Angeles
- Rodrigo Badilla
- Arturo Brizio Carter
- CONMEBOL
- José Torres Cadena
- Ernesto Filippi
- Francisco Oscar Lamolina
- Renato Marsiglia
- Alberto Tejada
## Draw
### Seeding and drawing
The FIFA Organizing Committee upheld the tradition to seed the host (United States) and defending champion (Germany), along with the other four teams ranked in the top five based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups. The newly introduced FIFA World Ranking was not used as part of the calculated ranking for the seeding in this World Cup, as FIFA considered it to be too new.[35] Despite that it was not used in any way, for comparison purposes the teams' pre-tournament FIFA World ranking position from June 1994 are shown in parentheses,[36] followed by the official and used ranking (OR) position determined by the results obtained in the last three world cups.
The six top-seeded teams, were allocated in pot 1 and would be drawn into the first position of the six groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 18 teams were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the: six qualified teams from Africa and Americas in pot 2, the top-6 ranked European teams in pot 3, while pot 4 comprised the 7th-10th best qualified European teams along with the two qualified Asian teams.
The principle of the draw was that each of the six drawn groups would have one team drawn respectively from pot 1, 2, 3 and 4; while respecting the following geographical limitations:
1. At least two European teams from UEFA in all groups, with one group having three European teams.
2. United States and Mexico could not be drawn in the same group, because only one CONCACAF team per group.
3. Brazil and Argentina could not be drawn with another South American team, because only one CONMEBOL team per group.
4. As all qualified Asian teams from AFC were in pot 4, and all qualified African teams from CAF in pot 2, this automatically ensured only allowing maximum one Asian team and maximum one African team per group, as part of the normal draw procedure - without needing to observe special restricting sub-rules for them.
| Pot 1 Top-seeded teams (top 5 teams + hosts) | Pot 2 Africa & Americas (CAF, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL) | Pot 3 Best unseeded from Europe (UEFA) | Pot 4 Asia and worst ranked from Europe (AFC and UEFA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States (hosts) (23, OR=18) Germany (1990 champions) (1, OR=1) Argentina (8, OR=2) Italy (4, OR=3) Brazil (3, OR=4) Belgium (27, OR=5) | Mexico (16, OR=8) Cameroon (24, OR=9) Morocco (28, OR=11) Colombia (17, OR=13) Nigeria (11, OR=new) Bolivia (43, OR=new) | Spain (5, OR=6) Russia (19, OR=7) Ireland (14, OR=10) Romania (7, OR=12) Netherlands (2, OR=14) Bulgaria (29, OR=15) | South Korea (37, OR=16) Sweden (10, OR=17) Greece (31, OR=new) Norway (6, OR=new) Switzerland (12, OR=new) Saudi Arabia (34, OR=new) |
- The draw took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center and was televised live on December 19, 1993, on ESPN in the United States & Eurosport in all Europe with English language commentary on the latter channel by Scottish sportscaster Archie Macpherson.[37] The draw presenters were Dick Clark and Faye Dunaway.
Ahead of the draw, the FIFA Organizing Committee had decided to allocate the top-seeded first group position A1 for the United States as the host, C1 for defending champion Germany, and E1 for the Italian team, which had requested to play most of its group matches at Giants Stadium in New York. The three other top-seeded teams would be located at the first position of either group B/D/F, with the decision largely depending on the identity of the other drawn group members for the seeded teams. Therefore, this last decision would only be made by a secret vote made by the FIFA Organizing Committee a few minutes after all teams had been drawn for all groups, and the decision would only be announced as the last step of the televised draw event. To make this procedure possible, the six drawn groups would during the draw be given the colors green, orange, white, black, pink and blue; and the closing remarks at the event would then reveal the group letters represented by the colors. The six groups from A to F would play their group matches in the following nine cities:[38]
- Group A and B played in Detroit, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
- Group C and D played in Chicago, Dallas, and Boston.
- Group E and F played in New York, Washington DC, and Orlando.
Procedure for the draw:[39]
1. Pot 1 was used to draw the six top-seeded teams into the first position of the six groups designated by the colors green, orange, white, black, pink and blue. Group letters behind each color would only be decided by a following secret FIFA Organizing Committee vote and only be revealed after the draw had been completed, although the committee had already predetermined ahead of the draw that (1) the United States should play in group A, (2) Germany should play in group C, and (3) Italy should play in group E.[38]
2. Pot 2 was used to draw one team to each of the six colored groups, with the draw conducted in the color order from left to right (green, orange, white, black, pink, blue); while this order however at the same time had to respect the following restricted geographical rules:
- **Rule 1:** First two drawn non South American teams shall irrespectively of the color order, first be drawn into the two groups led by a South American team, in order to avoid the possibility for these groups later to be drawn by a second South American team.
- **Rule 2:** First drawn South American team or one of the last two African teams shall irrespectively of the color order, first be drawn into the group led by the CONCACAF team, the United States, in order to avoid the possibility for this group later to be drawn by the second CONCACAF team Mexico.
- **Rule 3:** One of the two South American teams or one of the last two African teams shall irrespectively of the color order, first be drawn into the first available open group being led by a European team, in order to avoid the meeting of two South American teams in the same group.
- **Rule 4:** Mexico can not be drawn together with the United States as they are both CONCACAF teams, so Mexico will be grouped with the first still open available group being led by a European or South American team, as per the color order.
3. Pot 3 was used to draw one European team to each of the six colored groups, with the draw conducted in the color order from left to right (green, orange, white, black, pink, blue).
4. Pot 4 was used to draw one European/Asian team to each of six colored groups, with the draw conducted in the color order from left to right (green, orange, white, black, pink, blue). However, in order to respect the geographical rule that five of the groups shall have two European teams - and the rule that three European teams is only allowed in one group, the color order will be skipped subject to these allocation rules:
- **Rule 1:** All drawn Asian (AFC) teams would not be drawn into any of the three groups led by a top-seeded CONCACAF/CONMEBOL team (United States/Brazil/Argentina), but would instead only be allowed to join a group being led by a top-seeded European team.
- **Rule 2:** All drawn European (UEFA) teams, shall first be drawn into the three groups led by a top-seeded CONCACAF/CONMEBOL team (United States/Brazil/Argentina), until the point of time when only European team(s) remain to be drawn from the last pot 4.
5. The exact group position number for the teams (2, 3 or 4) in each colored group, were also drawn immediately from six special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot 2, 3 and 4.
6. Group letters behind each color (green, orange, white, black, pink and blue) would finally be decided by a final secret FIFA Organizing Committee vote, being announced as the last part of the televised event.
The draw was officiated by FIFA general-secretary Sepp Blatter. Teams were drawn by German legend Franz Beckenbauer, heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield and comedian and actor Robin Williams. Numbers for placement in the group were drawn by actor Beau Bridges, Women's World Cup champion Michelle Akers, model Carol Alt, artist Peter Max, racecar driver Mario Andretti and Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics Mary Lou Retton.[40][41][39]
### Results of the draw
| Group A (blue) | Group B (orange) | Group C (green) | Group D (white) | Group E (pink) | Group F (black) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States (23, OR=18) Switzerland (12, OR=new) Colombia (17, OR=13) Romania (7, OR=12) | Brazil (3, OR=4) Russia (19, OR=7) Cameroon (24, OR=9) Sweden (10, OR=17) | Germany (1, OR=1) Bolivia (43, OR=new) Spain (5, OR=6) South Korea (37, OR=16) | Argentina (8, OR=2) Greece (31, OR=new) Nigeria (11, OR=new) Bulgaria (29, OR=15) | Italy (4, OR=3) Ireland (14, OR=10) Norway (6, OR=new) Mexico (16, OR=8) | Belgium (27, OR=5) Morocco (28, OR=11) Netherlands (2, OR=14) Saudi Arabia (34, OR=new) |
In each group, the teams played three games, one against each of the other teams. After completion of the group stage, the best two teams in each group, as well as the four best-ranked third-place teams, advanced to the round of 16 in the knockout stage. This format was identical to the tournament structure used in 1986 and 1990 except that a win now earned three points instead of two, to encourage more attacking play.
## Summary
The format of the competition stayed the same as in the 1990 World Cup: 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four. Sixteen teams would qualify for the knockout phase: the six group winners, the six group runners-up, and the four third-placed teams with the best records. This was the last time this format was used, due to the expansion of the finals tournament in 1998 to 32 teams. FIFA introduced three rule changes for this tournament to encourage attacking play: three points awarded for a win in a group stage match instead of two, a relaxed offside rule and a ban on picking up back-passes to goalkeepers. The number of goals increased to 2.73 per game from the record-low of 2.21 in 1990.[42]
The tournament saw the end of Diego Maradona's World Cup career, having played in the 1982, 1986, and 1990 World Cups, and leading Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title and the final of the 1990 World Cup. Maradona was expelled from the tournament by FIFA after he failed a drug test that uncovered ephedrine, a weight-loss drug, in his blood. Colombia, despite high expectations due to their style and impressive qualifying campaign, failed to advance from the round robin. The team was dogged by influence from betting syndicates and drug cartels, with coach Francisco Maturana receiving death threats over squad selection.[43][44] After scoring an own goal for the United States and effectively eliminating Colombia from the competition, defender Andrés Escobar was shot to death on his return to Colombia outside a bar in a Medellín suburb 10 days later, possibly in retaliation for his mistake.[45]
Lothar Matthäus scoring a penalty kick in Germany's quarterfinal against Bulgaria at Giants Stadium on July 10. Bulgaria came back to win the game.
Bulgaria was one of the biggest surprises of the tournament. The Bulgarians had never won a game in five previous World Cup appearances, but, led by Hristo Stoichkov, who would eventually share the tournament lead in scoring, they presented a formidable challenge for the title. The team won two of their three group games to qualify for the second round, where they advanced after a 3–1 penalty shootout win over Mexico. They then faced reigning world champions Germany in the quarterfinals, where goals from Stoichkov and Letchkov gave them a 2–1 victory.[46] Bulgaria went on to finish in fourth place after losing to Italy in the semifinals and Sweden in the third-place game.
The host nation United States, after a 23rd-place finish in the 1990 tournament, advanced to the second round as one of the best third-place teams. They were eliminated in the Round of 16 in a 1–0 defeat to Brazil on Independence Day.
Brazil's win over the hosts helped take them to the final against Italy. Brazil's path was relatively smooth as they never trailed over 270 minutes of the knockout stage, defeating the Netherlands in the quarterfinals and Sweden in the semis after the aforementioned win over the hosts. The Italians meanwhile had made hard work of reaching the final. During the group stage, Italy struggled and narrowly advanced to the next round, despite losing 1–0 to the Republic of Ireland. Italian playmaker Roberto Baggio, who as the reigning FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon D'Or holder, was expected to be one of the stars of the tournament, had not yet scored a goal. During the Round of 16 games against Nigeria, Italy was trailing 1–0 in the dying minutes when Baggio scored the tying goal, forcing the game into extra time. He scored again with a penalty kick to send Italy through. Baggio carried the Italians from there, scoring the game-winning goal in the quarterfinal against Spain, and both goals in Italy's semifinal victory over Bulgaria.[47]
The third-place playoff was set between Bulgaria and Sweden, the team which scored more goals than any other in this World Cup with 15 over seven matches. These teams had also previously met in the qualifying group. Sweden won, 4–0. Swedish forward Tomas Brolin was named to the All-star team.[48]
The final game at the Rose Bowl was tense but devoid of scoring chances. It was the second time in 24 years that the two nations had met in a final. After 120 goalless minutes, the World Cup was decided for the first time by a penalty shootout. After four rounds, Brazil led 3–2, and Baggio, playing injured, had to score to keep Italy's hopes alive.[47] He missed by shooting it over the crossbar, and the Brazilians were crowned champions for the fourth time.[49] After the game ended, Vice President Al Gore hosted the awarding ceremony by handing Brazilian captain Dunga the prestigious trophy; the Brazil national team dedicated the title to the deceased Formula One motor racing champion and countryman Ayrton Senna, who had died two and a half months prior.[50]
The tournament's Golden Boot went jointly to Bulgaria's Stoichkov and Oleg Salenko of Russia, the latter becoming the first player to score five goals in a game, coming in a 6–1 victory against Cameroon. Both players scored six goals in the tournament. Brazilian striker Romário, with five goals, won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player.[49]
Despite the controversy, the U.S. staged a hugely successful tournament, with an average attendance of nearly 70,000, surpassing the 1966 FIFA World Cup average attendance of 51,000, thanks to the large seating capacities of the stadiums in the United States in comparison to the generally smaller venues of Europe and Latin America. To this day, the total attendance for the final tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the highest in World Cup history, despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams at the 1998 World Cup in France.[5]
### Opening ceremony
President Bill Clinton (left, white shirt) and First Lady Hillary Clinton (in blue, wearing sunglasses) watching the opening match in Chicago.
The opening ceremony of the World Cup was held on June 17 at Chicago's Soldier Field. The ceremony was emceed by Oprah Winfrey, who introduced Diana Ross: she gave a musical performance. Ross was also intended to score a penalty at the beginning of her performance, with the goal then splitting in two as part of a pre-orchestrated stunt.[51] Instead, she kicked the ball wide to the left, missing the goal, but the goalposts collapsed anyway in accordance with the stunt plans. In addition, Daryl Hall and Jon Secada also gave musical performances.[52] It was officially opened by then-President Bill Clinton.[53]
## Group stage
_Times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) (East Rutherford, Foxborough, Orlando, Pontiac and Washington), Central Daylight Time (UTC−5) (Chicago and Dallas), and Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7) (Pasadena and Stanford)._
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarterfinals Round of 16
Group stage
In the following tables:
- **Pld** = total games played
- **W** = total games won
- **D** = total games drawn (tied)
- **L** = total games lost
- **GF** = total goals scored (goals for)
- **GA** = total goals conceded (goals against)
- **GD** = goal difference (GF−GA)
- **Pts** = total points accumulated
### Group A
The Group A game between the United States and Switzerland was the first to take place indoors, played under the roof at the Pontiac Silverdome.
Following the tournament, Colombian defender Andrés Escobar was shot dead on his return to Colombia, possibly in retaliation, after his own goal had contributed to his country's elimination.
Victories against Colombia and the United States (in front of a crowd of 93,869) were enough to see Romania through as group winners, despite a 4–1 hammering by Switzerland in between. The magnitude of that victory allowed Switzerland to move ahead of the United States on goal difference, although the hosts qualified for the second round as one of the best third-placed teams.
Switzerland's 4–1 victory over Romania came nearly 40 years to the date of Switzerland's last World Cup victory, also a 4–1 victory, on that occasion over Italy. The United States' 2–1 victory over Colombia was its first World Cup victory since June 29, 1950, when it upset England 1–0 in the 1950 World Cup.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | United States (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
| United States | 1–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wynalda 45' | Report | Bregy 39' |
Pontiac Silverdome, PontiacAttendance: 73,425Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)
| Colombia | 1–3 | Romania |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Valencia 43' | Report | Răducioiu 16', 89'Hagi 34' |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 91,856Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
| Romania | 1–4 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hagi 35' | Report | Sutter 16'Chapuisat 52'Knup 65', 72' |
Pontiac Silverdome, PontiacAttendance: 61,428Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
| United States | 2–1 | Colombia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Escobar 35' (o.g.)Stewart 52' | Report | Valencia 90' |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 93,869Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
| 0–2 | Colombia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Gaviria 44'Lozano 90' |
Stanford Stadium, StanfordAttendance: 83,401Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
| 0–1 | Romania |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Petrescu 18' |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 93,869Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
### Group B
Group B produced two of the four semifinalists of this World Cup — Brazil and Sweden — and was also one of the two groups in which only two, rather than three, sides progressed to the second round. The match between the two eliminated teams, Cameroon and Russia, broke two World Cup records. Oleg Salenko of Russia became the first – and remains the only
– man to score five goals in a single World Cup game as Russia won 6–1. The goals also ensured that Salenko finished the tournament joint-top scorer with six goals, having previously bagged one against Sweden. Cameroon left a mark too as Roger Milla, at the age of 42, became the oldest World Cup goalscorer of all time, as he grabbed his side's consolation goal in the game. The result was not enough to take Russia through following losses to Brazil and Sweden. Brazil beat Cameroon, and then confirmed the top spot with a draw to Sweden.
The Swedes also progressed, finishing in second place with five points. Sweden's 3–1 victory over Russia was the nation's first World Cup victory since July 3, 1974. Russia failed to progress to the second round for the second time (accounting for the Soviet Union's results four years before), while Cameroon failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament.[54]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Cameroon | 2–2 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Embé 31'Omam-Biyik 47' | Report | Ljung 8'Dahlin 75' |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 93,194Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Romário 26'Raí 52' (pen.) | Report |
Stanford Stadium, StanfordAttendance: 81,061Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
| Brazil | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Romário 39'Márcio Santos 66'Bebeto 73' | Report |
Stanford Stadium, StanfordAttendance: 83,401Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| Sweden | 3–1 | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brolin 39' (pen.)Dahlin 60', 82' | Report | Salenko 4' (pen.) |
Pontiac Silverdome, PontiacAttendance: 71,528Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| Russia | 6–1 | Cameroon |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salenko 15', 41', 44' (pen.), 72', 75'Radchenko 81' | Report | Milla 46' |
Stanford Stadium, StanfordAttendance: 74,914Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
| Brazil | 1–1 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Romário 47' | Report | K. Andersson 23' |
Pontiac Silverdome, PontiacAttendance: 77,217Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
### Group C
As was the case with Group B, Group C would only send two teams into the Round of 16 as Spain and defending champions Germany progressed to round two. Coming from two goals down with four minutes left to snatch a 2–2 draw against Spain, the South Koreans very nearly eclipsed that feat against Germany when they came from 3–0 down to lose narrowly 3–2. In spite of these comebacks, South Korea was held to a 0–0 draw against Bolivia in their other group game when a win would have seen them through. Spain's late implosion against the South Koreans effectively decided that it would be Germany who won the group and not them.
Germany, who defeated Bolivia 1–0 in the tournament's opening game, finished with seven points. Spain had to settle for second place despite leading in all three games.
Despite Bolivia finishing last in the group, Erwin Sanchez made team history after scoring the nation's first World Cup goal in a 3–1 loss to Spain. Prior to 1994, Bolivia had never scored in either of their previous appearances at the 1930 and 1950 World Cups.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Klinsmann 61' | Report |
Soldier Field, ChicagoAttendance: 63,117Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| Spain | 2–2 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salinas 51'Goikoetxea 55' | Report | Hong Myung-bo 85'Seo Jung-won 90' |
Cotton Bowl, DallasAttendance: 56,247Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
| Germany | 1–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Klinsmann 48' | Report | Goikoetxea 14' |
Soldier Field, ChicagoAttendance: 63,113Referee: Filippi Cavani (Uruguay)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Foxboro Stadium, FoxboroughAttendance: 54,453Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
| Bolivia | 1–3 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E. Sánchez 67' | Report | Guardiola 19' (pen.)Caminero 66', 70' |
Soldier Field, ChicagoAttendance: 63,089Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
| Germany | 3–2 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Klinsmann 12', 37'Riedle 20' | Report | Hwang Sun-hong 52'Hong Myung-bo 63' |
Cotton Bowl, DallasAttendance: 63,998Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
### Group D
Tournament favorites Argentina led by Diego Maradona collected a maximum of six points from their opening two games after dominating Greece 4–0 in Foxboro with a Gabriel Batistuta hattrick before winning a close match against a formidable Nigeria with a 2–1 victory on the same field four days later; despite this Argentina finished third in the group. Nigeria had been very impressive on their World Cup debut, and despite the narrow loss to Argentina, had emerged as group winners following victories against Bulgaria and Greece, the latter in which Nigeria doubled its lead late on a goal from Daniel Amokachi – a goal that would allow Nigeria to top its group. Maradona only played with Argentina during their first two games, both in Foxborough (playing Greece and Nigeria and scoring his last ever World Cup goal against the former); he was thrown out of the tournament after testing positive for ephedrine.
Having qualified for the tournament through a last-gasp goal against France, Bulgaria surprised many people, as the nation had never even won a game at the World Cup finals prior to this tournament. Despite losing its opening game 3–0 to Nigeria, Bulgaria came back in style with a 4–0 win over neighbor Greece (who had suffered exactly the same fate five days earlier against Argentina), and a 2–0 win against Argentina saw them advance. Argentina had actually been winning the group going into injury time, while Bulgaria played the last 25 minutes with 10 men; however, a 91st-minute header from Nasko Sirakov meant that Argentina dropped two places and finished third. Nigeria won the group on goal difference. Bulgaria's victory over Argentina earned them second place.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Argentina | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Batistuta 2', 44', 90' (pen.)Maradona 60' | Report |
Foxboro Stadium, FoxboroughAttendance: 54,456Referee: Arturo Angeles (United States)
| Nigeria | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Yekini 21'Amokachi 43'Amunike 55' | Report |
Cotton Bowl, DallasAttendance: 44,132Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
| Argentina | 2–1 | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Caniggia 21', 28' | Report | Siasia 8' |
Foxboro Stadium, FoxboroughAttendance: 54,453Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)
| Bulgaria | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Stoichkov 5' (pen.), 55' (pen.)Letchkov 65'Borimirov 90' | Report |
Soldier Field, ChicagoAttendance: 63,160Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
| 0–2 | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Stoichkov 61'Sirakov 90+3' |
Cotton Bowl, DallasAttendance: 63,998Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
| 0–2 | Nigeria |
| --- | --- |
| Report | George 45+2'Amokachi 90+5' |
Foxboro Stadium, FoxboroughAttendance: 53,001Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
### Group E
Italy and Norway getting ready to play at Giants Stadium
Group E remains the only group in World Cup history in which all four teams finished with the same points. All four teams even had the same goal difference. It began at Giants Stadium where Ray Houghton's chip ensured a shock Irish victory over the then-three-time champions Italy by 1–0, as well as gaining a measure of revenge for the previous World Cup, in which Italy both hosted and eliminated Ireland at the quarterfinal stage. The next day in Washington, Norway played its first World Cup game since 1938 and Kjetil Rekdal's goal five minutes from time proved decisive in an equally tense encounter as Norway beat Mexico.
In the second round of group play, Luis García's double had Mexico 2–0 up and in control of the game before a disagreement on the touchline resulted in fines for both Republic of Ireland's manager, Jack Charlton, and their striker John Aldridge. Aldridge was able to regain concentration in time to score six minutes from the end of the game to make it 2–1. Despite their loss, Aldridge's goal proved crucial to Ireland in the final group standings.
During the previous day at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, Italy's World Cup hopes seemed to be diminishing fast as goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca was sent off with the game still at 0–0. Yet despite this, Italy was still able to salvage an important 1–0 victory. Norway would ultimately pay a price for their inability to take advantage of Pagliuca's dismissal. With the four teams level on points, the final two group games would each have to finish as draws for things to stay that way. Republic of Ireland made it through after a dreary 0–0 draw with Norway; while Massaro and Bernal traded strikes as Italy and Mexico played to a 1–1 draw.
Those results meant that Mexico won the group on goals scored, with three in the group. With Ireland and Italy also progressing having finished with identical records, the Irish team qualified as second place as a result of their victory against the Italians. Norway's shortcomings in attack ultimately let them down, and they exited the tournament with only one goal.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–1 | Republic of Ireland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Houghton 11' |
Giants Stadium, East RutherfordAttendance: 75,338Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
| Norway | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rekdal 84' | Report |
RFK Stadium, WashingtonAttendance: 52,395Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
| Italy | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| D. Baggio 69' | Report |
Giants Stadium, East RutherfordAttendance: 74,624Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
| Mexico | 2–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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| García 42', 65' | Report | Aldridge 84' |
Citrus Bowl, OrlandoAttendance: 60,790Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
| Italy | 1–1 | Mexico |
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| Massaro 48' | Report | Bernal 57' |
RFK Stadium, WashingtonAttendance: 52,535Referee: Francisco Oscar Lamolina (Argentina)
| 0–0 |
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| Report |
Giants Stadium, East RutherfordAttendance: 72,404Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
### Group F
Just as happened to Argentina in Group D, Belgium endured the same fate in Group F. Despite winning both of its first two matches 1–0 against Morocco and neighbors Netherlands, Belgium finished third as, in an upset, it lost to tournament newcomers Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the third game. During that game, Saudi player Saaed Al-Owairan ran from his own half through a maze of Belgian players to score the game's only goal.
Saudi Arabia advanced through to the Round of 16 as well, having also defeated Morocco 2–1. The Netherlands endured a somewhat nervier experience. The opening 2–1 victory against Saudi Arabia was followed by the 1–0 loss against Belgium before another 2–1 victory against Morocco, with Bryan Roy scoring the winner a mere 12 minutes from time, saw the Dutch win the group having scored more goals than Belgium and beaten Saudi Arabia. Morocco, despite losing all three of their group games, did not leave without a fight, as each of their losses were by just a single goal, 1–0 to Belgium, 2–1 to Saudi Arabia, and 2–1 to the Netherlands.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Belgium | 1–0 |
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| Degryse 11' | Report |
Citrus Bowl, OrlandoAttendance: 61,219Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jonk 50'Taument 86' | Report | Anwar 18' |
RFK Stadium, WashingtonAttendance: 50,535Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)
| Belgium | 1–0 |
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| Albert 65' | Report |
Citrus Bowl, OrlandoAttendance: 62,387Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
| Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Morocco |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Al-Jaber 7' (pen.)Anwar 45' | Report | Chaouch 26' |
Giants Stadium, East RutherfordAttendance: 76,322Referee: Philip Don (England)
| 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Al-Owairan 5' |
RFK Stadium, WashingtonAttendance: 52,959Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
| Morocco | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nader 47' | Report | Bergkamp 43'Roy 77' |
Citrus Bowl, OrlandoAttendance: 60,578Referee: Alberto Tejada Noriega (Peru)
### Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | D | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | F | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | A | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | E | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | B | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | |
| 6 | C | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
## Knockout stage
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | |
| July 3 – Pasadena | July 3 – Pasadena | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| July 3 – Pasadena | July 3 – Pasadena | | | | | | | | | | | Romania | 3 | |
| July 10 – Stanford | July 10 – Stanford | | | | | | | | | | | Romania | 3 | |
| July 10 – Stanford | July 10 – Stanford | | | Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Romania | 2 (4) | | Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Romania | 2 (4) | July 3 – Dallas | July 3 – Dallas | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sweden (p) | July 3 – Dallas | July 3 – Dallas | | 2 (5) | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sweden (p) | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2 (5) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Saudi Arabia | 1 | July 13 – Pasadena | July 13 – Pasadena | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Sweden | 3 | July 13 – Pasadena | July 13 – Pasadena | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Sweden | 3 | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | July 4 – Orlando | July 4 – Orlando | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | July 4 – Orlando | July 4 – Orlando | | Brazil | | | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 2 | | Brazil | | 1 | | | | | | |
| | July 9 – Dallas | July 9 – Dallas | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | July 9 – Dallas | July 9 – Dallas | Republic of Ireland | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands | 2 | Republic of Ireland | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands | 2 | July 4 – Stanford | July 4 – Stanford | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 3 | July 4 – Stanford | July 4 – Stanford | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 3 | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | July 17 – Pasadena | July 17 – Pasadena | | | |
| | | | United States | 0 | | | | | | July 17 – Pasadena | July 17 – Pasadena | | | |
| | | | United States | 0 | | | | | | Brazil (p) | | | 0 (3) | |
| | | | July 5 – East Rutherford | July 5 – East Rutherford | | | | | | Brazil (p) | | | 0 (3) | |
| | | | July 5 – East Rutherford | July 5 – East Rutherford | | | | | | | | | Italy | 0 (2) |
| | | | Mexico | 1 (1) | | | | | | | | Italy | 0 (2) | |
| | July 10 – East Rutherford | July 10 – East Rutherford | Mexico | 1 (1) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | July 10 – East Rutherford | July 10 – East Rutherford | Bulgaria (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bulgaria | 2 | Bulgaria (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bulgaria | 2 | July 2 – Chicago | July 2 – Chicago | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Germany | 1 | July 2 – Chicago | July 2 – Chicago | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Germany | 1 | Germany | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Germany | 3 | | July 13 – East Rutherford | July 13 – East Rutherford | | | | | | | |
| | | | Belgium | 2 | | July 13 – East Rutherford | July 13 – East Rutherford | | | | | | | |
| | | | Belgium | 2 | | Bulgaria | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | July 5 – Foxborough | July 5 – Foxborough | | Bulgaria | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | July 5 – Foxborough | July 5 – Foxborough | | Italy | 2 | | | | | Third place playoff | Third place playoff | |
| | | | Nigeria | 1 | | Italy | 2 | | | | | Third place playoff | Third place playoff | |
| | July 9 – Foxborough | July 9 – Foxborough | Nigeria | 1 | | | | | | | | July 16 – Pasadena | July 16 – Pasadena | |
| | July 9 – Foxborough | July 9 – Foxborough | Italy (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | July 16 – Pasadena | July 16 – Pasadena | |
| | Italy | 2 | Italy (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | Sweden | 4 | |
| | Italy | 2 | July 2 – Washington | July 2 – Washington | | | | | | | | Sweden | 4 | |
| | Spain | 1 | July 2 – Washington | July 2 – Washington | | | | | | | | Bulgaria | 0 | |
| | Spain | 1 | Spain | 3 | | | | | | | | Bulgaria | 0 | |
| | Switzerland | 0 | Spain | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
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### Round of 16
| Germany | 3–2 | Belgium |
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| Völler 6', 38'Klinsmann 11' | Report | Grün 8'Albert 90' |
Soldier Field, ChicagoAttendance: 60,246Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)
| Spain | 3–0 |
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| Hierro 15'Luis Enrique 74'Begiristain 86' (pen.) | Report |
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.Attendance: 53,121Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
| Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Sweden |
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| Al-Ghesheyan 85' | Report | Dahlin 6'K. Andersson 51', 88' |
Cotton Bowl, DallasAttendance: 60,277Referee: Renato Marsiglia (Brazil)
| Romania | 3–2 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dumitrescu 11', 18'Hagi 58' | Report | Batistuta 16' (pen.)Balbo 75' |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 90,469Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
| Netherlands | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Bergkamp 11'Jonk 41' | Report |
Citrus Bowl, OrlandoAttendance: 61,355Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Bebeto 72' | Report |
Stanford Stadium, StanfordAttendance: 84,147Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| Nigeria | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amunike 25' | Report | R. Baggio 88', 102' (pen.) |
Foxboro Stadium, FoxboroughAttendance: 54,367Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| Mexico | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| García Aspe 18' (pen.) | Report | Stoichkov 6' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| García Aspe Bernal Rodríguez Suárez | 1–3 | Balakov Genchev Borimirov Letchkov |
Giants Stadium, East RutherfordAttendance: 71,030Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
### Quarterfinals
| Italy | 2–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| D. Baggio 25'R. Baggio 88' | Report | Caminero 58' |
Foxboro Stadium, FoxboroughAttendance: 53,400Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bergkamp 64'Winter 76' | Report | Romário 53'Bebeto 63'Branco 81' |
Cotton Bowl, DallasAttendance: 63,500Referee: Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica)
| Bulgaria | 2–1 | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stoichkov 75'Letchkov 78' | Report | Matthäus 47' (pen.) |
Giants Stadium, East RutherfordAttendance: 72,000Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
| Romania | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Răducioiu 88', 101' | Report | Brolin 78'K. Andersson 115' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Răducioiu Hagi Lupescu Petrescu Dumitrescu Belodedici | 4–5 | Mild K. Andersson Brolin Ingesson R. Nilsson Larsson |
Stanford Stadium, StanfordAttendance: 83,500Referee: Philip Don (England)
### Semifinals
| Bulgaria | 1–2 | Italy |
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| Stoichkov 44' (pen.) | Report | R. Baggio 21', 25' |
Giants Stadium, East RutherfordAttendance: 74,110Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
| 0–1 | Brazil |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Romário 80' |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 91,856Referee: José Torres Cadena (Colombia)
### Third place playoff
| Sweden | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Brolin 8'Mild 30'Larsson 37'K. Andersson 39' | Report |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 91,500Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
### Final
| Brazil | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
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| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Márcio Santos Romário Branco Dunga | 3–2 | Baresi Albertini Evani Massaro R. Baggio |
Rose Bowl, PasadenaAttendance: 94,194Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
Hristo Stoichkov and Oleg Salenko received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals.[55] In total, 141 goals were scored by 81 players, with only one of them credited as an own goal.
**6 goals**
- Hristo Stoichkov
- Oleg Salenko
**5 goals**
- Romário
- Roberto Baggio
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Kennet Andersson
**4 goals**
- Gabriel Batistuta
- Florin Răducioiu
- Martin Dahlin
**3 goals**
- Bebeto
- Dennis Bergkamp
- Gheorghe Hagi
- José Luis Caminero
- Tomas Brolin
**2 goals**
- Claudio Caniggia
- Philippe Albert
- Yordan Letchkov
- Adolfo Valencia
- Rudi Völler
- Dino Baggio
- Hong Myung-bo
- Luis García
- Wim Jonk
- Daniel Amokachi
- Emmanuel Amunike
- Ilie Dumitrescu
- Fuad Anwar
- Jon Andoni Goikoetxea
- Adrian Knup
**1 goal**
- Abel Balbo
- Diego Maradona
- Marc Degryse
- Georges Grün
- Erwin Sánchez
- Branco
- Márcio Santos
- Raí
- Daniel Borimirov
- Nasko Sirakov
- David Embé
- Roger Milla
- François Omam-Biyik
- Hermán Gaviria
- John Harold Lozano
- Lothar Matthäus
- Karl-Heinz Riedle
- John Aldridge
- Ray Houghton
- Daniele Massaro
- Hwang Sun-hong
- Seo Jung-won
- Mohammed Chaouch
- Hassan Nader
- Marcelino Bernal
- Alberto García Aspe
- Bryan Roy
- Gaston Taument
- Aron Winter
- Finidi George
- Samson Siasia
- Rashidi Yekini
- Kjetil Rekdal
- Dan Petrescu
- Dmitri Radchenko
- Fahad Al-Ghesheyan
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Saeed Al-Owairan
- Txiki Begiristain
- Pep Guardiola
- Fernando Hierro
- Luis Enrique
- Julio Salinas
- Henrik Larsson
- Roger Ljung
- Håkan Mild
- Georges Bregy
- Stéphane Chapuisat
- Alain Sutter
- Earnie Stewart
- Eric Wynalda
**Own goals**
- Andrés Escobar (against the United States)
### Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | Yashin Award | Best Young Player | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | Most Entertaining Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hristo Stoichkov Oleg Salenko | Romário | Michel Preud'homme | Marc Overmars | Brazil | Brazil |
### All-star team
The All-star team is a squad consisting of the eleven most impressive players at the 1994 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group.
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michel Preud'homme | Jorginho Márcio Santos Paolo Maldini | Dunga Krasimir Balakov Gheorghe Hagi Tomas Brolin | Romário Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Baggio |
### Final standings
After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1994 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[56]
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | B | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 17 |
| 2 | Italy | E | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 14 |
| 3 | Sweden | B | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 12 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | D | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 |
| Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals | Eliminated in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Germany | C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
| 6 | Romania | A | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 |
| 7 | Netherlands | F | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 |
| 8 | Spain | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 9 | Nigeria | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 10 | Argentina | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
| 11 | Belgium | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| 13 | Mexico | E | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | United States | A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 15 | Switzerland | A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| 16 | Republic of Ireland | E | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 17 | Norway | E | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Russia | B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 |
| 19 | Colombia | A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 20 | South Korea | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 21 | Bolivia | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 22 | Cameroon | B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 1 |
| 23 | Morocco | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| 24 | Greece | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
### Disciplinary statistics
- Total number of yellow cards: **235**
- Average yellow cards per game: **4.52**
- Total number of red cards: **15**
- Average red cards per match: **0.29**
- First yellow card of the tournament: Jürgen Kohler – Germany against Bolivia
- First red card of the tournament: Marco Etcheverry – Bolivia against Germany
- Fastest yellow card from kick off: **1 minute** – Sergei Gorlukovich – Russia against Sweden
- Fastest yellow card after coming on as substitute: **2 minutes** – Daniel Borimirov – Bulgaria against Greece (introduced in the 82nd minute)
- Latest yellow card in a game without extra time: **90 minutes** – José Luis Caminero – Spain against Bolivia, Yuri Nikiforov – Russia against Cameroon, Mohamed Al-Deayea – Saudi Arabia against Morocco
- Latest yellow card in a game with extra time: **108 minutes** – Basarab Panduru – Romania against Sweden
- Fastest dismissal from kick off: **21 minutes** – Gianluca Pagliuca – Italy against Norway
- Fastest dismissal of a substitute: **3 minutes** – Ion Vlădoiu – Romania against Switzerland (introduced in the 80th minute)
- Latest dismissal in a game without extra time: **89 minutes** – Gustavo Quinteros – Bolivia against Germany
- Latest dismissal in a game with extra time: **101 minutes** – Stefan Schwarz – Sweden against Romania
- Least time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: **21 minutes** – Fernando Clavijo – United States against Brazil (booked in the 64th minute and again in the 85th minute)
- Most yellow cards (team): **23** – Bulgaria
- Most red cards (team): **2** – Bolivia, Bulgaria, Italy, Sweden
- Fewest yellow cards (team): **5** – Cameroon
- Most yellow cards (player): **4** – Zlatko Yankov
- Most red cards (player): **1** – Fernando Clavijo, Luis Cristaldo, Marco Etcheverry, Luis García, Sergei Gorlukovich, Emil Kremenliev, Leonardo, Miguel Ángel Nadal, Gianluca Pagliuca, Stefan Schwarz, Rigobert Song, Jonas Thern, Tsanko Tsvetanov, Ion Vlădoiu, Gianfranco Zola
- Most yellow cards (match): **10** – Mexico vs Bulgaria
- Most red cards (match): **2** – Mexico vs Bulgaria
- Fewest yellow cards (match): **1** – Netherlands vs Republic of Ireland
- Most cards in one match: **10 yellow cards and 2 red cards** – Mexico vs Bulgaria
## Symbols
### Mascot
Striker, the official mascot of the tournament.
The official mascot of this World Cup was "Striker, the World Cup Pup", a dog wearing a red, white and blue soccer uniform with a ball.[57] Striker was designed by the Warner Bros. animation team.[58] A dog was picked as the mascot because dogs are a popular domestic pet in the United States.[58]
### Match ball
The official match ball was "Questra", manufactured by Adidas.[59] Following the convention of the addition of decorations to the established Adidas Tango style since the Azteca and the Etrusco Unico, this one featured space-themed decorations, not only due to its name, but that 1994 marked the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission in which the first Moon landing took place, which is considered to be one of the most important moments in the history of the host country and the world.
### Music
The official song was "Gloryland".[60]
## Aftermath and legacy
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The large capacity stadiums enabled huge, enthusiastic crowds to attend the games, such as this one at the Giants Stadium quarterfinal game.
- Although USA '94 marked the seventh time FIFA hosted the World Cup in the Americas (after being held in Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and twice by Mexico in 1970 and 1986), the United States became the first host in the Americas outside of the Latin American spectrum, and the first in the Anglosphere outside of England.
- The game between the United States and Switzerland at the Pontiac Silverdome on June 18 was the first to be played indoors in World Cup history: grass was grown by Michigan State University and was the first time since 1965 (the failed attempt at the Astrodome) that natural turf was used in an indoor stadium in the United States. To date, only Sapporo Dome in 2002 and Arena AufSchalke in 2006 have subsequently hosted indoor games in World Cup history.
- Oleg Salenko of Russia became the first player to score five goals in a single World Cup finals game in his country's group stage win over Cameroon. Cameroon's Roger Milla also scored a goal in the same game, becoming the oldest player to score a goal in a World Cup. At 42, he was also the oldest player to appear in a World Cup, a record held until 2014, when Faryd Mondragón (43 years, 3 days) of Colombia broke the record in their game against Japan at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In turn, goalkeeper Essam El Hadary (45 years, 161 days) of Egypt would surpass Mondragón against Saudi Arabia, in the Volgograd Arena, Volgograd, Russia, on June 25, 2018. However, Milla remains the oldest outfield player to perform in the World Cup.
- For the first time, during the entering of the players onto the field, the FIFA Anthem, composed by Franz Lambert, was played.
- Gianluca Pagliuca of Italy became the first goalkeeper to be sent off in a World Cup game, dismissed for handling outside his area against Norway.
- Brazil's eleven goals in their seven games was a record for the lowest average goals scored per game for any World Cup-winning side, but this record was broken by Spain's eight goals in 2010. The three goals Brazil conceded in those seven games was at the time also the lowest average goals conceded per game, although this was subsequently surpassed by France in 1998, Italy in 2006, and Spain in 2010.
- The finals were the first time FIFA decided to experiment with the style of jerseys worn by officials, forgoing the traditional black. They could choose between burgundy, yellow or silver shirts depending on what was necessary to avoid a clash of colors with the two competing teams. This custom has since been followed, but with black shirts added as an option later.
- The finals were also the first time that players had their shirt numbers printed on the center front (or on the right or left breast, in Morocco's and Russia's case respectively) of the shirt, as well as their names printed on the back of their jerseys in a World Cup, just as other American sports did, to make their identification easier for sportscasters. This custom followed from Euro 92, and has continued ever since (although numbers printed on the center front had been experimented during the 1991 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Portugal).
- The finals were the first to award 3 points for a win in the group stage to motivate teams to play an attacking style.
- In disciplinary matters, for the first time yellow cards accumulated in the group stage were wiped clean after its completion, and players started with a clean slate at the start of the knockout stage. Previously, players were suspended for one game if accumulating two yellow cards throughout the tournament. Now, players were suspended for one game after accumulating two yellow cards in the group stage, or two yellow cards in the knockout stage. This was in response to the situation in 1990, where players such as Claudio Caniggia and Paul Gascoigne were suspended for the later games.
- The 1994 World Cup revolutionized television coverage of sports in the United States and then worldwide through the sponsored scoreboard and game clock that were constantly shown on screen throughout the game. Being fully privately-funded, television sports coverage in the United States had long relied upon commercial breaks, a feature suitable for sports such as baseball, basketball, ice hockey, and American football (which all have breaks in the action), but long considered incompatible with soccer, due to the long stretches of uninterrupted play. Led by Fox Sports, which debuted its NFL coverage about a month following the completion of the World Cup, virtually every television network included their version of the scoreboard clock by the decade's end.
- The 1994 World Cup final was the first (and to date only) goalless final in World Cup history. It was also the first to be decided by a penalty shootout, followed by the 2006 and 2022 finals.
- This was the last World Cup in which games other than the last two in each group were played simultaneously, although this only happened once in this tournament: Saudi Arabia vs. Morocco and Belgium vs. Netherlands in Group F. From France '98 onwards, each game in the first two rounds of group play and the whole knockout stage have been played separately to maximize television audiences.
- This was the last World Cup featuring 24 nations, and the last in which third-placed teams were still able to progress to the round of 16. From 1998 on, there were 32 nations, with only the top two in each group progressing.
- This was the first and the last World Cup in which both teams taking part in the third-place game, Sweden and Bulgaria, received bronze medals from FIFA, although only the winner was credited with finishing third.
## See also
- Soccer in the United States
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup – a first Women's World Cup hosted by the United States
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup – a second Women's World Cup hosted by the United States
- Copa América Centenario – First edition of the _Copa América_ hosted within the United States
- 2024 Copa América – Second edition of the _Copa América_ hosted within the United States
- 2026 FIFA World Cup – an upcoming tournament to be co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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# 1966 FIFA World Cup
The **1966 FIFA World Cup** was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup title. The final was level at 2–2 after 90 minutes and went to extra time, when Geoff Hurst scored two goals to complete his hat-trick, the first to be scored in a men's World Cup final. Portuguese striker Eusébio was the tournament's top scorer, with nine goals clinching the golden boot with three goals more than second placed Helmut Haller. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II during the opening ceremony.[1]
England were the fifth nation to win the event, and the third host nation to win after Uruguay in 1930 and Italy in 1934. Two time reigning champions Brazil failed to get past the group stages as they were defeated by Hungary and Portugal. It was the first time that defending champions were eliminated in the group stages after Italy in 1950. This would not occur again until 36 years later. The two debut teams performed well at the competition – North Korea beat Italy 1–0 on the way to reaching the quarter-finals, where they lost to Portugal 5–3 after leading 3–0. Portugal themselves finished third, losing 2–1 to England in the semi-final. All 15 African nations who entered the qualifying later boycotted the tournament in protest after FIFA, citing competitive and logistical issues, ruled that there would be no direct qualification for any African team.
The 1966 World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup held in the English-speaking world. Matches were played at eight stadiums across England, with the final being held at Wembley Stadium, which had a capacity of 98,600. Prior to the tournament, the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen, but was recovered by a dog named Pickles four months before the tournament began. It was the first World Cup to have selected matches broadcast via satellite to countries on other continents.[2] The final, which was broadcast locally by the BBC, was the last to be shown entirely in black and white.
## Background
England was chosen as host of the 1966 World Cup in Rome, Italy, on 22 August 1960, over rival bids from West Germany and Spain. This was the first tournament to be held in a country that was affected directly by World War II, as the four previous tournaments were either held in countries out of war theatres or in neutral countries.[3][4]
### Qualification
Despite the Africans' absence, there was another new record number of entries for the qualifying tournament, with 70 nations taking part. FIFA determined that ten teams from Europe would qualify, along with four from South America, one from Asia and one from North and Central America.[5]
Portugal and North Korea qualified for the first time. Portugal would not qualify again until 1986, while North Korea's next appearance was at the 2010 tournament. This was also Switzerland's last World Cup finals until 1994. Notable absentees from this tournament included 1962 runners-up Czechoslovakia and semi-finalists Yugoslavia.[5][6]
### Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[5]
**AFC (1)**
- North Korea (debut)
**CAF (0)**
- _None participated_
**OFC (0)**
- _None qualified_
**CONCACAF (1)**
- Mexico
**CONMEBOL (4)**
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Chile
- Uruguay
**UEFA (10)**
- Bulgaria
- England (hosts)
- France
- Hungary
- Italy
- Portugal (debut)
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Switzerland
- West Germany
Qualification for 1966 FIFA World Cup FIFA members qualified for World Cup (including colonies) FIFA members that failed to qualify FIFA members that did not enter World Cup Countries not members of FIFA in 1966
### Mascot and match ball
Official match ball for the 1966 FIFA World Cup produced by Slazenger
The mascot for the 1966 competition was "World Cup Willie", a lion wearing a Union Jack jersey emblazoned with the words "WORLD CUP". This was the first World Cup mascot, and one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. Willie was designed by freelance children's book illustrator Reg Hoye.[7][8] The official match ball was produced by Slazenger for the tournament.[9]
### Controversies
#### African boycott
All fifteen entered African nations boycotted the tournament to protest against a 1964 FIFA ruling that required the three second-round winners from the African zone to enter a play-off round against the winners of the Asian zone in order to qualify for the World Cup: they felt winning their zone was enough in itself to merit qualification.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) felt that the lack of direct representation of African nations in the World Cup was unfair, and demanded that FIFA guarantee at least one African nation a spot in the finals of the following tournament. They also protested against the readmission of South Africa to FIFA in 1963, despite their expulsion from CAF due to the country's apartheid regime in 1958.[10][11]
As a result of this boycott, FIFA fined CAF 5,000 Swiss francs. Yidnekatchew Tessema, then president of the CAF, responded to this punishment by saying, "FIFA has adopted a relentless attitude against the African Associations and its decisions resemble methods of intimidation and repression designed to discourage any further impulses of a similar nature. In our opinion, the African National Associations ... really deserved a gesture of respect rather than a fine."[12]
South Africa was subsequently assigned to the Asia and Oceania qualifying group, before being disqualified after being suspended again due to pressure from other African nations in October 1964.[13] Despite this, FIFA refused to change the qualifying format, citing competitive and logistical issues, and the African teams withdrew in protest.
CAF subsequently informed FIFA that they would refuse to participate in World Cup qualifying for 1970 unless at least one African team had an automatic place assured in the World Cup: this was put in place for the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and all subsequent World Cup finals.[10] Players from the Portuguese African colonies of Angola and Mozambique participated for Portugal.[10][13]
#### North Korea–United Kingdom relations
The United Kingdom, which had fought for South Korea in the Korean War, was concerned over the entry of North Korea in the tournament. The UK did not recognise North Korea and feared that its presence would strain relations with South Korea and the United States. FIFA told England's Football Association that the tournament would be moved if any qualified team were to be refused entry.[14][15]
On the suggestion of the British Foreign Office, the playing of national anthems, and meetings between players and state figures such as Queen Elizabeth II, would only take place in two games: the opener and the final. North Korea was not scheduled for the former, and was considered unlikely to reach the latter. A Foreign Office suggestion for flags outside stadiums to be removed after each team's elimination, in the expectation of an early North Korean exit, was vetoed by the Department of Education and Science.[14][15]
#### Trophy incident
The 1966 World Cup had a rather unusual hero off the field, a dog called Pickles.[16] In the build-up to the tournament, the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen from an exhibition display. A nationwide hunt for the icon ensued. It was later discovered wrapped in newspaper as the dog sniffed under some bushes in London.[17] The FA commissioned a replica cup in case the original cup was not found in time. This replica, as well as Pickles' collar, is held at the National Football Museum in Manchester, where it is on display.[18]
#### Doping
West Germany encouraged and covered up a culture of doping across many sports for decades.[19] A 2013 report by researchers at Berlin's Humboldt University on behalf of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, titled "Doping in Germany from 1950 to today", linked the West Germany national team of 1966, which reached the World Cup final, with doping.[20]
## Format
The format of the 1966 competition remained the same as 1962: 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four. Each group played a round-robin format.[21] Two points were awarded for a win and one point for a draw, with goal average and eventually drawing lots used to separate teams equal on points.[21] The top two teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.[21]
In the knockout games, if the teams were tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time were played. For any match other than the final, if the teams were still tied after extra time, lots would be drawn to determine the winner. The final would have been replayed if tied after extra time; but if still tied after the replay, the champion would have been decided by drawing lots. In the event, no replays or drawing of lots were necessary.
The draw for the final tournament, taking place on 6 January 1966 at the Royal Garden Hotel in London was the first ever to be televised, with England, West Germany, Brazil and Italy as seeds.[22]
## Venues
Eight venues were used for this World Cup. The newest and biggest venue used was Wembley Stadium in north west London, which was 43 years old in 1966. As was often the case in the World Cup, group matches were played in two venues close to each other. Group 1 matches (which included the hosts) were all played in London: five at Wembley, which was England's national stadium and was considered to be the most important football venue in the world; and one at White City Stadium in west London, which was used as a temporary replacement for nearby Wembley. The group stage match between Uruguay and France played at White City Stadium (originally built for the 1908 Summer Olympics) was scheduled for a Friday, the same day as regularly scheduled greyhound racing at Wembley. Because Wembley's owner refused to cancel this, the game had to be moved to the alternative venue in London. Group 2's matches were played at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield and Villa Park in Birmingham; Group 3's matches were played at Old Trafford in Manchester and Goodison Park in Liverpool; and Group 4's matches were played at Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough and Roker Park in Sunderland. The stadium construction cost are estimated to be today's equivalent of £9.2 million, additional to £36.22 million for tournament organisation.[23]
The most used venue was Wembley, which was used for nine matches, including all six featuring England, the final and the third-place match. Goodison Park was used for five matches, Roker Park and Hillsborough both hosted four, while Old Trafford, Villa Park and Ayresome Park each hosted three matches and did not host any knockout round matches.[24]
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| Capacity: 98,600 | Capacity: 76,567 | |
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| Old Trafford | Villa Park | |
| Capacity: 58,000 | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | Capacity: 52,000 |
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| Liverpool | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | Sheffield |
| Goodison Park | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | Hillsborough Stadium |
| Capacity: 50,151 | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | Capacity: 42,730 |
| | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | |
| Sunderland | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | Middlesbrough |
| Roker Park | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | Ayresome Park |
| Capacity: 40,310 | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | Capacity: 40,000 |
| | LondonManchesterLiverpoolSunderlandMiddlesbroughBirminghamSheffield | |
## Tournament summary
The opening match took place on Monday, 11 July, which made it the second World Cup after 1930 to not begin on May or June. Before the tournament began, eventual winners England were 9/2 second favourites with bookmakers behind Brazil (9/4), while beaten finalists West Germany were 25/1 outsiders.[25] The final took place on Saturday, 30 July 1966, the 36th anniversary of the first final. Until 2022, this was the latest date that any tournament had concluded. The reason for the unusually late scheduling of the tournament appears to lie with the outside broadcast commitments of the BBC, which also had commitments to cover Wimbledon (which ran between 20 June and 2 July) and the Open Golf Championship (6 to 9 July).
### Group stage
Wolfgang Weber (left) and Luis Artime during the match between West Germany and Argentina in Birmingham
1966 was a World Cup with few goals as the teams began to play much more tactically and defensively. This was exemplified by Alf Ramsey's England as they finished top of Group 1 with only four goals, but having none scored against them. They also became the first World Cup winning team not to win its first game in the tournament. Uruguay were the other team to qualify from that group at the expense of both Mexico and France. All the group's matches were played at Wembley Stadium apart from the match between Uruguay and France which took place at White City Stadium.
In Group 2, West Germany and Argentina qualified with ease as they both finished the group with 5 points, Spain managed 2, while Switzerland left the competition after losing all three group matches. FIFA cautioned Argentina for its violent style in the group games, particularly in the scoreless draw with West Germany, which saw Argentinean Rafael Albrecht get sent off and suspended for the next match.[26][27]
In the northwest of England, Old Trafford and Goodison Park played host to Group 3 which saw the two-time defending champions Brazil finish in third place behind Portugal and Hungary, and be eliminated along with Bulgaria. Brazil were defeated 3–1 by Hungary in a classic encounter before falling by the same scoreline to Portugal in a controversial game. Portugal appeared in the finals for the first time, and made quite an impact. They won all three of their games in the group stage, with a lot of help from their outstanding striker Eusébio, whose nine goals made him the tournament's top scorer.
Group 4, however, provided the biggest upset when North Korea beat Italy 1–0 at Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough and finished above them, thus earning qualification to the next round along with the Soviet Union. This was the first time that a nation from outside Europe or the Americas had progressed from the first stage of a World Cup: the next would be Morocco in 1986.
### Knock-out stages
The quarter-finals provided a controversial victory for West Germany as they cruised past Uruguay 4–0; the South Americans claimed that this occurred only after the referee (who was Jim Finney, from England) had not recognised a handball by Schnellinger on the goal line and then had sent off two players from Uruguay: Horacio Troche and Héctor Silva.[28] It appeared as though the surprise package North Korea would claim another major upset in their match against Portugal at Goodison Park, when after 22 minutes they led 3–0. It fell to one of the greatest stars of the tournament, Eusébio, to change that. He scored four goals in the game and José Augusto added a fifth in the 78th minute to earn Portugal a 5–3 win.
Meanwhile, in the other two games, Ferenc Bene's late goal for Hungary against the Soviet Union, who were led by Lev Yashin's stellar goalkeeping, proved little more than a consolation as they crashed out 2–1, and the only goal between Argentina and England came courtesy of England's Geoff Hurst. During that controversial game (for more details see Argentina and England football rivalry), Argentina's Antonio Rattín became the first player to be sent off in a senior international football match at Wembley.[29] Rattín at first refused to leave the field and eventually had to be escorted by several policemen. Scoreless when Rattin was dismissed, the game was decided by Hurst's headed goal twelve minutes from the end of normal time. This game is called _el robo del siglo_ (the robbery of the century) in Argentina.[30]
All semi-finalists were from Europe. Bobby Charlton scored both goals in England's win, with Portugal's goal coming from a penalty in the 82nd minute after a handball by Jack Charlton on the goal line.[31][32] The other semi-final also finished 2–1: Franz Beckenbauer scoring the winning goal with a left foot shot from the edge of the area for West Germany as they beat the Soviet Union.[33]
Portugal went on to beat the Soviet Union 2–1 to take third place. Portugal's third place was the best finish by a team making its World Cup debut since 1934. It was equalled by Croatia in 1998.
### Final
London's Wembley Stadium was the venue for the final, and 98,000 people attended. After 12 minutes 32 seconds Helmut Haller put West Germany ahead, but the score was levelled by Geoff Hurst four minutes later. Martin Peters put England in the lead in the 78th minute; England looked set to claim the title when the referee awarded a free kick to West Germany with one minute left. The ball was launched goalward and Wolfgang Weber scored, with England appealing in vain for handball as the ball came through the crowded penalty area.[34]
Elizabeth II presents the Jules Rimet Trophy to England's team captain Bobby Moore.
With the score level at 2–2 at the end of 90 minutes, the game went to extra time. In the 98th minute, Hurst found himself on the scoresheet again; his shot hit the crossbar, bounced down onto the goal line, and was awarded as a goal. Debate has long raged over whether the ball crossed the line, with the goal becoming part of World Cup history.[35] England's final goal was scored by Hurst again, as a celebratory pitch invasion began. This made Geoff Hurst the first player to have scored three times in a single World Cup final.[34] BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme's description of the match's closing moments has gone down in history: "Some people are on the pitch. They think it's all over ... _[Hurst scores]_ It is now!"[36]
England's total of eleven goals scored in six games set a new record low for average goals per game scored by a World Cup winning team. The record stood until 1982, when it was surpassed by Italy's 12 goals in seven games; in 2010 this record was lowered again by Spain, winning the Cup with eight goals in seven games. England's total of three goals conceded also constituted a record low for average goals per game conceded by a World Cup winning team. That record stood until 1994, when it was surpassed by Brazil's three goals in seven games. France again lowered the record to two goals in seven during the 1998 tournament, a record that has since been equalled by Italy at the 2006 tournament and by Spain's two goals conceded during the 2010 tournament.
England received the recovered Jules Rimet trophy from Queen Elizabeth II and were crowned World Cup winners for the first time.[34]
In this World Cup, the national anthems were played only in the final. They were not played in the earlier matches because the organisers (FIFA and the FA) feared that North Korea's presence – a socialist country that was not recognised by the United Kingdom – in the World Cup would cause problems with South Korea. A memo from the Foreign Office months before the finals began stated that the solution would be "denying the visas to North Korean players".[14] The final, held at Wembley Stadium, was the last to be broadcast in black and white.[37]
## Match officials
A total of 26 match referees and other officials featured at the event. Despite the event being a worldwide tournament, the majority of the officials were from Europe. Gottfried Dienst refereed the final between England and West Germany.[38]
**Africa**
- Ali Kandil
**Asia**
- Menachem Ashkenazi
**South America**
- José María Codesal
- Roberto Goicoechea
- Armando Marques
- Arturo Yamasaki
**Europe**
- John Adair
- Tofiq Bahramov
- Leo Callaghan
- Joaquim Campos
- Ken Dagnall
- Gottfried Dienst
- Jim Finney
- Karol Galba
- Juan Gardeazábal Garay
- Rudolf Kreitlein
- Concetto Lo Bello
- Bertil Lööw
- George McCabe
- Hugh Phillips
- Dimitar Rumentchev
- Pierre Schwinte
- Kurt Tschenscher
- Konstantin Zečević
- István Zsolt
## Draw
| Pot 1: South American | Pot 2: European | Pot 3: Latin European | Pot 4: Rest of the World |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil (1962 champions, seeded, Group 3) Argentina Chile Uruguay | England (hosts, seeded, Group 1) Hungary Soviet Union West Germany (seeded) | France Portugal Spain Italy (seeded) | Bulgaria North Korea Mexico Switzerland |
## Squads
## Group stage
### Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.000 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 2 | |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.400 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 87,148Referee: Istvan Zsolt (Hungary)
| France | 1–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hausser 62' | Report | Borja 48' |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 69,237Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
| Uruguay | 2–1 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rocha 26'Cortés 31' | Report | De Bourgoing 15' (pen.) |
White City Stadium, LondonAttendance: 45,662Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
| England | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| B. Charlton 37'Hunt 75' | Report |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 92,570Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 61,112Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)
| England | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Hunt 38', 75' | Report |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 98,270Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
### Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.0 | 5[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 5[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
1. West Germany were placed first due to superior goal average.
| West Germany | 5–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Held 16'Haller 21', 77' (pen.)Beckenbauer 40', 52' | Report |
Hillsborough Stadium, SheffieldAttendance: 36,127Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland)
| Argentina | 2–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artime 65', 79' | Report | Pirri 71' [39] |
Villa Park, BirminghamAttendance: 42,738Referee: Dimitar Rumenchev (Bulgaria)
| Spain | 2–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sanchís 57'Amancio 75' | Report | Quentin 31' |
Hillsborough Stadium, SheffieldAttendance: 32,028Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Villa Park, BirminghamAttendance: 46,587Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)
| Argentina | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Artime 52'Onega 79' | Report |
Hillsborough Stadium, SheffieldAttendance: 32,127Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)
| West Germany | 2–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emmerich 39'Seeler 84' | Report | Fusté 23' |
Villa Park, BirminghamAttendance: 42,187Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1.4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0.125 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Pelé 15'Garrincha 63' | Report |
Goodison Park, LiverpoolAttendance: 47,308Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
| Portugal | 3–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| José Augusto 2', 67'Torres 90' | Report | Bene 60' |
Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 29,886Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
| Hungary | 3–1 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bene 2'Farkas 64'Mészöly 73' (pen.) | Report | Tostão 14' |
Goodison Park, LiverpoolAttendance: 51,387Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
| Portugal | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Vutsov 7' (o.g.)Eusébio 38'Torres 81' | Report |
Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 25,438Referee: José María Codensal (Uruguay)
| Portugal | 3–1 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Simões 15'Eusébio 27', 85' | Report | Rildo 73' |
Goodison Park, LiverpoolAttendance: 58,479Referee: George McCabe (England)
| Hungary | 3–1 | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Davidov 43' (o.g.) [40] Mészöly 45'Bene 54' | Report | Asparuhov 15' |
Old Trafford, ManchesterAttendance: 24,129Referee: Roberto Goicoechea (Argentina)
### Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Soviet Union | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Malofeyev 31', 88'Banishevskiy 33' | Report |
Ayresome Park, MiddlesbroughAttendance: 23,006Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
| Italy | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mazzola 8'Barison 88' | Report |
Roker Park, SunderlandAttendance: 27,199Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
| Chile | 1–1 | North Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marcos 26' (pen.) | Report | Pak Seung-zin 88' |
Ayresome Park, MiddlesbroughAttendance: 13,792Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)
| Soviet Union | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Chislenko 57' | Report |
Roker Park, SunderlandAttendance: 27,793Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
| North Korea | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Pak Doo-ik 42' | Report |
Ayresome Park, MiddlesbroughAttendance: 17,829Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Porkuyan 28', 85' | Report | Marcos 32' |
Roker Park, SunderlandAttendance: 16,027Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
## Knockout stage
### Bracket
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| | 23 July – London (Wembley) | 23 July – London (Wembley) | | | | | | | | | |
| | 23 July – London (Wembley) | 23 July – London (Wembley) | | | | | | | England | 1 | |
| | 26 July – London (Wembley) | 26 July – London (Wembley) | | | | | | | England | 1 | |
| | 26 July – London (Wembley) | 26 July – London (Wembley) | | | Argentina | 0 | | | | | |
| | England | 2 | | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | |
| | England | 2 | 23 July – Liverpool | 23 July – Liverpool | | | | | | | |
| | | Portugal | 23 July – Liverpool | 23 July – Liverpool | | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Portugal | Portugal | 5 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Portugal | 5 | 30 July – London (Wembley) | 30 July – London (Wembley) | | | | |
| | | | | North Korea | 3 | 30 July – London (Wembley) | 30 July – London (Wembley) | | | | |
| | | | | North Korea | 3 | England (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 23 July – Sheffield (Hillsborough) | 23 July – Sheffield (Hillsborough) | England (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 23 July – Sheffield (Hillsborough) | 23 July – Sheffield (Hillsborough) | | West Germany | | | | 2.0 |
| | | | | West Germany | 4 | | West Germany | | | 2 | |
| | | 25 July – Liverpool | 25 July – Liverpool | West Germany | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | 25 July – Liverpool | 25 July – Liverpool | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | West Germany | 2 | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | West Germany | 2 | 23 July – Sunderland | 23 July – Sunderland | | | | | | |
| | | Soviet Union | 1 | 23 July – Sunderland | 23 July – Sunderland | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | | |
| | | Soviet Union | 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | | |
| | | | | Soviet Union | 2 | | | 28 July – London (Wembley) | 28 July – London (Wembley) | | |
| | | | | Hungary | 1 | | | 28 July – London (Wembley) | 28 July – London (Wembley) | | |
| | | | | Hungary | 1 | | | Portugal | 2 | | |
| | Soviet Union | | | 1 | Portugal | 2 | | | | | |
| Soviet Union | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
### Quarter-finals
| England | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Hurst 78' | Report |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 90,584Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
| West Germany | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Haller 11', 83'Beckenbauer 70'Seeler 75' | Report |
Hillsborough Stadium, SheffieldAttendance: 40,007Referee: Jim Finney (England)
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chislenko 5'Porkuyan 46' | Report | Bene 57' |
Roker Park, SunderlandAttendance: 26,844Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
| Portugal | 5–3 | North Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eusébio 27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.)José Augusto 80' | Report | Pak Seung-zin 1'Li Dong-woon 22'Yang Seung-kook 25' |
Goodison Park, LiverpoolAttendance: 40,248Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
### Semi-finals
| West Germany | 2–1 | Soviet Union |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Haller 43'Beckenbauer 67' | Report | Porkuyan 88' |
Goodison Park, LiverpoolAttendance: 38,273Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
| England | 2–1 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B. Charlton 30', 80' | Report | Eusébio 82' (pen.) |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 94,493Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
### Third place play-off
| Portugal | 2–1 | Soviet Union |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eusébio 12' (pen.)Torres 89' | Report | Malofeyev 43' [41] |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 87,696Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
### Final
| England | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hurst 18', 101', 120' Peters 78' | Report [42] | Haller 12' Weber 89' |
Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 96,924Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
## Goalscorers
With nine goals, Eusébio was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 89 goals were scored by 47 players, with two of them credited as own goals.[43]
**9 goals**
- Eusébio
**6 goals**
- Helmut Haller
**4 goals**
- Geoff Hurst
- Ferenc Bene
- Valeriy Porkujan
- Franz Beckenbauer
**3 goals**
- Luis Artime
- Bobby Charlton
- Roger Hunt
- José Augusto
- José Torres
- Eduard Malofeyev
**2 goals**
- Rubén Marcos
- Kálmán Mészöly
- Pak Seung-zin
- Igor Chislenko
- Uwe Seeler
**1 goal**
- Ermindo Onega
- Garrincha
- Pelé
- Rildo
- Tostão
- Georgi Asparuhov
- Martin Peters
- Héctor De Bourgoing
- Gérard Hausser
- János Farkas
- Paolo Barison
- Sandro Mazzola
- Enrique Borja
- Li Dong-woon
- Pak Doo-ik
- Yang Seung-kook
- António Simões
- Anatoliy Banishevskiy
- Amancio
- Josep Maria Fusté
- Pirri
- Manuel Sanchís
- René-Pierre Quentin
- Julio César Cortés
- Pedro Rocha
- Lothar Emmerich
- Sigfried Held
- Wolfgang Weber
**1 own goal**
- Ivan Davidov (playing against Hungary)
- Ivan Vutsov (playing against Portugal)
## All-star team
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gordon Banks | George Cohen Bobby Moore Vicente Silvio Marzolini | Franz Beckenbauer Mário Coluna Bobby Charlton | Flórián Albert Geoff Hurst Eusébio |
| Source:[44] | Source:[44] | Source:[44] | Source:[44] |
## Final standings
Results of 1966 FIFA World Cup Champion Runner-up 3rd place 4th place 1/4-finals Group stage
Angola and Mozambique represented Portugal.
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[45][46] The rankings for the 1966 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | England | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 11 |
| 2 | West Germany | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 10 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Argentina | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| 6 | Hungary | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| 7 | Uruguay | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
| 8 | North Korea | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 9 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Spain | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 11 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 12 | Mexico | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 13 | Chile | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 13 | France | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
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# 2014 FIFA World Cup
The **2014 FIFA World Cup** was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007. It was the second time that Brazil staged the competition, the first being in 1950, and the fifth time that it was held in South America.
31 national teams advanced through qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament (with Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only debutant). A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues located in as many host cities across Brazil. For the first time at a World Cup finals, match officials used goal-line technology, as well as vanishing spray for free kicks.[6] FIFA Fan Fests in each host city gathered a total of 5 million people, and the country received 1 million visitors from 202 countries.[7] Spain, the defending champions, were eliminated at the group stage. Host nation Brazil, who had won the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, lost to Germany 7–1 in the semi-finals and eventually finished in fourth place.[8]
In the final, Germany defeated Argentina 1–0 after extra time thanks to a Mario Götze half-volley in the 113th minute of the final[9] to win the tournament and secure the country's fourth world title, their first major tournament win since UEFA Euro 1996, the first after German reunification in 1990, when as West Germany they also beat Argentina by the same score in 90 minutes in the World Cup final. Germany became the first European team to win a World Cup staged in the Americas,[10] and this result marked the third consecutive title won by a European team, after Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010.[11][12]
## Host selection
Announcement of Brazil as hosts, 2007
In March 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since 1978, in line with its policy at the time of rotating the right to host the World Cup among different confederations.[13][14] With the 2010 FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa, it would be the second consecutive World Cup outside Europe, which was a first for the tournament. It was also sixth time (second consecutive) in the Southern Hemisphere.[15] Only Brazil and Colombia formally declared their candidacy but, after the withdrawal of the latter from the process,[16] Brazil was officially elected as host nation unopposed on 30 October 2007.[17]
## Participating teams and officials
### Qualification
Following qualification matches played between June 2011 and November 2013, the following 32 teams – shown with their last pre-tournament FIFA world ranking[18] – qualified for the final tournament. Twenty-four of these teams were returning participants from the 2010 World Cup. Bosnia and Herzegovina were the only team with no previous appearance at the World Cup finals.[nb 1][19] Colombia qualified for the World Cup after 16 years of absence, while Belgium and Russia both returned after 12 years. Paraguay failed to qualify for the first time since 1994. This was also the first World Cup for 32 years that did not feature a representative from the Nordic countries. Iran, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Croatia returned to the tournament after missing the 2010 tournament. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Ukraine (ranked 16th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Australia (ranked 62nd).[18]
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AFC (4) Australia (62) Iran (43) Japan (46) South Korea (57) CAF (5) Algeria (22) Cameroon (56) Ghana (37) Ivory Coast (23) Nigeria (44) OFC (0) None qualified | CONCACAF (4) Costa Rica (28) Honduras (33) Mexico (20) United States (13) CONMEBOL (6) Argentina (5) Brazil (3) (hosts) Chile (14) Colombia (8) Ecuador (26) Uruguay (7) | UEFA (13) Belgium (11) Bosnia and Herzegovina (21) (debut) Croatia (18) England (10) France (17) Germany (2) Greece (12) Italy (9) Netherlands (15) Portugal (4) Russia (19) Spain (1) Switzerland (6) | Qualified Did not qualify Did not enter Not a FIFA member |
| Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of June 2014[18]_Unnamed: 0_level_1 | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of June 2014[18]_Country | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of June 2014[18]_Confederation | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of June 2014[18]_Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | UEFA | 1 |
| 2 | Germany | UEFA | 2 |
| 3 | Brazil (host) | CONMEBOL | 3 |
| 4 | Portugal | UEFA | 4 |
| 5 | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 5 |
| 6 | Switzerland | UEFA | 6 |
| 7 | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | 7 |
| 8 | Colombia | CONMEBOL | 8 |
| 9 | Italy | UEFA | 9 |
| 10 | England | UEFA | 10 |
| 11 | Belgium | UEFA | 11 |
| 12 | Greece | UEFA | 12 |
| 13 | United States | CONCACAF | 13 |
| 14 | Chile | CONMEBOL | 14 |
| 15 | Netherlands | UEFA | 15 |
| 16 | France | UEFA | 17 |
| 17 | Croatia | UEFA | 18 |
| 18 | Russia | UEFA | 19 |
| 19 | Mexico | CONCACAF | 20 |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | UEFA | 21 |
| 21 | Algeria | CAF | 22 |
| 22 | Ivory Coast | CAF | 23 |
| 23 | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 26 |
| 24 | Costa Rica | CONCACAF | 28 |
| 25 | Honduras | CONCACAF | 33 |
| 26 | Ghana | CAF | 37 |
| 27 | Iran | AFC | 43 |
| 28 | Nigeria | CAF | 44 |
| 29 | Japan | AFC | 46 |
| 30 | Cameroon | CAF | 56 |
| 31 | South Korea | AFC | 57 |
| 32 | Australia | AFC | 62 |
As of 2022, this was the last time Chile, Ivory Coast, Greece, Italy, Honduras, and Algeria qualified for the World Cup finals, and the only time Bosnia and Herzegovina have qualified, and the last time Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal, Denmark, Poland, and Serbia failed to qualify. This was also the most recent World Cup finals to feature every prior winning team.
### Final draw
The 32 participating teams were drawn into eight groups. In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots with the seven highest-ranked teams joining host nation Brazil in the seeded pot.[20] As with the previous tournaments, FIFA aimed to create groups which maximised geographic separation and therefore the unseeded teams were arranged into pots based on geographic considerations.[21][22] The draw took place on 6 December 2013 at the Costa do Sauípe resort in Bahia, during which the teams were drawn by various past World Cup-winning players.[23][24] Under the draw procedure, one randomly drawn team – Italy – was firstly relocated from Pot 4 to Pot 2 to create four equal pots of eight teams.[25]
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | Spain | Colombia | Uruguay |
| Croatia | Netherlands | Greece | Costa Rica |
| Mexico | Chile | Ivory Coast | England |
| Cameroon | Australia | Japan | Italy |
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| Switzerland | Argentina | Germany | Belgium |
| Ecuador | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Portugal | Algeria |
| France | Iran | Ghana | Russia |
| Honduras | Nigeria | United States | South Korea |
### Officials
In March 2013, FIFA published a list of 52 prospective referees, each paired, on the basis of nationality, with two assistant referees, from all six football confederations for the tournament. On 14 January 2014, the FIFA Referees Committee appointed 25 referee trios and eight support duos representing 43 countries for the tournament.[26][27] Yuichi Nishimura from Japan acted as referee in the opening match whereas Nicola Rizzoli from Italy acted as referee in the final.[28][29]
| List of officials_Confederation | List of officials_Referee | List of officials_Assistants | List of officials_Assistants.1 | List of officials_Support (referee/assist) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AFC | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) | Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) | Alireza Faghani (Iran) / Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) |
| AFC | Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) | Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan) | Alireza Faghani (Iran) / Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) |
| AFC | Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) | Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) | Ebrahim Saleh (Bahrain) | Alireza Faghani (Iran) / Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) |
| AFC | Ben Williams (Australia) | Matthew Cream (Australia) | Hakan Anaz (Australia) | Alireza Faghani (Iran) / Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) |
| CAF | Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast) | Songuifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast) | Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) | Néant Alioum (Cameroon) / Djibril Camara (Senegal) |
| CAF | Bakary Gassama (Gambia) | Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon) | Félicien Kabanda (Rwanda) | Néant Alioum (Cameroon) / Djibril Camara (Senegal) |
| CAF | Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) | Redouane Achik (Morocco) | Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) | Néant Alioum (Cameroon) / Djibril Camara (Senegal) |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | William Torres (El Salvador) | Juan Zumba (El Salvador) | Roberto Moreno (Panama) / Eric Boria (United States)Walter López (Guatemala) / Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) |
| CONCACAF | Mark Geiger (United States) | Mark Hurd (United States) | Joe Fletcher (Canada) | Roberto Moreno (Panama) / Eric Boria (United States)Walter López (Guatemala) / Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) |
| CONCACAF | Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) | Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) | Marcos Quintero (Mexico) | Roberto Moreno (Panama) / Eric Boria (United States)Walter López (Guatemala) / Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) |
| CONMEBOL | Néstor Pitana (Argentina) | Hernán Maidana (Argentina) | Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) | Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) / Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) |
| CONMEBOL | Sandro Ricci (Brazil) | Emerson De Carvalho (Brazil) | Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) | Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) / Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) |
| CONMEBOL | Enrique Osses (Chile) | Carlos Astroza (Chile) | Sergio Román (Chile) | Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) / Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) |
| CONMEBOL | Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) | Humberto Clavijo (Colombia) | Eduardo Díaz (Colombia) | Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) / Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Vera (Ecuador) | Christian Lescano (Ecuador) | Byron Romero (Ecuador) | Víctor Hugo Carrillo (Peru) / Rodney Aquino (Paraguay) |
| OFC | Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) | Jan Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand) | Mark Rule (New Zealand) | Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) / Aden Marwa (Kenya) |
| UEFA | Felix Brych (Germany) | Mark Borsch (Germany) | Stefan Lupp (Germany) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) | Bahattin Duran (Turkey) | Tarık Ongun (Turkey) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) | Mathias Klasenius (Sweden) | Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) | Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) | Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Milorad Mažić (Serbia) | Milovan Ristić (Serbia) | Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Pedro Proença (Portugal) | Bertino Miranda (Portugal) | Tiago Trigo (Portugal) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) | Renato Faverani (Italy) | Andrea Stefani (Italy) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) | Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain) | Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
| UEFA | Howard Webb (England) | Michael Mullarkey (England) | Darren Cann (England) | Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) / Kim Haglund (Norway) |
### Squads
As with the 2010 tournament, each team's squad consisted of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers). Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad no later than 10 days before the start of the tournament.[30] Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.[30] During a match, all remaining squad members not named in the starting team were available to be one of the three permitted substitutions (provided the player was not serving a suspension).[30]
## Venues
12 venues (seven new and five renovated) in twelve cities were selected for the tournament. The venues covered all the main regions of Brazil and created more evenly distributed hosting than the 1950 finals in Brazil.[31] Consequently, the tournament required long-distance travel for teams.[32] During the World Cup, Brazilian cities were also home to the participating teams at 32 separate base camps,[33] as well as staging official fan fests where supporters could view the games.[34]
The most used stadiums were the Maracanã and Brasília, which hosted seven matches each. The least-used venues were in Cuiabá, Manaus, Natal, and Curitiba, which hosted four matches each; as the four smallest stadiums in use at the tournament, they did not host any knockout round matches.[35]
| Rio de Janeiro | Brasília | São Paulo | Fortaleza |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Estádio do Maracanã | Estádio Nacional | Arena Corinthians (Arena de São Paulo) | Estádio Castelão |
| Capacity: 74,738[35][A] | Capacity: 69,432[35][B] | Capacity: 63,321[35][C] | Capacity: 60,348[35][D] |
| | | | |
| Belo Horizonte | | | Salvador |
| Estádio Mineirão | | | Arena Fonte Nova |
| Capacity: 58,259[35][E] | | | Capacity: 51,708[35][F] |
| | | | |
| Porto Alegre | | | Recife[nb 2] |
| Estádio Beira-Rio | | | Arena Pernambuco |
| Capacity: 43,394[35][G] | | | Capacity: 42,583[35][H] |
| | | | |
| Cuiabá | Manaus | Natal | Curitiba |
| Arena Pantanal | Arena da Amazônia | Arena das Dunas | Arena da Baixada |
| Capacity: 41,112[35][I] | Capacity: 40,549[35][J] | Capacity: 39,971[35][K] | Capacity: 39,631[35][L] |
| | | | |
### Team base camps
Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. On 31 January 2014, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team,[33] having earlier circulated a brochure of 84 prospective locations.[36] Most teams opted to stay in the Southeast Region of Brazil, with only eight teams choosing other regions; five teams (Croatia, Germany, Ghana, Greece and Switzerland) opted to stay in the Northeast Region and three teams (Ecuador, South Korea and Spain) opted to stay in the South Region. None opted to stay in the North Region or the Central-West Region.[37] Campo Bahia, the base camp of the eventual champion Germany, attracted much interest.[38]
| National squads' base camps | National squads' base camps.1 |
| --- | --- |
| Team City Algeria Sorocaba, SP Argentina Vespasiano, MG Australia Vitória, ES Belgium Mogi das Cruzes, SP Bosnia and Herzegovina Guarujá, SP Brazil Teresópolis, RJ Cameroon Vitória, ES Chile Belo Horizonte, MG Colombia Cotia, SP Costa Rica Santos, SP Croatia Mata de São João, BA Ecuador Viamão, RS England Rio de Janeiro, RJ France Ribeirão Preto, SP Germany Campo Bahia, BA Ghana Maceió, AL | Team City Greece Aracaju, SE Honduras Porto Feliz, SP Iran Guarulhos, SP Italy Mangaratiba, RJ Ivory Coast Águas de Lindoia, SP Japan Itu, SP South Korea Foz do Iguaçu, PR Mexico Santos, SP Netherlands Rio de Janeiro, RJ Nigeria Campinas, SP Portugal Campinas, SP Russia Itu, SP Spain Curitiba, PR Switzerland Porto Seguro, BA United States São Paulo, SP Uruguay Sete Lagoas, MG |
### FIFA Fan Fests
Brazilian fans at the FIFA Fan Fest in Brasília
For a third consecutive World Cup tournament, FIFA staged FIFA Fan Fests in each of the 12 host cities throughout the competition. Prominent examples were the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, which already held a Fan Fest in 2010, and São Paulo's Vale do Anhangabaú.[39][40] The first official event took place on Iracema Beach, in Fortaleza, on 8 June 2014.[41]
## Innovations
### Technologies
Adidas Brazuca
In order to avoid ghost goals, the 2014 World Cup introduced goal-line technology following successful trials at, among other competitions, the 2013 Confederations Cup. The chosen Goal Control system featured 14 high speed cameras, 7 directed to each of the goals. Data were sent to the central image-processing centre, where a virtual representation of the ball was output on a widescreen to confirm the goal. The referee was equipped with a watch which vibrated and displayed a signal upon a goal.[42][43][44] France's second goal in their group game against Honduras was the first time goal-line technology was needed to confirm that a goal should be given.[45]
Following successful trials,[nb 3] FIFA approved the use of vanishing spray by the referees for the first time at a World Cup Finals. The water-based spray, which disappears within minutes of application, can be used to mark a ten-yard line for the defending team during a free kick and also to draw where the ball is to be placed for a free kick.[46]
The Adidas Brazuca was the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup[47][48][49][50] and was supplied by Forward Sports of Sialkot, Pakistan.[47] Adidas created a new design of ball after criticisms of the Adidas Jabulani used in the previous World Cup. The number of panels was reduced to six, with the panels being thermally bonded. This created a ball with increased consistency and aerodynamics compared to its predecessor. Furthermore, Adidas underwent an extensive testing process lasting more than two years to produce a ball that would meet the approval of football professionals.
### Cooling breaks
Due to the relatively high ambient temperatures in Brazil, particularly at the northern venues, cooling breaks for the players were introduced.[51] Breaks could take place at the referee's discretion after the 30th minute of each half if the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature exceeded 32 °C (90 °F); the breaks would last 3 minutes, with this time made up by an extended period of stoppage time at the end of the half.
The first cooling break in a World Cup play took place during the 32nd minute of the match between the Netherlands and Mexico in the round of 16.[52][53][54][55] At the start of the match, FIFA listed the temperature at 32 °C (90 °F) with 68% humidity.[56]
### Anti-doping
The biological passport was introduced in the FIFA World Cup starting in 2014. Blood and urine samples collected from all players before the competition, and from two players per team per match, were analysed by the Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses.[57] FIFA reported that 91.5% of the players taking part in the tournament were tested before the start of the competition and none tested positive.[58] However, FIFA was criticised for how it conducted doping tests.[59][60]
## Format
The first round, or group stage, was a competition between the 32 teams divided among eight groups of four, where each group engaged in a round-robin tournament within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.[30] Teams were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw. When comparing teams in a group over-all result came before head-to-head.
Tie-breaking criteria for group play
1. Number of points
2. Goal difference
3. Number of goals scored
4. Number of points obtained in matches between tied teams
5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
6. Number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
7. Drawing of lots
In the knockout stage there were four rounds (round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final), with each eliminating the losers. The two semi-final losers competed in a third place play-off. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time was followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams were still tied, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine a winner.[30]
The match schedule was announced on 20 October 2011[61] with the kick-off times being confirmed on 27 September 2012;[62] after the final draw, the kick-off times of seven matches were adjusted by FIFA.[63] The competition was organised so that teams that played each other in the group stage could not meet again during the knockout phase until the final (or the 3rd place match).[30] The group stage began on 12 June, with the host nation competing in the opening game as has been the format since the 2006 tournament. The opening game was preceded by an opening ceremony that began at 15:15 local time.[64]
## Opening ceremony
From left to right: Claudia Leitte, Pitbull, and Jennifer Lopez performing at the opening ceremony at the Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo.
On 12 June 2014, the 20th edition of the FIFA World Cup began with the opening ceremony at Arena de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. The event saw 660 dancers take to the stadium and perform in a ceremony which celebrated the nature of the country and its love of football. Following the dancers native singer Claudia Leitte emerged on centre stage to perform for the crowd. She was later joined by Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, and American singer Jennifer Lopez to perform the tournament's official song "We Are One (Ole Ola)" which had been released as an official single on 8 April 2014. Following the ceremony, the opening match was played, which saw the hosts come from behind to beat Croatia 3–1.[65][66][67]
## Group stage
The group stage of the cup took place in Brazil from 12 June 2014 to 26 June 2014: each team played three games. The group stage was notable for a scarcity of draws and a large number of goals. The first drawn (and goalless) match did not occur until the 13th match of the tournament, between Iran and Nigeria: a drought longer than any World Cup since 1930.[68] The group stage produced a total of 136 goals (an average of 2.83 goals per match), nine fewer than were scored during the entire 2010 tournament.[69] This is the largest number of goals in the group stage since the 32-team system was implemented in 1998[70] and the largest average in a group stage since 1958.[71] World Cup holders Spain were eliminated after only two games, the quickest exit for the defending champions since Italy's from the 1950 tournament.[72] Spain also became the fourth nation to be eliminated in the first round while holding the World Cup crown, the first one being Italy in 1950 (and again in 2010), Brazil in 1966, and France in 2002.[73] For the first time, two teams from Africa advanced to the second round, a feat that would be repeated in the 2022 tournament.
### Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
| Brazil | 3–1 | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neymar 29', 71' (pen.) Oscar 90+1' | Report | Marcelo 12' (o.g.) |
Arena de São Paulo, São PauloAttendance: 62,103Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
| Mexico | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Peralta 61' | Report |
Arena das Dunas, NatalAttendance: 39,216Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estádio Castelão, FortalezaAttendance: 60,342Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
| 0–4 | Croatia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Olić 11' Perišić 48' Mandžukić 61', 73' |
Arena da Amazônia, ManausAttendance: 39,982Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
| Cameroon | 1–4 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matip 26' | Report | Neymar 17', 35' Fred 49' Fernandinho 84' |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, BrasíliaAttendance: 69,112Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
| Croatia | 1–3 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Perišić 87' | Report | Márquez 72' Guardado 75' Hernández 82' |
Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, RecifeAttendance: 41,212Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
### Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Spain | 1–5 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alonso 27' (pen.) | Report | Van Persie 44', 72' Robben 53', 80' De Vrij 64' |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, SalvadorAttendance: 48,173Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)[74]
| Chile | 3–1 | Australia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sánchez 12' Valdivia 14' Beausejour 90+2' | Report | Cahill 35' |
Arena Pantanal, CuiabáAttendance: 40,275Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)[74]
| Australia | 2–3 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cahill 21' Jedinak 54' (pen.) | Report | Robben 20' Van Persie 58' Depay 68' |
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto AlegreAttendance: 42,877Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
| 0–2 | Chile |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Vargas 20' Aránguiz 43' |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 74,101Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
| 0–3 | Spain |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Villa 36' Torres 69' Mata 82' |
Arena da Baixada, CuritibaAttendance: 39,375Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
| Netherlands | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Fer 77' Depay 90+2' | Report |
Arena de São Paulo, São PauloAttendance: 62,996Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
### Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Colombia | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Armero 5' Gutiérrez 58' Rodríguez 90+3' | Report |
Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 57,174Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)[75]
| Ivory Coast | 2–1 | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bony 64' Gervinho 66' | Report | Honda 16' |
Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, RecifeAttendance: 40,267Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)[75]
| Colombia | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rodríguez 64' Quintero 70' | Report | Gervinho 73' |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, BrasíliaAttendance: 68,748Referee: Howard Webb (England)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Arena das Dunas, NatalAttendance: 39,485Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
| Japan | 1–4 | Colombia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Okazaki 45+1' | Report | Cuadrado 17' (pen.) Martínez 55', 82' Rodríguez 90' |
Arena Pantanal, CuiabáAttendance: 40,340Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
| Greece | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Samaris 42' Samaras 90+3' (pen.) | Report | Bony 74' |
Estádio Castelão, FortalezaAttendance: 59,095Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
### Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Uruguay | 1–3 | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cavani 24' (pen.) | Report | Campbell 54' Duarte 57' Ureña 84' |
Estádio Castelão, FortalezaAttendance: 58,679Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)[76]
| England | 1–2 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sturridge 37' | Report | Marchisio 35' Balotelli 50' |
Arena da Amazônia, ManausAttendance: 39,800Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)[76]
| Uruguay | 2–1 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suárez 39', 85' | Report | Rooney 75' |
Arena de São Paulo, São PauloAttendance: 62,575Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
| 0–1 | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Ruiz 44' |
Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, RecifeAttendance: 40,285Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
| 0–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Godín 81' |
Arena das Dunas, NatalAttendance: 39,706Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 57,823Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
### Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Switzerland | 2–1 | Ecuador |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mehmedi 48' Seferovic 90+3' | Report | E. Valencia 22' |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, BrasíliaAttendance: 68,351Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[77]
| France | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Benzema 45' (pen.), 72' Valladares 48' (o.g.) | Report |
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto AlegreAttendance: 43,012Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)[77]
| Switzerland | 2–5 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Džemaili 81' Xhaka 87' | Report | Giroud 17' Matuidi 18' Valbuena 40' Benzema 67' Sissoko 73' |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, SalvadorAttendance: 51,003Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Honduras | 1–2 | Ecuador |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Costly 31' | Report | E. Valencia 34', 65' |
Arena da Baixada, CuritibaAttendance: 39,224Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
| 0–3 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Shaqiri 6', 31', 71' |
Arena da Amazônia, ManausAttendance: 40,322Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 73,749Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
### Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Argentina | 2–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kolašinac 3' (o.g.) Messi 65' | Report | Ibišević 85' |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 74,738Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)[78]
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Arena da Baixada, CuritibaAttendance: 39,081Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Messi 90+1' | Report |
Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 57,698Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
| Nigeria | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Odemwingie 29' | Report |
Arena Pantanal, CuiabáAttendance: 40,499Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
| Nigeria | 2–3 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Musa 4', 47' | Report | Messi 3', 45+1' Rojo 50' |
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto AlegreAttendance: 43,285Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3–1 | Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Džeko 23' Pjanić 59' Vršajević 83' | Report | Ghoochannejhad 82' |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, SalvadorAttendance: 48,011Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
### Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Germany | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Müller 12' (pen.), 45+1', 78' Hummels 32' | Report |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, SalvadorAttendance: 51,081Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
| Ghana | 1–2 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A. Ayew 82' | Report | Dempsey 1' Brooks 86' |
Arena das Dunas, NatalAttendance: 39,760Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
| Germany | 2–2 | Ghana |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Götze 51' Klose 71' | Report | A. Ayew 54' Gyan 63' |
Estádio Castelão, FortalezaAttendance: 59,621Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
| United States | 2–2 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jones 64' Dempsey 81' | Report | Nani 5' Varela 90+5' |
Arena da Amazônia, ManausAttendance: 40,123Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
| 0–1 | Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Müller 55' |
Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, RecifeAttendance: 41,876Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
| Portugal | 2–1 | Ghana |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Boye 31' (o.g.) Ronaldo 80' | Report | Gyan 57' |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, BrasíliaAttendance: 67,540Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
### Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Belgium | 2–1 | Algeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fellaini 70' Mertens 80' | Report | Feghouli 25' (pen.) |
Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 56,800Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
| Russia | 1–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kerzhakov 74' | Report | Lee Keun-ho 68' |
Arena Pantanal, CuiabáAttendance: 37,603Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
| Belgium | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Origi 88' | Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 73,819Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
| South Korea | 2–4 | Algeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Son Heung-min 50' Koo Ja-cheol 72' | Report | Slimani 26' Halliche 28' Djabou 38' Brahimi 62' |
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto AlegreAttendance: 42,732Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
| 0–1 | Belgium |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Vertonghen 78' |
Arena de São Paulo, São PauloAttendance: 61,397Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
| Algeria | 1–1 | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Slimani 60' | Report | Kokorin 6' |
Arena da Baixada, CuritibaAttendance: 39,311Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
## Knockout stage
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 28 June – Belo Horizonte | 28 June – Belo Horizonte | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 June – Belo Horizonte | 28 June – Belo Horizonte | | | | | | | | | | | Brazil (p) | 1 (3) | |
| 4 July – Fortaleza | 4 July – Fortaleza | | | | | | | | | | | Brazil (p) | 1 (3) | |
| 4 July – Fortaleza | 4 July – Fortaleza | | | Chile | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | | Chile | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | 28 June – Rio de Janeiro | 28 June – Rio de Janeiro | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Colombia | 28 June – Rio de Janeiro | 28 June – Rio de Janeiro | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Colombia | Colombia | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Colombia | 2 | 8 July – Belo Horizonte | 8 July – Belo Horizonte | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Uruguay | 0 | 8 July – Belo Horizonte | 8 July – Belo Horizonte | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Uruguay | 0 | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 30 June – Brasília | 30 June – Brasília | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 30 June – Brasília | 30 June – Brasília | | Germany | | | 7 | | | | | |
| | | | France | 2 | | Germany | | 7 | | | | | | |
| | 4 July – Rio de Janeiro | 4 July – Rio de Janeiro | France | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 4 July – Rio de Janeiro | 4 July – Rio de Janeiro | Nigeria | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 0 | Nigeria | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 0 | 30 June – Porto Alegre | 30 June – Porto Alegre | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Germany | 1 | 30 June – Porto Alegre | 30 June – Porto Alegre | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Germany | 1 | Germany (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Germany (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | 13 July – Rio de Janeiro | 13 July – Rio de Janeiro | | | |
| | | | Algeria | 1 | | | | | | 13 July – Rio de Janeiro | 13 July – Rio de Janeiro | | | |
| | | | Algeria | 1 | | | | | | Germany (a.e.t.) | | | 1 | |
| | | | 29 June – Fortaleza | 29 June – Fortaleza | | | | | | Germany (a.e.t.) | | | 1 | |
| | | | 29 June – Fortaleza | 29 June – Fortaleza | | | | | | | | | Argentina | 0.0 |
| | | | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | | | Argentina | 0 | |
| | 5 July – Salvador | 5 July – Salvador | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 5 July – Salvador | 5 July – Salvador | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands (p) | 0 (4) | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands (p) | 0 (4) | 29 June – Recife | 29 June – Recife | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Costa Rica | 0 (3) | 29 June – Recife | 29 June – Recife | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Costa Rica | 0 (3) | Costa Rica (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Costa Rica (p) | 1 (5) | | 9 July – São Paulo | 9 July – São Paulo | | | | | | | |
| | | | Greece | 1 (3) | | 9 July – São Paulo | 9 July – São Paulo | | | | | | | |
| | | | Greece | 1 (3) | | Netherlands | 0 (2) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 July – São Paulo | 1 July – São Paulo | | Netherlands | 0 (2) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 July – São Paulo | 1 July – São Paulo | | Argentina (p) | 0 (4) | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Argentina (a.e.t.) | 1 | | Argentina (p) | 0 (4) | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 5 July – Brasília | 5 July – Brasília | Argentina (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | | | 12 July – Brasília | 12 July – Brasília | |
| | 5 July – Brasília | 5 July – Brasília | Switzerland | 0 | | | | | | | | 12 July – Brasília | 12 July – Brasília | |
| | Argentina | 1 | Switzerland | 0 | | | | | | | | Brazil | 0 | |
| | Argentina | 1 | 1 July – Salvador | 1 July – Salvador | | | | | | | | Brazil | 0 | |
| | Belgium | 0 | 1 July – Salvador | 1 July – Salvador | | | | | | | | Netherlands | 3 | |
| | Belgium | 0 | Belgium (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | Netherlands | 3 | |
| | United States | 1 | Belgium (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| United States | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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### Round of 16
All the group winners advanced into the quarter-finals. They included four teams from UEFA, three from CONMEBOL, and one from CONCACAF. Of the eight matches, five required extra-time, and two of these required penalty shoot-outs; this was the first time penalty shoot-outs occurred in more than one game in a round of 16.[nb 4] The goal average per game in the round of 16 was 2.25, a drop of 0.58 goals per game from the group stage.[79] The eight teams to win in the round of 16 included four former champions (Brazil, Germany, Argentina and France), a three-time runner-up (Netherlands), and two first-time quarter-finalists (Colombia and Costa Rica).[80][81] Belgium reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1986.[82]
_All times listed below are at local time (UTC−3)_
| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Luiz 18' | Report | Sánchez 32' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| David Luiz Willian Marcelo Hulk Neymar | 3–2 | Pinilla Sánchez Aránguiz Díaz Jara |
Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 57,714Referee: Howard Webb (England)
| Colombia | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rodríguez 28', 50' | Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 73,804Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sneijder 88' Huntelaar 90+4' (pen.) | Report | Dos Santos 48' |
Estádio Castelão, FortalezaAttendance: 58,817Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)
| Costa Rica | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Greece |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ruiz 52' | Report | Papastathopoulos 90+1' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Borges Ruiz González Campbell Umaña | 5–3 | Mitroglou Christodoulopoulos Holebas Gekas |
Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, RecifeAttendance: 41,242Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
| France | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Pogba 79' Yobo 90+2' (o.g.) | Report |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, BrasíliaAttendance: 67,882Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
| Germany | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Algeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Schürrle 92' Özil 120' | Report | Djabou 120+1' |
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto AlegreAttendance: 43,063Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
| Argentina | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| --- | --- |
| Di María 118' | Report |
Arena Corinthians, São PauloAttendance: 63,255Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
| Belgium | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| De Bruyne 93' Lukaku 105' | Report | Green 107' |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, SalvadorAttendance: 51,227Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
### Quarter-finals
With a 1–0 victory over France, Germany set a World Cup record with four consecutive semi-final appearances. Brazil beat Colombia 2–1, but Brazil's Neymar was injured and missed the rest of the competition. Argentina reached the final four for the first time since 1990 after a 1–0 win over Belgium. The Netherlands reached the semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament, after overcoming Costa Rica in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the end of extra time, with goalkeeper Tim Krul having been substituted on for the shoot-out and saving two penalties.
| 0–1 | Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Hummels 13' |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 74,240Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
| Brazil | 2–1 | Colombia |
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| Thiago Silva 7' David Luiz 69' | Report | Rodríguez 80' (pen.) |
Estádio Castelão, FortalezaAttendance: 60,342Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Higuaín 8' | Report |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, BrasíliaAttendance: 68,551Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
| Netherlands | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- | --- |
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| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Van Persie Robben Sneijder Kuyt | 4–3 | Borges Ruiz González Bolaños Umaña |
Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, SalvadorAttendance: 51,179Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
### Semi-finals
Germany qualified for the final for the eighth time with a historic 7–1 win over Brazil – the biggest defeat in Brazilian football since 1920. Miroslav Klose's goal in this match was his 16th throughout all World Cups, breaking the record he had previously shared with Ronaldo.[83] Klose set another record by becoming the first player to appear in four World Cup semi-finals.[84] Argentina reached their first final since 1990, and their fifth overall, after overcoming the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out following a 0–0 draw at the end of extra time.
| Brazil | 1–7 | Germany |
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| Oscar 90' | Report | Müller 11' Klose 23' Kroos 24', 26' Khedira 29' Schürrle 69', 79' |
Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 58,141Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)
| Netherlands | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
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| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Vlaar Robben Sneijder Kuyt | 2–4 | Messi Garay Agüero Rodríguez |
Arena Corinthians, São PauloAttendance: 63,267Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
### Third place play-off
The Netherlands defeated Brazil 3–0 to secure third place, the first for the Dutch team in their history. Overall, Brazil conceded 14 goals in the tournament; this was the most by a team at any single World Cup since 1986, and the most by a host nation in history, although their fourth-place finish still represented Brazil's best result in a World Cup since their last win in 2002.[85]
| 0–3 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Van Persie 3' (pen.) Blind 17' Wijnaldum 90+1' |
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, BrasíliaAttendance: 68,034Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
### Final
The final featured Germany against Argentina for a record third time after 1986 and 1990.
| Germany | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
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| Götze 113' | Report |
Maracanã Stadium, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 74,738Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
This marked the first time that teams from the same continent had won three consecutive World Cups (following Italy in 2006 and Spain in 2010). It was also the first time that a European nation had won the World Cup in the Americas. On aggregate Europe then had eleven victories, to South America's nine.
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
In total, 171 goals were scored by a record 121 players, with five credited as own goals. Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted. James Rodríguez was awarded the Golden Boot for scoring six goals, the first time that a Colombian player received the award.[86][87]
- 6 goals
- James Rodríguez
- 5 goals
- Thomas Müller
- 4 goals
- Lionel Messi
- Neymar
- Robin van Persie
- 3 goals
- Enner Valencia
- Karim Benzema
- André Schürrle
- Arjen Robben
- Xherdan Shaqiri
- 2 goals
- Abdelmoumene Djabou
- Islam Slimani
- Tim Cahill
- David Luiz
- Oscar
- Alexis Sánchez
- Jackson Martínez
- Bryan Ruiz
- Mario Mandžukić
- Ivan Perišić
- Mario Götze
- Mats Hummels
- Miroslav Klose
- Toni Kroos
- André Ayew
- Asamoah Gyan
- Wilfried Bony
- Gervinho
- Memphis Depay
- Ahmed Musa
- Clint Dempsey
- Luis Suárez
- 1 goal
- Yacine Brahimi
- Sofiane Feghouli
- Rafik Halliche
- Ángel Di María
- Gonzalo Higuaín
- Marcos Rojo
- Mile Jedinak
- Kevin De Bruyne
- Marouane Fellaini
- Romelu Lukaku
- Dries Mertens
- Divock Origi
- Jan Vertonghen
- Edin Džeko
- Vedad Ibišević
- Miralem Pjanić
- Avdija Vršajević
- Fernandinho
- Fred
- Thiago Silva
- Joël Matip
- Charles Aránguiz
- Jean Beausejour
- Jorge Valdivia
- Eduardo Vargas
- Pablo Armero
- Juan Cuadrado
- Teófilo Gutiérrez
- Juan Quintero
- Joel Campbell
- Óscar Duarte
- Marco Ureña
- Ivica Olić
- Wayne Rooney
- Daniel Sturridge
- Olivier Giroud
- Blaise Matuidi
- Paul Pogba
- Moussa Sissoko
- Mathieu Valbuena
- Sami Khedira
- Mesut Özil
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- Georgios Samaras
- Andreas Samaris
- Carlo Costly
- Reza Ghoochannejhad
- Mario Balotelli
- Claudio Marchisio
- Keisuke Honda
- Shinji Okazaki
- Giovani dos Santos
- Andrés Guardado
- Javier Hernández
- Rafael Márquez
- Oribe Peralta
- Daley Blind
- Stefan de Vrij
- Leroy Fer
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- Wesley Sneijder
- Georginio Wijnaldum
- Peter Odemwingie
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Nani
- Silvestre Varela
- Aleksandr Kerzhakov
- Aleksandr Kokorin
- Koo Ja-cheol
- Lee Keun-ho
- Son Heung-min
- Xabi Alonso
- Juan Mata
- Fernando Torres
- David Villa
- Blerim Džemaili
- Admir Mehmedi
- Haris Seferovic
- Granit Xhaka
- John Brooks
- Julian Green
- Jermaine Jones
- Edinson Cavani
- Diego Godín
- Own goals
- Sead Kolašinac (against Argentina)
- Marcelo (against Croatia)
- John Boye (against Portugal)
- Noel Valladares (against France)
- Joseph Yobo (against France)
Source: FIFA[88]
### Discipline
The most notable disciplinary case was that of Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez, who was suspended for nine international matches and banned from taking part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months, following a biting incident on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. He was also fined CHF100,000.[89][90][91] After an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Suárez was later allowed to participate in training and friendly matches with new club Barcelona.[92]
### Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[93][94]
| Award | Winner | Other nominees |
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| Golden Ball | Lionel Messi Thomas Müller Arjen Robben | Ángel Di María James Rodríguez Javier Mascherano Mats Hummels Neymar Philipp Lahm Toni Kroos[95] |
| Golden Boot | James Rodríguez (6 goals, 2 assists) Thomas Müller (5 goals, 3 assists) Neymar (4 goals, 1 assist)[96] | |
| Golden Glove | Manuel Neuer | Keylor Navas Sergio Romero[97] |
| Young Player Award | Paul Pogba | Memphis Depay Raphaël Varane[98] |
| FIFA Fair Play Trophy | Colombia | |
- Technical Study Group
The members of the Technical Study Group, the committee that decided which players won the awards, were led by FIFA's head of the Technical Division Jean-Paul Brigger and featured:[99]
- Gérard Houllier
- Raul Arias
- Gabriel Calderón
- Ricki Herbert
- Abdel Moneim Hussein
- Kwok Ka Ming
- Ioan Lupescu
- Ginés Meléndez
- Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
- Sunday Oliseh
- Mixu Paatelainen
- Jaime Rodríguez
- Theodore Whitmore
There were changes to the voting procedure for awards for the 2014 edition: while in 2010 accredited media were allowed to vote for the Golden Ball award,[100] in 2014 only the Technical Study Group could select the outcome.[101]
### All-Star Team
As was the case during the 2010 edition, FIFA released an All-Star Team based on the Castrol performance index in its official website.[102]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manuel Neuer | Marcos Rojo Mats Hummels Thiago Silva Stefan de Vrij | Oscar Toni Kroos Philipp Lahm James Rodríguez | Arjen Robben Thomas Müller |
### Dream Team
FIFA also invited users of FIFA.com to elect their Dream Team.[103][104]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Manager |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manuel Neuer | Marcelo Mats Hummels Thiago Silva David Luiz | Ángel Di María Toni Kroos James Rodríguez | Neymar Lionel Messi Thomas Müller | Joachim Löw |
### Prize money
The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as US$576 million (including payments of $70 million to domestic clubs and $100 million as player insurances), a 37 percent increase from the amount allocated in the 2010 tournament. Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants received $1.5 million for preparation costs. At the tournament, the prize money was distributed as follows:[105]
- $8 million – To each team eliminated at the group stage (16 teams)
- $9 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8 teams)
- $14 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams)
- $20 million – Fourth placed team
- $22 million – Third placed team
- $25 million – Runner-up
- $35 million – Winner
## Final standings
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.[106]
Result of countries participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarter-finals Round of 16
Group stage
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | G | Germany | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 19 | Champions |
| 2 | F | Argentina | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 16 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Netherlands | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 17 | Third place |
| 4 | A | Brazil (H) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | C | Colombia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | H | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 12 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | E | France | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | D | Costa Rica | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | B | Chile | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 10 | A | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 11 | E | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 12 | D | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 13 | C | Greece | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 14 | H | Algeria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 15 | G | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 16 | F | Nigeria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Eliminated in round of 16 |
| 17 | E | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 18 | G | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 19 | A | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 20 | F | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 21 | C | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 22 | D | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 23 | B | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 24 | H | Russia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 25 | G | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 26 | D | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 27 | H | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 28 | F | Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 29 | C | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 30 | B | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 31 | E | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 32 | A | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
Source: FIFA[106]
(H) Hosts
## Preparations and costs
The Estádio Nacional in Brasília during its rebuild. The project was completed at a cost of US$900 million, against an original budget of US$300 million, making the stadium the second-most expensive football stadium in the world after England's Wembley Stadium.
Costs of the tournament totalled $11.6 billion,[107] making it the most expensive World Cup to date,[108] until surpassed by 2018 FIFA World Cup which cost an estimated $14.2 billion.[107] FIFA was expected to spend US$2 billion on staging the finals,[109] with its greatest single expense being the US$576 million prize money pot.[105]
Although organisers originally estimated costs of US$1.1 billion,[110] a reported US$3.6 billion was ultimately spent on stadium works.[111][112] Five of the chosen host cities had brand new venues built specifically for the World Cup, while the Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha in the capital Brasília was demolished and rebuilt, with the remaining six being extensively renovated.[113]
An additional R$3 billion (US$1.3 billion, €960 million, £780 million at June 2014 rates) was earmarked by the Brazilian government for investment in infrastructure works and projects for use during the 2014 World Cup and beyond.[114] However, the failed completion of many of the proposed works provoked discontent among some Brazilians.[115][116][117]
The Brazilian government pledged US$900 million to be invested into security forces and that the tournament would be "one of the most protected sports events in history."[118]
## Marketing
The marketing of the 2014 FIFA World Cup included sale of tickets, support from sponsors and promotion through events that utilise the symbols and songs of the tournament. Popular merchandise included items featuring the official mascot as well as an official video game that has been developed by EA Sports.[119] As a partner of the German Football Association, part of German major airline Lufthansa's fleet was branded "Fanhansa" for the time being. Branded planes flew the Germany national team, media representatives and football fans to Brazil.[120]
The Sony Xperia Z2 was dubbed the "official smartphone of the 2014 FIFA World Cup".[121]
### Sponsorship
The sponsors of the 2014 World Cup are divided into three categories: FIFA Partners, FIFA World Cup Sponsors and National Supporters.[122]
| FIFA partners | FIFA World Cup sponsors | National supporters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adidas Coca-Cola Emirates Hyundai–Kia Sony Visa | Anheuser-Busch InBev Castrol Continental McDonald's Johnson & Johnson Marfrig Yingli Solar Oi | Apex-Brasil Garoto Centauro Banco Itaú Liberty Seguros Wiseup |
## Symbols
### Mascot
The official mascot of this World Cup was "Fuleco"[123]
### Match ball
Brazuca
The official match ball was "Brazuca", manufactured by Adidas.[124]
### Music
The official song of the tournament was "We Are One (Ole Ola)" with vocals from Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte.[125]
The official mascot song was "Tatu Bom de Bola".
The official anthem was "Dar um Jeito (We Will Find a Way)".
## Media
For a fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup Finals, the coverage was provided by HBS (Host Broadcast Services), a subsidiary of Infront Sports & Media.[126] Sony was selected as the official equipment provider and built 12 bespoke high definition production 40-foot-long containers, one for each tournament venue, to house the extensive amount of equipment required.[127][128] Each match utilised 37 standard camera plans, including Aerial and Cablecam, two Ultramotion cameras and dedicated cameras for interviews.[128] The official tournament film, as well as three matches,[nb 5] will be filmed with ultra high definition technology (4K resolution), following a successful trial at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[129]
The broadcasting rights – covering television, radio, internet and mobile coverage – for the tournament were sold to media companies in each individual territory either directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organisations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, International Media Content, Dentsu and RS International Broadcasting & Sports Management.[130] The sale of these rights accounted for an estimated 60% of FIFA's income from staging a World Cup.[131] The International Broadcast Centre was situated at the Riocentro in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro.[132][133]
Worldwide, several games qualified as the most-watched sporting events in their country in 2014, including 42.9 million people in Brazil for the opening game between Brazil and Croatia, the 34.1 million in Japan who saw their team play Ivory Coast, and 34.7 million in Germany who saw their national team win the World Cup against Argentina,[134] while the 24.7 million viewers during the game between the US and Portugal is joint with the 2010 final as the most-watched football game in the United States.[135] According to FIFA, over 1 billion people tuned in worldwide to watch the final between Germany and Argentina.[136]
## Controversies
The 2014 FIFA World Cup generated various controversies, including demonstrations, some of which took place even before the tournament started. Furthermore, there were various issues with safety, including the death of eight workers and a fire during construction, breaches into stadiums, an unstable makeshift staircase at the Maracanã Stadium, a monorail collapse, and the collapse of an unfinished overpass in Belo Horizonte.[137][138][139][140][141] The houses of thousands of families living in Rio de Janeiro’s slums were cleared for redevelopments for the World Cup in spite of protests and resistance. Favela do Metrô, near the Maracanã Stadium, was completely destroyed as a result, having previously housed 700 families in 2010.[142][143][144]
### Protests
Anti-World Cup demonstration on the opening day
Prior to the opening ceremony of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup staged in Brazil, demonstrations took place outside the venue, organised by people unhappy with the amount of public money spent to enable the hosting of the FIFA World Cup.[145] Both the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and FIFA president Sepp Blatter were heavily booed as they were announced to give their speeches at the 2013 tournament's opening,[146] which resulted in FIFA announcing that the 2014 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony would not feature any speeches.[147] Further protests took place during the Confederations Cup as well as prior to and during the World Cup.[148][149][150][151][152]
### Breaches into stadiums
At the Group B match between Spain and Chile, around 100 Chilean supporters who had gathered outside Maracanã Stadium forced their way into the stadium and caused damage to the media centre. Military police reported that 85 Chileans were detained during the events, while others reached the stands. Earlier, about 20 Argentinians made a similar breach during Argentina's Group F game against Bosnia and Herzegovina at the same stadium.[153][154]
### Bridge collapse
On 3 July 2014, an overpass under construction in Belo Horizonte as part of the World Cup infrastructure projects collapsed onto a busy carriageway below, leaving two people dead and 22 others injured.[155][156]
### Head injuries
During the tournament, FIFA received significant criticism for the way head injuries are handled during matches. Two incidents in particular attracted the most attention. First, in a group stage match, after Uruguayan defender Álvaro Pereira received a blow to the head, he lay unconscious.[157] The Uruguayan doctor signaled for the player to be substituted, but he returned to the match. The incident drew criticism from the professional players' union FIFPro, and from Michel D'Hooghe, a member of the FIFA executive board and chairman of its medical committee.[158]
Second, in the Final, German midfielder Christoph Kramer received a blow to the head from a collision in the 14th minute, but returned to the match before collapsing in the 31st minute. During that time, Kramer was disoriented and confused, and asked the referee Nicola Rizzoli whether the match he was playing was in the World Cup Final.[159]
## See also
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
- FIFA World Cup
## Notes
1. Bosnia and Herzegovina was until 1992 part of Yugoslavia, which competed at eight World Cup tournaments.
2. The Arena Pernambuco is located in São Lourenço da Mata, Pernambuco.
3. The spray was trialled at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup and 2013 FIFA Club World Cup
4. In 1938's round of 16, two games were also tied after extra-time, but those were replayed instead.
5. Those matches scheduled to be filmed in ultra high definition were one match from the round of 16 (on 28 June), one quarter-final (on 4 July) and the final
1. The average attendance at this stadium was 74,081.
2. The average attendance at this stadium was 68,317.
3. The average attendance at this stadium was 62,599.
4. The average attendance at this stadium was 59,483.
5. The average attendance at this stadium was 57,558.
6. The average attendance at this stadium was 50,112.
7. The average attendance at this stadium was 42,994.
8. The average attendance at this stadium was 40,976.
9. The average attendance at this stadium was 39,679.
10. The average attendance at this stadium was 40,057.
11. The average attendance at this stadium was 39,542.
12. The average attendance at this stadium was 39,248.
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title: 1962 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_FIFA_World_Cup
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# 1962 FIFA World Cup
The **1962 FIFA World Cup** was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between August 1960 and December 1961, with 56 teams entering from six confederations, and fourteen qualifying for the finals tournament alongside Chile, the hosts, and Brazil, the defending champions.
Brazil successfully defended their World Cup title, defeating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final in the Chilean capital Santiago. They became the second team, after Italy in 1934 and 1938, to win the World Cup twice consecutively; no team has since achieved the feat. Host nation Chile finished third, defeating Yugoslavia 1–0 in the third-place play-off.
The tournament was marred by violence between players on the pitch and a toxic atmosphere; it included the first-round match between Chile and Italy (2–0), which became known as the Battle of Santiago, one of a number of violent matches played throughout the tournament. It was the first World Cup that used goal average as a means of separating teams with the same number of points. It was also the first World Cup in which the average number of goals per match was less than three (2.78); this has been repeated at every World Cup since.
## Host selection
After Europe hosted two consecutive World Cups, the American federations demanded the 1962 edition must be held in South America or they would stage a complete boycott of the tournament, similar to 1938.[1] Argentina, after previously failed candidacies, was the favorite. Magallanes' chairman, Ernesto Alvear, attended a FIFA Congress held in Helsinki while the Finnish city was hosting the 1952 Summer Olympics. He considered that Chile was able to organise the World Cup. Several sources also say that FIFA did not want Argentina to run alone, requesting the participation of Chile as almost symbolic. Chile registered its candidacy in 1954 alongside Argentina and West Germany, the latter withdrawing at the request of FIFA.[1]
Chile's football federation committee, led by Carlos Dittborn and Juan Pinto Durán, toured many countries convincing various football associations about the country's ability to organise the tournament in comparison to Argentina's superior sports infrastructure and prestige. The FIFA Congress met in Lisbon, Portugal on 10 June 1956. That day, Raul Colombo, representing Argentina's candidacy, ended his speech with the phrase "We can start the World Cup tomorrow. We have it all." The next day, Dittborn presented four arguments that supported Chile's candidacy: Chile's continued participations at FIFA-organised conferences and tournaments, sports climate, tolerance of race and creed and political and institutional stability of the country. In addition, Dittborn invoked Article 2 of the FIFA statutes that addressed the tournament's role in promoting the sport in countries deemed "underdeveloped".[2] In a counter-point to Colombo's claim that "We have it all" Dittborn coined the phrase "Because we have nothing, we want to do it all" (Spanish: _Porque no tenemos nada, queremos hacerlo todo_) around the fifteenth minute of his speech.[3] Chile won 32 votes to Argentina's 10.[3] Fourteen members abstained from voting.[3]
## Qualification
Countries qualified for World Cup Country failed to qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member
57 teams entered the 1962 World Cup (due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 52 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages). Chile as host nation and Brazil as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 14 finals places divided among the continental confederations.
Eight places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe) and three by CONMEBOL teams (South America). CAF teams (Africa), AFC teams (Asia), NAFC teams (North America), and CCCF teams (Central America and Caribbean) contested three play-offs slots. The three winners would then face a European or South American team for entry into the World Cup. The 1962 tournament was the last one for which only nations from Europe or the Americas qualified.
Two teams qualified for the first time ever: Colombia and Bulgaria. Colombia would not qualify for another World Cup until 1990.
Among the teams who failed to qualify were the 1958 runners up Sweden and third-place finishers France. Austria withdrew during the qualification tournament due to financial problems.
Italy, Switzerland and Uruguay all qualified for the first time since 1954, and Spain for the first time since 1950. Scotland failed to qualify for the first time since rejoining FIFA in 1946 (though they had ultimately also declined to participate in the 1950 edition).
### List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
- AFC (0)
- None qualified
- CAF (0)
- None qualified
- CONCACAF (1)
- Mexico
- CONMEBOL (5)
- Argentina
- Brazil (title holders)
- Chile (hosts)
- Colombia (debut)
- Uruguay
- UEFA (10)
- Bulgaria (debut)
- Czechoslovakia
- England
- Hungary
- Italy
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- Switzerland
- West Germany
- Yugoslavia
## Venues
Originally, eight stadiums were selected to host the World Cup matches in eight cities: Santiago, Viña del Mar, Rancagua, Arica, Talca, Concepción, Talcahuano and Valdivia.
The Valdivia earthquake, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, occurred on 22 May 1960. With over 50,000 casualties and more than 2 million people affected, the earthquake forced the organising committee to completely modify the World Cup's calendar. Talca, Concepción, Talcahuano and Valdivia were severely damaged and discarded as venues. Antofagasta and Valparaíso declined to host any matches as their venues were not financially self-sustainable. Viña del Mar and Arica managed to rebuild their stadiums while Braden Copper Company, then an American company that controlled the El Teniente copper mine, allowed the use of its stadium in Rancagua. Due to these setbacks, this is the World Cup edition with the smallest number of venues spread across the country (while the 1930 FIFA World Cup was held in three venues, all of them were located in a single city). The most used stadium was the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, with 10 matches; the Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar hosted 8 matches, and the stadiums in Rancagua and far-away Arica (the only location that was not close to the other cities) both hosted 7 matches. Being that Estadio Nacional was the only large venue of the tournament (all others had less than 20,000 seats), it also saw the largest attendance average, by far, with Estadio Sausalito's attendance only being boosted with the Brazil matches it hosted (the semifinal between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia was the only one in the stadium with less than 10,000 spectators).
Being largely concerned with the build-up of the country after the 1960 earthquake, government support for the tournament was minimal.[4]
| SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica_SantiagoViña del MarRancaguaArica | Santiago_Unnamed: 1_level_1_Unnamed: 1_level_2_Unnamed: 1_level_3_Unnamed: 1_level_4_Unnamed: 1_level_5_Unnamed: 1_level_6_Unnamed: 1_level_7_Unnamed: 1_level_8_Unnamed: 1_level_9 |
| --- | --- |
| Estadio Nacional | Estadio Sausalito |
| 33°27′52″S 70°36′38″W / 33.46444°S 70.61056°W | 33°00′51.83″S 71°32′6.84″W / 33.0143972°S 71.5352333°W |
| Capacity: 66,660 | Capacity: 18,037 |
| | |
| Rancagua | Arica |
| Estadio Braden Copper Co. | Estadio Carlos Dittborn |
| 34°10′39.95″S 70°44′15.79″W / 34.1777639°S 70.7377194°W | 18°29′15.47″S 70°17′56.96″W / 18.4876306°S 70.2991556°W |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 17,786 |
| | |
### Team bases
| Team | Site | City |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Argentina | Hostería El Sauzal | Rancagua |
| Brazil | Villa Retiro | Quilpué |
| Bulgaria | Parque Municipal | Machalí |
| Chile | Villa del Seleccionado | Santiago |
| Colombia | Hotel El Morro | Arica |
| Czechoslovakia | Posada Quebrada Verde | Valparaíso |
| England | Staff House Braden Copper Co. | Coya |
| Hungary | Hotel Turismo | Rengo |
| Italy | Escuela de Aviación Cap. Ávalos | Santiago |
| Mexico | Hotel O'Higgins | Viña del Mar |
| Soviet Union | Hostería Arica | Arica |
| Spain | Hotel Miramar Caleta Abarca | Viña del Mar |
| Switzerland | Club Suizo | Santiago |
| Uruguay | Hotel Azapa | Arica |
| West Germany | Escuela Militar Bernardo O'Higgins | Santiago |
| Yugoslavia | Hotel El Paso | Arica |
## Squads
Squads for the 1962 World Cup consisted of 22 players, as for the previous tournament in 1958.
After Attilio Demaría and Luis Monti, who both represented Argentina in 1930 and Italy in 1934, Ferenc Puskás (Hungary in 1954, then Spain), José Santamaría (Uruguay in 1954, then Spain) and José Altafini (Brazil in 1958, then Italy) became the third, fourth and fifth players to play for two national teams in the World Cup. In light of this, FIFA created stipulations describing that once a player represents a nation during a World Cup or its qualifying rounds the player cannot switch to another national team.[5] Robert Prosinečki and Robert Jarni would later become the sixth and seventh such players, playing for Yugoslavia in 1990, then for Croatia in 1998; Davor Šuker was also selected in both squads, but did not play in 1990. This was accepted by FIFA because Croatia was a newly independent former republic of Yugoslavia.
## Match officials
Eighteen match officials from 17 countries were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees.
- Europe
- Erich Steiner
- Arthur Blavier
- Ken Aston
- Juan Gardeazábal
- Pierre Schwinte
- Albert Dusch
- Andor Dorogi
- Cesare Jonni
- Leo Horn
- Robert Holley Davidson
- Gottfried Dienst
- Karol Galba
- Nikolay Latyshev
- Branko Tesanić
- South America
- João Etzel Filho
- Sergio Bustamante
- Carlos Robles
- Arturo Yamasaki
## Seeding
| Pot 1: South America | Pot 2: Europe I | Pot 3: Europe II | Pot 4: Rest of the World |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chile (host nation) Brazil (defending champions) Argentina Uruguay | Czechoslovakia England Soviet Union West Germany | Italy Hungary Spain Yugoslavia | Bulgaria Colombia Mexico Switzerland |
## Format
The format of the competition was similar to that of the 1958 competition: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Four teams were seeded in the draw taking place in Santiago, on 18 January 1962: Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay.[6] The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. In a change from the 1958 format, goal average was used to separate any teams equal on points.[7] (In 1958, goal average was available, but was only between teams level on points in first place, or if a playoff between teams equal in second place failed to yield a result after extra time). Argentina became the first team in World Cup history to be eliminated on goal average when England advanced from Group 4 in second place.
In the knockout games, if the teams were level after ninety minutes, thirty minutes of extra time were played. For any match other than the final, if the teams were still even after extra time then lots would be drawn to determine the winner. The final would have been replayed if still tied after extra time; but if still tied after the replay, the champion would have been decided by drawing lots. In the event, no replays or drawing of lots were necessary.
Qualifying countries and their result
## Summary
In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered the largest earthquake ever recorded (9.5 magnitude), which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In the face of this, Carlos Dittborn, the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Porque nada tenemos, lo haremos todo" (Because we have nothing, we will do everything).[8] Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organisational flaw. Dittborn did not live to see the success of his efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at Arica was named Estadio Carlos Dittborn in his honour and bears his name to this day.[9] Even with these few and low-capacity stadiums Chile was able to meet the demand for seats as international travel to Chile, far-away for Europe, was minimal at the time.[4]
President Jorge Alessandri gave an uninspiring inaugural speech before the first match, which was played between Chile and Switzerland. Alessandri left however before the end of the match. While Chilean society was living in a "footballized" atmosphere, Alessandri was criticized for his cold attitude towards the tournament, which forced his ministers to come out and claim he was as "footballized" as everybody else, but was too busy to devote too much attention to the competition.[4]
Official 1962 FIFA World Cup poster.
The competition was marred by constant violence on the pitch. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the first-round match between host Chile and Italy (2–0), known as the _Battle of Santiago_. Two Italian journalists had written unflattering articles about the host country and its capital city; describing Santiago as a "proudly backwards and poverty-stricken dump full of prostitution and crime".[10] Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.[11] Articles in the Italian papers _La Nazione_ and _Corriere della Sera_ were saying that allowing Chile to host the World Cup was "pure madness"; this was used and magnified by local newspapers to inflame the Chilean population. The British newspaper the Daily Express wrote "The tournament shows every sign of developing into a violent bloodbath. Reports read like battlefront despatches; the Italy vs West Germany match was described as 'wrestling and warfare'".
As the competition began, a shift in strategy was imminent. Defensive strategies began to take hold as the average goals per match dropped to 2.78, under 3 for the first time in competition history (the average has never been above 3 since).[12]
Pelé was injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia. The Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin, arguably the best goalkeeper in the world at the time, was in poor form and his team went out to Chile (1–2) in the quarter-finals. Bright spots included the emergence of the young Brazilians Amarildo (standing in for Pelé) and Garrincha, the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf against Hungary and Yugoslavia, and the performance of the host nation Chile, who took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players. . This has been the best performance of a South American team in a World Cup so far without taking into account the historical ones (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay).
In the first round, Brazil topped their group with Czechoslovakia finishing second, above Mexico and Spain. USSR and Yugoslavia finished above Uruguay and Colombia. Hungary, along with England progressed to the quarter-finals, while Argentina and Bulgaria were eliminated. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superior goal average; the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament. Switzerland lost all three games while West Germany and Chile both went through over Italy.
Brazil national football team in the World Cup, 1962. National Archives of Brazil.
Chile defeated European champions USSR to earn a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. Garrincha scored two goals in a 3–1 win against England. Meanwhile, 1–0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany – and another 1–0 win of Czechoslovakia against neighbours Hungary – saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.
Viña del Mar was the original venue for the South American semi-final and Santiago for the Slavic one, but due to Chile's surprise qualification, the organisers prompted FIFA to switch the venues. This irritated crowds in Viña del Mar and only a little under 6,000 spectators came to Estadio Sausalito to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3–1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 in Santiago watched Brazil beat the hosts 4–2.[13] This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Honorino Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually took third place in a 1–0 victory over Yugoslavia with the last play of the match. The same player, Eladio Rojas, had also scored the winning goal in Chile's game against USSR.
Santiago's Estadio Nacional served as the venue for the final, and after 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, as a long ball from Adolf Scherer was latched onto by Josef Masopust: 1–0 Czechoslovakia. As in the previous final in 1958, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians scored goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) midway through the second half, and the Czechoslovaks could not get back into the game. The match ended 3–1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of one of their star players of 1958, Pelé, who was replaced by Amarildo.
## Group stage
### Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1.6 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 2 | |
| 4 | Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0.455 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Colombia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cubilla 56'Sasía 75' | Report | Zuluaga 19' (pen.) |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 7,908Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)
| Soviet Union | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ivanov 51'Ponedelnik 83' | Report |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 9,622Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
| Yugoslavia | 3–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Skoblar 25' (pen.)Galić 29'Jerković 49' | Report | Cabrera 19' |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 8,829Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
| Soviet Union | 4–4 | Colombia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ivanov 8', 11'Chislenko 10'Ponedelnik 56' | Report | Aceros 21'Coll 68'Rada 72'Klinger 86' |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 8,040Referee: João Etzel Filho (Brazil)
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mamykin 38'Ivanov 89' | Report | Sasía 54' |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 9,973Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
| Yugoslavia | 5–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Galić 20', 61'Jerković 25', 87'Melić 82' | Report |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 7,167Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
### Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Chile | 3–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| L. Sánchez 44', 55'Ramírez 51' | Report | Wüthrich 6' |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 65,006Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 65,440Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
| Chile | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ramírez 73'Toro 87' | Report |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 66,057Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)
| West Germany | 2–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brülls 45'Seeler 59' | Report | Schneiter 73' |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 64,922Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
| West Germany | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Szymaniak 21' (pen.)Seeler 82' | Report |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 67,224Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
| Italy | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mora 2'Bulgarelli 65', 67' | Report |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 59,828Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 2 | |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Zagallo 56'Pelé 73' | Report |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 10,484Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Štibrányi 80' | Report |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 12,700Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 14,903Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
| Spain | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Peiró 90' | Report |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 11,875Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)
| Brazil | 2–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amarildo 72', 86' | Report | Adelardo 35' |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 18,715Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile)
| Mexico | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Díaz 12'Del Águila 29'Hernández 90' (pen.) | Report | Mašek 1' |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 10,648Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
### Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1.333 | 3[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 3[a] | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
1. England finished ahead of Argentina on goal average.
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Facundo 4' | Report |
Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,134Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
| Hungary | 2–1 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tichy 17'Albert 71' | Report | Flowers 60' (pen.) |
Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,938Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
| England | 3–1 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flowers 17' (pen.)Charlton 42'Greaves 67' | Report | Sanfilippo 81' |
Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 9,794Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
| Hungary | 6–1 | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Albert 1', 6', 53'Tichy 8', 70'Solymosi 12' | Report | Sokolov 64'[14] |
Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,442Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,945Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 5,700Referee: Antoine Blavier (Belgium)
## Knockout stage
### Bracket
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| | 10 June – Arica | 10 June – Arica | | | | | | | | | |
| | 10 June – Arica | 10 June – Arica | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| | 13 June – Santiago | 13 June – Santiago | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| | 13 June – Santiago | 13 June – Santiago | | | Chile | 2 | | | | | |
| | Chile | 2 | | Chile | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Chile | 2 | 10 June – Viña del Mar | 10 June – Viña del Mar | | | | | | | |
| | | Brazil | 10 June – Viña del Mar | 10 June – Viña del Mar | | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Brazil | Brazil | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Brazil | 3 | 17 June – Santiago | 17 June – Santiago | | | | |
| | | | | England | 1 | 17 June – Santiago | 17 June – Santiago | | | | |
| | | | | England | 1 | Brazil | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | 10 June – Santiago | 10 June – Santiago | Brazil | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | 10 June – Santiago | 10 June – Santiago | | Czechoslovakia | | | | 1.0 |
| | | | | West Germany | 0 | | Czechoslovakia | | | 1 | |
| | | 13 June – Viña del Mar | 13 June – Viña del Mar | West Germany | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | 13 June – Viña del Mar | 13 June – Viña del Mar | Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | Yugoslavia | 1 | Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | Yugoslavia | 1 | 10 June – Rancagua | 10 June – Rancagua | | | | | | |
| | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 10 June – Rancagua | 10 June – Rancagua | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | | |
| | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | Hungary | 0 | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | | |
| | | | | Hungary | 0 | | | 16 June – Santiago | 16 June – Santiago | | |
| | | | | Czechoslovakia | 1 | | | 16 June – Santiago | 16 June – Santiago | | |
| | | | | Czechoslovakia | 1 | | | Chile | 1 | | |
| | Yugoslavia | | | 0 | Chile | 1 | | | | | |
| Yugoslavia | | | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
### Quarter-finals
| Chile | 2–1 | Soviet Union |
| --- | --- | --- |
| L. Sánchez 11'Rojas 29' | Report | Chislenko 26' |
Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 17,268Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Scherer 13' | Report |
Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 11,690Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
| Brazil | 3–1 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Garrincha 31', 59'Vavá 53' | Report | Hitchens 38' |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 17,736Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
| Yugoslavia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Radaković 85' | Report |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 63,324Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)
### Semi-finals
| Czechoslovakia | 3–1 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kadraba 48'Scherer 80', 84' (pen.) | Report | Jerković 69' |
Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 5,890Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
| Brazil | 4–2 | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Garrincha 9', 32'Vavá 47', 78' | Report | Toro 42'L. Sánchez 61' (pen.) |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 76,594Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
### Third place play-off
| Chile | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rojas 90' | Report |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 66,697Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
### Final
| Brazil | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amarildo 17'Zito 69'Vavá 78' | Report | Masopust 15' |
Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 68,679Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
## Goalscorers
With four goals each, Flórián Albert, Garrincha, Valentin Ivanov, Dražan Jerković, Leonel Sánchez and Vavá were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 89 goals were scored by 54 players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
- Garrincha
- Vavá
- Leonel Sánchez
- Flórián Albert
- Valentin Ivanov
- Dražan Jerković
- 3 goals
- Amarildo
- Adolf Scherer
- Lajos Tichy
- Milan Galić
- 2 goals
- Jaime Ramírez
- Eladio Rojas
- Jorge Toro
- Ron Flowers
- Giacomo Bulgarelli
- Igor Chislenko
- Viktor Ponedelnik
- José Sasía
- Uwe Seeler
- 1 goal
- Héctor Facundo
- José Sanfilippo
- Pelé
- Mário Zagallo
- Zito
- Georgi Sokolov
- Germán Aceros
- Marcos Coll
- Marino Klinger
- Antonio Rada
- Francisco Zuluaga
- Josef Kadraba
- Václav Mašek
- Josef Masopust
- Jozef Štibrányi
- Bobby Charlton
- Jimmy Greaves
- Gerry Hitchens
- Ernő Solymosi
- Bruno Mora
- Alfredo del Águila
- Isidoro Díaz
- Héctor Hernández
- Aleksei Mamykin
- Adelardo
- Joaquín Peiró
- Heinz Schneiter
- Rolf Wüthrich
- Ángel Cabrera
- Luis Cubilla
- Albert Brülls
- Horst Szymaniak
- Vojislav Melić
- Petar Radaković
- Josip Skoblar
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[15][16] The rankings for the 1962 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Chile | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Hungary | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 7 | West Germany | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
| 8 | England | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 9 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 11 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 12 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 13 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 14 | Colombia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
## Footnotes
1. "FIFA World Cup 1962 – Historical Football Kits". Historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
2. Paul (16 December 2012). "Carlos Dittborn Pinto – 1962 FIFA World Cup". DoFooty.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
3. Zamorano, Javier (31 May 2022). ""Porque no tenemos nada...": la icónica respuesta a Argentina que pasó a la historia". _Radio Bío-Bío_ (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
4. Ortega, Luis (2005), "De pasión de multitudes a rito privado", in Sagredo, Rafael; Gazmuri, Cristián (eds.), _Historia de la vida privada en Chile_ (in Spanish), vol. 3: El Chile contemporáneo. De 1925 a nuestros días (4th ed.), Santiago de Chile: Aguilar Chilena de Ediciones, ISBN 956-239-337-2
5. Ryan, Kelly. "FIFA national team eligibility: Rules, players who have switched & everything you need to know". _Goal.com_. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
6. "History of the World Cup Final Draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
7. "for the first time goal average was brought in as a means of separating teams with the same number of points""Compact book of the World Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2013.
8. Brewin, John; Williamson, Martin (30 April 2014). "World Cup History: 1962". _ESPN FC_. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
9. Fett, Matthias (2 July 2020). "The game has changed – a systematic approach to classify FIFA World Cups". _International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics_. **12** (3): 455–470. doi:10.1080/19406940.2020.1784978. ISSN 1940-6940. S2CID 221714908.
10. "Italy World Cup Rewind: Infamy at the Battle of Santiago, 1962". _Bleacher Report_.
11. Lopresti, Sam (28 February 2014). "Italy World Cup Rewind: Infamy at the Battle of Santiago, 1962". _Bleacher Report_. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
12. "FIFA World Cup Record – Organisation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
13. Grüne, Hardy (2006). "WM 1962 Chile". _Fussball WM Enzyklopädie 1930–2006_. Agon Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-261-8.
14. RSSSF credits this goal to Georgi Asparuhov.
15. "page 45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
16. "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7" (PDF). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
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# 2010 FIFA World Cup
Spain's Joan Capdevila holding the FIFA World Cup Trophy after defeating the Netherlands in the final
The **2010 FIFA World Cup** was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.[6]
The matches were played in 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country,[7] with the opening and final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg.[8][9] Thirty-two teams were selected for participation[10] via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.
In the final, Spain, the European champions, beat third-time losing finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first world title. Spain became the eighth nation to win the tournament and the first European nation to win a World Cup hosted outside its home continent: all previous World Cups held outside Europe had been won by South American nations. They are also the first national team since 1978 to win a World Cup after losing a game in the group stage. As a result of their win, Spain represented the World in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. Host nation South Africa were eliminated in the group stage, as were both 2006 World Cup finalists, Italy and France. It was the first time that the hosts had been eliminated in the first stage. New Zealand, with their three draws, were the only undefeated team in the tournament, but they were also eliminated in the group stage.
## Host selection
Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a short-lived rotation policy, abandoned in 2007,[11] to rotate the event among football confederations. Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup: Egypt, Morocco, South Africa and a joint bid from Libya and Tunisia.
Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to allow co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. The committee also decided not to consider Libya's solo bid as it no longer met all the stipulations laid down in the official _List of Requirements_.
The winning bid was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media conference on 15 May 2004 in Zürich; in the first round of voting, South Africa received 14 votes, Morocco received 10 and Egypt no votes. South Africa, which had narrowly failed to win the right to host the 2006 event, was thus awarded the right to host the tournament.[12] Campaigning for South Africa to be granted host status, Nelson Mandela had previously spoken of the importance of football in his life, stating that while incarcerated in Robben Island prison playing football "made us feel alive and triumphant despite the situation we found ourselves in".[13] With South Africa winning their bid, an emotional Mandela raised the FIFA World Cup Trophy.[14]
During 2006 and 2007, rumours circulated in various news sources that the 2010 World Cup could be moved to another country.[15][16] Franz Beckenbauer, Horst R. Schmidt, and, reportedly, some FIFA executives expressed concern over the planning, organisation, and pace of South Africa's preparations.[15][17] FIFA officials repeatedly expressed their confidence in South Africa as host, stating that a contingency plan existed only to cover natural catastrophes, as had been in place at previous FIFA World Cups.[18]
### Bribery and corruption
On 28 May 2015, media covering the 2015 FIFA corruption case reported that high-ranking officials from the South African bid committee had secured the right to host the World Cup by paying US$10 million in bribes to then-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner and to other FIFA Executive Committee members.[19]
On 4 June 2015, FIFA executive Chuck Blazer, having co-operated with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, confirmed that he and the other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed in order to promote the South African 1998 and 2010 World Cup bids. Blazer stated, "I and others on the FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa as the host nation for the 2010 World Cup."[20][21]
On 6 June 2015, _The Daily Telegraph_ reported that Morocco had actually won the vote, but South Africa was awarded the tournament instead.[22]
## Qualification
The qualification draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban on 25 November 2007. As the host nation, South Africa qualified automatically for the tournament. As in the previous tournament, the defending champions were not given an automatic berth, and Italy had to participate in qualification. With a pool of entrants comprising 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams at the time, the 2010 World Cup shares with the 2008 Summer Olympics the record for most competing nations in a sporting event.
Some controversies arose during the qualifications. In the second leg of the play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland, French captain Thierry Henry, unseen by the referee, handled the ball in the lead up to a late goal, which enabled France to qualify ahead of Ireland, sparking widespread comment and debate. FIFA rejected a request from the Football Association of Ireland to replay the match,[23] and Ireland later withdrew a request to be included as an unprecedented 33rd World Cup entrant.[24][25] As a result, FIFA announced a review into the use of technology or extra officials at the highest level, but decided against the widely expected fast-tracking of goal-line referee's assistants for the South African tournament.[26]
Supporters watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, with vuvuzelas
Costa Rica complained over Uruguay's winning goal in the CONMEBOL–CONCACAF playoff,[27] while Egypt and Algeria's November 2009 matches were surrounded by reports of crowd trouble. On the subject of fair play, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said:
I appeal to all the players and coaches to observe this fair play. In 2010 we want to prove that football is more than just kicking a ball but has social and cultural value ... So we ask the players 'please observe fair play' so they will be an example to the rest of the world.[28]
Slovakia was making its first appearance as an independent nation but had previously been represented as part of the Czechoslovakia team that had last played in the 1990 tournament; North Korea qualified for the first time since 1966; Honduras and New Zealand were both making their first appearances since 1982; Algeria were at the finals for the first time since the 1986 competition; and Greece qualified for the first time since 1994. Serbia also made its first appearance as an independent nation, having previously been present as Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1930, as SFR Yugoslavia from 1950 to 1990, as FR Yugoslavia in 1998 and as Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.
Teams that failed to qualify for this tournament included Saudi Arabia, which had qualified for the previous four tournaments; Tunisia and Croatia, both of whom had qualified for the previous three finals; Costa Rica, Ecuador, Poland and Sweden, who had qualified for the previous two editions; 2006 quarter-finalists Ukraine and Euro 2008 semi-finalists Russia and Turkey. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Croatia (ranked 10th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was North Korea (ranked 105th).
As of 2023
, this was the last time South Africa, New Zealand, North Korea, Paraguay, Slovakia and Slovenia qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the last time Costa Rica, Iran, Belgium, and Croatia (only time) failed to qualify.
### List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[29] qualified for the final tournament.
- AFC (4)
- Australia (20)
- Japan (45)
- North Korea (105)
- South Korea (47)
- CAF (6)
- Algeria (30)
- Cameroon (19)
- Ghana (32)
- Ivory Coast (27)
- Nigeria (21)
- South Africa (83) (hosts)
- CONCACAF (3)
- Honduras (38)
- Mexico (17)
- United States (14)
- CONMEBOL (5)
- Argentina (7)
- Brazil (1)
- Chile (18)
- Paraguay (31)
- Uruguay (16)
- OFC (1)
- New Zealand (78)
- UEFA (13)
- Denmark (36)
- England (8)
- France (9)
- Germany (6)
- Greece (13)
- Italy (5)
- Netherlands (4)
- Portugal (3)
- Serbia (15)
- Slovakia (34) (debut)
- Slovenia (25)
- Spain (2)
- Switzerland (24)
Qualified countries Countries that did not qualify Countries that did not enter Country not a FIFA member
## Preparations
Five new stadiums were built for the tournament, and five of the existing venues were upgraded. Construction costs were expected to be R8.4 billion (just over US$1 billion or €950 million).[30]
South Africa also improved its public transport infrastructure within the host cities, including Johannesburg's Gautrain and other metro systems, and major road networks were improved.[31] In March 2009, Danny Jordaan, the president of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, reported that all stadiums for the tournament were on schedule to be completed within six months.[32]
The country implemented special measures to ensure the safety and security of spectators in accordance with standard FIFA requirements,[33] including a temporary restriction of flight operation in the airspace surrounding the stadiums.[34]
At a ceremony to mark 100 days before the event, FIFA president Sepp Blatter praised the readiness of the country for the event.[35]
### Construction strike
On 8 July 2009, 70,000 construction workers[36] who were working on the new stadiums walked off their jobs.[37] The majority of the workers receive R2500 per month (about £192, €224 or US$313), but the unions alleged that some workers were grossly underpaid. A spokesperson for the National Union of Mineworkers said to the SABC that the "no work no pay" strike would go on until FIFA assessed penalties on the organisers. Other unions threatened to strike into 2011.[38][39] The strike was swiftly resolved and workers were back at work within a week of it starting. There were no further strikes and all stadiums and construction projects were completed in time for the kick off.[40]
## Prize money
The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confirmed by FIFA as US$420 million (including payments of US$40 million to domestic clubs), a 60 percent increase on the 2006 tournament.[41] Before the tournament, each of the 32 entrants received US$1 million for preparation costs. Once at the tournament, the prize money was distributed as follows:[41]
- US$8 million – To each team eliminated at the group stage (16 teams) ($11.18 million in 2024 US dollars[42])
- US$9 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8 teams) ($12.58 million in 2024 US dollars[42])
- US$14 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams) ($19.56 million in 2024 US dollars[42])
- US$18 million – Fourth placed team ($25.15 million in 2024 US dollars[42])
- US$20 million – Third placed team ($27.94 million in 2024 US dollars[42])
- US$24 million – Runner up ($33.53 million in 2024 US dollars[42])
- US$30 million – Winner ($41.92 million in 2024 US dollars[42])
In a first for the World Cup, FIFA made payments to the domestic clubs of the players representing their national teams at the tournament. This saw a total of US$40 million paid to domestic clubs. This was the result of an agreement reached in 2008 between FIFA and European clubs to disband the G-14 group and drop their claims for compensation dating back to 2005 over the financial cost of injuries sustained to their players while on international duty, such as that from Belgian club Charleroi S.C. for injury to Morocco's Abdelmajid Oulmers in a friendly game in 2004, and from English club Newcastle United for an injury to England's Michael Owen in the 2006 World Cup.[43][44][45]
## Venues
In 2005, the organisers released a provisional list of 13 venues to be used for the World Cup: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (two venues), Kimberley, Klerksdorp, Nelspruit, Orkney, Polokwane, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, and Rustenburg. This was narrowed down to the ten venues[46] that were officially announced by FIFA on 17 March 2006.
The altitude of several venues affected the motion of the ball[47] and player performance,[48][49] although FIFA's medical chief downplayed this consideration.[50] Six of the ten venues were over 1,200 m (3,900 ft) above sea level, with the two Johannesburg venues—FNB Stadium (also known as Soccer City) and Ellis Park Stadium—the highest at approximately 1,750 m (5,740 ft).[51][52]
FNB Stadium, Cape Town Stadium, and Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth were the most-used venues, each hosting eight matches. Ellis Park Stadium and Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban hosted seven matches each, while Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein and Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg hosted six matches each. Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane and Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit hosted four matches each, but did not host any knockout-stage matches.
| Johannesburg | Johannesburg.1 | Cape Town | Durban |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FNB Stadium[53] (Soccer City) | Ellis Park Stadium | Cape Town Stadium (Green Point Stadium) | Moses Mabhida Stadium (Durban Stadium) |
| 26°14′5.27″S 27°58′56.47″E / 26.2347972°S 27.9823528°E | 26°11′51.07″S 28°3′38.76″E / 26.1975194°S 28.0607667°E | 33°54′12.46″S 18°24′40.15″E / 33.9034611°S 18.4111528°E | 29°49′46″S 31°01′49″E / 29.82944°S 31.03028°E |
| Capacity: 84,490 | Capacity: 55,686 | Capacity: 64,100 | Capacity: 62,760 |
| | | | |
| Pretoria | | | |
| Loftus Versfeld Stadium | | | |
| 25°45′12″S 28°13′22″E / 25.75333°S 28.22278°E | | | |
| Capacity: 42,858 | | | |
| | | | |
| Port Elizabeth | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park |
| 33°56′16″S 25°35′56″E / 33.93778°S 25.59889°E | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park |
| Capacity: 42,486 | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park |
| | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park | Stadiums in JohannesburgSoccer CityEllis Park |
| Rustenburg | Polokwane | Nelspruit | Bloemfontein |
| 25°34′43″S 27°09′39″E / 25.5786°S 27.1607°E | 23°55′29″S 29°28′08″E / 23.924689°S 29.468765°E | 25°27′42″S 30°55′47″E / 25.46172°S 30.929689°E | 29°07′02.25″S 26°12′31.85″E / 29.1172917°S 26.2088472°E |
| Royal Bafokeng Stadium | Peter Mokaba Stadium | Mbombela Stadium | Free State Stadium |
| Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 41,733 | Capacity: 40,929 | Capacity: 40,911 |
| | | | |
The following stadiums were all upgraded to meet FIFA specifications:
- Cecil Payne Stadium[54]
- Dobsonville Stadium[54]
- Gelvandale Stadium[55]
- Giant Stadium[56]
- HM Pitje Stadium[56]
- King Zwelithini Stadium
- Olympia Park Stadium
- Orlando Stadium[54]
- Princess Magogo Stadium
- Rabie Ridge Stadium[54]
- Rand Stadium[54]
- Ruimsig Stadium[54]
- Seisa Ramabodu Stadium[57]
- Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium
- Super Stadium[56]
### Team base camps
The base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. In February 2010, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team.[58] Fifteen teams were in Gauteng Province, while six teams were based in KwaZulu-Natal, four in the Western Cape, three in North West Province, and one each in Mpumalanga, the Eastern Cape, and the Northern Cape.[59]
| Team base camps |
| --- |
| Eastern Cape (1) Ghana Gauteng (15) Argentina Australia Germany Honduras Italy Mexico Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Switzerland United States KwaZulu-Natal (7) Algeria Cameroon Greece Ivory Coast Nigeria Paraguay Portugal Mpumalanga (1) Chile North West Province (3) England South Korea Spain Northern Cape (1) Uruguay Western Cape (4) Brazil Denmark France Japan |
## Final draw
The FIFA Organising Committee approved the procedure for the final draw on 2 December 2009. The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA World Ranking and seven squads joined hosts South Africa as seeded teams for the final draw. No two teams from the same confederation were to be drawn in the same group, except allowing a maximum of two European teams in a group.[60]
| Pot 1 (Host & Top seven) | Pot 2 (AFC, CONCACAF & OFC) | Pot 3 (CAF & CONMEBOL) | Pot 4 (UEFA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| South Africa Brazil Spain Netherlands Italy Germany Argentina England | Australia Japan North Korea South Korea Honduras Mexico United States New Zealand | Algeria Cameroon Ghana Ivory Coast Nigeria Chile Paraguay Uruguay | Denmark France Greece Portugal Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland |
The group draw was staged in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.[61] The ceremony was presented by South African actress Charlize Theron, assisted by FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke.[62] The balls were drawn by English football star David Beckham and African sporting figures Haile Gebrselassie, John Smit, Makhaya Ntini, Matthew Booth and Simphiwe Dludlu.[63]
## Opening ceremony
## Referees
FIFA's Referees' Committee selected 29 referees through its Refereeing Assistance Programme to officiate at the World Cup: four from the AFC, three from the CAF, six from CONMEBOL, four from CONCACAF, two from the OFC, and ten from UEFA.[64] English referee Howard Webb was chosen to referee the final, making him the first person to referee both the UEFA Champions League final and the World Cup final in the same year.[65]
## Squads
The Brazilian and North Korean teams before their group stage match
As with the 2006 tournament, each team's squad for the 2010 World Cup consisted of 23 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player squad by 1 June 2010. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.[66]
Of the 736 players participating in the tournament, over half played their club football in five European domestic leagues; those in England (117 players), Germany (84), Italy (80), Spain (59) and France (46).[67] The English, German and Italian squads were made up of entirely home based players, while only Nigeria had no players from clubs in their own league. In all, players from 52 national leagues entered the tournament. FC Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing the most players to the tournament, with 13 players of their side travelling, 7 with the Spanish team, while another 7 clubs contributed 10 players or more.
In another first for South Africa 2010, one squad included three siblings. Jerry, Johnny, and Wilson Palacios made history thanks to their inclusion in Honduras's 23-man list.[68] Unusually, the game between Germany and Ghana had two brothers playing for opposite nations, with Jérôme Boateng and Kevin-Prince Boateng playing respectively.
## Match summary
The 32 national teams involved in the tournament together played a total of 64 matches starting from the group stage matches and progressing to the knockout stage matches, with teams eliminated through the various progressive stages. Rest days were allocated during the various stages to allow players recovery during the tournament. Preliminary events were also held in celebration of the World Cup event.[69] All times listed in the table below are in South African Standard Time (UTC+02).
| Day_Thursday 10 June_Thursday 10 June | Time_Preliminary events_Unnamed: 1_level_2 | Venue_Preliminary events_Unnamed: 2_level_2 | Stage_Preliminary events_Unnamed: 3_level_2 | Team 1_Preliminary events_Unnamed: 4_level_2 | Result_Preliminary events_Unnamed: 5_level_2 | Team 2_Preliminary events_Unnamed: 6_level_2 | Unnamed: 7_level_0_Unnamed: 7_level_1_Unnamed: 7_level_2 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20:00 | Soweto | FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert[70] | FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert[70] | FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert[70] | FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert[70] | | |
| Friday 11 June | 14:00 | Johannesburg (SC) | Opening ceremony[71] | Opening ceremony[71] | Opening ceremony[71] | Opening ceremony[71] | |
| Friday 11 June | First round of group stage matches | First round of group stage matches | First round of group stage matches | First round of group stage matches | First round of group stage matches | First round of group stage matches | |
| Friday 11 June | 16:00 | Johannesburg (SC) | Group A | South Africa | 1–1 | Mexico | |
| Friday 11 June | 20:30 | Cape Town | Group A | Uruguay | 0–0 | France | |
| Saturday 12 June | 13:30 | Port Elizabeth | Group B | South Korea | 2–0 | Greece | |
| Saturday 12 June | 16:00 | Johannesburg (EP) | Group B | Argentina | 1–0 | Nigeria | |
| Saturday 12 June | 20:30 | Rustenburg | Group C | England | 1–1 | United States | |
| Sunday 13 June | 13:30 | Polokwane | Group C | Algeria | 0–1 | Slovenia | |
| Sunday 13 June | 16:00 | Pretoria | Group D | Serbia | 0–1 | Ghana | |
| Sunday 13 June | 20:30 | Durban | Group D | Germany | 4–0 | Australia | |
| Monday 14 June | 13:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Group E | Netherlands | 2–0 | Denmark | |
| Monday 14 June | 16:00 | Bloemfontein | Group E | Japan | 1–0 | Cameroon | |
| Monday 14 June | 20:30 | Cape Town | Group F | Italy | 1–1 | Paraguay | |
| Tuesday 15 June | 13:30 | Rustenburg | Group F | New Zealand | 1–1 | Slovakia | |
| Tuesday 15 June | 16:00 | Port Elizabeth | Group G | Ivory Coast | 0–0 | Portugal | |
| Tuesday 15 June | 20:30 | Johannesburg (EP) | Group G | Brazil | 2–1 | North Korea | |
| Wednesday 16 June | 13:30 | Nelspruit | Group H | Honduras | 0–1 | Chile | |
| Wednesday 16 June | 16:00 | Durban | Group H | Spain | 0–1 | Switzerland | |
| Wednesday 16 June | Second round of group stage matches | Second round of group stage matches | Second round of group stage matches | Second round of group stage matches | Second round of group stage matches | Second round of group stage matches | |
| Wednesday 16 June | 20:30 | Pretoria | Group A | South Africa | 0–3 | Uruguay | |
| Thursday 17 June | 13:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Group B | Argentina | 4–1 | South Korea | |
| Thursday 17 June | 16:00 | Bloemfontein | Group B | Greece | 2–1 | Nigeria | |
| Thursday 17 June | 20:30 | Polokwane | Group A | France | 0–2 | Mexico | |
| Friday 18 June | 13:30 | Port Elizabeth | Group D | Germany | 0–1 | Serbia | |
| Friday 18 June | 16:00 | Johannesburg (EP) | Group C | Slovenia | 2–2 | United States | |
| Friday 18 June | 20:30 | Cape Town | Group C | England | 0–0 | Algeria | |
| Saturday 19 June | 13:30 | Durban | Group E | Netherlands | 1–0 | Japan | |
| Saturday 19 June | 16:00 | Rustenburg | Group D | Ghana | 1–1 | Australia | |
| Saturday 19 June | 20:30 | Pretoria | Group E | Cameroon | 1–2 | Denmark | |
| Sunday 20 June | 13:30 | Bloemfontein | Group F | Slovakia | 0–2 | Paraguay | |
| Sunday 20 June | 16:00 | Nelspruit | Group F | Italy | 1–1 | New Zealand | |
| Sunday 20 June | 20:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Group G | Brazil | 3–1 | Ivory Coast | |
| Monday 21 June | 13:30 | Cape Town | Group G | Portugal | 7–0 | North Korea | |
| Monday 21 June | 16:00 | Port Elizabeth | Group H | Chile | 1–0 | Switzerland | |
| Monday 21 June | 20:30 | Johannesburg (EP) | Group H | Spain | 2–0 | Honduras | |
| Tuesday 22 June | Third round of group stage matches | Third round of group stage matches | Third round of group stage matches | Third round of group stage matches | Third round of group stage matches | Third round of group stage matches | |
| Tuesday 22 June | 16:00 | Rustenburg | Group A | Mexico | 0–1 | Uruguay | |
| Tuesday 22 June | 16:00 | Bloemfontein | Group A | France | 1–2 | South Africa | |
| Tuesday 22 June | 20:30 | Durban | Group B | Nigeria | 2–2 | South Korea | |
| Tuesday 22 June | 20:30 | Polokwane | Group B | Greece | 0–2 | Argentina | |
| Wednesday 23 June | 16:00 | Port Elizabeth | Group C | Slovenia | 0–1 | England | |
| Wednesday 23 June | 16:00 | Pretoria | Group C | United States | 1–0 | Algeria | |
| Wednesday 23 June | 20:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Group D | Ghana | 0–1 | Germany | |
| Wednesday 23 June | 20:30 | Nelspruit | Group D | Australia | 2–1 | Serbia | |
| Thursday 24 June | 16:00 | Johannesburg (EP) | Group F | Slovakia | 3–2 | Italy | |
| Thursday 24 June | 16:00 | Polokwane | Group F | Paraguay | 0–0 | New Zealand | |
| Thursday 24 June | 20:30 | Rustenburg | Group E | Denmark | 1–3 | Japan | |
| Thursday 24 June | 20:30 | Cape Town | Group E | Cameroon | 1–2 | Netherlands | |
| Friday 25 June | 16:00 | Durban | Group G | Portugal | 0–0 | Brazil | |
| Friday 25 June | 16:00 | Nelspruit | Group G | North Korea | 0–3 | Ivory Coast | |
| Friday 25 June | 20:30 | Pretoria | Group H | Chile | 1–2 | Spain | |
| Friday 25 June | 20:30 | Bloemfontein | Group H | Switzerland | 0–0 | Honduras | |
| Saturday 26 June | Knockout stage matches | Knockout stage matches | Knockout stage matches | Knockout stage matches | Knockout stage matches | Knockout stage matches | |
| Saturday 26 June | 16:00 | Port Elizabeth | Round of 16 | Uruguay | 2–1 | South Korea | |
| Saturday 26 June | 20:30 | Rustenburg | Round of 16 | United States | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Ghana | |
| Sunday 27 June | 16:00 | Bloemfontein | Round of 16 | Germany | 4–1 | England | |
| Sunday 27 June | 20:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Round of 16 | Argentina | 3–1 | Mexico | |
| Monday 28 June | 16:00 | Durban | Round of 16 | Netherlands | 2–1 | Slovakia | |
| Monday 28 June | 20:30 | Johannesburg (EP) | Round of 16 | Brazil | 3–0 | Chile | |
| Tuesday 29 June | 16:00 | Pretoria | Round of 16 | Paraguay | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p) | Japan | |
| Tuesday 29 June | 20:30 | Cape Town | Round of 16 | Spain | 1–0 | Portugal | |
| Wednesday 30 June | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | |
| Thursday 1 July | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | |
| Friday 2 July | 16:00 | Port Elizabeth | Quarter-finals | Netherlands | 2–1 | Brazil | |
| Friday 2 July | 20:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Quarter-finals | Uruguay | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Ghana | |
| Saturday 3 July | 16:00 | Cape Town | Quarter-finals | Argentina | 0–4 | Germany | |
| Saturday 3 July | 20:30 | Johannesburg (EP) | Quarter-finals | Paraguay | 0–1 | Spain | |
| Sunday 4 July | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | |
| Monday 5 July | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | |
| Tuesday 6 July | 20:30 | Cape Town | Semi-finals | Uruguay | 2–3 | Netherlands | |
| Wednesday 7 July | 20:30 | Durban | Semi-finals | Germany | 0–1 | Spain | |
| Thursday 8 July | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | |
| Friday 9 July | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | Rest days | |
| Saturday 10 July | 20:30 | Port Elizabeth | Third place match | Uruguay | 2–3 | Germany | |
| Sunday 11 July | 18:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Closing ceremony[72] | Closing ceremony[72] | Closing ceremony[72] | Closing ceremony[72] | Closing ceremony[72] |
| Sunday 11 July | 20:30 | Johannesburg (SC) | Final | Netherlands | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Spain | |
## Group stage
_All times are South Africa Standard Time (UTC+2)._
The tournament match schedule was announced in November 2007.[73][74] In the first round, or group stage, the 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, with each team playing the other three teams in their group once. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The top two teams in each group advanced to the round of 16.
The South American teams performed strongly, with all five advancing to the round of 16 (four as group winners), and four further advancing to the quarter-finals. However, only Uruguay advanced to the semi-finals.
Of the six African teams, only Ghana advanced to the round of 16. South Africa became the first host nation in World Cup history to be eliminated in the first round, despite beating France and drawing with Mexico, while Ghana and Ivory Coast were the only other African teams to win a match. The overall performance of the African teams, in the first World Cup to be hosted on the continent, was judged as disappointing by observers such as Cameroon great Roger Milla.[75]
Only six out of the thirteen UEFA teams advanced to the round of 16, a record low since the introduction of this stage in 1986. Nonetheless, the final was contested by two European teams.[68] In another World Cup first, the two finalists from the preceding tournament, Italy and France, were eliminated at the group stage, with Italy becoming the third defending champions to be eliminated in the first round after Brazil in 1966 and France in 2002.[76] New Zealand, one of the lowest-ranked teams, surprised many by drawing all three of their group matches, ending the tournament as the only undefeated team.
Tie-breaking criteria for group play
- 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
- 2. Goal difference in all group matches
- 3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- 4. Greatest number of points in matches between tied teams
- 5. Goal difference in matches between tied teams
- 6. Greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams
- 7. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
### Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | South Africa (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
| South Africa | 1–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tshabalala 55' | Report | Márquez 79' |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 84,490Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[78]
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 64,100Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)[78]
| 0–3 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Forlán 24', 80' (pen.) Á. Pereira 90+5' |
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaAttendance: 42,658Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)[78]
| 0–2 | Mexico |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Hernández 64' Blanco 79' (pen.) |
Peter Mokaba Stadium, PolokwaneAttendance: 35,370Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)[78]
| 0–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Suárez 43' |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, RustenburgAttendance: 33,425Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)[78]
| France | 1–2 | South Africa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Malouda 70' | Report | Khumalo 20' Mphela 37' |
Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinAttendance: 39,415Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)[78]
### Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| South Korea | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Lee Jung-soo 7' Park Ji-sung 52' | Report |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 31,513Referee: Michael Hester (New Zealand)[79]
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Heinze 6' | Report |
Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 55,686Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)[79]
| Argentina | 4–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Park Chu-young 17' (o.g.) Higuaín 33', 76', 80' | Report | Lee Chung-yong 45+1' |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 82,174Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)[80]
| Greece | 2–1 | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salpingidis 44' Torosidis 71' | Report | Uche 16' |
Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinAttendance: 31,593Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)[80]
| Nigeria | 2–2 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Uche 12' Yakubu 69' (pen.) | Report | Lee Jung-soo 38' Park Chu-young 49' |
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 61,874Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
| 0–2 | Argentina |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Demichelis 77' Palermo 89' |
Peter Mokaba Stadium, PolokwaneAttendance: 38,891Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
### Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| England | 1–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gerrard 4' | Report | Dempsey 40' |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, RustenburgAttendance: 38,646Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)[79]
| 0–1 | Slovenia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Koren 79' |
Peter Mokaba Stadium, PolokwaneAttendance: 30,325Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)[81]
| Slovenia | 2–2 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Birsa 13' Ljubijankić 42' | Report | Donovan 48' Bradley 82' |
Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 45,573Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)[80]
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 64,100Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[80]
| 0–1 | England |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Defoe 23' |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 36,893Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
| United States | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Donovan 90+1' | Report |
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaAttendance: 35,827Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
### Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 0–1 | Ghana |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Gyan 85' (pen.) |
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaAttendance: 38,833Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)[79]
| Germany | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Podolski 8' Klose 26' Müller 68' Cacau 70' | Report |
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 62,660Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)[79]
| 0–1 | Serbia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Jovanović 38' |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 38,294Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)[80]
| Ghana | 1–1 | Australia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gyan 25' (pen.) | Report | Holman 11' |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, RustenburgAttendance: 34,812Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)[80]
| 0–1 | Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Özil 60' |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 83,391Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
| Australia | 2–1 | Serbia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cahill 69' Holman 73' | Report | Pantelić 84' |
Mbombela Stadium, NelspruitAttendance: 37,836Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
### Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Netherlands | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Agger 46' (o.g.) Kuyt 85' | Report |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 83,465Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)[79]
| Japan | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Honda 39' | Report |
Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinAttendance: 30,620Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)[79]
| Netherlands | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Sneijder 53' | Report |
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 62,010Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
| Cameroon | 1–2 | Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eto'o 10' | Report | Bendtner 33' Rommedahl 61' |
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaAttendance: 38,074Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
| Denmark | 1–3 | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tomasson 81' | Report | Honda 17' Endō 30' Okazaki 87' |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, RustenburgAttendance: 27,967Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)
| Cameroon | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eto'o 65' (pen.) | Report | Van Persie 36' Huntelaar 83' |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 63,093Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
### Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Italy | 1–1 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| De Rossi 63' | Report | Alcaraz 39' |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 62,869Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)[78]
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Slovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reid 90+3' | Report | Vittek 50' |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, RustenburgAttendance: 23,871Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)[78]
| 0–2 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Vera 27' Riveros 86' |
Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinAttendance: 26,643Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)[78]
| Italy | 1–1 | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Iaquinta 29' (pen.) | Report | Smeltz 7' |
Mbombela Stadium, NelspruitAttendance: 38,229Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)[78]
| Slovakia | 3–2 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vittek 25', 73' Kopúnek 89' | Report | Di Natale 81' Quagliarella 90+2' |
Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 53,412Referee: Howard Webb (England)[78]
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Peter Mokaba Stadium, PolokwaneAttendance: 34,850Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)[78]
### Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 37,034Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)[79]
| Brazil | 2–1 | North Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maicon 55' Elano 72' | Report | Ji Yun-nam 89' |
Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 54,331Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)[79]
| Brazil | 3–1 | Ivory Coast |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luís Fabiano 25', 50' Elano 62' | Report | Drogba 79' |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 84,455Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
| Portugal | 7–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Meireles 29' Simão 53' Almeida 56' Tiago 60', 89' Liédson 81' Ronaldo 87' | Report |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 63,644Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 62,712Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| 0–3 | Ivory Coast |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Y. Touré 14' Romaric 20' Kalou 82' |
Mbombela Stadium, NelspruitAttendance: 34,763Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
### Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 0–1 | Chile |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Beausejour 34' |
Mbombela Stadium, NelspruitAttendance: 32,664Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)[79]
| 0–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Fernandes 52' |
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 62,453Referee: Howard Webb (England)[79]
| Chile | 1–0 |
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| González 75' | Report |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 34,872Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
| Spain | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Villa 17', 51' | Report |
Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 54,386Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
| Chile | 1–2 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Millar 47' | Report | Villa 24' Iniesta 37' |
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaAttendance: 41,958Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
| 0–0 |
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Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinAttendance: 28,042Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
## Knockout stage
_All times listed are South African Standard Time (UTC+2)._
The knockout stage comprised the 16 teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final. There was also a play-off to decide third and fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.[82]
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 26 June – Port Elizabeth | 26 June – Port Elizabeth | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 June – Port Elizabeth | 26 June – Port Elizabeth | | | | | | | | | | | Uruguay | 2 | |
| 2 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | 2 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | | | | | | | | | | | Uruguay | 2 | |
| 2 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | 2 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | | | South Korea | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Uruguay (p) | 1 (4) | | South Korea | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uruguay (p) | 1 (4) | 26 June – Rustenburg | 26 June – Rustenburg | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ghana | 26 June – Rustenburg | 26 June – Rustenburg | | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ghana | United States | 1 | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | United States | 1 | 6 July – Cape Town | 6 July – Cape Town | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 | 6 July – Cape Town | 6 July – Cape Town | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ghana (a.e.t.) | 2 | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 28 June – Durban | 28 June – Durban | Uruguay | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 28 June – Durban | 28 June – Durban | | Netherlands | | | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 2 | | Netherlands | | 3 | | | | | | |
| | 2 July – Port Elizabeth | 2 July – Port Elizabeth | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 2 July – Port Elizabeth | 2 July – Port Elizabeth | Slovakia | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands | 2 | Slovakia | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands | 2 | 28 June – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | 28 June – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 | 28 June – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | 28 June – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 | Brazil | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | 3 | | | | | | 11 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | 11 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | | | |
| | | | Chile | 0 | | | | | | 11 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | 11 July – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | | | |
| | | | Chile | 0 | | | | | | Netherlands | | | 0 | |
| | | | 27 June – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | 27 June – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | | | | | | Netherlands | | | 0 | |
| | | | 27 June – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | 27 June – Johannesburg (Soccer City) | | | | | | | | | Spain (a.e.t.) | 1.0 |
| | | | Argentina | 3 | | | | | | | | Spain (a.e.t.) | 1 | |
| | 3 July – Cape Town | 3 July – Cape Town | Argentina | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3 July – Cape Town | 3 July – Cape Town | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 0 | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 0 | 27 June – Bloemfontein | 27 June – Bloemfontein | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Germany | 4 | 27 June – Bloemfontein | 27 June – Bloemfontein | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Germany | 4 | Germany | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Germany | 4 | | 7 July – Durban | 7 July – Durban | | | | | | | |
| | | | England | 1 | | 7 July – Durban | 7 July – Durban | | | | | | | |
| | | | England | 1 | | Germany | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 29 June – Pretoria | 29 June – Pretoria | | Germany | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 29 June – Pretoria | 29 June – Pretoria | | Spain | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Paraguay (p) | 0 (5) | | Spain | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 3 July – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | 3 July – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | Paraguay (p) | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | 10 July – Port Elizabeth | 10 July – Port Elizabeth | |
| | 3 July – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | 3 July – Johannesburg (Ellis Park) | Japan | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | 10 July – Port Elizabeth | 10 July – Port Elizabeth | |
| | Paraguay | 0 | Japan | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | Uruguay | 2 | |
| | Paraguay | 0 | 29 June – Cape Town | 29 June – Cape Town | | | | | | | | Uruguay | 2 | |
| | Spain | 1 | 29 June – Cape Town | 29 June – Cape Town | | | | | | | | Germany | 3 | |
| | Spain | 1 | Spain | 1 | | | | | | | | Germany | 3 | |
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### Round of 16
In this round, each group winner (A to H) was paired against the runner-up from another group.
- South American teams again performed strongly in the round of 16, with four teams advancing to the quarter-finals including Brazil who defeated fellow South Americans Chile.
- European teams performed even more strongly in the sense that all matches between a European and a non-European team were won by the European team. In the previous edition (2006), they had also achieved this.
- England's 4–1 loss to Germany was their biggest ever margin of defeat at a World Cup finals.[83][84] It was also the first time that a World Cup finals match between these two traditional rivals had a decisive result in regulation time, their three previous meetings all being tied at 90 minutes, with two settled in extra time and one in a penalty shoot-out.
- Ghana defeated the United States after extra time to become the third African team to reach the last eight (after Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002), and the only African team to have achieved both a top 8 finish and a separate top 16 finish (in 2006).
- Paraguay and Ghana reached the quarter-finals for the first time.
The round was marked by some controversial referees' decisions, including:
- A disallowed goal by England in their 4–1 loss against Germany, where the shot by Frank Lampard was seen to cross substantially over the goal line when shown on television broadcast replays.
- An allowed goal by Argentina in their 3–1 win over Mexico, where Argentine striker Carlos Tevez was seen to be offside when shown on television broadcast replays, which were shown inside the stadium shortly after the incident.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter took the unusual step of apologising to England and Mexico for the decisions that went against them, saying: "Yesterday I spoke to the two federations directly concerned by referees' mistakes [...] I apologised to England and Mexico. The English said thank you and accepted that you can win some and you lose some and the Mexicans bowed their head and accepted it."[85] Blatter also promised to re-open the discussion regarding devices which monitor possible goals and make that information immediately available to match officials, saying: "We will naturally take on board the discussion on technology and have the first opportunity in July at the business meeting."[85] Blatter's call came less than four months after FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke said the door was closed on goal-line technology and video replays after a vote by the IFAB.[85]
| Uruguay | 2–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suárez 8', 80' | Report | Lee Chung-yong 68' |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 30,597Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
| United States | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Ghana |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donovan 62' (pen.) | Report | Boateng 5' Gyan 93' |
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, RustenburgAttendance: 34,976Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
| Germany | 4–1 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Klose 20' Podolski 32' Müller 67', 70' | Report | Upson 37' |
Free State Stadium, BloemfonteinAttendance: 40,510Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
| Argentina | 3–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tevez 26', 52' Higuaín 33' | Report | Hernández 71' |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 84,377Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Slovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robben 18' Sneijder 84' | Report | Vittek 90+4' (pen.) |
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 61,962Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
| Brazil | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Juan 34' Luís Fabiano 38' Robinho 59' | Report |
Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 54,096Referee: Howard Webb (England)
| Paraguay | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Barreto Barrios Riveros Valdez Cardozo | 5–3 | Endō Hasebe Komano Honda |
Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaAttendance: 36,742Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
| Spain | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Villa 63' | Report |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 62,955Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)
### Quarter-finals
The three quarter-finals between European and South American teams all resulted in wins for Europeans. Germany had a 4–0 victory over Argentina, and the Netherlands came from behind to beat Brazil 2–1, handing the Brazilians their first loss in a World Cup match held outside Europe (other than in a penalty shoot-out) since 1950 when Uruguay won the decisive match 2–1.[86] Spain reached the final four for the first time since 1950 after a 1–0 win over Paraguay. Uruguay, the only South American team to reach the semi-finals, overcame Ghana in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw in which Ghana missed a penalty at the end of extra time after Luis Suárez controversially handled the ball on the line.
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sneijder 53', 68' | Report | Robinho 10' |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 40,186Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
| Uruguay | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Ghana |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Forlán 55' | Report | Muntari 45+2' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Forlán Victorino Scotti M. Pereira Abreu | 4–2 | Gyan Appiah Mensah Adiyiah |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 84,017Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
| 0–4 | Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Müller 3' Klose 68', 89' Friedrich 74' |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 64,100Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
| 0–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Villa 83' |
Ellis Park Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 55,359Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
### Semi-finals
The Netherlands qualified for the final for the third time with a 3–2 win over Uruguay. Spain reached their first ever final with a 1–0 victory over Germany. As a result, it was the first World Cup final not to feature at least one of Brazil, Italy, Germany or Argentina.
| Uruguay | 2–3 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Forlán 41' M. Pereira 90+2' | Report | Van Bronckhorst 18' Sneijder 70' Robben 73' |
Cape Town Stadium, Cape TownAttendance: 62,479Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
| 0–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Puyol 73' |
Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanAttendance: 60,960Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
### Third place play-off
Germany defeated Uruguay 3–2 to secure third place. Germany holds the record for most third-place finishes in the World Cup (4), while Uruguay holds the record for most fourth-place finishes (3).
| Uruguay | 2–3 | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cavani 28' Forlán 51' | Report | Müller 19' Jansen 56' Khedira 82' |
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port ElizabethAttendance: 36,254Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)[87]
### Final
The final was held on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City, Johannesburg. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0, with an extra time goal from Andrés Iniesta. Iniesta scored the latest winning goal in a FIFA World Cup final (116th minute).[88] The win gave Spain their first World Cup title, becoming the eighth team to win it. This made them the first new winner without home advantage since Brazil in 1958,[89] and the first team to win the tournament after having lost their opening game.[68]
A large number of fouls were committed in the final match. Referee Howard Webb handed out 14 yellow cards, more than doubling the previous record for this fixture, set when Argentina and West Germany shared six cards in 1986,[68] and John Heitinga of the Netherlands was sent off for receiving a second yellow card. The Netherlands had chances to score, most notably in the 60th minute when Arjen Robben was released by Wesley Sneijder to be one-on-one with Spain's goalkeeper Iker Casillas, only for Casillas to save the shot with an outstretched leg. For Spain, Sergio Ramos missed a free header from a corner kick when he was unmarked.[90] Iniesta finally broke the deadlock in extra time, scoring a volleyed shot from a pass by Cesc Fàbregas.[91]
This result marked the first time that two teams from the same continent had won successive World Cups (following Italy in 2006), and saw Europe reaching 10 World Cup titles, surpassing South America's nine titles. Spain became the first team since West Germany in 1974 to win the World Cup as European champions. The result also marked the first time that a European nation had won a World Cup Finals that was not hosted on European soil.
A closing ceremony was held before the final, featuring singer Shakira. Afterwards, the former South African President Nelson Mandela made a brief appearance on the pitch, wheeled in by a motorcart.[72][92]
| 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Iniesta 116' |
Soccer City, JohannesburgAttendance: 84,490Referee: Howard Webb (England)[87]
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
South African winger Siphiwe Tshabalala was the first player to score a goal in the competition, in their 1–1 draw against Mexico, the opening game of the tournament. Danish defender Daniel Agger was credited with the first own goal of the tournament, in his side's 2–0 loss to the Netherlands. Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín was the only player to score a hat-trick in the tournament, in Argentina's 4–1 win over South Korea, the match where the second and last own goal was scored.[93] It was the 49th World Cup hat-trick in the history of the tournament.
Spain set a new record for the fewest goals scored by a World Cup-winning team, with eight.[90] The previous record low was 11, set by Brazil in 1994, England in 1966,[90] and Italy in 1938.[94] Spain had the fewest goalscorers for a champion as well (three – Villa with five goals, Iniesta with two and Puyol with one).[68] They also had the fewest goals conceded for a champion (2), equal with Italy (2006) and France (1998). Spain's victory marked the first time that a team won the World Cup without conceding a goal in the knockout stage.[88]
The four top scorers in the tournament had five goals each. All of the four top scorers also came from the teams that finished in the top four, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, and Uruguay. The Golden Boot went to Thomas Müller of Germany who had three assists, compared to one for the three others. The Silver Boot went to David Villa of Spain, who played a total of 635 minutes, and the Bronze Boot to Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands, who played 652 minutes. Diego Forlán of Uruguay had five goals and one assist in 654 minutes. A further three players scored four goals.[95]
Only 145 goals were scored at South Africa 2010, the lowest of any FIFA World Cup since the tournament switched to a 64-game format. This continued a downward trend since the first 64-game finals were held 12 years earlier, with 171 goals at France 1998, 161 at Korea/Japan 2002 and 147 at Germany 2006.[68]
**5 goals**
- Thomas Müller
- Wesley Sneijder
- David Villa
- Diego Forlán
**4 goals**
- Gonzalo Higuaín
- Miroslav Klose
- Róbert Vittek
**3 goals**
- Luís Fabiano
- Asamoah Gyan
- Landon Donovan
- Luis Suárez
**2 goals**
- Carlos Tevez
- Brett Holman
- Elano
- Robinho
- Samuel Eto'o
- Lukas Podolski
- Keisuke Honda
- Javier Hernández
- Arjen Robben
- Kalu Uche
- Tiago
- Lee Chung-yong
- Lee Jung-soo
- Andrés Iniesta
**1 goal**
- Martín Demichelis
- Gabriel Heinze
- Martín Palermo
- Tim Cahill
- Juan
- Maicon
- Jean Beausejour
- Mark González
- Rodrigo Millar
- Nicklas Bendtner
- Dennis Rommedahl
- Jon Dahl Tomasson
- Jermain Defoe
- Steven Gerrard
- Matthew Upson
- Florent Malouda
- Cacau
- Arne Friedrich
- Marcell Jansen
- Sami Khedira
- Mesut Özil
- Kevin-Prince Boateng
- Sulley Muntari
- Dimitris Salpingidis
- Vasilis Torosidis
- Daniele De Rossi
- Antonio Di Natale
- Vincenzo Iaquinta
- Fabio Quagliarella
- Didier Drogba
- Salomon Kalou
- Romaric
- Yaya Touré
- Yasuhito Endō
- Shinji Okazaki
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Rafael Márquez
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- Dirk Kuyt
- Giovanni van Bronckhorst
- Robin van Persie
- Winston Reid
- Shane Smeltz
- Yakubu
- Ji Yun-nam
- Antolín Alcaraz
- Cristian Riveros
- Enrique Vera
- Hugo Almeida
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Liédson
- Raul Meireles
- Simão
- Milan Jovanović
- Marko Pantelić
- Kamil Kopúnek
- Valter Birsa
- Robert Koren
- Zlatan Ljubijankić
- Bongani Khumalo
- Katlego Mphela
- Siphiwe Tshabalala
- Park Chu-young
- Park Ji-sung
- Carles Puyol
- Gelson Fernandes
- Michael Bradley
- Clint Dempsey
- Edinson Cavani
- Álvaro Pereira
- Maxi Pereira
**1 own goal**
- Daniel Agger (against Netherlands)
- Park Chu-young (against Argentina)
### Discipline
28 players were suspended after being shown two consecutive yellow cards (13 players), a single red card (8 players), or a yellow card followed by a red card (7 players).
### Final standings
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarter-finals Round of 16
Group stage
Shortly after the final, FIFA issued a final ranking of every team in the tournament. The ranking was based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. All 32 teams are ranked based on criteria which have been used by FIFA. The final ranking was as follows:[96]
| R | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | H | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 18 |
| 2 | Netherlands | E | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 18 |
| 3 | Germany | D | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 15 |
| 4 | Uruguay | A | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 11 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Argentina | B | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 |
| 6 | Brazil | G | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 |
| 7 | Ghana | D | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 |
| 8 | Paraguay | F | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 9 | Japan | E | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 10 | Chile | H | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 |
| 11 | Portugal | G | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
| 12 | United States | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | England | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 |
| 14 | Mexico | A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 15 | South Korea | B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
| 16 | Slovakia | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 17 | Ivory Coast | G | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 18 | Slovenia | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Switzerland | H | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | South Africa | A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 21 | Australia | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 |
| 22 | New Zealand | F | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Serbia | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 24 | Denmark | E | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| 25 | Greece | B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 26 | Italy | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 27 | Nigeria | B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
| 28 | Algeria | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| 29 | France | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 30 | Honduras | H | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| 31 | Cameroon | E | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| 32 | North Korea | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
## Awards
### Main awards
**Golden Ball[97] **
| # | Player | Votes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1st | Diego Forlán | 23.4% |
| 2nd | Wesley Sneijder | 21.8% |
| 3rd | David Villa | 16.9% |
- Golden Boot: Thomas Müller[98]
- Golden Glove: Iker Casillas[4]
- Best Young Player: Thomas Müller[3]
- FIFA Fair Play Trophy: Spain[5]
### All-Star Team
FIFA released an All-Star Team based on the Castrol performance index in its official website.[99]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manuel Neuer | Philipp Lahm Joan Capdevila Carles Puyol Sergio Ramos | Mark van Bommel Thomas Müller Wesley Sneijder Sergio Busquets | David Villa Luis Suárez |
### Dream Team
For the first time, FIFA published a Dream Team decided by an online public vote. People were invited to select a team (in a 4–4–2 formation) and best coach; voting was open until 23:59 on 11 July 2010,[100] with entrants going into a draw to win a prize.
Six of the eleven players came from the Spanish team, as did the coach. The remainder of the team comprised two players from Germany, and one each from Brazil, the Netherlands and Uruguay.[101][102]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Iker Casillas | Philipp Lahm Sergio Ramos Carles Puyol Maicon | Xavi Bastian Schweinsteiger Wesley Sneijder Andrés Iniesta | David Villa Diego Forlán |
## Marketing
A Spain shirt from 2014, autographed by members of the 2010 World Cup-winning squad, on display in Madrid
### Sponsorship
The sponsors of the 2010 World Cup are divided into three categories: FIFA Partners, FIFA World Cup Sponsors and National Supporters.[103][104][105][106]
| FIFA partners | FIFA World Cup sponsors | National supporters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adidas[107][108] Coca-Cola[109][110] Emirates[111] Hyundai–Kia[112][113] Sony[114] Visa[115] | Budweiser[116][117] Castrol[118] Continental[119][120] Mahindra Satyam[121][122] McDonald's[123] MTN Group[124] Seara Foods[125] Yingli Solar[126][127] | BP South Africa[128] Aggreko[129] First National Bank[130] Neo Africa[131] Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa Telkom[132] |
### Vuvuzelas
A man sounding a vuvuzela
The 2010 finals amplified international public awareness of the vuvuzela, a long horn blown by fans throughout matches.[133][134][135][136] Many World Cup competitors complained about the noise caused by the vuvuzela horns, including France's Patrice Evra, who blamed the horns for the team's poor performance.[137] Other critics include Lionel Messi, who complained that the sound of the vuvuzelas hampered communication among players on the pitch,[138] and broadcasting companies, which complained that commentators' voices were drowned out by the sound.[139]
Others watching on television complained that the ambient audio feed from the stadium contained only the sounds of the vuvuzelas with the usual sounds of people in the stands drowned out.[140][141] A spokesperson for ESPN and other networks said that they were taking steps to minimise the ambient noise on their broadcasts.[142] The BBC also investigated the possibility of offering broadcasts without vuvuzela noise.[143]
## Symbols
### Mascot
The official mascot for the 2010 World Cup was _Zakumi_, an anthropomorphised African leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008. His name came from "ZA" (the international abbreviation for South Africa) and the term _kumi_, which means "ten" in various African languages.[144] The mascot's colours reflected those of the host nation's playing strip – yellow and green.
### Match ball
The match ball for the 2010 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas, was named the _Jabulani_, which means _"bringing joy to everyone"_ in Zulu. It was the 11th World Cup match ball made by the German sports equipment maker; it featured 11 colours, representing each player of a team on the pitch and the 11 official languages of South Africa.[145][146] A special match ball with gold panels, called the _Jo'bulani_, was used at the final in Johannesburg.
The ball was constructed using a new design, consisting of eight thermally bonded, three-dimensional panels. These were spherically moulded from ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) and thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU). The surface of the ball was textured with grooves, a technology developed by Adidas called GripnGroove[147] that was intended to improve the ball's aerodynamics. The design received considerable academic input, being developed in partnership with researchers from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.[148] The balls were made in China, using latex bladders made in India, thermoplastic polyurethane-elastomer from Taiwan, ethylene vinyl acetate, isotropic polyester/cotton fabric, and glue and ink from China.[149]
Some football stars complained about the new ball, arguing that its movements were difficult to predict.[150] Brazilian goalkeeper Júlio César compared it to a "supermarket" ball that favored strikers and worked against goalkeepers.[151] Argentinian coach Diego Maradona said: "We won't see any long passes in this World Cup because the ball doesn't fly straight."[152] However, a number of Adidas-sponsored[153][154][155] players responded favourably to the ball.
### Music
The official song of the 2010 World Cup "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", was performed by the Colombian singer Shakira and the band Freshlyground from South Africa, and is sung in both English and Spanish.[156] The song is based on a traditional African soldiers' song, "Zangalewa".[157] Shakira and Freshlyground performed the song at the pre-tournament concert in Soweto on 10 June. It was also sung at the opening ceremony on 11 June and at the closing ceremony on 11 July.
The official mascot song of the 2010 World Cup was "Game On".
The official anthem of the 2010 World Cup was "Sign of a Victory" by R. Kelly with the Soweto Spiritual Singers, which was also performed at the opening ceremony.
## Event effects
A FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour aeroplane, sponsored by Coca-Cola. (2010)
### Social
Tournament organiser Danny Jordaan dismissed concerns that the attack on the Togo national team which took place in Angola in January 2010 had any relevance to the security arrangements for the World Cup.[158] There were also reports of thefts against visitors to the country for the World Cup. Tourists from China, Portugal, Spain, South Korea, Japan and Colombia had become victims of crime.[159] On 19 June after the match between England and Algeria, a fan was able to break through the FIFA-appointed security staff at Green Point stadium and gain access to the England team dressing room. The breach took place shortly after Prince William and Prince Harry had left the room. The trespasser was then released before he could be handed over to the Police. The Football Association lodged a formal complaint with FIFA and demanded that security be increased.[160]
#### Resettlement and eviction
A police patrol in Blikkiesdorp, a settlement for the evicted
As with many "hallmark events" throughout the world,[161] the 2010 FIFA World Cup has been connected to evictions,[162][163][164][165][166] which many claim are meant to 'beautify the city', impress visiting tourists, and hide shackdwellers. On 14 May 2009, the Durban-based shack-dwellers' movement Abahlali baseMjondolo took the KwaZulu-Natal government to court over their controversial Elimination and Prevention of Re-Emergence of Slums Act, meant to eliminate slums in South Africa and put homeless shackdwellers in transit camps in time for the 2010 World Cup.[167][168]
Another prominent controversy surrounding preparations for the World Cup was the N2 Gateway housing project in Cape Town, which planned to remove over 20,000 residents from the Joe Slovo Informal Settlement along the busy N2 Freeway and build rental flats and bond-houses in its place in time for the 2010 World Cup.[169] NGOs, international human rights organisations, and the Anti-Eviction Campaign have publicly criticised the conditions in Blikkiesdorp and said that the camp has been used to accommodate poor families evicted to make way for the 2010 World Cup.[166][170][171][172]
However some have argued that evictions are ordinarily common in South Africa and that in the lead up to the tournament many evictions were erroneously ascribed to the World Cup.[173]
### Economy
Some groups experienced complications in regards to scheduled sporting events, advertising, or broadcasting, as FIFA attempted to maximise control of media rights during the Cup. Affected parties included an international rugby union Test match, a South African airline and some TV networks, all of whom were involved in various legal struggles with World Cup organisers.[174][175][176]
During the tournament, group ticket-holders who did not utilise all their allotted tickets led to some early-round matches having as many as 11,000 unoccupied seats.[177]
While the event did help to boost the image of South Africa, it turned out to be a major financial disappointment.[178] Construction costs for venues and infrastructure amounted to £3 billion (€3.6 billion), and the government expected that increased tourism would help to offset these costs to the amount of £570 million (€680 million). However, only £323 million (€385 million) were actually taken in as 309,000 foreign fans came to South Africa, well below the expected number of 450,000.[178]
Local vendors were prohibited from selling food and merchandise within a 1.5 kilometre radius of any stadium hosting a World Cup match. For a vendor to operate within the radius, a registration fee of R60,000 (approximately US$7,888 or €6,200) had to be paid to FIFA. This fee was out of most local vendors' reach, as they are simple one-man-operated vendors. This prevented international visitors from experiencing local South African food. Some local vendors felt cheated out of an opportunity for financial gain and spreading South African culture in favour of multinational corporations.[179]
FIFA president Sepp Blatter declared the event "a huge financial success for everybody, for Africa, for South Africa and for FIFA," with revenue to FIFA of £2.24 billion (€2 billion).[180]
### Quality
In a December 2010 _Quality Progress_, FIFA President Blatter rated South Africa's organisational efforts a nine out of 10 scale, declaring that South Africa could be considered a plan B for all future competitions. The South African Quality Institute (SAQI) assisted in facility construction, event promotion, and organisations. The main issue listed in the article was lack of sufficient public transportation.[181]
## Media
### Broadcasting
Production set of the FIFA international broadcast centre during the event
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was expected to be the most-watched television event in history.[182] Hundreds of broadcasters, representing about 70 countries, transmitted the Cup to a TV audience that FIFA officials expect to exceed a cumulative 26 billion people, an average of approximately 400 million viewers per match. FIFA estimated that around 700 million viewers would watch the World Cup final.[183]
New forms of digital media have also allowed viewers to watch coverage through alternative means. "With games airing live on cell phones and computers, the World Cup will get more online coverage than any major sporting event yet," said Jake Coyle of the Associated Press.[184]
In the United States, ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 averaged a 2.1 rating, 2,288,000 households and 3,261,000 viewers for the 64 World Cup games. The rating was up 31 percent from a 1.6 in 2006, while households increased 32 percent from 1,735,000 and viewers rose from 2,316,000. The increases had been higher while the US remained in the tournament. Through the first 50 games, the rating was up 48 percent, households increased 54 percent and viewers rose 60 percent. Univision averaged 2,624,000 viewers for the tournament, up 17 percent, and 1,625,000 households, an increase of 11 percent.[185] An executive of the Nielsen Company, a leading audience research firm in the US, described the aggregate numbers for both networks' coverage of the match between the United States and Ghana as "phenomenal".[186] Live World Cup streaming on ESPN3.com pulled in some of the largest audiences in history, as 7.4 million unique viewers tuned in for matches. In total, ESPN3.com generated 942 million minutes of viewing or more than two hours per unique viewer. All 64 live matches were viewed by an average of 114,000 persons per minute. Most impressive were the numbers for the semi-final between Spain and Germany, which was viewed by 355,000 people per minute, making it ESPN3.com's largest average audience ever.[187]
### Filming
Sony technology was used to film the tournament. 25 of the matches were captured using 3D cameras.[188] Footage was captured in 3D through Sony's proprietary multi-image MPE-200 processors, housed in specially designed 3D outside broadcast trucks.[189] It supplied its flagship HDC-1500 cameras as well as its new HDC-P1 unit, a compact, point-of-view (POV)-type camera with 3, 2/3-inch CCD sensors.[190] The 3D games were produced for FIFA by Host Broadcast Services.[191]
### Video games
In PlayStation Home, Sony released a virtual space based on the 2010 FIFA World Cup in the Japanese version of Home on 3 December 2009. This virtual space is called the "FevaArena" and is a virtual stadium of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, featuring different areas for events, a FIFA mini-game, and a shop with FIFA related content.[192]
On 27 April 2010, EA Sports released the official 2010 World Cup video game.[193]
### FIFA Fan Fest
FIFA expanded the FIFA Fan Fest, hosting in Sydney, Buenos Aires, Berlin, Paris, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, and Mexico City, as well as several venues around South Africa.[194] The Durban Fan Fest was the most popular in South Africa during the tournament followed by the Cape Town Fan Fest.[195]
## See also
- July 2010 Kampala attacks, a series of terrorist bombings in Kampala, Uganda, timed to coincide with the final match
- _Listen Up! The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album_
- Paul the Octopus and Mani the parakeet, animals who predicted results of the matches
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# 1986 FIFA World Cup
Diego Maradona celebrating with the Trophy. Argentina won the tournament unbeaten
The **1986 FIFA World Cup** was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so, and resigned in November 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983, and became the first country to host the World Cup more than once, after previously hosting the 1970 edition.
The World Cup was won by Argentina (their second title, after winning in 1978). Argentina was captained by the 25-year-old Diego Maradona, who played a large part in his team's success by scoring his "Hand of God" goal, as well as another voted the "Goal of the Century", in the same quarter-final against England. These were two of the five goals that Maradona scored during the tournament, and he also created another five for his teammates.[1] Argentina beat West Germany 3–2 in the final at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca. Total attendance was 2,394,031, an average per match of 46,039.[2] Canada, Denmark and Iraq made their first appearances at the final stage.
The format of the competition changed from 1982. The final pair of matches in each group started at the same time[3] and the second round was played on a knock-out basis rather than groups. The 24 teams qualified were divided into six groups of four (A to F). The top two teams and the four best third-place finishers from the six groups advanced to the knockout round of 16 teams. Italy were the defending champions, but were eliminated by France in the Round of 16.
The tournament saw the appearance of the Mexican wave, a spectator phenomenon which was popularised worldwide after featuring during the tournament.[4][5][6]
## Host selection
Colombia was originally chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1974, with Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Pereira and Bucaramanga intended as the host cities, plus potentially Barranquilla.[7] Colombia agreed to host a 16-team competition. However, FIFA later allowed an expansion to 24 teams for the 1982 World Cup in Spain, which was more challenging for Colombia to host, although FIFA President João Havelange initially gave assurances that they could revert to a 16-team tournament.[7] Colombian president Julio César Turbay Ayala was initially against holding the tournament in his country, but reluctantly granted permission in October 1980.[8] However, the next Colombian president, Belisario Betancur, declared on 5 November 1982 that they could not afford to host the World Cup under the terms that FIFA demanded.[9]
Although Mexico, United States and Canada submitted bids on 11 March 1983 to be the replacement host, the five-person special FIFA committee responsible for recommending the bids to the Executive Committee (Exco) announced on 31 March that it would only consider Mexico's bid, saying the United States and Canada had "deviated" from FIFA's criteria[10] and Exco members refused to visit Canadian and American stadium sites.[11] On 20 May, the committee announced Mexico as the replacement hosts despite Havelange stating that the United States and Canada had made better presentations.[11] Mexico became the first nation to host two World Cups, as it had hosted the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
The Canadian representatives criticised the committee's decision not to consider Canada, saying they had submitted a more complete bid than Mexico, and that they had been misled by the number of stadiums required for bidding.[11] The United States' bid contained more than the required number of stadiums with the required capacity to host World Cup matches (at least 40,000 capacity, 60,000 for second-round matches and 80,000 for the tournament final). Mexico submitted a bid with 14 stadiums, only six of which seated over 40,000 at the time of the bid, and three over 60,000.[11] Havelange in turn criticised the United States' handling of stadium selection for the football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Americans also pointed out that Mexico had the influence of two seats on the 22-person executive committee, a FIFA vice president and an executive at Televisa, a Mexican television network with ties to Havelange.[10] Also working in Mexico's favour was Havelange secretly promising the broadcast rights to Televisa ahead of the vote.[12] Following the bidding process, Henry Kissinger, the former United States Secretary of State who led the United States bid committee, remarked, "The politics of soccer make me nostalgic for the politics of the Middle East," while the leader of the Canadian committee called Mexico's 10-page bid document "a joke."[11]
A severe earthquake in September 1985, eight months before the tournament, cast doubt[13] over Mexico's ability to organise the event, but the stadiums were not affected and it was decided to go ahead with the preparations.[14] As 1986 had been declared the International Year of Peace by the United Nations, the advertising boards of all the stadia displayed the FIFA and United Nations logos along with the legend "Football for Peace – Peace Year".[15]
For the design of the logo an unofficial motto was adopted: "El Mundo Unido por Un Balón" ("The World United by a Ball").[16]
The official match ball was the Adidas Azteca.[17]
## Mascot
Pique, the official mascot of the 1986 FIFA World Cup
The official mascot of the 1986 World Cup was _Pique_, a jalapeño pepper, characteristic of Mexican cuisine, with a moustache, a Colimote sombrero, and Mexican football team colours. Its name comes from _picante_, a Spanish word meaning "spicy", and was also a pun on the "PK" abbreviation of the football term penalty kick. Pique is also a common Spanish name.
The character caused a degree of controversy within Mexico for its ethnic stereotypes.[18][19]
## Qualification
Three teams qualified for the World Cup for the first time: Canada, Denmark and Iraq. Canada clinched its spot after winning the final match against Honduras 2–1 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Iraq played all their home matches on neutral ground because of the Iran–Iraq War. South Korea qualified for the first time since 1954, Paraguay for the first time since 1958, Portugal for the first time since 1966 and Bulgaria and Uruguay for the first time since 1974. As of 2022 , this was the last time that Hungary and Northern Ireland qualified for the finals, and the only time that Iraq have qualified. The Netherlands once again failed to qualify, even though they would go on to win the European Championship only two years later.
### List of qualified teams
The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.
**AFC (2)**
- Iraq (debut)
- South Korea
**CAF (2)**
- Algeria
- Morocco
**OFC (0)**
- _None qualified_
**CONCACAF (2)**
- Canada (debut)
- Mexico (hosts)
**CONMEBOL (4)**
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
**UEFA (14)**
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Denmark (debut)
- England
- France
- Hungary
- Italy (defending champions)
- Northern Ireland
- Poland
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Soviet Union
- Spain
- West Germany
Countries qualified for World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member
## Venues
Eleven cities hosted the tournament, with a total of twelve stadia used (two of them in Mexico City), among which were counted all five stadia that hosted the 1970 tournament. The Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, the largest stadium used for the tournament, hosted nine matches (including the final), more than any other stadium used. Mexico City hosted 13 total matches; the Olimpico Universitario Stadium hosted four matches (if the Mexico City suburban town Nezahualcoyotl's three matches are included, this brings the total up to 16 matches; nearly a third of all matches in this tournament). Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest city hosted 10 total matches (the Jalisco Stadium hosted seven matches, the Tres de Marzo Stadium in Zapopan hosted three), Monterrey hosted seven matches (The Tecnologico Stadium hosted three matches and the Universitario Stadium in San Nicolas de los Garza hosted four matches), and the Cuauhtémoc Stadium in Puebla hosted five matches.
The hot, humid and rainy summer weather in Mexico varied from humid desert locations like Monterrey to tropical locations such as Guadalajara; but perhaps the greatest hardship the players had to contend with was the high altitude of the Mexican locations. With the exception of the 93–104 °F (34–40 °C) temperatures of Monterrey (still 2,000 feet above sea level), all of the stadia were located in cities that varied anywhere from Guadalajara being 5,138 feet (1,566 m) above sea level to Toluca being 8,730 feet (2,660 m) above sea level, making conditions very difficult for the players running around in these stadia – but the higher the cities, the less intense the heat. Mexico City, the location of the opening and final matches and the location where the most matches were played was 7,380 feet (2,250 m) above sea level and the weather there was not as hot as in other cities used in this World Cup.
| Mexico City | Mexico City.1 | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Puebla City, Puebla |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Estadio Azteca | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Cuauhtémoc |
| Capacity: 114,600 | Capacity: 72,212 | Capacity: 66,193 | Capacity: 46,416 |
| | | | |
| San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León (Monterrey area) | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | Querétaro, Querétaro |
| Estadio Universitario | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | Estadio La Corregidora |
| Capacity: 43,780 | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | Capacity: 38,576 |
| | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | |
| Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico (Mexico City area) | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | MXCGuadalajaraZapopanMonterreySNDLGQuerétaroPueblaTolucaIrapuatoLeón | Monterrey, Nuevo León |
| Estadio Neza 86 | Stadiums in Mexico City (labeled as MXC () above)OlímpicoAztecaNeza | Stadiums in Mexico City (labeled as MXC () above)OlímpicoAztecaNeza | Estadio Tecnológico |
| Capacity: 34,536 | Stadiums in Mexico City (labeled as MXC () above)OlímpicoAztecaNeza | Stadiums in Mexico City (labeled as MXC () above)OlímpicoAztecaNeza | Capacity: 33,805 |
| | Stadiums in Mexico City (labeled as MXC () above)OlímpicoAztecaNeza | Stadiums in Mexico City (labeled as MXC () above)OlímpicoAztecaNeza | |
| Toluca, State of Mexico | Irapuato, Guanajuato | León, Guanajuato | Zapopan, Jalisco (Guadalajara area) |
| Estadio Nemesio Díez | Estadio Sergio León Chávez | Estadio Nou Camp | Estadio Tres de Marzo |
| Capacity: 32,612 | Capacity: 31,336 | Capacity: 30,531 | Capacity: 30,015 |
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All of these venues except Monterrey were located in central Mexico, as this tournament was organized with the then-standard way of keeping teams playing in locations in close proximity to each other. Group A only played at the Olimpico and in Puebla (except for the Bulgaria-Italy opening tournament match, which was played in the Azteca), Group B only played at the Azteca and in Toluca (hosts Mexico were part of this group; they played all their group stage matches at the Azteca), Group C played in León and Irapuato, Group D only played in Guadalajara (including the Guadalajara area town of Zapopan; the last match of this group was played in Monterrey), Group E exclusively played in Querétaro and Nezahualcóyotl, and Group F played in the northern city of Monterrey (including the Monterrey area town of San Nicolas de los Garza; the last match of this group was played in Guadalajara). All of the venues listed hosted knockout round matches except the ones in Nezahualcoyotl, Irapuato, Zapopan, Toluca and the Estadio Tecnologico in Monterrey.
| Stadium | Matches | Teams hosted in the first round |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estadio Azteca | Opening match, Group B, R2, QF, SF, Final | Mexico |
| Estadio Olímpico Universitario | Group A, R2 | Argentina, Bulgaria, South Korea |
| Estadio Jalisco | Group D, R2, QF, SF | Brazil |
| Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Group A, R2, QF, Third-place match | Italy |
| Estadio Universitario | Group F, R2, QF | Poland |
| Estadio La Corregidora | Group E, R2 | West Germany |
| Estadio Tecnológico | Group F | England, Portugal*, Morocco* |
| Estadio Nou Camp | Group C, R2 | France |
| Estadio Neza 86 | Group E | Uruguay, Denmark, Scotland |
| Estadio Sergio León Chávez | Group C | Soviet Union, Hungary, Canada |
| Estadio Tres de Marzo | Group D | Spain*, Northern Ireland, Algeria* |
| Estadio Nemesio Díez | Group B | Belgium, Paraguay, Iraq |
- _Morocco and Portugal played in Guadalajara while Spain and Algeria played in Monterrey._
## Match officials
- Africa
- Ali Ben Nasser
- Edwin Picon-Ackong
- Idrissa Traoré
- Asia
- Fallaj Al-Shanar
- Jamal Al Sharif
- Shizuo Takada
- Europe
- Luigi Agnolin
- Horst Brummeier
- Valeri Butenko
- Vojtech Christov
- George Courtney
- André Daina
- Bogdan Dotchev
- Erik Fredriksson
- Ioan Igna
- Jan Keizer
- Siegfried Kirschen
- Lajos Németh
- Zoran Petrović
- Alexis Ponnet
- Joël Quiniou
- Volker Roth
- Victoriano Sánchez Arminio
- Carlos Silva Valente
- Alan Snoddy
- North and Central America
- Rómulo Méndez
- Antonio Márquez Ramírez
- David Socha
- Berny Ulloa Morera
- Oceania
- Chris Bambridge
- South America
- Romualdo Arppi Filho
- Jesús Díaz
- Carlos Espósito
- Gabriel González Roa
- José Luis Martínez Bazán
- Hernán Silva
## Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see _1986 FIFA World Cup squads_.
## Seeding
| Seeded teams (hosts and top 5 from 1982 World Cup) | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico (hosts) Italy (1982 winners) West Germany (1982 runners-up) Poland (1982 third place) France (1982 fourth place) Brazil (1982 fifth place) | England Soviet Union Spain Argentina Paraguay Uruguay | Canada Denmark Algeria Morocco Iraq South Korea | Belgium Bulgaria Hungary Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland |
## Summary
Map of results
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarter-finals Round of 16
Group stage
### First round
Celebrations of Mexican fans at Zocalo main square, June 7, 1986.
The first round of the finals began in Group A, where Italy were held 1–1 by Bulgaria. Meanwhile, Argentina beat South Korea 3–1, with Diego Maradona playing a major part. Italy and Argentina drew 1–1, Maradona and Alessandro Altobelli scoring. South Korea and Bulgaria also drew 1–1 in a downpour. The final set of matches saw Argentina beating Bulgaria 2–0, and Italy narrowly defeating South Korea 3–2.
In Group B Mexico beat Belgium 2–1, and despite being held 1–1 by Paraguay, they won the group after a further win over Iraq, 1–0. Paraguay and Belgium also progressed after both beating Iraq and drawing with each other.
Group C pitted a strong Dynamo Kyiv-dominated Soviet Union side against the reigning European champions France. They drew with each other 1–1, with a goal scored by Vasyl Rats. France beat Canada 1–0 and finished in 2nd place in the group after beating Hungary, 3–0. Hungary had earlier lost 6–0 against the Soviet Union, which won the group due to goal difference.
Group D saw Brazil start against Spain, winning 1–0 after the referee failed to validate a legal goal scored by Míchel. Northern Ireland began their campaign with a draw against Algeria. Northern Ireland were then narrowly beaten by Spain before losing to Brazil 3–0 in their final match. This match saw a goal from Josimar on his debut and was also the final time Pat Jennings played for Northern Ireland. Spain qualified along with Brazil after defeating Algeria 3–0.
Denmark stormed through Group E, dubbed the group of death, with a 100 per cent record. They beat Alex Ferguson's Scotland 1–0 in their first game, then hammered Uruguay 6–1, with Preben Elkjær hitting a hat-trick. Denmark beat one of the favourites to win the tournament, West Germany, 2–0 thanks to a Jesper Olsen penalty and a goal from John Eriksen. After losing to Denmark, Scotland took the lead against West Germany thanks to a Gordon Strachan goal, but the West Germans fought back to win 2–1. After a violent 0–0 draw against Uruguay, the Scots were eliminated from the tournament. During that game José Batista of Uruguay was sent off after less than one minute of play for a foul on Strachan, a World Cup record that still stands. West Germany went through to the second round despite a loss against Denmark.
Morocco topped Group F after holding both Poland and England to goalless draws, and beating Portugal 3–1. By doing so, they became the first African team, and only the second nation from outside Europe and the Americas (after North Korea in 1966), to reach the second round. England lost 1–0 to Portugal, followed by a 0–0 draw against Morocco in which they lost captain Bryan Robson to injury (for the remainder of the tournament) and vice-captain Ray Wilkins to a red card (he was not selected for the remainder of the tournament, even after having served his obligatory one-match ban). In their last first-round game, with the captaincy taken over by Peter Shilton in goal, a first-half Gary Lineker hat-trick helped the reshaped side beat Poland 3–0 – although losing yet another player to a ban for the next round, Terry Fenwick receiving his second booking of the tournament. Poland had previously beaten Portugal, and in the end the Portuguese were the only team from Group F to be eliminated in the first round. Portugal, making their first appearance in 20 years, went on strike (in the Saltillo Affair) during the competition. Players refused to train between their first and second games (against England and Poland) and were eliminated after a loss to Morocco in the final group match.
### Second round and quarter-finals
Belgium beat the Soviet Union 4–3, despite a hat-trick by the Soviets' Igor Belanov. The game was level at 2–2 after 90 minutes, and in extra time Stephane Demol and Nico Claesen put Belgium 4–2 up. Belanov scored from the penalty spot with nine minutes remaining, but neither he nor any of his teammates could find a fourth goal for the Soviet Union. At the Olympic University Stadium in Mexico City, the European champions France ended Italy's reign as world champions with a 2–0 victory thanks to goals from Michel Platini and Yannick Stopyra. In the rematch of the 1930 FIFA World Cup Final, Argentina just edged out South American champions Uruguay in Puebla thanks to a 42nd-minute strike from Pedro Pasculli. The all-South American affair had a Diego Maradona goal disallowed.
In Querétaro, Denmark were eliminated as they went from a 1–0 lead to a 5–1 battering against Spain; key player Frank Arnesen was suspended for the game after being sent off against West Germany in their last group match, for taking a swipe at German playmaker Lothar Matthäus. The Danes scored first, with a Jesper Olsen penalty, but they were then taken apart by a devastating performance from Butragueño of Spain, who scored four of his team's five goals. At the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, England progressed to the quarter-finals comfortably when they saw off Paraguay 3–0, while Brazil brushed aside Poland 4–0. West Germany had a much harder time getting past Morocco, for whom goalkeeper Badou Zaki had an outstanding game. Morocco held out until the 87th minute, when Lothar Matthäus scored the only goal of the match with a free kick. Mexico won 2–0 against Bulgaria with an outstanding scissor-kick goal by Manuel Negrete which is honored by a remembrance plaque at the Azteca.
In the quarter-finals, France faced three-time world champion Brazil in Guadalajara. Brazil were well on top in the early stages, and Careca put them one up after 18 minutes. Five minutes before half-time, France drew level when Michel Platini scored his 41st goal after converting a cross from Dominique Rocheteau. Brazil had a chance to regain the lead in the second half when Branco was fouled by French keeper Joël Bats in the penalty area. Zico got up to take the kick, but Bats saved Zico's penalty.
The match went to extra time, and France finished slightly the stronger of the two sides. No more goals were scored, and so it was time for a penalty shoot-out. Socrates, who had earlier missed an open goal and headed an easy chance straight into the French keeper's arms, failed with the first kick for Brazil. The next six penalties were all converted, and then Platini fired over the bar. Brazil were back on level terms – but not for long. Julio Cesar struck the post with his penalty, and Luis Fernández then scored to put France through 4–3 on penalties.
Two other quarter-finals were also decided on penalties. Jan Ceulemans put Belgium ahead against Spain in the 35th minute, but Spanish substitute Señor equalised with five minutes to go. No more goals were scored in extra time, and Belgium won the shoot-out 5–4. On the hosts' first game outside of the Azteca, Francisco Javier Cruz saw a goal disallowed as West Germany and Mexico drew 0–0 after extra time. The West Germans eliminated the hosts 4–1 on penalties. As a curiosity, the German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher jumped to the right in the three Mexican penalties (stopping two of them).
The quarter-final between Argentina and England at the Azteca featured two very different goals in the second half by Diego Maradona: the first was scored illegally, as he punched the ball into the goal past England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. The referee did not see the handball and the goal was given as valid. After the game, Maradona claimed the goal was scored "A bit with the head of Maradona and another bit with the hand of God"; it became known as the "Hand of God" goal. For his second goal, voted "Goal of the Century" in 2002 on the FIFA website, Maradona dribbled half the length of the field past five English players before scoring. With 20 minutes to go, the introduction of John Barnes as a substitute changed the tide of play in England's favour, as he pinged cross after cross into the Argentine penalty area: with 9 minutes to go, Lineker got on the end of one and scored, then almost repeated the dose six minutes later but was just unable to reach the ball thanks to a timely block by Olarticoechea: 2–1 to Argentina was the final score. In Argentina, the game was seen as revenge for the Falklands War.[20]
### Semi-finals, third-place match and final
In the first semi-final match, Andreas Brehme put West Germany 1–0 ahead against France in the ninth minute in Guadalajara, but the outcome remained in doubt until two minutes from time when Rudi Völler made it 2–0, and West Germany were in the final for the second World Cup in succession. In the second semi-final match, Maradona struck twice in the second half as Argentina beat Belgium 2–0 at the Azteca. France went on to defeat Belgium in the third-place match, 4–2.
So it was to be the South American Argentina vs the European West Germany at the final at the Azteca, the second time this massive stadium would host a World Cup Final (the first in 1970). Jose Brown put Argentina one up midway through the first half of the final, and when Jorge Valdano scored a second for the South Americans in the 55th minute, Argentina looked to be strolling to victory. West Germany then staged a spirited comeback. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge pulled one back in the 74th minute, and six minutes later Rudi Völler hit the equaliser. With seven minutes remaining, a pass from Maradona gave Jorge Burruchaga the chance to score the winner for Argentina. Eight years on from their home triumph, Argentina regained the world title and 30 million people in Argentina celebrated in the streets after the final victory. Maradona was the Golden Ball winner as the best player of the tournament, while Gary Lineker of England won the Golden Boot as the leading scorer of the World Cup with six goals.
## Group stage
_All times are Central Time (UTC−6)_
| Key to colours in group tables |
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| Group winners, runners-up, and best four third-placed teams advance to the Round of 16 |
### Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Bulgaria | 1–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sirakov 85' | Report | Altobelli 44' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 96,000Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
| Argentina | 3–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Valdano 6', 46'Ruggeri 18' | Report | Park Chang-Sun 73' |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico CityAttendance: 60,000Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
| Italy | 1–1 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Altobelli 6' (pen.) | Report | Maradona 34' |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 32,000Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
| South Korea | 1–1 | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kim Jong-Boo 70' | Report | Getov 11' |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico CityAttendance: 45,000Referee: Fallaj Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)
| South Korea | 2–3 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Choi Soon-Ho 62'Huh Jung-Moo 83' | Report | Altobelli 17', 73'Cho Kwang-Rae 82' (o.g.) |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 20,000Referee: David Socha (United States)
| Argentina | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Valdano 4'Burruchaga 77' | Report |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico CityAttendance: 65,000Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
### Group B
Cruz and Cabañas going for the ball in Mexico v Paraguay
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
| Belgium | 1–2 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vandenbergh 45' | Report | Quirarte 23'Sánchez 39' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 110,000Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
| Paraguay | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Romero 35' | Report |
Estadio Nemesio Díez, TolucaAttendance: 24,000Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
| Mexico | 1–1 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Flores 3' | Report | Romero 85' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 114,600Referee: George Courtney (England)
| Iraq | 1–2 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Radhi 59' | Report | Scifo 16'Claesen 21' (pen.) |
Estadio Nemesio Díez, TolucaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Jesús Díaz (Colombia)
| Paraguay | 2–2 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cabañas 50', 76' | Report | Vercauteren 30'Veyt 59' |
Estadio Nemesio Díez, TolucaAttendance: 16,000Referee: Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria)
| 0–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Quirarte 54' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 103,763Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
### Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–1 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Papin 79' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 36,000Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
| Soviet Union | 6–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Yakovenko 2'Aleinikov 4'Belanov 24' (pen.)Yaremchuk 66'Dajka 73' (o.g.)Rodionov 80' | Report |
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, IrapuatoAttendance: 16,500Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
| France | 1–1 | Soviet Union |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fernández 62' | Report | Rats 53' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 36,540Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
| Hungary | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Esterházy 2'Détári 75' | Report |
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, IrapuatoAttendance: 13,800Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
| 0–3 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Stopyra 29'Tigana 62'Rocheteau 84' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 31,420Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)
| Soviet Union | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Blokhin 58'Zavarov 74' | Report |
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, IrapuatoAttendance: 14,200Referee: Idrissa Traoré (Mali)
### Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–1 | Brazil |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Sócrates 62' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 35,748Referee: Chris Bambridge (Australia)
| Algeria | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zidane 59' | Report | Whiteside 6' |
Estadio Tres de Marzo, ZapopanAttendance: 22,000Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Careca 66' | Report |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 48,000Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)
| Northern Ireland | 1–2 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clarke 46' | Report | Butragueño 1'Salinas 18' |
Estadio Tres de Marzo, ZapopanAttendance: 28,000Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
| 0–3 | Brazil |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Careca 15', 87'Josimar 42' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 51,000Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
| 0–3 | Spain |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Calderé 15', 68'Eloy 70' |
Estadio Tecnológico, MonterreyAttendance: 23,980Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
### Group E
Antonio Alzamendi scoring for Uruguay v West Germany
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Uruguay | 1–1 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alzamendi 4' | Report | Allofs 84' |
Estadio La Corregidora, QuerétaroAttendance: 30,500Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia)
| 0–1 | Denmark |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Elkjær 57' |
Estadio Neza 86, NezahualcóyotlAttendance: 18,000Referee: Lajos Németh (Hungary)
| West Germany | 2–1 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Völler 23'Allofs 49' | Report | Strachan 18' |
Estadio La Corregidora, QuerétaroAttendance: 30,000Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
| Denmark | 6–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Elkjær 11', 67', 80'Lerby 41'Laudrup 52'J. Olsen 88' | Report | Francescoli 45' (pen.) |
Estadio Neza 86, NezahualcóyotlAttendance: 26,500Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
| Denmark | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| J. Olsen 43' (pen.)Eriksen 62' | Report |
Estadio La Corregidora, QuerétaroAttendance: 36,000Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
| 0–0 |
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| Report |
Estadio Neza 86, NezahualcóyotlAttendance: 20,000Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
### Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
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| Report |
Estadio Universitario, MonterreyAttendance: 19,900Referee: José Luis Martínez Bazán (Uruguay)
| Portugal | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Carlos Manuel 75' | Report |
Estadio Tecnológico, MonterreyAttendance: 23,000Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio Tecnológico, MonterreyAttendance: 20,200Referee: Gabriel González (Paraguay)
| Poland | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Smolarek 68' | Report |
Estadio Universitario, MonterreyAttendance: 19,915Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)
| England | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Lineker 9', 14', 34' | Report |
Estadio Universitario, MonterreyAttendance: 22,700Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)
| Portugal | 1–3 | Morocco |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Diamantino 80' | Report | Khairi 19', 26'A. Merry 62' |
Estadio Tres de Marzo, ZapopanAttendance: 28,000Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)
### Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | B | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | F | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | A | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | E | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | C | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 | |
| 6 | D | Northern Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
## Knockout stage
Argentina beat West Germany for the first time and won their second World Cup. Belgium finished in fourth place, their best finish in the World Cup until 2018, where they finished third.
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 16 June – Puebla | 16 June – Puebla | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 June – Puebla | 16 June – Puebla | | | | | | | | | | | Argentina | 1 | |
| 22 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 22 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | | | | | | | | | Argentina | 1 | |
| 22 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 22 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Argentina | 2 | 18 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 18 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | 18 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 18 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | England | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | England | 3 | 25 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 25 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Paraguay | 0 | 25 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 25 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Paraguay | 0 | Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 18 June – Querétaro | 18 June – Querétaro | Argentina | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 18 June – Querétaro | 18 June – Querétaro | | Belgium | | | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | 1 | | Belgium | | 0 | | | | | | |
| | 22 June – Puebla | 22 June – Puebla | Denmark | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 22 June – Puebla | 22 June – Puebla | Spain | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Spain | 1 (4) | Spain | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Spain | 1 (4) | 15 June – León | 15 June – León | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Belgium (p) | 1 (5) | 15 June – León | 15 June – León | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Belgium (p) | 1 (5) | Soviet Union | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Soviet Union | 3 | | | | | | 29 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 29 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | |
| | | | Belgium (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | | | | 29 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 29 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | |
| | | | Belgium (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | | | | Argentina | | | 3 | |
| | | | 16 June – Guadalajara | 16 June – Guadalajara | | | | | | Argentina | | | 3 | |
| | | | 16 June – Guadalajara | 16 June – Guadalajara | | | | | | | | | West Germany | 2.0 |
| | | | Brazil | 4 | | | | | | | | West Germany | 2 | |
| | 21 June – Guadalajara | 21 June – Guadalajara | Brazil | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21 June – Guadalajara | 21 June – Guadalajara | Poland | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 (3) | Poland | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 (3) | 17 June – Mexico City (Olímpico) | 17 June – Mexico City (Olímpico) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France (p) | 1 (4) | 17 June – Mexico City (Olímpico) | 17 June – Mexico City (Olímpico) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France (p) | 1 (4) | Italy | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Italy | 0 | | 25 June – Guadalajara | 25 June – Guadalajara | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | 2 | | 25 June – Guadalajara | 25 June – Guadalajara | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | 2 | | France | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 17 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | 17 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | | France | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 17 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | 17 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | | West Germany | 2 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Morocco | 0 | | West Germany | 2 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 21 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | 21 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | Morocco | 0 | | | | | | | | 28 June – Puebla | 28 June – Puebla | |
| | 21 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | 21 June – San Nicolás de los Garza | West Germany | 1 | | | | | | | | 28 June – Puebla | 28 June – Puebla | |
| | West Germany (p) | 0 (4) | West Germany | 1 | | | | | | | | Belgium | 2 | |
| | West Germany (p) | 0 (4) | 15 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 15 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | | | | | | Belgium | 2 | |
| | Mexico | 0 (1) | 15 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | 15 June – Mexico City (Azteca) | | | | | | | | France (a.e.t.) | 4 | |
| | Mexico | 0 (1) | Mexico | 2 | | | | | | | | France (a.e.t.) | 4 | |
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### Round of 16
| Mexico | 2–0 |
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| Negrete 34'Servín 61' | Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 114,580Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
| Soviet Union | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Belanov 27', 70', 111' (pen.) | Report | Scifo 56'Ceulemans 77'Demol 102'Claesen 110' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 32,277Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
| Brazil | 4–0 |
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| Sócrates 30' (pen.)Josimar 55'Edinho 79'Careca 83' (pen.) | Report |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 45,000Referee: Volker Roth (West Germany)
| Argentina | 1–0 |
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| Pasculli 42' | Report |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 26,000Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
| 0–2 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Platini 15'Stopyra 57' |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico CityAttendance: 70,000Referee: Carlos Espósito (Argentina)
| 0–1 | West Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Matthäus 88' |
Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los GarzaAttendance: 19,800Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)
| England | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Lineker 31', 73'Beardsley 56' | Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 98,728Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
| Denmark | 1–5 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| J. Olsen 33' (pen.) | Report | Butragueño 43', 56', 80', 88' (pen.)Goikoetxea 68' (pen.) |
Estadio La Corregidora, QuerétaroAttendance: 38,500Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
### Quarter-finals
| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Careca 17' | Report | Platini 40' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Sócrates Alemão Zico Branco Júlio César | 3–4 | Stopyra Amoros Bellone Platini Fernández |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 65,000Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
| West Germany | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Allofs Brehme Matthäus Littbarski | 4–1 | Negrete Quirarte Servín |
Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los GarzaAttendance: 41,700Referee: Jesús Díaz (Colombia)
| Argentina | 2–1 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maradona 51', 55' | Report | Lineker 81' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 114,580Referee: Ali Ben Nasser (Tunisia)
| Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Señor 85' | Report | Ceulemans 35' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Señor Eloy Chendo Butragueño Víctor | 4–5 | Claesen Scifo Broos Vervoort L. Van der Elst |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany)
### Semi-finals
| 0–2 | West Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Brehme 9'Völler 89' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 45,000Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
| Argentina | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Maradona 51', 63' | Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 114,500Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez (Mexico)
### Third place play-off
| Belgium | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ceulemans 11'Claesen 73' | Report | Ferreri 27'Papin 43'Genghini 104'Amoros 111' (pen.) |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 21,000Referee: George Courtney (England)
### Final
| Argentina | 3–2 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brown 23'Valdano 55'Burruchaga 83' | Report | Rummenigge 74'Völler 80' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 114,600Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)
## Awards
Source:[21]
| Golden Boot | Best Young Player | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gary Lineker | Enzo Scifo | Brazil |
| Golden Ball_Rank | Golden Ball_Player | Golden Ball_Points |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Diego Maradona | 1282 |
| 2 | Toni Schumacher | 344 |
| 3 | Preben Elkjær | 236 |
| 4 | Jean-Marie Pfaff | 224 |
| 4 | Michel Platini | 224 |
| 6 | Gary Lineker | 200 |
| 7 | Manuel Amoros | 168 |
| 8 | Emilio Butragueño | 156 |
| 9 | Jean Tigana | 124 |
| 10 | Júlio César | 110 |
## Goalscorers
Gary Lineker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 132 goals were scored by 82 players, with two of them credited as own goals.
**6 goals**[22]
- Gary Lineker
**5 goals**
- Diego Maradona
- Careca
- Emilio Butragueño
**4 goals**
- Jorge Valdano
- Preben Elkjær
- Alessandro Altobelli
- Igor Belanov
**3 goals**
- Jan Ceulemans
- Nico Claesen
- Jesper Olsen
- Rudi Völler
**2 goals**
- Jorge Burruchaga
- Enzo Scifo
- Josimar
- Sócrates
- Jean-Pierre Papin
- Michel Platini
- Yannick Stopyra
- Fernando Quirarte
- Abderrazak Khairi
- Roberto Cabañas
- Julio César Romero
- Ramón Calderé
- Klaus Allofs
**1 goal**
- Djamel Zidane
- José Luis Brown
- Pedro Pasculli
- Oscar Ruggeri
- Stéphane Demol
- Erwin Vandenbergh
- Franky Vercauteren
- Daniel Veyt
- Edinho
- Plamen Getov
- Nasko Sirakov
- John Eriksen
- Michael Laudrup
- Søren Lerby
- Peter Beardsley
- Manuel Amoros
- Luis Fernández
- Jean-Marc Ferreri
- Bernard Genghini
- Dominique Rocheteau
- Jean Tigana
- Lajos Détári
- Márton Esterházy
- Ahmed Radhi
- Luis Flores
- Manuel Negrete
- Hugo Sánchez
- Raúl Servín
- Abdelkrim Merry
- Colin Clarke
- Norman Whiteside
- Włodzimierz Smolarek
- Carlos Manuel
- Diamantino
- Gordon Strachan
- Choi Soon-ho
- Huh Jung-moo
- Kim Jong-boo
- Park Chang-sun
- Sergei Aleinikov
- Oleh Blokhin
- Vasyl Rats
- Sergey Rodionov
- Pavlo Yakovenko
- Ivan Yaremchuk
- Oleksandr Zavarov
- Eloy
- Andoni Goikoetxea
- Julio Salinas
- Juan Antonio Señor
- Antonio Alzamendi
- Enzo Francescoli
- Andreas Brehme
- Lothar Matthäus
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
**Own goals**
- László Dajka (against the Soviet Union)
- Cho Kwang-rae (against Italy)
## Red cards
Eight players received a red card during the tournament:
- Mike Sweeney[23]
- Frank Arnesen[24]
- Ray Wilkins[25]
- Thomas Berthold[26]
- Basil Gorgis[27]
- Javier Aguirre[26]
- José Batista[28]
- Miguel Bossio[29]
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[30][31] The rankings for the 1986 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | A | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 |
| 2 | West Germany | E | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 |
| 3 | France | C | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 | Belgium | B | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Brazil | D | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| 6 | Mexico | B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 8 |
| 7 | Spain | D | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 |
| 8 | England | F | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 9 | Denmark | E | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 |
| 10 | Soviet Union | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 5 |
| 11 | Morocco | F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 12 | Italy | A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| 13 | Paraguay | B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| 14 | Poland | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | A | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |
| 16 | Uruguay | E | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 17 | Portugal | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| 18 | Hungary | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 |
| 19 | Scotland | E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| 20 | South Korea | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
| 21 | Northern Ireland | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 22 | Algeria | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 23 | Iraq | B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| 24 | Canada | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
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# 1934 FIFA World Cup
The **1934 FIFA World Cup** was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934.
The 1934 World Cup was the first in which teams had to qualify to take part. Thirty-two nations entered the competition; 16 teams would qualify for the final tournament. Reigning champions Uruguay boycotted the tournament as only four European teams had accepted their invitation to the 1930 tournament.[2][3] Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2–1 to become the second World Cup champions and the first European winners.
The 1934 World Cup was marred by being a high-profile instance of a sporting event being used for overt political gain. In particular, Benito Mussolini was keen to use this World Cup as a means of promoting fascism.[4][3] Although some historians and sports journalists have made accusations of corruption and meddling by Mussolini to influence the competition to the benefit of Italy,[5][3] Italy has always claimed that it deserved victory in the competition and the successful national team, considered one of the best in the country's history, emerged victorious also in the Olympic football tournament of 1936 hosted by Germany and in the 1938 World Cup hosted by France.[5][3][6]
The Federale 102 ball, which was manufactured in Italy, was the match ball provided for the 1934 World Cup.[7]
## Host selection
After a lengthy decision-making process in which FIFA's executive committee met eight times,[8] Italy was chosen as the host nation at a meeting in Stockholm on 9 October 1932.[9] The decision was taken by the executive committee without a ballot of members. The Italian bid was chosen in preference to one from Sweden;[2] the Italian government assigned a budget of Lire3.5 million to the tournament.[10]
## Qualification and participants
36 countries applied to enter the tournament, so qualifying matches were required to thin the field to 16.[9] Even so, there were several notable absentees. Reigning World Cup holders Uruguay declined to participate, in protest at the refusal of several European countries to travel to South America for the previous World Cup, which Uruguay had hosted in 1930.[3] As a result, the 1934 World Cup is the only one in which the reigning champions did not participate.[8][11] The British Home Nations, in a period of self-imposed exile from FIFA, also refused to participate, even though FIFA had offered England and Scotland direct entry to the tournament without qualification.[12] Football Association committee member Charles Sutcliffe called the tournament "a joke" and claimed that "the national associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have quite enough to do in their own International Championship which seems to me a far better World Championship than the one to be staged in Rome".[13]
Despite their role as hosts, Italy were still required to qualify, the only time the host needed to do so.[9] The qualifying matches were arranged on a geographical basis. Withdrawals by Chile and Peru meant Argentina and Brazil qualified without playing a single match.[14]
Twelve of the 16 places were allocated to Europe, three to the Americas, and one to Africa or Asia (including Turkey). Only 10 of the 32 entrants, and four of the 16 qualified teams (Brazil, Argentina, United States and Egypt, the first African team to qualify for a World Cup finals tournament), were from outside Europe. The last place in the finals was contested between the United States and Mexico only three days before the start of the tournament in a one-off match in Rome, which the United States won.[15]
### List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
**Asia (0)**
- None qualified
**Africa (1)**
- Egypt (debut)
**North, Central America and Caribbean (1)**
- United States
**South America (2)**
- Argentina
- Brazil
**Europe (12)**
- Austria (debut)
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia (debut)
- France
- Germany (debut)
- Hungary (debut)
- Italy (hosts, debut)
- Netherlands (debut)
- Romania
- Spain (debut)
- Sweden (debut)
- Switzerland (debut)
10 of these teams made their first World Cup appearance.[16] This included 9 of the 12 European teams (Italy, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland) as well as Egypt.[16] Egypt was the first team from Africa in the finals and would not qualify again until the next time the competition was held in Italy, in 1990.
## Venues
The number of supporters travelling from other countries was higher than at any previous football tournament, including 7,000 from the Netherlands and 10,000 each from Austria and Switzerland.[17]
| BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin | BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin_BolognaFlorenceGenoaMilanNaplesRomeTriesteTurin.1 | Milan_Unnamed: 2_level_1_Unnamed: 2_level_2_Unnamed: 2_level_3_Unnamed: 2_level_4_Unnamed: 2_level_5_Unnamed: 2_level_6_Unnamed: 2_level_7 | Bologna_Unnamed: 3_level_1_Unnamed: 3_level_2_Unnamed: 3_level_3_Unnamed: 3_level_4_Unnamed: 3_level_5_Unnamed: 3_level_6_Unnamed: 3_level_7 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stadio San Siro | Stadio Littoriale | | |
| Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 50,100 | | |
| | | | |
| Rome | Florence | | |
| Stadio Nazionale PNF | Stadio Giovanni Berta | | |
| Capacity: 47,300 | Capacity: 47,290 | | |
| | | | |
| Naples | Genoa | Turin | Trieste |
| Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | Stadio Benito Mussolini | Stadio Littorio |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 36,703 | Capacity: 28,140 | Capacity: 8,000 |
| | | | |
## Format
The group stage used in the first World Cup was discarded in favour of a straight knockout tournament. If a match was tied after ninety minutes, then thirty minutes of extra time were played. If the score was still tied after extra time, the match was replayed the next day.
The eight seeded teams – Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary – were kept apart in the first round.
## Summary
Qualifying countries and their results
All eight first-round matches kicked off at the same time.[18] Hosts and favourites Italy won handsomely, defeating the USA 7–1; _The New York Times_ correspondent wrote that "only the fine goal-tending of Julius Hjulian of Chicago kept the score as low as it was".[19]
From left to right: Italian manager Pozzo, Monzeglio, Bertolini, the goalkeeper and captain Combi, Monti (half-hidden) and the assistant manager Carcano (behind) before the start of extra time in the victorious final versus Czechoslovakia
Internal disputes meant Argentina's squad for the tournament did not contain a single member of the team which had reached the final in 1930. In the end, _La Albiceleste_ would partake with an amateur squad.[20] Against Sweden in Bologna, Argentina twice took the lead, but two goals by Sven Jonasson and a winner by Knut Kroon gave Sweden a 3–2 victory.[21] Fellow South Americans Brazil also suffered an early exit. Spain beat them comfortably, with 3–1 as the final score.[22]
For the only time in World Cup history, the last eight consisted entirely of European teams – Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. All four non-European teams who made the journey to Italy were eliminated after one match.
In the quarter-finals, the first replayed match in World Cup history took place, when Italy and Spain drew 1–1 after extra time. The match was played in a highly aggressive manner with several players of both sides injured: rough play injured the Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora in the first match, leaving him unable to participate in the replay, while on the other side rough play by Spaniards broke the leg of the Italian Mario Pizziolo who would not play in the national team again.[23] Italy won the replay 1–0; their play so physical that at least three Spaniards had to depart the field with injuries.[24] Italy then went on to beat Austria in the semi-finals by the same score. Meanwhile, Czechoslovakia secured their place in the final by beating Germany 3–1.
The Stadium of the National Fascist Party was the venue for the final. With 80 minutes played, the Czechoslovaks led 1–0. The Italians managed to score before the final whistle and then added another goal in extra time to be crowned World Cup winners.
Throughout the years, several sources have reported that the tournament was marred by bribery and corruption, and could have been influenced by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who used the tournament as a propaganda tool for fascism. According to these accusations, Mussolini personally selected referees for the matches where the Italy national team were playing, while the Italian government meddled in FIFA's organisation of events, re-organizing the logistics of the matches to further promote fascism.[5][3][25][6] Nonetheless, Italy also won the following edition of the World Cup (held in France) as well as the Olympic football tournament in 1936.
## Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see _1934 FIFA World Cup squads_.
## Final tournament
### Bracket
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 27 May – Rome | 27 May – Rome | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 May – Rome | 27 May – Rome | | | | | | | | | | | Italy | 7 | |
| 31 May and 1 June – Florence | 31 May and 1 June – Florence | | | | | | | | | | | Italy | 7 | |
| 31 May and 1 June – Florence | 31 May and 1 June – Florence | | | United States | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Italy (rep.) | 1 (1) | | United States | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Italy (rep.) | 1 (1) | 27 May – Genoa | 27 May – Genoa | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Spain | 27 May – Genoa | 27 May – Genoa | | 1 (0) | | | | | | | | | |
| | Spain | Spain | 3 | 1 (0) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Spain | 3 | 3 June – Milan | 3 June – Milan | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | 1 | 3 June – Milan | 3 June – Milan | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | 1 | Italy | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 27 May – Turin | 27 May – Turin | Italy | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 27 May – Turin | 27 May – Turin | | Austria | | | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | Austria (a.e.t.) | 3 | | Austria | | 0 | | | | | | |
| | 31 May – Bologna | 31 May – Bologna | Austria (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 31 May – Bologna | 31 May – Bologna | France | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Austria | 2 | France | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Austria | 2 | 27 May – Naples | 27 May – Naples | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hungary | 1 | 27 May – Naples | 27 May – Naples | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hungary | 1 | Hungary | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hungary | 4 | | | | | | 10 June – Rome | 10 June – Rome | | | |
| | | | Egypt | 2 | | | | | | 10 June – Rome | 10 June – Rome | | | |
| | | | Egypt | 2 | | | | | | Italy (a.e.t.) | | | 2 | |
| | | | 27 May – Trieste | 27 May – Trieste | | | | | | Italy (a.e.t.) | | | 2 | |
| | | | 27 May – Trieste | 27 May – Trieste | | | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 1.0 |
| | | | Czechoslovakia | 2 | | | | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 1 | |
| | 31 May – Turin | 31 May – Turin | Czechoslovakia | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 31 May – Turin | 31 May – Turin | Romania | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Czechoslovakia | 3 | Romania | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 27 May – Milan | 27 May – Milan | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Switzerland | 2 | 27 May – Milan | 27 May – Milan | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Switzerland | 2 | Switzerland | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Switzerland | 3 | | 3 June – Rome | 3 June – Rome | | | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 2 | | 3 June – Rome | 3 June – Rome | | | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 2 | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 27 May – Florence | 27 May – Florence | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 27 May – Florence | 27 May – Florence | | Germany | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Germany | 5 | | Germany | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 31 May – Milan | 31 May – Milan | Germany | 5 | | | | | | | | 7 June – Naples | 7 June – Naples | |
| | 31 May – Milan | 31 May – Milan | Belgium | 2 | | | | | | | | 7 June – Naples | 7 June – Naples | |
| | Germany | 2 | Belgium | 2 | | | | | | | | Germany | 3 | |
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| | Sweden | 1 | 27 May – Bologna | 27 May – Bologna | | | | | | | | Austria | 2 | |
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### Round of 16
| Spain | 3–1 | Brazil |
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| Iraragorri 18' (pen.), 25'Lángara 29' | Report | Leônidas 55' |
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, GenoaAttendance: 21,000Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)
| Hungary | 4–2 | Egypt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Teleki 11'Toldi 31', 61'Vincze 53' | Report | Fawzi 35', 39' |
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, NaplesAttendance: 9,000Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
| Switzerland | 3–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kielholz 7', 43'Abegglen 66' | Report | Smit 29'Vente 69' |
Stadio San Siro, MilanAttendance: 33,000Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
| Italy | 7–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Schiavio 18', 29', 64'Orsi 20', 69'Ferrari 63'Meazza 90' | Report | Donelli 57' |
Stadio Nazionale PNF, RomeAttendance: 25,000Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
| Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | Romania |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Puč 50'Nejedlý 67' | Report | Dobay 11' |
Stadio Littorio, TriesteAttendance: 9,000Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
| Sweden | 3–2 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jonasson 9', 67'Kroon 79' | Report | Belis 4'Galateo 48' |
Stadio Littoriale, BolognaAttendance: 14,000Referee: Eugen Braun (Austria)
| Austria | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sindelar 44'Schall 93'Bican 109' | Report | Nicolas 18'Verriest 116' (pen.) |
Stadio Benito Mussolini, TurinAttendance: 16,000Referee: Johannes van Moorsel (Netherlands)
| Germany | 5–2 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kobierski 25'Siffling 49'Conen 66', 70', 87' | Report | Voorhoof 29', 43' |
Stadio Giovanni Berta, FlorenceAttendance: 8,000Referee: Francesco Mattea (Italy)
### Quarter-finals
| Austria | 2–1 | Hungary |
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| Horvath 8'Zischek 51' | Report | Sárosi 60' (pen.) |
Stadio Littoriale, BolognaAttendance: 23,000Referee: Francesco Mattea (Italy)
| Italy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ferrari 44' | Report | Regueiro 30' |
Stadio Giovanni Berta, FlorenceAttendance: 35,000Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
| Germany | 2–1 | Sweden |
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| Hohmann 60', 63' | Report | Dunker 82' |
Stadio San Siro, MilanAttendance: 3,000Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
| Czechoslovakia | 3–2 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Svoboda 24'Sobotka 49'Nejedlý 82' | Report | Kielholz 18'Jäggi 78' |
Stadio Benito Mussolini, TurinAttendance: 12,000Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)
#### Replay
| Italy | 1–0 |
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| Meazza 11' | Report |
Stadio Giovanni Berta, FlorenceAttendance: 43,000Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
### Semi-finals
| Italy | 1–0 |
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| Guaita 19' | Report |
Stadio San Siro, MilanAttendance: 35,000Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
| Czechoslovakia | 3–1 | Germany |
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| Nejedlý 21', 69', 80' | Report | Noack 62' |
Stadio Nazionale PNF, RomeAttendance: 15,000Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
### Third place play-off
| Germany | 3–2 | Austria |
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| Lehner 1', 42'Conen 27' | Report | Horvath 28'Sesta 54' |
Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, NaplesAttendance: 7,000Referee: Albino Carraro (Italy)
### Final
| Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Czechoslovakia |
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| Orsi 81'Schiavio 95' | Report | Puč 71' |
Stadio Nazionale PNF, RomeAttendance: 55,000Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
## Goalscorers
With five goals, Oldřich Nejedlý was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 70 goals were scored by 45 players, with none of them credited as an own goal.
- 5 goals
- Oldřich Nejedlý
- 4 goals
- Edmund Conen
- Angelo Schiavio
- 3 goals
- Raimundo Orsi
- Leopold Kielholz
- 2 goals
- Johann Horvath
- Bernard Voorhoof
- Antonín Puč
- Abdulrahman Fawzi
- Karl Hohmann
- Ernst Lehner
- Géza Toldi
- Giovanni Ferrari
- Giuseppe Meazza
- José Iraragorri
- Sven Jonasson
- 1 goal
- Ernesto Belis
- Alberto Galateo
- Josef Bican
- Anton Schall
- Karl Sesta
- Matthias Sindelar
- Karl Zischek
- Leônidas
- Jiří Sobotka
- František Svoboda
- Jean Nicolas
- Georges Verriest
- Stanislaus Kobierski
- Rudolf Noack
- Otto Siffling
- György Sárosi
- Pál Teleki
- Jenő Vincze
- Enrique Guaita
- Kick Smit
- Leen Vente
- Ștefan Dobay
- Isidro Lángara
- Luis Regueiro
- Gösta Dunker
- Knut Kroon
- André Abegglen
- Willy Jäggi
- Aldo Donelli
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition (not counting replay results).[26][16] The rankings for the 1934 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. | Unnamed: 10 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Austria | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 9 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | |
| 9 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | |
| 14 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
| 15 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
| 16 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |
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# 1982 FIFA World Cup
The **1982 FIFA World Cup** was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 in the final held in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the capital, Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup title, but their first since 1938. The defending champions, Argentina, were eliminated in the second round (finishing third and last in their group). Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals.
The tournament featured the first penalty shoot-out in World Cup competition.[2][3] This was the third and last World Cup to feature two rounds of group stages. It was also the third time (after 1934 and 1966) that all four semi-finalists were European.
In the first round of Group 3, Hungary defeated El Salvador 10–1, equalling the largest margin of victory recorded in the finals (Hungary over South Korea 9–0 in 1954, and Yugoslavia over Zaire 9–0 in 1974).
Although successful and filled with compelling and entertaining matches, this tournament also was blighted by violent fouls, some poor officiating and some overcrowded stadiums. One particular incident of note was West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's foul of French player Patrick Battiston during a semi-final match in Seville, and another was Italian player Claudio Gentile's intense and often violent match-long fouling and marking of Argentine player Diego Maradona. FIFA changed the regulations to somewhat prevent this kind of brutality on the pitch for the subsequent tournament in Mexico.
## Host selection
Spain was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1974 and 1978 tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany and Spain agreed a deal whereby Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament and West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed.
At the time of Spain being selected, the country was under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco's regime,[4] but his regime had ended before the start of the tournament, and the World Cup had its effects on Spanish society after the democratic transition.[5]
## Qualification
For the first time, the World Cup finals expanded from 16 to 24 teams. This allowed more countries to participate from Africa and Asia.
Teams absent from the finals were 1974 and 1978 runners-up Netherlands (eliminated by Belgium and France), Mexico (eliminated by Honduras and El Salvador), and the three times 1970s participants Sweden (eliminated by Scotland and Northern Ireland). Northern Ireland qualified for the first time since 1958. Belgium, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, England and the Soviet Union were all back in the finals after 12-year absences. England had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years,[6] having qualified automatically as hosts in 1966 and as defending champions in 1970, then failing to qualify in 1974 and 1978. Yugoslavia and Chile were also back after missing the 1978 tournament.
Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, and New Zealand all participated in the World Cup for the first time. As of 2022, this was the last time that El Salvador and Kuwait qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time that South Korea failed to qualify. This is also the last time that Mexico participated in the qualifiers and failed to qualify (they were banned from the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification).
This was the first time that all six confederations (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) sent representative teams to the tournament, which would happen again in 2006 and 2010, and will be happening in 2026: Australia would also participate in the 2010-2022 tournaments, but as a representative of the AFC.
There was some consideration given as to whether England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland would withdraw from the tournament because of the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom.[6] A directive issued by the British sports minister Neil Macfarlane in April, at the start of the conflict, suggested that there should be no contact between British representative teams and Argentina.[6] This directive was not rescinded until August, following the end of the tournament and of the hostilities.[6] Macfarlane reported to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that some players and officials were uneasy about participating because of the casualties suffered by British forces, and the strong diplomatic ties between Argentina and Spain.[6] FIFA later advised the British Government that there was no prospect that Argentina (the defending champions) would be asked to withdraw, [6] and it also became apparent that no other countries would withdraw from the tournament.[6] It was decided by Cabinet Secretary Robert Armstrong to allow the British national teams to participate so that Argentina could not use their absence for propaganda purposes, reversing the intended effect of applying political pressure onto Argentina.[6]
### List of qualified teams
The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.
- AFC (1)
- Kuwait (debut)
- CAF (2)
- Algeria (debut)
- Cameroon (debut)
- OFC (1)
- New Zealand (debut)
- CONCACAF (2)
- Honduras (debut)
- El Salvador
- CONMEBOL (4)
- Argentina (holders)
- Brazil
- Chile
- Peru
- UEFA (14)
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia
- England
- France
- Hungary
- Italy
- Northern Ireland
- Poland
- Scotland
- Soviet Union
- Spain (hosts)
- West Germany
- Yugoslavia
Countries qualified for World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member
## Summary
### Format
Honduras team in Alginet, during a June 1982 preparatory match.
The first round was a round-robin group stage containing six groups of four teams each. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw, with goal difference used to separate teams equal on points. The top two teams in each group advanced. In the second round, the twelve remaining teams were split into four groups of three teams each, with the winner of each group progressing to the knockout semi-final stage.
The composition of the groups in the second round was determined before the start of the tournament. Groups A and B were to include one team from each of Groups 1 through 6, and Groups C and D included the remaining six teams. The winners of Groups 1 and 3 were in Group A whilst the runners-up were in Group C. The winners of Groups 2 and 4 were in Group B whilst the runners-up were in Group D. The winner of Group 5 was in Group D whilst the runner-up was in Group B. The winner of Group 6 was in Group C whilst the runner-up was in Group A. Thus, Group A mirrored Group C, and Group B mirrored Group D with the winners and runners-up from the first round being placed into opposite groups in the second round.
| GROUP A | GROUP B | GROUP C | GROUP D |
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| WINNER G1 | WINNER G2 | WINNER G6 | WINNER G5 |
| WINNER G3 | WINNER G4 | RUNNER-UP G1 | RUNNER-UP G2 |
| RUNNER-UP G6 | RUNNER-UP G5 | RUNNER-UP G3 | RUNNER-UP G4 |
The second-round groups that mirrored each other (based on the first-round groupings) faced off against each other in the semifinals. Thus, the Group A winner played the Group C winner, and the Group B winner played the Group D winner. This meant that if two teams which played in the same first-round group both emerged from the second round, they would meet for the second time of the tournament in a semifinal match. It also guaranteed that the final match would feature two teams that had not previously played each other in the tournament. As it turned out, Italy and Poland who were both in Group 1 in the first round, each won their second-round groups and played each other in a semifinal match.[7]
### First group stage
In Group 1, newcomers Cameroon held both Poland and Italy to draws, and were denied a place in the next round on the basis of having scored fewer goals than Italy (the sides had an equal goal difference). Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon and Peru. Italian journalists and tifosi criticised their team for their uninspired performances that managed three draws; the squad was reeling from the recent Serie A scandal, where national players were suspended for match fixing and illegal betting.[8]
Group 2 saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2–1 victory of Algeria over reigning European Champions West Germany. In the final match in the group, West Germany met Austria in a match later dubbed as the "Disgrace of Gijón". Algeria had already played their final group game on the previous day, and West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. After 10 minutes of all-out attack, West Germany scored through a goal by Horst Hrubesch. After that solitary goal was scored, the two teams kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "_Fuera, fuera_" ("_Out, out_") were screamed by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. This performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust.[9] Algeria protested to FIFA, who ruled that the result would stand; FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.
Group 3, where the opening ceremony and first match of the tournament took place, saw Belgium beat defending champions Argentina 1–0. The Camp Nou stadium was the home of Barcelona, and many fans had wanted to see the club's new signing, Argentinian star Diego Maradona, who did not perform to expectations. Both Belgium and Argentina ultimately advanced at the expense of Hungary and El Salvador despite Hungary's 10–1 win over the Central American nation – which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game (equal with Brazil's 6–5 victory over Poland in the 1938 tournament and Hungary's 8–3 victory over West Germany in the 1954 tournament).
Group 4 opened with England midfielder Bryan Robson's goal against France after only 27 seconds of play. England won 3–1 and qualified along with France over Czechoslovakia and Kuwait, though the tiny Gulf emirate held Czechoslovakia to a 1–1 draw. In the game between Kuwait and France, with France leading 3–1, France midfielder Alain Giresse scored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands, which they thought had come from Soviet referee Miroslav Stupar. Play had not yet resumed when Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, brother of the then-Kuwaiti Emir and president of the Kuwait Football Association, rushed onto the pitch to remonstrate with the referee. Stupar reversed his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the fury of the French. Maxime Bossis scored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4–1.
In Group 5, Honduras held hosts Spain to a 1–1 draw. Northern Ireland won the group outright, eliminating Yugoslavia and beating hosts Spain 1–0; Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men after Mal Donaghy was dismissed. Spain narrowly avoided elimination due to a huge referee error, securing a contentious 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia, largely attributed to a disputed penalty decision. At 17 years and 41 days, Northern Ireland forward Norman Whiteside was the youngest player to appear in a World Cup match.[10]
Brazil were in Group 6. With Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and others, they boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of 1970. They beat the USSR 2–1 thanks to a 20-metre Éder goal two minutes from time, then Scotland and New Zealand with four goals each. The Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth on goal difference at the expense of the Scots.
### Second group stage
A statue commemorating the 1982 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Riazor in A Coruña.
Poland opened Group A with a 3–0 defeat of Belgium thanks to a Zbigniew Boniek hat-trick. The Soviet Union prevailed 1–0 in the next match over Belgium. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semi-final spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0–0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed a martial law a few months earlier to quash internal dissent.
In Group B, a match between England and West Germany ended in a goalless draw. West Germany put the pressure on England in their second match by beating Spain 2–1. The home side drew 0–0 against England, denying Ron Greenwood's team a semi-final place and putting England in the same position as Cameroon, being eliminated without losing a game.
In Group C, with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, in the opener, Italy prevailed 2–1 over Diego Maradona and Mario Kempes's side after a game in which Italian defenders Gaetano Scirea and Claudio Gentile proved themselves equal to the task of stopping the Argentinian attack. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but lost 3–1 – Argentina only scoring in the last minute. Maradona kicked Brazilian player João Batista in the groin and was sent off in the 85th minute.
The match between Brazil and Italy pitted Brazil's attack against Italy's defence, with the majority of the game played around the Italian area, and with the Italian midfielders and defenders returning the repeated set volleys of Brazilian shooters such as Zico, Sócrates and Falcão. Italian centre back Gentile was assigned to mark Brazilian striker Zico, earning a yellow card and a suspension for the semi-final. Paolo Rossi opened the scoring when he headed in Antonio Cabrini's cross with just five minutes played. Sócrates equalised for Brazil seven minutes later. In the twenty-fifth minute Rossi stepped past Júnior, intercepted a pass from Cerezo across the Brazilians' goal, and drilled the shot home. The Brazilians threw everything in search of another equaliser, while Italy defended bravely. On 68 minutes, Falcão collected a pass from Júnior and as Cerezo's dummy run distracted three defenders, fired home from 20 yards out. Now Italy had gained the lead twice thanks to Rossi's goals, and Brazil had come back twice; at 2–2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but in the 74th minute, a poor clearance from an Italian corner kick went back to the Brazilian six-yard line where Rossi and Francesco Graziani were waiting. Both aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick and sending Italy into the lead for good. In the 86th minute Giancarlo Antognoni scored an apparent fourth goal for Italy, but it was wrongly disallowed for offside. In the dying moments Dino Zoff made a miraculous save to deny Oscar a goal, ensuring that Italy advanced to the semi-final.[11][12]
In the last group, Group D, France dispatched Austria 1–0 with a free kick goal by Bernard Genghini, and then defeated Northern Ireland 4–1 to reach their first semi-final since 1958.
### Semi-finals, third-place match and final
Adidas Tango España, official match ball of Spain '82
In a re-match of the encounter in the first round, Italy beat Poland in the first semi-final through two goals from Paolo Rossi. In the game between France and West Germany, the Germans opened the scoring through a Pierre Littbarski strike in the 17th minute, and the French equalised nine minutes later with a Michel Platini penalty. In the second half a long through ball sent French defender Patrick Battiston racing clear towards the German goal. With both Battiston and the lone German defender trying to be the first to reach the ball, Battiston flicked it past German keeper Harald Schumacher from the edge of the German penalty area and Schumacher reacted by jumping up to block. Schumacher did not seem to go for the ball, however, and clattered straight into the oncoming Battiston – which left the French player unconscious and knocked two of his teeth out. Schumacher's action has been described as "one of history's most shocking fouls".[13] The ball went just wide of the post and Dutch referee Charles Corver deemed Schumacher's tackle on Battiston not to be a foul and awarded a goal kick. Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious and with a broken jaw, was carried off the field on a stretcher.
After French defender Manuel Amoros had sent a 25-metre drive crashing onto the West German crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France's sweeper Marius Trésor fired a swerving volley under Schumacher's crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2–1. Six minutes later, an unmarked Alain Giresse drove in an 18-metre shot off the inside of the right post to finish off a counter-attack and put France up 3–1. But West Germany would not give up. In the 102nd minute a counter-attack culminated in a cross that recent substitute Karl-Heinz Rummenigge turned in at the near post from a difficult angle with the outside of his foot, reducing France's lead to 3–2. Then in the 108th minute Germany took a short corner and after France failed to clear, the ball was played by Germany to Littbarski whose cross to Horst Hrubesch was headed back to the centre towards Klaus Fischer, who was unmarked but with his back to goal. Fischer in turn volleyed the ball past French keeper Jean-Luc Ettori with a bicycle kick, levelling the scores at 3–3.
The resulting penalty shootout was the first at a World Cup finals. Giresse, Manfred Kaltz, Manuel Amoros, Paul Breitner and Dominique Rocheteau all converted penalties until Uli Stielike was stopped by Ettori, giving France the advantage. But then Schumacher stepped forward, lifted the tearful Stielike from the ground, and saved Didier Six's shot. With Germany handed the lifeline they needed Littbarski converted his penalty, followed by Platini for France, and then Rummenigge for Germany as the tension mounted. France defender Maxime Bossis then had his kick parried by Schumacher who anticipated it, and Hrubesch stepped up to score and send Germany to the World Cup final yet again with a victory on penalties, 5–4.
"After I scored, my whole life passed before me – the same feeling they say you have when you are about to die, the joy of scoring in a World Cup final was immense, something I dreamed about as a kid, and my celebration was a release after realising that dream. I was born with that scream inside me, that was just the moment it came out."
—Italian midfielder Marco Tardelli on his iconic goal celebration from the 1982 World Cup Final.[14]
In the third-place match, Poland edged the French side 3–2 which matched Poland's best performance at a World Cup previously achieved in 1974. France would go on to win the European Championship two years later.
In the final, Antonio Cabrini fired a penalty wide of goal in the first half. In the second half, Paolo Rossi scored first for the third straight game by heading home Gentile's bouncing cross at close range. Exploiting the situation, Italy scored twice more on quick counter-strikes, all the while capitalising on their defence to hold the Germans. With Gentile and Gaetano Scirea holding the centre, the Italian strikers were free to counter-punch the weakened German defence. Marco Tardelli's shot from the edge of the area beat Schumacher first, and Alessandro Altobelli, the substitute for injured striker Francesco Graziani, made it 3–0 at the end of a solo sprint down the right side by the stand-out winger Bruno Conti. Italy's lead appeared secure, encouraging Italian president Sandro Pertini to wag his finger at the cameras in a playful "not going to catch us now" gesture. In the 83rd minute, Paul Breitner scored for West Germany, but it was only a consolation goal as Italy won 3–1 to claim their first World Cup title in 44 years, and their third in total.
## Records
Italy became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game, drawing all three (while Cameroon were eliminated in the same way by virtue of having only one goal scored against Italy's two), and also the first of two World Cup winners to draw or lose three matches at the Finals (Argentina matched this by drawing two games and losing one in 2022). By winning, Italy equalled Brazil's record of winning the World Cup three times. Italy's total of twelve goals scored in seven matches set a new low for average goals scored per game by a World Cup winning side (subsequently exceeded by Spain in 2010), while Italy's aggregate goal difference of +6 for the tournament remains a record low for a champion, equalled by Spain.
Italy's 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest player to win the World Cup.[15] This was the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated in the finals, something that did not happen again until 2006.
## Venues
Seventeen stadiums in fourteen cities hosted the tournament, a record that stood until the 2002 tournament, which was played in twenty stadiums in two countries.[16] The most used venue was FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium, which hosted five matches, including a semi-final; it was the largest stadium used for this tournament. With Sarrià Stadium also hosting three matches, Barcelona was the Spanish city with the most matches in España 1982 with eight; Madrid, the nation's capital, followed with seven.
This particular World Cup was organised in such a way that all of the matches of each of the six groups were assigned stadiums in cities near to each other, in order to reduce the stress of travel on the players and fans. For example, Group 1 matches were played in Vigo and A Coruña, Group 2 in Gijón and Oviedo, Group 3 in Elche and Alicante (except for the first match, which was the opening match of the tournament, which was played at the Camp Nou), Group 4 in Bilbao and Valladolid, Group 5 (which included hosts Spain) in Valencia and Zaragoza, and Group 6 in Seville and Malaga (of the three first-round matches in Seville, the first match between Brazil and the Soviet Union was played in the Pizjuán Stadium, and the other two were played in the Villamarín Stadium). Group stage matches in the milder northern cities like Bilbao or Gijón would start at 17:00, while the matches in the southern cities like Seville or Valencia would start at 21:00, in an attempt to avoid the intense southern Spanish summer heat.
When the tournament went into the round-robin second round matches, all the aforementioned cities excluding Barcelona, Alicante and Seville did not host any more matches in España 1982. Both the Santiago Bernabéu and Vicente Calderón stadiums in Madrid and the Sarrià Stadium in Barcelona were used for the first time for this tournament for the second round matches. Madrid and Barcelona hosted the four second round group matches; Barcelona hosted Groups A and C (Camp Nou hosted all three of Group A's matches, and Sarrià did the same with Group C's matches) and Madrid hosted Groups B and D (Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium hosted all three of Group B's matches, and Atlético Madrid's Calderon Stadium did the same with the Group D matches)
The two semi final matches were held at Camp Nou and the Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, the third largest stadium used for the tournament (one of only two España 1982 matches it hosted), the third place match was held in Alicante and the final was held at the Bernabeu, the second largest stadium used for this tournament.[17]
| Barcelona | Barcelona.1 | Madrid | Madrid.1 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Camp Nou | Sarrià | Santiago Bernabéu | Vicente Calderón |
| Capacity: 121,401 | Capacity: 40,400 | Capacity: 90,089 | Capacity: 65,695 |
| | | | |
| Seville | Seville | Elche | Valencia |
| Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán | Benito Villamarín | Nuevo Estadio | Luis Casanova |
| Capacity: 68,110 | Capacity: 50,253 | Capacity: 53,290 | Capacity: 49,562 |
| | | | |
| Bilbao | Gijón | Málaga | Zaragoza |
| San Mamés | El Molinón | La Rosaleda | La Romareda |
| Capacity: 46,223 | Capacity: 45,153 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 41,806 |
| | | | |
| A Coruña | Vigo | Alicante | Valladolid |
| Riazor | Balaídos | José Rico Pérez | José Zorrilla |
| Capacity: 34,190 | Capacity: 33,000 | Capacity: 32,500 | Capacity: 30,043 |
| | | | |
| Oviedo | | | |
| Carlos Tartiere | | | |
| Capacity: 23,500 | | | |
## Match officials
**AFC**
- Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy
- Chan Tam Sun
- Abraham Klein
**CAF**
- Benjamin Dwomoh
- Yousef El-Ghoul
- Belaid Lacarne
**CONCACAF**
- Rómulo Méndez
- Mario Rubio Vázquez
- Luis Paulino Siles
- David Socha
**CONMEBOL**
- Gilberto Aristizábal
- Luis Barrancos
- Juan Daniel Cardellino
- Gastón Castro
- Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
- Arturo Ithurralde
- Enrique Labo Revoredo
- Héctor Ortiz
**UEFA**
- Paolo Casarin
- Vojtech Christov
- Charles Corver
- Bogdan Dotchev
- Walter Eschweiler
- Erik Fredriksson
- Bruno Galler
- António Garrido
- Alojzy Jarguz
- Augusto Lamo Castillo
- Henning Lund-Sørensen
- Damir Matovinović
- Malcolm Moffat
- Károly Palotai
- Alexis Ponnet
- Adolf Prokop
- Nicolae Rainea
- Miroslav Stupar
- Bob Valentine
- Michel Vautrot
- Clive White
- Franz Wöhrer
**OFC**
- Tony Boskovic
## Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see _1982 FIFA World Cup squads_.
## Groups
### Seeding
The 24 qualifiers were divided into four groupings which formed the basis of the draw for the group stage. FIFA announced the six seeded teams on the day of the draw and allocated them in advance to the six groups; as had become standard, the host nation and the reigning champions were among the seeds.[18] The seeded teams would play all their group matches at the same venue (with the exception of World Cup holders Argentina who would play in the opening game scheduled for the Camp Nou, the largest of the venues). The remaining 18 teams were split into three pots based on FIFA's assessment of the team's strength, but also taking in account geographic considerations. The seedings and group venues for those teams were tentatively agreed at an informal meeting in December 1981 but not officially confirmed until the day of the draw. FIFA executive Hermann Neuberger told the press that the seeding of England had been challenged by other nations but they were to be seeded as "the Spanish want England to play in Bilbao for security reasons"*.[19] As well as security the footballing grounds that they were winners in 1966 and reached the quarter-final as holders in 1970, as the 1970 in Mexico and 1974 in West Germany tournaments were taken into consideration for seeding with West Germany seeded for their 1980 European Championship win (due to the Netherlands failing to qualify) having won in 1974. However, due to England's seeding for security reasons, if the Netherlands had qualified, West Germany would not have been seeded as West Germany were eliminated in the second group stage in 1978, while the Netherlands were runners up.
| Seeded teams | Pot A | Pot B | Pot C |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spain (hosts) Argentina (winner in 1978) Brazil (third in 1978) (1970 winner) England (seeded on security grounds) (1966 winner) (1970 quarter finalist as holder) Italy (fourth in 1978) (1970 runner up) West Germany (1980 Euro winner) (1974 winner) | Austria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Soviet Union Yugoslavia | Belgium France Northern Ireland Scotland Chile Peru | Algeria Cameroon Kuwait El Salvador Honduras New Zealand |
### Final draw
On 16 January 1982, the draw was conducted at the Palacio de Congresos in Madrid, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups.[18] Firstly a draw was made to decide the order in which the three drums containing pots A, B and C would be emptied; this resulted in the order being pot B, C and A. The teams were then drawn one-by-one out of the respective pot and entered in the groups in that order. A number was then drawn to determine the team's "position" in the group and hence the fixtures.[20]
The only stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two South American teams. As a result, Pot B – which contained two South American teams – was initially drawn with only the four Europeans in the pot. These first two European teams drawn from pot B were then to be immediately allocated to Groups 3 and 6 which contained the two South American seeds Argentina and Brazil. Once these two groups had been filled with the entrants from Pot B, Chile and Peru would be added to the pot and the draw would continue as normal.[20] In the event, FIFA executives Sepp Blatter and Hermann Neuberger conducting the draw initially forgot this stipulation and therefore immediately placed the first team drawn from this pot (Belgium) into Group 1, rather than Group 3 as planned, before then placing the second team drawn out (Scotland) into Group 3; they then had to correct this by moving Belgium to Group 3 and Scotland into Group 6.[21][22] The ceremony suffered further embarrassment when one of the revolving drums containing the teams broke down.[21]
## Results
_All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)_
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Second group stage First group stage
## First group stage
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round.
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[23]
1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Drawing of lots
### Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Balaídos, VigoAttendance: 33,040Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio de Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 11,000Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
| Italy | 1–1 | Peru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Conti 18' | Report | Díaz 83' |
Balaídos, VigoAttendance: 25,000Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio de Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 19,000Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
| Poland | 5–1 | Peru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Smolarek 55'Lato 58'Boniek 61'Buncol 68'Ciołek 76' | Report | La Rosa 83' |
Estadio de Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)
| Italy | 1–1 | Cameroon |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Graziani 60' | Report | M'Bida 61' |
Balaídos, VigoAttendance: 20,000Referee: Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria)
### Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Algeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| West Germany | 1–2 | Algeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rummenigge 67' | Report | Madjer 54'Belloumi 68' |
El Molinón, GijónAttendance: 42,000Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)
| 0–1 | Austria |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Schachner 22' |
Estadio Carlos Tartiere, OviedoAttendance: 22,500Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
| West Germany | 4–1 | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rummenigge 9', 57', 66'Reinders 83' | Report | Moscoso 90' |
El Molinón, GijónAttendance: 42,000Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
| 0–2 | Austria |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Schachner 55'Krankl 67' |
Estadio Carlos Tartiere, OviedoAttendance: 22,000Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
| Algeria | 3–2 | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Assad 7', 31'Bensaoula 35' | Report | Neira 59' (pen.)Letelier 73' |
Estadio Carlos Tartiere, OviedoAttendance: 16,000Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)
| West Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Hrubesch 10' | Report |
El Molinón, GijónAttendance: 41,000Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 | |
| 4 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–1 | Belgium |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Vandenbergh 62' |
Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 95,000Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
| Hungary | 10–1 | El Salvador |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nyilasi 4', 83'Pölöskei 11'Fazekas 23', 54'Tóth 50'L. Kiss 69', 72', 76'Szentes 70' | Report | Ramírez Zapata 64' |
Nuevo Estadio, ElcheAttendance: 23,000Referee: Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy (Bahrain)
| Argentina | 4–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bertoni 26'Maradona 28', 57'Ardiles 60' | Report | Pölöskei 76' |
Estadio José Rico Pérez, AlicanteAttendance: 32,093Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)
| Belgium | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Coeck 19' | Report |
Nuevo Estadio, ElcheAttendance: 15,000Referee: Malcolm Moffat (Northern Ireland)
| Belgium | 1–1 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Czerniatynski 76' | Report | Varga 27' |
Nuevo Estadio, ElcheAttendance: 37,000Referee: Clive White (England)
| Argentina | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Passarella 22' (pen.)Bertoni 54' | Report |
Estadio José Rico Pérez, AlicanteAttendance: 32,500Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia)
### Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| England | 3–1 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robson 1', 67'Mariner 83' | Report | Soler 24' |
San Mamés, BilbaoAttendance: 44,172Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
| Czechoslovakia | 1–1 | Kuwait |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Panenka 21' (pen.) | Report | Al-Dakhil 57' |
Estadio José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 25,000Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)
| England | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Francis 62'Barmoš 66' (o.g.) | Report |
San Mamés, BilbaoAttendance: 41,123Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
| France | 4–1 | Kuwait |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Genghini 31'Platini 43'Six 48'Bossis 89' | Report | Al-Buloushi 75' |
Estadio José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 30,043Referee: Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)
| France | 1–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Six 66' | Report | Panenka 84' (pen.) |
Estadio José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 28,000Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
| England | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Francis 27' | Report |
San Mamés, BilbaoAttendance: 39,700Referee: Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia)
### Group 5
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Spain (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Honduras | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
| Spain | 1–1 | Honduras |
| --- | --- | --- |
| López Ufarte 65' (pen.) | Report | Zelaya 8' |
Estadio Luis Casanova, ValenciaAttendance: 49,562Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
La Romareda, ZaragozaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
| Spain | 2–1 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Juanito 14' (pen.)Saura 66' | Report | Gudelj 10' |
Estadio Luis Casanova, ValenciaAttendance: 48,000Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
| Honduras | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Laing 60' | Report | Armstrong 10' |
La Romareda, ZaragozaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
| 0–1 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Petrović 88' (pen.) |
La Romareda, ZaragozaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile)
| 0–1 | Northern Ireland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Armstrong 47' |
Estadio Luis Casanova, ValenciaAttendance: 49,562Referee: Héctor Ortiz (Paraguay)
### Group 6
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Brazil | 2–1 | Soviet Union |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sócrates 75'Éder 88' | Report | Bal 34' |
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, SevilleAttendance: 68,000Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain)
| Scotland | 5–2 | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dalglish 18'Wark 29', 32'Robertson 73'Archibald 79' | Report | Sumner 54'Wooddin 64' |
La Rosaleda Stadium, MálagaAttendance: 36,000Referee: David Socha (United States)
| Brazil | 4–1 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zico 33'Oscar 48'Éder 63'Falcão 87' | Report | Narey 18' |
Estadio Benito Villamarín, SevilleAttendance: 47,379Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica)
| Soviet Union | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Gavrilov 24'Blokhin 48'Baltacha 68' | Report |
La Rosaleda Stadium, MálagaAttendance: 19,000Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)
| Soviet Union | 2–2 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chivadze 59'Shengelia 84' | Report | Jordan 15'Souness 86' |
La Rosaleda Stadium, MálagaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
| Brazil | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Zico 28', 31'Falcão 64'Serginho 70' | Report |
Estadio Benito Villamarín, SevilleAttendance: 43,000Referee: Damir Matovinović (Yugoslavia)
## Second group stage
The second round of the tournament consisted of four groups of three teams, each played at one stadium in one of Spain's two largest cities: two in Madrid and two in Barcelona. The winners of each group progressed to the semi-finals.
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[23]
1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches
3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
4. Whether the team finished first or second in their first round group
5. Drawing of lots
Although the fixtures were provisionally determined in advance, the teams competing in each fixture depended on the result of the opening match in each group: Should a team lose their opening game of the group, that team would then have to play in the second fixture against the third team in the group and the winner would, by contrast, be rewarded by not needing to play again until the final fixture of the group and therefore gained extra recovery time. If the opening game was a draw, the predetermined order of games would proceed as planned. These regulations helped ensure that the final group games were of importance as no team could already have progressed to the semi-finals by the end of the second fixtures.[23]
The 43,000-capacity Sarria Stadium in Barcelona, used for the Group C round-robin matches between Italy, Argentina and Brazil was, unlike any of the other matches (except 1) in the other groups, severely overcrowded for all three matches. The venue was then heavily criticised for its lack of space and inability to handle such rampant crowds; although no one had foreseen such crowds at all; the Group A matches held at the nearby and much larger 121,401-capacity Camp Nou stadium never went past 65,000 and hosted all European teams; it was anticipated there would be larger crowds for the Camp Nou-hosted second round matches between Belgium, the Soviet Union and Poland.[24]
### Group A
| 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 | |
Source: FIFA
| Poland | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Boniek 4', 26', 53' | Report |
Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 65,000Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica)
| 0–1 | Soviet Union |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Oganesian 48' |
Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 65,000Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)
### Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 75,000Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
| West Germany | 2–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Littbarski 50'Fischer 75' | Report | Zamora 82' |
Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 90,089Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 75,000Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
### Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Italy | 2–1 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tardelli 57'Cabrini 67' | Report | Passarella 83' |
Sarrià Stadium, BarcelonaAttendance: 43,000Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
| Argentina | 1–3 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Díaz 89' | Report | Zico 11'Serginho 66'Júnior 75' |
Sarrià Stadium, BarcelonaAttendance: 44,000Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico)
| Italy | 3–2 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rossi 5', 25', 74' | Report | Sócrates 12'Falcão 68' |
Sarrià Stadium, BarcelonaAttendance: 44,000Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
### Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Northern Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–1 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Genghini 39' |
Vicente Calderón, MadridAttendance: 37,000Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
| Austria | 2–2 | Northern Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pezzey 50'Hintermaier 68' | Report | Hamilton 27', 75' |
Vicente Calderón, MadridAttendance: 20,000Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)
| France | 4–1 | Northern Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Giresse 33', 80'Rocheteau 46', 68' | Report | Armstrong 75' |
Vicente Calderón, MadridAttendance: 37,000Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
## Knockout stage
| | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final |
| | 8 July – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | 8 July – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | | | | |
| | 8 July – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | 8 July – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | | | Poland | 0 |
| | 11 July – Madrid (Bernabéu) | 11 July – Madrid (Bernabéu) | | | Poland | 0 |
| | 11 July – Madrid (Bernabéu) | 11 July – Madrid (Bernabéu) | | | Italy | 2 |
| | Italy | 3 | | Italy | 2 | |
| | Italy | 3 | 8 July – Seville (Pizjuán) | 8 July – Seville (Pizjuán) | | |
| | | West Germany | 8 July – Seville (Pizjuán) | 8 July – Seville (Pizjuán) | | 1 |
| | | West Germany | West Germany (pen.) | 3 (5) | 1 | |
| | | France | West Germany (pen.) | 3 (5) | 3 (4) | |
| | | France | Third place | Third place | 3 (4) | |
| | | 10 July – Alicante | 10 July – Alicante | Third place | Third place | |
| | Poland | 10 July – Alicante | 10 July – Alicante | 3 | | |
| | Poland | France | 2 | 3 | | |
| France | 2 | | | | | |
### Semi-finals
| 0–2 | Italy |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Rossi 22', 73' |
Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 50,000Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
| West Germany | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Littbarski 17'Rummenigge 102'Fischer 108' | Report | Platini 26' (pen.)Trésor 92'Giresse 98' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Kaltz Breitner Stielike Littbarski Rummenigge Hrubesch | 5–4 | Giresse Amoros Rocheteau Six Platini Bossis |
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, SevilleAttendance: 70,000Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)
### Third place play-off
| Poland | 3–2 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Szarmach 40'Majewski 44'Kupcewicz 46' | Report | Girard 13'Couriol 72' |
Estadio José Rico Pérez, AlicanteAttendance: 28,000Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)
### Final
| Italy | 3–1 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rossi 57'Tardelli 69'Altobelli 81' | Report | Breitner 83' |
Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 90,000Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
Paolo Rossi received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 146 goals were scored by 100 players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
**6 goals**
- Paolo Rossi
**5 goals**
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
**4 goals**
- Zico
- Zbigniew Boniek
**3 goals**
- Falcão
- Alain Giresse
- László Kiss
- Gerry Armstrong
**2 goals**
- Salah Assad
- Daniel Bertoni
- Diego Maradona
- Daniel Passarella
- Walter Schachner
- Éder
- Serginho
- Sócrates
- Antonín Panenka
- Trevor Francis
- Bryan Robson
- Bernard Genghini
- Michel Platini
- Dominique Rocheteau
- Didier Six
- László Fazekas
- Tibor Nyilasi
- Gábor Pölöskei
- Marco Tardelli
- Billy Hamilton
- John Wark
- Klaus Fischer
- Pierre Littbarski
**1 goal**
- Lakhdar Belloumi
- Tedj Bensaoula
- Rabah Madjer
- Osvaldo Ardiles
- Ramón Díaz
- Reinhold Hintermaier
- Hans Krankl
- Bruno Pezzey
- Ludo Coeck
- Alexandre Czerniatynski
- Erwin Vandenbergh
- Júnior
- Oscar
- Grégoire M'Bida
- Juan Carlos Letelier
- Gustavo Moscoso
- Miguel Ángel Neira
- Luis Ramírez Zapata
- Paul Mariner
- Maxime Bossis
- Alain Couriol
- René Girard
- Gérard Soler
- Marius Trésor
- Eduardo Laing
- Héctor Zelaya
- Lázár Szentes
- József Tóth
- József Varga
- Alessandro Altobelli
- Antonio Cabrini
- Bruno Conti
- Francesco Graziani
- Abdullah Al-Buloushi
- Faisal Al-Dakhil
- Steve Sumner
- Steve Wooddin
- Rubén Toribio Díaz
- Guillermo La Rosa
- Andrzej Buncol
- Włodzimierz Ciołek
- Janusz Kupcewicz
- Grzegorz Lato
- Stefan Majewski
- Włodzimierz Smolarek
- Andrzej Szarmach
- Steve Archibald
- Kenny Dalglish
- Joe Jordan
- David Narey
- John Robertson
- Graeme Souness
- Andriy Bal
- Sergei Baltacha
- Oleh Blokhin
- Aleksandre Chivadze
- Yuri Gavrilov
- Khoren Oganesian
- Ramaz Shengelia
- Juanito
- Roberto López Ufarte
- Enrique Saura
- Jesús María Zamora
- Paul Breitner
- Horst Hrubesch
- Uwe Reinders
- Ivan Gudelj
- Vladimir Petrović
**Own goals**
- Jozef Barmoš (against England)
### Red cards
- Américo Gallego
- Diego Maradona
- Ladislav Vízek
- Gilberto Yearwood
- Mal Donaghy
## Awards
Source:[25]
| Golden Boot | Best Young Player | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paolo Rossi | Manuel Amoros | Brazil |
| Golden Ball[26]_Rank: | Golden Ball[26]_Player: |
| --- | --- |
| 1st | Paolo Rossi |
| 2nd | Falcão |
| 3rd | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
| 4th | Zbigniew Boniek |
| 5th | Zico |
| 6th | Sócrates |
| 7th | Alain Giresse |
| 8th | Rinat Dasayev |
| 9th | Diego Maradona |
| 10th | Michel Platini |
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[27][28] The rankings for the 1982 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 1/C | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 |
| 2 | West Germany | 2/B | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 8 |
| 3 | Poland | 1/A | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 |
| 4 | France | 4/D | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 8 |
| Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage |
| 5 | Brazil | 6/C | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 8 |
| 6 | England | 4/B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | 6/A | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 8 | Austria | 2/D | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 9 | Northern Ireland | 5/D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 |
| 10 | Belgium | 3/A | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 |
| 11 | Argentina | 3/C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| 12 | Spain | 5/B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 13 | Algeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 |
| 15 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Honduras | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| 20 | Peru | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |
| 21 | Kuwait | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 22 | Chile | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
| 23 | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
| 24 | El Salvador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
## Branding
### Mascot
Naranjito, the official mascot of the 1982 tournament, is featured in this vintage collection of Spanish keychains.
The official mascot of this World Cup was Naranjito, a male anthropomorphised orange, a typical fruit in Spain, wearing the kit of the host's national team. It was designed by José María Martín and María Dolores Salto from the marketing agency Publicidad Bellido. Its name comes from _naranja_, the Spanish word for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito".[29]
### Television series
_Football in Action_ (Spanish: _Fútbol en acción_) is an educational animated television series about football produced by BRB Internacional and Televisión Española (TVE). The main character is a twelve-year-old Naranjito, who is accompanied on his adventures by his friends: Clementina (a mandarin orange), Citronio (a lemon), and Imarchi (a robot). The series talks about the rules of football and the history of the World Cup. Its 26 episodes of 25 minutes each were first aired in 1981–82 on TVE 1.
### Poster
The official poster was designed by Joan Miró.[30]
### Match ball
The match ball for 1982 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas, was the Tango España.
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title: 1930 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup
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# 1930 FIFA World Cup
The **1930 FIFA World Cup** was the inaugural FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected Uruguay as the host nation, as the country would be celebrating the centenary of its first constitution and the Uruguay national football team had successfully retained their football title at the 1928 Summer Olympics. All matches were played in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, the majority at the purpose built Estadio Centenario.
Thirteen teams (seven from South America, four from Europe, and two from North America) entered the tournament. Only a handful of European teams chose to participate because of the difficulty of traveling to South America due to the Great Depression. The teams were divided into four groups, with the winner of each group progressing to the semi-finals. The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously and were won by France and the United States, who defeated Mexico 4–1 and Belgium 3–0, respectively. Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal in World Cup history, while United States goalkeeper Jimmy Douglas posted the first clean sheet in the tournament the same day.
Argentina, Uruguay, the United States, and Yugoslavia won their respective groups to qualify for the semi-finals. In the final, hosts and pre-tournament favourites Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of 68,346 people to become the first nation to win the World Cup. Francisco Varallo from Argentina was the last surviving player from this World Cup. He died in 2010 at the age of 100. The 2030 FIFA World Cup opening match to be played at Estadio Centenario will honor the centennial anniversary of the World Cup.
The 1930 FIFA World Cup final is the first and only one to date to have been contested between two Hispanic sides. It is also the only one to be contested between two South American sides, while the 1950 match between Brazil and Uruguay, often erroneously referred to as the "1950 World Cup final", was actually the deciding match of the final group stage rather than an actual cup final.
## Participants
FIFA, the governing body of world football, had been discussing the creation of a competition for national teams for several years prior to 1930. The organisation had managed the football segment of the Summer Olympics on behalf of the International Olympic Committee since the early 20th century and the success of the competition at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games led to the formation of the FIFA World Cup. At the 17th FIFA congress, held in Amsterdam in May 1928, the competition was proposed by president Jules Rimet and accepted by the organisation's board, with vice-president Henri Delaunay proclaiming "international football can no longer be held within the confines of the Olympics".[5][6]
Participating countries, tinted by order of finish
The first World Cup was the only one without qualification. Every country affiliated with FIFA was invited to compete and given a deadline of 28 February 1930 to accept. The competition was originally planned as a 16-team knockout tournament with a potential second division if enough teams entered;[7] however, the number of teams failed to reach 16, so there were no qualifications. Plenty of interest was shown by nations in the Americas; Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and the United States all entered. A total of seven South American teams participated, more than in any subsequent World Cup Finals. However, because of the long, costly trip by ship across the Atlantic Ocean and the length of absence required for players,[8] very few European teams were inclined to take part due to an ongoing economic crisis.[9] Some refused to countenance travel to South America in any circumstances,[10] and no European entries were received before the February deadline. In an attempt to gain some European participation, the Uruguayan Football Association sent a letter of invitation to The Football Association, even though the British Home Nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) had resigned from FIFA at the time. This was rejected by the FA Committee on 18 November 1929.[11] Out of the two Asian countries affiliated to FIFA at the time, Japan and Siam (modern-day Thailand), neither elected to enter the competition,[12] while Egypt, the lone African team to enter, was delayed due to a storm in the Mediterranean, and missed the ship travelling to Uruguay.[13]
Two months before the start of the tournament, no team from Europe had officially entered.[14] FIFA president Rimet intervened and four European teams eventually made the trip by sea: Belgium, France, Romania and Yugoslavia. The Romanians, managed by Constantin Rădulescu and coached by their captain Rudolf Wetzer and Octav Luchide, entered the competition following the intervention of the newly crowned King Carol II. He selected the squad personally and negotiated with employers to ensure that the players would still have jobs upon their return.[15] The French entered at the personal intervention of Rimet, but neither France's star defender Manuel Anatol nor the team's regular coach Gaston Barreau could be persuaded to make the trip.[16] The Belgians participated at the instigation of German-Belgian FIFA vice-president Rodolphe Seeldrayers.[17]
We were 15 days on the ship _Conte Verde_ getting out there. We embarked from Villefranche-sur-Mer in the company of the Belgians and the Yugoslavians. We did our basic exercises down below and our training on deck. The coach never spoke about tactics at all ...
Lucien Laurent[18]
The Romanians boarded the SS _Conte Verde_ at Genoa, Italy; the French and Yugoslavs were picked up at Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, on 21 June 1930;[19] and the Belgians embarked at Barcelona, Spain.[20] The _Conte Verde_ carried Rimet, the trophy and the three designated European referees: Belgians John Langenus and Henri Christophe, along with Thomas Balvay, a Parisian who may have been English. The Brazilian team were picked up when the boat docked in Rio de Janeiro on 29 June before arriving in Uruguay on 4 July.[14] The official ball used for the tournament was the T-Model.[21]
### List of invited teams
The following 16 teams planned to compete at the final tournament. However, 13 teams participated due to withdrawals of Egypt, Japan and Siam.
**Asia (0)**
- Japan (withdrew)
- Siam (withdrew)
**Africa (0)**
- Egypt (missed ship)
**North America (2)**
- Mexico
- United States
**South America (7)**
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Chile
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Uruguay (hosts)
**Europe (4)**
- Belgium
- France
- Romania
- Yugoslavia
## Venues
Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, and Uruguay all lodged applications to host the event. Uruguay's bid became the clear selection after all the other countries withdrew their bids.[8][22]
All matches took place in Montevideo. Three stadiums were used: Estadio Centenario, Estadio Pocitos, and Estadio Gran Parque Central. The Estadio Centenario was built both for the tournament and as a celebration of the centenary of Uruguayan independence. Designed by Juan Scasso,[16] it was the primary stadium for the tournament, referred to by Rimet as a "temple of football".[23] With a capacity of 90,000, it was the largest football stadium outside the British Isles.[17] The stadium hosted 10 of the 18 matches, including both semi-finals and the final. However, the construction schedule was rushed and delayed by a rainy winter, therefore the Centenario was not ready for use until five days into the tournament.[24] Early matches were played at smaller stadiums usually used by Montevideo football clubs Nacional and Peñarol, the 20,000 capacity Gran Parque Central and the Pocitos.[25]
| Montevideo | Montevideo.1 | Montevideo.2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estadio Centenario | Estadio Gran Parque Central | Estadio Pocitos |
| 34°53′40″S 56°9′10″W / 34.89444°S 56.15278°W | 34°54′4″S 56°9′32″W / 34.90111°S 56.15889°W | 34°54′18″S 56°9′22″W / 34.90500°S 56.15611°W |
| Capacity: 90,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
| | | |
| Montevideo | CentenarioPocitosGran Parque1930 FIFA World Cup (Montevideo) | CentenarioPocitosGran Parque1930 FIFA World Cup (Montevideo) |
## Match officials
Fifteen referees participated in the tournament: four Europeans – two Belgians (Henri Christophe and John Langenus), a Frenchman (Thomas Balvay) and a Romanian (Constantin Rădulescu, also the Romanian team coach),[26] and eleven from the Americas – among them six Uruguayans. To eliminate differences in the application of the Laws of the Game, the referees were invited to one short meeting to iron out the most conflicting issues that could arise.[27]
Of all the refereeing appointments, the two that attracted the most attention were that of Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo in the match between Argentina and France, in which the Brazilian referee blew for full-time six minutes early, and that of the Bolivian Ulises Saucedo's Argentina and Mexico encounter, which Argentina won 6–3. During the game, Saucedo, who was also the coach of Bolivia,[26] awarded three penalties.
The following is the list of officials to serve as referees and linesmen. Officials in italics were only employed as linesmen during the tournament.
- Europe
- Thomas Balvay
- Henri Christophe
- John Langenus
- _Constantin Rădulescu_
- North America
- _Gaspar Vallejo_
- South America
- _Gualberto Alonso_
- _Martin Aphesteguy_
- Domingo Lombardi
- José Macías
- Francisco Mateucci
- Almeida Rêgo
- Ulises Saucedo
- Anibal Tejada
- Ricardó Vallarino
- Álberto Warnken
## Format and draw
The 13 teams were drawn into four groups, with Group 1 containing four teams and the others containing three. Each group played a round-robin format, with the four group winners progressing to the knockout semi-final stage.
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, and the United States were seeded and kept apart in the draw;[25] which took place in Montevideo once all the teams arrived.[28]
Since there were no qualifying games, the opening two matches of the tournament were the first World Cup games ever played, taking place simultaneously on 13 July 1930; France beat Mexico 4–1 at the Estadio Pocitos, while the United States defeated Belgium 3–0 at the same time at the Estadio Gran Parque Central. France's Lucien Laurent was the scorer of the first World Cup goal.[29]
## Tournament summary
### Group 1
We were playing Mexico and it was snowing, since it was winter in the southern hemisphere. One of my teammates centred the ball and I followed its path carefully, taking it on the volley with my right foot. Everyone was pleased but we didn't all roll around on the ground – nobody realised that history was being made. A quick handshake and we got on with the game. And no bonus either; we were all amateurs in those days, right to the end.
**Lucien Laurent**[18]
The first group was the only one to contain four teams: Argentina, Chile, France, and Mexico. Two days after France's victory over Mexico, they faced group favourites Argentina. Injuries hindered France; goalkeeper Alex Thépot had to leave the field after 20 minutes and Laurent, after a fierce tackle by Luis Monti, spent most of the match limping. However, they held out for most of the match, only succumbing to an 81st-minute goal scored from a Monti free kick.[30] The game featured an officiating controversy when referee Almeida Rêgo erroneously blew the final whistle six minutes early, with Frenchman Marcel Langiller clear on goal; play resumed only after protests from the French players.[31] Although France had played twice in 48 hours, Chile had yet to play their first match. They faced Mexico the following day, gaining a comfortable 3–0 win.[32]
France's final match, against Chile, featured the first penalty kick of the World Cup. The first goalkeeper to save a penalty was Thépot of France on 19 July 1930, saving from Chile's Carlos Vidal in the 30th minute of the match.[33] In Argentina's second match, against Mexico, three penalty kicks were awarded. During the same match on 19 July 1930, Mexico's Óscar Bonfiglio saved another penalty in the 23rd minute of the match against Argentina's Fernando Paternoster.[33] Guillermo Stábile scored a hat-trick in his international debut[34] as Argentina won 6–3, despite the absence of their captain Manuel Ferreira, who had returned to Buenos Aires to take a law exam.[35] Qualification was decided by the group's final match, contested by Argentina and Chile, who had beaten France and Mexico, respectively. The game was marred by a brawl sparked by a foul on Arturo Torres by Monti.[31] Argentina won 3–1 against their neighbours and advanced to the semi-finals.[36]
### Group 2
The second group contained Brazil, Bolivia, and Yugoslavia. Brazil, the group seeds, were expected to progress, but in the group's opening match, unexpectedly lost 2–1 to Yugoslavia.[37] Going into the tournament Bolivia had never previously won an international match. For their opener they paid tribute to the hosts by wearing shirts each emblazoned with a single letter, spelling "Viva Uruguay" as the team lined up.[38] Both of Bolivia's matches followed a similar pattern, a promising start gradually transformed into heavy defeat. Against Yugoslavia, they held out for an hour before conceding but were four goals down by the final whistle.[32] Misfortune played its part; several Bolivian goals were disallowed.[38] Against Brazil, when both teams had only pride to play for, the score was 1–0 to Brazil at half-time. Brazil added three more in the second half, two of them scored by the multi-sportsman Preguinho.[39] Yugoslavia qualified for the semi-finals.[36]
### Group 3
Hosts Uruguay were in a group with Peru and Romania. The opening match in this group saw the first player expulsion from the competition when Plácido Galindo of Peru was sent off against Romania. The Romanians made their man advantage pay; their 3–1 win included two late goals and the fastest goal of the tournament; Adalbert Deșu opened the scoring after just 50 seconds.[21][40] This match had the smallest crowd of any in World Cup history. The official attendance was 2,459, but the actual figure is generally accepted to be around 300.[40]
Due to construction delays at Estadio Centenario, Uruguay's first match was not played until five days into the tournament. The first to be held at the Centenario, it was preceded by a ceremony in honour of the Uruguayan centenary celebrations. The Uruguayan team spent the four weeks preceding the match in a training camp, at which strict discipline was exercised. Goalkeeper Andrés Mazali was dropped from the squad for breaking a curfew to visit his wife.[41] One hundred years from the day of the creation of Uruguay's first constitution, the hosts won a tight match against Peru.[42] The result was viewed as a poor performance by the Uruguayan press.[43] performance of the Peruvian goalkeeper Jorge Pardon drew particular praise from neutral observers.[41] Uruguay subsequently defeated Romania with ease, scoring four first-half goals to win 4–0.[36]
### Group 4
The fourth group comprised Belgium, Paraguay, and the United States. The American team, which contained a significant number of new caps, were reputedly nicknamed "the shot-putters" by an unnamed source in the French contingent.[22] They beat their first opponent, Belgium, 3–0. Both sides struggled early on due to heavy rain and snowfall before the U.S. took control. Belgian reports bemoaned the state of the pitch and refereeing decisions, claiming that the second goal was offside.[44] The group's second match, played in windy conditions,[45] witnessed the first tournament hat-trick, scored by Bert Patenaude of the United States against Paraguay. Until 10 November 2006, the first hat-trick that FIFA acknowledged had been scored by Stábile of Argentina, two days after Patenaude; however, in 2006 FIFA announced that Patenaude's claim to being the first hat-trick scorer was valid, as a goal previously assigned to teammate Tom Florie was reattributed to Patenaude.[46][47] With the United States having secured qualification, the final match in the group was a dead rubber. Paraguay beat Belgium by a 1–0 margin.[32]
### Semi-finals
The four group winners, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Uruguay and the United States, moved to the semi-finals. The two semi-final matches saw identical scores. The first semi-final was played between the United States and Argentina on a rain-drenched pitch. The United States team, which featured six British-born players, lost midfielder Raphael Tracey after 10 minutes to a broken leg as the match became violent.[48] A Monti goal halfway through the first half gave Argentina a 1–0 half-time lead. In the second half, the strength of the United States team was overwhelmed by the pace of the Argentinian attacks, the match finishing 6–1 to Argentina.[49]
In the second semi-final, there were shades of the 1924 Summer Olympics match between Yugoslavia and Uruguay. Here, though, Yugoslavia took a surprise lead through Đorđe Vujadinović. Uruguay then took a 2–1 lead. Then shortly before half-time, Yugoslavia had a goal disallowed by a controversial offside decision.[37] The hosts scored three more in the second half to win 6–1, Pedro Cea completing a hat-trick.[49]
### Third and fourth place
The now-traditional third-place play-off was not established until 1934, so the format of the 1930 World Cup is unique in not distinguishing between the third and fourth-placed teams. Occasional sources, notably a FIFA Bulletin from 1984, incorrectly imply that a third-place match occurred and was won 3–1 by Yugoslavia.[50] Accounts differ as to whether a third-place match was originally scheduled. According to a 2009 book by Hyder Jawad, Yugoslavia refused to play a third-place match because they were upset with the refereeing in their semi-final against Uruguay.[1]
At the end of the championship, the captains of the United States team (Tom Florie)[51] and Yugoslavia (Milutin Ivković)[52] both received bronze medals. Yet a FIFA technical committee report on the 1986 World Cup included full retrospective rankings of all teams at all previous World Cup finals; this report ranked the United States third and Yugoslavia fourth, due to a better goal difference on otherwise identical records,[2] a practice since continued by FIFA.[3] In 2010, the son of Kosta Hadži, the chief of the Yugoslav delegation at the 1930 World Cup and the vice-president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia at the time, claimed that Yugoslavia, as a team, has been awarded one bronze medal, which has been kept by Hadži himself and his family for the following 80 years. According to this source, Yugoslavia was placed third because of the semi-final loss to the eventual champions, Uruguay.[53][54] The official recording however shows the United States team claiming third place.[3]
The Yugoslavia team achieved the joint–biggest success in both Yugoslav and Serbian subsequent World Cup footballing history, by earning fourth place, a result that would be repeated in 1962.[55]
### Final
Because of a dispute, a different ball was used in each half, one chosen by each team. Argentina's ball (top) was used for the first half and Uruguay's ball (bottom) was used for the second half.
The resounding wins for Uruguay and Argentina in the semi-finals meant the final was a repeat of the matchup in the 1928 Olympic final, which Uruguay had won 2–1 after a replay.[56]
The final was played at the Estadio Centenario on 30 July. Feelings ran high around the La Plata Basin as the Argentine supporters crossed the river with the war cry _Victoria o muerte_ ("victory or death"), dispelling any uncertainty as to whether the tournament had captured the imagination of the public. The ten boats earmarked to carry Argentine fans from Buenos Aires to Montevideo proved inadequate,[37] and any number of assorted craft attempted the crossing. An estimated 10–15,000 Argentinians made the trip, but the port at Montevideo was so overwhelmed that many did not even make landfall before kick-off, let alone reach the stadium.[57] At the stadium, supporters were searched for weapons.[58] The gates were opened at eight o'clock, six hours before kick-off, and by noon the ground was full,[37] with an official attendance of 93,000.[59] A disagreement overshadowed the build-up to the match as the teams failed to agree on who should provide the match ball, forcing FIFA to intervene and decree that the Argentine team would provide the ball for the first half and the Uruguayans would provide their own for the second.[22] Uruguay made one change from their semi-final line-up. Castro replaced Anselmo, who missed out due to illness.[49] Monti played for Argentina despite receiving death threats on the eve of the match. The referee was Belgian John Langenus, who only agreed to officiate a few hours before the game, having sought assurances for his safety.[60] One of his requests was for a boat to be ready at the harbour within one hour of the final whistle, in case he needed to make a quick escape.[61]
The hosts scored the opening goal through Pablo Dorado, a low shot from a position on the right.[62] Argentina, displaying superior passing ability, responded strongly. Within eight minutes they were back on level terms; Carlos Peucelle received a Ferreira through-ball, beat his marker and equalised.[62] Shortly before half-time leading tournament goalscorer Guillermo Stábile gave Argentina a 2–1 lead. Uruguay captain Nasazzi protested, maintaining that Stábile was offside but to no avail.[60] In the second half Uruguay gradually became ascendant. Shortly after Stábile missed a chance to score again, Uruguay attacked in numbers and Pedro Cea scored an equaliser.[62] Ten minutes later, a goal by Santos Iriarte gave Uruguay the lead, and just before full-time Castro made it 4–2 to seal the win.[60] Langenus ended the match a minute later and Uruguay added the title of World Cup winner to their mantle of Olympic champions. Jules Rimet presented the World Cup Trophy, which was later named for him, to the head of the Uruguayan Football Association, Raúl Jude.[63] The following day was declared a national holiday in Uruguay;[59] in the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, a mob threw stones at the Uruguayan consulate.[64] Francisco Varallo (who played as a forward for Argentina) was the last player in the final to die, on 30 August 2010.[65]
France, Yugoslavia and the United States all played friendlies in South America following the competition. Brazil played France on 1 August, Yugoslavia on 10 August and the United States on 17 August,[66] while Argentina hosted Yugoslavia on 3 August.[67]
Uruguay's aggregate goal difference of +12 over four games, at an average of +3 per match, remains the highest average goal difference per match of any World Cup champion and the second-highest of any World Cup finals participant, after Hungary in 1954.[68]
## Group stage
### Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 | |
Source: ESPN
| France | 4–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| L. Laurent 19'Langiller 40'Maschinot 43', 87' | Report | Carreño 70' |
Estadio Pocitos, MontevideoAttendance: 4,444Referee: Domingo Lombardi (Uruguay)
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Monti 81' | Report |
Estadio Parque Central, MontevideoAttendance: 23,409Referee: Almeida Rêgo (Brazil)
| Chile | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Vidal 3', 65'M. Rosas 52' (o.g.) | Report |
Estadio Parque Central, MontevideoAttendance: 9,249Referee: Henri Christophe (Belgium)
| Chile | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Subiabre 67' | Report |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 2,000Referee: Anibal Tejada (Uruguay)
| Argentina | 6–3 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stábile 8', 17', 80'Zumelzú 12', 55'Varallo 53' | Report | M. Rosas 42' (pen.), 65'Gayón 75' |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 42,100Referee: Ulises Saucedo (Bolivia)
| Argentina | 3–1 | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stábile 12', 13'M. Evaristo 51' | Report | Subiabre 15' |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 41,459Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
### Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
Source: ESPN
| Yugoslavia | 2–1 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tirnanić 21'Bek 30' | Report | Preguinho 62' |
Estadio Parque Central, MontevideoAttendance: 24,059Referee: Aníbal Tejada (Uruguay)
| Yugoslavia | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Bek 60', 67'Marjanović 65'Vujadinović 85' | Report |
Estadio Parque Central, MontevideoAttendance: 18,306Referee: Francisco Mateucci (Uruguay)
| Brazil | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Moderato 37', 73'Preguinho 57', 83' | Report |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 25,466Referee: Thomas Balvay (France)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Peru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
Source: ESPN
(H) Hosts
| Romania | 3–1 | Peru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deșu 1'Stanciu 79'Kovács 89' | Report | De Souza 75' |
Estadio Pocitos, MontevideoAttendance: 2,549Referee: Alberto Warnken (Chile)
| Uruguay | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Castro 65' | Report |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 57,735Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
| Uruguay | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Dorado 7'Scarone 26'Anselmo 31'Cea 35' | Report |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 70,022Referee: Almeida Rêgo (Brazil)
### Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |
Source: ESPN
| United States | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| McGhee 23'Florie 45'Patenaude 69' | Report |
Estadio Parque Central, MontevideoAttendance: 18,346Referee: José Macías (Argentina)
| United States | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Patenaude 10', 15', 50' | Report |
Estadio Parque Central, MontevideoAttendance: 18,306Referee: José Macías (Argentina)
| Paraguay | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Vargas Peña 40' | Report |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 12,000Referee: Ricardo Vallarino (Uruguay)
## Knockout stage
### Bracket
| | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final |
| 27 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | 27 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | | | | |
| 27 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | 27 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | | | Uruguay | 6 |
| 30 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | 30 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | | | Uruguay | 6 |
| 30 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | 30 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | | | Yugoslavia | 1 |
| Uruguay | 4 | | Yugoslavia | 1 | |
| Uruguay | 4 | 26 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | 26 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | | |
| | Argentina | 26 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | 26 July – Montevideo (Centenario) | | 2 |
| | Argentina | Argentina | 6 | 2 | |
| | United States | Argentina | 6 | 1 | |
| United States | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | |
### Semi-finals
| Argentina | 6–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monti 20'Scopelli 56'Stábile 69', 87'Peucelle 80', 85' | Report | Brown 89' |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 72,886Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
| Uruguay | 6–1 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cea 18', 67', 72'Anselmo 20', 31'Iriarte 61' | Report | Vujadinović 4' |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 79,867Referee: Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo (Brazil)
### Final
| Uruguay | 4–2 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dorado 12'Cea 57'Iriarte 68'Castro 89' | Report | Peucelle 20'Stábile 37' |
Estadio Centenario, MontevideoAttendance: 68,346Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
## Goalscorers
There were 70 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.89 goals per match.
**8 goals**
- Guillermo Stábile
**5 goals**
- Pedro Cea
**4 goals**
- Bert Patenaude
**3 goals**
- Carlos Peucelle
- Preguinho
- Peregrino Anselmo
- Ivan Bek
**2 goals**
- Luis Monti
- Adolfo Zumelzú
- Moderato
- Guillermo Subiabre
- Carlos Vidal
- André Maschinot
- Manuel Rosas
- Héctor Castro
- Pablo Dorado
- Santos Iriarte
- Đorđe Vujadinović
**1 goal**
- Mario Evaristo
- Alejandro Scopelli
- Francisco Varallo
- Marcel Langiller
- Lucien Laurent
- Juan Carreño
- Roberto Gayón
- Luis Vargas Peña
- Luis de Souza
- Adalbert Deșu
- Nicolae Kovács
- Constantin Stanciu
- Jim Brown
- Tom Florie
- Bart McGhee
- Héctor Scarone
- Blagoje Marjanović
- Aleksandar Tirnanić
**1 own goal**
- Manuel Rosas (against Chile)
Source=[36][nb 2]
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[55][2] The rankings for the 1930 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 8 |
| 2 | Argentina | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 8 |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 5 | Chile | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| 6 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 2 |
| 7 | France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
| 8 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| 9 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 10 | Peru | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| 11 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
| 12 | Bolivia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |
## See also
- _See You in Montevideo_: 2015 Serbian film recreating the tournament from the point of view of the Yugoslav team
## Notes
1. Though a third place play-off was not played at the World Cup until 1934, accounts differ as to whether a third-place match was originally scheduled. Some sources state that Yugoslavia refused to play a third-place match because they were upset with the refereeing in their semi-final against Uruguay.[1] A FIFA technical committee report on the 1986 World Cup included full retrospective rankings of all teams at all previous World Cup finals; this report ranked the United States third and Yugoslavia fourth, due to a better goal difference on otherwise identical records,[2] a practice since continued by FIFA.[3][4]
2. There are several goals for which the statistical details are disputed. The goalscorers and timings used here are those of FIFA, the official record. Some other sources, such as RSSSF, state a different scorer, timing, or both. See "World Cup 1930 finals". _Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)_. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
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# 2002 FIFA World Cup
The **2002 FIFA World Cup**, also branded as **Korea/Japan 2002**, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea and Japan, with its final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama. During the opening ceremony, the championship was declared opened by President of South Korea Kim Dae-jung.[1]
A field of 32 teams qualified for this World Cup, which was the first to be held in Asia, the first to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, as well as the first to be jointly hosted by more than one nation. China, Ecuador, Senegal and Slovenia made their World Cup debuts, with Senegal being the only debutant to qualify from the group stages and make it to the quarterfinals.
The tournament had several upsets and surprise results, which included the defending champions France being eliminated in the group stage after earning a single point without scoring a goal and second favourites Argentina also being eliminated in the group stage. South Korea managed to reach the semi-finals, beating Poland, Portugal, Italy and Spain en route. They became the first team from outside of the UEFA, CONMEBOL, and CONCACAF regions and one of the first Asian teams (along with Turkey in this World Cup) to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. However, the most potent team at the tournament, Brazil, prevailed, winning the final against Germany 2–0, making them the first and only country to have won the World Cup five times.[2] The victory qualified Brazil for the 2003 and subsequently 2005 FIFA Confederations Cups, its fourth and fifth Confederations Cup appearance in a row. In the third place play-off match against South Korea, Turkey won 3–2, taking third place in only their second ever FIFA World Cup, and scored the fastest goal in the FIFA World Cup history (10.8 seconds after kick-off).[3]
The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the golden goal rule and the last one to use the same ball for all matches. Starting in 2006 and continuing to the present, a ball with the same technical specifications but different colors has been used in the final.
## Host selection
Korean Air Boeing 747 adorned with 2002 World Cup livery marking South Korea as co-hosts Japanese 10,000 yen coin for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
South Korea and Japan were selected as hosts by FIFA on 31 May 1996. Initially, South Korea, Japan and Mexico presented three rival bids. South Korea's entry into the race was seen by some as a response to the bid of political and sporting rival Japan.[4] FIFA leaders were split on whom to favor as host as politics within the world governing body held sway.[5] With Mexico regarded as a long shot, the battle to host the tournament came down to South Korea and Japan. The two Asian rivals went on a massive and expensive PR blitz around the world, prompting Sultan Ahmad Shah, the head of the Asian Football Confederation, to step in.[4] FIFA boss João Havelange had long backed the Japanese bid,[5] but his rival in FIFA, UEFA chief Lennart Johansson, sought to undermine Havelange's plans.[5] UEFA and the AFC viewed co-hosting between the two Asian rivals as the best option.[5] South Korea and Japan were finally faced with a choice of having no World Cup or a shared World Cup and they reluctantly chose to go along with co-hosting.[5] South Korea and Japan were chosen unanimously as co-hosts in preference to Mexico.[6] This was the first World Cup to be hosted by more than one country, the second being the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. This is also the first ever World Cup to be hosted in Asia, the other being the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar twenty years later and the first World Cup to be held outside of Europe and the Americas. The general secretary of South Korea's bidding committee, Song Young-shik, stated that FIFA was interested in staging some matches in North Korea in order to aid Korean reunification, but it was ruled out.[7]
At the time the decision was made, Japan had never qualified for a World Cup final (although the Japanese did subsequently qualify for the 1998 competition). The only other countries to have been awarded a World Cup without previously having competed in a final tournament are Italy in 1934 and Qatar in 2022 (Uruguay hosted the first World Cup in 1930 so there was no prior tournament; they were defending Olympic champions from 1928).
The unusual choice of host proved an issue for football fans in Europe, used to watching international matches on or close to their time zone.[8] With games taking place in the European morning, some schools and businesses chose to open late on match days or set up communal watching events before the start of work.[9][10]
## Qualification
199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. The qualification process began with the preliminary draw held in Tokyo on 7 December 1999. Defending champions France and co-hosts South Korea and Japan qualified automatically and did not have to play any qualification matches. This was the final World Cup in which the defending champions qualified automatically.[11]
14 places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia) and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and the Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and UEFA and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania). Four nations qualified for the finals for the first time: China, Ecuador, Senegal and Slovenia. As of 2022, this was the last occasion on which the Republic of Ireland and Turkey qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time that China have qualified, as well as the last time that Australia and Switzerland failed to qualify.
Turkey qualified for the first time since 1954, Poland and Portugal both qualified for the first time since 1986 and Costa Rica and Uruguay qualified for the first time since 1990. Sweden, Russia and the Republic of Ireland also returned after missing the 1998 World Cup. 1998 semi-finalists the Netherlands, three-time participants in the 1990s Romania and Colombia, and Bulgaria, Morocco and Norway, who had participated in the previous two finals tournaments, alongside Austria, Chile, Iran, Jamaica, Scotland and Yugoslavia which participated in the latest edition, failed to qualify. South Korea set a record by appearing in a fifth successive finals tournament, the first nation from outside Europe or the Americas to achieve this feat.
All seven previous World Cup-winning nations (Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Uruguay) qualified, which broke the record of most previous champions at a tournament before the record was broken again in 2014. The highest ranked team not to qualify for the finals was Colombia (ranked 4th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was China PR (ranked 50th).
### List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[12] qualified for the final tournament:
- AFC (4)
- China (50) (debut)
- Japan (32) (co-hosts)
- Saudi Arabia (34)
- South Korea (40) (co-hosts)
- CAF (5)
- Cameroon (17)
- Nigeria (27)
- Senegal (42) (debut)
- South Africa (37)
- Tunisia (31)
- OFC (0)
- _None qualified_
- CONCACAF (3)
- Costa Rica (29)
- Mexico (7)
- United States (13)
- CONMEBOL (5)
- Argentina (3)
- Brazil (2)
- Ecuador (36) (debut)
- Paraguay (18)
- Uruguay (24)
- UEFA (15)
- Belgium (23)
- Croatia (21)
- Denmark (20)
- England (12)
- France (1) (holders)
- Germany (11)
- Italy (6)
- Poland (38)
- Portugal (5)
- Republic of Ireland (15)
- Russia (28)
- Slovenia (25) (debut)
- Spain (8)
- Sweden (19)
- Turkey (22)
Countries qualified for the World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter the World Cup Country not a FIFA member
## Venues
South Korea and Japan each provided 10 venues, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament. Groups A–D played all their matches in South Korea and Groups E–H played all their matches in Japan.[13] The stadiums in Daegu, Suwon, Yokohama and Saitama all hosted 4 matches each, while the other 16 stadiums hosted 3 matches each. Notably, no matches were played in Tokyo, making it the second capital of a host country not to have a World Cup venue after Bonn of West Germany in 1974.[a]
- _A cross denotes an indoor stadium._
| South Korea_Daegu | South Korea_Seoul | South Korea_Busan | South Korea_Busan.1 | South Korea_Incheon | South Korea_Ulsan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daegu World Cup Stadium | Seoul World Cup Stadium | Busan Asiad Stadium | Busan Asiad Stadium | Incheon World Cup Stadium | Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium |
| Capacity: 68,014[14][b] | Capacity: 63,961[15][c] | Capacity: 55,982[16][d] | Capacity: 55,982[16][d] | Capacity: 52,179[17][e] | Capacity: 43,550[18][f] |
| | | | | | |
| Suwon | Gwangju | Jeonju | Jeonju | Seogwipo | Daejeon |
| Suwon World Cup Stadium | Gwangju World Cup Stadium | Jeonju World Cup Stadium | Jeonju World Cup Stadium | Jeju World Cup Stadium | Daejeon World Cup Stadium |
| Capacity: 43,188[19][g] | Capacity: 42,880[20][h] | Capacity: 42,391[21][i] | Capacity: 42,391[21][i] | Capacity: 42,256[22][j] | Capacity: 40,407[23][k] |
| | | | | | |
| South Korea BusanDaeguDaejeonGwangjuIncheonJeonjuSeogwipoSeoulSuwonUlsanJapan | South Korea BusanDaeguDaejeonGwangjuIncheonJeonjuSeogwipoSeoulSuwonUlsanJapan | South Korea BusanDaeguDaejeonGwangjuIncheonJeonjuSeogwipoSeoulSuwonUlsanJapan | Japan KashimaKobeMiyagiNiigataŌitaOsakaSaitamaSapporoShizuokaYokohamaS. Korea | Japan KashimaKobeMiyagiNiigataŌitaOsakaSaitamaSapporoShizuokaYokohamaS. Korea | Japan KashimaKobeMiyagiNiigataŌitaOsakaSaitamaSapporoShizuokaYokohamaS. Korea |
| Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan | Japan |
| Yokohama | Saitama | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | Osaka | Miyagi |
| International Stadium Yokohama | Saitama Stadium | Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA | Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA | Nagai Stadium | Miyagi Stadium |
| Capacity: 72,327[24][l] | Capacity: 63,000[25][m] | Capacity: 50,600[26][n] | Capacity: 50,600[26][n] | Capacity: 50,000[27][o] | Capacity: 49,000[28][p] |
| | | | | | |
| Ōita | Niigata | Kashima | Kashima | Kobe | Sapporo |
| Ōita Stadium† | Niigata Stadium | Kashima Stadium | Kashima Stadium | Kobe Wing Stadium | Sapporo Dome† |
| Capacity: 43,000[29][q] | Capacity: 42,300[30][r] | Capacity: 42,000[31][s] | Capacity: 42,000[31][s] | Capacity: 42,000[32][t] | Capacity: 42,000[33][u] |
| | | | | | |
## Match officials
| List of match officials by confederation and country |
| --- |
| Referees AFC Lu Jun (China) Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Saad Mane (Kuwait) Kim Young-joo (South Korea) Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin) Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) Falla N'Doye (Senegal) Mourad Daami (Tunisia) CONCACAF William Mattus (Costa Rica) Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Felipe Ramos (Mexico) Brian Hall (United States) CONMEBOL Ángel Sánchez (Argentina) René Ortubé (Bolivia) Carlos Simon (Brazil) Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Byron Moreno (Ecuador) Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) OFC Mark Shield (Australia) UEFA Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Graham Poll (England) Gilles Veissière (France) Markus Merk (Germany) Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) Terje Hauge (Norway) Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) Hugh Dallas (Scotland) Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Antonio López Nieto (Spain) Anders Frisk (Sweden) Urs Meier (Switzerland) Assistant referees AFC Komaleeswaran Sankar (India) Awni Hassaouneh (Jordan) Haidar Koleit (Lebanon) Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia) Mohamed Saeed (Maldives) Ali Al-Traifi (Saudi Arabia) Visva Krishnan (Singapore) CAF Wagih Farag (Egypt) Dramane Dante (Mali) Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia) Ali Tomusange (Uganda) Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe) CONCACAF Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda) Héctor Vergara (Canada) Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador) Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago) CONMEBOL Jorge Rattalino (Argentina) Jorge Oliveira (Brazil) Bomer Fierro (Ecuador) Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) OFC Paul Smith (New Zealand) Elise Doriri (Vanuatu) UEFA Egon Bereuter (Austria) Yury Dupanov (Belarus) Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Evžen Amler (Czech Republic) Jens Larsen (Denmark) Philip Sharp (England) Frédéric Arnault (France) Heiner Müller (Germany) Ferenc Székely (Hungary) Jaap Pool (Netherlands) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Carlos Matos (Portugal) Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Leif Lindberg (Sweden) |
There was much controversy over the refereeing in the tournament.[34] Questionable decisions in the match between Italy and South Korea resulted in 400,000 complaints, and featured in ESPN's 10 most fabled World Cup controversies.[35] The match between Spain and South Korea featured two controversially disallowed Spanish goals, which Iván Helguera referred to as "a robbery" and led to Spanish press brandishing the officials "thieves of dreams", though FIFA dismissed the incident as human error.[36][37]
## Squads
This was the first World Cup that featured squads of 23 players, an increase from 22 previously. Of the 23 players, three must be goalkeepers.
## Draw
The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 28 November 2001. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (Japan and South Korea) and holders (France) was upheld while the remaining five seeds were granted to the other five of the top six teams—ranked by their results in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1) and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio).[38]
For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots; the eight top-seeded teams, were allocated in pot 1 and would be drawn/selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 24 unseeded teams, were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the: 11 European teams in pot 2; two Asian teams and three South American teams in pot 3; three North American teams and five African teams in pot 4.[39]
The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups, although with special combined procedures for pot 2 and pot 3, due to comprising more/less than eight teams - but sixteen teams in total. At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group. Finally, special limitations were also stipulated to evenly distribute the presence of teams from each confederation between the groups playing respectively in Korea (group A-D) and Japan (group E-H); however, for political considerations, China could only be drawn for one of the groups playing in Korea.[39]
| Pot 1 Top-seeded teams (DC + hosts + top 5 seeds) | Pot 2 Europe (UEFA) | Pot 3 Asia & South America (AFC & CONMEBOL) | Pot 4 Africa & North America (CAF & CONCACAF) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| France (1998 winner, group A1) South Korea (co-hosts, group D1) Japan (co-hosts, group H1) Brazil (1) Argentina (2) Italy (3) Germany (4) Spain (6) | Belgium Croatia Denmark England Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Russia Slovenia Sweden Turkey | China Ecuador Paraguay Saudi Arabia Uruguay | Cameroon Costa Rica Mexico Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tunisia United States |
- The draw took place at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in South Korea and was televised live on 1 December 2001.
The FIFA Organising Committee decided ahead of the draw to place the defending champions (France) in Group A while the co-hosts South Korea and Japan were placed in Group D and Group H respectively. The procedure for the draw comprised the following six steps:[39][40]
1. Pot 1 was used to draw, in alphabetic group order, the remaining five top-seeded teams for the first position of groups B, C, E, F and G; while respecting the restriction that one of the two South American seeds (Brazil and Argentina) had to play in a group played in South Korea (B/C) and the other had to play in a group played in Japan (E/F/G).
2. Pot 2 was used to draw one European team to each of the eight groups (drawing unrestricted in the alphabetic order from A to H).
3. As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two European teams in each group, the remaining three European teams from Pot 2, was subject to a second draw, to be put in either of the four groups containing a top-seeded South American team or Asian team. This was done by first drawing the European team from Pot 2, and then drawing which seeded opponent the European team should be paired with, from a special bowl with four blue balls containing the names of Brazil, Argentina, Japan and South Korea.
4. Pot 3 was used to draw one team to each of the five groups with an empty third slot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H); while respecting the geographical restrictions, that:
1. None of the unseeded South American teams (Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay) from pot 3, could be drawn into a group with a seeded South American team (Brazil and Argentina).
2. None of the unseeded Asian teams (Saudi Arabia and China) from pot 3, could be drawn into a group with a seeded Asian team (South Korea and Japan in Group D and H); along with the overall rule that China had to play in South Korea (meaning either group A, B or C) and that Saudi Arabia had to play in Japan (meaning either group E, F or G).
5. Pot 4 was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H); while respecting the restrictions that:
1. Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in South Korea (Group A/B/C/D)
2. Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in Japan (Group E/F/G/H)
6. To decide the match schedules, the exact group position number for the un-seeded teams in each group (2, 3 or 4), were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot 2, 3 and 4.
Besides of drawing the teams, the event also featured American vocalist Anastacia giving a debut public performance of the official song of the World Cup, "Boom".[41][42]
### Draw results and group fixtures
The draw resulted in the following eight groups:[40]
**Group A (Korea) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| A1 | France |
| A2 | Senegal |
| A3 | Uruguay |
| A4 | Denmark |
**Group B (Korea) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| B1 | Spain |
| B2 | Slovenia |
| B3 | Paraguay |
| B4 | South Africa |
**Group C (Korea) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| C1 | Brazil |
| C2 | Turkey |
| C3 | China |
| C4 | Costa Rica |
**Group D (Korea) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| D1 | South Korea |
| D2 | Poland |
| D3 | United States |
| D4 | Portugal |
**Group E (Japan) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| E1 | Germany |
| E2 | Saudi Arabia |
| E3 | Republic of Ireland |
| E4 | Cameroon |
**Group F (Japan) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| F1 | Argentina |
| F2 | Nigeria |
| F3 | England |
| F4 | Sweden |
**Group G (Japan) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| G1 | Italy |
| G2 | Ecuador |
| G3 | Croatia |
| G4 | Mexico |
**Group H (Japan) **
| Pos | Team |
| --- | --- |
| H1 | Japan |
| H2 | Belgium |
| H3 | Russia |
| H4 | Tunisia |
In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. Victories were granted 3 points, while a draw was equal to 1 point. After completion of the group stage, the best two teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16 in the knockout stage, in a way so all group winners started out meeting a runner-up from one of the other groups. This format was identical with the tournament structure being used in 1998. A total of 64 games were played, including the final and a bronze medal game between the two semifinale losers.
Group F was considered the group of death as it brought together Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden.[41]
The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows:
**Group stage schedule **
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matchday 1 | 31 May – 5 June 2002 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
| Matchday 2 | 5–10 June 2002 | 1 v 3, 4 v 2 |
| Matchday 3 | 11–14 June 2002 | 4 v 1, 2 v 3 |
## Group stage
_All times are Korea Standard Time and Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)_
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarter-finals Round of 16
Group stage
Groups A, B, C and D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G and H based in Japan.
In the following tables:
- **Pld** = total games played
- **W** = total games won
- **D** = total games drawn (tied)
- **L** = total games lost
- **GF** = total goals scored (goals for)
- **GA** = total goals conceded (goals against)
- **GD** = goal difference (GF−GA)
- **Pts** = total points accumulated
The teams in the group play were ranked upon
- Points
- Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
- Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
- Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
- Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
- Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
- Drawing of lots
In the original version of the rules for the final tournament, the ranking criteria were in a different order, with head-to-head results taking precedence over total goal difference. The rules were changed to the above in advance of the tournament, but older versions were still available on the FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria.[43]
### Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 0–1 | Senegal |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Bouba Diop 30' |
Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 62,561Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
| Uruguay | 1–2 | Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rodríguez 47' | Report | Tomasson 45', 83' |
Munsu Football Stadium, UlsanAttendance: 30,157Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
| Denmark | 1–1 | Senegal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tomasson 16' (pen.) | Report | Diao 52' |
Daegu World Cup Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 43,500Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Busan Asiad Main Stadium, BusanAttendance: 38,289Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
| Denmark | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rommedahl 22'Tomasson 67' | Report |
Incheon World Cup Stadium, IncheonAttendance: 48,100Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
| Senegal | 3–3 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fadiga 20' (pen.)Bouba Diop 26', 38' | Report | Morales 46'Forlán 69'Recoba 88' (pen.) |
Suwon World Cup Stadium, SuwonAttendance: 33,681Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
### Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Paraguay | 2–2 | South Africa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Santa Cruz 39'Arce 55' | Report | T. Mokoena 63'Fortune 90+1' (pen.) |
Busan Asiad Main Stadium, BusanAttendance: 25,186Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| Spain | 3–1 | Slovenia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Raúl 44'Valerón 74'Hierro 87' (pen.) | Report | Cimirotič 82' |
Gwangju World Cup Stadium, GwangjuAttendance: 28,598Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
| Spain | 3–1 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Morientes 53', 69'Hierro 83' (pen.) | Report | Puyol 10' (o.g.) |
Jeonju World Cup Stadium, JeonjuAttendance: 24,000Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
| South Africa | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Nomvethe 4' | Report |
Daegu World Cup Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 47,226Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
| South Africa | 2–3 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| McCarthy 31'Radebe 53' | Report | Raúl 4', 56'Mendieta 45+1' |
Daejeon World Cup Stadium, DaejeonAttendance: 31,024Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
| Slovenia | 1–3 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ačimovič 45+1' | Report | Cuevas 65', 84'Campos 73' |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, SeogwipoAttendance: 30,176Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
### Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Brazil | 2–1 | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ronaldo 50'Rivaldo 87' (pen.) | Report | Hasan Şaş 45+2' |
Munsu Football Stadium, UlsanAttendance: 33,842Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)
| 0–2 | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Gómez 61'Wright 65' |
Gwangju World Cup Stadium, GwangjuAttendance: 27,217Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
| Brazil | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Roberto Carlos 15'Rivaldo 32'Ronaldinho 45' (pen.)Ronaldo 55' | Report |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, SeogwipoAttendance: 36,750Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parks 86' | Report | Emre B. 56' |
Incheon World Cup Stadium, IncheonAttendance: 42,299Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
| Costa Rica | 2–5 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wanchope 39'Gómez 56' | Report | Ronaldo 10', 13'Edmílson 38'Rivaldo 62'Júnior 64' |
Suwon World Cup Stadium, SuwonAttendance: 38,524Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
| Turkey | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Hasan Şaş 6'Bülent 9'Davala 85' | Report |
Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 43,605Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
### Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
| South Korea | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Hwang Sun-hong 26'Yoo Sang-chul 53' | Report |
Busan Asiad Main Stadium, BusanAttendance: 48,760Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
| United States | 3–2 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| O'Brien 4'J. Costa 29' (o.g.)McBride 36' | Report | Beto 39'Agoos 71' (o.g.) |
Suwon World Cup Stadium, SuwonAttendance: 37,306Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
| South Korea | 1–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ahn Jung-hwan 78' | Report | Mathis 24' |
Daegu World Cup Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 60,778Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
| Portugal | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Pauleta 14', 65', 77'Rui Costa 88' | Report |
Jeonju World Cup Stadium, JeonjuAttendance: 31,000Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
| 0–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Park Ji-sung 70' |
Incheon World Cup Stadium, IncheonAttendance: 50,239Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
| Poland | 3–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Olisadebe 3'Kryszałowicz 5'Żewłakow 66' | Report | Donovan 83' |
Daejeon World Cup Stadium, DaejeonAttendance: 26,482Referee: Lu Jun (China)
### Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Cameroon |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Holland 52' | Report | M'Boma 39' |
Niigata Stadium, NiigataAttendance: 33,679Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
| Germany | 8–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Klose 20', 25', 70'Ballack 40'Jancker 45+1'Linke 73'Bierhoff 84'Schneider 90+1' | Report |
Sapporo Dome, SapporoAttendance: 32,218Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
| Germany | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Klose 19' | Report | Robbie Keane 90+2' |
Kashima Soccer Stadium, IbarakiAttendance: 35,854Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
| Cameroon | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Eto'o 66' | Report |
Saitama Stadium, SaitamaAttendance: 52,328Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
| 0–2 | Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Bode 50'Klose 79' |
Ecopa Stadium, ShizuokaAttendance: 47,085Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
| 0–3 | Republic of Ireland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Robbie Keane 7'Breen 61'Duff 87' |
International Stadium Yokohama, YokohamaAttendance: 65,320Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
### Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Batistuta 63' | Report |
Kashima Soccer Stadium, IbarakiAttendance: 34,050Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
| England | 1–1 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Campbell 24' | Report | Alexandersson 59' |
Saitama Stadium, SaitamaAttendance: 52,721Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
| Sweden | 2–1 | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Larsson 35', 63' (pen.) | Report | Aghahowa 27' |
Wing Stadium, KobeAttendance: 36,194Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
| 0–1 | England |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Beckham 44' (pen.) |
Sapporo Dome, SapporoAttendance: 35,927Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
| Sweden | 1–1 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A. Svensson 59' | Report | Crespo 88' |
Miyagi Stadium, MiyagiAttendance: 45,777Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Nagai Stadium, OsakaAttendance: 44,864Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
### Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 0–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Blanco 60' (pen.) |
Niigata Big Swan Stadium, NiigataAttendance: 32,239Referee: Lu Jun (China)
| Italy | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Vieri 7', 27' | Report |
Sapporo Dome, SapporoAttendance: 31,081Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
| Italy | 1–2 | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vieri 55' | Report | Olić 73'Rapaić 76' |
Kashima Soccer Stadium, IbarakiAttendance: 36,472Referee: Graham Poll (England)
| Mexico | 2–1 | Ecuador |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Borgetti 28'Torrado 57' | Report | Delgado 5' |
Miyagi Stadium, MiyagiAttendance: 45,610Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
| Mexico | 1–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Borgetti 34' | Report | Del Piero 85' |
Ōita Big Eye Stadium, ŌitaAttendance: 39,291Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
| Ecuador | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Méndez 48' | Report |
International Stadium Yokohama, YokohamaAttendance: 65,862Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
### Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Japan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
| Japan | 2–2 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Suzuki 59'Inamoto 67' | Report | Wilmots 57'Van der Heyden 75' |
Saitama Stadium, SaitamaAttendance: 55,256Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
| Russia | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Titov 59'Karpin 64' (pen.) | Report |
Kobe Wing Stadium, KobeAttendance: 30,957Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
| Japan | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Inamoto 51' | Report |
International Stadium Yokohama, YokohamaAttendance: 66,108Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
| Tunisia | 1–1 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bouzaiene 17' | Report | Wilmots 13' |
Ōita Big Eye Stadium, ŌitaAttendance: 39,700Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
| 0–2 | Japan |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Morishima 48'H. Nakata 75' |
Nagai Stadium, OsakaAttendance: 45,213Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
| Belgium | 3–2 | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Walem 7'Sonck 78'Wilmots 82' | Report | Beschastnykh 52'Sychev 88' |
Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium, Fukuroi, ShizuokaAttendance: 46,640Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
## Knockout stage
South Koreans watching their country playing in a knock out game on the big screens in Seoul Plaza
For the second round, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the qualifiers from Groups A, C, F, and H played their games in Japan while the qualifiers from Groups B, D, E, and G played their games in South Korea. Daegu, South Korea, hosted the third-place match while Yokohama, Japan, hosted the final.
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 15 June – Seogwipo | 15 June – Seogwipo | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 June – Seogwipo | 15 June – Seogwipo | | | | | | | | | | | Germany | 1 | |
| 21 June – Ulsan | 21 June – Ulsan | | | | | | | | | | | Germany | 1 | |
| 21 June – Ulsan | 21 June – Ulsan | | | Paraguay | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Germany | 1 | | Paraguay | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Germany | 1 | 17 June – Jeonju | 17 June – Jeonju | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | United States | 17 June – Jeonju | 17 June – Jeonju | | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | United States | Mexico | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Mexico | 0 | 25 June – Seoul | 25 June – Seoul | | | | | | | | |
| | | | United States | 2 | 25 June – Seoul | 25 June – Seoul | | | | | | | | |
| | | | United States | 2 | Germany | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 June – Suwon | 16 June – Suwon | Germany | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 June – Suwon | 16 June – Suwon | | South Korea | | | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | Spain (p) | 1 (3) | | South Korea | | 0 | | | | | | |
| | 22 June – Gwangju | 22 June – Gwangju | Spain (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 22 June – Gwangju | 22 June – Gwangju | Republic of Ireland | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Spain | 0 (3) | Republic of Ireland | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Spain | 0 (3) | 18 June – Daejeon | 18 June – Daejeon | | | | | | | | | | |
| | South Korea (p) | 0 (5) | 18 June – Daejeon | 18 June – Daejeon | | | | | | | | | | |
| | South Korea (p) | 0 (5) | South Korea (a.s.d.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | South Korea (a.s.d.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | 30 June – Yokohama | 30 June – Yokohama | | | |
| | | | Italy | 1 | | | | | | 30 June – Yokohama | 30 June – Yokohama | | | |
| | | | Italy | 1 | | | | | | Germany | | | 0 | |
| | | | 15 June – Niigata | 15 June – Niigata | | | | | | Germany | | | 0 | |
| | | | 15 June – Niigata | 15 June – Niigata | | | | | | | | | Brazil | 2.0 |
| | | | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | | | Brazil | 2 | |
| | 21 June – Shizuoka | 21 June – Shizuoka | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 21 June – Shizuoka | 21 June – Shizuoka | England | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | 1 | England | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | 1 | 17 June – Kobe | 17 June – Kobe | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 2 | 17 June – Kobe | 17 June – Kobe | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 2 | Brazil | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | 2 | | 26 June – Saitama | 26 June – Saitama | | | | | | | |
| | | | Belgium | 0 | | 26 June – Saitama | 26 June – Saitama | | | | | | | |
| | | | Belgium | 0 | | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 June – Ōita | 16 June – Ōita | | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 16 June – Ōita | 16 June – Ōita | | Turkey | 0 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Sweden | 1 | | Turkey | 0 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 22 June – Osaka | 22 June – Osaka | Sweden | 1 | | | | | | | | 29 June – Daegu | 29 June – Daegu | |
| | 22 June – Osaka | 22 June – Osaka | Senegal (a.s.d.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | 29 June – Daegu | 29 June – Daegu | |
| | Senegal | 0 | Senegal (a.s.d.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | | South Korea | 2 | |
| | Senegal | 0 | 18 June – Miyagi | 18 June – Miyagi | | | | | | | | South Korea | 2 | |
| | Turkey (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 | 18 June – Miyagi | 18 June – Miyagi | | | | | | | | Turkey | 3 | |
| | Turkey (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 | Japan | 0 | | | | | | | | Turkey | 3 | |
| | Turkey | 1 | Japan | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
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### Round of 16
In the round of 16, Germany beat Paraguay 1–0 with a late goal by Oliver Neuville in Seogwipo. England defeated Denmark in Niigata 3–0, with all goals occurring in the first half of the game. Sweden and Senegal faced off in Ōita and finished 1–1 in regular time and it took a golden goal from Henri Camara in extra time to settle the game for Senegal 2–1, which led to Senegal becoming only the second African team to reach the last eight (after Cameroon in 1990). Spain and the Republic of Ireland played in Suwon, where Spain led most of the match 1–0 until a late penalty kick scored by Robbie Keane made the match go to extra time, where Spain emerged victorious in a penalty shoot-out. The United States beat CONCACAF rivals Mexico 2–0 in Jeonju with Brian McBride and Landon Donovan scoring the goals. Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 in Kobe, with an amazing volley by Rivaldo and a splendid counter-attack goal by Ronaldo. Turkey ended co-hosts Japan's run with a 1–0 win in Miyagi, thanks to an Ümit Davala goal in the 12th minute. The other co-hosts, South Korea, defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time in Daejeon with a goal by Ahn Jung-hwan in the 117th minute.[44] South Korea's win ensured that, for the very first time in the Cup's history, teams from five continents – Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia – reached the quarter-finals of the same tournament.
| Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Neuville 88' | Report |
Jeju World Cup Stadium, SeogwipoAttendance: 25,176Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)
| 0–3 | England |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Ferdinand 5'Owen 22'Heskey 44' |
Big Swan Stadium, NiigataAttendance: 40,582Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
| Sweden | 1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.) | Senegal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Larsson 11' | Report | Camara 37', 104' |
Big Eye Stadium, ŌitaAttendance: 39,747Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
| Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Republic of Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Morientes 8' | Report | Robbie Keane 90' (pen.) |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Hierro Baraja Juanfran Valerón Mendieta | 3–2 | Robbie Keane Holland Connolly Kilbane Finnan |
Suwon World Cup Stadium, SuwonAttendance: 38,926Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
| 0–2 | United States |
| --- | --- |
| Report | McBride 8'Donovan 65' |
Jeonju World Cup Stadium, JeonjuAttendance: 36,380Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rivaldo 67'Ronaldo 87' | Report |
Kobe Wing Stadium, KobeAttendance: 40,440Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
| 0–1 | Turkey |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Ümit Davala 12' |
Miyagi Stadium, RifuAttendance: 45,666Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
| South Korea | 2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.) | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seol Ki-Hyeon 88'Ahn Jung-Hwan 117' | Report | Vieri 18' |
Daejeon World Cup Stadium, DaejeonAttendance: 38,588Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
### Quarter-finals
In the quarter-finals, England and Brazil squared off in Shizuoka, where Ronaldinho scored a free-kick goal over England's David Seaman early in the second half as Brazil won 2–1.[45] The United States lost to Germany 1–0 in Ulsan by a Michael Ballack goal in the 39th minute, but controversy surrounded the game when United States demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line handball by Torsten Frings in the 49th minute, but the referee did not award the penalty. South Korea got another success in Gwangju in a controversial manner, overcoming Spain 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in which the Spaniards twice thought they had scored while onside; however, the efforts were disallowed by the referee with controversial decisions.[46][47] The hosts became the first team in the Asian Football Confederation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, eclipsing the record of their North Korean counterparts who reached the quarter-finals in 1966. They also became the first World Cup semi-final team not from UEFA or CONMEBOL since the United States did it in the first World Cup in 1930. Turkey defeated Senegal 1–0 in Osaka, with a golden goal scored by İlhan Mansız in the 94th minute.
| England | 1–2 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Owen 23' | Report | Rivaldo 45+2'Ronaldinho 50' |
Stadium Ecopa, ShizuokaAttendance: 47,436Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
| Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ballack 39' | Report |
Munsu Football Stadium, UlsanAttendance: 37,337Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
| Spain | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Hierro Baraja Xavi Joaquín | 3–5 | Hwang Sun-hong Park Ji-sung Seol Ki-hyeon Ahn Jung-hwan Hong Myung-bo |
Gwangju World Cup Stadium, GwangjuAttendance: 42,114Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
| 0–1 (a.e.t./g.g.) | Turkey |
| --- | --- |
| Report | İlhan 94' |
Nagai Stadium, OsakaAttendance: 44,233Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
### Semi-finals
The semi-finals saw two 1–0 games; the first semi-final, played in Seoul, saw Michael Ballack's goal suffice for Germany to eliminate South Korea. However, Ballack had already received a yellow card during the match before, which forced him to miss the final based on accumulated yellow cards.[48] The next day in Saitama saw Ronaldo score a goal early in the second half, his sixth of the competition for Brazil, to defeat Turkey in a replay of their Group C encounter.[49][50]
| Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ballack 75' | Report |
Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulAttendance: 65,256Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ronaldo 49' | Report |
Saitama Stadium, SaitamaAttendance: 61,058Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
### Third place play-off
In the third-place match in Daegu, Turkey beat the South Koreans 3–2, their first goal coming from Hakan Şükür straight from the opening kick-off (even though South Korea kicked off) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history.[51]
| South Korea | 2–3 | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Eul-yong 9'Song Chong-gug 90+3' | Report | Şükür 1'İlhan 13', 32' |
Daegu World Cup Stadium, DaeguAttendance: 63,483Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
### Final
In the final match held in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the World Cup for Brazil as they claimed victory over Germany.[52] Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, after the game, won the Golden Shoe award for the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals.[53] This was the fifth time Brazil had won the World Cup, cementing their status as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. Brazil became the only team since Argentina in 1986 to win the trophy without needing to win a penalty shoot-out at some stage during the knockout phase and the total number of penalty shoot-outs (2) was the lowest since the four-round knockout format was introduced in 1986. Brazil also became the first team to win every match at a World Cup since 1970 and set a new record for highest aggregate goal difference (+14) for a World Cup winner. Brazil's captain Cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team.
| 0–2 | Brazil |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Ronaldo 67', 79' |
International Stadium Yokohama, YokohamaAttendance: 69,029Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
Ronaldo won the Golden Shoe after scoring eight goals. In total, 161 goals were scored by 109 players, with three of them credited as own goals. Two of those own goals were in the same match, marking the first time in FIFA World Cup history that own goals had been scored by both teams in the same match.
List of goalscorers by number of goals and by country
**8 goals**
- Ronaldo[55]
**5 goals**
- Rivaldo
- Miroslav Klose
**4 goals**
- Jon Dahl Tomasson
- Christian Vieri
**3 goals**
- Marc Wilmots
- Michael Ballack
- Robbie Keane
- Pauleta
- Fernando Morientes
- Raúl
- Papa Bouba Diop
- Henrik Larsson
- İlhan Mansız
**2 goals**
- Ronaldinho
- Rónald Gómez
- Michael Owen
- Junichi Inamoto
- Jared Borgetti
- Nelson Cuevas
- Henri Camara
- Ahn Jung-hwan
- Fernando Hierro
- Ümit Davala
- Hasan Şaş
- Landon Donovan
- Brian McBride
**1 goal**
- Gabriel Batistuta
- Hernán Crespo
- Wesley Sonck
- Peter Van Der Heyden
- Johan Walem
- Edmílson
- Júnior
- Roberto Carlos
- Samuel Eto'o
- Patrick M'Boma
- Winston Parks
- Paulo Wanchope
- Mauricio Wright
- Ivica Olić
- Milan Rapaić
- Dennis Rommedahl
- Agustín Delgado
- Édison Méndez
- David Beckham
- Sol Campbell
- Rio Ferdinand
- Emile Heskey
- Oliver Bierhoff
- Marco Bode
- Carsten Jancker
- Thomas Linke
- Oliver Neuville
- Bernd Schneider
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Hiroaki Morishima
- Hidetoshi Nakata
- Takayuki Suzuki
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Gerardo Torrado
- Julius Aghahowa
- Francisco Arce
- Jorge Campos
- Roque Santa Cruz
- Paweł Kryszałowicz
- Emmanuel Olisadebe
- Marcin Żewłakow
- Beto
- Rui Costa
- Gary Breen
- Damien Duff
- Matt Holland
- Vladimir Beschastnykh
- Valeri Karpin
- Dmitri Sychev
- Yegor Titov
- Salif Diao
- Khalilou Fadiga
- Milenko Ačimovič
- Sebastjan Cimirotič
- Quinton Fortune
- Benni McCarthy
- Teboho Mokoena
- Siyabonga Nomvethe
- Lucas Radebe
- Hwang Sun-hong
- Lee Eul-yong
- Park Ji-sung
- Seol Ki-hyeon
- Song Chong-gug
- Yoo Sang-chul
- Gaizka Mendieta
- Juan Carlos Valerón
- Niclas Alexandersson
- Anders Svensson
- Raouf Bouzaiene
- Emre Belözoğlu
- Bülent Korkmaz
- Hakan Şükür
- Clint Mathis
- John O'Brien
- Diego Forlán
- Richard Morales
- Álvaro Recoba
- Darío Rodríguez
**1 own goal**
- Luis Marín (against Brazil)[55]
- Jorge Costa (against the United States)
- Carles Puyol (against Paraguay)
- Jeff Agoos (against Portugal)
### Disciplinary statistics
- Total number of yellow cards: **272**
- Average yellow cards per match: **4.25**
- Total number of red cards: **17**
- Average red cards per match: **0.27**
- First yellow card of the tournament:Emmanuel Petit for France against Senegal
- First red card of the tournament:Boris Živković for Croatia against Mexico
- Fastest yellow card from kick off: **2 minutes**
Henri Camara for Senegal against Uruguay, Jesús Arellano for Mexico against Italy
- Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: **3 minutes**
Alberto García Aspe for Mexico against United States (introduced in the 78th minute)
- Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: **90+4 minutes**
Pape Thiaw for Senegal against Sweden
- Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: **115 minutes**
Choi Jin-cheul for South Korea against Italy
- Fastest dismissal from kick off: **22nd minute**
Carlos Paredes for Paraguay against Slovenia
- Fastest dismissal of a substitute: **12 minutes**
Shao Jiayi for China against Turkey (introduced in the 46th minute)
- Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: **90+4 minutes**
Hakan Ünsal for Turkey against Brazil
- Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: **103 minutes**
Francesco Totti for Italy against South Korea
- Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: **3 minutes**
Carsten Ramelow for Germany against Cameroon (booked in the 37th minute and again in the 40th minute)
- Most yellow cards (team): **19**
Turkey
- Most red cards (team): **2**
Paraguay, Portugal, Turkey
- Fewest yellow cards (team): **2**
Nigeria
- Most yellow cards (player): **3**
Michael Ballack, Emre Belözoğlu, Beto, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Francesco Totti
- Most red cards (player): **1**
Roberto Acuña, Beto, Claudio Caniggia, Nastja Čeh, Salif Diao, Thierry Henry, Rafael Márquez, Alpay Özalan, Carlos Paredes, João Pinto, Carsten Ramelow, Ronaldinho, Shao Jiayi, Patrick Suffo, Francesco Totti, Hakan Ünsal, Boris Živković
- Most yellow cards (match): **16**
Cameroon vs Germany
- Most red cards (match): **2**
Brazil vs Turkey, Cameroon vs Germany, Slovenia vs Paraguay, Portugal vs South Korea
- Fewest yellow cards (match): **0**
Croatia vs Mexico, Germany vs Republic of Ireland, Nigeria vs England
- Most cards in one match: **16 yellow cards and 2 red cards**
Cameroon vs Germany
### Awards
| Golden Boot[56] | Golden Ball[56] | Yashin Award[56] | Best Young Player[56] | FIFA Fair Play Trophy[56] | Most Entertaining Team[56] |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ronaldo | Oliver Kahn1 | Oliver Kahn | Landon Donovan | Belgium | South Korea |
1Oliver Kahn is the only goalkeeper to have won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup history.[57]
### All-star team
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber | Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-bo Alpay Özalan Roberto Carlos | Michael Ballack Claudio Reyna Rivaldo Ronaldinho Yoo Sang-chul | El Hadji Diouf Miroslav Klose Ronaldo Hasan Şaş |
| Source: USA Today, 29 June 2002 | Source: USA Today, 29 June 2002 | Source: USA Today, 29 June 2002 | Source: USA Today, 29 June 2002 |
### Final standings
After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 2002 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[58]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | C | Brazil | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 21 | 1st |
| 2 | E | Germany | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | 2nd |
| 3 | C | Turkey | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 13 | 3rd |
| 4 | D | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | 4th |
| 5 | B | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | F | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 7 | A | Senegal | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 8 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 8 | D | United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 9 | H | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 10 | A | Denmark | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 11 | G | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 12 | E | Republic of Ireland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 13 | F | Sweden | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 14 | H | Belgium | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 15 | G | Italy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 16 | B | Paraguay | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 17 | B | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 18 | F | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 19 | C | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 20 | E | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 21 | D | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 22 | H | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 23 | G | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 24 | G | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 25 | D | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 26 | A | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 27 | F | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 28 | A | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 29 | H | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 30 | B | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 31 | C | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 32 | E | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in the group stage |
Source:
## Marketing
### Sponsorship
The sponsors of the 2002 FIFA World Cup are divided into three categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and South Korea and Japan Supporters.[59][60]
| List of sponsors for the tournament_FIFA World Cup sponsors | List of sponsors for the tournament_South Korea sponsors | List of sponsors for the tournament_Japan sponsors |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adidas[61] Avaya[62][63] Budweiser[64] Coca-Cola[65] Fuji Xerox[66] Fujifilm[67] Gillette Duracell Hyundai[68] JVC MasterCard McDonald's[69][70] Philips Toshiba[71][72] Yahoo![73][74] | Hyundai Marine and Fire Insurance KCC Corporation Kookmin Bank Korea Telecom[75] Korean Air KTF Lotte Hotel | Asahi Shimbun Nippon Life Insurance Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Nissin Foods Nomura Securities NTT DoCoMo Tokyo Electric Power Company Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance |
### Ticket sales problem
The original domestic ticket allocation had fully sold out and the organising committee completed sales of tickets returned from the international allocation by the end of April. However, there were a significant number of empty seats at the opening matches.[76] It was gradually revealed that the World Cup Ticketing Bureau (WCTB) still had unsold tickets in its possession. After FIFA agreed to sell this inventory, JAWOC undertook sales over telephone and WCTB handled the internet sales.[77] For the second round Japan vs. Turkey match in Miyagi in particular, although it was reported by both parties that all tickets had been sold, some 700 seats remained empty.
## Symbols
Ato, Kaz and Nik were the 2002 World Cup mascots.
### Mascot
The official mascots of the 2002 World Cup were Ato, Kaz and Nik (the Spheriks), orange, purple and blue (respectively) futuristic CGI creatures. Playing their own version of soccer called Atmoball, Ato is the coach while Kaz and Nik are players. The three individual names were selected from shortlists by users on the Internet and at McDonald's outlets in the host countries.[78]
### Match ball
The official match ball was the Fevernova, manufactured by Adidas.[79]
### Music
The official song was "Boom".[80] The official local song of this World Cup was "Let's Get Together Now". The official anthem was "Anthem".
## Cultural event
_In Search of Fresh Air_, banner by Ray L. Burggraf
The official FIFA cultural event of the 2002 World Cup was a flag festival called _Poetry of the Winds_.[81] Held in Nanjicheon Park, an area of the World Cup Park close to Seoul World Cup Stadium,[82][83] _Poetry of the Winds_ was exhibited from 29 May to 25 June in order to wish success upon the World Cup and promote a festive atmosphere. During the flag art festival, hand-painted flags from global artists were displayed as a greeting to international guests in a manner that was designed to promote harmony.[81]
## Concerns
The World Cup was originally going to be hosted either in Japan or in South Korea, but in the end both rivals had decided to share the hosting duties thus making this World Cup the first to have multiple host nations. However, there were concerns regarding the selection of hosts due to logistical issues caused by fans traveling across two separate sovereign nations as well as whether some of the 20 stadiums to be constructed for the World Cup would be ready in time for it or not. While political and infrastructural problems were eventually overcome, there still remained the issue of East Asia's wet season which could disrupt the play. The timing of the tournament thus had been altered to mitigate as much as possible against such issues, with the tournament kicking off on May 31 and due to run until June 30, the earliest date for a World Cup final since 1986.[84]
The time difference caused issues for fans worldwide especially in Europe, where people had to go to work when matches were played.[85]
## Aftermath and legacy
The tournament had a major economic impact on both South Korea and Japan, generating an estimated US$1.3 billion in revenue.[86] Spending from World Cup tourists in South Korea created US$307 million in direct income and US$713 million in valued added.[86] Japan spent an estimated US$5.6 billion on preparations for the event, which had a US$24.8 billion impact on the Japanese economy and accounted for 0.6% of their GDP in 2002.[87]
## See also
- 2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights
- Adidas Fevernova – match ball
- _The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup_
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## Notes
1. Some say Bonn, which did not host a match for the 1974 World Cup, was only the de facto seat of government of host West Germany but _not_ its official _de jure_ capital, which was Berlin. However, Bonn was the official capital of West Germany, the host country. Matches played in Berlin, the traditional capital of a unified Germany, were played in West Berlin, which was part of West Germany at the time.
2. The average attendance was 53,747
3. The average attendance was 57,141
4. The average attendance was 37,412
5. The average attendance was 46,879
6. The average attendance was 33,779
7. The average attendance was 37,109
8. The average attendance was 32,643
9. The average attendance was 30,460
10. The average attendance was 30,701
11. The average attendance was 32,031
12. The average attendance was 66,580
13. The average attendance was 56,073
14. The average attendance was 47,054
15. The average attendance was 44,770
16. The average attendance was 45,684
17. The average attendance was 39,579
18. The average attendance was 35,500
19. The average attendance was 35,459
20. The average attendance was 35,864
21. The average attendance was 33,075
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# 1970 FIFA World Cup
The **1970 FIFA World Cup** was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to 21 June in Mexico, it was the first World Cup tournament held outside Europe and South America, and also the first held in North America. Teams representing 75 nations from all six populated continents entered the competition, and its qualification rounds began in May 1968. Fourteen teams qualified from this process to join host nation Mexico and defending champions England in the 16-team final tournament. El Salvador, Israel and Morocco made their debut appearances at the final stage.
In the tournament final, Brazil won 4–1 against Italy, another FIFA two-time champion (and UEFA Euro 1968 winner). Brazil also overcame another two-time champion and South American champions Uruguay, by 3–1 in the semi-final, and defending champions England 1–0 in the group stage as they were also eliminated by West Germany in the quarter-finals. This is currently the only time that the winning team defeated the European and South American champions alongside the tournament's defending champions.
The win gave Brazil its third World Cup title, which allowed them to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy, and a new trophy was introduced in 1974. The victorious team, led by Carlos Alberto and featuring players such as Pelé, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest football team of all time.[1][2][3] They achieved a perfect record of wins in all six games in the finals, as well as winning all their qualifying fixtures.[4]
Despite the issues of altitude and high temperature,[5] the finals largely produced attacking football which created an average goals per game record not since bettered by any subsequent World Cup Finals.[6][7][8] With the advancements in satellite communications, the 1970 Finals attracted a new record television audience for the FIFA World Cup as games were broadcast live around the world[9] and, in a few cases, in colour—the first time that this was the case.[10][11]
## Host selection
Mexico was chosen as the host nation on 8 October 1964 vote at the FIFA congress in Tokyo, where the only other bid submitted was by Argentina, who would go on to host the 1978 World Cup.[12] The 1970 selection of Mexico as host would mark several distinctions. It was the first World Cup that was staged in North America and the first to be staged outside of South America and Europe. Further distinction would come to Mexico at the 1986 World Cup when it became the first country to host the FIFA World Cup twice after stepping in as a substitute for Colombia, which was struggling financially.[12]
## Qualification
Nation qualified for World Cup Nation failed to qualify Nation did not enter World Cup Nation not a FIFA member in 1970
A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and 73 were required to qualify. Due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 68 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages, including eight for the first time.[13][14] Mexico as the host nation and England as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 14 finals places divided among the continental confederations.[13]
Eight places were available to teams from UEFA (Europe), three for CONMEBOL (South America), one for CAF (Africa), one for a team from either the AFC or the OFC (Asia/Oceania), and one for CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean).[13]
A place in the finals for an African team was guaranteed for the first time: this was a response to the events of 1966, where all 15 entered African nations boycotted the qualifying after FIFA combined qualifying for Africa, Asia and Oceania into one group, with only one place on offer, and subsequently rejected CAF requests to change the qualifying format or the allocation of places, citing competitive and logistical issues.[15][16][17] Thus, while Morocco was the first African team to make an appearance in the World Cup since Egypt in 1934, they were the first to be assured qualification at their own continental zone (Egypt had to play against the Britain-occupied Palestine to book their place at the 1934 tournament).
The draw for the qualifying stages was conducted on 1 February 1968 in Casablanca, Morocco,[14] with matches beginning in May 1968 and the final fixtures being concluded in December 1969. North Korea, quarter-finalists at the previous tournament, were disqualified during the process after refusing to play in Israel for political reasons.[18][19] El Salvador qualified for the finals after beating Honduras in a play-off match, which was the catalyst for a four-day conflict in July 1969 known as the Football War.[20]
Half of the eventual qualifying teams had also been present at the previous World Cup, but three teams qualified for the first time: El Salvador, Israel and Morocco, while Peru, Romania, Belgium and Sweden made their first World Cup appearances since 1930, 1938, 1954 and 1958 respectively. Czechoslovakia returned to the World Cup stage after missing out in 1966.[21][22]
As of 2022, this was the only time Israel qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and also the only time Argentina failed to qualify (they declined to participate in 1938, 1950 and 1954). Chile, Spain and Switzerland all did not qualify for the first time since 1958, while Hungary did not qualify for the first time since 1950. France also failed to qualify, as did Portugal after finishing in third place at the 1966 tournament.
### List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
- AFC (1)
- Israel (debut)
- CAF (1)
- Morocco (debut)
- OFC (0)
- _None qualified_
- CONCACAF (2)
- El Salvador (debut)
- Mexico (hosts)
- CONMEBOL (3)
- Brazil
- Peru
- Uruguay
- UEFA (9)
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- England (holders)
- Italy
- Romania
- Soviet Union
- Sweden
- West Germany
## Venues
Five stadiums in five cities were selected to host the World Cup matches. Alternative venues in Hidalgo state and the port city of Veracruz were also considered.[23] Each group was based solely in one city with exception of Group 2, which was staged in both Puebla and Toluca. Aside from the Estadio Luis Dosal, all the stadia had only been constructed during the 1960s, as Mexico prepared to host both the World Cup and the 1968 Summer Olympics.[24] The stadium construction cost for the four smaller venues were around US$11 million, while the final stadium in Mexico City cost US$20 million.[25]
The altitude of the venues varied and the importance of acclimatisation was strongly considered by all the participating teams. As a result, in contrast to the previous tournament staged in England, most teams arrived in the region well in advance of their opening fixtures to prepare for this factor.[26][27] Some teams had already experienced the local conditions when competing in the football competition at 1968 Summer Olympics.[8] At an elevation in excess of 2,660 metres (8,730 ft) above sea level, Toluca was the highest of the venues; Guadalajara was the lowest at 1,500 m (4,920 ft). In addition to the altitude, all five locations had hot and rainy weather where temperatures would regularly go past 32 °C (90 °F).
Of the five stadia used for the 32 matches played, the largest and most utilised venue was the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, which hosted 10 total matches including the final and third place matches, and all of Group 1's matches (which included all of host Mexico's matches). The Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara hosted eight matches including all of Group 3's matches and a semi-final. The Nou Camp Stadium in Leon hosted seven matches, which consisted of all of Group 4's matches and a quarter-final match. The Luis Dosal stadium in Toluca hosted four matches, and Cuauhtémoc stadium in Puebla hosted three matches and was the only stadium of the five used for this tournament not to host any knockout rounds.
| Mexico City, Federal District | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Puebla City, Puebla | Toluca, State of Mexico | León, Guanajuato |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Estadio Azteca | Estadio Jalisco | Estadio Cuauhtémoc | Estadio Luis Dosal | Estadio Nou Camp |
| Capacity: 107,247 | Capacity: 71,100 | Capacity: 35,563 | Capacity: 26,900 | Capacity: 23,609 |
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| GuadalajaraLeónMexico CityPueblaToluca | GuadalajaraLeónMexico CityPueblaToluca | GuadalajaraLeónMexico CityPueblaToluca | GuadalajaraLeónMexico CityPueblaToluca | GuadalajaraLeónMexico CityPueblaToluca |
## Format
The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four. Each group was played as a single round-robin in which each team would play each of the others in their group once. Teams were ranked by the number of points earned from their matches (two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw), and goal difference was used as the primary tie-breaker; if two teams finished level on both points and goal difference, lots were drawn to separate them. This method was used to separate the top two teams in Group 1 (Soviet Union and Mexico),[28] but it was not used to separate Bulgaria and Morocco in Group 4, despite them finishing level on points and goal difference, as their final positions did not have any implications for the knockout stage.
The top two teams from each group progressed to the knockout stage. In all knockout matches, extra time was played if the teams were drawn after 90 minutes. If teams were still tied after extra-time, drawing of lots would have been used in all matches other than the final. FIFA did not announce in advance what would happen if the final itself were to be drawn after extra time.[29] In the event, all knockout matches were decided in either regular time or extra time.
## Final draw
Although it was reported in the build-up to the final draw that seedings would be used, as had been the case at the previous two World Cup Finals,[30][31][32] the FIFA Organising Committee ultimately announced on the same day of the draw, that there would be no seeding of teams due to failed attempts to reach a compromise for the seeding criteria.[33] Instead, the 16 qualified teams were divided into four pots comprising 'geographical groupings' decided by a vote of the FIFA Organising Committee, which for the composition of pot 1, 3 and 4 also took into account the teams' strengths and even political considerations.[32] The tournament structure ensured that teams grouped within the same pot would not meet each other before the quarterfinals at the earliest. The system of politically decided pots hereby ensured that Israel and Morocco would not be drawn to face each other after Morocco had earlier threatened to withdraw from the tournament, as they had done from the Olympic football tournament two years earlier,[34] if that were the case.[35]
| Pot 1: European I | Pot 2: Americas | Pot 3: European II | Pot 4: Rest of the World |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| England (holders, group 3) Italy Soviet Union West Germany | Mexico (hosts, group 1) Brazil Peru Uruguay | Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Sweden | El Salvador Israel Morocco Romania |
The draw was staged in Mexico City, Mexico on 10 January 1970 in the Maria Isabel Hotel, which served as FIFA's headquarters during the competition.[32][36] The teams were drawn into the four groups, which had their locations defined in advance: Group 1 being staged in Mexico City, Group 2 in Puebla and Toluca, Group 3 in Guadalajara and Group 4 in León. Ahead of the draw, the FIFA regulations had predetermined that the hosts Mexico would be in Group 1 and so based in the capital city, and that England as holders would be based together with Group 3 in Guadalajara,[32][37] the tournament's second largest stadium.[38] Keeping the defending champion (holders) apart from meeting the hosts in the group stage either by seeding or predetermined group positions, was a practiced tradition throughout the history of the FIFA World Cup, with 1934 and 1954 being the only two exceptions.[33]
The 10-year-old daughter of Guillermo Cañedo, president of the Mexican Football Federation and chief of the FIFA Organising Committee, drew out the teams from four silver cups, so that each of the four groups featured one drawn team respectively from pot 1, pot 2, pot 3 and pot 4.[39][40][37]
## Match officials
**AFC**
- Abraham Klein
**CAF**
- Seyoum Tarekegn
- Ali Kandil
**CONCACAF**
- Werner Winsemann
- Abel Aguilar Elizalde
- Diego De Leo
- Henry Landauer
**CONMEBOL**
- Ángel Norberto Coerezza
- Antônio de Moraês
- Rafael Hormázabal
- Arturo Yamasaki
- Ramón Barreto
**UEFA**
- Ferdinand Marschall
- Vital Loraux
- Rudi Glöckner
- Jack Taylor
- Roger Machin
- Antonio Sbardella
- Laurens van Ravens
- Antonio Ribeiro Saldanha
- Andrei Rădulescu
- Bob Davidson
- Ortiz de Mendíbil
- Tofik Bakhramov
- Rudolf Scheurer
- Kurt Tschenscher
## Squads
A tournament squad was limited to no more than 22 players; Morocco named only 19 players in their squad.
## Tournament review
Juanito was the official tournament mascot.
### Group stage
Following the opening ceremony host nation Mexico faced the Soviet Union; this was the last time until the 2006 World Cup that the host nation's first match rather than the World Cup holders' began the tournament.[41] Both this opening match of Group 1 and many others during the competition kicked off at noon for the benefit of European television schedules, meaning play under the midday sun.[10] The match produced a goalless draw, prompting some media to predict the entire tournament would be played at the slow tempo that featured in this game given the conditions involved.[42][43] Following the half-time interval Anatoliy Puzach became the first substitute to be used in FIFA World Cup history as the Soviets made use of the new competition rule.[21] Both teams won their remaining two games to progress from the group at the expense of Belgium and World Cup debutants El Salvador.
Group 2 was the lowest-scoring of the groups with only six goals in its six matches as Uruguay, reigning South America champions, and Italy, the reigning European champions, edged past Sweden and Israel. Sweden would have progressed if they had produced a two-goal victory against Uruguay in their final game, but it was not until the final minute that they scored the only goal of the game.[44] Hours before the game FIFA elected to replace the scheduled referee after bribery rumours – later dismissed by FIFA[45] – arose in Mexico.[46] The 1–0 result meant Uruguay advanced, to be joined by Italy after they avoided defeat in the group finale against Israel.[47]
Owing to the lack of a seeding system, Group 3 allowed the reigning World Cup holders England to be paired together with the two-time former champion Brazil, considered by many the pre-tournament favourites for the trophy.[33] England's preparations were hampered by the arrest of their captain Bobby Moore in Colombia for allegedly stealing a bracelet from a jeweller's shop;[48] the charges were later dropped.[49] The attitude of their manager Alf Ramsey and the English media in general was perceived by many locals as unfriendly and xenophobic toward Mexico's hosting of the competition, which meant the English team received a largely hostile response during the competition.[38][50][51][52][53][54][55]
With both having won their opening games – against Czechoslovakia and Romania, respectively[56][57] – Brazil met England in the group's most famed match.[58] Although Gordon Banks in the English goal denied Pelé from close range with a reflex save that Pelé himself cited as the greatest of his career,[59][60] a second half goal from Jairzinho won the match for Brazil, after which England squandered several excellent opportunities to equalise.[61][62] Both teams then won their final group games to progress to the knockout stage.[63]
Play in Group 4 began with Bulgaria taking a two-goal lead against Peru, but a second half comeback gave the South Americans a 3–2 victory.[64] Morocco, the first African World Cup representatives since 1934,[15] also began strongly by taking the lead against the 1966 runners-up West Germany, but the Germans came back to win 2–1.[56] West Germany also went behind against Bulgaria in their second match, but a Gerd Müller hat-trick helped them recover and win 5–2; the eventual Golden Boot winner Müller hit another hat-trick – the only hat-tricks of the entire tournament.[65] – to win the group against Peru.[66]
### Knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
Mexico and the Soviet Union had finished tied at the top of Group 1 on both points and goal difference, meaning that the drawing of lots was required to rank them. On 12 June, the draw allocated the Soviet Union the group winners' berth, meaning that they would face Uruguay at the Estadio Azteca, while the host nation were paired against Italy in the smaller Toluca venue.[45][67] Mexican officials unsuccessfully appealed to FIFA to stage their game in the capital to avoid traffic problems.[45] The hosts took the lead against Italy with a José Luis González goal, but his teammate Javier Guzmán equalised with an own goal before half-time. Italy then dominated the second half to progress to the semi-finals with a 4–1 win.[68] The Soviet Union were also eliminated in their quarter-final when a Víctor Espárrago header three minutes from the end of extra-time sent Uruguay through.[69] The Soviets had stopped play during Uruguay's attack leading to the goal, believing that the ball had crossed the touchline.
Official poster
The all-South America tie in Guadalajara was the highest-scoring of the four quarter-finals as Brazil recorded a 4–2 triumph over Peru. The match is considered to be one of the most entertaining matches in World Cup history: Brazil shot 27 times; Peru, 22. Next came a rematch of the previous World Cup final between England and West Germany that took place in León. The reigning champions took a two-goal lead, but Franz Beckenbauer halved the deficit when his low shot beat England's second-choice goalkeeper Peter Bonetti, who was playing after Gordon Banks suffered food poisoning the day before.[70][71] Eight minutes from time, an Uwe Seeler header levelled the score. England's Geoff Hurst then had an apparently legitimate goal ruled out for offside.[72][73] An extra-time goal from Gerd Müller brought (West) Germany's first-ever competitive victory over England.[74][75]
#### Semi-finals
Plaque commemorating the "Game of the Century"
All four of the semi-finalists were former world champions, with the line-up guaranteeing a final between Europe and South America. In the all-South American tie, controversially switched from the capital to the lower altitude of Guadalajara,[76] Brazil came from behind to defeat Uruguay 3–1 and earn the right to contest their fourth World Cup Final. Two Brazilian goals in the final 15 minutes decided a match that had been evenly-matched until that point.[77] The all-European meeting between Italy and West Germany produced a match regarded by many as one of the greatest World Cup games of all time. Having led from the eighth minute through Roberto Boninsegna's strike, Italy were pegged back in injury time when sweeper Karl-Heinz Schnellinger scored his only international goal.[78] Extra-time brought five more goals as the lead swung between the two sides until Gianni Rivera gave the _Azzurri_ a decisive 4–3 lead.[79] The match subsequently became known as the "Game of the Century",[80] and today has a plaque outside the Estadio Azteca to commemorate it. West Germany went on to defeat Uruguay 1–0 in the third-place match.[81]
#### Final
In the final, Brazil opened the scoring when Pelé headed in a cross from Rivellino in the 18th minute, but Roberto Boninsegna equalised for Italy after a series of blunders in the Brazilian defence.[82] The match remained level until the 65th minute when a powerful shot from Gérson restored the Brazilians' lead. Further goals from Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto rewarded Brazil's attacking play and secured a 4–1 victory and a record third World Cup triumph, which earned them the right to permanently keep the Jules Rimet Trophy.[82][83]
### Legacy
Both the Brazilian team that were crowned champions of the 1970 World Cup and the tournament itself have become regarded as among the very finest in the history of the FIFA World Cup.[1][2][84][85] In contrast to the more physical style of play that had dominated the previous two tournaments, the 1970 Finals are noted for the attacking play adopted by most teams.[6][7][8]
Adidas Telstar of 1974
For the first time at a World Cup Finals, referees could issue yellow and red cards (a system that is now commonplace at every level of football worldwide),[86] yet, in contrast to the previous tournaments (besides the 1950 edition) and all subsequent tournaments to date, no player was expelled from play.[87] The officiating of the opening match, commentated by some media as overly strict,[88][89][90] set a standard of discipline that instead helped protect skillful players in accordance with FIFA's stated wish.[55][91][92]
The eventual champions Brazil, led by Carlos Alberto, and featuring Pelé, Clodoaldo, Gérson, Jairzinho, Rivellino, and Tostão, is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team.[1][2][3] They won all of their six games on the way to the title, and had also won every one of their qualifying fixtures.[4] Jairzinho's feat of scoring in every finals match likewise has yet to be equalled.[93] Coach Mário Zagallo became the first man to win the World Cup as both a player (1958, 1962) and coach.[94]
This was the first World Cup to use the Telstar ball from Adidas (who have supplied every World Cup match ball to date), introduced as the "Telstar Erlast" for the 1968 European Football Championship. The Telstar was the first World Cup ball to use the now-familiar truncated icosahedron for its design, consisting of 12 black pentagonal and 20 white hexagonal panels.[95][96] The 32-panel configuration had been introduced in 1962 by Select Sport,[97][98] and was also used in the official logo for the 1970 World Cup.[99] The black-and-white pattern, to aid visibility on black and white television broadcasts (which was still commonplace then, as colour television was rare in many parts of the world), was also well established before the Telstar.[98][100] The name came from the Telstar communications satellite, which was roughly spherical and dotted with solar panels, somewhat similar in appearance to the football.[95]
### Merchandise
Forming a partnership with FIFA in 1970, Panini published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup, initiating a global craze for collecting and trading stickers.[101][102][103] In 2017, a complete 1970 World Cup Panini sticker album signed by Pelé sold for a record £10,450.[104][105]
## Group stage
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarter-finals Group stage
The first round, or group stage, saw the 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified for the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament.
**Tie-breaking criteria**
1. Greater number of points in all group matches
2. Goal difference in all group matches (replacing the previous usage of goal average)
3. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
### Group 1
Salvadoran captain Salvador Mariona (in white) and Mexican captain Gustavo Peña (in green) before their match.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
1. Having finished level on both points and goal difference, the Soviet Union and Mexico were separated by the drawing of lots. Goals scored was not used as the tiebreaker by chance.
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 107,160Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
| Belgium | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Van Moer 12', 54'Lambert 79' (pen.) | Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 92,205Referee: Andrei Rădulescu (Romania)
| Soviet Union | 4–1 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Byshovets 14', 63'Asatiani 57'Khmelnytskyi 76' | Report | Lambert 86' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 95,261Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
| Mexico | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Valdivia 45', 46'Fragoso 58'Basaguren 83' | Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 103,058Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)
| Soviet Union | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Byshovets 51', 74' | Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 89,979Referee: Rafael Hormazábal Díaz (Chile)
| Mexico | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Peña 14' (pen.) | Report |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 108,192Referee: Ángel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)
### Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
| Uruguay | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Maneiro 23'Mujica 50' | Report |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 20,654Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland)
| Italy | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Domenghini 10' | Report |
Estadio Luis Dosal, TolucaAttendance: 13,433Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 29,968Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
| Sweden | 1–1 | Israel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Turesson 53' | Report | Spiegler 56' |
Estadio Luis Dosal, TolucaAttendance: 9,624Referee: Seyoum Tarekegn (Ethiopia)
| Sweden | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Grahn 90' | Report |
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, PueblaAttendance: 18,163Referee: Henry Landauer (United States)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Estadio Luis Dosal, TolucaAttendance: 9,890Referee: Ayrton Vieira de Moraes (Brazil)
### Group 3
Fontana (yellow 15) and Everaldo (yellow 16) of Brazil playing against Nicolae Lupescu (white 3) and Alexandru Neagu (white 16) of Romania.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| England | 1–0 |
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| Hurst 65' | Report |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 50,560Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
| Brazil | 4–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rivellino 24'Pelé 59'Jairzinho 61', 83' | Report | Petráš 11' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 52,897Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
| Romania | 2–1 | Czechoslovakia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neagu 52'Dumitrache 75' (pen.) | Report | Petráš 5' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 56,818Referee: Diego De Leo (Mexico)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Jairzinho 59' | Report |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 66,843Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)
| Brazil | 3–2 | Romania |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pelé 19', 67'Jairzinho 22' | Report | Dumitrache 34'Dembrovschi 84' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 50,804Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
| England | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Clarke 50' (pen.) | Report |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 49,292Referee: Roger Machin (France)
### Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Peru | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Peru | 3–2 | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gallardo 50'Chumpitaz 55'Cubillas 73' | Report | Dermendzhiev 13'Bonev 49' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 13,765Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)
| West Germany | 2–1 | Morocco |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seeler 56'Müller 80' | Report | Jarir 21' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 12,942Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
| Peru | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Cubillas 65', 75'Challe 67' | Report |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 13,537Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)
| West Germany | 5–2 | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Libuda 20'Müller 27', 52' (pen.), 88' Seeler 67' | Report | Nikodimov 12'Kolev 89' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 12,710Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
| West Germany | 3–1 | Peru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Müller 19', 26', 39' | Report | Cubillas 44' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 17,875Referee: Abel Aguilar Elizalde (Mexico)
| Bulgaria | 1–1 | Morocco |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zhechev 40' | Report | Ghazouani 61' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 12,299Referee: Antonio Ribeiro Saldanha (Portugal)
## Knockout stage
The eight teams that had advanced from the group stage entered a single-elimination style tournament, which also featured a third place play-off contested between the two losing semi-finalists. In this knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) would be played. In matches prior to the final, if the score was still level after extra time then a coin toss by the referee would determine the winner. If the final was still level after 120 minutes' play then the match would instead be replayed at a later date.
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| | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| | 14 June – Mexico City | 14 June – Mexico City | | | | | | | | | |
| | 14 June – Mexico City | 14 June – Mexico City | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 0 | |
| | 17 June – Guadalajara | 17 June – Guadalajara | | | | | | | Soviet Union | 0 | |
| | 17 June – Guadalajara | 17 June – Guadalajara | | | Uruguay (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | |
| | Uruguay | 1 | | Uruguay (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Uruguay | 1 | 14 June – Guadalajara | 14 June – Guadalajara | | | | | | | |
| | | Brazil | 14 June – Guadalajara | 14 June – Guadalajara | | 3 | | | | | |
| | | Brazil | Brazil | 4 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Brazil | 4 | 21 June – Mexico City | 21 June – Mexico City | | | | |
| | | | | Peru | 2 | 21 June – Mexico City | 21 June – Mexico City | | | | |
| | | | | Peru | 2 | Brazil | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 14 June – Toluca | 14 June – Toluca | Brazil | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | 14 June – Toluca | 14 June – Toluca | | Italy | | | | 1.0 |
| | | | | Italy | 4 | | Italy | | | 1 | |
| | | 17 June – Mexico City | 17 June – Mexico City | Italy | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | 17 June – Mexico City | 17 June – Mexico City | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | Italy (a.e.t.) | 4 | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | Italy (a.e.t.) | 4 | 14 June – León | 14 June – León | | | | | | |
| | | West Germany | 3 | 14 June – León | 14 June – León | | | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | West Germany | 3 | West Germany (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | | | West Germany (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | 20 June – Mexico City | 20 June – Mexico City | | |
| | | | | England | 2 | | | 20 June – Mexico City | 20 June – Mexico City | | |
| | | | | England | 2 | | | Uruguay | 0 | | |
| | West Germany | | | 1 | Uruguay | 0 | | | | | |
| West Germany | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
_All times listed local (UTC−6)_
### Quarter-finals
| 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Uruguay |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Espárrago 117' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 26,085Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
| Italy | 4–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guzmán 25' (o.g.)Riva 63', 76'Rivera 70' | Report | González 13' |
Estadio Luis Dosal, TolucaAttendance: 26,851Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
| Brazil | 4–2 | Peru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rivellino 11'Tostão 15', 52'Jairzinho 75' | Report | Gallardo 28'Cubillas 70' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 54,233Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
| West Germany | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beckenbauer 68'Seeler 82'Müller 108' | Report | Mullery 31'Peters 49' |
Estadio Nou Camp, LeónAttendance: 23,357Referee: Ángel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)
### Semi-finals
| Uruguay | 1–3 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cubilla 19' | Report | Clodoaldo 44'Jairzinho 76'Rivellino 89' |
Estadio Jalisco, GuadalajaraAttendance: 51,261Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)
| Italy | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Boninsegna 8'Burgnich 98'Riva 104'Rivera 111' | Report | Schnellinger 90'Müller 95', 110' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 102,444Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
### Match for third place
| 0–1 | West Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Overath 26' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 104,403Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)
### Final
| Brazil | 4–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pelé 18'Gérson 65'Jairzinho 71'Carlos Alberto 86' | Report | Boninsegna 37' |
Estadio Azteca, Mexico CityAttendance: 107,412Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
With 10 goals, Gerd Müller was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 95 goals were scored by 55 players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
**10 goals**
- Gerd Müller
**7 goals**
- Jairzinho
**5 goals**
- Teófilo Cubillas
**4 goals**
- Pelé
- Anatoliy Byshovets
**3 goals**
- Rivellino
- Gigi Riva
- Uwe Seeler
**2 goals**
- Raoul Lambert
- Wilfried Van Moer
- Tostão
- Ladislav Petráš
- Roberto Boninsegna
- Gianni Rivera
- Javier Valdivia
- Alberto Gallardo
- Florea Dumitrache
**1 goal**
- Carlos Alberto
- Clodoaldo
- Gérson
- Hristo Bonev
- Dinko Dermendzhiev
- Todor Kolev
- Asparuh Nikodimov
- Dobromir Zhechev
- Allan Clarke
- Geoff Hurst
- Alan Mullery
- Martin Peters
- Mordechai Spiegler
- Tarcisio Burgnich
- Angelo Domenghini
- Maouhoub Ghazouani
- Houmane Jarir
- Juan Ignacio Basaguren
- Javier Fragoso
- José Luis González
- Gustavo Peña
- Roberto Challe
- Héctor Chumpitaz
- Emerich Dembrovschi
- Alexandru Neagu
- Kakhi Asatiani
- Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi
- Ove Grahn
- Tom Turesson
- Luis Cubilla
- Víctor Espárrago
- Ildo Maneiro
- Juan Mujica
- Franz Beckenbauer
- Reinhard Libuda
- Wolfgang Overath
- Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
**1 own goal**
- Javier Guzmán (playing against Italy)
### Awards
- Golden Boot: Gerd Müller (West Germany)[21]
- Best Young Player (awarded retrospectively): Teófilo Cubillas (Peru)[106]
- FIFA Fair Play Trophy: Peru[21]
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[21][107] The rankings for the 1970 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 8 |
| 3 | West Germany | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 10 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Soviet Union | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 |
| 6 | Mexico | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
| 7 | Peru | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | England | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 9 | Sweden | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Belgium | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| 12 | Israel* | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| 13 | Bulgaria** | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 |
| 14 | Morocco | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 16 | El Salvador | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
* Listed as #13 in one of the sources[107]
** Listed as #12 in one of the sources[107]
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# 1954 FIFA World Cup
The **1954 FIFA World Cup** was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the host country in July 1946.[1] At the tournament, several all-time records for goal-scoring were set, including the highest average number of goals scored per game. The tournament was won by West Germany, who defeated tournament favourites Hungary 3–2 in the final for their first World Cup title. Uruguay the defending champions were eliminated by Hungary and would lose to Austria in the third-place match.
The highest scoring match of a World Cup happened in the Quarterfinals of this tournament, when Austria defeated hosts Switzerland 7-5. The 12 goals of that match has never been surpassed in a World Cup since.
## Host selection
Switzerland was awarded the tournament unopposed at a meeting in Luxembourg City on 22 July 1946, the same day Brazil was selected to host the 1950 World Cup.[1]
## Qualification
The hosts (Switzerland) and the defending champions (Uruguay) qualified automatically. Of the remaining 14 places, 11 were allocated to Europe (including Egypt, Turkey, and Israel), two to the Americas, and one to Asia.
Scotland, Turkey, and South Korea made their World Cup debuts at this tournament (Turkey and Scotland had qualified for the 1950 competition but both withdrew). South Korea became the first independent Asian country to participate in a World Cup tournament. Austria appeared following a hiatus from 1934. South Korea did not appear at a World Cup finals again until 1986, while Turkey's next appearance was not until 2002. Several teams, such as Hungary and Czechoslovakia (the pre-war World Cups' runners-up) were back into the tournament after missing out the 1950 World Cup.
The teams that finished third and fourth in 1950, Sweden and Spain, both failed to qualify. Spain was eliminated by Turkey; the two countries finished level on points in their qualifying group, and then drew their neutral play-off, which led to the drawing of lots by a blindfolded Italian boy, who picked Turkey to progress.[2][3]
German teams as well as Japan were allowed to qualify again, after having been banned from the 1950 FIFA World Cup. West Germany qualified against fellow Germans from the Saarland (which then was a French protectorate), while East Germany did not enter, having cancelled international football matches after the East German uprising of 1953. Japan failed to qualify, having finished below South Korea in their qualifying group. Argentina declined to participate for the third successive World Cup.
### List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
**Asia (1)**
- South Korea (debut)
**North, Central America and Caribbean (1)**
- Mexico
**South America (2)**
- Brazil
- Uruguay (title holders)
**Europe (12)**
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czechoslovakia
- England
- France
- Hungary
- Italy
- Scotland (debut)
- Switzerland (hosts)
- Turkey (debut)
- West Germany
- Yugoslavia
## Summary
### Format
#### Group stage
The 1954 tournament used a unique format. The sixteen qualifying teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Each group contained two seeded teams and two unseeded teams. Only four matches were scheduled for each group, each pitting a seeded team against an unseeded team. This contrasts with the usual round-robin in which every team plays every other team: six matches in each group. Another oddity was that extra time, which in most tournaments is not employed at the group stage, was played in the group games if the score was level after 90 minutes, with the result being a draw if the scores were still level after 120 minutes.[4]
Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. The two teams with the most points from each group progressed to the knockout stage. In the case of a tie between two teams for second place, the two tied teams competed in a play-off to decide which team would progress to the next stage, with extra time and drawing of lots if necessary.[4][5] Had all four teams in a group been tied on points, there would have been two further play-offs – one play-off between the two seeded teams, and the other between the two unseeded teams, again with extra time and drawing of lots if necessary – with the winner of each play-off progressing to the quarter-finals.[4]
Qualifying countries
Two of the four groups ended up requiring play-offs – one between Switzerland and Italy, and the other between Turkey and West Germany. In each match, the unseeded team (Switzerland and West Germany) repeated an earlier victory against the seeded team (Italy and Turkey) to progress. The fact that two group matches were played twice, while other group opponents never faced each other at all, attracted criticism; newly elected FIFA President Seeldrayers declared that this group format would be abandoned in future world cups.[6]
#### Quarter-finals
For each of the first two quarter-finals, one team progressing from group 1 was drawn against one team progressing from group 2. For the remaining two quarter-finals, this procedure was repeated for groups 3 and 4.[4] Before the tournament, it was stated that in the event of a quarter-final being tied after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time would be played, followed by drawing of lots if necessary.[4] Later, it was stated that a quarter-final could be replayed in this situation.[7] The draw was scheduled to be held on Sunday 20 June, though in fact it was delayed into the early morning of Monday 21 June.[8]
#### Semi-finals
For the semi-finals, a further draw was held, with each semi-final featuring one team from groups 1–2 against one team from groups 3–4.[4] In the event of a semi-final being tied after extra time, it would be replayed once, followed by drawing of lots if necessary.[4]
The draw for the semi-finals, held on Sunday 27 June, was delayed by a complaint from the Hungarian team concerning the manner in which their quarter-final against Brazil had been played.[9][7]
#### Final
The final would be replayed if scores were level after extra-time. If the replay was also tied, the winner would be decided by the tournament organising committee,[4] or by drawing of lots.[10]
### Seeding
Before qualification was complete, the eight seeded teams were determined by FIFA. They were Austria, Brazil, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Uruguay.
These seedings were thrown into disarray when, in an unexpected result, Turkey eliminated Spain in qualification. FIFA resolved this situation by giving Turkey the seeding that had previously been allocated to Spain.[11]
### Notable results
The Germany national football team, then limited to the area of West Germany only, had been reinstated as full FIFA members only in late 1950, had played only 18 games since, and were unseeded. When meeting the seeded Turkish side at Wankdorf stadium in Berne, the Turks scored early, but the Germans convincingly won the encounter, which would turn out as the first of two within six days.
The South Koreans, the other unseeded team, lost 7–0 and 9–0 against the seeded sides of Hungary and Turkey. West Germany, being denied the chance to play such an easy opponent, had to face the seeded team of Hungary, a favourite to win the World Cup. Sepp Herberger, the West German coach, did not want his A-squad to suffer a possible defeat against a strong opponent while trying to qualify for a rather meaningless first place, and gambled by going the easier route into the play-offs and sending in a reserve side which lost 8–3 in Basel. A benefit was that the Hungarians did not get to know the best German players in case both teams would meet again - which they did, in the Final, along with referee William Ling. Now two teams were tied for second place on 2 points, and with no tie breaking procedures in effect, even though West Germany had beaten Turkey head-to-head, they had to play-off against each other, a match-up that West Germany easily won for the second time within six days, this time in Zürich.
Hungary's team captain Ferenc Puskás, considered by many as the best player in the world in that time, was injured by West German defender Werner Liebrich, and had to miss Hungary's next two matches. Puskás played for Hungary in the final, despite still being in a questionable condition.[12]
In the quarter-finals, the favourites Hungary beat Brazil 4–2 in one of the most violent matches in football history, which became infamous as the Battle of Berne. Meanwhile, the World Cup holders Uruguay sent England out of the tournament, also by 4–2. West Germany dispatched Yugoslavia 2–0, and Austria beat the host nation Switzerland in the game that saw the most goals in any World Cup match, 7–5.
In the first semi-final, West Germany beat Austria 6–1.
The other semi-final, one of the most exciting games of the tournament, saw Hungary go into the second half leading Uruguay 1–0, only for the game to be taken to extra time with a score after 90 minutes of 2–2. The deadlock was broken by Sándor Kocsis with two late goals to take Hungary through to the final, with Uruguay finally losing their unbeaten record in World Cup Final matches. Uruguay then went on to be beaten for a second time as Austria secured third place.
### Final: "The Miracle of Bern"
The Wankdorf Stadion in Berne saw 60,000 people cram inside to watch the final between West Germany and Hungary, a rematch of a first-round game, which Hungary had won 8–3 against the reserves of the German team. The Golden Team of the Hungarians were favourites, as they were unbeaten for a record of 32 consecutive matches, but they had had two tough knockout matches. It started raining on match day–in Germany this was dubbed _Fritz-Walter-Wetter_ ("Fritz Walter's weather") because the West German team captain Fritz Walter was said to play his best in the rain, a result of having contracted malaria during the war. Adi Dassler of _Adidas_ provided the West German team with a new kind of shoes, with exchangeable studs that were replaced during halftime.
Card autographed by coach Sepp Herberger and the 11 German players that appeared in the final
Hungary's Ferenc Puskás played again in the final, even though he was not fully fit. Despite this he put his team ahead after only six minutes and with Zoltán Czibor adding another two minutes later it seemed that the pre-tournament favourites would take the title. However, with a quick goal from Max Morlock in the 10th minute and an equaliser by Helmut Rahn in the 19th, the tide began to turn.
The second half saw telling misses by the Hungarian team. Barely six minutes before the end of the match, the popular German radio reporter Herbert Zimmermann delivered the most famous line in the German commentary, recommending that "Rahn should shoot from deep", which he did. The second goal from Rahn gave West Germany a 3–2 lead while the Hungarian reporter György Szepesi burst into tears. Later, Zimmermann called Puskás offside before he kicked the ball into Toni Turek's net with 2 minutes left. While referee William Ling pointed to the centre spot, linesman Griffiths signalled offside. After a one-minute consultation, Ling disallowed the claimed equaliser.
The West Germans were handed the Jules Rimet Trophy as World Cup winners, while the crowd sang along to the tune of the national anthem of Germany–there was disquiet in the stadium as the Germans fans decided to sing the (too) well known anthem's first stanza _Deutschland über alles_,[13] instead of the uncontroversial third _Unity and Justice and Freedom_ which was supposed to be sung at official events according to a 1952 decree. In Germany the success is known as the "Miracle of Bern" (_Das Wunder Von Bern_), and was memorialised in a 2003 film of the same name. For the Hungarians, the defeat was a disaster, and remains controversial due to apparent refereeing errors and claims of doping.
One controversy concerns the 2–2 equaliser. Hungarian goalie Gyula Grosics jumped to catch Fritz Walter's corner shot, but Hans Schäfer obstructed him (in plain sight of TV cameras), allowing the ball to reach Rahn, who then scored. Another controversy concerns allegations of doping. Though teammates steadfastly denied this rumour, German historian Guido Knopp claimed in a 2004 documentary for German public channel ZDF[14] that the players were injected with shots of vitamin C at half-time, using a needle earlier taken from a Soviet sports doctor. This would explain both the better condition of the West German team in the second half and the wave of jaundice among their players following the tournament. A Leipzig University study in 2010 posited that the West German players had been injected with the banned substance methamphetamine.[15]
Most controversial was the offside ruling for Puskás's intended 87th-minute equaliser. The camera filming the official footage was in a bad position to judge the situation, but eyewitnesses claimed that the referee was wrong, including West German substitute player Alfred Pfaff.[16] In 2004, North German regional public channel NDR aired unofficial footage appearing to show that Puskás was onside.[17]
### Records
The following all-time records were set or equalled at this tournament, and have not been surpassed:
All matches in one tournament
- highest average goals per game (5.38)
Team records for one tournament
- most goals scored (Hungary, 27)
- highest average goals scored per game (Hungary, 5.4)
- highest aggregate goal difference (Hungary, +17)
- highest average goal difference per game (Hungary, +3.4)
- most goals scored, champions (West Germany, 25)
- most average goals scored per game, champions (West Germany, 4.17)
- most goals conceded, champions (West Germany, 14)
- most average goals conceded per game, champions (West Germany, 2.33)
- most goals conceded (South Korea, 16)
- lowest aggregate goal difference (South Korea, −16)
- most average goals conceded per game (South Korea, 8, tied with Bolivia 1950)
- lowest average goal difference per game (South Korea, −8.0, tied with Bolivia 1950).
Records for a single game
- most goals in a single game (both teams) (Austria 7 Switzerland 5)
- greatest margin of victory in a single game (Hungary 9 South Korea 0) (equalled by Yugoslavia winning 9–0 against Zaire in 1974 and again Hungary winning 10–1 against El Salvador in 1982).
#### Other landmarks
For the first time there was television coverage,[18][19] and special coins were issued to mark the event.
The 11 goals scored by Kocsis of Hungary not only led the World Cup but bettered the previous record (set by Brazilian Ademir in the previous tournament) by three goals. Kocsis' mark was broken by Just Fontaine's 13 goals in 1958. Despite not winning the 1954 tournament, their fourth-place finish and their two previous World Cup titles made Uruguay the most successful World Cup nation for eight years, until Brazil won their second title in 1962. Hungary's 9–0 win against Korea during the group stages remains the biggest margin of victory in FIFA World Cup history, later equalled by Yugoslavia over Zaire (9–0) in 1974 and Hungary over El Salvador (10–1) in 1982.
West Germany also became the first team to win the World Cup after having lost a match at the finals, losing 8–3 after pitting the backups against Hungary in the group stage with the intention of getting an additional play-off game. This feat was repeated by West Germany in 1974 (beaten 1–0 by East Germans), Argentina in 1978 and Spain in 2010, who all lost group matches 1–0 (coincidentally, all three teams won against the Netherlands in the final), as well as by Argentina in 2022, who lost their first group match 2–1 against Saudi Arabia but would also defeat the Netherlands (although this time, it was in the quarter-finals).
West Germany's 1954 victory remains the only time that a team has won the World Cup without playing any team from outside its own continent; South Korea was in the same group, but with both team unseeded, they were not matched against each other. Instead, West Germany had to play Turkey twice, which is geographically more in Asia than in Europe, but qualified from Europe's qualification zone and has always been affiliated with UEFA. Turkey had also been one of the few non-German speaking countries that had played West Germany after being reinstated as FIFA member in late 1950; and like most, did it twice, Switzerland even four times. Thus, West Germany's coach and players had limited international experience in 1954, and no intercontinental game before the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
West Germany's victory in the final is considered one of the greatest upsets of all time and one of the finest achievements in German sporting history. The West German team was made up of amateur "contract" players from several regional leagues, as German sports did not have a nationwide league nor professional play before 1963, while the Hungarians were _de jure_ amateurs, like in all the communist countries at that time, but playing football as professionals, mainly for Budapesti Honvéd FC and later for major clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, and were ranked best in the world. This is the only time a team has won the World Cup with amateur footballers.
## Venues
Six venues in six cities (1 venue in each city) hosted the tournament's 26 matches. The most used stadium was the St. Jakob Stadium in Basel, which hosted 6 matches. The venues in Bern, Zurich and Lausanne each hosted 5 matches, the venue in Geneva hosted 4 matches, and the venue in Lugano only hosted 1 match.
| Bern, Canton of Bern | Basel, Basel-Stadt | Lausanne, Vaud |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wankdorf Stadium | St. Jakob Stadium | Stade Olympique de la Pontaise |
| 46°57′46″N 7°27′54″E / 46.96278°N 7.46500°E | 47°32′29″N 7°37′12″E / 47.54139°N 7.62000°E | 46°32′00″N 006°37′27″E / 46.53333°N 6.62417°E |
| Capacity: 64,600 | Capacity: 54,800 | Capacity: 50,300 |
| | | |
| GenevaBaselBernZürichLausanneLugano | GenevaBaselBernZürichLausanneLugano | GenevaBaselBernZürichLausanneLugano |
| Geneva, Canton of Geneva | Lugano, Ticino | Zürich, Canton of Zürich |
| Charmilles Stadium | Cornaredo Stadium | Hardturm Stadium |
| 46°12′33″N 6°07′06″E / 46.2091°N 6.1182°E | 46°01′25″N 8°57′42″E / 46.02361°N 8.96167°E | 47°23′35″N 8°30′17″E / 47.39306°N 8.50472°E |
| Capacity: 35,997 | Capacity: 35,800 | Capacity: 34,800 |
| | | |
## Squads
The 16 finalists named squads of 22 for the finals, though South Korea only named 20 players in their squad. Unlike recent tournaments, there were no requirements for teams to name three goalkeepers; most teams did, but 6 did not. Some teams also chose to leave some of their named squad at home, only bringing them to Switzerland if necessary.
## Match officials
- Raymon Wyssling
- Benjamin Griffiths
- Charlie Faultless
- Manuel Asensi
- José Vieira da Costa
- Raymond Vincenti
- William Ling
- Esteban Marino
- Arthur Edward Ellis
- Laurent Franken
- Vincenzo Orlandini
- Vasa Stefanović
- Mário Vianna
- Emil Schmetzer
- Carl Erich Steiner
- István Zsolt
## Group stage
All times listed are local time (CET, UTC+1).
### Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Brazil | 5–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Baltazar 23'Didi 30'Pinga 34', 43'Julinho 69' | Report |
Charmilles Stadium, GenevaAttendance: 13,470Referee: Raymon Wyssling (Switzerland)
| Yugoslavia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Milutinović 15' | Report |
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, LausanneAttendance: 16,000Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Didi 69' | Report | Zebec 48' |
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, LausanneAttendance: 24,637Referee: Charlie Faultless (Scotland)
| France | 3–2 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vincent 19'Cárdenas 46' (o.g.)Kopa 88' (pen.) | Report | Lamadrid 54'Balcázar 85' |
Charmilles Stadium, GenevaAttendance: 19,000Referee: Manuel Asensi (Spain)
### Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2[a] | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 3 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 2[a] | |
| 4 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
1. Second place decided over through play-off: West Germany 7–2 Turkey.
| West Germany | 4–1 | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Schäfer 14'Klodt 52'O. Walter 60'Morlock 84' | Report | Mamat 2' |
Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 28,000Referee: Jose da Costa Vieira (Portugal)
| Hungary | 9–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Puskás 12', 89'Lantos 18'Kocsis 24', 36', 50'Czibor 59'Palotás 75', 83' | Report |
Hardturm Stadium, ZürichAttendance: 13,000Referee: Raymond Vincenti (France)
| Hungary | 8–3 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kocsis 3', 21', 69', 78'Puskás 17'Hidegkuti 52', 54'J. Tóth 75' | Report | Pfaff 25'Rahn 77'Herrmann 84' |
St. Jakob Stadium, BaselAttendance: 56,000Referee: William Ling (England)
| Turkey | 7–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mamat 10', 30'Küçükandonyadis 24'Sargun 37', 64', 70'Keskin 76' | Report |
Charmilles Stadium, GenevaAttendance: 3,541[20]Referee: Esteban Marino (Uruguay)
#### Play-off
| West Germany | 7–2 | Turkey |
| --- | --- | --- |
| O. Walter 7'Schäfer 12', 79'Morlock 30', 60', 77'F. Walter 62' | Report | Ertan 21'Küçükandonyadis 82' |
Hardturm Stadium, ZürichAttendance: 17,000Referee: Raymond Vincenti (France)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Uruguay | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Míguez 71'Schiaffino 84' | Report |
Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 20,500Referee: Arthur Ellis (England)
| Austria | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Probst 33' | Report |
Hardturm Stadium, ZürichAttendance: 25,000Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium)
| Uruguay | 7–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Borges 17', 47', 57'Míguez 30', 83'Abbadie 54', 85' | Report |
St. Jakob Stadium, BaselAttendance: 34,000Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
| Austria | 5–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Stojaspal 3', 65'Probst 4', 21', 24' | Report |
Hardturm Stadium, ZürichAttendance: 26,000Referee: Vasa Stefanovic (Yugoslavia)
### Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2[a] | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2[a] | |
| 4 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Notes:
1. Second place decided over through play-off: Switzerland 4–1 Italy
| Switzerland | 2–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ballaman 18'Hügi 78' | Report | Boniperti 44' |
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, LausanneAttendance: 40,749[21]Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)
| England | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Broadis 26', 63'Lofthouse 36', 91' | Report | Anoul 5', 71'Coppens 67'Dickinson 94' (o.g.) |
St. Jakob Stadium, BaselAttendance: 14,000Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
| Italy | 4–1 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pandolfini 41' (pen.)Galli 48'Frignani 58'Lorenzi 78' | Report | Anoul 81' |
Cornaredo Stadium, LuganoAttendance: 24,000Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)
| England | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mullen 43'Wilshaw 69' | Report |
Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 43,119[22]Referee: Istvan Zsolt (Hungary)
#### Play-off
| Switzerland | 4–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hügi 14', 85'Ballaman 48'Fatton 90' | Report | Nesti 67' |
St. Jakob Stadium, BaselAttendance: 28,655[23]Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
## Knockout stage
### Bracket
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| | 27 June – Geneva | 27 June – Geneva | | | | | | | | | |
| | 27 June – Geneva | 27 June – Geneva | | | | | | | West Germany | 2 | |
| | 30 June – Basel | 30 June – Basel | | | | | | | West Germany | 2 | |
| | 30 June – Basel | 30 June – Basel | | | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | | | |
| | West Germany | 6 | | Yugoslavia | 0 | | | | | | |
| | West Germany | 6 | 26 June – Lausanne | 26 June – Lausanne | | | | | | | |
| | | Austria | 26 June – Lausanne | 26 June – Lausanne | | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Austria | Austria | 7 | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | | Austria | 7 | 4 July – Bern | 4 July – Bern | | | | |
| | | | | Switzerland | 5 | 4 July – Bern | 4 July – Bern | | | | |
| | | | | Switzerland | 5 | West Germany | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | 27 June – Bern | 27 June – Bern | West Germany | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | 27 June – Bern | 27 June – Bern | | Hungary | | | | 2.0 |
| | | | | Hungary | 4 | | Hungary | | | 2 | |
| | | 30 June – Lausanne | 30 June – Lausanne | Hungary | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | 30 June – Lausanne | 30 June – Lausanne | Brazil | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | Hungary (a.e.t.) | 4 | Brazil | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | Hungary (a.e.t.) | 4 | 26 June – Basel | 26 June – Basel | | | | | | |
| | | Uruguay | 2 | 26 June – Basel | 26 June – Basel | | | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | Uruguay | 2 | Uruguay | 4 | | | Third place | Third place | | |
| | | | | Uruguay | 4 | | | 3 July – Zürich | 3 July – Zürich | | |
| | | | | England | 2 | | | 3 July – Zürich | 3 July – Zürich | | |
| | | | | England | 2 | | | Austria | 3 | | |
| | Uruguay | | | 1 | Austria | 3 | | | | | |
| Uruguay | | | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
### Quarter-finals
| Austria | 7–5 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wagner 25', 27', 53'A. Körner 26', 34'Ocwirk 32'Probst 76' | Report | Ballaman 16', 39'Hügi 17', 19', 60' |
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, LausanneAttendance: 30,340[24]Referee: Charlie Faultless (Scotland)
| Uruguay | 4–2 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Borges 5'Varela 39'Schiaffino 46'Ambrois 78' | Report | Lofthouse 16'Finney 67' |
St. Jakob Stadium, BaselAttendance: 28,000Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)
| West Germany | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Horvat 9' (o.g.)Rahn 85' | Report |
Charmilles Stadium, GenevaAttendance: 17,000Referee: Istvan Zsolt (Hungary)
| Hungary | 4–2 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hidegkuti 4'Kocsis 7', 88'Lantos 60' (pen.) | Report | Djalma Santos 18' (pen.)Julinho 65' |
Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 40,000Referee: Arthur Ellis (England)
### Semi-finals
| West Germany | 6–1 | Austria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Schäfer 31'Morlock 47'F. Walter 54' (pen.), 64' (pen.)O. Walter 61', 89' | Report | Probst 51' |
St. Jakob Stadium, BaselAttendance: 58,000Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
| Hungary | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Uruguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Czibor 13'Hidegkuti 46'Kocsis 111', 116' | Report | Hohberg 75', 86' |
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, LausanneAttendance: 45,000Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
### Third place play-off
| Austria | 3–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stojaspal 16' (pen.)Cruz 59' (o.g.)Ocwirk 89' | Report | Hohberg 22' |
Hardturm Stadium, ZürichAttendance: 32,000Referee: Raymon Wyssling (Switzerland)
### Final
| West Germany | 3–2 | Hungary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Morlock 10' Rahn 18', 84' | Report | Puskás 6' Czibor 8' |
Wankdorf Stadium, BernAttendance: 62,500Referee: William Ling (England)
## Goalscorers
With 11 goals, Sándor Kocsis was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 140 goals were scored by 63 players, with four of them credited as own goals.
- 11 goals
- Sándor Kocsis
- 6 goals
- Erich Probst
- Josef Hügi
- Max Morlock
- 4 goals
- Nándor Hidegkuti
- Ferenc Puskás
- Robert Ballaman
- Carlos Borges
- Helmut Rahn
- Hans Schäfer
- Ottmar Walter
- 3 goals
- Ernst Stojaspal
- Theodor Wagner
- Léopold Anoul
- Nat Lofthouse
- Zoltán Czibor
- Burhan Sargun
- Suat Mamat
- Juan Hohberg
- Óscar Míguez
- Fritz Walter
- 2 goals
- Alfred Körner
- Ernst Ocwirk
- Didi
- Julinho
- Pinga
- Ivor Broadis
- Mihály Lantos
- Péter Palotás
- Lefter Küçükandonyadis
- Julio Abbadie
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino
- 1 goal
- Henri Coppens
- Baltazar
- Djalma Santos
- Tom Finney
- Jimmy Mullen
- Dennis Wilshaw
- Raymond Kopa
- Jean Vincent
- József Tóth
- Giampiero Boniperti
- Amleto Frignani
- Carlo Galli
- Benito Lorenzi
- Fulvio Nesti
- Egisto Pandolfini
- Tomás Balcázar
- José Luis Lamadrid
- Jacques Fatton
- Mustafa Ertan
- Erol Keskin
- Javier Ambrois
- Obdulio Varela
- Richard Herrmann
- Bernhard Klodt
- Alfred Pfaff
- Miloš Milutinović
- Branko Zebec
- 1 own goal
- Jimmy Dickinson (playing against Belgium)
- Raúl Cárdenas (playing against France)
- Luis Cruz (playing against Austria)
- Ivica Horvat (playing against West Germany)
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[25][26] The rankings for the 1954 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 10 |
| 2 | Hungary | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 8 |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 8 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Brazil | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 |
| 7 | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 9 | Turkey | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 2 |
| 10 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 |
| 11 | France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| 15 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
| 16 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
## In film
The final scene of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film _The Marriage of Maria Braun_ takes place during the finals of the 1954 World Cup; in the scene's background, the sports announcer is celebrating West Germany's victory and shouting _"Deutschland ist wieder was!"_ (Germany is something again); the film uses this as the symbol of Germany's recovery from the ravages of the Second World War.
Sönke Wortmann's 2003 German box-office hit _The Miracle of Bern_ (in German: _Das Wunder von Bern_) re-tells the story of the German team's route to victory through the eyes of a young boy who admires the key player of the final, Helmut Rahn.
## References
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# 2006 FIFA World Cup
The **2006 FIFA World Cup** was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe.
Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish in third place. Angola, Ukraine, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago and Togo made their first appearances in the finals. It was also the only appearance of Serbia and Montenegro under that name; they had previously appeared in 1998 as Yugoslavia. In late May 2006, immediately prior to the tournament, Montenegro voted in a referendum to become an independent nation and dissolve the loose confederacy then existing between it and Serbia; Serbia recognised the results of the referendum in early June. Due to time constraints, FIFA had Serbia and Montenegro play in the World Cup tournament as one team, marking the first instance of multiple sovereign nations competing as one team in a major football tournament since UEFA Euro 1992.
Brazil were the defending world champions, but were eliminated by France in the quarter-finals.
The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion times viewed compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people.[1]
## Host selection
The vote to choose the hosts of the 2006 tournament was held in July 2000 in Zürich, Switzerland. It involved four bidding nations after Brazil had withdrawn three days earlier: Germany, South Africa, England and Morocco.[2] Three rounds of voting were required, each round eliminating the nation with the fewest votes. The first two rounds were held on 6 July 2000, and the final round was held on 7 July 2000, which Germany won over South Africa.
| Voting results[3]_Country | Voting results[3]_Round 1 | Voting results[3]_Round 2 | Voting results[3]_Round 3 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| South Africa | 6 | 11 | 11 |
| England | 5 | 2 | – |
| Morocco | 3 | – | – |
### Bribery and corruption allegations
Accusations of bribery and corruption had marred the success of Germany's bid from the very beginning. On the very day of the vote, a hoax bribery affair was made public, leading to calls for a re-vote.[4] On the night before the vote, German satirical magazine _Titanic_ sent letters to FIFA representatives, offering joke gifts like cuckoo clocks and Black Forest ham in exchange for their vote for Germany. Oceania delegate Charlie Dempsey, who had initially backed England, had then been instructed to support South Africa following England's elimination. He abstained, citing "intolerable pressure" on the eve of the vote.[5] Had Dempsey voted as originally instructed, the vote would have resulted with a 12–12 tie, and FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who favoured the South African bid,[6] would have had to cast the deciding vote.[7]
More irregularities surfaced soon after, including, in the months leading up to the decision, the sudden interest of German politicians and major businesses in the four Asian countries whose delegates were decisive for the vote.[8] Just a week before the vote, the German government under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder lifted their arms embargo on Saudi Arabia and agreed to send grenade launchers to the country. DaimlerChrysler invested several hundred million euros in Hyundai, where one of the sons of the company's founder was a member of FIFA's executive committee. Both Volkswagen and Bayer announced investments in Thailand and South Korea, whose respective delegates Worawi Makudi and Chung Mong-joon were possible voters for Germany.[8][9] Makudi additionally received a payment by a company of German media mogul Leo Kirch, who also paid millions for usually worthless TV rights for friendly matches of the Germany team and FC Bayern Munich.[8][9]
On 16 October 2015, German news magazine _Der Spiegel_ alleged that a slush fund with money from then-Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus was used to influence the vote of four Asian members of the FIFA executive committee.[10] The sum of €6.7 million was later demanded back by Dreyfus. In order to retrieve the money, the Organising Committee paid an equivalent sum to FIFA, allegedly as a German share for the cost of a closing ceremony, which never materialized.[8] Wolfgang Niersbach, president of the German Football Association (DFB), denied the allegations on 17 October 2015, saying that "the World Cup was not bought" and that he could "absolutely and categorically rule out the existence of a slush fund". The DFB announced they would consider seeking legal action against Der Spiegel.[11] During a press conference on 22 October 2015, Niersbach repeated his stance, emphasising that the €6.7 million was used in 2002 to secure a subsidy by FIFA.[12] According to Niersbach, the payment had been agreed upon during a meeting between Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA president Blatter, with the money being provided by Dreyfus. On the same day, FIFA contradicted Niersbach's statement, saying: "By our current state of knowledge, no such payment of 10 million francs was registered by FIFA in 2002."[13] The following day, former DFB president Theo Zwanziger publicly accused Niersbach of lying, saying: "It is evident that there was a slush fund for the German World Cup application". According to Zwanziger, the €6.7 million went to Mohamed Bin Hammam, who at the time was supporting Blatter's campaign for president against Issa Hayatou.[14]
On 22 March 2016, it was announced that the FIFA Ethics Committee was opening proceedings into the bid.[15][16][17]
## Qualification
198 teams attempted to qualify for the 2006 World Cup.[18] Germany, the host nation, was granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 31 finals places divided among the continental confederations. Thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and CONCACAF and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania).
Eight nations qualified for the finals for the first time: Angola, Czech Republic, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, and Serbia and Montenegro. Czech Republic and Ukraine were making their first appearance as independent nations, but had previously been represented as part of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union respectively; Serbia and Montenegro had competed as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1998, as well as making up part of Yugoslav teams from 1930 to 1990. As of 2022, this was the last time Togo, Angola, Czech Republic, Ukraine and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the last time Uruguay failed to qualify.
Australia qualified for the first time since 1974. Among the teams who failed to qualify were 2002 third-placed team Turkey, quarter-finalists Senegal, Euro 2004 winners Greece and 2006 Africa Cup of Nations winners Egypt. Additionally, Belgium failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 and Cameroon failed to qualify for the first time since 1986. The other notable qualifying streaks broken were for Nigeria, who had made the previous three tournaments, and Denmark and South Africa, who had both qualified for the previous two. France had their first successful qualifying campaign since 1986, as they did not qualify for the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, in 1998 they were automatically qualified as hosts and in 2002 as defending champions.
For the first time since the 1982 World Cup, all six confederations were represented at the finals tournament.
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolved prior to the start of the World Cup, on 3 June 2006, with Serbia and Montenegro becoming independent countries; their team competed at the World Cup unaffected. Their involvement in the competition became similar to the Commonwealth of Independent States that appeared at UEFA Euro 1992, a team formed to take the Soviet Union's place following dissolution, that multiple sovereign states had been represented in the finals of a major footballing tournament by a single team and the only occurrence in the World Cup finals to date. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Denmark (ranked 11th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was Togo (ranked 61st).
### List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[19] qualified for the finals tournament:
- AFC (4)
- Iran (23)
- Japan (18)
- Saudi Arabia (34)
- South Korea (29)
- CAF (5)
- Angola (57) (debut)
- Ghana (48) (debut)
- Ivory Coast (32) (debut)
- Togo (61) (debut)
- Tunisia (21)
- CONCACAF (4)
- Costa Rica (26)
- Mexico (4)
- Trinidad and Tobago (47) (debut)
- United States (5)
- CONMEBOL (4)
- Argentina (9)
- Brazil (1)
- Ecuador (39)
- Paraguay (33)
- OFC (1)
- Australia (42)
- UEFA (14)
- Croatia (23)
- Czech Republic (2)
- England (10)
- France (8)
- Germany (19) (hosts)
- Italy (13)
- Netherlands (3)
- Poland (29)
- Portugal (7)
- Serbia and Montenegro (44)
- Spain (5)
- Sweden (16)
- Switzerland (35)
- Ukraine (45) (debut)
Countries qualified for World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member
| Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 2006[19]_Unnamed: 0_level_1 | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 2006[19]_Country | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 2006[19]_Confederation | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 2006[19]_Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 1 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | UEFA | 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | UEFA | 3 |
| 4 | Mexico | CONCACAF | 4 |
| 5 | United States | CONCACAF | 5 |
| 5 | Spain | UEFA | 5 |
| 7 | Portugal | UEFA | 7 |
| 8 | France | UEFA | 8 |
| 9 | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 9 |
| 10 | England | UEFA | 10 |
| 11 | Italy | UEFA | 13 |
| 12 | Sweden | UEFA | 16 |
| 13 | Japan | AFC | 18 |
| 14 | Germany | UEFA | 19 |
| 15 | Tunisia | CAF | 21 |
| 16 | Iran | AFC | 23 |
| 16 | Croatia | UEFA | 23 |
| 18 | Costa Rica | CONCACAF | 25 |
| 19 | South Korea | AFC | 29 |
| 19 | Poland | UEFA | 29 |
| 21 | Ivory Coast | CAF | 32 |
| 22 | Paraguay | CONMEBOL | 33 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 34 |
| 24 | Switzerland | UEFA | 35 |
| 25 | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 39 |
| 26 | Australia | OFC | 42 |
| 27 | Serbia and Montenegro | UEFA | 44 |
| 28 | Ukraine | UEFA | 45 |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | CONCACAF | 47 |
| 30 | Ghana | CAF | 48 |
| 31 | Angola | CAF | 57 |
| 32 | Togo | CAF | 61 |
## Venues
In 2006, Germany had a plethora of football stadia that satisfied FIFA's minimum capacity of 40,000 seats for World Cup matches. The outdated and still-standing Olympiastadion in Munich (69,250), the venue for the 1974 final match was not used for the tournament, even though FIFA's regulations allow one city to use two stadia. Düsseldorf's LTU Arena (51,500), Bremen's Weserstadion (43,000) and Mönchengladbach's Borussia-Park (46,249) were also not used.
Twelve stadia were selected to host the World Cup matches. During the tournament, many of them were known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadia unless the stadium sponsors are also official FIFA sponsors.[20] For example, the Allianz Arena in Munich was known during the competition as _FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich_ (German: _FIFA WM-Stadion München_), and even the letters of the company Allianz were removed or covered.[20] Some of the stadia also had a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room; nonetheless, this was accommodated as several stadia had a UEFA five-star ranking. The stadia in Berlin, Munich, Dortmund and Stuttgart hosted six matches each, whilst the other eight stadia hosted five matches each.
- _A cross denotes an indoor stadium._
| Berlin | Munich, Bavaria | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Olympiastadion | Allianz Arena(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich) | Signal Iduna Park(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Dortmund) | Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion |
| 52°30′53″N 13°14′22″E / 52.51472°N 13.23944°E | 48°13′7.59″N 11°37′29.11″E / 48.2187750°N 11.6247528°E | 51°29′33.25″N 7°27′6.63″E / 51.4925694°N 7.4518417°E | 48°47′32.17″N 9°13′55.31″E / 48.7922694°N 9.2320306°E |
| Capacity: 72,000[21] | Capacity: 66,000[22] | Capacity: 65,000[23] | Capacity: 52,000[24] |
| | | | |
| Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | Hamburg |
| Arena AufSchalke†(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Gelsenkirchen) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | AOL Arena(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hamburg) |
| 51°33′16.21″N 7°4′3.32″E / 51.5545028°N 7.0675889°E | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | 53°35′13.77″N 9°53′55.02″E / 53.5871583°N 9.8986167°E |
| Capacity: 52,000[25] | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | Capacity: 50,000[26] |
| | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | |
| Frankfurt, Hesse | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Commerzbank-Arena†(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | Fritz-Walter-Stadion |
| 50°4′6.86″N 8°38′43.65″E / 50.0685722°N 8.6454583°E | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | 49°26′4.96″N 7°46′35.24″E / 49.4347111°N 7.7764556°E |
| Capacity: 48,000[27] | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | Capacity: 46,000[28] |
| | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | BerlinDortmundMunichStuttgartGelsenkirchenHamburgFrankfurtCologneHanoverLeipzigKaiserslauternNuremberg2006 FIFA World Cup (Germany) | |
| Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia | Hanover, Lower Saxony | Leipzig, Saxony | Nuremberg, Bavaria |
| RheinEnergieStadion(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne) | AWD-Arena(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover) | Zentralstadion | easyCredit-Stadion(Frankenstadion) |
| 50°56′0.59″N 6°52′29.99″E / 50.9334972°N 6.8749972°E | 52°21′36.24″N 9°43′52.31″E / 52.3600667°N 9.7311972°E | 51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E / 51.3457944°N 12.3482194°E | 49°25′34″N 11°7′33″E / 49.42611°N 11.12583°E |
| Capacity: 45,000[29] | Capacity: 43,000[30] | Capacity: 43,000[31] | Capacity: 41,000[32] |
| | | | |
### Team base camps
Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team.[33]
| National squads' base camps | National squads' base camps.1 |
| --- | --- |
| Team City Angola Celle Argentina Herzogenaurach Australia Zweiflingen[34] Brazil Bergisch Gladbach Costa Rica Walldorf Croatia Bad Brückenau Czech Republic Westerburg Ecuador Bad Kissingen England Baden-Baden France Aerzen Germany Berlin Ghana Würzburg Iran Friedrichshafen Italy Duisburg Ivory Coast Niederkassel Japan Bonn | Team City Mexico Göttingen Netherlands Hinterzarten Paraguay Oberhaching Poland Barsinghausen Portugal Marienfeld Saudi Arabia Bad Nauheim Serbia and Montenegro Billerbeck Spain Kamen South Korea Bergisch Gladbach Sweden Bremen Switzerland Bad Bertrich Togo Wangen im Allgäu Trinidad and Tobago Rotenburg an der Wümme Tunisia Schweinfurt Ukraine Potsdam United States Hamburg |
## Match officials
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFC | Toru Kamikawa (Japan) | Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan) Kim Dae-Young (South Korea) |
| AFC | Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) | Prachya Permpanich (Thailand) Eisa Ghoulom (United Arab Emirates) |
| CAF | Coffi Codjia (Benin) | Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin) Célestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) |
| CAF | Essam Abdel-Fatah (Egypt) | Dramane Dante (Mali) Mamadou N'Doye (Senegal) |
| CONCACAF | Benito Archundia (Mexico) | José Ramírez (Mexico)Héctor Vergara (Canada) |
| CONCACAF | Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) | José Luis Camargo (Mexico) Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) |
| CONMEBOL | Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) | Darío García (Argentina) Rodolfo Otero (Argentina) |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Simon (Brazil) | Aristeu Tavares (Brazil) Ednílson Corona (Brazil) |
| CONMEBOL | Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) | José Navia (Colombia) Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador) |
| CONMEBOL | Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) | Amelio Andino (Paraguay) Manuel Bernal (Paraguay) |
| CONMEBOL | Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) | Wálter Rial (Uruguay) Pablo Fandiño (Uruguay) |
| OFC | Mark Shield (Australia) | Nathan Gibson (Australia) Ben Wilson (Australia) |
| UEFA | Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) | Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) |
| UEFA | Graham Poll (England) | Philip Sharp (England) Glenn Turner (England) |
| UEFA | Éric Poulat (France) | Lionel Dagorne (France) Vincent Texier (France) |
| UEFA | Markus Merk (Germany) | Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Christian Schräer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Roberto Rosetti (Italy) | Alessandro Stagnelli (Italy) Cristiano Copelli (Italy) |
| UEFA | Valentin Ivanov (Russia) | Nikolay Golubev (Russia) Evgueni Volnin (Russia) |
| UEFA | Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) | Roman Slyško (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) |
| UEFA | Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain) | Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain) Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain) |
| UEFA | Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) | Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) |
## Squads
Squads for the 2006 World Cup consisted of 23 players, as in the previous tournament in 2002. Each participating national association had to confirm its 23-player squad by 15 May 2006.[35]
## Groups
### Seeds
The eight seeded teams for the tournament were announced on 6 December 2005 and placed into Pot A for the draw. Pot B contained the unseeded qualifiers from South America, Africa and Oceania; Pot C contained eight of the nine remaining European teams, excluding Serbia and Montenegro. Pot D contained unseeded teams from the CONCACAF region and Asia. To ensure that no group contained three European teams, Serbia and Montenegro was placed in a special pot, as they were the lowest ranked qualified team from Europe on the latest FIFA World Ranking; while it was deemed of less importance they had been seeded higher than Switzerland and Ukraine by the 2006 World Cup seeding tool.[36] Serbia and Montenegro was drawn first, then their group was drawn from the three seeded non-European nations, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.
FIFA predetermined that, hosts, Germany would be placed in Group A, thus being assured of the venues of their group matches in advance of the draw. They also announced, in advance, that Brazil (the defending champion) would be allocated to Group F.
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pot A Team Points Rank Germany[a] 49.3 4 Brazil 63.7 1 England 50.7 2 Spain 50.0 3 Mexico 47.3 5 France 46.0 6 Italy 44.3 7 Argentina 44.0 8 | Pot B Team Points Rank Paraguay 31.3 15 Tunisia 19.0 22 Ecuador 16.0 23 Ivory Coast 7.0 27 Australia 4.3 28 Ghana 3.3 30 Angola 2.0 31 Togo 1.3 32 | Pot C Team Points Rank Netherlands 38.3 10 Sweden 33.7 13 Croatia 33.0 14 Czech Republic 29.0 16 Portugal 28.7 17 Poland 20.3 20 Switzerland 8.7 25 Ukraine 7.0 26 | Pot D Team Points Rank United States 42.7 9 South Korea 37.3 11 Japan 36.0 12 Costa Rica 22.7 18 Saudi Arabia 20.7 19 Iran 19.3 21 Trinidad and Tobago 4.3 29 |
**Special Pot **
| Team | Points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 15.7 | 24 |
The group stage draw was held in Leipzig on 9 December 2005, and the group assignments and order of matches were determined. After the draw was completed, commentators remarked that Group C appeared to be the group of death, while others suggested Group E.[37][38] Argentina and the Netherlands both qualified with a game to spare with wins over Ivory Coast and Serbia and Montenegro respectively.
### Group system
The first round, or group stage, saw the 32 teams divided into eight groups of four teams. Each group was a round-robin of three games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams coming first and second in each group qualified for the Round of 16.
#### Ranking criteria
If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:
1. Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
2. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
3. If teams remained level after those criteria, a mini-group would be formed from those teams, who would be ranked on:
1. Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
2. Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
3. Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
4. If teams remained level after all these criteria, FIFA would hold a drawing of lots
In the original version of the rules for the finals tournament, the ranking criteria were in a different order, with head-to-head results taking precedence over total goal difference. The rules were changed to the above in advance of the tournament, but older versions were still available on the FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria.[39] In any event, the finals tournament saw only two pairs of teams level on points: Argentina and the Netherlands at 7 points in Group C; Tunisia and Saudi Arabia at 1 point in Group H. Both of these ties were resolved on total goal difference. Also, in both cases the teams had tied their match, so the order of ranking criteria made no difference.
## Finals tournament
The finals tournament of the 2006 World Cup began on 9 June. The 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four teams each, within which the teams competed in a round-robin tournament to determine which two of those four teams would advance to the sixteen-team knock-out stage, which started on 24 June. In total, 64 games were played.
### Hosting
Although Germany failed to win the Cup, the tournament was considered a great success for Germany in general. Germany also experienced a sudden increase in patriotic spirit with flags waving, traditionally frowned upon by German society since World War II whenever the German team played.[40] For the closing ceremonies, Matthias Keller composed a work performed simultaneously by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian State Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra with conductors Christian Thielemann, Zubin Mehta and Mariss Jansons, and soloists Diana Damrau, Plácido Domingo and Lang Lang.
### Traditional powers dominate
Despite early success by Australia, Ecuador, and Ghana, the tournament marked a return to dominance of traditional football powers. Four years after the 2002 tournament, in which teams from North America (the United States), Africa (Senegal) and Asia (South Korea) made it deep into the knockout stages and Turkey finished third, all eight seeded teams progressed to the knockout stages and no quarter-finalists were from outside Europe or South America. Six former champions took part in the quarter-finals, with Ukraine and Euro 2004 runners-up Portugal as the only relative outsiders.[41] Argentina and Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals, leaving an all-European final four for only the fourth time (after the 1934, 1966, and 1982 tournaments).
### Scoring
Despite the early goals that flooded the group stages, the knock-out phase had a much lower goals per match ratio. A prime example of the dearth of goals was Portugal, which only scored in the 23rd minute of the round of 16, and did not score again until the 88th minute of the third place play-off. No player managed to score a hat-trick in this tournament. Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match. Germany was one of the exceptions, tending to play an attacking style of football throughout the knock-out stage, which was reflected by the fact that they scored the most goals (14), with players from all three outfield positions (defence, midfield and forward) making the scoresheet.
Germany's Miroslav Klose scored five goals to claim the Golden Boot, the lowest total to win the prize since 1962. No other player scored more than three goals. No player from the winning Italian squad scored more than two goals, though ten players had scored for the team, tying France's record in 1982 for the most goalscorers from any one team.
For the first time ever in the FIFA World Cup, the first and last goals of the tournament were scored by defenders. German left-back Philipp Lahm scored the opener against Costa Rica after only 5 minutes of the opening match. In the final, Italian centre-back Marco Materazzi out-jumped Patrick Vieira and headed in the last goal of the 2006 World Cup. In addition, Fabio Grosso clinched the cup for Italy with the decisive spot kick in the penalty shootout.
### Unprecedented number of cards
The tournament had a record number of yellow and red cards, breaking the previous record set by the 1998 World Cup. Players received a record-breaking 345 yellow cards and 28 red cards, with Russian referee Valentin Ivanov handing out 16 yellow and 4 red cards in the round of 16 match between Portugal and the Netherlands in a match known as the Battle of Nuremberg. Portugal had two players suspended for each of the quarter-final and semi-final matches respectively. FIFA President Sepp Blatter hinted that he may allow some rule changes for future tournaments so that earlier accumulated bookings will not force players to miss the final, should their teams make it that far. The tournament also saw English referee Graham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip Šimunić in their match against Australia.
The high number of yellow and red cards shown also prompted discussion about the tournament's referees. FIFA officials and President Sepp Blatter received criticism for allegedly making rules too rigid and taking discretion away from referees.[42]
## Group stage
Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage
_All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)._
In the following tables:
- **Pld** = total games played
- **W** = total games won
- **D** = total games drawn (tied)
- **L** = total games lost
- **GF** = total goals scored (goals for)
- **GA** = total goals conceded (goals against)
- **GD** = goal difference (GF−GA)
- **Pts** = total points accumulated
### Group A
In the opening match of the tournament, Germany and Costa Rica played a game which ended 4–2 for the host in the highest scoring opening match in the tournament's history. Germany went on to win the Group A after edging Poland and breezing past Ecuador 3–0. Despite the defeat, Ecuador had already joined the host in the Round of 16 having beaten Poland and Costa Rica 2–0 and 3–0, respectively.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ecuador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts
| Germany | 4–2 | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lahm 6' Klose 17', 61' Frings 87' | Report | Wanchope 12', 73' |
Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 66,000Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
| 0–2 | Ecuador |
| --- | --- |
| Report | C. Tenorio 24' Delgado 80' |
Arena AufSchalke, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 52,000Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
| Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Neuville 90+1' | Report |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 65,000Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
| Ecuador | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| C. Tenorio 8' Delgado 54' Kaviedes 90+2' | Report |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 50,000Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
| 0–3 | Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Klose 4', 44' Podolski 57' |
Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 72,000Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
| Costa Rica | 1–2 | Poland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gómez 25' | Report | Bosacki 33', 65' |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 43,000Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
### Group B
In Group B, England and Sweden pushed Paraguay into third place after narrow victories over the South Americans. Trinidad and Tobago earned some international respect after a draw with Sweden in their opening game and managing to hold England scoreless for 83 minutes, until goals from Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard sealed a 2–0 win for the Three Lions. Sweden qualified for the knockout rounds after drawing 2–2 with England to maintain their 38-year unbeaten record against them.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| England | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Gamarra 4' (o.g.) | Report |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 48,000Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 62,959Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
| England | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Crouch 83' Gerrard 90+1' | Report |
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 41,000Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
| Sweden | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ljungberg 89' | Report |
Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 72,000Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| Sweden | 2–2 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allbäck 51' Larsson 90' | Report | J. Cole 34' Gerrard 85' |
RheinEnergieStadion, CologneAttendance: 45,000Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
| Paraguay | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Sancho 25' (o.g.) Cuevas 86' | Report |
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, KaiserslauternAttendance: 46,000Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
### Group C
Both Argentina and Netherlands qualified from Group C with a game remaining. Argentina topped the group on goal difference, having hammered Serbia and Montenegro 6–0 and beaten Ivory Coast 2–1. The Dutch picked up 1–0 and 2–1 victories over Serbia and Montenegro and Ivory Coast, respectively. Ivory Coast defeated Serbia and Montenegro 3–2 in their final game, in Serbia and Montenegro's last international as the country had dissolved 18 days earlier.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Argentina | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crespo 24' Saviola 38' | Report | Drogba 82' |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 49,480Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
| 0–1 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Robben 18' |
Zentralstadion, LeipzigAttendance: 43,000Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
| Argentina | 6–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rodríguez 6', 41' Cambiasso 31' Crespo 78' Tevez 84' Messi 88' | Report |
Arena AufSchalke, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 52,000Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Ivory Coast |
| --- | --- | --- |
| van Persie 23' van Nistelrooy 27' | Report | B. Koné 38' |
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, StuttgartAttendance: 52,000Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 48,000Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
| Ivory Coast | 3–2 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dindane 37' (pen.), 67' Kalou 86' (pen.) | Report | Žigić 10' Ilić 20' |
Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 66,000Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
### Group D
Portugal coasted through in Group D, picking up the maximum number of points, with Mexico qualifying in second. Iran missed chances against Mexico in their opening 1–3 defeat and were eliminated in their match against Portugal. They fought hard against the Portuguese, but lost 2–0. Their last game against Angola ended in 1–1 draw. The Africans had a respectable first World Cup tournament after earning draws with Mexico (0–0) and Iran.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Angola | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Mexico | 3–1 | Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bravo 28', 76' Sinha 79' | Report | Golmohammadi 36' |
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 41,000Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
| 0–1 | Portugal |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Pauleta 4' |
RheinEnergieStadion, CologneAttendance: 45,000Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 43,000Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
| Portugal | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Deco 63' Ronaldo 80' (pen.) | Report |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 48,000Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
| Portugal | 2–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maniche 6' Simão 24' (pen.) | Report | Fonseca 29' |
Arena AufSchalke, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 52,000Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| Iran | 1–1 | Angola |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bakhtiarizadeh 75' | Report | Flávio 60' |
Zentralstadion, LeipzigAttendance: 38,000Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
### Group E
In Group E, Italy went through to the Round of 16 conceding just one goal (an own goal) by Cristian Zaccardo in the group phase against the United States. The US bowed out of the tournament after disappointing results against the Czech Republic and Ghana, 0–3 and 1–2, respectively, despite a 1–1 draw (finishing with 9 vs 10 men) against Italy. Tournament debutant Ghana joined Italy in the round of 16, following victories over the Czech Republic and the United States. Daniele De Rossi was suspended for 4 games following his sending-off against the United States.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| 0–3 | Czech Republic |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Koller 5' Rosický 36', 76' |
Arena AufSchalke, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 52,000Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
| Italy | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Pirlo 40' Iaquinta 83' | Report |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 43,000Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
| 0–2 | Ghana |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Gyan 2' Muntari 82' |
RheinEnergieStadion, CologneAttendance: 45,000Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
| Italy | 1–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gilardino 22' | Report | Zaccardo 27' (o.g.) |
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, KaiserslauternAttendance: 46,000Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
| 0–2 | Italy |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Materazzi 26' Inzaghi 87' |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 50,000Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| Ghana | 2–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Draman 22' Appiah 45+2' (pen.) | Report | Dempsey 43' |
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 41,000Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
### Group F
Group F included the reigning World Champions Brazil, Croatia, Japan, and Australia. Playing in their first World Cup for 32 years, Australia came from behind to defeat Japan 3–1, and, despite losing 0–2 to Brazil, a 2–2 draw with Croatia was enough to give the Australians a place in the Round of 16 in a game where two players were sent-off for second bookings and one, erroneously, for a third booking by English referee Graham Poll. The Brazilians won all three games to qualify first in the group. Their 1–0 win against Croatia was through a goal late in the first-half by Kaká. Croatia and Japan went out of the tournament without a single win.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Australia | 3–1 | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cahill 84', 89' Aloisi 90+2' | Report | Nakamura 26' |
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, KaiserslauternAttendance: 46,000Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Kaká 44' | Report |
Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 72,000Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 41,000Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Adriano 49' Fred 90' | Report |
Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 66,000Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
| Japan | 1–4 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tamada 34' | Report | Ronaldo 45+1', 81' Juninho 53' Gilberto 59' |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 65,000Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
| Croatia | 2–2 | Australia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Srna 2' N. Kovač 56' | Report | Moore 38' (pen.) Kewell 79' |
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, StuttgartAttendance: 52,000Referee: Graham Poll (England)
### Group G
France only managed a scoreless draw against Switzerland and a 1–1 draw against South Korea. With captain Zinedine Zidane suspended, their 2–0 win against Togo was enough for them to advance to the knockout round. They were joined by the group winners, Switzerland, who defeated South Korea 2–0, and did not concede a goal in the tournament. South Korea won their first World Cup finals match outside their own country in defeating Togo, but four points were not enough to see them through to the round of 16 (the only team for which this was the case), while Togo exited without a point.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Togo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| South Korea | 2–1 | Togo |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lee Chun-soo 54' Ahn Jung-hwan 72' | Report | Kader 31' |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 48,000Referee: Graham Poll (England)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, StuttgartAttendance: 52,000Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
| France | 1–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Henry 9' | Report | Park Ji-sung 81' |
Zentralstadion, LeipzigAttendance: 43,000Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| 0–2 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Frei 16' Barnetta 88' |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 65,000Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
| 0–2 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Vieira 55' Henry 61' |
RheinEnergieStadion, CologneAttendance: 45,000Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
| Switzerland | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Senderos 23' Frei 77' | Report |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 43,000Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
### Group H
Spain dominated Group H, picking up the maximum number of points, scoring 8 goals, and conceding only 1. Ukraine, despite being beaten 4–0 by Spain in their first World Cup game, took advantage of the weaker opponents to beat Saudi Arabia 4–0 and scrape past Tunisia 1–0 thanks to a 70th-minute penalty by Andriy Shevchenko, to reach the Round of 16. Saudi Arabia and Tunisia went out of the tournament having 1 point each, thanks to a 2–2 draw against each other.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Spain | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Alonso 13' Villa 17', 48' (pen.) Torres 81' | Report |
Zentralstadion, LeipzigAttendance: 43,000Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
| Tunisia | 2–2 | Saudi Arabia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jaziri 23' Jaïdi 90+2' | Report | Al-Qahtani 57' Al-Jaber 84' |
Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 66,000Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
| 0–4 | Ukraine |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Rusol 4' Rebrov 36' Shevchenko 46' Kalynychenko 84' |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 50,000Referee: Graham Poll (England)
| Spain | 3–1 | Tunisia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Raúl 71' Torres 76', 90+1' (pen.) | Report | Mnari 8' |
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, StuttgartAttendance: 52,000Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
| 0–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Juanito 36' |
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, KaiserslauternAttendance: 46,000Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
| Ukraine | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Shevchenko 70' (pen.) | Report |
Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 72,000Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
## Knockout stage
The knockout stage involved the sixteen teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were four rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final. There was also a play-off to decide third/fourth place. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round.
### Bracket
Results decided after extra time are indicated by (a.e.t.), and results decided via a penalty shoot-out are indicated by (p).
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 24 June – Munich | 24 June – Munich | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 June – Munich | 24 June – Munich | | | | | | | | | | | Germany | 2 | |
| 30 June – Berlin | 30 June – Berlin | | | | | | | | | | | Germany | 2 | |
| 30 June – Berlin | 30 June – Berlin | | | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Germany (p) | 1 (4) | | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Germany (p) | 1 (4) | 24 June – Leipzig | 24 June – Leipzig | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 24 June – Leipzig | 24 June – Leipzig | | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | Argentina (a.e.t.) | 2 | 1 (2) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Argentina (a.e.t.) | 2 | 4 July – Dortmund | 4 July – Dortmund | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Mexico | 1 | 4 July – Dortmund | 4 July – Dortmund | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Mexico | 1 | Germany | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 26 June – Kaiserslautern | 26 June – Kaiserslautern | Germany | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 26 June – Kaiserslautern | 26 June – Kaiserslautern | | Italy (a.e.t.) | | | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | Italy | 1 | | Italy (a.e.t.) | | 2 | | | | | | |
| | 30 June – Hamburg | 30 June – Hamburg | Italy | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 30 June – Hamburg | 30 June – Hamburg | Australia | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Italy | 3 | Australia | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Italy | 3 | 26 June – Cologne | 26 June – Cologne | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ukraine | 0 | 26 June – Cologne | 26 June – Cologne | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ukraine | 0 | Switzerland | 0 (0) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Switzerland | 0 (0) | | | | | | 9 July – Berlin | 9 July – Berlin | | | |
| | | | Ukraine (p) | 0 (3) | | | | | | 9 July – Berlin | 9 July – Berlin | | | |
| | | | Ukraine (p) | 0 (3) | | | | | | Italy (p) | | | 1 (5) | |
| | | | 25 June – Stuttgart | 25 June – Stuttgart | | | | | | Italy (p) | | | 1 (5) | |
| | | | 25 June – Stuttgart | 25 June – Stuttgart | | | | | | | | | France | 1 (3) |
| | | | England | 1 | | | | | | | | France | 1 (3) | |
| | 1 July – Gelsenkirchen | 1 July – Gelsenkirchen | England | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 1 July – Gelsenkirchen | 1 July – Gelsenkirchen | Ecuador | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | 0 (1) | Ecuador | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | 0 (1) | 25 June – Nuremberg | 25 June – Nuremberg | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Portugal (p) | 0 (3) | 25 June – Nuremberg | 25 June – Nuremberg | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Portugal (p) | 0 (3) | Portugal | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | 27 June – Dortmund | 27 June – Dortmund | | Portugal | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 27 June – Dortmund | 27 June – Dortmund | | France | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Brazil | 3 | | France | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
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### Round of 16
In the second round, conceding two early goals in the first twelve minutes to Germany effectively ended the Swedes' hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals. Argentina struggled to get past Mexico until a Maxi Rodríguez goal in extra time put the _Albiceleste_ in the quarter-finals. Australia's journey ended when Italy were awarded a controversial penalty scored by Francesco Totti, deep into the remaining seconds of the match, after Fabio Grosso went down in the penalty box.[43] The Italians had spent much of the game with only ten men on the field, following a controversial red card shown to centre back Marco Materazzi. In a 0–0 match, described in _The Guardian_ as "the dullest game in World Cup history",[44] Switzerland failed to convert any of their three penalties in the penalty shoot-out against Ukraine to see them exit the competition with an unwanted new record in becoming the first team in a World Cup to fail to convert any penalties in a shootout. Their elimination also meant that they became the first nation to be eliminated from the World Cup without conceding any goals (and indeed the only nation ever to participate in a World Cup finals tournament without conceding a goal). No two teams from the same group qualified for the quarters, all eight teams were from different groups.
England struggled against Ecuador but won 1–0 thanks to a David Beckham free kick. Brazil won 3–0 against Ghana, in a game which included Ronaldo's record 15th World Cup goal. _Der Spiegel_ reported that the match may have been influenced by an Asian betting syndicate.[45] Portugal defeated the Netherlands 1–0. The only goal came courtesy of a Maniche strike in an acrimonious match, which marked a new World Cup record with 16 yellow cards (Portugal: 9, the Netherlands: 7) and 4 players being sent off for a second bookable offence. France came from behind to defeat Spain 3–1 thanks to goals from Franck Ribéry, Patrick Vieira, and Zinedine Zidane.
| Germany | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Podolski 4', 12' | Report |
Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 66,000Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
| Argentina | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crespo 10' Rodríguez 98' | Report | Márquez 6' |
Zentralstadion, LeipzigAttendance: 43,000Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
| England | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Beckham 60' | Report |
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, StuttgartAttendance: 52,000Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
| Portugal | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Maniche 23' | Report |
Frankenstadion, NurembergAttendance: 41,000Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
| Italy | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Totti 90+5' (pen.) | Report |
Fritz-Walter-Stadion, KaiserslauternAttendance: 46,000Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
| Switzerland | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Ukraine |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Streller Barnetta Cabanas | 0–3 | Shevchenko Milevskyi Rebrov Husiev |
RheinEnergieStadion, CologneAttendance: 45,000Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| Brazil | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ronaldo 5' Adriano 45+1' Zé Roberto 84' | Report |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 65,000Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| Spain | 1–3 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Villa 28' (pen.) | Report | Ribéry 41' Vieira 83' Zidane 90+2' |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 43,000Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
### Quarter-finals
Germany and Argentina ended 1–1 after extra time; the hosts edged out the Argentinians 4–2 on penalties to go through to the semifinals (this was the first time Argentina had lost a World Cup penalty shootout: up until this match, Argentina and Germany had each participated in three penalty shootouts, winning all of them).
In Gelsenkirchen, England faced Portugal in a repeat of their Euro 2004 quarter-final. This time Wayne Rooney was sent off, and Portugal again won on penalties, 3–1 after a 0–0 draw to reach their first World Cup semi-final since the days of Eusébio 40 years earlier. This gave manager Luiz Felipe Scolari his third consecutive tournament quarter-final win over Sven-Göran Eriksson's England, first with Brazil en route to their 2002 World Cup win, then with Portugal in 2004 and 2006.
Italy defeated quarter-final debutants Ukraine 3–0. France eliminated Brazil 1–0 to advance into the semi-finals. Brazil only managed one shot on goal, while Zinedine Zidane's dribbling earned him Man of the Match and his free-kick to Thierry Henry resulted in the winning goal.
| Germany | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
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| Klose 80' | Report | Ayala 49' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Neuville Ballack Podolski Borowski | 4–2 | Cruz Ayala Rodríguez Cambiasso |
Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 72,000Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| Italy | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Zambrotta 6' Toni 59', 69' | Report |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 50,000Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
| England | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Lampard Hargreaves Gerrard Carragher | 1–3 | Simão Viana Petit Postiga Ronaldo |
Arena AufSchalke, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 52,000Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
| 0–1 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Henry 57' |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 48,000Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)
### Semi-finals
With Argentina and Brazil eliminated in the quarter-finals, an all-European semi-final line up was completed for only the fourth time (after the 1934, 1966 and 1982 tournaments).
The semi-final between Germany and Italy produced an extra time period that went scoreless until the 118th minute, when Italy scored twice through Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero, putting an end to Germany's undefeated record in Dortmund.
In the second semi-final, Portugal lost to France 1–0 in Munich. In a repeat of the Euro 1984 and Euro 2000 semi-finals, Portugal were defeated by France, with the decisive goal being a penalty scored by France captain Zinedine Zidane.
| 0–2 (a.e.t.) | Italy |
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| Report | Grosso 119' Del Piero 120+1' |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 65,000Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
| 0–1 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Zidane 33' (pen.) |
Allianz Arena, MunichAttendance: 66,000Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
### Third place play-off
The hosts got three goals in 20 minutes in the second half with the help of 21-year-old left midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. His first goal beat the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo with pace over his head. Only 4 minutes later, Schweinsteiger's free kick 30 metres from the left of the penalty box, driven low across goal, was connected with Petit's knee to become an own goal for Portugal. The German did not stop, and netted his second goal, which swerved away to the keeper's left, in the 78th minute.
Portugal were strong in possession but lacked punch in attack; unable to convert 57% possession into goals. Pauleta had two clear chances from 15 metres, but both times hit tame shots that did not trouble keeper Oliver Kahn, who was playing in his last match for the German national team. Portugal got a consolation goal with the help of substitute Luís Figo (also playing the final international game of his career), who almost immediately provided the precise distribution needed to unlock the German defence. A cross from the right wing on 88 minutes found fellow substitute Nuno Gomes at the far post, who dived in for the goal. The game ended 3–1, a result which gave the tournament hosts the bronze medals and left Portugal in fourth place.
| Germany | 3–1 | Portugal |
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| Schweinsteiger 56', 78' Petit 60' (o.g.) | Report | Nuno Gomes 88' |
Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, StuttgartAttendance: 52,000Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
### Final
The final started with each side scoring within the first 20 minutes. Zinedine Zidane opened the scoring by converting a controversial seventh-minute penalty kick,[46] which glanced off the underside of the crossbar and bounced beyond the goal line before it spun back up, hit the crossbar again and rebounded out of the goal.[47] Marco Materazzi then levelled the scores in the 19th minute following an Andrea Pirlo corner. Both teams had chances to score the winning goal in normal time: Luca Toni hit the crossbar in the 35th minute for Italy (he later had a header disallowed for offside), while France were not awarded a possible second penalty in the 53rd minute when Florent Malouda went down in the box after a tackle from Gianluca Zambrotta. The reverse angle review anyway clears that there was no penalty and the referee took the right decision.
At the end of the regulation 90 minutes, the score was still level at 1–1, and the match went into extra time. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made a potentially game-saving save in extra time when he tipped a Zidane header over the crossbar. Further controversy ensued near the end of extra time, when Zidane head-butted Materazzi in the chest in an off-the-ball incident and was sent off. Extra time produced no further goals and a penalty shootout followed, which Italy won 5–3. France's David Trezeguet, the man who scored the golden goal against Italy in Euro 2000, was the only player not to score his penalty; his spot kick hit the crossbar, landed on the goal line, and went out. It was the first all-European final since Italy's triumph over West Germany in the 1982 World Cup, and the second final, after 1994, to be decided on penalties. It was also Italy's first world title in 24 years, and their fourth overall, making them the second most successful World Cup team ever. The victory also helped Italy top the FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993.
| Italy | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | France |
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| Materazzi 19' | Report | Zidane 7' (pen.) |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Pirlo Materazzi De Rossi Del Piero Grosso | 5–3 | Wiltord Trezeguet Abidal Sagnol |
Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 69,000Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
Miroslav Klose received the Golden Boot for scoring five goals in the World Cup. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 players, with four of them credited as own goals.
**5 goals**
- Miroslav Klose
**3 goals**
- Ronaldo
- Hernán Crespo
- Maxi Rodríguez
- Thierry Henry
- Zinedine Zidane
- Lukas Podolski
- Fernando Torres
- David Villa
**2 goals**
- Tim Cahill
- Adriano
- Paulo Wanchope
- Tomáš Rosický
- Agustín Delgado
- Carlos Tenorio
- Steven Gerrard
- Patrick Vieira
- Bastian Schweinsteiger
- Marco Materazzi
- Luca Toni
- Aruna Dindane
- Omar Bravo
- Bartosz Bosacki
- Maniche
- Alexander Frei
- Andriy Shevchenko
**1 goal**
- Flávio
- Roberto Ayala
- Esteban Cambiasso
- Lionel Messi
- Javier Saviola
- Carlos Tevez
- John Aloisi
- Harry Kewell
- Craig Moore
- Fred
- Gilberto
- Juninho
- Kaká
- Zé Roberto
- Rónald Gómez
- Niko Kovač
- Darijo Srna
- Jan Koller
- Iván Kaviedes
- David Beckham
- Joe Cole
- Peter Crouch
- Franck Ribéry
- Torsten Frings
- Philipp Lahm
- Oliver Neuville
- Stephen Appiah
- Haminu Draman
- Asamoah Gyan
- Sulley Muntari
- Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
- Yahya Golmohammadi
- Alessandro Del Piero
- Alberto Gilardino
- Fabio Grosso
- Vincenzo Iaquinta
- Filippo Inzaghi
- Andrea Pirlo
- Francesco Totti
- Gianluca Zambrotta
- Didier Drogba
- Bonaventure Kalou
- Bakari Koné
- Shunsuke Nakamura
- Keiji Tamada
- Francisco Fonseca
- Rafael Márquez
- Sinha
- Ruud van Nistelrooy
- Robin van Persie
- Arjen Robben
- Nelson Cuevas
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Deco
- Nuno Gomes
- Pauleta
- Simão
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Yasser Al-Qahtani
- Saša Ilić
- Nikola Žigić
- Ahn Jung-hwan
- Lee Chun-soo
- Park Ji-sung
- Xabi Alonso
- Juanito
- Raúl
- Marcus Allbäck
- Henrik Larsson
- Freddie Ljungberg
- Tranquillo Barnetta
- Philippe Senderos
- Mohamed Kader
- Radhi Jaïdi
- Ziad Jaziri
- Jawhar Mnari
- Maksym Kalynychenko
- Serhii Rebrov
- Andriy Rusol
- Clint Dempsey
**1 own goal**
- Cristian Zaccardo (against the United States)
- Carlos Gamarra (against England)
- Petit (against Germany)
- Brent Sancho (against Paraguay)
### Awards
| Golden Boot Winner | Golden Ball Winner | Yashin Award | Best Young Player | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | Most Entertaining Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Miroslav Klose | Zinedine Zidane | Gianluigi Buffon | Lukas Podolski | Brazil Spain | Portugal |
FIFA's Technical Study Group (TSG) also granted a Man of the Match award to one player in each match. Italy's Andrea Pirlo won the most Man of the Match awards with three in total. Miroslav Klose, Agustín Delgado, Arjen Robben, Zé Roberto, Alexander Frei, Michael Ballack and Patrick Vieira each received two awards.
### All-star team
The All-star team is a squad consisting of the 23 most impressive players at the 2006 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group. The team was chosen from a shortlist of over 50 players, and was selected based on performances from the second round onwards.[48][49]
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Gianluigi Buffon Jens Lehmann Ricardo | Roberto Ayala John Terry Lilian Thuram Philipp Lahm Fabio Cannavaro Gianluca Zambrotta Ricardo Carvalho | Zé Roberto Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Michael Ballack Andrea Pirlo Gennaro Gattuso Francesco Totti Luís Figo Maniche | Hernán Crespo Thierry Henry Miroslav Klose Luca Toni |
### Prize money
A total of CHF332 million was awarded to the 32 teams participating in the tournament. Each team who entered the competition received CHF2 million, with the biggest prize being CHF24.5 million, awarded to the winner of the tournament.[50] Below is a complete list of the prize money allocated:[50][51]
- CHF7 million – To each team eliminated in the group stage (16 teams)
- CHF8.5 million – To each team eliminated in the round of 16 (8 teams)
- CHF11.5 million – To each team eliminated in the quarter-finals (4 teams)
- CHF21.5 million – Fourth placed team and Third placed team
- CHF22.5 million – Runners-up
- CHF24.5 million – Winner
### Final standings
All 32 teams are ranked based on criteria which have been used by FIFA.[52] A penalty shoot-out counts as a draw for both teams.
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
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| 1 | Italy | E | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 17 |
| 2 | France | G | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 15 |
| 3 | Germany | A | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 16 |
| 4 | Portugal | D | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 13 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Brazil | F | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 |
| 6 | Argentina | C | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 11 |
| 7 | England | B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 11 |
| 8 | Ukraine | H | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 9 | Spain | H | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
| 10 | Switzerland | G | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 8 |
| 11 | Netherlands | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 |
| 12 | Ecuador | A | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| 13 | Ghana | E | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
| 14 | Sweden | B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 |
| 15 | Mexico | D | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Australia | F | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 17 | South Korea | G | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 18 | Paraguay | B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Ivory Coast | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | E | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| 21 | Poland | A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 22 | Croatia | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 23 | Angola | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 24 | Tunisia | H | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| 25 | Iran | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 25 | United States | E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
| 28 | Japan | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | H | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| 30 | Togo | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
| 31 | Costa Rica | A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |
| 32 | Serbia and Montenegro | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
## Fan Fests
Tunisian supporters watching their match against Ukraine at the Fan Fest in Stuttgart
In preparation for the tournament, FIFA and the Organising Committee sought a way to accommodate people planning to visit. The experience of past World Cups and public viewing was conceptualized in 4-week-long events for football supporters to meet, board, interact, partake in cultural activities and watch all 64 matches on giant video walls. Since 2004, the details on costs, logistics, safety issues, marketing and broadcasting rights were jointly hammered out by FIFA and the host cities.[53] These public viewing events, known as "Fan Fests" (German: _Fanmeile_), served an idea to provide football supporters without tickets a legitimate opportunity to partake in the World Cup. Unlike the past tournaments where ticket-less fans were treated as security risks, the World Cup in Germany welcomed all supporters, thus generating positive atmosphere even before the tournament began. Even though security planners and media were sceptical and cautious on the matter of public viewing, the scepticism was cast aside with the beginning of the World Cup.[54]
Fan Fests for the World Cup were set up in 12 host cities and attracted 21 million visitors over the duration of tournament according to German National Tourist Board (FIFA claimed there were over 18 million visitors).[55][56] The Berlin Fan Fest was located at the pedestrianised Straße des 17. Juni, between Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column, with 14 consecutive video walls attracted 9 million fans over the duration of World Cup with nearly a million supporters in each match that Germany played. For the first time in German history, an event scored more visitors than Oktoberfest.[57] The Cologne Fan Fest scored 3 million visitors, followed by 1.9 million in Frankfurt, 1.5 million in Stuttgart, 1.46 million in Hamburg, 1 million in Dortmund and Munich, 500,000 in Nuremberg and Hannover, 471,000 in Leipzig, 350,000 in Gelsenkirchen and 205,000 in Kaiserslautern. Those numbers exceeded all expectations and some of the Host Cities had to expand the Fan Fest areas in the middle of the World Cup.[58] The most popular Fan Fests were located in the inner city areas, making the approach to keep the city centre generally "fan-free" applied by the authorities of Nuremberg ineffective as many football supporters preferred to stay in the picturesque city centre.[54] According to surveys conducted during the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich Fan Fests, 28% of visitors travelled over 100 kilometres to attend to event and up to 84% came there together with friends. Around 21% of foreigners interviewed at Fan Fests visited Germany to see the World Cup without tickets to any match.[59][60] Media coverage of events had an additional positive effect as pictures of fans celebrating in front of giant screens attracted even more visitors from neighbouring European countries who had spontaneously decided to take part in the celebrations at Fan Fests.[54]
Despite minor inconsistencies in planning and execution, the Fan Fest concept was so successful in fact, numerous people later claimed personal responsibility for the invention.[54] The visitors' expectations regarding Fan Fests were fulfilled. During the World Cup, Fan Fests served as modern market squares where communication and interaction strengthen the feeling of community. Out-of-home media reception made the emotional aspect of escape from everyday life more intense for participants. Pictures of football supporters celebrating in front of video walls became a typical illustration of atmosphere in the country, while "Fanmeile" was later picked up as the German Word of the Year.[61] In 2007, FIFA and the 12 host cities received the German Marketing Prize for Sports for the innovative nature and marketing concept of Fan Fests.[62] FIFA and the Host Cities succeeded in creating and comfortable environment for foreign fans as 95% of them surveyed at Fan Fests agreed that it was an unequivocal declaration of international nature of World Cup and not a mere event for Germans.[59] A thought-out implementation of public viewing at such a large-scale football event as the 2006 World Cup became set a precedent. Immediately after the World Cup, FIFA announced that it registered the trademark for Fan Fests, taking over the organisation and marketing and making Fan Fests an integral part of future World Cups.[63]
### Locations
- Berlin — Straße des 17. Juni (between Brandenburg Gate and Victory Column)[64][65]
- Cologne — Heumarkt, Roncalliplatz, Rheinauhafen and Deutzer shipyard[66][65]
- Frankfurt — MainArena (at banks of Main river)[67][65]
- Stuttgart — Schlossplatz[68]
- Hamburg — Heiligengeistfeld[69]
- Dortmund — Friedensplatz[70]
- Munich — Olympiapark[71]
- Nuremberg — Volksfestplatz[72]
- Hannover — Waterlooplatz[73]
- Leipzig — Augustusplatz[74]
- Gelsenkirchen — Glückauf-Kampfbahn[75]
- Kaiserslautern — Stiftsplatz, Barbarossastrasse[65]
## Marketing
### Broadcasting
FIFA, through several companies, sold the **rights for the broadcast of 2006 FIFA World Cup** to the following broadcasters.
### Broadcasting rights
Broadcasters that were confirmed to be screening some or all of the matches in standard definition are in **bold**. Broadcasters screening matches in UHF were free-to-air.
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Ref |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arab world | ART | |
| Albania | DigitAlb | |
| Argentina | Telefe, El Trece, El Nueve, América TV, TyC Sports & DirecTV | |
| Armenia | ARMTV | |
| Australia | SBS | |
| Austria | ORF | |
| Azerbaijan | Lider TV | |
| Bangladesh | BTV | |
| Belgium | Dutch:VRT & KANALTWEE | |
| Belgium | French:RTBF | |
| Bhutan | ESPN STAR Sports | |
| Bolivia | Unitel | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BHRT | |
| Brazil | HDTV:Cable/Satellite (Pay): BandSports & SporTV | |
| Brazil | SDTV:Free-to-air: Rede GloboCable/Satellite (Pay): ESPN Brasil | |
| Brunei | Satellite (pay): Kristal-Astro (8-live digital satellite channels dedicated exclusively to the 2006 FIFA World Cup) | |
| Bulgaria | BNT | |
| Canada | English:CTV, Rogers Sportsnet & TSN | |
| Canada | French:SRC | |
| Canada | Portuguese & Italian:Omni 1 | |
| Canada | Cantonese & Chinese:Omni 2 | |
| Chile | Megavisión, TVN, RED Televisión & DirecTV | |
| China | CCTV (64-matches including: 56-matches live on CCTV-5, 4-matches live on CCTV-7 & 4-matches on CCTV-1) | |
| Colombia | Caracol, RCN & DirecTV (all matches) | |
| Costa Rica | Repretel | |
| Cuba | Tele Rebelde | |
| Croatia | HRT | |
| Cyprus | RIK | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Television | |
| Denmark | DR1 & TV 2 | |
| Ecuador | Teleamazonas, RTS & Ecuavisa | |
| Estonia | ETV | |
| Finland | YLE | |
| France | TF1, M6, Canal+, Eurosport France | |
| Georgia | GPB | |
| Germany | HD:Premiere HDSD:ARD, ZDF, RTL & Premiere | |
| Greece | ERT1 & NET | |
| Guatemala | Canal 3 & Canal 7 | |
| Honduras | TVC | |
| Hong Kong | Free-to-air: ATV & TVB (4-matches including: 1-opening matches, 2-semi finals & 1-finals) Cable (pay): Cable TV Hong Kong (all matches) | |
| Hungary | RTL Klub & Sport Klub | |
| Iceland | Sýn | |
| India | Free-to-air: Doordarshan Satellite (pay): ESPN STAR Sports | |
| Indonesia | SCTV (64 matches includes 56 live telecast and 8 taped group stage matches) | [76] |
| Iran | IRIB | |
| Ireland | RTÉ | |
| Israel | Free-to-air: Channel 2 (Reshet), Channel 10 Satellite/Cable (pay): Sport 5, Sport 1 and Sport 2 | |
| Italy | Free-to-air: RAI (1-matches per day) Satellite (pay): Sky Sport (all matches) | |
| Japan | Free-to-air: Fuji TV | |
| Kenya | KTN & KBC | |
| North Korea | KBS (KBS 1TV), MBC & SBS | |
| South Korea | KBS (KBS 1TV), MBC & SBS | |
| Latvia | LTV7 & Channel 1 | |
| Lithuania | LRT | |
| Macedonia | MKTV | |
| Malaysia | Free-to-air: Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM1 & RTM2) & NTV7Satellite (pay): Astro (8-live digital satellite channels dedicated exclusively to the 2006 FIFA World Cup) | |
| Malta | Melita Sports | |
| Mexico | Free-to-air: TV Azteca & Televisa Cable (pay): Mega Cable and Cablevisión Satellite (pay): SKY México | |
| Moldova | TRM | |
| Montenegro | TV In | |
| Netherlands | NOS | |
| New Zealand | TV1 & Sky | |
| Norway | NRK & TV2 | |
| Pakistan | PTV | |
| Panama | Channel 4 | |
| Paraguay | SNT | |
| Peru | ATV (Channel 9) | |
| Philippines | RPN, SportsPlus | |
| Poland | Polsat and TVP | |
| Portugal | RTP, SIC & Sport TV | |
| Puerto Rico | Univision Puerto Rico, ABC & ESPN | |
| Romania | RTV | |
| Russia | Perviy Kanal & VGTRK | |
| Middle East and North Africa | ART & (Al Riyadiah, only ln Saudi Arabia) | |
| Serbia | PTC, RTK | |
| Singapore | Free-to-air: MediaCorp TV Channel 5 (4-matches including: 1-opening matches, 2-semi finals & 1-finals)Cable (pay): StarHub Cable Television (all matches) | |
| Slovakia | STV | |
| Slovenia | RTV & Kanal A | |
| South Africa | Free-to-air: SABC Satellite (pay): Super Sport | |
| Spain | la Sexta, Cuatro TV and Digital+ | |
| Sweden | SVT & TV4 | |
| Switzerland | German: SF2 | |
| Switzerland | French: TSR2 | |
| Switzerland | Italian: TSI2 | |
| Taiwan | Era Television (3-cable channels for coverage) | |
| Thailand | Free-to-air: Channel 3, Channel 5, Channel 7, Channel 9, Channel 11 & ITV (all matches available on non-subscription television) | |
| Trinidad and Tobago: | CCN TV6 | |
| Turkey | Kanal 1 | |
| Ukraine | Inter & ICTV | |
| United Kingdom and territories England Scotland Northern Ireland Wales | HD:BBC HD & ITV HD | |
| United Kingdom and territories England Scotland Northern Ireland Wales | SD:BBC & ITV | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | English:ABC, ESPN & ESPN2 | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | Spanish:Univision & TeleFutura | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | German:Setanta Sports | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | French:TV5Monde | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | Portuguese:RBTI & Rede Globo | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | Persian:Tapesh TV | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | Arabic:ART | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | Japanese:TV Japan | |
| United States and territories American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands | Korean:KBS | |
| Uruguay | Teledoce, Monte Carlo TV, Canal 10, DirecTV | |
| Venezuela | Venevisión, RCTV, Meridiano Televisión & DirecTV | |
| Vietnam | FPT, VTV, HTV & VTC | |
### Sponsorship
The sponsors of the 2006 World Cup consisted of 15 FIFA Partners.[77]
| FIFA partners | FIFA partners.1 | FIFA partners.2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adidas[78] Avaya[79] Budweiser[80][81] Coca-Cola[82][83] Continental[84] | Deutsche Telekom[85][86] Emirates[87][88] Fujifilm[89][90] Gillette[91] Hyundai[92] | MasterCard[93][94] McDonald's[95] Philips[96] Toshiba[97][98] Yahoo[99][100] |
## Symbols
### Mascot
The official mascot of this World Cup was "Goleo VI"[101]
### Match ball
The official match ball was "Teamgeist", manufactured by Adidas.[102]
### Music
The official song was "The Time of Our Lives".[103] The official anthem was "Zeit dass sich was dreht (Celebrate The Day)".
## Evaluation of Germany as host nation
Fans in celebratory motorcadeCelebrating fans in Olympiapark in Munich during the opening match between Germany and Costa Rica
FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated the organization of the tournament was the best in history and that Germany had a welcoming public.[104] Through the many fanfests and large-screen broadcasts the feeling of a four-week national festival developed, in which much of the population took part.
During the first weeks of the tournament, there was concerned discussion about the wide display of the German national flag and the German national colours on houses, vehicles and clothing.[105] Numerous national and international observers from media, society and politics considered that this signified not only great support for the German football team, but even a "new patriotism". This continued a development already observed during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[106] A study by the University of Marburg suggested a slight rise in national pride.[107] However, sporadic attempts of far right organisations to use the tournament as a platform for their propaganda remained unsuccessful.[108]
As the German national football team contributed to arousing this previously undeclared enthusiasm and euphoria in Germany over a period of weeks, the then German President Horst Köhler presented the national players on 14 August 2006 with the _Silbernes Lorbeerblatt_ (Silver Laurel Leaf), the highest sports award in Germany. The team's trainer, Jürgen Klinsmann, in February 2007 was furthermore awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz, not least for his reformed methods of modern training and playing methods, in which he persevered despite harsh criticism. Nevertheless, Klinsmann announced after the tournament that he would not extend his contract as trainer of the national team, since he felt completely burned-out and wished to spend more time with his family in California. The German Football Association (DFB) on the same day named as Klinsmann's successor his assistant trainer Joachim Löw, since in the opinion of the DFB leadership he would best continue Klinsmann's work and training methods.
According to a representative survey taken in Trier by the European Tourism Institute (ETI), 96% of the German population considered that Germany was a good host during the World Cup. Additionally 93% of those interviewed found the international football fans to be agreeable.[109]
## See also
- 2006 FIFA World Cup:
- Broadcasting rights
- Controversies
- Disciplinary record
- Officials
- Organizing Committee
- Qualification
- Seeding
- Sponsorship
- Squads
- FIFA World Cup records
- Leeuwenhosen controversy
- _Strangers_, a 2007 film which takes place during the 2006 World Cup
- _Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen_, a 2006 documentary film recording the Germany national team from boot camp in Sardegna to third place play-off against Portugal
- Adidas Teamgeist
- Voices from the FIFA World Cup
- Several countries celebrated this major event with the minting of specially high value commemorative coins. Among them is the Belgian 20 euro Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup Coin. The obverse of the coin shows a footballer with a ball, right above them '2006 FIFA World Cup Germany' can be clearly seen.
- 2006 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee
- Colpo grosso a Berlino
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, also held in Germany
## Footnotes
1. As hosts, Germany were automatically assigned to the first position in Group A.
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# 1974 FIFA World Cup
The **1974 FIFA World Cup** was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, had been won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians.
West Germany won the title, beating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final at the Olympiastadion in Munich. This was the second victory for West Germany, who had also won in 1954. Australia, East Germany, Haiti and Zaire made their first appearances at the final stage, with the latter two also making their only appearance, and East Germany making their only appearance before Germany was reunified in 1990. Brazil, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round, though they would play in the third-place match but lose to Poland.
## Host selection
West Germany was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London, England on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1978 and 1982 tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany agreed to a deal with Spain by which Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament, and in return West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed.
### Havelange on "planned" host winner
Speaking in 2008, former FIFA president João Havelange said to _Folha de Sao Paulo_ that the competition, along with the 1966 FIFA World Cup, was fixed so that the host country would win: "In the three matches that the Brazilian national team played in 1966, of the three referees and six linesmen, seven were British and two were Germans. Brazil went out, Pelé 'exited' through injury [following some rough defensive play], and England and Germany entered into the final, just as the Englishman Sir Stanley Rous, who was the President of FIFA at the time, had wanted. In Germany in 1974 the same thing happened. During the Brazil-Holland match, the referee was German, we lost 2–0 and Germany won the title. We [Havelange was Brazilian] were the best in the world, and had the same team that had won the World Cup in 1962 in Chile and 1970 in Mexico, but it was planned for the host countries to win".[2]
## Qualification
Countries qualified for World Cup Country failed to qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member in 1974
Ninety-eight countries took part in the qualifying tournament.
Some of football's most successful nations did not qualify, including 1966 champions England, France, hosts and quarter-finalists of the 1970 tournament Mexico, Spain, 1966 third-place finishers Portugal, 1970 quarter-finalists Peru, Belgium, 1962 runners-up Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Hungary, and Romania. The USSR was also disqualified after refusing to travel for the second leg of their playoff against Chile as a result of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. The Netherlands and Poland qualified for the first time since 1938. Scotland was back in the Finals after a 16-year absence. Argentina and Chile were also back after having missed the 1970 tournament and Yugoslavia was back after missing both the 1966 and 1970 tournaments.
First-time qualifiers were East Germany (who made their sole in a FIFA senior tournament's appearance as a separate team); Australia, which were the first team from Oceania to qualify (although they would not qualify again until the next time the tournament was held in Germany, in 2006); Haiti, the first team from the Caribbean to qualify since Cuba in 1938; and Zaire, the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to reach the finals, and the third African team overall.
As of 2022, this was the last time Haiti and Zaire (now DR Congo) qualified for a FIFA World Cup tournament, as well as the last time Spain failed to qualify.
This was the first tournament in which the defending champions (in this case Brazil) played in the opening game as opposed to the hosts, although this was later changed back to the hosts for the 2006 tournament, which was also held in Germany, as the defending champions no longer had a secured spot in the tournament.
### List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
**AFC (0)**
- _None qualified_
**CAF (1)**
- Zaire (debut)
**OFC (1)**
- Australia (debut)
**CONCACAF (1)**
- Haiti (debut)
**CONMEBOL (4)**
- Argentina
- Brazil (holders)
- Chile
- Uruguay
**UEFA (9)**
- Bulgaria
- East Germany (debut)
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Scotland
- Sweden
- West Germany (hosts)
- Yugoslavia
## Format
The tournament featured a new format. While the competition once again began with the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams, the eight teams which advanced did not enter a knockout stage as in the previous five World Cups but instead played in a second group stage. The winners of the two groups in the second stage then played each other in the final, with the respective runners-up from each group meeting in the third place play-off. This was one of only two times that this format was deployed (1978 being the other). For the 1974 World Cup, FIFA introduced the penalty shoot-out as a means of determining the winner in knockout stages should the match end on a draw after 120 minutes.[3] The method, however, was not put in practice as both the third-place match and the final were decided after 90 minutes. The first World Cup to feature a penalty shoot-out was the 1982 World Cup, in the semi-final match between France and West Germany.
It was decided in advance that if the host nation progressed to the second round their matches would not take place simultaneous to the other matches but instead be held in the other timeslot (either 16:00 or 19:30 local time).[4]
## Summary
Results of finalists One of two official match footballs of the FIFA World Cup 1974 – the Adidas Telstar durlast. The other, was the all-white Adidas Chile durlast
### First round
The tournament was held mostly in bad weather, and the stadia had few protected places. Only five western European nations had qualified, of which only the Netherlands, West Germany and Sweden made it past the group stage. Fans from the Eastern Communist neighbour states East Germany, Bulgaria and Poland were hindered by political circumstances.
Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first player to be sent off with a red card in a World Cup match, during their match against West Germany. Red cards were formally introduced in World Cup play in 1970, but no players were sent off in that tournament.
Two teams made a particularly powerful impact on the first round. The Netherlands demonstrated the "Total Football" techniques pioneered by the top Dutch club Ajax, in which specialised positions were virtually abolished for the outfield players, and individual players became defenders, midfielders or strikers as the situation required. The Dutch marked their first World Cup finals since 1938 by topping their first-round group, with wins over Uruguay and Bulgaria and a draw with Sweden. Sweden joined the Dutch in the second group round after beating Uruguay 3–0.
Poland, meanwhile, appearing for the first time since 1938, took maximum points from a group containing two of the favourites for the tournament. They beat Argentina 3–2, trounced Haiti 7–0, then beat Italy 2–1 – a result that allowed Argentina qualify for the second group round ahead of Italy on goal difference. Argentina would not fail to win either of their opening two games of a World Cup again until 2018.[5] While Haiti lost all three games and finished second-to-last in the tournament, they did have one moment of glory; in their opening game against Italy, they managed to take the lead with a goal from Emmanuel Sanon, before eventually losing 3–1. That goal proved to be significant as it ended Dino Zoff's run of 1,142 minutes without conceding a goal – Italy had not conceded in their last 12 international matches.
Group 2 was a particularly close group. With Brazil, Yugoslavia and Scotland drawing all their games against each other, it was decided by the number of goals these three teams scored when defeating Zaire. Yugoslavia hammered the African nation 9–0, equalling a finals record for the largest margin of victory. Brazil beat them 3–0. Scotland however only managed a 2–0 margin, and so were edged out of the tournament on goal difference. They were the only team that did not lose a game in the tournament as well as becoming the first ever country to be eliminated from a World Cup Finals without having lost a match.
Group 1 contained both East Germany and the host West Germany, and they both progressed at the expense of Chile and newcomers Australia. The last game played in Group 1 was much anticipated, a first ever clash between the two German teams. West Germany was already assured of progression to the second round whatever the result. In one of the most politically charged matches of all time, it was the East that won, thanks to a late Jürgen Sparwasser goal. This result forced a realignment of the West German team that would later help them win the tournament.
### Second round
Coincidentally, the two second-round groups both produced matches that were, in effect, semi-finals. In Group A, the Netherlands and Brazil met after each had taken maximum points from their previous two matches. In Group B, the same happened with West Germany and Poland – so the winners of these two games would contest the final.
In Group A, two goals from the inspirational Johan Cruyff helped the Dutch side thrash Argentina 4–0. At the same time, Brazil defeated East Germany 1–0. The Dutch triumphed over East Germany 2–0 while in the "Battle of the South Americans", Brazil managed to defeat Argentina 2–1 in a scrappy match. Argentina and East Germany drew 1–1 and were on their way home while the crucial match between the Netherlands and Brazil turned into another triumph for Total Football, as second-half goals from Johan Neeskens and Cruyff put the Netherlands in the final. However the match would also be remembered for harsh defending on both sides.
Meanwhile, in Group B, West Germany and Poland both managed to beat Yugoslavia and Sweden. The crucial game between the Germans and the Poles was goalless until the 76th minute, when Gerd Muller scored to send the hosts through 1–0. The Poles took third place after defeating Brazil 1–0.
### Final
The final was held on 7 July 1974 at Olympiastadion, Munich. West Germany was led by Franz Beckenbauer, while the Dutch had their star Johan Cruyff, and their Total Football system which had dazzled the competition. With just a minute gone on the clock, following a solo run, Cruyff was brought down by Uli Hoeneß inside the German penalty area, and the Dutch took the lead from the ensuing penalty by Johan Neeskens before any German player had even touched the ball. West Germany struggled to recover, and in the 26th minute were awarded a penalty, after Bernd Hölzenbein fell within the Dutch area, causing English referee Jack Taylor to award another controversial penalty. Paul Breitner spontaneously decided to kick, and scored. These two penalties were the first in a World Cup final. West Germany now pushed, and in the 43rd minute, in his typical style, Gerd Müller scored what turned out to be the winning goal, and the last of his career as he retired from the national team. The second half saw chances for both sides, with Müller putting the ball in the net for a goal that was disallowed as offside. In the 85th, Hölzenbein was fouled again, but no penalty this time. Eventually, West Germany, European Champions of 1972, also won the 1974 World Cup.
This was the only case of the reigning European champions winning the World Cup, until Spain (champions of the UEFA Euro 2008) defeated the Netherlands in the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup Final. France have also held both trophies, albeit in a different order, at the same time by winning the 1998 World Cup followed by Euro 2000.
Joao Havelange (former FIFA President from 1974 to 1998) claimed that the 1966 and 1974 World Cups were fixed so that England and Germany would win respectively.[6]
This was only the second time that a team had won the World Cup after losing a match in the Finals (West Germany losing to East Germany during the group stage). The previous occasion was West Germany's earlier win in 1954.
Poland's Grzegorz Lato led the tournament in scoring seven goals. Gerd Müller's goal in the final was the 14th in his career of two World Cups, beating Just Fontaine's record of 13, in his single World Cup. Müller's record was only surpassed 32 years later, in 2006 by Ronaldo's 15 goals from three World Cups and then 8 years after, in 2014 by Klose's 16 goals from four World Cups.
Günter Netzer, who came on as a substitute for West Germany during the defeat by the East Germans, was playing for Real Madrid at the time: this was the first time that a World Cup winner had played for a club outside his home country.
This is the last of four FIFA World Cup tournaments to date with no extra-time matches. The others are the 1930, 1950, and 1962 tournaments.
## Mascot
The official mascots of this World Cup were _Tip_ and _Tap_, two boys wearing an outfit similar to West Germany's, with the letters WM (_Weltmeisterschaft_, World Cup) and number 74.
## Venues
| West Berlin | Munich, Bavaria | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Olympiastadion | Olympiastadion | Neckarstadion |
| Capacity: 86,000 | Capacity: 77,573 | Capacity: 72,200 |
| | | |
| Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Parkstadion | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Capacity: 72,000 | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Rheinstadion | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Capacity: 70,100 | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Frankfurt, Hesse | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Waldstadion | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Capacity: 62,200 | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund | MunichWest BerlinStuttgartGelsenkirchenDüsseldorfFrankfurtHamburgHanoverDortmund |
| Hamburg | Hanover, Lower Saxony | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Volksparkstadion | Niedersachsenstadion | Westfalenstadion |
| Capacity: 61,300 | Capacity: 60,400 | Capacity: 53,600 |
| | | |
## Match officials
**AFC**
- Jafar Namdar
- Govindasamy Suppiah
**CAF**
- Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel
- Youssou N'Diaye
**CONCACAF**
- Alfonso González Archundía
- Werner Winsemann
**CONMEBOL**
- Ramón Barreto
- Omar Delgado Gómez
- Vicente Llobregat
- Armando Marques
- Luis Pestarino
- Edison Peréz Núñez
**UEFA**
- Heinz Aldinger
- Aurelio Angonese
- Doğan Babacan
- Bob Davidson
- Rudi Glöckner
- Pavel Kasakov
- Erich Linemayr
- Vital Loraux
- Károly Palotai
- Nicolae Rainea
- Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez
- Rudolf Scheurer
- Gerhard Schulenburg
- Jack Taylor
- Clive Thomas
- Kurt Tschenscher
- Arie van Gemert
- Hans-Joachim Weyland
**OFC**
- Tony Boskovic
## Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see _1974 FIFA World Cup squads_.
## Seeding
The FIFA Organising Committee agreed by vote to seed the hosts, holders and the other two 1970 semi-finalists into the first position of the four groups:[7]
- Brazil (1970 semi-finalists and holders)
- Italy (1970 semi-finalists)
- Uruguay (1970 semi-finalists)
- West Germany (1970 semi-finalists and hosts)
Then the remaining spots in the groups were determined by dividing the participants into pots based on geographical sections. When the final draw was held, the 16th and final qualifier was not yet known; it would be either Yugoslavia or Spain subject to the result of a final playoff match in February 1974. The two teams had finished with an identical record in their qualification group, and following this situation the rules were changed, so that tied teams had to compete in a playoff match on neutral ground.
| Seeded teams (hosts, holders and 1970 semi-finalists) | Pot 1: Western Europe (unseeded teams) | Pot 2: Eastern Europe (unseeded teams) | Pot 3: South America (unseeded teams) | Pot 4: Rest of the World (unseeded teams) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| West Germany (hosts, Group 1) Brazil (holders, Group 2) Italy (Group 3 or 4, decided by draw) Uruguay (Group 3 or 4, decided by draw) | Netherlands Scotland | Bulgaria East Germany Poland Yugoslavia or Spain | Argentina Chile | Australia Haiti Sweden Zaire |
### Final draw
The final draw took place at 21:30 local time on 5 January 1974 in HR Sendesaal in Frankfurt,[8] and was televised on Eurovision. 80 commentators were gathered at the Eurovision headquarters, and TV stations from 32 countries had requested pictures of the ceremony at the time.[8] The TV broadcast of this show was followed by an estimated 800 million people.
Ahead of the draw, the FIFA Organising Committee decided that the host nation (West Germany) and trophy holder (Brazil) would be seeded, and placed respectively into the first position of Groups 1 and 2 prior to the draw. The remaining two top-seeded teams (Uruguay and Italy) would be drawn into the first position of Group 3 and Group 4.[a] It was also decided that South American nations could not play in the same group during the first group stage. In other words, Argentina and Chile drawn from pot 3, could not be drawn into the two groups seeded by Brazil and Uruguay.
Uruguay was drawn before Italy, taking the seeded first position of Group 3, and Italy were drawn into the seeded first position of Group 4.[a] Next, the remaining two South American teams from pot 3 were drawn into the two top-seeded European groups (Group 1 and Group 4), as per the draw regulations. This was followed by a draw of the remaining two European teams from pot 1 into Groups 2 and 3. Finally other nations were drawn on an unseeded basis, one by one into Group 1–4 in numerical order, first from pot 2 and then from pot 4.[10][9]
The "innocent hand" who made the draws was an 11-year-old boy, Detlef Lange, a member of the Schöneberger Sängerknaben, a children's choir.[8]
The great sensation of the draw was the meeting of the two German teams in Group 1. When FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous had announced the lot, the room was quiet for a few moments, followed by long-lasting applause. In the days following the event, a rumour began circulating that East Germany would consider withdrawing from the World Cup following a meeting with the West Germany delegation; however, this was quickly and officially denied by the East German government.[11]
## Group stage
The first round, or first group stage, saw the 16 teams divided evenly into four groups. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played each of the other teams in the same group once. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified for the second round, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament.
**Tie-breaking criteria**
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
- 1. Greater number of points in all group matches
- 2. Goal difference in all group matches
- 3. Goals scored in all group matches
- 4. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
### Group 1
East German line-up v. Australia
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | East Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| West Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Breitner 18' | Report |
Olympiastadion, West BerlinAttendance: 81,100Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)
| East Germany | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Curran 58' (o.g.)Streich 72' | Report |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 17,000Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
| 0–3 | West Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Overath 12'Cullmann 34'Müller 53' |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 53,000Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt)
| Chile | 1–1 | East Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ahumada 69' | Report | Hoffmann 55' |
Olympiastadion, West BerlinAttendance: 28,300Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Olympiastadion, West BerlinAttendance: 17,400Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)
| East Germany | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Sparwasser 77' | Report |
Volksparkstadion, HamburgAttendance: 60,200Referee: Ramón Barreto Ruíz (Uruguay)
### Group 2
Jairzinho's goal against Zaire
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Zaire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 62,000Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
| 0–2 | Scotland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Lorimer 26'Jordan 34' |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 25,800Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
| Yugoslavia | 9–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Bajević 8', 30', 81'Džajić 14'Šurjak 18'Katalinski 22'Bogićević 35'Oblak 61'Petković 65' | Report |
Parkstadion, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 31,700Referee: Omar Delgado Gómez (Colombia)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 62,000Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)
| Scotland | 1–1 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan 88' | Report | Karasi 81' |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 56,000Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)
| 0–3 | Brazil |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Jairzinho 12'Rivellino 66'Valdomiro 79' |
Parkstadion, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 36,200Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Rep 7', 86' |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 55,100Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Rheinstadion, DüsseldorfAttendance: 23,800Referee: Edison Peréz Núñez (Peru)
| Bulgaria | 1–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bonev 75' | Report | Pavoni 87' |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 13,400Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 53,700Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)
| Bulgaria | 1–4 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Krol 78' (o.g.) | Report | Neeskens 5' (pen.), 44' (pen.)Rep 71'de Jong 88' |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 53,300Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)
| Sweden | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Edström 46', 77'Sandberg 74' | Report |
Rheinstadion, DüsseldorfAttendance: 28,300Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
### Group 4
Capello (No.8) is brought down v. Haiti
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Italy | 3–1 | Haiti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rivera 52'Benetti 66'Anastasi 79' | Report | Sanon 46' |
Olympiastadion, MunichAttendance: 53,000Referee: Vicente Llobregat (Venezuela)
| Poland | 3–2 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lato 7', 62'Szarmach 8' | Report | Heredia 60'Babington 66' |
Neckarstadion, StuttgartAttendance: 32,700Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
| Argentina | 1–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Houseman 20' | Report | Perfumo 35' (o.g.) |
Neckarstadion, StuttgartAttendance: 70,100Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)
| 0–7 | Poland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Lato 17', 87'Deyna 18'Szarmach 30', 34', 50'Gorgoń 31' |
Olympiastadion, MunichAttendance: 25,300Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)
| Argentina | 4–1 | Haiti |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yazalde 15', 68'Houseman 18'Ayala 55' | Report | Sanon 63' |
Olympiastadion, MunichAttendance: 25,900Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)
| Poland | 2–1 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Szarmach 38'Deyna 44' | Report | Capello 85' |
Neckarstadion, StuttgartAttendance: 70,100Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
## Second round
The second round, or second group stage, saw the eight teams progressing from the first round divided into two groups of four teams on the basis of the tournament regulations. Group A would consist of the winners of Groups 1 and 3, plus the runners-up from Groups 2 and 4. Group B would consist of the other four teams, namely the winners of Groups 2 and 4, plus the runners-up from Group 1 and 3. Like the first group stage, each group in the second round was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The two teams finishing first in each group advanced to the final, while the two runners-up would meet to decide third place.
**Tie-breaking criteria**
Teams were ranked on the following criteria:
- 1. Greater number of points in all second round group matches
- 2. Goal difference in all second round group matches
- 3. Goals scored in all second round group matches
- 4. Higher finishing position in the table in the first round
- 5. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
_All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)_
### Group A
Streich heads East Germany into the lead against Argentina
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to third place play-off |
| 3 | East Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Netherlands | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Cruyff 11', 90'Krol 25'Rep 73' | Report |
Parkstadion, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 56,548Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Rivellino 60' | Report |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 59,863Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
| Argentina | 1–2 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brindisi 35' | Report | Rivellino 32'Jairzinho 49' |
Niedersachsenstadion, HanoverAttendance: 39,400Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
| 0–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Neeskens 7'Rensenbrink 59' |
Parkstadion, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 68,348Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
| Argentina | 1–1 | East Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Houseman 20' | Report | Streich 14' |
Parkstadion, GelsenkirchenAttendance: 54,254Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
| Netherlands | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Neeskens 50'Cruyff 65' | Report |
Westfalenstadion, DortmundAttendance: 53,700Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
### Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to third place play-off |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–2 | West Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Breitner 39'Müller 82' |
Rheinstadion, DüsseldorfAttendance: 67,385Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)
| 0–1 | Poland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Lato 43' |
Neckarstadion, StuttgartAttendance: 44,955Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
| Poland | 2–1 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Deyna 24' (pen.)Lato 62' | Report | Karasi 43' |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 58,000Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
| West Germany | 4–2 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Overath 51'Bonhof 52'Grabowski 76'Hoeneß 89' (pen.) | Report | Edström 24'Sandberg 53' |
Rheinstadion, DüsseldorfAttendance: 67,800Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)
| 0–1 | West Germany |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Müller 76' |
Waldstadion, FrankfurtAttendance: 62,000Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)
| Sweden | 2–1 | Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Edström 29'Torstensson 85' | Report | Šurjak 27' |
Rheinstadion, DüsseldorfAttendance: 41,300Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina)
## Knockout stage
The third place play-off was the first match in FIFA World Cup history in which a penalty shoot-out could potentially be held (in the event of the score being level after the regular 90 minutes and 30 minutes' extra time). If the teams remained tied in the final after extra time, a replay would be held. Only if the scores remained level during the replay after the regular 90 minutes and 30 minutes' extra time would penalties be used to determine the champion. At all previous World Cup tournaments, the drawing of lots had been foreseen in this situation to split the teams, but it was never used.
_All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1)_
### Third place play-off
| 0–1 | Poland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Lato 76' |
Olympiastadion, MunichAttendance: 77,100Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
### Final
| Netherlands | 1–2 | West Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neeskens 2' (pen.) | Report | Breitner 25' (pen.)Müller 43' |
Olympiastadion, MunichAttendance: 75,200Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
## Goalscorers
With seven goals, Grzegorz Lato of Poland was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 97 goals were scored by 52 players, with two of them credited as own goals and one player scored for and against.
**7 goals**
- Grzegorz Lato
**5 goals**
- Johan Neeskens
- Andrzej Szarmach
**4 goals**
- Johnny Rep
- Ralf Edström
- Gerd Müller
**3 goals**
- René Houseman
- Rivellino
- Johan Cruyff
- Kazimierz Deyna
- Paul Breitner
- Dušan Bajević
**2 goals**
- Héctor Yazalde
- Jairzinho
- Joachim Streich
- Emmanuel Sanon
- Joe Jordan
- Roland Sandberg
- Wolfgang Overath
- Stanislav Karasi
- Ivica Šurjak
**1 goal**
- Rubén Ayala
- Carlos Babington
- Miguel Ángel Brindisi
- Ramón Heredia
- Valdomiro
- Hristo Bonev
- Sergio Ahumada
- Martin Hoffmann
- Jürgen Sparwasser
- Pietro Anastasi
- Romeo Benetti
- Fabio Capello
- Gianni Rivera
- Theo de Jong
- Ruud Krol
- Rob Rensenbrink
- Jerzy Gorgoń
- Peter Lorimer
- Conny Torstensson
- Ricardo Pavoni
- Rainer Bonhof
- Bernhard Cullmann
- Jürgen Grabowski
- Uli Hoeneß
- Vladislav Bogićević
- Dragan Džajić
- Josip Katalinski
- Branko Oblak
- Ilija Petković
**Own goals**
- Roberto Perfumo (for Italy)
- Colin Curran (for East Germany)
- Ruud Krol (for Bulgaria)
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[13][14] The rankings for the 1974 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | West Germany | 1/B | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3/A | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 11 |
| 3 | Poland | 4/B | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 12 |
| 4 | Brazil | 2/A | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
| Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage | Eliminated in the second group stage |
| 5 | Sweden | 3/B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| 6 | East Germany | 1/A | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 2/B | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 4 |
| 8 | Argentina | 4/A | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 4 |
| Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage | Eliminated in the first group stage |
| 9 | Scotland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| 10 | Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| 11 | Chile | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 13 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| 14 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
| 15 | Haiti | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
| 16 | Zaire | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
## Notes
1. First position of the four groups were for unknown reasons, displayed at the televised draw as the second line of each drawn group.[9] The top-seeded team at this "first position" in Group 1 had the benefit of playing the first opening match and closing match of their group, after knowing the results from competing matches. In groups 2–4, all matches were played at the exact same local time, meaning there was no benefit for the top-seeded team, other than having avoided to meet other top-seeded teams already in the first group stage.
2. Originally scheduled for 16:00, the kick-off was delayed due to heavy rain, which created puddles on the lawn.[12]
Scotland were the only unbeaten team in the finals tournament, beating Zaire and drawing with Brazil and Yugoslavia in the first round. Even West Germany, the eventual champions, lost to neighbours East Germany in their group stage match.
## References
1. "1974 FIFA World Cup Germany - Awards". _FIFA.com_. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
2. "1966 & 1974 World Cups Were Fixed - Former FIFA President". _Goal.com_. 26 June 2008.
3. "Nur das Endspiel wird wiederholt". _Kicker Sportmagazin - Sonderheft WM 74 (World Cup '74 special issue)_ (in German). May–June 1974. p. 131.
4. "Das ist der Fahrplan". _Kicker Sportmagazin – Sonderheft WM '74_ (in German). May–June 1974. p. 5.
5. "Argentina on brink as Ante Rebic sparks rout to put Croatia through". _TheGuardian.com_. 21 June 2018.
6. "1966 & 1974 World Cups Were Fixed – Former FIFA President". Goal.com. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
7. "FIFA World Cup seeded teams" (PDF). _FIFA World Cup seeded teams 1930–2006_. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2013.
8. "Ein Elfjähriger schreibt Fußball-Geschichte" (in German). Archived from the original on 10 December 2005.
9. _FIFA World Cup draw 1974 - mute_ (video). 5 January 1974. Retrieved 21 July 2015 – via YouTube.
10. _SYND 06/01/74 drawing of positions for the 1974 Football World Cup_ (video). 5 January 1974. Retrieved 23 July 2015 – via YouTube.
11. (de) Karl Adolf Scherer: Die Deutschen in einer Gruppe: Die Auslosung am 5. Januar 1974 aus Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1974, page 114
12. "Schon's West Germans in numbers". _FIFA.com_. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
13. "page 45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
14. "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7" (PDF). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
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title: 1950 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_FIFA_World_Cup
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# 1950 FIFA World Cup
The **1950 FIFA World Cup** was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. it was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. It was the first World Cup tournament in over twelve years, as the 1942 and 1946 World Cups were cancelled due to World War II. Italy, the two-time defending champions, were eliminated in the first round for the first time in history. Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930, defeated the host nation, Brazil, in the deciding match of the four-team group of the final round. This was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final. It was also the inaugural tournament where the trophy was referred to as the Jules Rimet Cup, to mark the 25th anniversary of Jules Rimet's presidency of FIFA.
## Host selection
Because of World War II, the World Cup had not been staged since 1938; the planned World Cups of 1942 and 1946 were both cancelled. After the war, FIFA were keen to resurrect the competition as soon as possible, and they began making plans for a World Cup tournament to take place. In the aftermath of the war, much of Europe lay in ruins. As a result, FIFA had difficulties finding a country interested in hosting the event, since many governments believed that their scarce resources ought to be devoted to more urgent priorities than a sporting tournament.
The World Cup was at risk of not being held for sheer lack of interest from the international community, until Brazil presented a bid at the 1946 FIFA Congress, offering to host the event on condition that the tournament take place in 1950 rather than the originally proposed year of 1949.[2] Brazil and Germany had been the leading bidders to host the cancelled 1942 World Cup; since both the 1934 and 1938 tournaments had been held in Europe, football historians generally agree that the 1942 event would most likely have been awarded to a South American host country. Brazil's new bid was very similar to the mooted 1942 bid and was quickly accepted.
## Qualification
Having secured a host nation, FIFA would dedicate some time to persuading countries to send their national teams to compete. Italy was of particular interest as the long-standing defending champions, having won the two previous tournaments in 1934 and 1938; however, Italy's national team was weakened severely as most of its starting line-up perished in the Superga air disaster one year before the start of the tournament. The Italians were eventually persuaded to attend, and travelled by boat rather than by plane.[3]
Brazil (the host country) and Italy (the defending champion) qualified automatically, leaving 14 places remaining. Of these, seven were allocated to Europe, six to the Americas, and one to Asia.
### Former Axis powers
Both Germany (still occupied and partitioned) and Japan (still occupied) were unable to participate. The Japan Football Association (suspended for failure to pay dues in 1945) and the German Football Association (disbanded in 1945 and reorganised in January 1950) were not readmitted to FIFA until September 1950, while the Deutscher Fußball-Verband der DDR in East Germany was not admitted to FIFA until 1952. The French-occupied Saarland had been accepted by FIFA two weeks before the World Cup. This is the most recent World Cup finals not to feature Germany in it.
### United Kingdom nations
The "Home" nations were invited to take part, having rejoined FIFA four years earlier, after 17 years of self-imposed exile. It was decided to use the 1949–50 British Home Championship as a qualifying group, with the top two teams qualifying. England finished first and Scotland second.
### Teams refusing to participate
A number of teams refused to participate in the qualifying tournament, including most nations behind the Iron Curtain, such as the Soviet Union, 1934 finalists Czechoslovakia, and 1938 finalists Hungary.[3] Ultimately, Yugoslavia was the only Eastern European nation to take part in the tournament.
### Withdrawals during qualification
Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru in South America withdrew after the qualifying draw, in Argentina's case because of a dispute with the Brazilian Football Confederation. This meant that Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay qualified from South America by default.[3] In Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Burma all withdrew, leaving India to qualify by default. In Europe, Austria withdrew, claiming its team was too inexperienced.[3] Belgium also withdrew from the qualification tournament.[3] These withdrawals meant that Switzerland and Turkey qualified without having to play their final round of matches.[4]
### Qualified teams and withdrawals after qualification
The following 16 teams originally qualified for the final tournament:
**Asia (0)**
- India (withdrew)
**Africa (0)**
- None qualified
**North, Central America and Caribbean (2)**
- Mexico
- United States
**South America (5)**
- Bolivia
- Brazil (hosts)
- Chile
- Paraguay
- Uruguay (1930 champions)
**Europe (6)**
- England (debut)
- Italy (1934 & 1938 champions)
- Scotland (withdrew)
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey (withdrew)
- Yugoslavia
Participating countries after 3 of the 16 qualifying countries withdrew.
Before the qualification competition, George Graham, chairman of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), had said that Scotland would only travel to Brazil as winners of the Home Championship[5] (England, by contrast, had committed to attending, even if they finished in second place).[5] After Scotland ended up in second place behind England,[6][7] the Scottish captain George Young, encouraged by England captain Billy Wright, pleaded with the SFA to change its mind and accept the place in Brazil; however, Graham refused to change his position and so Scotland withdrew from the tournament.[5]
Turkey also withdrew, citing financial conditions that included the cost of travelling to South America.[8] FIFA invited Portugal, Republic of Ireland and France, who had been eliminated in qualifying, to fill the gaps left by Scotland and Turkey. Portugal and Republic of Ireland refused, but France initially accepted and was entered into the draw.
### Draw and withdrawals after the draw
The draw, held in Rio on 22 May 1950, allocated the fifteen remaining teams into four groups:[9][10]
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil Mexico Yugoslavia Switzerland | England Spain Chile United States | Sweden Italy Paraguay India | Uruguay France Bolivia |
After the draw, the Indian football association, All India Football Federation (AIFF) decided against going to the World Cup, citing travel costs (although FIFA had agreed to bear a major part of the travel expenses),[11] lack of practice time, team selection issues, and valuing the Olympics over the FIFA World Cup.[11] Although FIFA had imposed a rule banning barefoot play following the 1948 Summer Olympics,[12] where India had played barefoot, the Indian captain at the time, Sailen Manna, claimed that this was not part of the AIFF's decision.[13] According to Indian sports journalist Jaydeep Basu, India did not participate because the AIFF did not have confidence in its players.[14]
France also withdrew, citing the amount of travel that would be required between the venues of the Group 4 matches. There was not enough time to invite further replacement teams or to reorganise the groups, so the tournament featured only thirteen teams, with just three nations in Group 3 and two nations in Group 4. Also, France withdrew means Brazil is the only team who had played in every World Cup from its inauguration in 1930 to date.
Of the thirteen teams that competed, only one, England, was making its debut. Several of the teams from the Americas teams were competing for the first time since the inaugural 1930 tournament – this included undefeated Uruguay, as well as Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Yugoslavia was also making its first appearance since 1930. Spain and the United States qualified for the first time since 1934. This would be the United States' last appearance at the World Cup finals until 1990, and Bolivia's last until 1994.
## Format
A new playing format was proposed by the Brazilian organisers of the tournament to maximise matches and ticket sales since the stadium and infrastructure were so costly. The 13 teams were divided into four first-round groups (or "pools" as they were then called) of four teams, with the winner of each group advancing to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the cup winner. A straight knockout tournament, as had been used in 1934 and 1938, would have featured only sixteen games (including the third-place playoff), while the proposed two rounds of the group format would guarantee thirty games, and thus more ticket revenue.[15] In addition, this format would guarantee each team at least three games, and thus provide more incentive for European teams to make the journey to South America and compete.[15] FIFA originally resisted this proposal, but reconsidered when Brazil threatened to back out of hosting the tournament if this format was not used.[15]
In each group, teams were awarded 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. Had there been a tie on points for first place in a group, a playoff would have been held to determine the group winner.[16]
The entire tournament was arranged in such a way that the four first-round groups had no geographical basis. Hence, several teams were obliged to cover large distances to complete their programme, although Brazil was allowed to play two of its three group matches in Rio de Janeiro while its other group game was held in the relatively nearby city of São Paulo.
## Summary
Ticket for the 1950 World Cup's decisive match between Brazil and Uruguay.
A combined Great Britain team had recently beaten the rest of Europe 6–1 in an exhibition match and England went into the competition as one of the favourites; however, they went crashing out after a shock 1–0 defeat by the United States and a 1–0 defeat by Spain. Italy, the defending champions, lost their unbeaten record at the World Cup finals with a 3–2 defeat by Sweden in its opening match and failed to progress to the second round.
The final match in Group 1 between Switzerland and Mexico was the second time a national team did not play in their own kit, the first being 1934 match between Austria and Germany when both teams arrived with white kits, and the Austrians borrowed blue kits from club side Napoli. Both teams arrived with only their red kits, so the Brazilian Football Confederation tossed a coin, with Mexico thus earning the right to play in their own kit, a right they waived as a friendly gesture, allowing the Swiss to wear their own kit while Mexico changed. The local team that lent their shirts was Esporte Clube Cruzeiro from Porto Alegre. The shirts had vertical blue and white stripes.[17]
The opening game of the Maracanã Stadium, shortly before the 1950 FIFA World Cup
The final group stage involved the teams that had won their groups: Brazil, Spain, Sweden and 1930 FIFA World Cup champions Uruguay, who were making their first World Cup appearance since winning the inaugural tournament. The World Cup winner would be the team that finished on top of this group. The final group's six matches were shared between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brazil played all its final group matches at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio while the games that did not involve the host nation were played in São Paulo.
Brazil won their first two matches with a 7–1 thrashing of Sweden and 6–1 rout of Spain, putting them on top of the group with one game left to play against Uruguay; in second and only a point behind. Brazil had scored 23 goals in the tournament and only conceded four, and so were strong favourites. The two teams had played three matches against each other in the Copa Río Branco, played in Brazil two months previously, with one match won by Uruguay 4–3 and two by Brazil (2–1 and 1–0), who won the tournament. Thus the difference in quality between the teams was not excessive; unlike Spain and Sweden the Uruguayans were used to the challenges in the big South American stadiums.[18]
On 16 July, before a huge home crowd of 199,954 (some estimated as 205,000) in the Estádio do Maracanã, the host nation only had to draw against Uruguay and the trophy would be theirs. After such crushing victories over Spain and Sweden, it looked certain they would take the title, and the home nation duly went ahead in the second minute of the second half, thanks to a goal from Friaça. However, Uruguay equalised and then, with just over 11 minutes left to play, went ahead 2–1 when Alcides Ghiggia squeaked a goal past Moacyr Barbosa, so Uruguay was crowned World Cup champions for a second time. This stunning defeat surprised Brazil to the point of shock and is known as the _Maracanazo_ ("Maracanã blow"). Barbosa was blamed for the defeat, for which he suffered for the rest of his life as the match became part of Brazilian Tragedy. In 2000, shortly before his death, he said in an interview:
"The maximum punishment in Brazil is 30 years' imprisonment, but I have been paying, for something I am not even responsible for, by now, for 50 years."[19]
The average attendance of nearly 61,000 per game, aided greatly by eight matches (including five featuring hosts Brazil) held in the newly built Maracanã, set a record that would not be broken until 1994. Not counting the Maracanã matches, the average attendance was a still-impressive 37,500; however, the only venues that saw crowds comparable to or greater than those in recent World Cups were the Maracanã and São Paulo. Other venues saw considerably smaller crowds.
Antonio Carbajal from Mexico was the last living player from this World Cup, he died in 2023.
## Venues
Six venues in six cities around Brazil hosted the 22 matches played for this tournament. The Maracanã in the then-capital of Rio de Janeiro hosted eight matches, including all but one of the host's matches, including the _Maracanazo_ match in the second round-robin group that decided the winners of the tournament. The Pacaembu stadium in São Paulo hosted six matches; these two stadiums in São Paulo and Rio were the only venues that hosted the second round-robin matches. The Estádio Sete de Setembro in Belo Horizonte hosted three matches, the Durival de Britto stadium in Curitiba and the Eucaliptos stadium in Porto Alegre each hosted two matches, and the Ilha do Retiro stadium in far-away Recife only hosted one match. In order to present itself as a modern country, Brazil invested a today's equivalent of 290 million US-Dollars into new stadiums. The newly built Maracanã cost around 275 million US-Dollars alone.[20]
| Rio de Janeiro | São Paulo | Belo Horizonte |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Estádio do Maracanã | Estádio do Pacaembu | Estádio Sete de Setembro |
| 22°54′43.8″S 43°13′48.59″W / 22.912167°S 43.2301639°W | 23°32′55.1″S 46°39′54.4″W / 23.548639°S 46.665111°W | 19°54′30″S 43°55′4″W / 19.90833°S 43.91778°W |
| Capacity: 200,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| | | |
| Rio de JaneiroSão PauloBelo Horizonte CuritibaPorto AlegreRecife | Rio de JaneiroSão PauloBelo Horizonte CuritibaPorto AlegreRecife | Rio de JaneiroSão PauloBelo Horizonte CuritibaPorto AlegreRecife |
| Porto Alegre | Recife | Curitiba |
| Estádio dos Eucaliptos | Estádio Ilha do Retiro | Estádio Vila Capanema |
| 30°3′42″S 51°13′38″W / 30.06167°S 51.22722°W | 8°3′46.63″S 34°54′10.73″W / 8.0629528°S 34.9029806°W | 25°26′22″S 49°15′21″W / 25.43944°S 49.25583°W |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
| | | |
## Squads
## Match officials
- Europe
- Alois Beranek
- Arthur Edward Ellis
- George Reader
- Reginald Leafe
- Charles de La Salle
- Generoso Dattillo
- Giovanni Galeati
- Karel van der Meer
- José da Costa
- George Mitchell
- José Luis García Carrión
- Ramón Azón Romá
- Gunnar Dahlner
- Ivan Eklind
- Jean Lutz
- Sandy Griffiths
- Leo Lemešić
- North America
- Carlos Estévez Tejada
- Prudencio Garcia
- South America
- Alfredo Álvarez
- Alberto da Gama Malcher
- Mário Gardelli
- Mário Vianna
- Sergio Bustamante
- Cayetano de Nicola
- Mario Rubén Heyn
- Esteban Marino
## Group stage
### Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
| Brazil | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ademir 30', 79'Jair 65'Baltazar 71' | Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 81,649Referee: George Reader (England)
| Yugoslavia | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mitić 59'Tomašević 70'Ognjanov 84' | Report |
Estádio Independência, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 7,336Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy)
| Brazil | 2–2 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alfredo 3'Baltazar 32' | Report | Fatton 17', 88' |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São PauloAttendance: 42,032Referee: Ramón Azón Romá (Spain)
| Yugoslavia | 4–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bobek 20'Ž. Čajkovski 23', 51'Tomašević 81' | Report | Ortiz 89' (pen.) |
Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto AlegreAttendance: 11,078Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ademir 4'Zizinho 69' | Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 142,429Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
| Switzerland | 2–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bader 10'Antenen 44' | Report | Casarín 89' |
Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto AlegreAttendance: 3,580Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
### Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
| England | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mortensen 39'Mannion 51' | Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 29,703Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
| Spain | 3–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Igoa 81'Basora 83'Zarra 89' | Report | Pariani 17' |
Estádio Durival de Britto, CuritibaAttendance: 9,511Referee: Mário Vianna (Brazil)
| Spain | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Basora 17'Zarra 30' | Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 19,790Referee: Alberto Malcher (Brazil)
| United States | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Gaetjens 38' | Report |
Estádio Independência, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 10,151Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)
| Spain | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Zarra 48' | Report |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 74,462Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy)
| Chile | 5–2 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robledo 16'Cremaschi 32', 60'Prieto 54'Riera 82' | Report | Wallace 47'Maca 48' (pen.) |
Estádio Ilha do Retiro, RecifeAttendance: 8,501Referee: Mário Gardelli (Brazil)
### Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 | |
| 3 | Paraguay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
India was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.
| Sweden | 3–2 | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jeppson 25', 68'Andersson 33' | Report | Carapellese 7'Muccinelli 75' |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São PauloAttendance: 36,502Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland)
| Sweden | 2–2 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sundqvist 17'Palmér 26' | Report | López 35'López Fretes 74' |
Estádio Durival Britto, CuritibaAttendance: 7,903Referee: George Mitchell (Scotland)
| Italy | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Carapellese 12'Pandolfini 62' | Report |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São PauloAttendance: 25,811Referee: Arthur Ellis (England)
### Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 2 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | Bolivia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
France was also drawn into this group, but withdrew before playing.
| Uruguay | 8–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Míguez 14', 40', 51'Vidal 18'Schiaffino 23', 54'Pérez 83'Ghiggia 87' | Report |
Estádio Independência, Belo HorizonteAttendance: 5,284Referee: George Reader (England)
## Final round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Champions |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 4 | |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 | |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions
| Uruguay | 2–2 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghiggia 29'Varela 73' | Report | Basora 37', 39' |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São PauloAttendance: 44,802Referee: Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
| Brazil | 7–1 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ademir 17', 36', 52', 58'Chico 39', 88'Maneca 85' | Report | Andersson 67' (pen.) |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 138,886Referee: Arthur Ellis (England)
| Brazil | 6–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ademir 15', 57'Jair 21'Chico 31', 55'Zizinho 67' | Report | Igoa 71' |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 152,772Referee: Reginald Leafe (England)
| Uruguay | 3–2 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ghiggia 39'Míguez 77', 85' | Report | Palmér 5'Sundqvist 40' |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São PauloAttendance: 7,987Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy)
| Sweden | 3–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sundqvist 15'Mellberg 33'Palmér 80' | Report | Zarra 82' |
Estádio do Pacaembu, São PauloAttendance: 11,227Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Brazil |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Schiaffino 66'Ghiggia 79' | Report | Friaça 47' |
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de JaneiroAttendance: 173,850[21]Referee: George Reader (England)
## Goalscorers
With nine goals, Brazil's Ademir was the tournament's top scorer. In total, 88 goals were scored by 47 players.
Alcides Ghiggia of Uruguay became the first player ever to score in every game: Just Fontaine would be the second in 1958 and Jairzinho the third (and, as of 2024, the last) in 1970.[22]
- 9 goals
- Ademir
- 5 goals
- Óscar Míguez
- 4 goals
- Chico
- Estanislau Basora
- Telmo Zarra
- Alcides Ghiggia
- 3 goals
- Karl-Erik Palmér
- Stig Sundqvist
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino
- 2 goals
- Baltazar
- Jair
- Zizinho
- Atilio Cremaschi
- Riccardo Carapellese
- Silvestre Igoa
- Sune Andersson
- Hasse Jeppson
- Jacques Fatton
- Željko Čajkovski
- Kosta Tomašević
- 1 goal
- Alfredo
- Friaça
- Maneca
- Andrés Prieto
- George Robledo
- Fernando Riera
- Wilf Mannion
- Stan Mortensen
- Ermes Muccinelli
- Egisto Pandolfini
- Horacio Casarín
- Héctor Ortiz
- Atilio López
- César López Fretes
- Bror Mellberg
- Charles Antenen
- René Bader
- Joe Gaetjens
- Joe Maca
- Gino Pariani
- Frank Wallace
- Julio Pérez
- Obdulio Varela
- Ernesto Vidal
- Rajko Mitić
- Stjepan Bobek
- Tihomir Ognjanov
## FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.[23][24] The rankings for the 1950 tournament were as follows:
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 7 |
| 2 | Brazil | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 9 |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 5 |
| 4 | Spain | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 7 |
| Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round | Eliminated in the first round |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
| 7 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 2 |
| 8 | England | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Chile | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| 10 | United States | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 |
| 11 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| 12 | Mexico | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| 13 | Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
## Footnotes
1. The Portuguese pronunciation is [ˈkwaʁtu kɐ̃pjoˈnatu mũdʒiˈaw dʒi futʃiˈbɔw], in today's standard Brazilian pronunciation.
2. Alsos, Jan. "Planet World Cup - 1950 - Overview". _www.planetworldcup.com_.
3. Lisi (2007), p. 47
4. "World Cup 1950 qualifications". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
5. "Scotland and the 1950 World Cup". _BBC_.
6. Official Blundering Leads To Scottish Defeat, The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1950
7. Scots May Yet Take Part In World Cup Series | Strong Pressure On Selectors To Change Decision, The Scotsman, 17 April 1950, via London Hearts Supports Club
8. "History TFF". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
9. Lisi (2007), pp. 48–49
10. "Brazil's first World Cup draw". FIFA. 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014.
11. Fit to Post: Yahoo! India News "Blog Archive Barefoot in Bengal and Other Stories"
12. Lisi (2007), p. 49
13. Cronin, Brian (19 July 2011). "Did India withdraw from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot?". _Los Angeles Times_.
14. "why India did not compete in the 1950 football world cup and no it wasn't because they didnt have boots". _www.indianexpress.com_. 10 November 2022.
15. Lisi (2007), p. 45
16. Fansworth, Ed (29 April 2010). "The US and the 1950 World Cup". The Philly Soccer Page. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
17. "Histórias Incríveis: México veste camisa de time gaúcho na Copa de 50" (in Portuguese). 5 February 2013.
18. Massimo di Terlizzi (2014). _Stadi da leggenda: Viaggio nelle grandi arene che hanno fatto la storia del calcio_ (in Italian). SEM. p. 65. ISBN 978-88-97093-31-2.
19. Garganese, Carlo. "Top 10 World Cup Goalkeeping Blunders". _Goal.com_. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.
20. Fett, Matthias (2020). "The game has changed - a systematic approach to classify FIFA World Cups". _International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics_. **12** (3): 455–470. doi:10.1080/19406940.2020.1784978. S2CID 221714908.
21. Janela, Mike (12 June 2018). "World Cup Rewind: Largest attendance at a match in the 1950 Brazil final". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
22. "Brazil Legends: Jairzinho". _Football Whispers_. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
23. page 45
24. "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7" (PDF). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.
## Bibliography
- Lisi, Clemente Angelo (2007). _A history of the World Cup: 1930–2006_. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5905-0. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
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# 2022 FIFA World Cup
The **2022 FIFA World Cup** was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010.[2] It was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East and Persian Gulf countries, and the second held entirely in Asia after the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan.[A]
This tournament was the last with 32 participating teams, with the number of teams being increased to 48 for the 2026 edition. To avoid the extremes of Qatar's hot climate,[B] the event was held in November and December instead of during the traditional months of May, June, or July.[C] It was held over a reduced time frame of 29 days with 64 matches played in eight venues across five cities. Qatar entered the event—their first World Cup—automatically as the host's national team, alongside 31 teams determined by the qualification process.
Argentina were crowned the champions after winning the final against the title holder France 4–2 on penalties following a 3–3 draw after extra time. It was Argentina's third title and their first since 1986, as well as being the first nation from outside of Europe to win the tournament since 2002. French player Kylian Mbappé became the first player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 final and won the Golden Boot as he scored the most goals (eight) during the tournament. Mbappé also became the first player to score in two consecutive finals since Vavá of Brazil did the same in 1958 and 1962.
Argentine captain Lionel Messi was voted the tournament's best player, winning his second Golden Ball. The tournament has been considered exceptionally poetic as the capstone of his career, with the win fulfilling for some commentators a previously unmet criterion to be regarded as the greatest player of all time.[5] Teammates Emiliano Martínez and Enzo Fernández won the Golden Glove, awarded to the tournament's best goalkeeper; and the Young Player Award, awarded to the tournament's best young player, respectively. With 172 goals, the tournament set a record for the highest number of goals scored in the 32-team format, with every participating team scoring at least one goal.
The choice to host the World Cup in Qatar attracted significant criticism, with concerns raised over the country's treatment of migrant workers, women, and members of the LGBT community, as well as Qatar's climate, lack of a strong football culture, scheduling changes, and allegations of bribery for hosting rights and wider FIFA corruption.[D]
## Format
The FIFA World Cup is a professional football tournament held between national football teams, organised by FIFA.[14][15] The tournament, held every four years, was first played in 1930 in Uruguay,[16] and has been contested by 32 teams since the 1998 event.[16] The tournament was contested with eight round-robin groups followed by a knockout round for 16 teams.[17] The defending champions were France, who defeated Croatia 4–2 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final.[18][19] The event was scheduled to take place under a reduced length,[20] from 20 November to 18 December in Qatar.[21][22][23] Being held in Qatar, it was the first World Cup tournament to be held in the Arab world.[24] Spectators were not required to follow most COVID-19 restrictions such as social distancing, wearing masks, and negative tests.[25]
### Schedule
Unlike previous FIFA World Cups, which are typically played in June and July, because of Qatar's intense summer heat and often fairly high humidity,[3][22][26] the 2022 World Cup was played in November and December.[6][27] As a result, the World Cup was unusually staged in the middle of the seasons of many domestic association football leagues, which started in late July or August, including all of the major European leagues, which had been obliged to incorporate extended breaks into their domestic schedules to accommodate the World Cup. Major European competitions had scheduled their respective competitions group matches to be played before the World Cup, to avoid playing group matches the following year.[28]
The match schedule was confirmed by FIFA on 15 July 2020.[29] The group stage was set to begin on 21 November, with four matches every day. Later, the schedule was tweaked by moving the Qatar vs Ecuador game to 20 November, after Qatar lobbied FIFA to allow their team to open the tournament.[30][31][32] The final was played on 18 December 2022, National Day, at Lusail Stadium.[29][33] Unlike previous tournaments where the match venues and kick-off times for each fixture were set prior to the draw, the assignment of group fixtures for each matchday to a specific venue and kick-off time was only made after the final draw, with the teams of each specific fixture known. This was due to the close proximity of the venues, which allowed the organizers to optimize stadium allocation for spectators and kick-off times for television audiences.[29]
The matches for each group were allocated to the following stadiums:[33]
- Groups A, B, E, F: Al Bayt Stadium, Khalifa International Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium, Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
- Groups C, D, G, H: Lusail Stadium, Stadium 974, Education City Stadium, Al Janoub Stadium
FIFA confirmed the group stage venue and kick-off times on 1 April 2022, following the draw.[34][35]
### Prize money
In April 2022, FIFA announced the prizes for all participating nations. Each qualified team received $1.5 million before the competition to cover preparation costs with each team receiving at least $9 million in prize money. This edition's total prize pool was $440 million, $40 million greater than the prize pool of the previous tournament.[36]
| Place_Place | Teams_Teams | Amount (in millions)_Per team | Amount (in millions)_Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champions | 1 | $42 | $42 |
| Runners-up | 1 | $30 | $30 |
| Third place | 1 | $27 | $27 |
| Fourth place | 1 | $25 | $25 |
| 5th–8th place (quarter-finals) | 4 | $17 | $68 |
| 9th–16th place (round of 16) | 8 | $13 | $104 |
| 17th–32nd place (group stage) | 16 | $9 | $144 |
| Total | 32 | $440 | $440 |
### Rule changes
The tournament featured new substitution rules whereby teams could make up to five substitutions in normal time, and an additional substitution in extra time.[37][38][39] In addition, it was the first World Cup to feature concussion substitutions, whereby each team was permitted to use a maximum of one concussion substitute during a match. A concussion substitution did not count towards a team's quota of regular substitutions.[40] Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand suffered a concussion in his country's opening match against England and was replaced by Hossein Hosseini. This was the first use of a dedicated concussion substitute during a World Cup.[41]
## Host selection
Russian President Vladimir Putin handing over the symbolic relay baton for the hosting rights of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in June 2018
The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups began in January 2009. National associations had until 2 February 2009 to register interest.[42] Initially, 11 bids were made for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but Mexico withdrew from proceedings,[43][44] and Indonesia's bid was rejected by FIFA in February 2010 after the Indonesian Football Association failed to submit a letter of Indonesian government guarantee to support the bid.[45]
After UEFA were guaranteed to host the 2018 event, members of UEFA were no longer in contention to host in 2022.[46] There were five bids remaining for the 2022 FIFA World Cup: Australia, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and the United States. The 22-member FIFA Executive Committee convened in Zürich, Switzerland, on 2 December 2010 to vote to select the hosts of both tournaments.[47] Two FIFA executive committee members were suspended before the vote in relation to allegations of corruption regarding their votes.[48] The decision to host the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which was graded as having "high operational risk",[49] generated criticism from media commentators.[50] It was criticised by many as being part of the FIFA corruption scandals,[51] which led to the 2015 FIFA corruption case.
The voting patterns were as follows:[52]
**2022 FIFA bidding (majority 12 votes) **
| Bidders_Bidders | Votes_Round 1 | Votes_Round 2 | Votes_Round 3 | Votes_Round 4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qatar | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 |
| United States | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| South Korea | 4 | 5 | 5 | Eliminated |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | Eliminated | Eliminated |
| Australia | 1 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated |
### Cost of hosting the tournament
At an estimated cost of over $220 billion,[53] it is the most expensive World Cup ever held to date; this figure is disputed by Qatari officials, including organising CEO Nasser Al Khater, who said the true cost was $8 billion, and other figures related to overall infrastructure development since the World Cup was awarded to Qatar in 2010.[54]
## Venues
Seven of the eight venues, including Lusail Stadium, the venue for the final, were new stadiums built specifically for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The eighth was heavily renovated.
The first five proposed venues for the World Cup were unveiled at the beginning of March 2010. Qatar intended that the stadiums should reflect its history and culture, and for the designs to meet the following terms of reference: legacy, comfort, accessibility, and sustainability.[55] The stadiums were equipped with cooling systems that aim to reduce temperatures within the stadium by up to 20 °C (36 °F).[56][57]
Their marketing included statements describing the stadiums as zero waste, and the upper tiers of the stadiums will be disassembled after the World Cup and donated to countries with less developed sports infrastructure.[56][57] Qatar aspired to be compliant and certified by the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) for all the World Cup stadiums. All of the five stadium projects launched were designed by German architect Albert Speer & Partners.[58] The Al Bayt and Al Wakrah stadiums were the only indoor stadiums of the eight used.[59]
Some venues, such as the 68,000-seat Al Bayt Stadium, had its upper tier of seating removed to reduce capacity after the tournament.
In an April 2013 report by Merrill Lynch, the organisers in Qatar requested that FIFA approve a smaller number of stadiums due to the growing costs.[60] Bloomberg said that Qatar wished to cut the number of venues to eight or nine from the twelve originally planned.[61] By April 2017, FIFA had yet to finalise the number of stadiums Qatar must have readied in five years' time. Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) said it expected there would be eight in and near Doha, with the exception of Al Khor.[62][63]
Eight stadiums in five Qatarian cities were built or renovated for the FIFA World Cup. Between 2010 (when Qatar were announced as hosts) and 2022, seven of the eight stadiums were built (some in place of older, outdated venues) and the Khalifa International Stadium was renovated for the tournament.
- Al Khor: Al Bayt Stadium (new). The first piles were driven into the ground in 2014. On 30 November 2021 it hosted its first match.
- Lusail: Lusail Stadium (new). The construction of the stadium was started on 11 April 2017. It was completed on 21 November 2021.
- Al Rayyan: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (new). The stadium was built on the demolished former stadium site. It was commissioned on 18 December 2020.
- Al Rayyan: Education City Stadium (new). It was completed on 15 June 2020.
- Al Rayyan: Khalifa International Stadium (heavily renovated). The largest stadium in the country at the time, it was closed for renovation in 2014. It was commissioned in May 2017.
- Doha: Al Thumama Stadium (new). Construction was completed on 21 October 2021.
- Doha: Stadium 974 (new). Construction commenced in 2018. It was completed on 30 November 2021 and had hosted some of the matches in 2021 FIFA Arab Cup.
- Al Wakrah: Al Janoub Stadium (new). Construction officially started in 2014 and was completed on 16 May 2019.
Of these eight stadiums, all but two have since been either dismantled, or have been moderately or heavily modified. The Stadium 974 is used to be dismantled after the tournament, however as of November 2024, this has not happened and the stadium has sat abandoned in its original site—this stadium was the first planned temporary stadium ever used for a FIFA World Cup.[64] Lusail Stadium, Al Bayt Stadium, Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Education City Stadium, Al Thumama Stadium and Al Janoub Stadium will be moderately or heavily modified as reduce their capacity by half.[65] The Khalifa International Stadium (latter along with the Stadium 974) are the only largely unmodified stadium that were used for this tournament.
### Stadiums
**List of candidate host cities **
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Al Khor | Al Bayt Stadium | 68,895[66][67][E] |
| Lusail | Lusail Stadium | 88,966[68][69][F] |
| Al Rayyan | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | 45,032[70][71][G] |
| Al Rayyan | Education City Stadium | 44,667[72][73][H] |
| Al Rayyan | Khalifa International Stadium | 45,857[74][75][I] |
| Doha | Al Thumama Stadium | 44,400[76][77][J] |
| Doha | Stadium 974 | 44,089[78][79][K] |
| Al Wakrah | Al Janoub Stadium | 44,325[80][81][L] |
**Team base camps**
Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. In July 2022, FIFA announced the hotels and training sites for each participating team.[82][83] This World Cup was the most compact since the inaugural edition in 1930, with 24 of the 32 teams being within a 10 km radius of each other, and are concentrated within the Doha area. It was the first Cup since 1930 in which players did not need to take flights to matches and could remain at the same training base throughout the entire tournament.[84][85]
**Team base camps[84][85] **
| Team | Hotel | Training site |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Argentina | Qatar University Hostel 1 | Qatar University Training Site 3 |
| Australia | New Aspire Academy Athlete Accommodation | Aspire Zone Training Facilities 5 |
| Belgium | Hilton Salwa Beach Resort and Villas | Salwa Training Site |
| Brazil | The Westin Doha Hotel and Spa | Al Arabi SC Stadium |
| Cameroon | Banyan Tree Doha at La Cigale Mushaireb | Al Sailiya SC Stadium |
| Canada | Century Marina Hotel Lusail | Umm Salal SC Training Facilities |
| Costa Rica | dusitD2 Salwa Doha | Al Ahli SC Stadium |
| Croatia | Hilton Doha | Al Ersal Training Site 3 |
| Denmark | Retaj Salwa Resort & SPA | Al Sailiya SC 2 |
| Ecuador | Hyatt Regency Oryx Doha | Mesaimeer SC Training Facilities |
| England | Souq Al Wakra Hotel Qatar by Tivoli | Al Wakrah SC Stadium |
| France | Al Messila – A Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Doha | Al Sadd SC Stadium |
| Germany | Zulal Wellness Resort | Al Shamal SC Stadium |
| Ghana | DoubleTree by Hilton Doha – Al Sadd | Aspire Zone Training Facilities 1 |
| Iran | Al Rayyan Hotel Doha Curio Collection by Hilton | Al Rayyan SC Training Facilities 1 |
| Japan | Radisson Blu Hotel Doha | Al Sadd SC New Training Facilities 1 |
| Mexico | Simaisma, A Murwab Resort | Al Khor SC Stadium |
| Morocco | Wyndham Doha West Bay | Al Duhail SC Stadium |
| Netherlands | The St. Regis Doha | Qatar University Training Site 6 |
| Poland | Ezdan Palace Hotel | Al Kharaitiyat SC Training Facilities |
| Portugal | Al Samriya Autograph Collection Hotel | Al Shahaniya SC Training Facilities |
| Qatar | Al Aziziyah Boutique Hotel | Aspire Zone Training Facilities 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | Sealine Beach, a Murwab Resort | Sealine Training Site |
| Senegal | Duhail Handball Sports Hall | Al Duhail SC 2 |
| Serbia | Rixos Gulf Hotel Doha | Al Arabi SC Training Facilities |
| South Korea | Le Méridien City Center Doha | Al Egla Training Site 5 |
| Spain | Qatar University Hostel 2 | Qatar University Training Site 1 |
| Switzerland | Le Royal Méridien, Doha | University of Doha for Science and Technology Training Facilities |
| Tunisia | Wyndham Grand Doha West Bay Beach | Al Egla Training Sites 3 |
| United States | Marsa Malaz Kempinski, The Pearl – Doha | Al Gharafa SC Stadium |
| Uruguay | Pullman Doha West Bay | Al Ersal Training Site 1 |
| Wales | Delta Hotels City Center Doha | Al Sadd SC New Training Facilities 2 |
### Security
The Qatari government employed about 50,000 security personnel including police departments and military forces from at least thirteen countries, including Poland, Germany, France, Kuwait, Jordan, Italy, Palestine, Spain, Pakistan, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.[86] The Turkish government provided about 3,000 riot police personnel,[86] whilst Pakistan provided about 4,500 Army troops to Qatar for the event.[87]
## Teams
### Qualification
FIFA's six continental confederations organised their own qualifying competitions. All 211 FIFA member associations were eligible to enter qualification. The Qatari national team, as hosts, qualified automatically for the tournament. However, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) obliged Qatar to participate in the Asian qualifying stage as the first two rounds also act as qualification for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[88] Since Qatar reached the final stage as winners in their group, Lebanon, the fifth-best second place team, advanced instead.[89] France, the reigning World Cup champions, qualified for the event through European qualification.[90]
Saint Lucia initially entered CONCACAF qualification but withdrew from it before their first match. North Korea withdrew from the AFC qualifying round due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both American Samoa and Samoa withdrew before the OFC qualification draw due to travel restrictions following the pandemic.[91] Tonga withdrew after the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami.[92] Due to COVID-19 outbreaks in their squads, Vanuatu and Cook Islands also withdrew because of the travel restrictions.[93][94]
Of the 32 nations qualified to play at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 24 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2018.[95] Qatar were the only team making their debut in the FIFA World Cup, becoming the first hosts to make their tournament debut since Italy in 1934. The Netherlands, Ecuador, Ghana, Cameroon, and the United States returned to the tournament after missing the 2018 tournament. Canada returned after 36 years, their only prior appearance being in 1986.[96] Wales made their first appearance in 64 years—the longest-ever gap for any team, their only previous participation having been in 1958.[97]
Italy, four-time winners and reigning European champions, failed to qualify for a second successive World Cup for the first time in their history, losing in the qualification play-off semi-finals.[98] The Italians were the only former champions and the highest ranked team in the FIFA Men's World Rankings that failed to qualify. Italy were also the fourth team to have failed to qualify for the upcoming World Cup after having won the previous UEFA European Championship, following Czechoslovakia in 1978, Denmark in 1994, and Greece in 2006.[99] The previous World Cup hosts, Russia, were disqualified from competing due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[100]
Chile, the 2015 and 2016 Copa América winners, failed to qualify for the second consecutive time. Nigeria were defeated by Ghana on away goals in Confederation of African Football (CAF) final playoff round, having qualified for the previous three World Cups and six out of the last seven. Egypt, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Iceland, and Sweden, all of whom qualified for the 2018 World Cup, did not qualify for the 2022 tournament.[101] Ghana were the lowest ranked team to qualify, ranked 61st.[102]
The qualified teams, listed by region, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the FIFA Men's World Ranking before the tournament were:[103]
**AFC** (6)
- Australia (38)
- Iran (20)
- Japan (24)
- Qatar (50) (hosts) (debut)
- Saudi Arabia (51)
- South Korea (28)
**CAF** (5)
- Cameroon (43)
- Ghana (61)
- Morocco (22)
- Senegal (18)
- Tunisia (30)
**CONCACAF** (4)
- Canada (41)
- Costa Rica (31)
- Mexico (13)
- United States (16)
**CONMEBOL** (4)
- Argentina (3)
- Brazil (1)
- Ecuador (44)
- Uruguay (14)
**OFC** (0)
- _None qualified_
**UEFA** (13)
- Belgium (2)
- Croatia (12)
- Denmark (10)
- England (5)
- France (4)
- Germany (11)
- Netherlands (8)
- Poland (26)
- Portugal (9)
- Serbia (21)
- Spain (7)
- Switzerland (15)
- Wales (19)
Team qualified Team failed to qualify Team withdrew or suspended Not a FIFA member
### Squads
Before submitting their final squad for the tournament, teams named a provisional squad of up to 55 players. Teams were required to have their 55-player roster submitted to FIFA by 21 October.[104] Teams were required to name their final squads by 13 November.[105] In August 2022, FIFA increased the final squad size to 26 players from a total of 23 players at the 2018 edition.[106] All teams had a total of 26 players in their final squads except for France and Iran, who chose 25 players.[107][108]
### Draw
The final draw was held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar,[109] on 1 April 2022,[110] 19:00 AST, prior to the completion of qualification. The two winners of the inter-confederation play-offs and the winner of the Path A of the UEFA play-offs were not known at the time of the draw.[111] The draw was attended by 2,000 guests and was led by Carli Lloyd, Jermaine Jenas and sports broadcaster Samantha Johnson, assisted by the likes of Cafu (Brazil), Lothar Matthäus (Germany), Adel Ahmed Malalla (Qatar), Ali Daei (Iran), Bora Milutinović (Serbia/Mexico), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), and Tim Cahill (Australia).[112][113]
For the draw, 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on the FIFA Men's World Rankings of 31 March 2022.[114] Pot 1 contained host Qatar (who were automatically assigned to position A1) and the best seven teams. Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, with the next best eight teams into pot 3. Pot 4 contained the five lowest-ranked teams, along with the placeholders for the two inter-confederation play-off winners and the UEFA Path A play-off winner. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group except for UEFA teams, for which there was at least one and no more than two per group.[115]
This principle also applied to the placeholder teams, with constraints applying based on the confederation of both potential winners of each play-off tie. The draw started with pot 1 and ended with pot 4, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the match schedule), with the pot 1 teams automatically drawn into position 1 of each group.[115] The pots for the draw are shown below.[116]
**Draw[117] **
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qatar (51) (hosts) Brazil (1) Belgium (2) France (3) Argentina (4) England (5) Spain (7) Portugal (8) | Mexico (9) Netherlands (10) Denmark (11) Germany (12) Uruguay (13) Switzerland (14) United States (15) Croatia (16) | Senegal (20) Iran (21) Japan (23) Morocco (24) Serbia (25) Poland (26) South Korea (29) Tunisia (35) | Cameroon (37) Canada (38) Ecuador (46) Saudi Arabia (49) Ghana (61) Wales (18) [M] Costa Rica (31) [N] Australia (42) [O] |
#### Draw result
The eight groups were formed randomly, selecting one team from each of the four pots. Two teams from the same confederation could not be placed into the same group, with the exception of UEFA teams, where up to two teams could be in the same group. The only team whose position in the draw was predetermined was the host Qatar, who were placed into position A1.
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Group A Pos Team A1 Qatar A2 Ecuador A3 Senegal A4 Netherlands | Group B Pos Team B1 England B2 Iran B3 United States B4 Wales | Group C Pos Team C1 Argentina C2 Saudi Arabia C3 Mexico C4 Poland | Group D Pos Team D1 France D2 Australia D3 Denmark D4 Tunisia |
| Group E Pos Team E1 Spain E2 Costa Rica E3 Germany E4 Japan | Group F Pos Team F1 Belgium F2 Canada F3 Morocco F4 Croatia | Group G Pos Team G1 Brazil G2 Serbia G3 Switzerland G4 Cameroon | Group H Pos Team H1 Portugal H2 Ghana H3 Uruguay H4 South Korea |
## Officiating
In May 2022, FIFA announced the list of 36 referees, 69 assistant referees, and 24 video assistant referees for the tournament. Of the 36 referees, FIFA included two each from Argentina, Brazil, England, and France.[118][119]
For the first time women referees officiated games at a major men's tournament.[120] France's Stéphanie Frappart, Salima Mukansanga from Rwanda, and Yoshimi Yamashita from Japan became the first female referees to be appointed to a men's World Cup.[121] Frappart previously oversaw the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.[122] They were joined by three female assistant referees, Neuza Back, Kathryn Nesbitt, and Karen Díaz Medina. Frappart then officially became the first-ever female referee to officiate a World Cup match when she worked the Costa Rica vs Germany match in Group E on 1 December.[123]
Gambian referee Bakary Gassama and Argentine assistant referee Juan Pablo Belatti were among the officials to serve at their third World Cup. Belatti was an assistant referee in the 2018 final.[124][125][126] Other returning officials included referees César Arturo Ramos of Mexico and Janny Sikazwe of Zambia, and Iranian assistant referee Mohammadreza Mansouri.[127][128][129]
On 15 December 2022, FIFA announced that Polish referee Szymon Marciniak would adjudicate the final.[130]
## Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place on Sunday, 20 November 2022 at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, prior to the opening match of the tournament between hosts Qatar and Ecuador.[131] It included appearances by Morgan Freeman and Ghanim Al-Muftah, along with performances by South Korean singer and BTS member Jungkook and Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi.[132][133] It was the first time that the Qur'an had been recited as part of the opening ceremony.[134] During the ceremony, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani declared the tournament open.[135]
## Group stage
Result of countries participating in the 2022 FIFA World Cup
The group stage was played from 20 November to 2 December.[136] Competing countries were divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin, where the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.
Tie-breaking criteria for group play
1. Points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.
### Group A
The first match of the tournament was held between Qatar and Ecuador in Group A. Ecuador had a disallowed goal in the opening minutes,[138] but eventually won 2–0 with two goals from Enner Valencia.[139] Qatar became the first host nation to lose their opening match at a World Cup.[140][141][142] Many Qatar natives were seen leaving the game before the end, with ESPN reporting that two-thirds of the attendance had left.[143][144] The other starting match in group A was won by the Netherlands 2–0 over Senegal. Cody Gakpo scored the opening goal in the 84th minute and Davy Klaassen added a second in stoppage time.[145] Senegal faced Qatar in the third match of the group; Boulaye Dia capitalised on a slip by Boualem Khoukhi to put Senegal 1–0 ahead. Famara Diédhiou scored a second with a header, before Mohammed Muntari scored Qatar's first-ever goal at a World Cup to reduce the deficit back to one. Senegal eventually won the match 3–1 after an 84th-minute goal by Bamba Dieng. With this result, Qatar became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament, as well as becoming the first host nation to ever be knocked out of the tournament after two games.[146] Gakpo scored his second goal of the tournament as the Netherlands led Ecuador; however, Valencia scored an equaliser in the 49th minute.[147] The Netherlands won 2–0 against Qatar following goals by Gakpo and Frenkie de Jong to win the group, while Qatar attained the distinction of being the first home nation to lose all three group matches.[148] Senegal faced Ecuador to determine the second knockout round qualifier. At the end of the first half, Ismaïla Sarr scored a penalty kick to put Senegal ahead. In the 67th minute, Moisés Caicedo scored an equaliser, but shortly after, Kalidou Koulibaly gave Senegal the victory. The win was enough to qualify Senegal as the runners-up of Group A.[149]
Qatar v Ecuador
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Senegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Ecuador | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
| 0–2 | Ecuador |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Valencia 16' (pen.), 31' |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 67,372Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
| 0–2 | Netherlands |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Gakpo 84' Klaassen 90+9' |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 41,721Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
| Qatar | 1–3 | Senegal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Muntari 78' | Report | Dia 41' Diédhiou 48' B. Dieng 84' |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 41,797Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Netherlands | 1–1 | Ecuador |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gakpo 6' | Report | Valencia 49' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,833Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
| Ecuador | 1–2 | Senegal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Caicedo 67' | Report | I. Sarr 44' (pen.) Koulibaly 70' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,569Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
| Netherlands | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Gakpo 26' F. de Jong 49' | Report |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 66,784Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
### Group B
England completed a 6–2 victory over Iran. Iranian keeper Alireza Beiranvand was removed from the game for a suspected concussion before England scored three first-half goals.[150] Mehdi Taremi scored in the second half after which England defender Harry Maguire was also removed for a concussion.[150] Timothy Weah, of the United States, scored a first-half goal against Wales; however, the match finished as a draw after a penalty kick was won and scored by Gareth Bale.[151] Iran defeated Wales 2–0 following a red card to Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey after he committed a foul outside of his penalty area. Substitute Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored the first goal eight minutes into stoppage time, followed by Ramin Rezaeian scoring three minutes later.[152] England and the United States played to a 0–0 draw, with only four shots on target between them, and one shot from Christian Pulisic hit the crossbar.[153] England won the group following a 3–0 win over Wales with a goal by Phil Foden and two by Marcus Rashford.[154] Christian Pulisic scored the winning goal as the United States defeated Iran 1–0 to qualify for the round of 16.[155]
England v Iran
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| England | 6–2 | Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bellingham 35' Saka 43', 62' Sterling 45+1' Rashford 71' Grealish 90' | Report | Taremi 65', 90+13' (pen.) |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 45,334Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
| United States | 1–1 | Wales |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weah 36' | Report | Bale 82' (pen.) |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 43,418Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
| 0–2 | Iran |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Cheshmi 90+8' Rezaeian 90+11' |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 40,875Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 68,463Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
| 0–3 | England |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Rashford 50', 68' Foden 51' |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,297Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
| 0–1 | United States |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Pulisic 38' |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 42,127Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
### Group C
Argentina took an early lead against Saudi Arabia after Lionel Messi scored a penalty kick after ten minutes; however, second-half goals by Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-Dawsari won the match 2–1 for Saudi Arabia,[156] a result the media considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of the event.[157][158] The match between Mexico and Poland ended as a goalless 0–0 draw after Guillermo Ochoa saved Robert Lewandowski's penalty kick attempt.[159] Lewandowski scored his first career World Cup goal in a 2–0 win over Saudi Arabia four days later.[160][161] Argentina defeated Mexico 2–0, with Messi scoring the opener and later assisting teammate Enzo Fernández who scored his first international goal.[162][163] Argentina won their last game against Poland with goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Julián Álvarez, which was enough to win the group;[164] Poland qualified for the knockout stage on goal difference, thanks to Saudi Arabia scoring an injury-time consolation goal against Mexico in a match already lost.[165]
Argentina v Mexico
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
| Argentina | 1–2 | Saudi Arabia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Messi 10' (pen.) | Report | Al-Shehri 48' S. Al-Dawsari 53' |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 88,012Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Stadium 974, DohaAttendance: 39,369Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
| Poland | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Zieliński 39' Lewandowski 82' | Report |
Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,259Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
| Argentina | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Messi 64' Fernández 87' | Report |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 88,966Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
| 0–2 | Argentina |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Mac Allister 46' Álvarez 67' |
Stadium 974, DohaAttendance: 44,089Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
| Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| S. Al-Dawsari 90+5' | Report | Martín 47' Chávez 52' |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 84,985Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
### Group D
The match between Denmark and Tunisia ended as a goalless draw; both teams had goals disallowed by offside calls.[166] Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen made his first major international appearance since suffering a cardiac arrest at the UEFA Euro 2020.[166] Defending champions France went a goal behind to Australia, after a Craig Goodwin goal within ten minutes. France, however, scored four goals, by Adrien Rabiot, Kylian Mbappé and two by Olivier Giroud to win 4–1.[167] The goals tied Giroud with Thierry Henry as France's all-time top goalscorer.[167] Mitchell Duke scored the only goal as Australia won against Tunisia. This was their first World Cup win since 2010.[168][169] Mbappé scored a brace as France defeated Denmark 2–1. This was enough for France to qualify for the knockout round—the first time since Brazil in 2006 that the defending champions progressed through the opening round.[168][170] Mathew Leckie scored the only goal as Australia defeated Denmark 1–0, qualifying for the knockout round as runners-up with the win.[171] Wahbi Khazri scored for Tunisia against France in the 58th minute. Although Antoine Griezmann equalised in stoppage time it was overturned for offside. Tunisia finished third in the group, as they required a draw in the Denmark and Australia game.[172]
France v Australia
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 42,925Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
| France | 4–1 | Australia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rabiot 27' Giroud 32', 71' Mbappé 68' | Report | Goodwin 9' |
Al Janoub Stadium, Al WakrahAttendance: 40,875Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
| 0–1 | Australia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Duke 23' |
Al Janoub Stadium, Al WakrahAttendance: 41,823Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
| France | 2–1 | Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mbappé 61', 86' | Report | A. Christensen 68' |
Stadium 974, DohaAttendance: 42,860Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
| Australia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Leckie 60' | Report |
Al Janoub Stadium, Al WakrahAttendance: 41,232Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
| Tunisia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Khazri 58' | Report |
Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 43,627Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
### Group E
Group E began with Japan facing 2014 champions Germany. After an early penalty kick was converted by Germany's İlkay Gündoğan, Japan scored two second-half goals by Ritsu Dōan and Takuma Asano in a 2–1 win.[173] In the second group match, Spain defeated Costa Rica 7–0. First-half goals by Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio, and Ferran Torres were followed by goals by Gavi, Carlos Soler, Alvaro Morata, and a second by Torres.[174][175] This was the largest defeat in a World Cup since Portugal's victory over North Korea in the 2010 event by the same scoreline.[176] Costa Rica defeated Japan 1–0, with Keysher Fuller scoring with Costa Rica's first shot on target of the tournament.[177] Germany and Spain drew 1–1, with Álvaro Morata scoring for Spain and Niclas Füllkrug scoring for Germany.[178][179][180] Morata scored the opening goal for Spain against Japan as they controlled the first half of the match.[181] Japan equalised on Ritsu Doan before a second goal by Ao Tanaka was heavily investigated by VAR for the ball potentially being out of play. The goal was awarded, and Japan won the group following a 2–1 win.[181] Serge Gnabry scored on ten minutes for Germany against Costa Rica and they led until half-time. Germany required a win, and for Japan to not win their match, or for both teams to win their matches by a combined goal difference of at least 9 goals, to qualify. In the second half, goals by Yeltsin Tejeda and Juan Vargas gave Costa Rica a 2–1 lead, which would have qualified them into the knockout stages ahead of Spain. Germany scored three further goals—two by Kai Havertz and a goal by Niclas Fullkrug, ending in a 4–2 win for Germany—which was not enough to qualify them for the final stages. This was the second time in a row that the four-time champions failed to progress past the group stages.[182] Japan won the group ahead of Spain.[183]
Germany v Japan
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
| Germany | 1–2 | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gündoğan 33' (pen.) | Report | Dōan 75' Asano 83' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 42,608Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
| Spain | 7–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Olmo 11' Asensio 21' F. Torres 31' (pen.), 54' Gavi 74' Soler 90' Morata 90+2' | Report |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 40,013Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
| 0–1 | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Fuller 81' |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 41,479Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
| Spain | 1–1 | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Morata 62' | Report | Füllkrug 83' |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 68,895Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
| Japan | 2–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dōan 48' Tanaka 51' | Report | Morata 11' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,851Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
| Costa Rica | 2–4 | Germany |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tejeda 58' Vargas 70' | Report | Gnabry 10' Havertz 73', 85' Füllkrug 89' |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 67,054Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
### Group F
Group F's first match was a goalless draw between Morocco and Croatia.[184] Canada had a penalty kick in the first half of their match against Belgium which was saved by Thibaut Courtois. Belgium won the match by a single goal by Michy Batshuayi.[185][186] Belgium lost 2–0 to Morocco, despite Morocco having a long-range direct free kick goal by Hakim Ziyech overturned for an offside on another player in the lead up to the goal. Two second-half goals from Zakaria Aboukhlal and Romain Saïss helped the Morocco win their first World Cup match since 1998.[187][188] The match sparked riots in Belgium, with fires and fireworks being set off by residents.[189] Alphonso Davies scored Canada's first World Cup goal to give Canada the lead over Croatia. Goals by Marko Livaja, Lovro Majer, and two by Andrej Kramarić for Croatia completed a 4–1 victory.[190] Morocco scored two early goals through Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri in their game against Canada and qualified following a 2–1 victory. Canada's only goal was an own goal by Nayef Aguerd.[191] Croatia and Belgium played a goalless draw which eliminated Belgium, whose team was ranked second in the world, from the tournament.[192]
Belgium v Canada
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 59,407Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
| Belgium | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Batshuayi 44' | Report |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 40,432Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
| 0–2 | Morocco |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Saïss 73' Aboukhlal 90+2' |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 43,738Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
| Croatia | 4–1 | Canada |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kramarić 36', 70' Livaja 44' Majer 90+4' | Report | Davies 2' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,374Referee: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 43,984Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
| Canada | 1–2 | Morocco |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aguerd 40' (o.g.) | Report | Ziyech 4' En-Nesyri 23' |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 43,102Referee: Raphael Claus (Brazil)
### Group G
Breel Embolo scored the only goal in Switzerland's 1–0 defeat of Cameroon.[193] Richarlison scored two goals as Brazil won against Serbia, with star player Neymar receiving an ankle injury.[194] Cameroon's Jean-Charles Castelletto scored the opening goal against Serbia, but they were quickly behind as Serbia scored three goals by Strahinja Pavlović, Sergej Milinković-Savić, and Aleksandar Mitrović either side of half time. Cameroon, however, scored goals through Vincent Aboubakar and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, completing a 3–3 draw.[195] An 83rd-minute winner by Casemiro for Brazil over Switzerland was enough for them to qualify for the knockout stage.[196] Having already qualified, Brazil were unable to win their final group game, as they were defeated by Cameroon 1–0 following a goal by Vincent Aboubakar. Already having a yellow card, he was later sent off for removing his shirt in celebrating the goal.[197] Cameroon, however, did not qualify, as Switzerland defeated Serbia 3–2.[198]
Brazil v Serbia
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Switzerland | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Embolo 48' | Report |
Al Janoub Stadium, Al WakrahAttendance: 39,089Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Richarlison 62', 73' | Report |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 88,103Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
| Cameroon | 3–3 | Serbia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Castelletto 29' Aboubakar 63' Choupo-Moting 66' | Report | Pavlović 45+1' S. Milinković-Savić 45+3' A. Mitrović 53' |
Al Janoub Stadium, Al WakrahAttendance: 39,789Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
| Brazil | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Casemiro 83' | Report |
Stadium 974, DohaAttendance: 43,649Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
| Serbia | 2–3 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A. Mitrović 26' Vlahović 35' | Report | Shaqiri 20' Embolo 44' Freuler 48' |
Stadium 974, DohaAttendance: 41,378Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
| Cameroon | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Aboubakar 90+2' | Report |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 85,986Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
### Group H
Uruguay and South Korea played to a goalless draw.[199] A goalless first half between Portugal and Ghana preceded a penalty converted by Cristiano Ronaldo to give Portugal the lead. In scoring the goal, Ronaldo became the first man to score in five World Cups. Ghana responded with a goal by André Ayew before goals by João Félix, and Rafael Leão by Portugal put them 3–1 ahead. Osman Bukari scored in the 89th minute to trail by a single goal, while Iñaki Williams had a chance to equalise for Ghana ten minutes into stoppage time, but slipped before shooting. The match finished 3–2 to Portugal.[200] Ghanaian Mohammed Salisu opened the scoring against South Korea, with Mohammed Kudus following it up. In the second half, Cho Gue-sung scored a brace for South Korea, levelling the score. Mohammed Kudus scored again in the 68th minute, winning the match 3–2 for Ghana.[201] Portugal defeated Uruguay 2–0 with two goals from Bruno Fernandes, advancing them to the knockout stage.[202] A controversial penalty decision was called late in the game, with a suspected handball from José María Giménez.[203][204] Portugal led South Korea through Ricardo Horta after 10 minutes. However, goals by Kim Young-gwon and Hwang Hee-chan won the match 2–1 for South Korea.[205] Giorgian de Arrascaeta scored two goals as Uruguay defeated Ghana 2–0.[206] However, with South Korea winning, Uruguay required another goal to progress as they finished third on goals scored.[207] Several Uruguay players left the pitch after the game surrounding the referees and followed them off the pitch.[208][209][210]
Portugal v Uruguay
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
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Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 41,663Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
| Portugal | 3–2 | Ghana |
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| Ronaldo 65' (pen.) Félix 78' Leão 80' | Report | A. Ayew 73' Bukari 89' |
Stadium 974, DohaAttendance: 42,662Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
| South Korea | 2–3 | Ghana |
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| Cho Gue-sung 58', 61' | Report | Salisu 24' Kudus 34', 68' |
Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 43,983Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
| Portugal | 2–0 |
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| Fernandes 54', 90+3' (pen.) | Report |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 88,668Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
| 0–2 | Uruguay |
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| Report | De Arrascaeta 26', 32' |
Al Janoub Stadium, Al WakrahAttendance: 43,443Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)
| South Korea | 2–1 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kim Young-gwon 27' Hwang Hee-chan 90+1' | Report | Horta 5' |
Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,097Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
## Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if the scores were equal when normal playing time expired, extra time was played for two periods of 15 minutes each. This was followed, if required, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.[137]
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 3 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | 3 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | 3 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands | 3 | |
| 9 December – Lusail | 9 December – Lusail | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands | 3 | |
| 9 December – Lusail | 9 December – Lusail | | | United States | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 2 (3) | | United States | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 2 (3) | 3 December – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 3 December – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina (p) | 3 December – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | 3 December – Al Rayyan (ABAS) | | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina (p) | Argentina | 2 | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | 2 | 13 December – Lusail | 13 December – Lusail | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Australia | 1 | 13 December – Lusail | 13 December – Lusail | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Australia | 1 | Argentina | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 December – Al Wakrah | 5 December – Al Wakrah | Argentina | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 December – Al Wakrah | 5 December – Al Wakrah | | Croatia | | | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | Japan | 1 (1) | | Croatia | | 0 | | | | | | |
| | 9 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 9 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | Japan | 1 (1) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 9 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 9 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | Croatia (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Croatia (p) | 1 (4) | Croatia (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Croatia (p) | 1 (4) | 5 December – Doha (S974) | 5 December – Doha (S974) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 (2) | 5 December – Doha (S974) | 5 December – Doha (S974) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 (2) | Brazil | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | 4 | | | | | | 18 December – Lusail | 18 December – Lusail | | | |
| | | | South Korea | 1 | | | | | | 18 December – Lusail | 18 December – Lusail | | | |
| | | | South Korea | 1 | | | | | | Argentina (p) | | | 3 (4) | |
| | | | 4 December – Al Khor | 4 December – Al Khor | | | | | | Argentina (p) | | | 3 (4) | |
| | | | 4 December – Al Khor | 4 December – Al Khor | | | | | | | | | France | 3 (2) |
| | | | England | 3 | | | | | | | | France | 3 (2) | |
| | 10 December – Al Khor | 10 December – Al Khor | England | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 10 December – Al Khor | 10 December – Al Khor | Senegal | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | 1 | Senegal | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | England | 1 | 4 December – Doha (ATS) | 4 December – Doha (ATS) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 2 | 4 December – Doha (ATS) | 4 December – Doha (ATS) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 2 | France | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | 3 | | 14 December – Al Khor | 14 December – Al Khor | | | | | | | |
| | | | Poland | 1 | | 14 December – Al Khor | 14 December – Al Khor | | | | | | | |
| | | | Poland | 1 | | France | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 6 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | | France | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | 6 December – Al Rayyan (ECS) | | Morocco | 0 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Morocco (p) | 0 (3) | | Morocco | 0 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 10 December – Doha (ATS) | 10 December – Doha (ATS) | Morocco (p) | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | 17 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | 17 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | |
| | 10 December – Doha (ATS) | 10 December – Doha (ATS) | Spain | 0 (0) | | | | | | | | 17 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | 17 December – Al Rayyan (KIS) | |
| | Morocco | 1 | Spain | 0 (0) | | | | | | | | Croatia | 2 | |
| | Morocco | 1 | 6 December – Lusail | 6 December – Lusail | | | | | | | | Croatia | 2 | |
| | Portugal | 0 | 6 December – Lusail | 6 December – Lusail | | | | | | | | Morocco | 1 | |
| | Portugal | 0 | Portugal | 6 | | | | | | | | Morocco | 1 | |
| | Switzerland | 1 | Portugal | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
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### Round of 16
The round of 16 was played from 3 to 7 December,[33] which for the first time ever included teams from the Americas and four other continents.[211] Group A winners Netherlands scored goals through Memphis Depay, Daley Blind, and Denzel Dumfries as they defeated the United States 3–1, with Haji Wright scoring for the United States.[212] Messi scored his third of the tournament alongside Julián Álvarez to give Argentina a two-goal lead over Australia, and despite an Enzo Fernández own goal from a Craig Goodwin shot, Argentina won 2–1.[213] Olivier Giroud's goal and Mbappé's brace enabled France to have a 3–1 victory over Poland, with Robert Lewandowski scoring the lone goal for Poland from a penalty.[214] England beat Senegal 3–0, with goals coming from Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane, and Bukayo Saka.[215] Daizen Maeda scored for Japan against Croatia in the first half before a leveller from Ivan Perišić in the second. Neither team could find the winner, with Croatia defeating Japan 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out.[216] Vinícius Júnior, Neymar, Richarlison, and Lucas Paquetá all scored for Brazil, but a volley from South Korean Paik Seung-ho reduced the deficit to 4–1.[217] Pablo Sarabia had the best chance for Spain to break the deadlock against Morocco in stoppage time after two goalless hours, but he hit the goalie's right-hand post after a shot from the left; Morocco won the match 3–0 on penalties.[218] A hat-trick by Gonçalo Ramos led Portugal to defeat Switzerland 6–1, with goals from Portugal's Pepe, Raphaël Guerreiro, and Rafael Leão and from Switzerland's Manuel Akanji.[219]
| Netherlands | 3–1 | United States |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Depay 10' Blind 45+1' Dumfries 81' | Report | Wright 76' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,846Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
| Argentina | 2–1 | Australia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Messi 35' Álvarez 57' | Report | Fernández 77' (o.g.) |
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 45,032Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
| France | 3–1 | Poland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Giroud 44' Mbappé 74', 90+1' | Report | Lewandowski 90+9' (pen.) |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 40,989Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
| England | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Henderson 38' Kane 45+3' Saka 57' | Report |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 65,985Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)
| Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maeda 43' | Report | Perišić 55' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Minamino Mitoma Asano Yoshida | 1–3 | Vlašić Brozović Livaja Pašalić |
Al Janoub Stadium, Al WakrahAttendance: 42,523Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)
| Brazil | 4–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vinícius Júnior 7' Neymar 13' (pen.) Richarlison 29' Paquetá 36' | Report | Paik Seung-ho 76' |
Stadium 974, DohaAttendance: 43,847Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
| Morocco | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Sabiri Ziyech Benoun Hakimi | 3–0 | Sarabia Soler Busquets |
Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,667Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
| Portugal | 6–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ramos 17', 51', 67' Pepe 33' Guerreiro 55' Leão 90+2' | Report | Akanji 58' |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 83,720Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
### Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 9 and 10 December.[33] Croatia and Brazil ended 0–0 after 90 minutes and went to extra time. Neymar scored for Brazil in the 15th minute of extra time. Croatia, however, equalised through Bruno Petković in the second period of extra time. With the match tied, a penalty shootout decided the contest, with Croatia winning the shootout 4–2.[220][221] In the second quarter-final match, Nahuel Molina and Messi scored for Argentina before Wout Weghorst equalised with two goals shortly before the end of the game. The match went to extra time and then penalties, where Argentina would go on to win 4–3.[222] Morocco defeated Portugal 1–0, with Youssef En-Nesyri scoring at the end of the first half. Morocco became the first African and the first Arab nation to advance as far as the semi-finals of the competition.[223] Despite Harry Kane scoring a penalty for England, it was not enough to beat France, who won 2–1 by virtue of goals from Aurélien Tchouaméni and Olivier Giroud and a late missed penalty by Kane, sending them to their second consecutive World Cup semi-final and becoming the first defending champions to reach this stage since Brazil in 1998.[224][225]
| Croatia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Brazil |
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| Petković 117' | Report | Neymar 105+1' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Vlašić Majer Modrić Oršić | 4–2 | Rodrygo Casemiro Pedro Marquinhos |
Education City Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 43,893Referee: Michael Oliver (England)
| Netherlands | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
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| Weghorst 83', 90+11' | Report | Molina 35' Messi 73' (pen.) |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Van Dijk Berghuis Koopmeiners Weghorst L. de Jong | 3–4 | Messi Paredes Montiel Fernández La. Martínez |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 88,235Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| Morocco | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| En-Nesyri 42' | Report |
Al Thumama Stadium, DohaAttendance: 44,198Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
| England | 1–2 | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kane 54' (pen.) | Report | Tchouaméni 17' Giroud 78' |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 68,895Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
### Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 13 and 14 December.[33] Messi scored a penalty kick before Julián Álvarez scored twice to give Argentina a 3–0 victory over Croatia.[226] Théo Hernandez scored after five minutes as France led Morocco for most of the game. Randal Kolo Muani scored in the 78th minute to complete a 2–0 victory for France over Morocco as they reached their second consecutive final.[227]
| Argentina | 3–0 |
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| Messi 34' (pen.) Álvarez 39', 69' | Report |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 88,966Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
| France | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| T. Hernandez 5' Kolo Muani 79' | Report |
Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorAttendance: 68,294Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
### Third place play-off
The third place play-off was played on 17 December. The two teams had played against each other in their opening game in Group F which finished 0–0. Joško Gvardiol promptly scored for Croatia, with Achraf Dari equalising just 2 minutes later. Mislav Oršić scored the winner for Croatia as the match finished 2–1.[228] Morocco earned 4th place, a record for the team and the best World Cup finish of any African or Arab nation.[229]
| Croatia | 2–1 | Morocco |
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| Gvardiol 7' Oršić 42' | Report | Dari 9' |
Khalifa International Stadium, Al RayyanAttendance: 44,137Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
### Final
The final was played on 18 December between Argentina and France. Both teams had won the event twice previously.[230] Early goals from Lionel Messi and Ángel Di María gave Argentina, leading 2–0, a head start against the French.[230][231] Despite substitutions in the first half, France did not record a shot until after the 70th minute but were energised by additional substitutions in the 71st. A few minutes later, France were awarded a penalty as Randal Kolo Muani was brought down in the penalty area by Nicolás Otamendi. Mbappé scored the penalty and added a second goal less than two minutes later to equalise the scores.[231] With the score tied at two goals apiece, the match went to extra time. Messi scored his second goal in the 108th minute, once again giving Argentina the lead. However, Mbappé was awarded a second penalty in the 115th minute after his shot hit the arm of Gonzalo Montiel. Mbappé scored his third goal, becoming the second player ever to complete a hat-trick in the final of a World Cup after Geoff Hurst for England in 1966.[231] With the score tied at 3–3, the match was determined via a penalty shootout. Argentina won the final after scoring all of their penalties, winning 4–2.[231] This marked their third World Cup win and their first since 1986.[231]
| Argentina | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | France |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Messi 23' (pen.), 108' Di María 36' | Report | Mbappé 80' (pen.), 81', 118' (pen.) |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Messi Dybala Paredes Montiel | 4–2 | Mbappé Coman Tchouaméni Kolo Muani |
Lusail Stadium, LusailAttendance: 88,966Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
France forward Kylian Mbappé won the Golden Boot award after scoring eight goals in the tournament, the most since Ronaldo in 2002.
There were 172 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.
Two own goals were scored throughout the tournament.[232]
This was the most goals ever scored at a FIFA World Cup.[233]
**8 goals**
- Kylian Mbappé
**7 goals**
- Lionel Messi
**4 goals**
- Julián Álvarez
- Olivier Giroud
**3 goals**
- Richarlison
- Enner Valencia
- Marcus Rashford
- Bukayo Saka
- Cody Gakpo
- Gonçalo Ramos
- Álvaro Morata
**2 goals**
- Neymar
- Vincent Aboubakar
- Andrej Kramarić
- Harry Kane
- Niclas Füllkrug
- Kai Havertz
- Mohammed Kudus
- Mehdi Taremi
- Ritsu Dōan
- Youssef En-Nesyri
- Wout Weghorst
- Robert Lewandowski
- Bruno Fernandes
- Rafael Leão
- Salem Al-Dawsari
- Aleksandar Mitrović
- Cho Gue-sung
- Ferran Torres
- Breel Embolo
- Giorgian de Arrascaeta
**1 goal**
- Ángel Di María
- Enzo Fernández
- Alexis Mac Allister
- Nahuel Molina
- Mitchell Duke
- Craig Goodwin
- Mathew Leckie
- Michy Batshuayi
- Casemiro
- Lucas Paquetá
- Vinícius Júnior
- Jean-Charles Castelletto
- Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
- Alphonso Davies
- Keysher Fuller
- Yeltsin Tejeda
- Juan Pablo Vargas
- Joško Gvardiol
- Marko Livaja
- Lovro Majer
- Mislav Oršić
- Ivan Perišić
- Bruno Petković
- Andreas Christensen
- Moisés Caicedo
- Jude Bellingham
- Phil Foden
- Jack Grealish
- Jordan Henderson
- Raheem Sterling
- Théo Hernandez
- Randal Kolo Muani
- Adrien Rabiot
- Aurélien Tchouaméni
- Serge Gnabry
- İlkay Gündoğan
- André Ayew
- Osman Bukari
- Mohammed Salisu
- Rouzbeh Cheshmi
- Ramin Rezaeian
- Takuma Asano
- Daizen Maeda
- Ao Tanaka
- Luis Chávez
- Henry Martín
- Zakaria Aboukhlal
- Achraf Dari
- Romain Saïss
- Hakim Ziyech
- Daley Blind
- Memphis Depay
- Denzel Dumfries
- Frenkie de Jong
- Davy Klaassen
- Piotr Zieliński
- João Félix
- Raphaël Guerreiro
- Ricardo Horta
- Pepe
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Mohammed Muntari
- Saleh Al-Shehri
- Boulaye Dia
- Famara Diédhiou
- Bamba Dieng
- Kalidou Koulibaly
- Ismaïla Sarr
- Sergej Milinković-Savić
- Strahinja Pavlović
- Dušan Vlahović
- Hwang Hee-chan
- Kim Young-gwon
- Paik Seung-ho
- Marco Asensio
- Gavi
- Dani Olmo
- Carlos Soler
- Manuel Akanji
- Remo Freuler
- Xherdan Shaqiri
- Wahbi Khazri
- Christian Pulisic
- Timothy Weah
- Haji Wright
- Gareth Bale
**1 own goal**
- Enzo Fernández (against Australia)
- Nayef Aguerd (against Canada)
### Discipline
A player or team official is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[137]
- Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
- Receiving two yellow cards in two matches; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches)
The following suspensions were served during the tournament:
| Player/Official | Offence(s) | Suspension(s) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wayne Hennessey | in Group B vs Iran (matchday 2; 25 November) | Group B vs England (matchday 3; 29 November) |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | in Group B vs England (matchday 1; 21 November) in Group B vs Wales (matchday 2; 25 November) | Group B vs United States (matchday 3; 29 November) |
| Sebas Méndez | in Group A vs Qatar (matchday 1; 20 November) in Group A vs Netherlands (matchday 2; 25 November) | Group A vs Senegal (matchday 3; 29 November) |
| Abdulellah Al-Malki | in Group C vs Argentina (matchday 1; 22 November) in Group C vs Poland (matchday 2; 26 November) | Group C vs Mexico (matchday 3; 30 November) |
| Francisco Calvo | in Group E vs Spain (matchday 1; 23 November) in Group E vs Japan (matchday 2; 27 November) | Group E vs Germany (matchday 3; 1 December) |
| Amadou Onana | in Group F vs Canada (matchday 1; 23 November) in Group F vs Morocco (matchday 2; 27 November) | Group F vs Croatia (matchday 3; 1 December) |
| Paulo Bento (manager) | in Group H vs Ghana (matchday 2; 28 November) | Group H vs Portugal (matchday 3; 2 December) |
| Idrissa Gueye | in Group A vs Netherlands (matchday 1; 21 November) in Group A vs Ecuador (matchday 3; 29 November) | Round of 16 vs England (4 December) |
| Ko Itakura | in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 2; 27 November) in Group E vs Spain (matchday 3; 1 December) | Round of 16 vs Croatia (5 December) |
| Vincent Aboubakar | in Group G vs Brazil (matchday 3; 2 December) | Suspension served outside tournament |
| Marcos Acuña | in Group C vs Poland (matchday 3; 30 November) in Quarter-finals vs Netherlands (9 December) | Semi-finals vs Croatia (13 December) |
| Gonzalo Montiel | in Group C vs Mexico (matchday 2; 26 November) in Quarter-finals vs Netherlands (9 December) | Semi-finals vs Croatia (13 December) |
| Denzel Dumfries | in Quarter-finals vs Argentina (9 December) | Suspension served outside tournament |
| Walid Cheddira | in Quarter-finals vs Portugal (10 December) | Semi-finals vs France (14 December) |
| Mario Mandžukić (assistant manager) | in Semi-finals vs Argentina (13 December) | Third place play-off vs Morocco (17 December) |
## Awards
Argentina captain and forward Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball award, becoming the first player to win it twice.
The following World Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper).[239]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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| Lionel Messi | Kylian Mbappé | Luka Modrić |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Kylian Mbappé 8 goals, 2 assists | Lionel Messi 7 goals, 3 assists | Olivier Giroud 4 goals, 0 assists |
| Golden Glove | Golden Glove | Golden Glove |
| Emiliano Martínez | Emiliano Martínez | Emiliano Martínez |
| FIFA Young Player Award | FIFA Young Player Award | FIFA Young Player Award |
| Enzo Fernández | Enzo Fernández | Enzo Fernández |
| FIFA Fair Play Trophy | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
| England | England | England |
Additionally, FIFA.com shortlisted 10 goals for users to vote on as the tournament's best. The award was won by Brazil's Richarlison for his second goal in the group stage match against Serbia.[240]
## Marketing
### Branding
The official emblem was designed by Unlock Brands[241] and unveiled in September 2019, during simultaneous events at the Doha Tower, Katara Cultural Village amphitheatre, Msheireb Downtown Doha, and Zubarah. It is based on a shawl (reflecting upon the tournament's late-Autumn scheduling) and desert dunes, and was shaped to resemble the tournament trophy, the infinity symbol, and the number "8"—reflecting upon the "interconnected" event and the eight host stadiums. The typography of the emblem's wordmark incorporated kashida—the practice of elongating certain parts of characters in Arabic script to provide typographical emphasis.[242][243][244]
H.E Ambassador Dr. Hend Al-Muftah, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office at Geneva, explained to WIPO Magazine that the tournament provided an opportunity to "promote our culture and showcase our signature hospitality in a multicultural environment", and highlighted that the country has used sports to demonstrate its "commitment to sustainable development, social inclusion and the values of community and mutual respect among peoples from different cultures and nations."[245]
### Merchandise
Electronic Arts' licensed video games _FIFA Mobile_ and _FIFA 23_ (except on Nintendo Switch) received free updates with tie-in content for the 2022 World Cup on 8 and 9 November 2022, respectively. The update for _FIFA 23_ added World Cup-themed tournament modes with all teams and two of the stadiums from the event, campaigns and World Cup-themed unlockable content for Ultimate Team mode, and real-time squad and fixture updates during the tournament.[246]
On 24 August 2022, the Panini Group produced themed stickers and a sticker album for a 14th consecutive World Cup. This year, rare cards with coloured borders were included and could be collected, traded, or sold.[247]
On 12 April 2022, FIFA released an over-the-top media service and app revolving around the World Cup called FIFA+, where fans could play games, predict matches, and compete with others.[248]
### Broadcasting rights
In May 2022, Infantino projected that the 2022 FIFA World Cup could be the most-watched in its history, with a global audience of at least 5 billion. The 2018 tournament was seen by 3.57 billion across the tournament.[249] The various controversies surrounding the World Cup in Qatar led to questions over how the tournament would be covered in the media, and whether they would be discussed or addressed during coverage.[250][251] The match between England and the United States in the group stage was seen by approximately 20 million viewers across both Fox and Telemundo, ranking among the highest-rated associated football broadcasts in the United States (behind a 2014 World Cup match that drew 24.7 million).[252][253]
### Sponsorship
| FIFA partners | FIFA World Cup sponsors | African and Middle Eastern supporters | Asian supporters | European supporters | North American supporters | South American supporters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adidas[254] Coca-Cola[255] Hyundai–Kia[256] Qatar Airways[257] QatarEnergy[258] Visa[259] Wanda Group[260] | Anheuser-Busch InBev[261] Byju's[262] Crypto.com[263] Hisense[264] McDonald's[265] Mengniu Dairy[266] Vivo[267] | Fine Hygienic Holding[268] GWC Logistics[269] Ooredoo[270] Saudi Tourism Authority QNB Group[271] | BOSS Zhipin[272] Yadea[273] | Betano[274] Globant[275] YouTube[276] | Algorand[277] Frito-Lay[278] Look Company[279] Visit Las Vegas[280] | Claro[281] Inter Rapidísimo[282] Nubank[283] UPL[284] |
## Symbols
### Mascot
The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on 1 April 2022, during the group stage draw. Its name is "Laʼeeb" (Arabic: لعيب, romanized: _Laʿīb_), which is an Arabic word meaning "super-skilled player". The official website of FIFA says: "Laʼeeb will be known for his youthful spirit; spreading joy and confidence everywhere he goes", and the official backstory of the character, published there, claims that it comes from a parallel world where tournament mascots live, "a world where ideas and creativity form the basis of characters that live in the minds of everyone".[285]
### Match ball
Adidas Al Rihla, one of two official match balls of the tournament.
The official match ball, "Adidas Al Rihla", was unveiled on 30 March 2022. It was mainly inspired by the culture, architecture, iconic boats and flag of Qatar. In Arabic, the word _Al-Rihla_ (الْرِّحْلَة _ar-riḥla_) means "the journey". The ball was designed with sustainability as a priority, making it the first-ever official match ball created with water-based glues and inks. As "the game is getting faster" and "speeds up", the ball has internal electronic sensors, allowing detection of its speed and position, updated 500 times per second[286] and it has to be charged before each game.[287] Two of the match balls were sent and returned from space by FIFA and Qatar Airways on a SpaceX falcon 9 suborbital mission for promoting the World Cup.[288]
The match ball for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final was announced on 11 December 2022. It is a variation of the Al Rihla named the "Adidas Al Hilm_"_ (Arabic: الحلم, romanized: _al-ḥulm_, lit. ''the dream'', a reference to "every nation's dream of lifting the FIFA World Cup").[289] Whilst the technical aspects of the ball are the same, the colour is different from the Al-Rihla balls used in the group stages and preceding knockout games, with a _Gold Metallic_, maroon, _Collegiate Burgundy_, and red design,[290] a reference to the national colors of host nation Qatar and the golden colors shared by the Final's venue and the FIFA World Cup Trophy.[291]
### Music
For the first time, a multi-song FIFA World Cup official soundtrack has been released, instead of one official song.[292] The first song of the album is "Hayya Hayya (Better Together)", performed by Trinidad Cardona, Davido, and AISHA, released on 1 April 2022 along with the music video.[293] The second song is "Arhbo", performed by Gims and Ozuna, released on 19 August 2022 along with the music video.[294] The third song is "The World Is Yours to Take" performed by American rapper Lil Baby, released on 23 September 2022 along with a music video.[295] The fourth song is "Light The Sky" performed by Nora Fatehi, Manal, Rahma Riad, and Balqees, composed by RedOne and released on 7 October 2022 along with the music video.[296] A fifth song, "Tukoh Taka", performed by Nicki Minaj, Maluma and Myriam Fares, was released on 17 November 2022 along with the music video, serving as the official song of the FIFA Fan Festival.[297] The final song is "Dreamers" by Jungkook of BTS released on 20 November 2022. It was performed with Fahad Al-Kubaisi during the tournament's opening ceremony.[298][299]
## Controversies
Criticism of the 2022 FIFA World Cup focused on Qatar's human-rights record,[300] namely their treatment of migrant workers,[300] women, and position on LGBT rights,[301] leading to allegations of sportswashing.[P] Others cited Qatar's climate, lack of a strong football culture, and allegations of bribery for hosting rights and wider FIFA corruption.[7][305] Boycotts of the event were declared by several countries, clubs, and individual players,[303][304] with former FIFA president Sepp Blatter twice stating that giving Qatar hosting rights was a "mistake".[306][307] The FIFA World Cup delivered record-breaking numbers of TV audiences across multiple markets.[308] In June 2023, _Le Point_ revealed that FIFA World Cup has raised great interest in the country despite "calls for a boycott". According to the study by _Arcom_, six out of ten French people followed at least one match.[309]
### Host selection criticism
There have been allegations of bribery and corruption in the selection process involving FIFA's executive committee members.[310] These allegations are being investigated by FIFA ( ). In May 2011, allegations of corruption within the FIFA senior officials raised questions over the legitimacy of the World Cup 2022 being held in Qatar. The accusations of corruption were made relating to how Qatar won the right to host the event. A FIFA internal investigation and report cleared Qatar of any violation, but chief investigator Michael J. Garcia described FIFA's report on his enquiry as containing "numerous materially incomplete and erroneous representations."[311]
In May 2015, Swiss federal prosecutors opened an investigation into corruption and money laundering related to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.[312][313] In August 2018, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter claimed that Qatar had used "black ops", suggesting that the bid committee had cheated to win the hosting rights.[314] Some investigations found that Qatar sought an edge in securing hosting by hiring a former CIA officer turned private contractor, Kevin Chalker, to spy on rival bid teams and key football officials who picked the winner in 2010.[315]
In September 2018, a delegation from al-Ghufran tribe lodged a complaint to FIFA's president to reject the establishment of the World Cup in Qatar unless its government restored the Qatari nationality to all those affected from the tribe and returned land allegedly stolen from them to build the sport facilities.[316]
In September 2023 it was reported that court documents show a transfer of $300M dollars were sent top people who voted on the 2022 World Cup host.[317]
Qatar faced strong criticism for the treatment of foreign workers involved in preparation for the World Cup, with Amnesty International referring to "forced labour" and poor working conditions,[318][319] while many migrant workers reported having to pay large "recruitment fees" to obtain employment.[320] _The Guardian_ newspaper reported that many workers were denied food and water, had their identity papers taken away from them, and that they were not paid on time or at all, making some of them in effect slaves. _The Guardian_ estimated that up to 4,000 workers could die from lax safety and other causes by the time the competition was held. Between 2015 and 2021, the Qatari government adopted new labour reforms to improve working conditions, including a minimum wage for all workers and the removal of the kafala system. Furthermore, in November 2017, the International Labour Organization concluded that no rights were violated and made the decision to close the complaint against Qatar regarding the alleged violation of migrant workers' rights.[321] According to Amnesty International, however, living and working conditions of the foreign workers did not improve in the last years.[322]
Qatar was the smallest nation by area ever to have been awarded a FIFA World Cup – the next smallest by area was Switzerland, host of the 1954 World Cup, which was more than three times as large as Qatar and only needed to host 16 teams instead of 32. Qatar also became only the second country (not including Uruguay and Italy, hosts of the first two World Cups) to be awarded a FIFA World Cup despite having never qualified for a previous edition: Japan was awarded co-hosting rights of the 2002 World Cup in 1996 without ever having qualified for the finals, although they qualified for the 1998 edition. Of the eight stadiums used in the tournament, six were located in the Doha metropolitan area, making it the first World Cup since 1930 in which most of the stadiums were in one city. While this decreased the distance that fans and players needed to commute, Qatar itself struggled to accommodate the numbers of arriving fans with its diminutive amount of space.[323]
Due to Qatar's laws on alcohol consumption, World Cup organisers announced the creation of designated "sobering-up" zones as an alternative to wide-scale arrests of intoxicated fans during the World Cup.[324] Qatar's World Cup chief executive of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Nasser Al Khater, stated that the purpose of the designated sobering-up areas was to ensure the fans' safety.[325] If a fan was sent to the "sobering up" zone, they were permitted to leave when they could display clearheaded behaviour.[326] Multiple news agencies described the controversy as a "cultural clash" between social conservatism and Islamic morality against the "norms" of secular Western liberal democracies.[12][327]
A number of groups and media outlets expressed concern over the suitability of Qatar to host the event.[328][329] Issues regarding from human rights,[9][301] worker conditions, the rights of LGBT fans,[301] and the illegality of homosexuality in Qatar.[330][331][332] In December 2020, Qatar said rainbow flags would be allowed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[333] Qatari officials initially stated that they would not prohibit the display of pride flags at tournament venues, although the country still advised LGBT attendees to comply with the country's modesty and avoid public displays of affection.[334][335] Hassan Abdulla al-Thawadi, chief executive of the country's World Cup bid, said that Qatar would permit alcohol consumption during the event,[336][337] even though drinking in public was not permitted.[338] There were plans to allow the sale of alcohol inside stadiums and at fan villages.[339] Normally, the sale of alcohol is restricted to non-Muslim guests at selected luxury hotels only.[340] However, in the months preceding the tournament, the display of LGBT material and the sale of alcohol were banned.[339][341][342][343][344]
The climate conditions caused some to call hosting the tournament in Qatar infeasible, with initial plans for air-conditioned stadiums giving way to a potential date switch from summer to November and December.[6] In May 2014, Sepp Blatter, who was FIFA president at the time of the selection, remarked that awarding the World Cup to Qatar was a "mistake" because of the extreme heat.[6][345][346] While addressing delegates from African and Asian confederations, Blatter said allegations of corruption and some of the criticism, including those from sponsors, were "very much linked to racism and discrimination".[347] The attendance figures at the matches also came under scrutiny as the reported crowd attendance was more than the stadium capacities despite games having visible empty seats.[348]
Prior to the tournament, a reporter for Denmark's TV 2 was threatened by security during a live report from the Katara Cultural Village; the organising committee apologised, stating that they were "mistakenly interrupted".[349] Tony O'Donoghue of Ireland's RTÉ also accused Qatari police of interrupting him while filming.[350]
On 5 November 2022, _The Sunday Times_ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism published an investigation reporting that a group from an Indian hacking company had compromised the email accounts of various politicians, reporters, and other prominent individuals that had been critical of Qatar's hosting of the World Cup. It was also reported that the group had been hired by Jonas Rey, private investigators based in Switzerland, which were in turn hired by Qatari officials.[351]
### Migrant workers
There was criticism regarding the state of human rights in Qatar and of the conditions of migrant workers brought in to build the required infrastructure, including indentured servitude and working conditions leading to deaths.[355] On 23 October 2022, an article published by _The Guardian_ included statements from migrants working on the event infrastructure. Surveying 1,000 workers, 86% of participants said that the labour changes had improved their lives and that better working conditions are negotiable.[356] Legislation has also been proposed on the minimum wage, summertime worker safety, and the election of migrant worker representatives in businesses. Labour mobility is a result of changes to the Kafala system.[357]
According to Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, prior to the tournament, "the new Kafala system tranche of law will put an end to Kafala and establish a contemporary industrial relations system."[358]
FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended Qatar's decision to host the tournament.[359] Others have asserted that Qatar has a better human rights record than Russia and China, which were subjected to less harsh criticism for the same problems when hosting important athletic events in the years before the tournament.[360]
### Move to November and December
Owing to the climate in Qatar, concerns were expressed over holding the World Cup in its traditional time frame of June and July.[6] In October 2013, a task force was commissioned to consider alternative dates and report after the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[361] On 24 February 2015, the FIFA Task Force proposed that the tournament be played from late November to late December 2022,[362] to avoid the summer heat and also avoid clashing with the 2022 Winter Olympics in February, the 2022 Winter Paralympics in March and Ramadan in April.[363][364]
The notion of staging the tournament in November was controversial because it would interfere with the regular season schedules of some domestic leagues around the world. Commentators noted the clash with the Christian Christmas season was likely to cause disruption, whilst there was concern about how short the tournament was intended to be.[365] FIFA executive committee member Theo Zwanziger said that awarding the event to Qatar was a "blatant mistake".[366]
Frank Lowy, chairman of Football Federation Australia, said that if the 2022 World Cup were moved to November and thus upset the schedule of the A-League, they would seek compensation from FIFA.[367] Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the Premier League, stated that they would consider legal action against FIFA because a move would interfere with the Premier League's popular Christmas and New Year fixture programme.[368] In 2015, FIFA confirmed that the final would be played in December.[369] Critics condemned the Euro-centrism of these allegations, and questioned why global sporting events must be held within the traditional European summer season.[370]
### Bidding corruption allegations, 2014
Some allegations were made over the role of former football official Mohammed bin Hammam played in securing the bid.[371] A former employee of the Qatar bid team alleged that several African officials were paid $1.5 million by Qatar.[372] She retracted her claims, but later said that she was coerced to do so by Qatari bid officials.[373][374] In March 2014, it was discovered that former CONCACAF president Jack Warner and his family were paid almost $2 million from a firm linked to Qatar's successful campaign.[375]
_The Sunday Times_ published bribery allegations based on a leak of millions of secret documents.[376] Five of FIFA's six primary sponsors, Sony, Adidas, Visa, Hyundai, and Coca-Cola, called upon FIFA to investigate the claims.[377][378] Jim Boyce, vice-president of FIFA, stated he would support a re-vote to find a new host if the corruption allegations are proven.[379][380] FIFA completed a lengthy investigation into these allegations and a report cleared Qatar of any wrongdoing. Despite the claims, the Qataris insisted that the corruption allegations were being driven by envy and mistrust while Blatter said it was fueled by racism in the British media.[381][382]
In the 2015 FIFA corruption case, Swiss officials, operating under information from the United States Department of Justice, arrested many senior FIFA officials in Zürich and seized physical and electronic records from FIFA's main headquarters. The arrests continued in the United States, where several FIFA officers were arrested, and FIFA buildings were raided. The arrests were made on the information of at least a $150 million corruption and bribery scandal.[383] From those arrested, $40 million was forfeited under guilty pleas.[384] In 2022, the president of the El Salvador soccer association, Reynaldo Vasquez, was sentenced to 16 months in prison in connection to over $350,000 in bribes.[385]
Following the corruption case, Phaedra Almajid, the former media officer for the Qatar bid team, claimed that the allegations would result in Qatar not hosting the World Cup.[386] In an interview published on the same day, Domenico Scala, the head of FIFA's Audit and Compliance Committee, stated that "should there be evidence that the awards to Qatar and Russia came only because of bought votes, then the awards could be cancelled."[387][388]
In 2014, FIFA appointed Michael Garcia as its independent ethics investigator to look into bribery allegations against Russia and Qatar. Garcia investigated all nine bids and eleven countries involved in the 2018 and 2022 bids.[389] At the end of the investigation, Garcia submitted a 430-page report. The FIFA governing body then appointed a German judge, Hans Joachim Eckert, who reviewed and presented a 42-page summary of the report two months later. The report cleared Qatar and Russia of bribery allegations, stating that Qatar "pulled Aspire into the orbit of the bid in significant ways" but did not "compromise the integrity" of the overall bid process.[390] Michael Garcia reacted almost immediately, stating that the report is "materially incomplete" and contains "erroneous representations of the facts and conclusions".[390]
In 2017, a German journalist Peter Rossberg claimed to have obtained the report and wrote that it "does not provide proof that the 2018 or 2022 World Cup was bought" and stated that he would publish the full report. This forced FIFA to release the original report. The full report did not provide any evidence of corruption against the host of the 2022 World Cup but stated that bidders tested the rules of conduct to the limit.[391]
### Russian participation
On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) handed Russia a four-year ban from all major sporting events, after RUSADA was found non-compliant for handing over manipulated lab data to investigators.[392] The Russian national team were still permitted to enter qualification, as the ban only applied to the final tournament to decide the world champions. A team representing Russia, which used the Russian flag and anthem, could not participate under the WADA decision whilst the ban was active.[393] The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,[394] and on 17 December 2020, Russian teams were banned from competing at world championships organized or sanctioned by a WADA signatory until 16 December 2022, the day before the third place play-off.[395]
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's participation was further thrown into doubt. On 24 February 2022, the three teams in Russia's qualifying path—Czech Republic, Poland, and Sweden—announced their unwillingness to play any matches in Russian territory.[396] Poland and Sweden extended the boycott on 26 February to any qualifying games, and the Czech Republic made the same decision one day later.[397][398][399]
On 27 February 2022, FIFA announced a number of sanctions impacting Russia's participation in international football. Russia was prohibited from hosting international competitions, and the national team was ordered to play all home matches behind closed doors in neutral countries. Under these sanctions, Russia would not be allowed to compete under the country's name, flag, or national anthem; similarly to the Russian athletes' participation in events such as the Olympics,[400] the team would compete under the abbreviation of their national federation, the Russian Football Union ("RFU"), rather than "Russia".[401] The next day, FIFA decided to suspend Russia from international competitions "until further notice", including its participation in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[402]
### LGBT and women's rights
There are no LGBT rights in Qatar, with homosexuality as well as campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights criminalized. As such, when Qatar was selected to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the choice to do so in a restrictive nation saw much criticism, with the security of fans,[403] as well as the homophobic football chants of certain nations, were points of discussion.[404] The main controversy came from a last-minute FIFA decision to hand out player punishments to European captains who had months earlier announced their intention to continue wearing rainbow-colored armbands (which began in 2020) in support of anti-discrimination. Typically, kit violations incur a fine, which the teams had said they would pay; on the day of the first match involving one of the teams, FIFA reportedly told the teams that they would receive a yellow card at a minimum for wearing the armbands.[405] Qatari officials stated that all people are welcome as long as they follow the public display of affection laws which apply to everyone.[406][407]
Security officials at stadiums also confiscated items of rainbow clothing and flags featuring rainbows.[408][409] American journalist Grant Wahl was briefly detained for wearing a t-shirt with a rainbow on it.[410] Wahl reportedly received death threats for wearing the shirt, later dying at the stadium.[411][412] Other journalists with Wahl at the time of his death have reported that he began fitting or experiencing a seizure, and called for help himself. They criticized the Qatar Supreme Committee for not providing defibrillators in the stadium, as they had looked for one to try to help Wahl.[413] In response, FIFA said that according to the ambulance service, a defibrillator was made available when paramedics later arrived on scene.[414] An autopsy done on Wahl in New York City later revealed that Wahl died from an aortic aneurysm rupture.[415]
Discrimination against women in Qatar was also criticized.[416][417] Women in Qatar have few freedoms,[416][418] as they must obtain permission from their male guardians to marry, study abroad on government scholarships, work in many government jobs, travel abroad, receive certain forms of reproductive health care, and act as the primary guardian of children, even if they are divorced.[419]
Qatar attracted particular criticism for an incident where a Mexican employee of the World Cup Organizing Committee was accused of allegedly having sex outside of marriage. The woman had previously reported rape, while the male claimed to have been in a relationship with her, after which the woman was investigated for extramarital sex. Women in Qatar face the possible penalty of flagellation and a seven-year prison sentence if convicted for having sex outside of marriage. The criminal case was eventually dropped months after she was allowed to leave Qatar.[420]
### Influence of Iran
An Iranian fan showing a banner with "Woman, Life, Freedom" slogan
In November 2022, there were reports suggesting that the government of Iran were working with Qatari officials to suppress anti-government protests at the 2022 FIFA World Cup,[421] in light of the Mahsa Amini protests. Leaked documents and audio clips suggested that Iranian government officials were in correspondence with Qatari authorities in order to handle possible protesters.[422]
In November 2022, the Qatari government revoked the visas of journalists from a London-based Iranian news channel, Iran International, known for being critical of the regime, who were seeking to cover the World Cup.[423] On 21 November 2022, during the first group stage match from Group B, between Iran and England, attempts were reportedly made by the stadium's security forces to block Iranian fans who wore clothing or carried items bearing slogans that were deemed unsympathetic to the Islamic government of Iran.[424] These included t-shirts and signs with "Woman, Life, Freedom" embedded onto them, Iran's previous flags, or any slogans containing the name of Mahsa Amini.[425] This crackdown continued throughout all of Iran's matches at the World Cup.[421] In addition to removing fans from stadiums, reports showed that officials tried to suppress any filming or photography of possible protests. In one case, Qatari police detained Danish TV presenter, Rasmus Tantholdt, for filming fans with "Woman, Life, Freedom" slogans, some of whom who had been earlier abused by a group of pro-government supporters.[426]
### Treatment of Jewish and Israeli visitors
Qatar had previously promised to provide Jewish tourists with cooked _kosher_ food and public Jewish prayer services at the tournament. However, shortly before the World Cup began, both were banned by Qatar, who claimed it could not secure the safety of Jews.[427][428] Qatar alleged that they could not "secure" the safety of publicly praying Jewish tourists, whilst many foreign Jews complained that they subsequently had no food available to eat. It was estimated that 10,000 religious Jews from Israel and around the world arrived to watch the World Cup in Qatar.[429]
Whilst Jewish organisations complained of being unable to find cooked kosher food,[429] the Israeli government said it was happy with the efforts made by Qatar to meet its requests, including kosher food, direct flights from Israel to Qatar, and temporary diplomatic representation in the country. A kosher kitchen under the supervision of Rabbi Mendy Chitrik was open in time for the first match. Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, said he had never asked the Qatari government for cooked food, and he had been the only person in communication with the Qataris regarding making the World Cup experience inclusive for Jews.[430]
Multiple Israeli reporters at the tournament reported fans from Arab nations waving Palestinian flags and chanting anti-Israeli slogans while harassing them.[301][431][432] Some Israelis reported that they had been escorted out of restaurants when their nationality was revealed.[433] The Israeli government warned its citizens traveling to the tournament to hide their Israeli identity out of safety concerns.[434]
### Accommodation
The Rawdat Al Jahhaniya fan village was criticised for its overpriced "night cabins" (£185 per night) made out of shipping containers. Tourists complained that the air conditioners in the cabins did not function well, facilities were falling apart, and the sleeping experience did not match their expectations.[435] The BBC reported that the tent accommodation at the Qetaifan Island fan village got criticism for having brown-colored tap water and no air conditioning other than a standing fan.[436][437] The tent village in Al Khor was criticized for having inconvenient transportation, a lack of alcohol, long waits to check in, and no locks on the tents.[438][439] The lack of suitable and affordable accommodation raised demand for daily shuttle flights from neighboring areas, such as Dubai, that had adequate numbers of hotel rooms.[440]
## Security
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The Qatari government employed about 50,000 security personnel including police departments and military forces from at least thirteen countries, including Poland, Germany, France, Kuwait, Jordan, Italy, Palestine, Spain, Pakistan, Turkey, USA, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom.[441][442]
### Turkey
Turkey provided about 3000 riot police personnel.[441]
### Pakistan
Pakistan provided about 4,500 Army troops to Qatar for the event.[443]
## See also
- FIFA World Cup
- FIFA World Cup hosts
- 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
## Notes
1. The 2018 competition in Russia featured two partially Asian venues, according to various definitions of the geographical boundary between Asia and Europe—Yekaterinburg (sits on the foothills of the Ural Mountains and acts a barrier between Europe and Asia) and Sochi. (The majority of Sochi is situated on the European side of Russia, while a small portion extends to the Asian side.)
2. Qatar has very high temperatures and is quite humid during summers.[3]
3. The tournament is the first not to be held in the traditional months of May, June, or July and take place in the northern autumn.[3][4]
4. Citations:[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
5. The average attendance at this stadium was 66,794.
6. The average attendance at this stadium was 87,416.
7. The average attendance at this stadium was 42,788.
8. The average attendance at this stadium was 43,639.
9. The average attendance at this stadium was 44,445.
10. The average attendance at this stadium was 42,211.
11. The average attendance at this stadium was 42,552.
12. The average attendance at this stadium was 41,253.
13. UEFA Path A winners, team not determined at time of draw.[116]
14. CONCACAF v OFC winners, team not determined at time of draw.[116]
15. AFC v CONMEBOL winners, team not determined at time of draw.[116]
16. Citations:[6][302][303][304]
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# 1998 FIFA World Cup
The **1998 FIFA World Cup** was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in 1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it was the longest World Cup tournament ever held.
Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis.
The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 in the final. France won their first title, becoming the seventh nation to win a World Cup, and the sixth (after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina) to win the World Cup on home soil. As of 2022, they are the most recent team to win the tournament on home soil. Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa made their first appearances in the finals.
## Host selection
France was awarded the 1998 World Cup on 2 July 1992 by the executive committee of FIFA during a general meeting in Zürich, Switzerland. They defeated Morocco by 12 votes to 7.[1][2] Switzerland withdrew, due to being unable to meet FIFA's requirements. This made France the third country to host two World Cups, after Mexico and Italy in 1986 and 1990 respectively. France previously hosted the third edition of the World Cup in 1938. England, who hosted the competition in 1966 and won it, were among the original applicants, but later withdrew their application in favour of an ultimately successful bid to host UEFA Euro 1996.
| Voting results[3]_Country | Voting results[3]_Round 1 |
| --- | --- |
| France | 12 |
| Morocco | 7 |
### Bribery and corruption investigations
On 4 June 2015, while co-operating with the FBI and the Swiss authorities, Chuck Blazer confirmed that he and other members of FIFA's executive committee were bribed during the 1998 and 2010 World Cups host selection process. Blazer stated that "we facilitated bribes in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup". Since France won the selection process it was initially thought the bribery came from its bid committee. It eventually transpired that the bribe payment was from the failed Moroccan bid.[4][5][6]
## Qualification
The qualification draw for the 1998 World Cup finals took place in the Musée du Louvre, Paris on 12 December 1995.[7] As tournament hosts, France was exempt from the draw as was defending champion Brazil, but it was also France's first World Cup since 1986. 174 teams from six confederations participated, 24 more than in the previous round. Fourteen countries qualified from the European zone (in addition to hosts France). Ten were determined after group play – nine group winners and the best second-placed team; the other eight group runners-up were drawn into pairs of four play-off matches with the winners qualifying for the finals as well.[8] CONMEBOL (South America) and CAF (Africa) were each given five spots in the final tournament, while three spots were contested between 30 CONCACAF members in the North and Central America and the Caribbean zone. The winner of the Oceanian zone advanced to an intercontinental play-off against the runner-up of the Asian play-off, determined by the two best second-placed teams.
Four nations qualified for the first time: Croatia, Jamaica, Japan and South Africa. The last team to qualify was Iran by virtue of beating Australia in a two-legged tie on 29 November 1997.[9] It marked their first appearance in the finals since 1978, Chile qualified for the first time since 1982, after serving a ban that saw them miss out on the two previous tournaments. Paraguay and Denmark returned for the first time since 1986. Austria, England, Scotland and Yugoslavia returned after missing out on the 1994 tournament, with the Balkan team now appearing under the name of FR Yugoslavia. Among the teams who failed to qualify were two-time winners Uruguay (for the second successive tournament); Portugal (their last absence as of 2022); Sweden, who finished third in 1994; Russia (who failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 after losing to Italy in the play-off round); and the Republic of Ireland, who had qualified for the previous two tournaments.[10] The highest-ranked team not to qualify was the UEFA Euro 1996 runners-up the Czech Republic (ranked 3rd), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was Nigeria (ranked 74th).
As of 2022, this was the last time Austria, Bulgaria, Norway, Romania and Scotland qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time Jamaica have qualified.
### List of qualified teams
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,[11] qualified for the final tournament.
- AFC (4)
- Iran (42)
- Japan (debut) (12)
- Saudi Arabia (34)
- South Korea (20)
- CAF (5)
- Cameroon (49)
- Morocco (13)
- Nigeria (74)
- South Africa (debut) (24)
- Tunisia (21)
- OFC (0)
- _None qualified_
- CONCACAF (3)
- Jamaica (debut) (30)
- Mexico (4)
- United States (11)
- CONMEBOL (5)
- Argentina (6)
- Brazil (holders) (1)
- Chile (9)
- Colombia (10)
- Paraguay (29)
- UEFA (15)
- Austria (31)
- Belgium (36)
- Bulgaria (35)
- Croatia (debut) (19)
- Denmark (27)
- England (5)
- France (18) (hosts)
- Germany (2)
- Italy (14)
- Netherlands (25)
- Norway (7)
- Romania (22)
- Scotland (41)
- Spain (15)
- FR Yugoslavia (8)
Countries qualified for World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member
| Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998[11]_Unnamed: 0_level_1 | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998[11]_Country | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998[11]_Confederation | Teams listed by FIFA ranking as of May 1998[11]_Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil (1994 winner) | CONMEBOL | 1 |
| 2 | Germany | UEFA | 2 |
| 3 | Mexico | CONCACAF | 4 |
| 4 | England | UEFA | 5 |
| 5 | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 6 |
| 6 | Norway | UEFA | 7 |
| 7 | FR Yugoslavia | UEFA | 8 |
| 8 | Chile | CONMEBOL | 9 |
| 9 | Colombia | CONMEBOL | 10 |
| 10 | United States | CONCACAF | 11 |
| 11 | Japan | AFC | 12 |
| 12 | Morocco | CAF | 13 |
| 13 | Italy | UEFA | 14 |
| 14 | Spain | UEFA | 15 |
| 15 | France (host) | UEFA | 18 |
| 16 | Croatia | UEFA | 19 |
| 17 | South Korea | AFC | 20 |
| 18 | Tunisia | CAF | 21 |
| 19 | Romania | UEFA | 22 |
| 20 | South Africa | CAF | 24 |
| 21 | Netherlands | UEFA | 25 |
| 22 | Denmark | UEFA | 27 |
| 23 | Paraguay | CONMEBOL | 29 |
| 24 | Jamaica | CONCACAF | 30 |
| 25 | Austria | UEFA | 31 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 34 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | UEFA | 35 |
| 28 | Belgium | UEFA | 36 |
| 29 | Scotland | UEFA | 41 |
| 30 | Iran | AFC | 42 |
| 31 | Cameroon | CAF | 49 |
| 32 | Nigeria | CAF | 74 |
## Venues
France's bid to host the World Cup centered on a national stadium with 80,000 seats and nine other stadiums located across the country.[12] When the finals were originally awarded in July 1992, none of the regional club grounds were of a capacity meeting FIFA's requirements – namely being able to safely seat 40,000.[12] The proposed national stadium, colloquially referred to as the 'Grand stade', met with controversy at every stage of planning; the stadium's location was determined by politics, finance and national symbolism.[13] As Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac successfully negotiated a deal with Prime Minister Édouard Balladur to bring the Stade de France, as it was now called, to the commune of Saint-Denis just north of the capital city.[13] Construction on the stadium started in December 1995 and was completed after 26 months of work in November 1997 at a cost of ₣2.67 billion.[14]
The choice of stadium locations was drafted from an original list of 14 cities.[15] FIFA and CFO monitored the progress and quality of preparations, culminating in the former providing final checks of the grounds weeks before the tournament commenced. Montpellier was the surprise inclusion from the final list of cities because of its low urban hierarchy in comparison to Strasbourg, who boasted a better hierarchy and success from its local football team, having been taken over by a consortium. Montpellier however was considered ambitious by the selecting panel to host World Cup matches. The local city and regional authorities in particular had invested heavily into football the previous two decades and were able to measure economic effects, in terms of jobs as early as in 1997.[16] Some of the venues used for this tournament were also used for the previous World Cup in France in 1938. The Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, the Stade Municipal in Toulouse, the Gerland in Lyon, the Parc Lescure in Bordeaux and the Parc des Princes in Paris received the honour of hosting World Cup matches once again in 1998 as they had all done in 1938.
10 stadiums were used for the finals; in addition to nine matches being played at the Stade de France (the most used stadium in the tournament), a further six matches took place in Paris Saint-Germain's Parc des Princes, bringing Paris's total matches hosted to 15. France played four of their seven matches in the national stadium; they also played in the country's second and third largest cities, Marseille (hosting 7 total matches) and Lyon (hosting 6 total matches), as well as a Round of 16 knockout match in the northern city of Lens (also hosting 6 total matches). Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier and Saint-Etienne also hosted 6 matches in total; all of the stadiums used also hosted knockout round matches.
| Paris (Saint-Denis) | Marseille | Paris | Lyon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stade de France | Stade Vélodrome | Parc des Princes | Stade de Gerland |
| 48°55′28″N 2°21′36″E / 48.92444°N 2.36000°E | 43°16′11″N 5°23′45″E / 43.26972°N 5.39583°E | 48°50′29″N 2°15′11″E / 48.84139°N 2.25306°E | 45°43′26″N 4°49′56″E / 45.72389°N 4.83222°E |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 48,875 | Capacity: 44,000 |
| | | | |
| Lens | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| Stade Félix-Bollaert | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| 50°25′58.26″N 2°48′53.47″E / 50.4328500°N 2.8148528°E | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| Capacity: 41,300 | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| Nantes | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| Stade de la Beaujoire | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| 47°15′20.27″N 1°31′31.35″W / 47.2556306°N 1.5253750°W | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| Capacity: 39,500 | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier | Saint-DenisMarseilleParisLensLyonNantesToulouseSaint-ÉtienneBordeauxMontpellier |
| Toulouse | Saint-Étienne | Bordeaux | Montpellier |
| Stadium de Toulouse | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard | Parc Lescure | Stade de la Mosson |
| 43°34′59.93″N 1°26′2.57″E / 43.5833139°N 1.4340472°E | 45°27′38.76″N 4°23′24.42″E / 45.4607667°N 4.3901167°E | 44°49′45″N 0°35′52″W / 44.82917°N 0.59778°W | 43°37′19.85″N 3°48′43.28″E / 43.6221806°N 3.8120222°E |
| Capacity: 37,000 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 35,200 | Capacity: 34,000 |
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## Innovations
### Technologies
This was the first FIFA World Cup where fourth officials used electronic boards, instead of cardboard.[17]
### Rule changes
This was the first World Cup since the introduction of golden goals,[17] banning of tackles from behind that endanger the safety of an opponent[18] and allowance of three substitutions per game.[19]
## Match officials
34 referees and 33 assistants officiated in the 1998 World Cup.[20] As a result of the extension to 32 teams in the finals, there was an increase of 10 referees and 11 officials from the 1994 World Cup.[20]
- CAF (5)
- Said Belqola
- Gamal Al-Ghandour
- Lucien Bouchardeau
- Lim Kee Chong
- Ian McLeod
- AFC (4)
- Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid
- Ali Bujsaim
- Masayoshi Okada
- Pirom Un-Prasert
- UEFA (15)
- Marc Batta
- Günter Benkö
- Pierluigi Collina
- Hugh Dallas
- Paul Durkin
- José María García-Aranda
- Bernd Heynemann
- Nikolai Levnikov
- Urs Meier
- Vítor Melo Pereira
- Kim Milton Nielsen
- Rune Pedersen
- László Vágner
- Mario van der Ende
- Ryszard Wójcik
- CONCACAF (3)
- Esfandiar Baharmast
- Arturo Brizio Carter
- Ramesh Ramdhan
- OFC (1)
- Eddie Lennie
- CONMEBOL (6)
- Javier Castrilli
- Epifanio González
- Márcio Rezende de Freitas
- Mario Sánchez Yanten
- Alberto Tejada Noriega
- John Toro Rendón
## Draw
The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 3 December 1997. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (France) and holders (Brazil) was upheld; while the remaining six seeds were granted for the other top7-ranked teams, based on their results obtained in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1, counting in total 60%) and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio, counting in total 40%).[21][22]
For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots. The eight top-seeded teams were allocated in pot A and would be drawn/selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 24 unseeded teams were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the: Nine European teams in pot B; four Asian teams and three South American teams in pot C; five African teams and three North American teams in pot D.[23]
The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups, although with special combined procedures for pot B and pot C, due to comprising more/less than eight teams - but sixteen teams in total. At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group.[23]
| Pot A Top-seeded teams (DC + Host + Top7 seeds) | Pot B Europe (UEFA) | Pot C Asia & South America (AFC & CONMEBOL) | Pot D Africa & North America (CAF & CONCACAF) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil (1994 winner, group A1) France (host, group C1) Germany (1) Italy (3) Spain (4) Argentina (5) Romania (6) Netherlands (7) | Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Denmark England Scotland FR Yugoslavia Norway | Chile Colombia Iran Japan Paraguay Saudi Arabia South Korea | Cameroon Jamaica Mexico Morocco Nigeria South Africa Tunisia United States |
- The draw took place at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille, and was televised live on 4 December 1997: FIFA World Cup Draw on BBC Sport.
For the first time in history, the draw event took place in a football stadium, with 38,000 spectators and an estimated 1 billion TV viewers. The draw was officiated by FIFA secretary general Sepp Blatter. Teams were drawn by football legends Franz Beckenbauer, Carlos Alberto Parreira, George Weah and Raymond Kopa.[24]
Organiser Michel Platini, who later became president of UEFA, admitted in 2018 that the draw for the group stage of the competition had been fixed so that France and Brazil were kept apart until the final, telling France Bleu Sport: "We did a bit of trickery. When we were organising the schedule. We did not spend six years organising the World Cup to not do some little shenanigans".[25]
The statement from Platini referred to the fact that, shortly before the World Cup finals draw took place, the FIFA Organising Committee had met to finalise the draw process. At this meeting, the committee had approved the proposal to assign host nation France to group position C1 and defending champions Brazil to group position A1 ahead of the draw. As the tournament structure was also predetermined so that the winners of Groups A, D, E and H, and the runners-up of Groups B, C, F and G would be kept apart from the group winners of B, C, F and G, and the runners-up of Group A, D, E and H until the final; thus, France and Brazil could avoid meeting each other until the final if both teams finished in the same position in the top two of their respective groups.[26]
Procedure for the draw:[23]
1. Pot A was used to draw the remaining six top-seeded teams for the first position of groups B, D, E, F, G and H.
2. Pot D was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H).
3. Pot B was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H).
4. As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two UEFA teams in each group, the remaining ninth team from Pot B, was subject to a second draw, to be put in either of the groups containing a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team.
5. Pot C was used to draw one team to each of the seven groups with an empty spot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H). However, as each group could only contain one South American (CONMEBOL) team, the first Asian (AFC) team drawn would not be drawn into a group in alphabetical order, but instead be drawn into the remaining open group with a top-seeded South American (CONMEBOL) team.
6. To decide the match schedules, the exact group position number for the un-seeded teams in each group (2, 3 or 4), were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot D, B and C.
### Draw results and group fixtures
The draw resulted in the following eight groups:[23]
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Group A Pos Team A1 Brazil A2 Scotland A3 Morocco A4 Norway | Group B Pos Team B1 Italy B2 Chile B3 Cameroon B4 Austria | Group C Pos Team C1 France C2 South Africa C3 Saudi Arabia C4 Denmark | Group D Pos Team D1 Spain D2 Nigeria D3 Paraguay D4 Bulgaria |
| | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Group E Pos Team E1 Netherlands E2 Belgium E3 South Korea E4 Mexico | Group F Pos Team F1 Germany F2 United States F3 FR Yugoslavia F4 Iran | Group G Pos Team G1 Romania G2 Colombia G3 England G4 Tunisia | Group H Pos Team H1 Argentina H2 Japan H3 Jamaica H4 Croatia |
In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. Three points were awarded for each win, while a draw was worth one point. After completion of the group stage, the two teams with the most points in each group would advance to the knockout stage, with each group winner facing the runner-up from one of the other groups in the round of 16. This was a new format for the World Cup, following the expansion from 24 teams in 1994. A total of 64 games were played, including the final and a third-place play-off between the losers of the two semi-finals.
The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows:
**Group stage schedule **
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matchday 1 | 10–15 June 1998 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
| Matchday 2 | 16–22 June 1998 | 1 v 3, 2 v 4 |
| Matchday 3 | 23–26 June 1998 | 4 v 1, 2 v 3 |
## Squads
As with the preceding tournament, each team's squad for the 1998 World Cup finals consisted of 22 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 22-player squad by 1 June 1998.
Out of the 704 players participating in the 1998 World Cup, 447 were signed up with a European club; 90 in Asia, 67 in South America, 61 in Northern and Central America and 37 in Africa.[27] 75 played their club football in England – five more than Italy and Spain. Barcelona of Spain was the club contributing to the most players in the tournament with 13 players on their side.[27]
The average age of all teams was 27 years, 8 months – five months older than the previous tournament.[28] Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon was the youngest player selected in the competition at 17 years, 3 months, while the oldest was Jim Leighton of Scotland at 39 years, 11 months.[28]
## Group stage
Champion Runner-up
Third place Fourth place
Quarter-finals Round of 16
Group stage
_All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)_
Key for tables
- **Pld** = total games played
- **W** = total games won
- **D** = total games drawn (tied)
- **L** = total games lost
- **GF** = total goals scored (goals for)
- **GA** = total goals conceded (goals against)
- **GD** = goal difference (GF−GA)
- **Pts** = total points accumulated
### Group A
Defending champions Brazil won Group A after only two matches as the nation achieved victories over Scotland (2–1) and Morocco (3–0). Heading into the third game, Brazil had nothing to play for but still started its regulars against Norway, who was looking to upset Brazil once again. Needing a victory, Norway overturned a 1–0 deficit with 7 minutes remaining to defeat Brazil 2–1, with Kjetil Rekdal scoring[29] the winning penalty to send Norway into the knockout stage for the first time.[30]
Norway's victory denied Morocco a chance at the Round of 16, despite winning 3–0 against Scotland. It was only Morocco's second ever victory at a World Cup, having recorded its first previous win 12 years earlier on 11 June 1986.
Scotland managed only one point, coming in a 1–1 draw against Norway, and failed to get out of the first round for an eighth time in the FIFA World Cup, a record that stands to this date.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| Brazil | 2–1 | Scotland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| César Sampaio 5'Boyd 74' (o.g.) | Report | Collins 38' (pen.) |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 80,000Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
| Morocco | 2–2 | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hadji 37'Hadda 60' | Report | Chippo 45+1' (o.g.)Eggen 61' |
Stade de la Mosson, MontpellierAttendance: 29,800Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)
| Scotland | 1–1 | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Burley 66' | Report | H. Flo 46' |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 31,800Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
| Brazil | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ronaldo 9'Rivaldo 45+2'Bebeto 50' | Report |
Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesAttendance: 35,500Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
| 0–3 | Morocco |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Bassir 23', 85'Hadda 46' |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 30,600Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
| Brazil | 1–2 | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bebeto 78' | Report | T. A. Flo 83'Rekdal 89' (pen.) |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 55,000Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)
### Group B
Italy and Chile progressed to the second round, while Austria failed to win for the first time since 1958 and Cameroon failed to get out of the group stage for the second time in a row.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
Source: FIFA
| Italy | 2–2 | Chile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vieri 10'R. Baggio 84' (pen.) | Report | Salas 45+3', 50' |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 31,800Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
| Cameroon | 1–1 | Austria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Njanka 77' | Report | Polster 90+1' |
Stade de Toulouse, ToulouseAttendance: 33,500Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
| Chile | 1–1 | Austria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Salas 70' | Report | Vastić 90+2' |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 30,600Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
| Italy | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Di Biagio 7'Vieri 75', 89' | Report |
Stade de la Mosson, MontpellierAttendance: 29,800Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)
| Italy | 2–1 | Austria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vieri 48'R. Baggio 90' | Report | Herzog 90+2' (pen.) |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 80,000Referee: Paul Durkin (England)
| Chile | 1–1 | Cameroon |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sierra 20' | Report | Mboma 56' |
Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesAttendance: 35,500Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)
### Group C
France, the host nation, swept Group C when the start of their path to their first FIFA World Cup trophy culminated with their 2–1 win over Denmark, who despite their loss, progressed to the second round. Saudi Arabia, after a good performance four years earlier, finished bottom with only one point. Debutant South Africa grabbed two points and also exited at the group stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts
| 0–1 | Denmark |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Rieper 69' |
Stade Félix Bollaert, LensAttendance: 38,100Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
| France | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Dugarry 36'Issa 77' (o.g.)Henry 90+2' | Report |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 55,000Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
| South Africa | 1–1 | Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| McCarthy 51' | Report | A. Nielsen 12' |
Stade de Toulouse, ToulouseAttendance: 33,500Referee: John Toro Rendón (Colombia)
| France | 4–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Henry 37', 78'Trezeguet 68'Lizarazu 85' | Report |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 80,000Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| France | 2–1 | Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Djorkaeff 12' (pen.)Petit 56' | Report | M. Laudrup 42' (pen.) |
Stade Gerland, LyonAttendance: 39,100Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
| South Africa | 2–2 | Saudi Arabia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bartlett 18', 90+3' (pen.) | Report | Al-Jaber 45+2' (pen.)Al-Thunayan 74' (pen.) |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 31,800Referee: Mario Sánchez (Chile)
### Group D
Nigeria and Paraguay advanced to the Round of 16 after a surprise elimination of top seed Spain, while Bulgaria failed to repeat their surprise performance from the previous tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Stade de la Mosson, MontpellierAttendance: 29,800Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
| Spain | 2–3 | Nigeria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hierro 21'Raúl 47' | Report | Adepoju 24'Zubizarreta 73' (o.g.)Oliseh 78' |
Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesAttendance: 35,500Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)
| Nigeria | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ikpeba 28' | Report |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 45,500Referee: Mario Sánchez Yantén (Chile)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 30,600Referee: Ian McLeod (South Africa)
| Nigeria | 1–3 | Paraguay |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Oruma 11' | Report | Ayala 1'Benítez 58'Cardozo 86' |
Stade de Toulouse, ToulouseAttendance: 33,500Referee: Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)
| Spain | 6–1 | Bulgaria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hierro 6' (pen.)Luis Enrique 18'Morientes 55', 81'Bachev 88' (o.g.)Kiko 90+4' | Report | Kostadinov 58' |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, LensAttendance: 38,100Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
### Group E
The Netherlands and Mexico advanced with the same record, with the former placing first on goal difference. Belgium and eventual 2002 FIFA World Cup co-hosts South Korea failed to advance.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| South Korea | 1–3 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ha Seok-ju 27' | Report | Peláez 50'Hernández 75', 84' |
Stade de Gerland, LyonAttendance: 39,100Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 77,000Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
| Belgium | 2–2 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wilmots 42', 47' | Report | García Aspe 55' (pen.)Blanco 62' |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 31,800Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
| Netherlands | 5–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Cocu 37'Overmars 41'Bergkamp 71'Van Hooijdonk 80'R. de Boer 83' | Report |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 55,000Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cocu 4'R. de Boer 18' | Report | Peláez 75'Hernández 90+4' |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 30,600Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (Saudi Arabia)
| Belgium | 1–1 | South Korea |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nilis 7' | Report | Yoo Sang-chul 72' |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 45,500Referee: Márcio Rezende de Freitas (Brazil)
### Group F
Germany and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia advanced, each with 7 points (Germany took 1st through goal differential tiebreak). Iran and 1994 host United States failed to advance.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | FR Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| FR Yugoslavia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mihajlović 73' | Report |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 30,600Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
| Germany | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Möller 9'Klinsmann 65' | Report |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 45,500Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
| Germany | 2–2 | FR Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mihajlović 72' (o.g.)Bierhoff 78' | Report | Mijatović 13'Stojković 52' |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, LensAttendance: 38,100Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
| United States | 1–2 | Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| McBride 87' | Report | Estili 40'Mahdavikia 84' |
Stade de Gerland, LyonAttendance: 39,100Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
| Germany | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Bierhoff 50'Klinsmann 57' | Report |
Stade de la Mosson, MontpellierAttendance: 29,800Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
| 0–1 | FR Yugoslavia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Komljenović 4' |
Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesAttendance: 35,500Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
### Group G
Romania topped the group over England, while Colombia and Tunisia were unable to reach the last 16, despite Colombia having one win.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
| England | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Shearer 42'Scholes 89' | Report |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 54,587Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)
| Romania | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ilie 45+1' | Report |
Stade de Gerland, LyonAttendance: 39,100Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)
| Colombia | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Preciado 83' | Report |
Stade de la Mosson, MontpellierAttendance: 29,800Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
| Romania | 2–1 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Moldovan 46'Petrescu 90' | Report | Owen 81' |
Stade de Toulouse, ToulouseAttendance: 33,500Referee: Marc Batta (France)
| 0–2 | England |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Anderton 20'Beckham 29' |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, LensAttendance: 38,100Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| Romania | 1–1 | Tunisia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Moldovan 71' | Report | Souayah 12' (pen.) |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 77,000Referee: Eddie Lennie (Australia)
### Group H
Argentina finished at the top of Group H against three debutants. Croatia took the runners-up spot while Jamaica and Japan failed to advance.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Batistuta 28' | Report |
Stade de Toulouse, ToulouseAttendance: 33,500Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)
| Jamaica | 1–3 | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Earle 45' | Report | Stanić 27'Prosinečki 53'Šuker 69' |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, LensAttendance: 38,100Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
| 0–1 | Croatia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Šuker 77' |
Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesAttendance: 35,500Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Argentina | 5–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ortega 32', 55'Batistuta 73', 78', 83' (pen.) | Report |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 45,500Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
| Argentina | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Pineda 36' | Report |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 31,800Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
| Japan | 1–2 | Jamaica |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nakayama 74' | Report | Whitmore 39', 54' |
Stade Gerland, LyonAttendance: 39,100Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)
## Knockout stage
The knockout stage comprised the 16 teams that advanced from the group stage of the tournament. For each game in the knockout stage, any draw at 90 minutes was followed by 30 minutes of extra time; if scores were still level, there was a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. The Golden goal rule was also used, whereby if a team scored during extra time, they would immediately win the game.
### Bracket
The first games were played on 27 June 1998, and the final took place on 12 July 1998 in Paris.
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 27 June – Paris | 27 June – Paris | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 27 June – Paris | 27 June – Paris | | | | | | | | | | | Brazil | 4 | |
| 3 July – Nantes | 3 July – Nantes | | | | | | | | | | | Brazil | 4 | |
| 3 July – Nantes | 3 July – Nantes | | | Chile | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 3 | | Chile | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 3 | 28 June – Saint-Denis | 28 June – Saint-Denis | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Denmark | 28 June – Saint-Denis | 28 June – Saint-Denis | | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Denmark | Nigeria | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Nigeria | 1 | 7 July – Marseille | 7 July – Marseille | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | 4 | 7 July – Marseille | 7 July – Marseille | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | 4 | Brazil (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 29 June – Toulouse | 29 June – Toulouse | Brazil (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 29 June – Toulouse | 29 June – Toulouse | | Netherlands | | | 1 (2) | | | | | |
| | | | Netherlands | 2 | | Netherlands | | 1 (2) | | | | | | |
| | 4 July – Marseille | 4 July – Marseille | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 4 July – Marseille | 4 July – Marseille | FR Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands | 2 | FR Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Netherlands | 2 | 30 June – Saint-Étienne | 30 June – Saint-Étienne | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 1 | 30 June – Saint-Étienne | 30 June – Saint-Étienne | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 1 | Argentina (p) | 2 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Argentina (p) | 2 (4) | | | | | | 12 July – Saint-Denis | 12 July – Saint-Denis | | | |
| | | | England | 2 (3) | | | | | | 12 July – Saint-Denis | 12 July – Saint-Denis | | | |
| | | | England | 2 (3) | | | | | | Brazil | | | 0 | |
| | | | 27 June – Marseille | 27 June – Marseille | | | | | | Brazil | | | 0 | |
| | | | 27 June – Marseille | 27 June – Marseille | | | | | | | | | France | 3.0 |
| | | | Italy | 1 | | | | | | | | France | 3 | |
| | 3 July – Saint-Denis | 3 July – Saint-Denis | Italy | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3 July – Saint-Denis | 3 July – Saint-Denis | Norway | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Italy | 0 (3) | Norway | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Italy | 0 (3) | 28 June – Lens | 28 June – Lens | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France (p) | 0 (4) | 28 June – Lens | 28 June – Lens | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France (p) | 0 (4) | France (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | France (a.s.d.e.t.) | 1 | | 8 July – Saint-Denis | 8 July – Saint-Denis | | | | | | | |
| | | | Paraguay | 0 | | 8 July – Saint-Denis | 8 July – Saint-Denis | | | | | | | |
| | | | Paraguay | 0 | | France | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 29 June – Montpellier | 29 June – Montpellier | | France | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 29 June – Montpellier | 29 June – Montpellier | | Croatia | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Germany | 2 | | Croatia | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 4 July – Lyon | 4 July – Lyon | Germany | 2 | | | | | | | | 11 July – Paris | 11 July – Paris | |
| | 4 July – Lyon | 4 July – Lyon | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | | | 11 July – Paris | 11 July – Paris | |
| | Germany | 0 | Mexico | 1 | | | | | | | | Netherlands | 1 | |
| | Germany | 0 | 30 June – Bordeaux | 30 June – Bordeaux | | | | | | | | Netherlands | 1 | |
| | Croatia | 3 | 30 June – Bordeaux | 30 June – Bordeaux | | | | | | | | Croatia | 2 | |
| | Croatia | 3 | Romania | 0 | | | | | | | | Croatia | 2 | |
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### Round of 16
| Italy | 1–0 |
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| Vieri 18' | Report |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 55,000Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)
| Brazil | 4–1 | Chile |
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| Sampaio 11', 26'Ronaldo 45+3' (pen.), 72' | Report | Salas 70' |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 45,500Referee: Marc Batta (France)
| France | 1–0 (a.e.t./g.g.) |
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| Blanc 114' | Report |
Stade Félix-Bollaert, LensAttendance: 31,800Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
| Nigeria | 1–4 | Denmark |
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| Babangida 77' | Report | Møller 3'B. Laudrup 12'Sand 58'Helveg 76' |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 77,000Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
| Germany | 2–1 | Mexico |
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| Klinsmann 74'Bierhoff 86' | Report | Hernández 47' |
Stade de la Mosson, MontpellierAttendance: 29,800Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
| Netherlands | 2–1 | FR Yugoslavia |
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| Bergkamp 38'Davids 90+2' | Report | Komljenović 48' |
Stade de Toulouse, ToulouseAttendance: 33,500Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
| 0–1 | Croatia |
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| Report | Šuker 45+2' (pen.) |
Parc Lescure, BordeauxAttendance: 31,800Referee: Javier Castrilli (Argentina)
| Argentina | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | England |
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| Batistuta 5' (pen.)Zanetti 45+1' | Report | Shearer 9' (pen.)Owen 16' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Berti Crespo Verón Gallardo Ayala | 4–3 | Shearer Ince Merson Owen Batty |
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-ÉtienneAttendance: 30,600Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
### Quarter-finals
| Italy | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | France |
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| | Report | |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| R. Baggio Albertini Costacurta Vieri Di Biagio | 3–4 | Zidane Lizarazu Trezeguet Henry Blanc |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 77,000Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
| Brazil | 3–2 | Denmark |
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| Bebeto 10'Rivaldo 25', 59' | Report | M. Jørgensen 2'B. Laudrup 50' |
Stade de la Beaujoire, NantesAttendance: 35,500Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Argentina |
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| Kluivert 12'Bergkamp 90' | Report | López 17' |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 55,000Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
| 0–3 | Croatia |
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| Report | Jarni 45+3'Vlaović 80'Šuker 85' |
Stade de Gerland, LyonAttendance: 39,100Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
### Semi-finals
| Brazil | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
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| Ronaldo 46' | Report | Kluivert 87' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Ronaldo Rivaldo Emerson Dunga | 4–2 | F. de Boer Bergkamp Cocu R. de Boer |
Stade Vélodrome, MarseilleAttendance: 54,000Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
| France | 2–1 | Croatia |
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| Thuram 47', 70' | Report | Šuker 46' |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 76,000Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)
### Third place play-off
Croatia beat the Netherlands to earn third place in the competition. Davor Šuker scored the winner in the 36th minute to secure the golden boot.[31]
| Netherlands | 1–2 | Croatia |
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| Zenden 22' | Report | Prosinečki 14'Šuker 36' |
Parc des Princes, ParisAttendance: 45,500Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
### Final
The final was held on 12 July 1998 at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis. France defeated holders Brazil 3–0, with two goals from Zinedine Zidane and a stoppage time strike from Emmanuel Petit. The win gave France their first World Cup title, becoming the sixth national team after Uruguay, Italy, England, West Germany and Argentina to win the tournament on their home soil. They also inflicted the second-heaviest World Cup defeat on Brazil,[32] later to be topped by Brazil's 7–1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[33]
The pre-match build up was dominated by the omission of Brazilian striker Ronaldo from the starting lineup only to be reinstated 45 minutes before kick-off.[34] He managed to create the first open chance for Brazil in the 22nd minute, dribbling past defender Thuram before sending a cross out on the left side that goalkeeper Fabien Barthez struggled to hold onto. France however took the lead after Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos conceded a corner from which Zidane scored via a header. Three minutes before half-time, Zidane scored his second goal of the match, similarly another header from a corner. The tournament hosts went down to ten men in the 68th minute as Marcel Desailly was sent off for a second bookable offence. Brazil reacted to this by making an attacking substitution and although they applied pressure France sealed the win with a third goal: substitute Patrick Vieira set up his club teammate Petit in a counterattack to shoot low past goalkeeper Cláudio Taffarel.[35]
French president Jacques Chirac was in attendance to congratulate the winners and commiserate the runners-up after the match.[36] Several days after the victory, winning manager Aimé Jacquet announced his resignation from the French team with immediate effect.[37][38]
1998 FIFA World CupFinal
| 0–3 | France |
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| Report | Zidane 27', 45+1'Petit 90+3' |
Stade de France, Saint-DenisAttendance: 75,000Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
Davor Šuker received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 171 goals were scored by 112 players:
- 6 goals
- Davor Šuker
- 5 goals
- Gabriel Batistuta
- Christian Vieri
- 4 goals
- Ronaldo
- Marcelo Salas
- Luis Hernández
- 3 goals
- Bebeto
- César Sampaio
- Rivaldo
- Thierry Henry
- Oliver Bierhoff
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- Dennis Bergkamp
- 2 goals
- Ariel Ortega
- Marc Wilmots
- Robert Prosinečki
- Brian Laudrup
- Michael Owen
- Alan Shearer
- Emmanuel Petit
- Lilian Thuram
- Zinedine Zidane
- Roberto Baggio
- Theodore Whitmore
- Ricardo Peláez
- Salaheddine Bassir
- Abdeljalil Hadda
- Phillip Cocu
- Ronald de Boer
- Patrick Kluivert
- Viorel Moldovan
- Shaun Bartlett
- Fernando Hierro
- Fernando Morientes
- Slobodan Komljenović
- 1 goal
- Claudio López
- Mauricio Pineda
- Javier Zanetti
- Andreas Herzog
- Toni Polster
- Ivica Vastić
- Luc Nilis
- Emil Kostadinov
- Patrick M'Boma
- Pierre Njanka
- José Luis Sierra
- Léider Preciado
- Robert Jarni
- Mario Stanić
- Goran Vlaović
- Thomas Helveg
- Martin Jørgensen
- Michael Laudrup
- Peter Møller
- Allan Nielsen
- Marc Rieper
- Ebbe Sand
- Darren Anderton
- David Beckham
- Paul Scholes
- Laurent Blanc
- Youri Djorkaeff
- Christophe Dugarry
- Bixente Lizarazu
- David Trezeguet
- Andreas Möller
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Hamid Estili
- Luigi Di Biagio
- Robbie Earle
- Masashi Nakayama
- Cuauhtémoc Blanco
- Alberto García Aspe
- Mustapha Hadji
- Edgar Davids
- Marc Overmars
- Pierre van Hooijdonk
- Boudewijn Zenden
- Mutiu Adepoju
- Tijani Babangida
- Victor Ikpeba
- Sunday Oliseh
- Wilson Oruma
- Dan Eggen
- Håvard Flo
- Tore André Flo
- Kjetil Rekdal
- Celso Ayala
- Miguel Ángel Benítez
- José Cardozo
- Adrian Ilie
- Dan Petrescu
- Sami Al-Jaber
- Yousuf Al-Thunayan
- Craig Burley
- John Collins
- Benni McCarthy
- Ha Seok-ju
- Yoo Sang-chul
- Kiko
- Luis Enrique
- Raúl
- Skander Souayah
- Brian McBride
- Siniša Mihajlović
- Predrag Mijatović
- Dragan Stojković
- Own goals
- Georgi Bachev (against Spain)
- Youssef Chippo (against Norway)
- Tom Boyd (against Brazil)
- Pierre Issa (against France)
- Andoni Zubizarreta (against Nigeria)
- Siniša Mihajlović (against Germany)
### Awards
| Golden Ball Award | Golden Shoe Award | Yashin Award | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | Most Entertaining Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ronaldo | Davor Šuker | Fabien Barthez | England France | France |
### Players who were red-carded during the tournament
- Ariel Ortega
- Gert Verheyen
- Anatoli Nankov
- Raymond Kalla
- Lauren
- Rigobert Song
- Miklos Molnar
- Morten Wieghorst
- David Beckham
- Laurent Blanc
- Marcel Desailly
- Zinedine Zidane
- Christian Wörns
- Darryl Powell
- Ha Seok-ju
- Pável Pardo
- Ramón Ramírez
- Patrick Kluivert
- Arthur Numan
- Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
- Craig Burley
- Alfred Phiri
### All-star team
The All-star team is a squad consisting of the 16 most impressive players at the 1998 World Cup, as selected by FIFA's Technical Study Group.[39]
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fabien Barthez José Luis Chilavert | Roberto Carlos Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Frank de Boer Carlos Gamarra | Dunga Rivaldo Michael Laudrup Zinedine Zidane Edgar Davids | Ronaldo Davor Šuker Brian Laudrup Dennis Bergkamp |
### Final standings
After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1998 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition and overall results.[40]
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France | C | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 19 |
| 2 | Brazil | A | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 |
| 3 | Croatia | H | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 15 |
| 4 | Netherlands | E | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals | Eliminated in the quarter-finals |
| 5 | Italy | B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 |
| 6 | Argentina | H | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 10 |
| 7 | Germany | F | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 |
| 8 | Denmark | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 7 |
| Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 | Eliminated in the round of 16 |
| 9 | England | G | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| 10 | FR Yugoslavia | F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
| 11 | Romania | G | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 7 |
| 12 | Nigeria | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 |
| 13 | Mexico | E | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 |
| 14 | Paraguay | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 15 | Norway | A | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Chile | B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 17 | Spain | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 18 | Morocco | A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Belgium | E | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Iran | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 21 | Colombia | G | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| 22 | Jamaica | H | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| 23 | Austria | B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 24 | South Africa | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 25 | Cameroon | B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
| 26 | Tunisia | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
| 27 | Scotland | A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| 29 | Bulgaria | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 |
| 30 | South Korea | E | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
| 31 | Japan | H | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| 32 | United States | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
## Marketing
### Tournoi de France
A year before the tournament, a small, invitation-only tournament named the Tournoi de France was held in France, with Italy, Brazil, England, and hosts France participating.[41]
### Broadcasting
This section **needs additional citations for verification**. _(October 2024)_
Through several companies, FIFA sold the broadcasting rights for the 1998 FIFA World Cup to many broadcasters. BBC and ITV had the broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom. The pictures and audio of the competition were supplied to the TV and radio channels by the company TVRS 98, the broadcaster of the tournament.[42]
The World Cup matches were broadcast in 200 countries. 818 photographers were credited for the tournament. In every match, a stand was reserved for the press. The number of places granted to them reached its maximum in the final, when 1,750 reporters and 110 TV commentators were present in the stand.[43]
| Country | Broadcaster | Television | Unnamed: 3 |
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| Albania | TVSH | TVSH | |
| Argentina | Artear, Televisión Federal, Grupo América, Telearte, SNMP, Teletreinta, Argentina Televisión, Lujan Cable Visión S.A., Holding Córdoba de radio y televisión | Eltrece, Telefe, América TV, Channel 30, Argenvisión, Channel 23, El CW | |
| Australia | SBS | SBS | |
| Austria | ORF | ORF eins and ORF 2 | |
| Arab League | Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), Orbit Network | Orbit ESPN | |
| Belgium | Dutch:VRT | Dutch:Eén and Canvas | |
| Belgium | French:RTBF | French:La Une and La Deux | |
| Bangladesh | BTV | BTV | |
| Bolivia | TVB, Bolivisión, Unitel and Unovisión | TVB, Bolivisión, Unitel and Unovisión | |
| Brazil | Globo, SBT, RecordTV, SporTV and ESPN Brasil | Globo, SBT, RecordTV, SporTV and ESPN Brasil | |
| Brunei | RTB | RTB Perdana, RTB Aneka | |
| Bulgaria | BNT | Channel 1 and Efir 2 | |
| Cambodia | TVK | Channel 7 | |
| Canada | English:CBC | English:CBC Television | |
| Canada | French:Société Radio-Canada | French:Télévision de Radio-Canada | |
| Chile | TVN, Chilevisión, UCTV and Megavisión | TVN, Chilevisión, UCTV and Megavisión | |
| China | CCTV | CCTV-1 | |
| Colombia | Inravisión | Canal Uno:PUNCH and JESCanal A:RTI and Datos y Mensajes | |
| Colombia | Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión | Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión | |
| Corsica2 | TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 RAI | TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV32 | |
| Czech Republic | Czech Television | ČT1 and ČT2 | |
| Denmark | DR | DR1 and DR2 | |
| Estonia | ETV | ETV | |
| Finland | YLE, MTV3 | YLE TV2 | |
| France2 | TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 | TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News2 | |
| Georgia | GPB | 1TV | |
| Germany | ARD and ZDF | Das Erste and ZDF | |
| Greece | ERT | ET1, NET and ET3 | |
| Hungary | MTV | MTV1 and MTV2 | |
| Holy See | RAI | RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3 | |
| Hong Kong | TVB | Cantonese:TVB Jade | |
| Hong Kong | TVB | English:TVB Pearl | |
| India | Doordarshan | Doordarshan National Channel | |
| Indonesia1 | TVRI (Programme 1), RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANteve, and Indosiar (all matches in live television)1 | TVRI (Programme 1), RCTI, SCTV, TPI, ANteve, and Indosiar (all matches in live television)1 | |
| Iran | IRIB | Channel 1 and Channel 2 | |
| Ireland | RTÉ | RTÉ One and RTÉ Two | |
| Israel | IBA | Hebrew:Channel 1 | |
| Israel | IBA | Arabic:Channel 33 | |
| Italy | RAI | RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3 | |
| Japan | NHK, Fuji Television, TBS, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo | NHK General TV, Fuji Television, TBS Television, Nippon Television, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo | |
| Laos | LNTV | LNTV | |
| Macau | TVB | Cantonese:TVB Jade | |
| Macau | TVB | English:TVB Pearl | |
| Latin America | Bein TV, DirecTV | Channels 530 and 532 of Bein TV Channels 610 and 612 of DirecTV | |
| Malaysia2 | RTM, STMB, NTV7 | TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7 | |
| Mexico | Televisa, TV Azteca | Canal de las Estrellas, XHDF-TDT | |
| Monaco2 | TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2 Telemontecarlo | TF1, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV2, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV3, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV4, 1998 FIFA World Cup TV International and 1998 FIFA World Cup TV News (all matches of international broadcast signal)2 Telemontecarlo | |
| Myanmar | MRTV | Channel 5 | |
| Netherlands | NPO | Nederland 1, Nederland 2 and Nederland 3 | |
| New Zealand | TVNZ | TV1 and TV2 | |
| Norway | NRK | NRK1 and NRK2 | |
| Paraguay | TV Acción, TV Cerro Corá, Tevedos, Teledifusora Paraguaya, SICOM TV, Hispanoamérica TV, Canal 5 TV Color, Caacupé Cable Visión S.A., Holding Paraná de radio y televisión | Telefuturo, SNT, Red Guaraní Canal 13, Paraguay TV, La Tele, Paravisión, Canal 25, RTV | Telefuturo, SNT, Red Guaraní Canal 13, Paraguay TV, La Tele, Paravisión, Canal 25, RTV |
| Peru | América Televisión and Panamericana Televisión. | América Televisión and Panamericana Televisión. | |
| Philippines | GMA Network and Sky Cable | GMA Network and Sky Cable | |
| Poland | TVP | TVP1 and TVP2 | |
| Portugal | RTP | RTP1 and RTP2 | |
| Russia | VGTRK, ORT | Rossiya 1, Channel One Russia | |
| San Marino | RAI | RAI 1, RAI 2 and RAI 3 | |
| Singapore | Singapore International Media | Premiere 12 | |
| Slovakia | STV | STV1 and STV2 | |
| South Africa | SABC | SABC 1, SABC 2 and SABC 3 | |
| South Korea | KBS | KBS | |
| Spain | RTVE | TVE (TV1 and TV2) | |
| Sweden | SVT | SVT1 and SVT2 | |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | SF 1 (German), TSR 2 (French) and TSI 2 (Italian) | |
| Taiwan | TTV, CTV, CTS and FTV | TTV, CTV, CTS and FTV | |
| Thailand | Television Pool of Thailand | Television Pool of Thailand | |
| Turkey | TRT | TRT 1, TRT 2 and TRT 3 | |
| United Kingdom | BBC and ITV | BBC One and ITV3 | |
| United States | ABC, ESPN (English) and Univision (Spanish) | ABC, ESPN (English) and Univision (Spanish) | |
| Ukraine | UT-1 and 1+1 | UT-1 and 1+1 | |
| Uruguay | Tevetres, Monte Carlo Televisión, Sociedad Anónima Emisora de Televisión y Anexos, Sociedad Televisora Larrañaga, SODRE, Franco-Hispano TV, Canal 8 TV Color, Canelones Cable Visión S.A., Holding Rivera de radio y televisión | Channel 3, Channel 4, Channel 10, Teledoce, UTC, Uruvisión, Canal 27, STV | Channel 3, Channel 4, Channel 10, Teledoce, UTC, Uruvisión, Canal 27, STV |
| Vietnam | Vietnam Television, Ho Chi Minh City Television | VTV1, VTV3, HTV7, HTV9 | |
| Venezuela | Venevisión, RCTV, VTV | Venevisión, RCTV, VTV | |
### Sponsorship
Coca-Cola was one of the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 1998.
The sponsors of the 1998 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and France Supporters.[44][45]
| FIFA World Cup sponsors | France Supporters |
| --- | --- |
| Adidas[46][47] Budweiser Canon[48][49] Casio[50] Coca-Cola[51][52] Fujifilm[47][53] Gillette[51][54] (Braun)[55] JVC[56][57] MasterCard[58][59] McDonald's[60][61] Opel[62][63] Philips[58][63] Snickers[47][64] | Air France Citroën Crédit Agricole[65] Danone France Telecom[66] La Poste[67] Peugeot Renault |
The absence of Budweiser on pitch side advertising hoardings is notable due to the Evin law, which forbids alcohol-related sponsorship in France, including in sports events.[68]
### Video games
In most of the world, the official video game was, _World Cup 98_ released by EA Sports on 13 March 1998 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and the Game Boy. It was the first international football game developed by Electronic Arts since obtaining the rights from FIFA in 1997 and received mostly favourable reviews.[69][70][71]
In Japan, Konami was granted the FIFA World Cup licence and produced two distinct video games: _Jikkyou World Soccer: World Cup France 98_ by KCEO for the Nintendo 64, and _World Soccer Jikkyou Winning Eleven 3: World Cup France '98_ by KCET for the PlayStation. These games were released in the rest of the world as _International Superstar Soccer '98_ and _International Superstar Soccer Pro '98_, without the official FIFA World Cup licence, branding or real player names.
Also in Japan, Sega was granted the FIFA World Cup licence to produce the Saturn video game _World Cup '98 France: Road to Win_.
Many other video games, including _World League Soccer 98_, _Actua Soccer 2_ and _Neo Geo Cup '98: The Road to the Victory_ were released in the buildup to the 1998 World Cup and evidently were based on the tournament. _FIFA: Road to World Cup 98_, also by EA Sports focused on the qualification stage.
## Symbols
Footix, the official mascot of the tournament
### Mascot
The official mascot was _Footix_, a rooster first presented in May 1996.[72] It was created by graphic designer Fabrice Pialot and selected from a shortlist of five mascots.[73] Research carried out about the choice of having a cockerel as a mascot was greatly received: 91% associated it immediately with France, the traditional symbol of the nation.[72] Footix, the name chosen by French television viewers, is a portmanteau of "football" and the ending "-ix" from the popular _Astérix_ comic strip.[72] The mascot's colours reflect those of the host nation's flag and home strip – blue for the jump suit, a red crest and with the words 'France 98' coloured in white.
### Match ball
The official match ball for the 1998 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas was named the _Tricolore_, meaning 'three-coloured' in French.[74] It was the eighth World Cup match ball made for the tournament by the German company and was the first in the series to be multi-coloured.[75] The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France, were used as inspiration for the design.[75]
### Music
The official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup was "The Cup of Life", also known as "La Copa de la Vida", recorded by Ricky Martin.[76][77]
The official anthem was "La Cour des Grands (Do You Mind If I Play)" by Youssou N'Dour and Axelle Red.
## Legacy
Honorary FIFA President João Havelange praised France's hosting of the World Cup, describing the tournament as one that would "remain with me forever, as I am sure they will remain with everyone who witnessed this unforgettable competition".[78] Lennart Johansson, the chairman of the organising committee for the World Cup and President of UEFA added that France provided "subject matter of a quality that made the world hold its breath".[79]
Cour des Comptes, the quasi-judicial body of the French government, released its report on the organisation of the 1998 World Cup in 2000.[80]
## See also
- _Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!_ – The Official 1998 FIFA World Cup music album
- 1998 World Cup terror plot
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# 2018 FIFA World Cup
The **2018 FIFA World Cup** was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010. It was the eleventh time the championships had been held in Europe, the first time they were held in Eastern Europe, and the first time they were held across two continents (Europe and Asia). At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup ever held until it was surpassed by the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.[1][2]
The tournament phase involved 32 teams, of which 31 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation Russia qualified automatically. Of the 32, 20 had also appeared in the 2014 event, while Iceland and Panama each made their debut at the World Cup. 64 matches were played in 12 venues across 11 cities. Germany, the defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage for the first time since 1938. Host nation Russia was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In the final, France played Croatia on 15 July at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. France won the match 4–2, claiming their second World Cup and becoming the fourth consecutive title won by a European team, after Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010, and Germany in 2014.
Croatian player Luka Modrić was voted the tournament's best player, winning the Golden Ball. England's Harry Kane won the Golden Boot as he scored the most goals during the tournament with six. Belgium's Thibaut Courtois won the Golden Glove, awarded to the goalkeeper with the best performance. It has been estimated that more than 3 million people attended games during the tournament.
## Host selection
Andrey Arshavin with Russian bid personnel celebrate the awarding of the 2018 World Cup to Russia on 2 December 2010.
The bidding procedure to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments began in January 2009, and national associations had until 2 February 2009 to register their interest.[3] Initially, nine countries placed bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but Mexico later withdrew from the proceedings,[4] and Indonesia's bid was rejected by FIFA in February 2010 after the Indonesian government failed to submit a letter to support the bid.[5] During the bidding process, the three remaining non-UEFA nations (Australia, Japan, and the United States) gradually withdrew from the 2018 bids, and thus all UEFA nations were ruled out of the 2022 bid. As such, there were eventually four bids for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, two of which were joint bids: England, Russia, Netherlands/Belgium, and Portugal/Spain.[6]
The 22-member FIFA Executive Committee convened in Zürich on 2 December 2010 to vote to select the hosts of both tournaments.[7] Russia won the right to be the 2018 host in the second round of voting. The Portugal/Spain bid came second, and that from Belgium/Netherlands third. England, which was bidding to host its second tournament, was eliminated in the first round.[8]
The voting results were:[6]
**2018 FIFA bidding (majority 12 votes) **
| Bidders_Bidders | Votes_Round 1 | Votes_Round 2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russia | 9 | 13 |
| Portugal / Spain | 7 | 7 |
| Belgium / Netherlands | 4 | 2 |
| England | 2 | Eliminated |
### Host selection criticism
The 100-ruble commemorative banknote celebrates the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It features an image of Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin.
The choice of Russia as host was controversial. Issues included the high level of racism in Russian football,[9][10][11] human rights abuses by Russian authorities,[12][13] and discrimination against LGBT people in government (including gay propaganda laws) along with wider Russian society.[14][15] Russia's involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine had also prompted calls for the tournament to be moved, particularly following the annexation of Crimea.[16][17] In 2014, FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated that "the World Cup has been given and voted to Russia and we are going forward with our work".[18]
Russia was criticised for alleged abuse of migrant labourers in the construction of World Cup venues,[19] with Human Rights Watch reporting cases where workers were left unpaid, made to work in dangerously cold conditions, or suffering reprisals for raising concerns.[20][21] A few pundits claimed it was slave labour.[22][23][24] In May 2017, FIFA president Gianni Infantino admitted there had been human rights abuses of North Korean workers involved in the construction of Saint Petersburg's Zenit Arena.[25] By June 2017, at least 17 workers had died on World Cup construction sites, according to Building and Wood Workers' International.[26][27] In August, a group of eight US senators called on FIFA to consider dismissing Russia as the World Cup host if an independent investigation verified allegations of North Koreans being subjected to forced labor.[28]
Racism and Neo-nazi symbols displayed in the past by some Russian football fans drew criticism,[29] with documented incidents of racial chants, banners spewing hate-filled messages, and sometimes assaults on people from the Caucasus and Central Asia.[30][31] In March 2015, FIFA's then Vice President Jeffrey Webb said that Russia posed a huge challenge from a racism standpoint, and that a World Cup could not be held there under the current conditions.[32] On July, United Nations anti-discrimination official Yuri Boychenko said that Russian soccer authorities had failed to fully grasp what racism was and needed to do more to combat it.[33] To address this as well as concerns of hooliganism in general, Russian intelligence services blacklisted over 400 fans from entering the stadiums by June 2018, with 32 other countries also sending officers to help local police screen attendees for valid ID cards.[34]
Allegations of corruption in the bidding processes and concerns over bribery on the part of the Russian team and corruption by FIFA members for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups led to threats from England's FA to boycott the tournament.[35] They claimed that four members of the executive committee had requested bribes to vote for England, and Sepp Blatter had said it had already been arranged before the vote that Russia would win.[36] FIFA appointed Michael J. Garcia, a US attorney, to investigate and produce a report on the corruption allegations. Although the report was never published, FIFA released a 42-page summary of its findings as determined by German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert. Eckert's summary cleared Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing, but was denounced by critics as a whitewash.[37] Because of the controversy, the FA refused to accept Eckert's absolving Russia from blame. Greg Dyke called for a re-examination of the affair and David Bernstein called for a boycott of the World Cup.[38][39] Garcia criticised the summary as being "materially incomplete" with "erroneous representations of the facts and conclusions", and appealed to FIFA's Appeal Committee.[40][41] The committee declined to hear his appeal, so Garcia resigned to protest of FIFA's conduct, citing a "lack of leadership" and lack of confidence in Eckert's independence.[42]
On 3 June 2015, the FBI confirmed that federal authorities were investigating the bidding and awarding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.[43][44] In an interview published on 7 June 2015, Domenico Scala, the head of FIFA's Audit And Compliance Committee, stated that "should there be evidence that the awards to Qatar and Russia came only because of bought votes, then the awards could be cancelled".[45][46] Prince William of Wales and former British Prime Minister David Cameron attended a meeting with FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon in which a vote-trading deal for the right to host the 2018 World Cup in England was discussed.[47][48]
## Teams
### Qualification
For the first time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, all eligible nations—the 209 FIFA member associations except automatically qualified hosts Russia—applied to enter the qualifying process.[49] Zimbabwe and Indonesia were later disqualified before playing their first matches,[50][51] while Gibraltar and Kosovo, who joined FIFA on 13 May 2016 after the qualifying draw but before European qualifying had begun, also entered the competition. Places in the tournament were allocated to continental confederations, with the allocation unchanged from the 2014 World Cup.[52][53] The first qualification game, between Timor-Leste and Mongolia, began in Dili on 12 March 2015 as part of the AFC's qualification,[54][55][56] and the main qualifying draw took place at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, on 25 July 2015.[57][58]
Of the 32 nations qualified to play at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 20 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2014. Both Iceland and Panama qualified for the first time, with the former becoming the smallest country in terms of population to reach the World Cup.[59] Other teams returning after absences of at least three tournaments included: Egypt, returning to the finals after their last appearance in 1990; Morocco, who last competed in 1998; Peru, who last appeared in 1982; Senegal, competing for the second time after reaching the quarter-finals in 2002. Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Sweden have also returned after 12 years. It was the first time three Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) and four Arab nations (Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia) qualified for the World Cup.[60]
Notable teams that failed to qualify included: four-time champions Italy (for the first time since 1958), who were knocked out in a qualification play-off by quarter-finalists Sweden and were the highest-ranked team to not qualify; and the Netherlands, who were three-time runners-up and had finished in third place in 2014, had qualified for the last three World Cups, and failed to qualify for their second major tournament in a row, missing out on the UEFA Euro 2016 as well. Four reigning continental champions: 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winners Cameroon; two-time Copa América champions and 2017 Confederations Cup runners-up Chile; 2016 OFC Nations Cup winners New Zealand; and 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup champions the United States (for the first time since 1986) also failed to qualify. The other notable qualifying streaks broken were for Ghana and Ivory Coast, both of which had qualified for the three previous tournaments.[61] The lowest-ranked team to qualify was the host nation, Russia.
Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the FIFA World Rankings at the time of the tournament.[62]
**AFC** (5)
- Australia (36)
- Iran (37)
- Japan (61)
- Saudi Arabia (67)
- South Korea (57)
**CAF** (5)
- Egypt (45)
- Morocco (41)
- Nigeria (48)
- Senegal (27)
- Tunisia (21)
**CONCACAF** (3)
- Costa Rica (23)
- Mexico (15)
- Panama (55) (debut)
**CONMEBOL** (5)
- Argentina (5)
- Brazil (2)
- Colombia (16)
- Peru (11)
- Uruguay (14)
**OFC** (0)
- _None qualified_
**UEFA** (14)
- Belgium (3)
- Croatia (20)
- Denmark (joint 12)
- England (joint 12)
- France (7)
- Germany (1)
- Iceland (22) (debut)
- Poland (8)
- Portugal (4)
- Russia (70) (hosts)
- Serbia (34)
- Spain (10)
- Sweden (24)
- Switzerland (6)
Qualified Did not qualify Disqualified Not a FIFA member
### Draw
Italian World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro in Moscow at the 2018 World Cup draw
The draw was held on 1 December 2017 at 18:00 MSK at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow.[63][64] The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, by selecting one team from each of the four ranked pots.
For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based entirely on the FIFA World Rankings of October 2017. Pot one contained the hosts Russia (who were automatically assigned to position A1) and the best seven teams. Pot two contained the next best eight teams, and so on for pots three and four.[65] This was different from previous draws, when only pot one was based on FIFA rankings while the remaining pots were based on geographical considerations. However, teams from the same confederation still were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except that two UEFA teams could be in each group. The pots for the draw are shown below.[66]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Russia (65) (hosts) Germany (1) Brazil (2) Belgium (3) Portugal (4) Argentina (5) Poland (6) France (7) | Spain (8) Peru (10) Switzerland (11) England (12) Colombia (13) Mexico (16) Uruguay (17) Croatia (18) | Denmark (19) Iceland (21) Costa Rica (22) Sweden (25) Tunisia (28) Egypt (30) Senegal (32) Iran (34) | Serbia (38) Nigeria (41) Australia (43) Japan (44) Morocco (48) Panama (49) South Korea (62) Saudi Arabia (63) |
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Russia | Portugal | France | Argentina |
| Saudi Arabia | Spain | Australia | Iceland |
| Egypt | Morocco | Peru | Croatia |
| Uruguay | Iran | Denmark | Nigeria |
| Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
| Brazil | Germany | Belgium | Poland |
| Switzerland | Mexico | Panama | Senegal |
| Costa Rica | Sweden | Tunisia | Colombia |
| Serbia | South Korea | England | Japan |
### Squads
Initially, each team had to name a preliminary squad of 30 players, but in February 2018 this was increased to 35.[67] From the preliminary squad, the team had to name a final squad of 23 players (three of whom had to be goalkeepers) by 4 June. Players in the final squad could be replaced for serious injury up to 24 hours prior to kickoff of the team's first match. These replacements did not need to have been named in the preliminary squad.[68]
For players named in the 35-player preliminary squad, there was a mandatory rest period between 21 and 27 May 2018, except for those involved in the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final played on 26 May.[69]
## Officiating
On 29 March 2018, FIFA released the list of 36 referees and 63 assistant referees selected to oversee matches.[70] On 30 April 2018, FIFA released the list of 13 video assistant referees, who acted solely in this capacity in the tournament.[71]
Referee Fahad Al-Mirdasi of Saudi Arabia was removed on 30 May 2018 over a match-fixing attempt,[72] along with his two assistant referees, compatriots Mohammed Al-Abakry and Abdulah Al-Shalwai. A new referee was not appointed, but two assistant referees, Hasan Al Mahri of the United Arab Emirates and Hiroshi Yamauchi of Japan, were added to the list.[73][74] Assistant referee Marwa Range of Kenya also withdrew after the BBC released an investigation conducted by a Ghanaian journalist which implicated him in a bribery scandal.[75]
| List of officials_Confederation | List of officials_Referee | List of officials_Assistant referees | List of officials_Video assistant referees |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| AFC | Alireza Faghani (Iran) | Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| AFC | Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) | Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan) | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| AFC | Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) | Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Hasan Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates) | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| AFC | Ryuji Sato (Japan) | Toru Sagara (Japan) Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| AFC | Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) | Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Taleb Al Maari (Qatar) | Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) |
| CAF | Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) | Anouar Hmila (Tunisia) | |
| CAF | Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) | Djibril Camara (Senegal) El Hadji Samba (Senegal) | |
| CAF | Bakary Gassama (Gambia) | Jean Claude Birumushahu (Burundi) Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria) | |
| CAF | Gehad Grisha (Egypt) | Redouane Achik (Morocco) Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) | |
| CAF | Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) | Jerson Dos Santos (Angola) Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) | |
| CAF | Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia) | | |
| CONCACAF | Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) | Juan Zumba (El Salvador) Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica) | |
| CONCACAF | Mark Geiger (United States) | Frank Anderson (United States)Joe Fletcher (Canada) | |
| CONCACAF | Jair Marrufo (United States) | Corey Rockwell (United States) | |
| CONCACAF | Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) | | |
| CONCACAF | John Pitti (Panama) | Gabriel Victoria (Panama) | |
| CONCACAF | César Arturo Ramos (Mexico) | Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Miguel Hernández (Mexico) | |
| CONMEBOL | Julio Bascuñán (Chile) | Carlos Astroza (Chile) Christian Schiemann (Chile) | Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)Gery Vargas (Bolivia)Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) |
| CONMEBOL | Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay) | Eduardo Cardozo (Paraguay) Juan Zorrilla (Paraguay) | Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)Gery Vargas (Bolivia)Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) |
| CONMEBOL | Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) | Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) | Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)Gery Vargas (Bolivia)Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) |
| CONMEBOL | Néstor Pitana (Argentina) | Hernán Maidana (Argentina) Juan Pablo Belatti (Argentina) | Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)Gery Vargas (Bolivia)Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) |
| CONMEBOL | Sandro Ricci (Brazil) | Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) | Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)Gery Vargas (Bolivia)Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) |
| CONMEBOL | Wilmar Roldán (Colombia) | Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia) | Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)Gery Vargas (Bolivia)Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) |
| OFC | Matthew Conger (New Zealand) | Simon Lount (New Zealand) Tevita Makasini (Tonga) | |
| OFC | Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) | Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) | |
| UEFA | Felix Brych (Germany) | Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) | Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Sergei Karasev (Russia) | Anton Averianov (Russia) Tikhon Kalugin (Russia) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) | Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Szymon Marciniak (Poland) | Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) | Pau Cebrián Devís (Spain) Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Milorad Mažić (Serbia) | Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) | Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Mauro Tonolini (Italy) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Damir Skomina (Slovenia) | Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Robert Vukan (Slovenia) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
| UEFA | Clément Turpin (France) | Cyril Gringore (France) Nicolas Danos (France) | Bastian Dankert (Germany)Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)Paweł Gil (Poland)Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)Tiago Martins (Portugal)Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)Daniele Orsato (Italy)Paolo Valeri (Italy)Felix Zwayer (Germany) |
### Video assistant referees
Shortly after the International Football Association Board's decision to incorporate video assistant referees (VARs) into the Laws of the game (LOTG) on 16 March 2018, the FIFA Council took the much-anticipated step of approving the use of VAR for the first time in a FIFA World Cup tournament.[76][77]
VAR operations for all games were operated from a single headquarters in Moscow, which received live video of the games and were in radio contact with the on-field referees.[78] Systems were in place for communicating VAR-related information to broadcasters and visuals on stadiums' large screens were used for the fans in attendance.[78]
VAR had a significant impact on several games.[79] On 15 June 2018, Diego Costa's first goal against Portugal became the first World Cup goal based on a VAR decision;[80] the first penalty as a result of a VAR decision was awarded to France in their match against Australia on 16 June and resulted in a goal by Antoine Griezmann.[81] A record number of penalties were awarded in the tournament, a phenomenon partially attributed to VAR.[82] Overall, the new technology was both praised and criticised by commentators.[83] FIFA declared the implementation of VAR a success after the first week of competition.[84]
## Venues
Russia proposed the following host cities: Kaliningrad, Kazan, Krasnodar, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saransk, Sochi, Volgograd, Yaroslavl, and Yekaterinburg.[85] Each chosen city was located in European Russia (except Yekaterinburg,[86] which is located in Asia but lies very close to the Europe-Asia border) in order to reduce travel time for the teams in the huge country. The bid evaluation report stated: "The Russian bid proposes 13 host cities and 16 stadiums, thus exceeding FIFA's minimum requirement. Three of the 16 stadiums would be renovated, and 13 would be newly constructed."[87]
In October 2011, Russia reduced the number of stadiums from 16 to 14. Construction of the proposed Podolsk stadium in the Moscow Oblast was cancelled by the regional government. Also, in the capital, Otkritie Arena was competing with Dynamo Stadium over which would be constructed first.[88]
The final choice of host cities was announced on 29 September 2012. The number of cities was reduced further to 11 and the number of stadiums to 12 as Krasnodar and Yaroslavl were dropped from the final list. Of the 12 stadiums used for the tournament, three (Luzhniki, Yekaterinburg and Sochi) had been extensively renovated and the other nine were brand new; $11.8 billion was spent on hosting the tournament.[89]
Sepp Blatter had said in July 2014 that, given the concerns over the completion of venues in Russia, the number of venues for the tournament may be reduced from 12 to 10.[90] He also said, "We are not going to be in a situation, as is the case of one, two or even three stadiums in South Africa, where it is a problem of what you do with these stadiums".[91]
Reconstruction of the Yekaterinburg Central Stadium in January 2017
In October 2014, on their first official visit to Russia, FIFA's inspection committee and its head, Chris Unger, visited St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan and both Moscow venues. They were satisfied with the progress.[92] On 8 October 2015, FIFA and the local organising committee agreed on the official names of the stadiums to be used during the tournament.[93] Of the twelve venues, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the Saint Petersburg Stadium—the two largest stadiums in Russia—were used most; both hosted seven matches. Sochi, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Samara each hosted six matches, including one quarter-final match each, while the Otkritie Stadium in Moscow and the Rostov Stadium hosted five matches, including one round-of-16 match each. Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg and Saransk each hosted four matches, but did not host any knockout stage games.
### Stadiums
Exterior of Otkrytie Arena in Moscow
Twelve stadiums in eleven Russian cities were built or renovated for the FIFA World Cup. Between 2010 (when Russia were announced as hosts) and 2018, nine of the twelve stadiums were built (some in place of older, outdated venues) and the other three were renovated for the tournament.[94]
- Kaliningrad: Kaliningrad Stadium (new). The first piles were driven into the ground in September 2015. On 11 April 2018 it hosted its first match.
- Kazan: Kazan Arena (new). The stadium was built for the 2013 Summer Universiade. It has since hosted the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup. It serves as a home arena for FC Rubin Kazan.
- Moscow: Luzhniki Stadium (heavily renovated). The largest stadium in the country, it was closed for renovation in 2013. It was commissioned in November 2017.
- Moscow: Spartak Stadium (new). This stadium is the home arena to its namesake FC Spartak Moscow. In accordance with FIFA requirements, during the 2018 World Cup, it was called Spartak Stadium instead of its usual name Otkritie Arena. It hosted its first match on 5 September 2014.
- Nizhny Novgorod: Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (new). Construction of this stadium commenced in 2015 and was completed in December 2017.[95]
- Rostov-on-Don: Rostov Arena (new). The stadium is located on the left bank of the Don. Construction was completed on 22 December 2017.
- Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg Stadium (new). Construction commenced in 2007 after the site, formerly occupied by Kirov Stadium, was cleared. The project was officially completed on 29 December 2016.[96] It has hosted 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup games and served as a venue for UEFA Euro 2020.
- Samara: Samara Arena (new). Construction officially started on 21 July 2014 and was completed on 21 April 2018.
- Saransk: Mordovia Arena (new). The stadium in Saransk was scheduled to be commissioned in 2012 in time for the opening of the all-Russian Spartakiad, but the plan was revised. The opening was rescheduled to 2017. The arena hosted its first match on 21 April 2018.
- Sochi: Fisht Stadium (slightly renovated). This stadium hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Afterwards, it was renovated in preparation for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup.
- Volgograd: Volgograd Arena (new). The main Volgograd arena was built on the demolished Central Stadium site, at the foot of the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex. It was commissioned on 3 April 2018.[97]
- Yekaterinburg: Ekaterinburg Arena (heavily renovated). The Central Stadium of Yekaterinburg had been renovated for the FIFA World Cup. Its stands have a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The renovation project was completed in December 2017.
| Moscow | Moscow.1 | Saint Petersburg | Sochi |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luzhniki Stadium | Otkritie Arena(Spartak Stadium) | Krestovsky Stadium(Saint Petersburg Stadium) | Fisht Olympic Stadium(Fisht Stadium) |
| Capacity: 78,011[98] | Capacity: 44,190[99] | Capacity: 64,468[100] | Capacity: 44,287[101] |
| | | | |
| Volgograd | | | Rostov-on-Don |
| Volgograd Arena | | | Rostov Arena |
| Capacity: 43,713[102] | | | Capacity: 43,472[103] |
| | | | |
| Nizhny Novgorod | | | Kazan |
| Nizhny Novgorod Stadium | | | Kazan Arena |
| Capacity: 43,319[104] | | | Capacity: 42,873[105] |
| | | | |
| Samara | Saransk | Kaliningrad | Yekaterinburg |
| Samara Arena | Mordovia Arena | Kaliningrad Stadium | Central Stadium(Ekaterinburg Arena) |
| Capacity: 41,970[106] | Capacity: 41,685[107] | Capacity: 33,973[108] | Capacity: 33,061[109] |
| | | | |
### Team base camps
Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. On 9 February 2018, FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team.[110]
- Argentina: Bronnitsy, Moscow Oblast
- Australia: Kazan, Tatarstan
- Belgium: Krasnogorsky, Moscow Oblast
- Brazil: Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
- Colombia: Verkhneuslonsky, Tatarstan
- Costa Rica: Saint Petersburg
- Croatia: Roshchino, Leningrad Oblast[111]
- Denmark: Anapa, Krasnodar Krai
- Egypt: Grozny, Chechnya
- England: Repino, Saint Petersburg[112]
- France: Istra, Moscow Oblast
- Germany: Vatutinki, Moscow[113]
- Iceland: Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai
- Iran: Bakovka, Moscow Oblast
- Japan: Kazan, Tatarstan
- Mexico: Khimki, Moscow Oblast
- Morocco: Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast
- Nigeria: Yessentuki, Stavropol Krai
- Panama: Saransk, Mordovia
- Peru: Moscow
- Poland: Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
- Portugal: Ramenskoye, Moscow Oblast
- Russia: Khimki, Moscow Oblast
- Saudi Arabia: Saint Petersburg
- Senegal: Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast
- Serbia: Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast
- South Korea: Saint Petersburg
- Spain: Krasnodar, Krasnodar Krai
- Sweden: Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai
- Switzerland: Togliatti, Samara Oblast
- Tunisia: Pervomayskoye, Moscow Oblast
- Uruguay: Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
## Preparation and costs
### Budget
Scale model of the Volgograd Arena whose construction began in 2015.
At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion as of June 2018[114] the 2018 FIFA event was the most expensive World Cup in history, surpassing the $11.6 billion cost of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[114][115]
,
The Russian government had originally earmarked a budget of around $20 billion,[116] which was later slashed to $10 billion, for World Cup preparations. Half was spent on transportation infrastructure.[117] As part of the program to prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, a federal sub-program—"Construction and Renovation of Transport Infrastructure"—was implemented with a total budget of ₽352.5 billion (rubles), with ₽170.3 billion coming from the federal budget, ₽35.1 billion from regional budgets, and ₽147.1 billion from investors.[118] The biggest item of federal spending was the aviation infrastructure costing ₽117.8 billion.[119] Construction of new hotels was a crucial area of infrastructure development in World Cup host cities. Costs continued to mount as preparations were underway.[115]
### Infrastructure spending
Platov International Airport in Rostov-on-Don was upgraded with automated air traffic control systems. Modern surveillance, navigation, communication, control, and meteorological support systems were also installed.[120] Koltsovo Airport in Yekaterinburg was upgraded with radio-engineering tools for flight operation and received a second runway. Saransk Airport received a new navigation system; two new hotels were constructed in the city—the Mercure Saransk Centre (Accor Hotels) and Four Points by Sheraton Saransk as well as few other smaller accommodation facilities.[121] In Samara, new tram lines were laid.[122] Khrabrovo Airport in Kaliningrad was upgraded with radio navigation and weather equipment.[123] Renovation and upgraded radio-engineering tools for flight operations was completed in the Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Volgograd, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Sochi airports.[120] On 27 March, the Russian Ministry of Construction Industry, Housing and Utilities Sector of reported that all communications within its area of responsibility had been commissioned. The last facility commissioned was a waste treatment station in Volgograd. In Yekaterinburg, where four matches were hosted, hosting costs increased to over ₽7.4 billion, exceeding the ₽5.6 billion rubles originally allocated from the state and regional budget.[124]
### Volunteers
Volunteer flag bearers on the field prior to Belgium's _(flag depicted)_ group stage match against Tunisia
Volunteer applications to the 2018 Russia Local Organising Committee opened on 1 June 2016. The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Volunteer Program received about 177,000 applications,[125] and engaged a total of 35,000 volunteers.[126] They received training at 15 Volunteer Centres of the local organising committee based in 15 universities, and in volunteer centres in the host cities. Preference, especially in key areas, was given to those with knowledge of a foreign language and volunteering experience, but not necessarily to Russian nationals.[127]
### Transport
Free public transport services were offered for ticketholders during the World Cup, including additional trains linking host cities, as well as services such as bus services within them.[128][129][130]
## Schedule
Launching of a 1,000 days countdown in Moscow
The full schedule was announced by FIFA on 24 July 2015 without kick-off times, which were confirmed later.[131][132] On 1 December 2017, following the final draw, FIFA adjusted six kick-off times.[133][134]
Russia was placed in position A1 in the group stage and played in the opening match at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 14 June against Saudi Arabia, the two lowest-ranked teams of the tournament at the time of the final draw.[135] The Luzhniki Stadium also hosted the second semi-final on 11 July and the final on 15 July. The Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg hosted the first semi-final on 10 July and the third place play-off on 14 July.[136][52]
## Opening ceremony
Soprano Aida Garifullina and pop singer Robbie Williams singing "Angels" at the opening ceremony
The opening ceremony took place on Thursday, 14 June 2018, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, preceding the opening match of the tournament between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia.[137][138]
At the start of the ceremony, Russian president Vladimir Putin gave a speech, welcoming the countries of the world to Russia and calling football a uniting force.[139] Brazilian World Cup-winning striker Ronaldo entered the stadium with a child in a Russia jersey.[139] Pop singer Robbie Williams then sang two of his songs solo before he and Russian soprano Aida Garifullina performed a duet.[139] Dancers dressed in the flags of the 32 competing teams appeared carrying a sign with the name of each nation.[139] At the end of the ceremony Ronaldo reappeared with the official match ball which had returned from the International Space Station in early June.[139]
Young participants of the international children's social programme Football for Friendship from 211 countries and regions took part in the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium.[140]
## Group stage
Competing countries were divided into eight groups of four teams (groups A to H). Teams in each group played one another in a round-robin, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage. Ten European teams and four South American teams progressed to the knockout stage, together with Japan and Mexico.
For the first time since 1938, Germany, the reigning champions, were eliminated in the first round. This was the third consecutive tournament in which the holders were eliminated in the first round, after Italy in 2010 and Spain in 2014. No African team progressed to the second round for the first time since 1982. The fair play criteria came into use for the first time when Japan qualified over Senegal because the team had received fewer yellow cards. Only one match, France versus Denmark, was goalless. Until then there were a record 36 straight games in which at least one goal was scored.[141] All times listed below are local time.[133]
Tie-breaking criteria for group play
1. Points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
8. Drawing of lots.
### Group A
Pre-match ceremony prior to the opening game, Russia v Saudi Arabia
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Russia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
| Russia | 5–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Gazinsky 12' Cheryshev 43', 90+1' Dzyuba 71' Golovin 90+4' | Report |
Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,011[143]Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
| 0–1 | Uruguay |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Giménez 89' |
Central Stadium, YekaterinburgAttendance: 27,015[144]Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Russia | 3–1 | Egypt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fathy 47' (o.g.) Cheryshev 59' Dzyuba 62' | Report | Salah 73' (pen.) |
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 64,468[145]Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
| Uruguay | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Suárez 23' | Report |
Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-DonAttendance: 42,678[146]Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
| Uruguay | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Suárez 10' Cheryshev 23' (o.g.) Cavani 90' | Report |
Cosmos Arena, SamaraAttendance: 41,970[147]Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
| Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Egypt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Al-Faraj 45+6' (pen.) Al-Dawsari 90+5' | Report | Salah 22' |
Volgograd Arena, VolgogradAttendance: 36,823[148]Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
### Group B
Iran v Portugal
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Morocco | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| 0–1 | Iran |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Bouhaddouz 90+5' (o.g.) |
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 62,548[149]Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
| Portugal | 3–3 | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ronaldo 4' (pen.), 44', 88' | Report | Costa 24', 55' Nacho 58' |
Fisht Olympic Stadium, SochiAttendance: 43,866[150]Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
| Portugal | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Ronaldo 4' | Report |
Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,011[151]Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
| 0–1 | Spain |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Costa 54' |
Kazan Arena, KazanAttendance: 42,718[152]Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
| Iran | 1–1 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ansarifard 90+3' (pen.) | Report | Quaresma 45' |
Mordovia Arena, SaranskAttendance: 41,685[153]Referee: Enrique Cáceres (Paraguay)
| Spain | 2–2 | Morocco |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Isco 19' Aspas 90+1' | Report | Boutaïb 14' En-Nesyri 81' |
Kaliningrad Stadium, KaliningradAttendance: 33,973[154]Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
### Group C
Australia v Peru
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Peru | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| France | 2–1 | Australia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Griezmann 58' (pen.) Behich 81' (o.g.) | Report | Jedinak 62' (pen.) |
Kazan Arena, KazanAttendance: 41,279[155]Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
| 0–1 | Denmark |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Poulsen 59' |
Mordovia Arena, SaranskAttendance: 40,502[156]Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
| Denmark | 1–1 | Australia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eriksen 7' | Report | Jedinak 38' (pen.) |
Cosmos Arena, SamaraAttendance: 40,727[157]Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
| France | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mbappé 34' | Report |
Central Stadium, YekaterinburgAttendance: 32,789[158]Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
| 0–0 |
| --- |
| Report |
Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,011[159]Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
| 0–2 | Peru |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Carrillo 18' Guerrero 50' |
Fisht Olympic Stadium, SochiAttendance: 44,073[160]Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
### Group D
Iceland v Croatia
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Argentina | 1–1 | Iceland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Agüero 19' | Report | Finnbogason 23' |
Otkritie Arena, MoscowAttendance: 44,190[161]Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
| Croatia | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Etebo 32' (o.g.) Modrić 71' (pen.) | Report |
Kaliningrad Stadium, KaliningradAttendance: 31,136[162]Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
| 0–3 | Croatia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Rebić 53' Modrić 80' Rakitić 90+1' |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny NovgorodAttendance: 43,319[163]Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
| Nigeria | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Musa 49', 75' | Report |
Volgograd Arena, VolgogradAttendance: 40,904[164]Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
| Nigeria | 1–2 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Moses 51' (pen.) | Report | Messi 14' Rojo 86' |
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 64,468[165]Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
| Iceland | 1–2 | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sigurðsson 76' (pen.) | Report | Badelj 53' Perišić 90' |
Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-DonAttendance: 43,472[166]Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
### Group E
Brazil v Costa Rica
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| 0–1 | Serbia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Kolarov 56' |
Cosmos Arena, SamaraAttendance: 41,432[167]Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
| Brazil | 1–1 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coutinho 20' | Report | Zuber 50' |
Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-DonAttendance: 43,109[168]Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Coutinho 90+1' Neymar 90+7' | Report |
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 64,468[169]Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Serbia | 1–2 | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mitrović 5' | Report | Xhaka 52' Shaqiri 90' |
Kaliningrad Stadium, KaliningradAttendance: 33,167[170]Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
| 0–2 | Brazil |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Paulinho 36' Thiago Silva 68' |
Otkritie Arena, MoscowAttendance: 44,190[171]Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
| Switzerland | 2–2 | Costa Rica |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Džemaili 31' Drmić 88' | Report | Waston 56' Sommer 90+3' (o.g.) |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny NovgorodAttendance: 43,319[172]Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
### Group F
Germany v Mexico
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| 0–1 | Mexico |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Lozano 35' |
Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,011[173]Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
| Sweden | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Granqvist 65' (pen.) | Report |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny NovgorodAttendance: 42,300[174]Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
| South Korea | 1–2 | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Son Heung-min 90+3' | Report | Vela 26' (pen.) Hernández 66' |
Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-DonAttendance: 43,472[175]Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
| Germany | 2–1 | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reus 48' Kroos 90+5' | Report | Toivonen 32' |
Fisht Olympic Stadium, SochiAttendance: 44,287[176]Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
| South Korea | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Kim Young-gwon 90+2' Son Heung-min 90+6' | Report |
Kazan Arena, KazanAttendance: 41,835[177]Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
| 0–3 | Sweden |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Augustinsson 50' Granqvist 62' (pen.) Álvarez 74' (o.g.) |
Central Stadium, YekaterinburgAttendance: 33,061[178]Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
### Group G
Belgium v Tunisia
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Panama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Belgium | 3–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Mertens 47' Lukaku 69', 75' | Report |
Fisht Olympic Stadium, SochiAttendance: 43,257[179]Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
| Tunisia | 1–2 | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sassi 35' (pen.) | Report | Kane 11', 90+1' |
Volgograd Arena, VolgogradAttendance: 41,064[180]Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
| Belgium | 5–2 | Tunisia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E. Hazard 6' (pen.), 51' Lukaku 16', 45+3' Batshuayi 90' | Report | Bronn 18' Khazri 90+3' |
Otkritie Arena, MoscowAttendance: 44,190[181]Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
| England | 6–1 | Panama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stones 8', 40' Kane 22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62' Lingard 36' | Report | Baloy 78' |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny NovgorodAttendance: 43,319[182]Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
| 0–1 | Belgium |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Januzaj 51' |
Kaliningrad Stadium, KaliningradAttendance: 33,973[183]Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
| Panama | 1–2 | Tunisia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Meriah 33' (o.g.) | Report | F. Ben Youssef 51' Khazri 66' |
Mordovia Arena, SaranskAttendance: 37,168[184]Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
### Group H
Japan v Poland
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Colombia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
1. Fair play points: Japan −4, Senegal −6.
| Colombia | 1–2 | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Quintero 39' | Report | Kagawa 6' (pen.) Osako 73' |
Mordovia Arena, SaranskAttendance: 40,842[185]Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
| Poland | 1–2 | Senegal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Krychowiak 86' | Report | Cionek 37' (o.g.) Niang 60' |
Otkritie Arena, MoscowAttendance: 44,190[186]Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
| Japan | 2–2 | Senegal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Inui 34' Honda 78' | Report | Mané 11' Wagué 71' |
Central Stadium, YekaterinburgAttendance: 32,572[187]Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
| 0–3 | Colombia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Mina 40' Falcao 70' Ju. Cuadrado 75' |
Kazan Arena, KazanAttendance: 42,873[188]Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
| 0–1 | Poland |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Bednarek 59' |
Volgograd Arena, VolgogradAttendance: 42,189[189]Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
| 0–1 | Colombia |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Mina 74' |
Cosmos Arena, SamaraAttendance: 41,970[190]Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
## Knockout stage
Russia v Croatia
In the knockout stages, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners.[68] If a match went into extra time, each team was allowed to make a fourth substitution, the first time this had been allowed in a FIFA World Cup tournament.[76] Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.[76]
### Bracket
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| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | | Final | Final | |
| 30 June – Sochi | 30 June – Sochi | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 June – Sochi | 30 June – Sochi | | | | | | | | | | | Uruguay | 2 | |
| 6 July – Nizhny Novgorod | 6 July – Nizhny Novgorod | | | | | | | | | | | Uruguay | 2 | |
| 6 July – Nizhny Novgorod | 6 July – Nizhny Novgorod | | | Portugal | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Uruguay | 0 | | Portugal | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uruguay | 0 | 30 June – Kazan | 30 June – Kazan | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | 30 June – Kazan | 30 June – Kazan | | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | France | France | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | France | 4 | 10 July – Saint Petersburg | 10 July – Saint Petersburg | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | 3 | 10 July – Saint Petersburg | 10 July – Saint Petersburg | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Argentina | 3 | France | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 July – Samara | 2 July – Samara | France | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 July – Samara | 2 July – Samara | | Belgium | | | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | Brazil | 2 | | Belgium | | 0 | | | | | | |
| | 6 July – Kazan | 6 July – Kazan | Brazil | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 6 July – Kazan | 6 July – Kazan | Mexico | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 | Mexico | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Brazil | 1 | 2 July – Rostov-on-Don | 2 July – Rostov-on-Don | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Belgium | 2 | 2 July – Rostov-on-Don | 2 July – Rostov-on-Don | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Belgium | 2 | Belgium | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Belgium | 3 | | | | | | 15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | 15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | | | |
| | | | Japan | 2 | | | | | | 15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | 15 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | | | |
| | | | Japan | 2 | | | | | | France | | | 4 | |
| | | | 1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | 1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | | | | | | France | | | 4 | |
| | | | 1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | 1 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | | | | | | | | | Croatia | 2.0 |
| | | | Spain | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | Croatia | 2 | |
| | 7 July – Sochi | 7 July – Sochi | Spain | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 7 July – Sochi | 7 July – Sochi | Russia (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Russia | 2 (3) | Russia (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Russia | 2 (3) | 1 July – Nizhny Novgorod | 1 July – Nizhny Novgorod | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Croatia (p) | 2 (4) | 1 July – Nizhny Novgorod | 1 July – Nizhny Novgorod | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Croatia (p) | 2 (4) | Croatia (p) | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Croatia (p) | 1 (3) | | 11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | 11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | 1 (2) | | 11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | 11 July – Moscow (Luzhniki) | | | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | 1 (2) | | Croatia (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 July – Saint Petersburg | 3 July – Saint Petersburg | | Croatia (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 July – Saint Petersburg | 3 July – Saint Petersburg | | England | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | | | Sweden | 1 | | England | 1 | | | | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | |
| | 7 July – Samara | 7 July – Samara | Sweden | 1 | | | | | | | | 14 July – Saint Petersburg | 14 July – Saint Petersburg | |
| | 7 July – Samara | 7 July – Samara | Switzerland | 0 | | | | | | | | 14 July – Saint Petersburg | 14 July – Saint Petersburg | |
| | Sweden | 0 | Switzerland | 0 | | | | | | | | Belgium | 2 | |
| | Sweden | 0 | 3 July – Moscow (Otkritie) | 3 July – Moscow (Otkritie) | | | | | | | | Belgium | 2 | |
| | England | 2 | 3 July – Moscow (Otkritie) | 3 July – Moscow (Otkritie) | | | | | | | | England | 0 | |
| | England | 2 | Colombia | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | England | 0 | |
| | England (p) | 1 (4) | Colombia | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | | |
| England (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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### Round of 16
| France | 4–3 | Argentina |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Griezmann 13' (pen.) Pavard 57' Mbappé 64', 68' | Report | Di María 41' Mercado 48' Agüero 90+3' |
Kazan Arena, KazanAttendance: 42,873[191]Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Portugal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cavani 7', 62' | Report | Pepe 55' |
Fisht Olympic Stadium, SochiAttendance: 44,287[192]Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
| Spain | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ignashevich 12' (o.g.) | Report | Dzyuba 41' (pen.) |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Iniesta Piqué Koke Ramos Aspas | 3–4 | Smolov Ignashevich Golovin Cheryshev |
Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,011[193]Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Croatia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Denmark |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mandžukić 4' | Report | M. Jørgensen 1' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Badelj Kramarić Modrić Pivarić Rakitić | 3–2 | Eriksen Kjær Krohn-Dehli Schöne N. Jørgensen |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny NovgorodAttendance: 40,851[194]Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
| Brazil | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Neymar 51' Firmino 88' | Report |
Cosmos Arena, SamaraAttendance: 41,970[195]Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
| Belgium | 3–2 | Japan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vertonghen 69' Fellaini 74' Chadli 90+4' | Report | Haraguchi 48' Inui 52' |
Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-DonAttendance: 41,466[196]Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
| Sweden | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Forsberg 66' | Report |
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 64,042[197]Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
| Colombia | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mina 90+3' | Report | Kane 57' (pen.) |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Falcao Ju. Cuadrado Muriel Uribe Bacca | 3–4 | Kane Rashford Henderson Trippier Dier |
Otkritie Arena, MoscowAttendance: 44,190[198]Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
### Quarter-finals
| 0–2 | France |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Varane 40' Griezmann 61' |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny NovgorodAttendance: 43,319[199]Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
| Brazil | 1–2 | Belgium |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renato Augusto 76' | Report | Fernandinho 13' (o.g.) De Bruyne 31' |
Kazan Arena, KazanAttendance: 42,873[200]Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
| 0–2 | England |
| --- | --- |
| Report | Maguire 30' Alli 59' |
Cosmos Arena, SamaraAttendance: 39,991[201]Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
| Russia | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cheryshev 31' Fernandes 115' | Report | Kramarić 39' Vida 101' |
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties |
| Smolov Dzagoev Fernandes Ignashevich Kuzyayev | 3–4 | Brozović Kovačić Modrić Vida Rakitić |
Fisht Olympic Stadium, SochiAttendance: 44,287[202]Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
### Semi-finals
| France | 1–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Umtiti 51' | Report |
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 64,286[203]Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
| Croatia | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | England |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Perišić 68' Mandžukić 109' | Report | Trippier 5' |
Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,011[204]Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
### Third place play-off
| Belgium | 2–0 |
| --- | --- |
| Meunier 4' E. Hazard 82' | Report |
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint PetersburgAttendance: 64,406[205]Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
### Final
| France | 4–2 | Croatia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mandžukić 18' (o.g.) Griezmann 38' (pen.) Pogba 59' Mbappé 65' | Report | Perišić 28' Mandžukić 69' |
Luzhniki Stadium, MoscowAttendance: 78,011Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)
## Statistics
### Goalscorers
There were 169 goals scored in 64 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.
Twelve own goals were scored during the tournament, doubling the record of six set in 1998.[206] Goals scored from penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards an individual player's goal count.[207]
**6 goals**
- Harry Kane
**4 goals**
- Romelu Lukaku
- Antoine Griezmann
- Kylian Mbappé
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Denis Cheryshev
**3 goals**
- Eden Hazard
- Yerry Mina
- Mario Mandžukić
- Ivan Perišić
- Artem Dzyuba
- Diego Costa
- Edinson Cavani
**2 goals**
- Sergio Agüero
- Mile Jedinak
- Philippe Coutinho
- Neymar
- Luka Modrić
- Mohamed Salah
- John Stones
- Takashi Inui
- Ahmed Musa
- Son Heung-min
- Andreas Granqvist
- Wahbi Khazri
- Luis Suárez
**1 goal**
- Ángel Di María
- Gabriel Mercado
- Lionel Messi
- Marcos Rojo
- Michy Batshuayi
- Nacer Chadli
- Kevin De Bruyne
- Marouane Fellaini
- Adnan Januzaj
- Dries Mertens
- Thomas Meunier
- Jan Vertonghen
- Roberto Firmino
- Paulinho
- Renato Augusto
- Thiago Silva
- Juan Cuadrado
- Radamel Falcao
- Juan Fernando Quintero
- Kendall Waston
- Milan Badelj
- Andrej Kramarić
- Ivan Rakitić
- Ante Rebić
- Domagoj Vida
- Christian Eriksen
- Mathias Jørgensen
- Yussuf Poulsen
- Dele Alli
- Jesse Lingard
- Harry Maguire
- Kieran Trippier
- Benjamin Pavard
- Paul Pogba
- Samuel Umtiti
- Raphaël Varane
- Toni Kroos
- Marco Reus
- Alfreð Finnbogason
- Gylfi Sigurðsson
- Karim Ansarifard
- Genki Haraguchi
- Keisuke Honda
- Shinji Kagawa
- Yuya Osako
- Javier Hernández
- Hirving Lozano
- Carlos Vela
- Khalid Boutaïb
- Youssef En-Nesyri
- Victor Moses
- Felipe Baloy
- André Carrillo
- Paolo Guerrero
- Jan Bednarek
- Grzegorz Krychowiak
- Pepe
- Ricardo Quaresma
- Mário Fernandes
- Yury Gazinsky
- Aleksandr Golovin
- Salem Al-Dawsari
- Salman Al-Faraj
- Sadio Mané
- M'Baye Niang
- Moussa Wagué
- Aleksandar Kolarov
- Aleksandar Mitrović
- Kim Young-gwon
- Iago Aspas
- Isco
- Nacho
- Ludwig Augustinsson
- Emil Forsberg
- Ola Toivonen
- Josip Drmić
- Blerim Džemaili
- Xherdan Shaqiri
- Granit Xhaka
- Steven Zuber
- Dylan Bronn
- Ferjani Sassi
- Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
- José Giménez
**1 own goal**
- Aziz Behich (against France)
- Fernandinho (against Belgium)
- Mario Mandžukić (against France)
- Ahmed Fathy (against Russia)
- Edson Álvarez (against Sweden)
- Aziz Bouhaddouz (against Iran)
- Peter Etebo (against Croatia)
- Thiago Cionek (against Senegal)
- Denis Cheryshev (against Uruguay)
- Sergei Ignashevich (against Spain)
- Yann Sommer (against Costa Rica)
- Yassine Meriah (against Panama)
Source: FIFA[208]
### Discipline
In total, only four players were sent off in the entire tournament, the fewest since 1978.[209] International Football Association Board technical director David Elleray stated a belief that this was due to the introduction of VAR, since players would know that they would not be able to get away with anything under the new system.[210]
A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:[68]
- Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
- Receiving two yellow cards in two matches; yellow cards expire after the completion of the quarter-finals (yellow card suspensions are not carried forward to any other future international matches)
The following suspensions were served during the tournament:
| Player | Offence(s) | Suspension(s) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Carlos Sánchez | in Group H vs Japan (matchday 1; 19 June) | Group H vs Poland (matchday 2; 24 June) |
| Yussuf Poulsen | in Group C vs Peru (matchday 1; 16 June) in Group C vs Australia (matchday 2; 21 June) | Group C vs France (matchday 3; 26 June) |
| Jérôme Boateng | in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 2; 23 June) | Group F vs South Korea (matchday 3; 27 June) |
| Armando Cooper | in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June) | Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June) |
| Michael Amir Murillo | in Group G vs Belgium (matchday 1; 18 June) in Group G vs England (matchday 2; 24 June) | Group G vs Tunisia (matchday 3; 28 June) |
| Igor Smolnikov | in Group A vs Uruguay (matchday 3; 25 June) | Round of 16 vs Spain (1 July) |
| Sebastian Larsson | in Group F vs Germany (matchday 2; 23 June) in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June) | Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July) |
| Héctor Moreno | in Group F vs Germany (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group F vs Sweden (matchday 3; 27 June) | Round of 16 vs Brazil (2 July) |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June) | Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July) |
| Fabian Schär | in Group E vs Brazil (matchday 1; 17 June) in Group E vs Costa Rica (matchday 3; 27 June) | Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July) |
| Blaise Matuidi | in Group C vs Peru (matchday 2; 21 June) in Round of 16 vs Argentina (30 June) | Quarter-finals vs Uruguay (6 July) |
| Casemiro | in Group E vs Switzerland (matchday 1; 17 June) in Round of 16 vs Mexico (2 July) | Quarter-finals vs Belgium (6 July) |
| Mikael Lustig | in Group F vs Mexico (matchday 3; 27 June) in Round of 16 vs Switzerland (3 July) | Quarter-finals vs England (7 July) |
| Michael Lang | in Round of 16 vs Sweden (3 July) | Suspension served outside tournament |
| Thomas Meunier | in Group G vs Panama (matchday 1; 18 June) in Quarter-finals vs Brazil (6 July) | Semi-finals vs France (10 July) |
## Final standings
## Awards
Luka Modrić accepting the Golden Ball award from Vladimir Putin Kylian Mbappé receiving the World Cup best young player award from Emmanuel Macron
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. The Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Ball (best overall player) and Golden Glove (best goalkeeper) awards were all sponsored by Adidas.[211]
| Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luka Modrić | Eden Hazard | Antoine Griezmann |
| Golden Boot | Silver Boot | Bronze Boot |
| Harry Kane (6 goals, 0 assists) | Antoine Griezmann (4 goals, 2 assists) | Romelu Lukaku (4 goals, 1 assist) |
| Golden Glove | Golden Glove | Golden Glove |
| Thibaut Courtois | Thibaut Courtois | Thibaut Courtois |
| FIFA Young Player Award | FIFA Young Player Award | FIFA Young Player Award |
| Kylian Mbappé | Kylian Mbappé | Kylian Mbappé |
| FIFA Fair Play Trophy | FIFA Fair Play Trophy | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
| Spain | Spain | Spain |
### Dream Team
The users of FIFA.com elected their Fan Dream Team.[212][213]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thibaut Courtois | Marcelo Thiago Silva Raphaël Varane Diego Godín | Kevin De Bruyne Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić | Harry Kane Kylian Mbappé Cristiano Ronaldo |
Additionally, FIFA.com shortlisted 18 goals for users to vote on as the tournament's best.[214] The poll closed on 23 July. The award was sponsored by Hyundai.[215]
| Goal of the Tournament_Goalscorer | Goal of the Tournament_Opponent | Goal of the Tournament_Score | Goal of the Tournament_Round |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Pavard | Argentina | 2–2 | Round of 16 |
### All-Star Team
FIFA published an All-Star Team, this year called the _Fantasy Team_, based on player performances evaluated through statistical data.[216]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thibaut Courtois | Andreas Granqvist Thiago Silva Raphaël Varane Yerry Mina | Denis Cheryshev Philippe Coutinho Luka Modrić | Harry Kane Antoine Griezmann Eden Hazard |
### Prize money
Prize money amounts were announced in October 2017.[217]
| Position_Position | Amount (million USD)_Per team | Amount (million USD)_Total |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Champions | 38 | 38 |
| Runners-up | 28 | 28 |
| Third place | 24 | 24 |
| Fourth place | 22 | 22 |
| 5th–8th place (quarter-finals) | 16 | 64 |
| 9th–16th place (round of 16) | 12 | 96 |
| 17th–32nd place (group stage) | 8 | 128 |
| Total | Total | 400 |
## Marketing
The typeface "Dusha" used for branding
### Branding
The tournament logo was unveiled on 28 October 2014 by cosmonauts at the International Space Station and then projected onto Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre during an evening television programme. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said the logo was inspired by "Russia's rich artistic tradition and its history of bold achievement and innovation", and FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated that it reflected the "heart and soul" of the country. For branding, Portuguese design agency Brandia Central created materials in 2014, with a typeface called _Dusha_ – душа (Russian for 'soul') – designed by Brandia Central and edited by Adotbelow of the DSType Foundry in Portugal.[218]
### Ticketing
The first phase of ticket sales started on 14 September 2017, 12:00 Moscow Time, and lasted until 12 October 2017.[219]
The general visa policy of Russia did not apply to participants and spectators, who were able to visit Russia without a visa right before and during the competition regardless of their citizenship. Spectators were nonetheless required to register for a "Fan-ID", a special photo identification pass. A Fan-ID was required to enter the country visa-free, while a ticket, Fan-ID and a valid passport were required to enter stadiums for matches. Fan-IDs also granted World Cup attendees free access to public transport services, including buses, and train service between host cities. Fan-ID was administered by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, which could revoke this accreditation at any time to "ensure the defence capability or security of the state or public order".[128][129][130]
### Merchandise
On 29 May 2018, Electronic Arts released a free update to their video game _FIFA 18_ that added content related to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The expansion included a World Cup tournament mode with all teams and stadiums from the event, official television presentation elements, and World Cup-related content for the Ultimate Team mode.[220][221]
Panini continued their partnership with FIFA by producing stickers for their World Cup sticker album.[222] Panini also developed an app for the 2018 World Cup where fans could collect and swap virtual stickers, with 5 million fans gathering digital stickers for the tournament.[223][224]
## Symbols
### Mascot
Tournament mascot, wolf Zabivaka
The tournament's official mascot was unveiled on 21 October 2016, and selected through a design competition among university students. A public vote was used to select the mascot from three finalists—a cat, a tiger, and a wolf. The winner, with 53% or approximately 1 million votes, was Zabivaka—an anthropomorphic wolf dressed in the colours of the Russian national team. Zabivaka's name is a portmanteau of the Russian words забияка ("hothead") and забивать ("to score"), and his official backstory states that he is an aspiring football player who is "charming, confident and social".[225]
### Match ball
Match ball "Telstar 18" Match ball for the knockout stage, "Telstar Mechta"
The official match ball, the "Telstar 18", was unveiled on 9 November 2017. It was based on the name and design of the first Adidas World Cup ball from 1970.[226] A special red-coloured variation, "Telstar Mechta", was used for the knockout stage of the tournament. The word _mechta_ (Russian: мечта) means "dream" or "ambition".[227]
Goalkeepers noted that the ball was slippery and prone to having unpredictable trajectory.[228][229] In addition, two Telstar 18 balls popped in the midst of a first-round match between France and Australia, leading to further discussions over the ball's performance.[230][231]
### Music
The official song of the tournament was "Live It Up", with vocals by Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era Istrefi, released on 25 May 2018. Its music video was released on 8 June 2018.[232]
## Other controversies
Thirty-three footballers who were alleged to be part of the Russian steroid programme are listed in the McLaren Report.[233] On 22 December 2017, it was reported that FIFA had fired a doctor who had been investigating doping in Russian football.[234] On 22 May 2018, FIFA stated that the investigations concerning all Russian players named for the provisional squad of the FIFA World Cup in Russia had been completed, with the result that insufficient evidence was found to support anti-doping rule violations.[235] FIFA's medical committee also decided that Russian personnel would not be involved in performing drug testing procedures at the tournament, an action taken to reassure teams that samples would not be tampered with.[236]
Russia relaxed its visa rules during the World Cup, allowing Fan ID holders to enter and exit Russia without a visa through 31 December 2018. Traffickers exploited this system to bring foreign sex trafficking victims into the country, especially from Nigeria.[237] Reuters had raised concerns about the victims' conditions, who had allegedly been forced into prostitution, with some of them enduring violent abuse.[238][239] Russian authorities were accused of doing little to fix to the issue, allegedly because many locals blamed the victims for falling into prostitution.[240][241]
### Response to Skripal poisoning
In response to the March 2018 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, British prime minister Theresa May announced that no British ministers or members of the royal family would attend the World Cup, and issued a warning to any travelling England fans.[242] Russia responded to the comments from the UK Parliament claiming that the West are trying to "take the World Cup out of Russia".[243] The Russian Foreign Ministry denounced Boris Johnson's statements that compared the event to the 1936 Olympics held in Nazi Germany as "poisoned with venom of hate, unprofessionalism and boorishness" and "unacceptable and unworthy" parallel towards Russia, a "nation that lost millions of lives in fighting Nazism".[244]
## Critical reception
Facilities–such as the refurbished Luzhniki Stadium (pictured)–were one aspect of Russia's perceived success.
At the close of the World Cup, Russia was widely praised for its success in hosting the tournament, with Steve Rosenberg of the BBC deeming it "a resounding public relations success" for Putin, adding: "The stunning new stadiums, free train travel to venues and the absence of crowd violence has impressed visiting supporters. Russia has come across as friendly and hospitable: a stark contrast with the country's authoritarian image. All the foreign fans I have spoken to are pleasantly surprised."[245]
Despite the British Foreign Office and MPs repeatedly warning English football fans travelling to Russia of "racist or homophobic intimidation, hooligan violence and anti-British hostility",[246][247] fans who did travel said they received a warm welcome from ordinary citizens after arriving in Russia.[248][249]
FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated: "Everyone discovered a beautiful country, a welcoming country, that is keen to show the world that everything that has been said before might not be true. A lot of preconceived ideas have been changed because people have seen the true nature of Russia."[250] Infantino has proclaimed Russia 2018 to be "the best World Cup ever." 98 percent of the stadiums were sold out, there were 3 billion viewers on TV around the world and 7 million fans visited the fan fests.[251] It was the most viewed World Cup to date, and the third most viewed television broadcast, surpassing the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
## Broadcasting rights
FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to various local broadcasters. After having tested the technology at limited matches of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup,[252] and the 2014 FIFA World Cup (via private tests and public viewings in the host city of Rio de Janeiro),[253] the 2018 World Cup was the first World Cup in which all matches were produced in 4K ultra high definition. Host Broadcast Services (HBS) stated that at least 75% of the broadcast cut of each match would come from 4K cameras (covering the majority of main angles), with instant replays and some camera angles being converted up from 1080p high definition sources with limited degradation in quality. These broadcasts were made available from selected rightsholders and television providers.[254][255][256]
In February 2018, Ukrainian rightsholder UA:PBC stated that it would not broadcast the World Cup due to existing tensions with Russia amidst the Russo-Ukrainian War. This came in the wake of growing boycott of the tournament by the Football Federation of Ukraine and sports minister Ihor Zhdanov.[257][258] Additionally, the FFU refused to accredit journalists for the World Cup and waived their quota of tickets.[259] However, the Ukrainian state TV still broadcast the World Cup, and more than 4 million Ukrainians watched the opening match.[260]
Broadcast rights to the tournament in the Middle East were hampered by an ongoing diplomatic crisis in Qatar, which saw Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar—the home country of FIFA's Middle East and Africa rightsholder beIN Sports—in June 2017, over its alleged state support of terrorist groups. On 2 June 2018, beIN pulled its channels from Du and Etisalat, but with service to the latter restored later that day. Etisalat subsequently announced that it would air the World Cup in the UAE, and continue to offer beIN normally and without interruptions.[261][262][263] In Saudi Arabia, beIN was banned from doing business; as a result, its channels and other content have been widely and illegally repackaged by a broadcaster identifying itself as "beoutQ". While FIFA attempted to negotiate the sale of a package consisting of Saudi matches and the final indirectly, they were unable to do so. On 12 July 2018, FIFA stated that it had "engaged counsel to take legal action in Saudi Arabia and is working alongside other sports rights owners that have also been affected to protect its interests."[264][265]
In the United States, the 2018 World Cup was the first men's World Cup whose English rights were held by Fox Sports, and Spanish rights held by Telemundo. The elimination of the United States in the qualifiers led to concerns that U.S. interest and viewership of this World Cup would be reduced, noting that "casual" viewers of U.S. matches caused them to peak at 16.5 million in 2014, and determined how much Fox paid for the rights. During a launch event prior to the elimination, Fox stated that it had planned to place a secondary focus on the Mexican team in its coverage to take advantage of their popularity among Hispanic and Latino Americans. Fox stated that it was still committed to broadcasting a significant amount of tournament coverage.[266][267][268] Viewership was down overall compared to 2014; match scheduling and time zones were not as favourable to viewers in the Americas as they were in 2014. Many games aired in the morning hours, although Telemundo's broadcast of the Mexico-Sweden Group F match was announced as being its most-watched weekday daytime program in the network's history.[269][270]
Unlike previous tournaments, where the rights were bundled with those of South Korea, Korean Central Television acquired rights to the 2018 World Cup within North Korea. Broadcasts only began with the round of 16, and matches were tape delayed and edited for time. In addition, matches involving Japan were excluded from the broadcasts, due to strained relations and campaigns against the country.[271]
## Sponsorship
| FIFA partners | FIFA World Cup sponsors | African supporters | Asian supporters | European supporters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adidas[272] Coca-Cola[273] Gazprom[274] Hyundai–Kia[275] Qatar Airways[276] Visa[277] Wanda Group[278] | Anheuser-Busch InBev[279] Hisense[280] McDonald's[281] Mengniu Dairy[282] Vivo[283] | Egypt – Experience & Invest[284] | Diking[285] Luci[285] Yadea[286] | Alfa-Bank[287] Alrosa[288] Rostelecom[289] Russian Railways[290] |
## Audience
A combined 3.572 billion unique viewers (live global 1-minute reach) – more than half of the global population aged four and over – tuned in to world football's ultimate competition, according to audience data for official broadcast coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[291]
The average global live audience for every game of the tournament was 191 million viewers (for a cumulative live audience of 12.224 billion viewers), a 2.1% increase over the 2014 tournament average of 187 million viewers, including that average audience in the early stages (group stage and round of 16) were bigger than in 2014. However, in 2018, the audience was 15 percent smaller for the semi-finals, 17 percent for the third place play-off, and 5.1 percent for the final, which was watched by 517 million people on average (only in-home TV viewers), compared to 545 million in 2014. Presumably, the reason for that is the smaller countries involved in the top four games compared to those in 2014, and only one global region (Europe) being represented in 2018 (compared to South America and Europe in 2014). However the live global 1-minute reach of the final was 1.12 billion people (884.37 in-home TV viewers and 231.82 million out-of-home and (or) digital-only viewers).[292]
## See also
- FIFA World Cup
- FIFA World Cup hosts
- 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
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