1974 FIFA World Cup

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1974 FIFA World Cup - West Germany Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974

Teams	16 (from 99 entrants)
Host	West Germany
Champions	West Germany (2nd title)
Matches played	38
Goals scored	97 (average 2.553 per match)
Attendance	1,774,022 (average 46,685 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grzegorz Lato 7 goals

Qualifying countries

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. West Germany was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1966. 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, was won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians. The host nation won the title beating Netherlands in the final, 2-1. The victory was the second for West Germany, who had won in 1954.

[edit] Qualification

Main article: 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Summary

The format of the competition changed from 1970: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. The top two teams in each group advanced to the second round, where they split into two groups of four. The winners of each group played each other in the final, and the second place finishers in the third place match.

The first round saw a politically charged match as West Germany and East Germany played each other in Hamburg - the only time the two ever met on the football field. The East won that match 1-0, but fell in the second round.

Eventually, West Germany and the Netherlands made it to the final. West Germany was led by Franz Beckenbauer, while the Dutch had their star Johan Cruijff, and their Total Football system which had dazzled the competition. With just a minute gone on the clock, Cruijff was brought down in the German penalty area following a solo run, and the Dutch took the lead from the ensuing penalty by Johan Neeskens, before any of the German players had even touched the ball. However, West Germany managed to come back, tying the match on a penalty scored by Paul Breitner, and winning it with Gerd Müller's goal just before half-time. The two penalties were the first in a World Cup final.

Poland's Grzegorz Lato led the tournament in scoring seven goals, while Gerd Müller's goal in the final was his 14th in his World Cup career, which beat Just Fontaine's record of 13 (since surpassed by Ronaldo's 15 goals).

[edit] Mascot

Tip and Tap

The official mascots of this World Cup were Tip and Tap, two boys wearing West Germany strips, with the letters WM (Weltmeisterschaft, World Cup) and number 74.

[edit] Venues

Nine cities hosted the tournament:

[edit] Match officials

Argentina

Luis Pastarino

Australia

Tony Boskovic

Austria

Erich Linemayr

Belgium

Vital Loraux

Brazil

Armando Marques

Canada

Werner Winsemann

Colombia

Omar Delgado Gómez

East Germany

Rudi Glöckner

Egypt

Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel

England

Jack Taylor

Hungary

Károly Palotai

Iran

Jaffar Namdar

Italy

Aurelio Angonese

Mexico

Archundía González

Netherlands

Arie van Gemert

Peru

Edison Perez-Nunez

Romania

Nicolae Rainea

Scotland

Bob Davidson

Senegal

Youssou N'Diaye

Singapore

Govindasamy Suppiah

Spain

Pablo Sanchez Ibanez

Soviet Union

Pavel Kaskakov

Switzerland

Rudolf Scheurer

Turkey

Dogan Babacan

Uruguay

Ramon Barreto

Venezuela

Vicente Llobregat

Wales

Clive Thomas

West Germany

Gerhard Schulenburg
Kurt Tschenscher
Hans-Joachim Weyland

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] First round

All times local (UTC+2)

[edit] Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
East Germany	5	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
West Germany	4	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3
Chile	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1
Australia	1	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5

June 14, 1974 16:00
	West Germany	1–0	Chile	West Berlin, Olympiastadion Attendance: 83,168 Referee: Babacan (Turkey)
	Breitner 18'	(Report)

June 14, 1974 19:30
	East Germany	2–0	Australia	Hamburg, Volksparkstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: N'Diaye (Senegal)
	Curran 58' (own goal) Streich 72'	(Report)

June 18, 1974 16:00
	Australia	0–3	West Germany	Hamburg, Volksparkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Kamel (Egypt)
		(Report)	Overath 12' Cullmann 34' Müller 53'

June 18, 1974 19:30
	Chile	1–1	East Germany	West Berlin, Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Angonese (Italy)
	Ahumada 69'	(Report)	Hoffmann 55'

June 22, 1974 16:00
	Australia	0–0	Chile	West Berlin, Olympiastadion Attendance: 14,681 Referee: Namdar (Iran)
		(Report)

June 22, 1974 19:30
	East Germany	1–0	West Germany	Hamburg, Volksparkstadion Attendance: 60,350 Referee: Barreto (Uruguay)
	Sparwasser 77'	(Report)

[edit] Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Yugoslavia	4	3	1	2	0	10	1	+9
Brazil	4	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3
Scotland	4	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
Zaire	0	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14

June 13, 1974 17:00
	Brazil	0–0	Yugoslavia	Frankfurt, Waldstadion Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland)
		(Report)

June 14, 1974 19:30
	Zaire	0–2	Scotland	Dortmund, Westfalenstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Schulenburg (West Germany)
		(Report)	Lorimer 26' Jordan 34'

June 18, 1974 19:30
	Yugoslavia	9–0	Zaire	Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Gómez (Colombia)
	Bajević 8', 30', 81' Džajić 14' Šurjak 18' Katalinski 22' Bogićević 35' Oblak 61' Petković 65'	(Report)

June 18, 1974 19:30
	Scotland	0–0	Brazil	Frankfurt, Waldstadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: van Gemert (Netherlands)
		(Report)

June 22, 1974 16:00
	Scotland	1–1	Yugoslavia	Frankfurt, Waldstadion Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Archundía (Mexico)
	Jordan 88'	(Report)	Karasi 81'

June 22, 1974 16:00
	Zaire	0–3	Brazil	Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Rainea (Romania)
		(Report)	Jairzinho 12' Rivelino 66' Valdomiro 79'

[edit] Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	5	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5
Sweden	4	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3
Bulgaria	2	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3
Uruguay	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5

June 15, 1974 16:00
	Uruguay	0–2	Netherlands	Hanover, Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Palotai (Hungary)
		(Report)	Rep 16', 86'

June 15, 1974 16:00
	Sweden	0–0	Bulgaria	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Perez Nunez (Peru)
		(Report)

June 19, 1974 19:30
	Uruguay	1–1	Bulgaria	Hanover, Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Taylor (England)
	Pavoni 87'	(Report)	Bonev 75'

June 19, 1974 19:30
	Netherlands	0–0	Sweden	Dortmund, Westfalenstadion Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Winsemann (Canada)
		(Report)

June 23, 1974 16:00
	Netherlands	4–1	Bulgaria	Dortmund, Westfalenstadion Attendance: 52,100 Referee: Boskovic (Australia)
	Neeskens 5' pen, 45' pen Rep 71' de Jong 88'	(Report)	Krol 78' (own goal)

June 23, 1974 16:00
	Sweden	3–0	Uruguay	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
	Edström 46', 77' Sandberg 74'	(Report)

[edit] Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Poland	6	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9
Argentina	3	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2
Italy	3	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Haiti	0	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12

June 15, 1974 18:00
	Italy	3–1	Haiti	Munich, Olympiastadion Attendance: 51,100 Referee: Llobregat (Venezuela)
	Rivera 52' Benetti 66' Anastasi 79'	(Report)	Sanon 46'

June 15, 1974 18:00
	Poland	3–2	Argentina	Stuttgart, Neckarstadion Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Thomas (Wales)
	Lato 7', 62' Szarmach 8'	(Report)	Heredia 60' Babington 66'

June 19, 1974 19:30
	Argentina	1–1	Italy	Stuttgart, Neckarstadion Attendance: 68,900 Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
	Houseman 19'	(Report)	Perfumo 35' (own goal)

June 19, 1974 19:30
	Haiti	0–7	Poland	Munich, Olympiastadion Attendance: 23,400 Referee: Suppiah (Singapore)
		(Report)	Lato 17', 87' Deyna 18' Szarmach 30', 34', 50' Gorgoń 31'

June 23, 1974 16:00
	Argentina	4–1	Haiti	Munich, Olympiastadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Ibanez (Spain)
	Yazalde 15', 68' Houseman 18' Ayala 55'	(Report)	Sanon 63'

June 23, 1974 16:00
	Poland	2–1	Italy	Stuttgart, Neckarstadion Attendance: 68,900 Referee: Weyland (West Germany)
	Szarmach 38' Deyna 44'	(Report)	Capello 86'

[edit] Second round

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	6	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
Brazil	4	3	2	0	1	3	3	0
East Germany	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	-3
Argentina	1	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5

June 26, 1974 19:30
	Netherlands	4–0	Argentina	Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion Attendance: 55,348 Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
	Cruijff 10', 90' Krol 25' Rep 73'	(Report)

June 26, 1974 19:30
	Brazil	1–0	East Germany	Hanover, Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 58,463 Referee: Thomas (Wales)
	Rivelino 60'	(Report)

June 30, 1974 16:00
	Argentina	1–2	Brazil	Hanover, Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Loraux (Belgium)
	Brindisi 35'	(Report)	Rivelino 32' Jairzinho 49'

June 30, 1974 16:00
	East Germany	0–2	Netherlands	Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion Attendance: 67,148 Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland)
		(Report)	Neeskens 13' Rensenbrink 59'

July 3, 1974 19:30
	Argentina	1–1	East Germany	Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion Attendance: 53,054 Referee: Taylor (England)
	Houseman 20'	(Report)	Streich 14'

July 3, 1974 19:30
	Netherlands	2–0	Brazil	Dortmund, Westfalenstadion Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Tschenscher (West Germany)
	Neeskens 50' Cruijff 65'	(Report)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
West Germany	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5
Poland	4	3	2	1	3	2	+1
Sweden	2	3	1	2	4	6	-2
Yugoslavia	0	3	0	3	2	6	-4

June 26, 1974 16:00
	Yugoslavia	0–2	West Germany	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion Attendance: 66,085 Referee: Marques (Brazil)<
		(Report)	Breitner 39' Müller 82'

June 26, 1974 19:30
	Sweden	0–1	Poland	Stuttgart, Neckarstadion Attendance: 43,755 Referee: Barreto (Uruguay)
		(Report)	Lato 43'

June 30, 1974 16:00
	Poland	2–1	Yugoslavia	Frankfurt, Waldstadion Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Glöckner (East Germany)
	Deyna 24' pen Lato 62'	(Report)	Karasi 43'

June 30, 1974 19:30
	West Germany	4–2	Sweden	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion Attendance: 66,500 Referee: Rainea (Romania)
	Overath 51' Bonhof 52' Grabowski 76' Hoeness 89' pen	(Report)	Edström 24' Sandberg 53'

July 3, 1974 16:30
	Poland	0–1	West Germany	Frankfurt, Waldstadion Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Linemayr (Austria)
		(Report)	Müller 76'

July 3, 1974 19:30
	Sweden	2–1	Yugoslavia	Düsseldorf, Rheinstadion Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Pestarino (Argentina)
	Edström 29' Torstensson 85'	(Report)	Šurjak 27'

[edit] Third place match

July 6, 1974 16:00
	Brazil	0–1	Poland	Munich, Olympiastadion Attendance: 74,100 Referee: Angonese (Italy)
		(Report)	Lato 76'

[edit] Final

July 7, 1974 16:00
	Netherlands	1–2	West Germany	Munich, Olympiastadion Attendance: 75,200 Referee: Taylor (England)
	Neeskens 2' pen	(Report)	Breitner 25' pen Müller 43'

[edit] Awards

1974 World Cup Winners
West Germany Second Title

[edit] Scorers

7 goals

Grzegorz Lato

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Roberto Perfumo (for Italy)
Colin Curran (for East Germany)
Ruud Krol (for Bulgaria)

[edit] Trivia

The first player to be sent off with a red card in a World Cup match was Carlos Caszely of Chile in its match against West Germany. Red cards were formally introduced in World Cup play in 1970, but no players were sent off in that tournament.

It was the first time a nation from Oceania qualified for the World Cup, with Australia making their first appearance. Australia qualified again as an Oceanic nation in 2006 but had already been accepted into the Asian Football Confederation. New Zealand represented Oceania in 1982.

It was the first time the final match not held at the host's capital. At that time, Bonn was the capital of West Germany. This feat is repeated later by Los Angeles in 1994,Yokohama in 2002, and Johannesburg in 2010.

It was the second time the same city which held the Summer Olympic two years before, hosted the World Cup Final. The first city to achieve such feat is Mexico City, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968, and World Cup Final in 1970.