1966 FIFA World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup
World Cup 1966
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Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	11 July – 30 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	89 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	1,635,000 (51,094 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eusébio (9 goals)
← 1962 1970 →

The 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from 11 July to 30 July. England was chosen as hosts by FIFA in August 1960 to celebrate the centenary of the standardisation of football in England. England beat West Germany 4–2 in the final, winning the World Cup for the first time, so becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy in 1934.

Qualification

Countries qualified for World Cup Country failed to qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member

The 1966 World Cup was the subject of bitter disagreement before a ball was ever kicked. Sixteen African nations boycotted the tournament in protest of a 1964 FIFA ruling that required the champion team from the African zone to enter a playoff round against the winners of either the Asian or the Oceania zone in order to win a place at the finals. The Africans felt that winning their zone should have been enough in itself to merit qualification for the finals.

Despite the Africans' absence, there was another new record number of entries for the qualifying tournament, with 70 nations taking part. After all the arguments, FIFA finally ruled that ten teams from Europe would qualify, along with four from South America, one from Asia and one from North and Central America.

Portugal and North Korea qualified for the first time. Portugal would not qualify again until 1986, while North Korea's next finals appearance was at the 2010 tournament. This was also Switzerland's last World Cup finals until 1994. Notable absentees from this tournament included Yugoslavia and 1962 finalists Czechoslovakia.

Summary

The 1966 World Cup had a rather unusual hero off the field, a dog called Pickles. In the build up to the tournament the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen from an exhibition display. A nation wide hunt for the icon ensued. It was later discovered wrapped in some newspaper as the dog sniffed under some bushes in London. The FA commissioned a replica cup in case the original cup was not found in time. This replica is held at the English National Football Museum in Preston, where it is on display.

First round

The format of the 1966 competition remained the same as 1962: 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals. 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.^[1]

Despite achieving record attendances for the time, 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 to their credit, but having none scored against them. 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.^[2] ^[3]

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; this was Brazil's worst performance in any World Cup. 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 USSR. 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. Chile finished bottom of the group.

Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and third-place match

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 handstop by Schnellinger on the goal line and then had sent off two players from Uruguay: Horacio Troche and Héctor Silva.^[4] It appeared as though the surprise package North Korea might do the same to Portugal when after 22 minutes they were in the lead 3–0. It fell to one of the greatest stars of the tournament, Eusébio, to change that. After he scored four goals in the game and José Augusto added a fifth in the 78th minute, one of the most incredible comebacks in professional football history was complete.

Meanwhile in the other two games, Ferenc Bene's late goal for Hungary against the USSR, 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. Rattín at first refused to leave the field and eventually had to be escorted by several policemen. After 30 minutes England scored the only goal of the match. This game, even today, is called el robo del siglo (the robbery of the century) in Argentina.^[5]

All semifinalists were from Europe. The first semifinal between England and Portugal was controversial as well. Goodison Park in Liverpool was the original venue for the first semifinal. However, due to intervention of the English officials, the venue changed to Wembley.^[6] Bobby Charlton scored both goals in England's triumph against Portugal. Portugal's goal came from a penalty kick in the 82nd minute after a handball by Jack Charlton on the goal line.^[7] The other semi-final also finished 2–1: Franz Beckenbauer provided the winning goal for West Germany as they beat the USSR. Portugal went on to beat the USSR 2-1 to take third place. Portugal's third place remains the best finish by a team making its World Cup debut since 1934. It was subsequently equalled by Croatia in the 1998 tournament.

Final

London's Wembley Stadium provided the venue for the final, and 98,000 people crammed inside to watch. After 12 minutes 32 seconds Helmut Haller had 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 managed to poke it across the line, with England appealing in vain for handball as the ball came through the crowded penalty area.^[8]

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 score sheet again; his shot hit the crossbar, and bounced down and hit the ground either onto or just over the goal line. Whether the ball actually crossed the goal line or not has been a matter of discussion for decades, and this goal, known as the "Ghost Goal", has become part of World Cup history. Recent digitally-enhanced footage is said to clearly illustrate that Geoff Hurst's second goal did not cross the line.^[9] England's final goal was scored by Hurst again, during a pitch invasion and the goal should therefore not have stood. This made Geoff Hurst the only player ever to have scored three times in a World Cup final.^[8]

However, the fact of the illegality of the goal is illustrated by BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, whose 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!".^[10]

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 would stand until 1982, when it was surpassed by Italy's twelve goals in seven games; in 2010 this record was lowered again by Spain, winning the Cup with eight goals in seven games. Likewise, the total of three goals conceded also constituted a record low for average goals per game conceded by a World Cup winning team. That record would stand until 1994, when it was surpassed by Brazil's three goals in seven games.

England received the recovered Jules Rimet trophy from Queen Elizabeth II and were crowned World Cup winners for the first time.^[8]

Mascot

World Cup Willie, the mascot for the 1966 competition, was the first World Cup mascot, and one of the first mascots to be associated with a major sporting competition. World Cup Willie is a lion, a typical symbol of the United Kingdom, wearing a Union Flag jersey emblazoned with the words "WORLD CUP".

Venues

White City Stadium in London was used for a single game from Group 1, between Uruguay and France. The game 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.

London	Liverpool	Sheffield	Sunderland
Wembley Stadium	Goodison Park	Hillsborough Stadium	Roker Park

London	Birmingham	Manchester	Middlesbrough
White City Stadium	Villa Park	Old Trafford	Ayresome Park

Match officials

Africa

Ali Kandil

Asia

Menachem Ashkenazi

South America

José María Codesal
Roberto Goicoechea
Armando Marques
Arturo Yamasaki

Europe

John Adair
Tofik Bakhramov
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

Seeding

Pot 1: South American	Pot 2: Western European	Pot 3: European II	Pot 4: Rest of the World
Brazil (Defending Champions) Argentina Chile Uruguay	England (Hosts) Italy Portugal West Germany	France Hungary Switzerland Soviet Union	Bulgaria Korea DPR Mexico Spain

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1966 FIFA World Cup squads.

Results

Champion Runner-up Third place Fourth place Quarter-finals Round of 16 Group stage

First round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	4	0	∞	5
Uruguay	3	1	2	0	2	1	2.00	4
Mexico	3	0	2	1	1	3	0.33	2
France	3	0	1	2	2	5	0.40	1

11 July 1966 19:30 BST	England	0 – 0	Uruguay	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 87,000 Referee: Istvan Zsolt (Hungary)
		Report

13 July 1966 19:30 BST	France	1 – 1	Mexico	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 69,000 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
	Hausser 62'	Report	Borja 48'

15 July 1966 19:30 BST	Uruguay	2 – 1	France	White City Stadium, London Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
	Rocha 26' Cortés 31'	Report	De Bourgoing 15' (pen.)

16 July 1966 15:00 BST	England	2 – 0	Mexico	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 92,000 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
	B. Charlton 37' Hunt 75'	Report

19 July 1966 16:30 BST	Mexico	0 – 0	Uruguay	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 61,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)
		Report

20 July 1966 19:30 BST	England	2 – 0	France	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
	Hunt 38', 75'	Report

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	0	7	1	7.00	5
Argentina	3	2	1	0	4	1	4.00	5
Spain	3	1	0	2	4	5	0.80	2
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	1	9	0.11	0

West Germany was placed first due to superior goal average.

12 July 1966 19:30 BST	West Germany	5 – 0	Switzerland	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland)
	Held 16' Haller 21', 77' (pen.) Beckenbauer 40', 52'	Report

13 July 1966 19:30 BST	Argentina	2 – 1	Spain	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Dimiter Rumentchev (Bulgaria)
	Artime 65', 77'	Report	Pirri 67'

15 July 1966 19:30 BST	Spain	2 – 1	Switzerland	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (Soviet Union)
	Sanchís 57' Amancio 75'	Report	Quentin 31'

16 July 1966 15:00 BST	Argentina	0 – 0	West Germany	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Konstantin Zečević (Yugoslavia)
		Report

19 July 1966 19:30 BST	Argentina	2 – 0	Switzerland	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Joaquim Campos (Portugal)
	Artime 52' Onega 79'	Report

20 July 1966 19:30 BST	West Germany	2 – 1	Spain	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil)
	Emmerich 39' Seeler 84'	Report	Fusté 23'

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	9	2	4.50	6
Hungary	3	2	1	7	5	1.40	4
Brazil	3	1	2	4	6	0.67	2
Bulgaria	3	0	3	1	8	0.13	0

12 July 1966 19:30 BST	Brazil	2 – 0	Bulgaria	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)
	Pelé 15' Garrincha 63'	Report

13 July 1966 19:30 BST	Portugal	3 – 1	Hungary	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Wales)
	José Augusto 1', 67' Torres 90'	Report	Bene 60'

15 July 1966 19:30 BST	Hungary	3 – 1	Brazil	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
	Bene 2' Farkas 64' Mészöly 73' (pen.)	Report	Tostão 14'

16 July 1966 15:00 BST	Portugal	3 – 0	Bulgaria	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 26,000 Referee: José María Codesal (Uruguay)
	Vutsov 17' (o.g.) Eusébio 38' Torres 81'	Report

19 July 1966 19:30 BST	Portugal	3 – 1	Brazil	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 62,000 Referee: George McCabe (England)
	Simões 15' Eusébio 27', 85'	Report	Rildo 70'

20 July 1966 19:30 BST	Hungary	3 – 1	Bulgaria	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Roberto Goicoechea (Argentina)
	Davidov 43' (o.g.) Mészöly 45' Bene 54'	Report	Asparuhov 15'

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Soviet Union	3	3	0	0	6	1	6.00	6
Korea DPR	3	1	1	1	2	4	0.50	3
Italy	3	1	0	2	2	2	1.00	2
Chile	3	0	1	2	2	5	0.40	1

12 July 1966 19:30 BST	Soviet Union	3 – 0	Korea DPR	Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
	Malofeyev 31', 88' Banishevskiy 33'	Report

13 July 1966 19:30 BST	Italy	2 – 0	Chile	Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Mazzola 8' Barison 88'	Report

15 July 1966 19:30 BST	Chile	1 – 1	Korea DPR	Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Ali Kandil (United Arab Republic)
	Marcos 26' (pen.)	Report	Pak Seung-Zin 88'

16 July 1966 15:00 BST	Soviet Union	1 – 0	Italy	Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance: 27,800 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
	Chislenko 57'	Report

19 July 1966 19:30 BST	Korea DPR	1 – 0	Italy	Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
	Pak Doo-Ik 42'	Report

20 July 1966 19:30 BST	Soviet Union	2 – 1	Chile	Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance: 22,000 Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)
	Porkujan 28', 85'	Report	Marcos 32'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

23 July - London

England

26 July - London

Argentina

England

23 July - Liverpool

Portugal

Portugal

30 July – London

Korea DPR

England (aet)

23 July – Sheffield

West Germany

West Germany

25 July – Liverpool

Uruguay

West Germany

Third place

23 July - Sunderland

Soviet Union

Soviet Union

Portugal

Hungary

Soviet Union

28 July - London

Quarter-finals

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	Portugal	5 – 3	Korea DPR	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 51,780 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
	Eusébio 27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.) José Augusto 80'	Report	Pak Seung-Zin 1' Lee Dong-Woon 22' Yang Sung-Kook 25'

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	West Germany	4 – 0	Uruguay	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Jim Finney (England)
	Haller 11', 83' Beckenbauer 70' Seeler 75'	Report

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	Soviet Union	2 – 1	Hungary	Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
	Chislenko 5' Porkujan 46'	Report	Bene 57'

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	England	1 – 0	Argentina	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 90,000 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
	Hurst 78'	Report

Semi-finals

25 July 1966 19:30 BST	West Germany	2 – 1	Soviet Union	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 38,300 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
	Haller 42' Beckenbauer 67'	Report	Porkujan 88'

26 July 1966 19:30 BST	England	2 – 1	Portugal	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 95,000 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
	B. Charlton 30', 80'	Report	Eusébio 82' (pen.)

Third place match

28 July 1966 19:30 BST	Portugal	2 – 1	Soviet Union	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 88,000 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
	Eusébio 12' (pen.) Torres 89'	Report	Malofeyev 43'

Final

30 July 1966 15:00 BST	England	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 98,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Hurst 18', 101', 120' Peters 78'	Report	Haller 12' Weber 89'

Scorers

9 goals

Eusébio

6 goals

Helmut Haller

4 goals

Geoff Hurst
Franz Beckenbauer
Ferenc Bene
Valeriy Porkujan

3 goals

Luis Artime
Bobby Charlton

Roger Hunt
José Augusto

José Torres
Eduard Malofeyev

2 goals

Rubén Marcos
Uwe Seeler

Kálmán Mészöly
Pak Seung-Zin

Igor Chislenko

1 goal

Ermindo Onega
Garrincha
Pelé
Rildo
Tostão
Georgi Asparuhov
Martin Peters
Héctor De Bourgoing
Gérard Hausser
Lothar Emmerich

Sigfried Held
Wolfgang Weber
János Farkas
Paolo Barison
Sandro Mazzola
Enrique Borja
Lee Dong-Woon
Pak Doo-Ik
Yang Sung-Kook

António Simões
Anatoliy Banishevskiy
Amancio
Josep Fusté
Pirri
Manuel Sanchís
René-Pierre Quentin
Julio César Cortés
Pedro Rocha

Own goals

Ivan Davidov (for Hungary)
Ivan Vutsov (for Portugal)

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.^[11] The rankings for the 1966 tournament were as follows:

Final

3rd and 4th place

Eliminated in the quarter-finals

Eliminated at the group stage

References

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External links

1966 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
Details at RSSSF
History of the World Cup-1966
Planet World Cup - England 1966
1966 World Cup newsreel footage at British Pathe (Adobe Flash video)
"The story of North Korea at the 1966 World Cup", British Broadcasting Corporation
Never-Seen: The 1966 World Cup - slideshow by Life magazine

1966 FIFA World Cup

Stages	Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 · Group 4 · Knockout stage · Final

General information	Qualification · Squads

1966 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions	England

Runners-up	Germany FR

Third place	Portugal

Fourth place	Soviet Union

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Argentina · Hungary · Korea DPR · Uruguay

Eliminated in the group stage	Brazil · Bulgaria · Chile · France · Italy · Mexico · Spain · Switzerland

FIFA World Cup

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Finals	1930 · 1934 · 1938 · 1950¹ · 1954 · 1958 · 1962 · 1966 · 1970 · 1974 · 1978 · 1982 · 1986 · 1990 · 1994 · 1998 · 2002 · 2006 · 2010

Squads	1930 · 1934 · 1938 · 1950 · 1954 · 1958 · 1962 · 1966 · 1970 · 1974 · 1978 · 1982 · 1986 · 1990 · 1994 · 1998 · 2002 · 2006 · 2010

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Other articles	Awards · Balls · Broadcasters · Droughts · Finals · Goalscorers · Hat-tricks · History · Hosts · Mascots · Milestone goals · Official songs · Qualification · Referees · Records · Team appearances · Trophy

¹There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. ²No qualification took place as places were given by invitation only.

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Asia	AFC – Asian Cup

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations

North, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup

Europe	UEFA – European Championship

Non-FIFA	N.F.-Board – Viva World Cup– Europeada

1966 FIFA World Cup

Contents

Qualification

Summary

First round

Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and third-place match

Final

Mascot

Venues

Match officials

Seeding

Squads

Results

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Scorers

FIFA Retrospective Ranking

References

External links