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1974 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	13 June – 7 July
Teams	16
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	1,774,022 (46,685 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grzegorz Lato (7 goals)
Best player	Johan Cruyff
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The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup and it was held in West Germany (including West Berlin) from 13 June to 7 July. The host nation defeated the Netherlands to win their second title.

Participants

Africa

• Zaire (ZAI) • Squad

Asia

• Australia (AUS) • Squad

Europe

• Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
• East Germany (GDR) • Squad
• West Germany (FRG) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Netherlands (NED) • Squad
• Poland (POL) • Squad
• Scotland (SCO) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad
• Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad

North and Central America

• Haiti (HAI) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Chile (CHI) • Squad
• Colombia (COL) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

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
West Germany	1 – 0	Chile
East Germany	2 – 0	Australia
18 June 1974
Australia	0 – 3	West Germany
Chile	1 – 1	East Germany
22 June 1974
Australia	0 – 0	Chile
East Germany	1 – 0	West Germany

Group B

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	1	2	0	14	−14	0

13 June 1974
Brazil	0 – 0	Yugoslavia
14 June 1974
Zaire	0 – 2	Scotland
18 June 1974
Yugoslavia	9 – 0	Zaire
Scotland	0 – 0	Brazil
22 June 1974
Scotland	1 – 1	Yugoslavia
Zaire	0 – 3	Brazil

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	6	1	+9	4
Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	4
Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	4
Uruguay	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	0

15 June 1974
Uruguay	0 – 2	Netherlands
Sweden	0 – 0	Bulgaria
19 June 1974
Uruguay	1 – 1	Bulgaria
Netherlands	0 – 0	Sweden
23 June 1974
Netherlands	4 – 1	Bulgaria
Sweden	3 – 0	Uruguay

Group D

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
Italy	3 – 1	Haiti
Poland	3 – 2	Argentina
19 June 1974
Argentina	1 – 1	Italy
Haiti	0 – 7	Poland
23 June 1974
Argentina	4 – 1	Haiti
Poland	2 – 1	Italy

Round 2

Joachim Streich gives East Germany the lead against Argentina.

Group A

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
Netherlands	4 – 0	Argentina
Brazil	1 – 0	East Germany
30 June 1974
Argentina	1 – 2	Brazil
East Germany	0 – 2	Netherlands
3 July 1974
Argentina	1 – 1	East Germany
Netherlands	2 – 0	Brazil

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
Yugoslavia	0 – 2	West Germany
Sweden	0 – 1	Poland
30 June 1974
Poland	2 – 1	Yugoslavia
West Germany	4 – 2	Sweden
3 July 1974
Poland	0 – 1	West Germany
Sweden	2 – 1	Yugoslavia

3rd place

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'

1974 FIFA World Cup Winners
West Germany 2nd title

Images for kids

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  Results of finalists

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  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

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  East German line-up v. Australia

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  Jairzinho's goal against Zaire

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  Capello (No.8) is brought down v. Haiti

See also

In Spanish: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1974 para niños