1974 FIFA World Cup

1974 FIFA World Cup

Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974
1974 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	13 June – 7 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	West Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	97 (2.55 per match)
Attendance	1,774,022 (46,685 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grzegorz Lato (7 goals)
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The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. West Germany had been chosen in July 1966 as hosts by FIFA. 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. The host nation won the title beating the Netherlands in the final, 2–1. The victory was the second for West Germany, who had also won in 1954.

Qualification

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Ninety-eight countries took part in the qualifying tournament, and as usual there were some high-profile failures on the road to the finals. These included England, France, the USSR, Hungary and Spain. First-time qualifiers included East Germany, Haiti, Australia and Zaire, the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to reach the World Cup finals. The Netherlands and Poland qualified for the first time since 1938.

Summary

First round

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 tournament was held mostly in bad weather, and the stadia had few protected places. Few western European nations had qualified, of which most were eliminated early. Fans from the Eastern neighbor states 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, 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 knocked the Italians out of the Cup and resulted in Argentina sneaking to the second group round on goal average. While Haiti didn't do particularly well in their first World Cup finals (losing all three of their games) 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 (Italy had not conceded a goal in 12 international matches). That goal proved to be a significant goal as it ended Dino Zoff's run of 1142 minutes without conceding a goal.

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. Brazil beat them 3–0. Scotland could only manage a 2–0 margin, and so were edged out of the tournament on goal difference. They also became 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 Australia. But the big clash was between the two German teams. In one of the most politically charged matches of all time, it was the East that won, thanks to a late Jürgen Sparwasser goal. Despite the fact that they were safely through to the second group round, the embarrassing result caused a realignment of the West German team that helped them win the Cup.

Second Group Round

Ironically, 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 was true of 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.

The Final

The FIFA World Cup Trophy awarded for the first time at this World Cup.

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, following a solo run, Cruijff was brought down by Uli Hoeneß close to 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 the 26th minute was soon 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, but could not score, until when in the 43rd, 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^[1], however this would be strange considering Germany had a penalty awarded against them so early in the final and Havelange's comments were littered with references to how his home nation of Brazil should have won, hinting that the comments are biased.

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 in 2006 by Ronaldo's 15 goals from three World Cups.

Mascot

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

Venues Munich West Berlin Hamburg Olympiastadion Olympiastadion Volksparkstadion Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 55,000 Dortmund Düsseldorf Gelsenkirchen Westfalenstadion Rheinstadion Parkstadion Capacity: 80,000 Capacity: 45,100 Capacity: 48,000 Frankfurt Hanover Stuttgart Waldstadion Niedersachsenstadion Neckarstadion Capacity: 54,000 Capacity: 44,000 Capacity: 55,000 FIFA World Cup venues in 1974 West Berlin Dortmund Düsseldorf Frankfurt Gelsenkirchen Hamburg Hanover Munich Stuttgart Match officials AFC Jafar Namdar Govindasamy Suppiah CAF Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel Youssou N'Diaye CONCACAF Alfonso González Archundia Werner Winsemann CONMEBOL Ramón Barreto Omar Delgado Gómez Vicente Llobregat Armando Marques Luis Pestarino Edison Peréz-Núñez UEFA 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 Pot 1: Western European Pot 2: Eastern European Pot 3: South American Pot 4: Rest of The World  West Germany (Hosts)  Italy  Netherlands  Scotland  Bulgaria  East Germany  Poland  Yugoslavia  Brazil  Argentina  Chile  Uruguay  Australia  Haiti  Sweden  Zaire Results      Champion      Runner-up      Third place      Fourth place      Quarter-finals      Round of 16      Group stage First Round Group 1 East German line-up v. Australia Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  East Germany 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5  West Germany 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3 4  Chile 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2  Australia 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1 14 June 1974 16:00 CET West Germany  1 – 0  Chile Olympiastadion, West Berlin Attendance: 83,168 Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey) Breitner  18' Report 14 June 1974 19:30 CET East Germany  2 – 0  Australia Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal) Curran  58' (o.g.) Streich  72' Report 18 June 1974 16:00 CET Australia  0 – 3  West Germany Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel (Egypt) Report Overath  12' Cullmann  34' Müller  53' 18 June 1974 19:30 CET Chile  1 – 1  East Germany Olympiastadion, West Berlin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy) Ahumada  69' Report Hoffmann  55' 22 June 1974 16:00 CET Australia  0 – 0  Chile Olympiastadion, West Berlin Attendance: 14,681 Referee: Jafar Namdar (Iran) Report 22 June 1974 19:30 CET East Germany  1 – 0  West Germany Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 60,350 Referee: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay) Sparwasser  77' Report Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Yugoslavia 3 1 2 0 10 1 +9 4  Brazil 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 4  Scotland 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 4  Zaire 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0 13 June 1974 17:00 CET Brazil  0 – 0  Yugoslavia Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) Report 14 June 1974 19:30 CET Zaire  0 – 2  Scotland Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany) Report Lorimer  26' Jordan  34' 18 June 1974 19:30 CET Yugoslavia  9 – 0  Zaire Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Omar Delgado Gómez (Colombia) Bajević  8', 30', 81' Džajić  14' Šurjak  18' Katalinski  22' Bogićević  35' Oblak  61' Petković  65' Report 18 June 1974 19:30 CET Scotland  0 – 0  Brazil Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands) Report 22 June 1974 16:00 CET Scotland  1 – 1  Yugoslavia Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico) Jordan  88' Report Karasi  81' 22 June 1974 16:00 CET Zaire  0 – 3  Brazil Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) Report Jairzinho  12' Rivelino  66' Valdomiro  79' Group 3 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5  Sweden 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3 4  Bulgaria 3 0 2 1 2 5 −3 2  Uruguay 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1 15 June 1974 16:00 CET Uruguay  0 – 2  Netherlands Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary) Report Rep  16', 86' 15 June 1974 16:00 CET Sweden  0 – 0  Bulgaria Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Edison Perez Nunez (Peru) Report 19 June 1974 19:30 CET Uruguay  1 – 1  Bulgaria Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jack Taylor (England) Pavoni  87' Report Bonev  75' 19 June 1974 19:30 CET Netherlands  0 – 0  Sweden Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Werner Winsemann (Canada) Report 23 June 1974 16:00 CET Netherlands  4 – 1  Bulgaria Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 52,100 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) Neeskens  5' (pen.), 44' (pen.) Rep  71' de Jong  88' Report Krol  78' (o.g.) 23 June 1974 16:00 CET Sweden  3 – 0  Uruguay Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria) Edström  46', 77' Sandberg  74' Report Group 4 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Poland 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 6  Argentina 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 3  Italy 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3  Haiti 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0 15 June 1974 18:00 CET Italy  3 – 1  Haiti Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 51,100 Referee: Vicente Llobregat (Venezuela) Rivera  52' Benetti  64' Anastasi  78' Report Sanon  46' 15 June 1974 18:00 CET Poland  3 – 2  Argentina Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 31,500 Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales) Lato  7', 62' Szarmach  8' Report Heredia  60' Babington  66' 19 June 1974 19:30 CET Argentina  1 – 1  Italy Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 68,900 Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) Houseman  20' Report Perfumo  35' (o.g.) 19 June 1974 19:30 CET Haiti  0 – 7  Poland Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 23,400 Referee: Govindasamay Suppiah (Singapore) Report Lato  17', 87' Deyna  18' Szarmach  30', 34', 50' Gorgoń  31' 23 June 1974 16:00 CET Argentina  4 – 1  Haiti Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain) Yazalde  15', 68' Houseman  18' Ayala  55' Report Sanon  63' 23 June 1974 16:00 CET Poland  2 – 1  Italy Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 68,900 Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany) Szarmach  38' Deyna  44' Report Capello  85' Second Round Group A Streich heads East Germany into the lead v. Argentina Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 6  Brazil 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 4  East Germany 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1  Argentina 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 26 June 1974 19:30 CET Netherlands  4 – 0  Argentina Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 55,348 Referee: Bob Davidson (Scotland) Cruijff  11', 90' Krol  25' Rep  73' Report 26 June 1974 19:30 CET Brazil  1 – 0  East Germany Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 58,463 Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales) Rivelino  60' Report 30 June 1974 16:00 CET Argentina  1 – 2  Brazil Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium) Brindisi  35' Report Rivelino  32' Jairzinho  49' 30 June 1974 16:00 CET East Germany  0 – 2  Netherlands Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 67,148 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) Report Neeskens  13' Rensenbrink  59' 3 July 1974 19:30 CET Argentina  1 – 1  East Germany Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 53,054 Referee: Jack Taylor (England) Houseman  20' Report Streich  14' 3 July 1974 19:30 CET Netherlands  2 – 0  Brazil Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 52,500 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) Neeskens  50' Cruijff  65' Report Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  West Germany 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 6  Poland 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4  Sweden 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 2  Yugoslavia 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0 26 June 1974 16:00 CET Yugoslavia  0 – 2  West Germany Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 66,085 Referee: Armando Marques (Brazil) Report Breitner  39' Müller  82' 26 June 1974 19:30 CET Sweden  0 – 1  Poland Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 43,755 Referee: Ramon Barreto (Uruguay) Report Lato  43' 30 June 1974 16:00 CET Poland  2 – 1  Yugoslavia Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) Deyna  24' (pen.) Lato  62' Report Karasi  43' 30 June 1974 19:30 CET West Germany  4 – 2  Sweden Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 66,500 Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) Overath  51' Bonhof  52' Grabowski  76' Hoeneß  89' (pen.) Report Edström  24' Sandberg  53' 3 July 1974 16:30 CET Poland  0 – 1  West Germany Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria) Report Müller  76' 3 July 1974 19:30 CET Sweden  2 – 1  Yugoslavia Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Luis Pestarino (Argentina) Edström  29' Torstensson  85' Report Šurjak  27' Third-Place Match 6 July 1974 16:00 CET Brazil  0 – 1  Poland Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 74,100 Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy) Report Lato  76' Final 7 July 1974 16:00 CET Netherlands  1 – 2  West Germany Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 75,200 Referee: Jack Taylor (England) Neeskens  2' (pen.) Report Breitner  25' (pen.) Müller  43' Scorers 7 goals Grzegorz Lato 5 goals Johan Neeskens Andrzej Szarmach 4 goals Gerd Müller Johnny Rep Ralf Edström 3 goals René Houseman Rivelino Paul Breitner Johan Cruijff Kazimierz Deyna Dušan Bajević 2 goals Héctor Yazalde Jairzinho Joachim Streich Wolfgang Overath Emmanuel Sanon Joe Jordan Roland Sandberg Stanislav Karasi Ivica Šurjak 1 goal Rubén Ayala Carlos Babington Miguel Ángel Brindisi Ramón Heredia Valdomiro Hristo Bonev Sergio Ahumada Martin Hoffmann Jürgen Sparwasser Rainer Bonhof Bernhard Cullmann Jürgen Grabowski Uli Hoeneß Pietro Anastasi Romeo Benetti Fabio Capello Gianni Rivera Theo de Jong Ruud Krol Rob Rensenbrink Jerzy Gorgoń Peter Lorimer Conny Torstensson Ricardo Pavoni 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.[2] The rankings for the 1974 tournament were as follows: Final  West Germany  Netherlands 3rd and 4th place  Poland  Brazil Eliminated at the second group stage  Sweden  East Germany  Yugoslavia  Argentina Eliminated at the first group stage  Scotland  Italy  Chile  Bulgaria  Uruguay  Australia  Haiti  Zaire References ↑ Goal.com 1966 & 1974 World Cups Were Fixed - Former FIFA President ↑ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf page 45 External links 1974 FIFA World Cup at FIFA.com Details at RSSSF Planet World Cup - West Germany 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup Stages Group 1 · Group 2 · Group 3 · Group 4 · Group A · Group B · Final General information Qualification · Squads 1974 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Germany FR Runners-up Netherlands Third Place Poland Fourth Place Brazil Eliminated in the second group stage Argentina · East Germany · Sweden · Yugoslavia Eliminated in the first group stage Australia · Bulgaria · Chile · Haiti · Italy · Scotland · Uruguay · Zaire FIFA World Cup Tournaments Uruguay 1930 · Italy 1934 · France 1938 · Brazil 1950 · Switzerland 1954 · Sweden 1958 · Chile 1962 · England 1966 · Mexico 1970 · West Germany 1974 · Argentina 1978 · Spain 1982 · Mexico 1986 · Italy 1990 · United States 1994 · France 1998 · Korea/Japan 2002 · Germany 2006 · South Africa 2010 · Brazil 2014 · Russia 2018 · Qatar 2022 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 Qualification 19302 · 1934 · 1938 · 1950 · 1954 · 1958 · 1962 · 1966 · 1970 · 1974 · 1978 · 1982 · 1986 · 1990 · 1994 · 1998 · 2002 · 2006 · 2010 · 2014 · 2018 · 2022 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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