| Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol - Chile 1962 | |
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1962 FIFA World Cup official logo |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Chile |
| Dates | 30 May – 17 June |
| Teams | 16 (from 3 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Brazil (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Czechoslovakia |
| Third place | Chile |
| Fourth place | Yugoslavia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 89 (2.78 per match) |
| Attendance | 899,074 (28,096 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Garrincha Vavá Leonel Sánchez Dražan Jerković Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov (4 goals) |
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The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from 30 May to 17 June. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final. This marked the second time that a country successfully defended a World Cup title.
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Chile was awarded the 1962 World Cup over opposition from Argentina and West Germany in Lisbon, Portugal on June 10, 1956. This was the first World Cup since 1938 for which there was a contested host selection.
The host nation Chile and the defending champions Brazil qualified automatically. Of the remaining 14 places, eight went to Europe, three to South America, and three were awarded via playoffs. The playoffs took place between six teams, which consisted of two European, one South American, one North American, one Asian and one African team. In the event, two of the three playoff places were taken by European teams (Spain and Yugoslavia), and one by a North American team (Mexico).
Bulgaria and Colombia qualified for the finals for the first time. Colombia would not qualify for another World Cup until 1990. Among the teams failing to qualify were France, 1958 finalists Sweden, and Austria.
The format of the competition was similar to that of the 1958 competition: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Four teams were seeded in the draw taking place in Santiago de Chile, on 18 January 1962: Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay.[1] The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. In a change from the 1958 format, goal average was used to separate any teams equal on points. (In 1958, goal average was available, but was only between teams tied for first place, or if a playoff between teams tied for second place failed to yield a result after extra time). Argentina became the first (and only) team in World Cup history to be eliminated on goal average when England advanced from Group 4 in second place.
In the knockout games, if the teams were tied after ninety minutes, thirty minutes of extra time were played. For any match other than the final, if the teams were still tied after extra time then lots would be drawn to determine the winner. The final would have been replayed if tied after extra time. In the event, no replays or drawing of lots was necessary.
In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered the largest earthquake ever recorded (9.5 magnitude), which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In face of this, Carlos Dittborn, the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Because we don't have anything, we will do everything in our power to rebuild," which became the unofficial slogan of the tournament. Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organizational flaw. Sadly, Dittborn would not live to see the success of his tireless efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at Arica was named Estadio Carlos Dittborn in his honor and bears his name to this day.
As the competition began, a shift in strategy was imminent. Modern day defensive strategies began to take hold as the average goals/match dropped to 2.78, under 3 for the first time in competition history (the average has never been above 3 since).
Brazil's Pelé, the hero of 1958, was injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia. The USSR's goalkeeper Lev Yashin, arguably the world's best at the time, was in poor form and cost his team the elimination by Chile (1–2) in the quarter-finals. Bright spots included the emergence of the young Brazilians Amarildo (standing in for Pelé) and Garrincha, the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf against Hungary and Yugoslavia, and the inspired performance of the host nation Chile, who unexpectedly took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players, thanks to an outstanding team spirit.
The competition was marred by violence. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the infamous first-round match between host Chile and Italy (2–0), known as the Battle of Santiago. Two Italian journalists had written unflattering articles about the host country. Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated, deliberate attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.
In the first round, Brazil topped their group with Czechoslovakia finishing second, above Mexico and Spain. USSR and Yugoslavia finished above Uruguay and Colombia. Hungary, along with England progressed through to the quarter-finals, while Argentina and Bulgaria were eliminated. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superior goal average; the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament. Switzerland lost all three games while West Germany and Chile both went through over Italy.
Surprisingly, Chile defeated European champions USSR to land themselves a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. A brilliant performance from Garrincha, which included two goals in a 3–1 win, saw the South Americans triumph against England. Meanwhile 1–0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany—and Czechoslovakia against Hungary—saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.
Viña del Mar was the original venue for the "South American" semi-final and Santiago for the "Slavic" one. But due to Chile's surprise qualification, the organizers prompted FIFA to switch the venues. This irritated crowds in Viña del Mar and only a little under 6,000 spectators came at Estadio Sausalito to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3–1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 in Santiago watched Brazil beat the hosts 4–2.[2] This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Honorino Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually went on to take third place in a 1–0 victory over Yugoslavia with the very last play of the match. The same player, Eladio Rojas, had also scored the winning goal in Chile's game against USSR.
Santiago's Estadio Nacional served as the venue for the final itself, and after 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, as a long ball from Adolf Scherer was latched onto by Josef Masopust: 1–0 Czechoslovakia. However, just like the previous final four years earlier, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by the hitherto flawless Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians did not stop there and with goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) mid-way through the second half, the Czechoslovaks just couldn't get back into the game. The match ended 3–1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of their star player of 1958, Pelé.
Four cities hosted the tournament:
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1962 FIFA World Cup squads.
| Pot 1: South America | Pot 2: European I | Pot 3: European II | Pot 4: Rest of the World |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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| Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1.60 | 5 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2.67 | 4 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.67 | 2 |
| Colombia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0.45 | 1 |
| 30 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Uruguay | 2 – 1 | Colombia | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary) |
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| Sasía 56' Cubilla 75' |
Report | Zuluaga 19' (pen.) |
| 31 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Soviet Union | 2 – 0 | Yugoslavia | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany) |
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| Ivanov 51' Ponedelnik 83' |
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| 2 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Yugoslavia | 3 – 1 | Uruguay | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 8,829 Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia) |
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| Skoblar 25' (pen.) Galić 29' Jerković 49' |
Report | Cabrera 19' |
| 3 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Soviet Union | 4 – 4 | Colombia | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 8,040 Referee: João Etzel Filho (Brazil) |
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| Ivanov 8', 11' Chislenko 10' Ponedelnik 56' |
Report | Aceros 21' Coll 68' Rada 72' Klinger 86' |
| 6 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Soviet Union | 2 – 1 | Uruguay | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 9,973 Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy) |
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| Mamykin 38' Ivanov 89' |
Report | Sasía 54' |
| 7 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Yugoslavia | 5 – 0 | Colombia | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 7,167 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile) |
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| Galić 20', 61' Jerković 25', 87' Melić 82' |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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| West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 5 |
| Chile | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0.25 | 0 |
| 30 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Chile | 3 – 1 | Switzerland | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Kenneth Aston (England) |
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| L. Sánchez 44', 55' Ramírez 51' |
Report | Wüthrich 6' |
| 31 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
West Germany | 0 – 0 | Italy | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,440 Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland) |
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| Report |
| 2 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Chile | 2 – 0 | Italy | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 66,057 Referee: Kenneth Aston (England) |
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| Ramírez 73' Toro 87' |
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| 3 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
West Germany | 2 – 1 | Switzerland | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 64,922 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands) |
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| Brülls 45' Seeler 59' |
Report | Schneiter 73' |
| 6 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
West Germany | 2 – 0 | Chile | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 67,224 Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland) |
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| Szymaniak 21' (pen.) Seeler 82' |
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| 7 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Italy | 3 – 0 | Switzerland | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 59,828 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
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| Mora 1' Bulgarelli 65', 67' |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 5 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | 3 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 2 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | 2 |
| 30 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Brazil | 2 – 0 | Mexico | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 10,484 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
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| Zagallo 56' Pelé 73' |
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| 31 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Czechoslovakia | 1 – 0 | Spain | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria) |
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| Štibrányi 80' | Report |
| 2 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Brazil | 0 – 0 | Czechoslovakia | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France) |
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| Report |
| 3 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Spain | 1 – 0 | Mexico | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 11,875 Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia) |
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| Peiró 90' | Report |
| 6 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Brazil | 2 – 1 | Spain | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 18,715 Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile) |
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| Amarildo 72', 86' | Report | Adelardo 35' |
| 7 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Mexico | 3 – 1 | Czechoslovakia | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 10,648 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
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| Díaz 12' Del Águila 29' Hernández 90' (pen.) |
Report | Mašek 1' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 | 5 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1.33 | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.67 | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0.14 | 1 |
| 30 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Argentina | 1 – 0 | Bulgaria | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
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| Facundo 4' | Report |
| 31 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Hungary | 2 – 1 | England | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,938 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands) |
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| Tichy 17' Albert 61' |
Report | Flowers 60' (pen.) |
| 2 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
England | 3 – 1 | Argentina | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 9,794 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
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| Flowers 17' (pen.) Charlton 42' Greaves 67' |
Report | Sanfilippo 81' |
| 3 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Hungary | 6 – 1 | Bulgaria | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,442 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
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| Albert 1', 6', 53' Tichy 8', 70' Solymosi 12' |
Report | Asparuhov 64'[3] |
| 6 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
Hungary | 0 – 0 | Argentina | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,945 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru) |
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| Report |
| 7 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC-04) |
England | 0 – 0 | Bulgaria | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Antoine Blavier (Belgium) |
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 June – Arica | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 June - Santiago | ||||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| Chile | 2 | |||||||||
| 10 June - Viña del Mar | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 June – Santiago | ||||||||||
| England | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 June - Santiago | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | |||||||||
| West Germany | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 June – Viña del Mar | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| 10 June - Rancagua | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 0 | Chile | 1 | |||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | Yugoslavia | 0 | |||||||
| 16 June - Santiago | ||||||||||
| 10 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Chile | 2 – 1 | Soviet Union | Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 17,268 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands) |
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| Sánchez 11' Rojas 29' |
Report | Chislenko 26' |
| 10 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Czechoslovakia | 1 – 0 | Hungary | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 11,690 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
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| Scherer 13' | Report |
| 10 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Brazil | 3 – 1 | England | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 17,736 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France) |
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| Garrincha 31', 59' Vavá 53' |
Report | Hitchens 38' |
| 10 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Yugoslavia | 1 – 0 | West Germany | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 63,324 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru) |
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| Radaković 85' | Report |
| 13 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Czechoslovakia | 3 – 1 | Yugoslavia | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) |
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| Kadraba 48' Scherer 80', 84' (pen.) |
Report | Jerković 69' |
| 13 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Brazil | 4 – 2 | Chile | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 76,500 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru) |
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| Garrincha 9', 32' Vavá 47', 78' |
Report | Toro 42' Sánchez 61' (pen.) |
| 16 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Chile | 1 – 0 | Yugoslavia | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain) |
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| Rojas 90' | Report |
| 17 June 1962 14:30 CLT (UTC-04) |
Brazil | 3 – 1 | Czechoslovakia | Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 68,679 Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union) |
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| Amarildo 17' Zito 69' Vavá 78' |
Report | Masopust 15' |
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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.[4] The rankings for the 1962 tournament were as follows:
Final
3rd and 4th place
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
Eliminated at the group stage
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