1974 FIFA World Cup

Association football tournament in West Germany

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1974 FIFA World CupFußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974 (German)

Tournament details
Host country| West Germany
West Berlin
Dates| 13 June – 7 July
Teams| 16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)| 9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  West Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up|  Netherlands
Third place|  Poland
Fourth place|  Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 38
Goals scored| 97 (2.55 per match)
Attendance| 1,865,762 (49,099 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Grzegorz Lato (7 goals)
Best young player|  Władysław Żmuda[1]
Fair play award|  West Germany[1]

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International football competition

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

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Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts

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

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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

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup 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

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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

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## Format

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup 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

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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

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West Berlin | Munich, Bavaria | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg

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Olympiastadion | Olympiastadion | Neckarstadion
Capacity: 86,000 | Capacity: 77,573 | Capacity: 72,200
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Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |

Munich

West Berlin

Stuttgart

Gelsenkirchen

Düsseldorf

Frankfurt

Hamburg

Hanover

Dortmund

Parkstadion
Capacity: 72,000
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia
Rheinstadion
Capacity: 70,100
Frankfurt, Hesse
Waldstadion
Capacity: 62,200
Hamburg | Hanover, Lower Saxony | Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia
Volksparkstadion | Niedersachsenstadion | Westfalenstadion
Capacity: 61,300 | Capacity: 60,400 | Capacity: 53,600
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## Match officials

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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

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For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1974 FIFA World Cup squads.

## Seeding

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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)

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* West Germany (hosts, Group 1)
* Brazil (holders, Group 2)

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* 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

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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.[citation needed]

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

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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:[citation needed]

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

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1

East German line-up v. Australia Pos | Team

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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
3  |  Chile | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 2  | −1  | 2  |
4  |  Australia | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | −5  | 1

Source: FIFA

14 June 1974

16:00

West Germany | 1–0|  Chile

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Breitner 18' | Report |

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 81,100

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

14 June 1974

19:30

East Germany | 2–0|  Australia

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Curran 58' (o.g.)
Streich 72' | Report |

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

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18 June 1974

16:00

Australia | 0–3|  West Germany

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| Report | Overath 12'
Cullmann 34'
Müller 53'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt)

18 June 1974

19:30

Chile | 1–1|  East Germany

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Ahumada 69' | Report | Hoffmann 55'

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 28,300

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

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22 June 1974

16:00

Australia | 0–0|  Chile

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Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 17,400

Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran)

22 June 1974

19:30

East Germany | 1–0|  West Germany

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Sparwasser 77' | Report |

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 60,200

Referee: Ramón Barreto Ruíz (Uruguay)

### Group 2

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 2

Jairzinho's goal against Zaire Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Yugoslavia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 10  | 1  | +9  | 4  | Advance to second round
2  |  Brazil | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 0  | +3  | 4
3  |  Scotland | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 1  | +2  | 4  |
4  |  Zaire | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 14  | −14  | 0

Source: FIFA

13 June 1974

17:00

Brazil | 0–0|  Yugoslavia

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| Report |

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

14 June 1974

19:30

Zaire | 0–2|  Scotland

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| Report | Lorimer 26'
Jordan 34'

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 25,800

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

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18 June 1974

19:30

Yugoslavia | 9–0|  Zaire

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Bajević 8', 30', 81'
Džajić 14'
Šurjak 18'
Katalinski 22'
Bogićević 35'
Oblak 61'
Petković 65' | Report |

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 31,700

Referee: Omar Delgado Gómez (Colombia)

18 June 1974

19:30

Scotland | 0–0|  Brazil

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| Report |

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)

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22 June 1974

16:00

Scotland | 1–1|  Yugoslavia

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Jordan 88' | Report | Karasi 81'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Alfonso González Archundía (Mexico)

22 June 1974

16:00

Zaire | 0–3|  Brazil

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| Report | Jairzinho 12'
Rivellino 66'
Valdomiro 79'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 36,200

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

### Group 3

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 3

Pos | Team

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1  |  Netherlands | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6  | 1  | +5  | 5  | Advance to second round
2  |  Sweden | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 0  | +3  | 4
3  |  Bulgaria | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 2  |
4  |  Uruguay | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 6  | −5  | 1

Source: FIFA

15 June 1974

16:00

Uruguay | 0–2|  Netherlands

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| Report | Rep 7', 86'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 55,100

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

15 June 1974

16:00

Sweden | 0–0|  Bulgaria

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Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 23,800

Referee: Edison Peréz Núñez (Peru)

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19 June 1974

19:30

Bulgaria | 1–1|  Uruguay

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Bonev 75' | Report | Pavoni 87'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 13,400

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

19 June 1974

19:30

Netherlands | 0–0|  Sweden

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Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 53,700

Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada)

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23 June 1974

16:00

Bulgaria | 1–4|  Netherlands

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Krol 78' (o.g.) | Report | Neeskens 5' (pen.), 44' (pen.)
Rep 71'
de Jong 88'

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 53,300

Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

23 June 1974

16:00

Sweden | 3–0|  Uruguay

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Edström 46', 77'
Sandberg 74' | Report |

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 28,300

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

### Group 4

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 4

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1  |  Poland | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 3  | +9  | 6  | Advance to second round
2  |  Argentina | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 5  | +2  | 3
3  |  Italy | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 3  |
4  |  Haiti | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 14  | −12  | 0

Source: FIFA

15 June 1974

18:00

Italy | 3–1|  Haiti

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Rivera 52'
Benetti 66'
Anastasi 79' | Report | Sanon 46'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Vicente Llobregat (Venezuela)

15 June 1974

18:00

Poland | 3–2|  Argentina

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Lato 7', 62'
Szarmach 8' | Report | Heredia 60'
Babington 66'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 32,700

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

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19 June 1974

19:30

Argentina | 1–1|  Italy

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Houseman 20' | Report | Perfumo 35' (o.g.)

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 70,100

Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)

19 June 1974

19:30

Haiti | 0–7|  Poland

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| Report | Lato 17', 87'
Deyna 18'
Szarmach 30', 34', 50'
Gorgoń 31'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 25,300

Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)

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23 June 1974

16:00

Argentina | 4–1|  Haiti

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Yazalde 15', 68'
Houseman 18'
Ayala 55' | Report | Sanon 63'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 25,900

Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

23 June 1974

16:00

Poland | 2–1|  Italy

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Szarmach 38'
Deyna 44' | Report | Capello 85'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 70,100

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

## Second round

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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

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup Group A

Streich heads East Germany into the lead against Argentina Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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

26 June 1974

19:30

Netherlands | 4–0|  Argentina

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Cruyff 11', 90'
Krol 25'
Rep 73' | Report |

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 56,548

Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland)

26 June 1974

19:30

Brazil | 1–0|  East Germany

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Rivellino 60' | Report |

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 59,863

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

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30 June 1974

16:00

Argentina | 1–2|  Brazil

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Brindisi 35' | Report | Rivellino 32'
Jairzinho 49'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 39,400

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

30 June 1974

16:00

East Germany | 0–2|  Netherlands

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| Report | Neeskens 7'
Rensenbrink 59'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 68,348

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

* * *

3 July 1974

19:30

Argentina | 1–1|  East Germany

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Houseman 20' | Report | Streich 14'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 54,254

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

3 July 1974

19:30

Netherlands | 2–0|  Brazil

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Neeskens 50'
Cruyff 65' | Report |

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 53,700

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

### Group B

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B

Pos | Team

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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

26 June 1974

16:00

Yugoslavia | 0–2|  West Germany

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| Report | Breitner 39'
Müller 82'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 67,385

Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)

26 June 1974

19:30

Sweden | 0–1|  Poland

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| Report | Lato 43'

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 44,955

Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)

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30 June 1974

16:00

Poland | 2–1|  Yugoslavia

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Deyna 24' (pen.)
Lato 62' | Report | Karasi 43'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

30 June 1974

19:30

West Germany | 4–2|  Sweden

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Overath 51'
Bonhof 52'
Grabowski 76'
Hoeneß 89' (pen.) | Report | Edström 24'
Sandberg 53'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 67,800

Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)

* * *

3 July 1974

16:35[b]

Poland | 0–1|  West Germany

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| Report | Müller 76'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

3 July 1974

19:30

Sweden | 2–1|  Yugoslavia

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Edström 29'
Torstensson 85' | Report | Šurjak 27'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 41,300

Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina)

## Knockout stage

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup 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

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6 July 1974

16:00

Brazil | 0–1|  Poland

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| Report | Lato 76'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 77,100

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

### Final

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Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup final

7 July 1974

16:00

Netherlands | 1–2|  West Germany

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Neeskens 2' (pen.) | Report | Breitner 25' (pen.)
Müller 43'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 75,200

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

## Goalscorers

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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

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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.

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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
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
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

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1. ^ a b 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

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Ein Elfjähriger schreibt Fußball-Geschichte" (in German). Archived from the original on 10 December 2005.
9. ^ a b 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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