1966 FIFA World Cup

1966 FIFA World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	England
Dates	11–30 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	USSR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	89 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	1,563,135 (48,848 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eusébio (9 goals)
	← 1962 1970 →

The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup. It was held in England from 11 to 30 July. England was chosen as hosts by FIFA to celebrate 100 years of football in England. England won the final beating West Germany 4-2. This was England's first (and so far only) World Cup win. England also became the first host to win since Italy won it in 1934. Later Germany, Argentina and France won it at their homes.

Participants

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

AFC (1)

Korea DPR

CAF (0)

None participated

OFC (0)

None qualified

CONCACAF (1)

Mexico

CONMEBOL (4)

UEFA (10)

[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Bulgaria
England (hosts)
[[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] France
Hungary
[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Italy
Portugal
USSR
Spain
Switzerland
West Germany

Qualification for 1966 FIFA World Cup

FIFA members qualified for World Cup (including colonies) FIFA members that failed to qualify FIFA members that did not enter World Cup Countries not members of FIFA in 1966

Results

The Queen presenting the 1966 World Cup to Bobby Moore, captain of the victorious England team. The match was played between England and West Germany on 30 July 1966 at Wembley Stadium. England won 4-2 after extra time.

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	ENG	URU	MEX	FRA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	England	-	0-0	2-0	2-0	3	2	1	0	4	0	5	Round 2
2	Uruguay	0-0	-	0-0	2-1	3	1	2	0	2	1	4	Round 2
3	Mexico	0-2	0-0	-	1-1	3	0	2	1	1	3	2
4	France	0-2	1-2	1-1	-	3	0	1	2	2	5	1

Group B

Pos	Team	FRG	ARG	ESP	SUI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	West Germany	-	0-0	2-1	5-0	3	2	1	0	7	1	5	Round 2
2	Argentina	0-0	-	2-1	2-0	3	2	1	0	4	1	5	Round 2
3	Spain	1-2	1-2	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	4	5	2
4	Switzerland	0-5	0-2	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	1	9	0

Group C

Pos	Team	POR	HUN	BRA	BUL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Portugal	-	3-1	3-1	3-0	3	3	0	0	9	2	6	Round 2
2	Hungary	1-3	-	3-1	3-1	3	2	0	1	7	5	4	Round 2
3	Brazil	1-3	1-3	-	2-0	3	1	0	2	4	6	2
4	Bulgaria	0-3	1-3	0-2	-	3	0	0	3	1	8	0

Group D

Pos	Team	URS	PRK	ITA	CHI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Soviet Union	-	3-0	1-0	2-1	3	3	0	0	6	1	6	Round 2
2	Korea DPR	0-3	-	1-0	1-1	3	1	1	1	2	4	3	Round 2
3	Italy	0-1	0-1	-	2-0	3	1	0	2	2	2	2
4	Chile	1-2	1-1	0-2	-	3	0	1	2	2	5	1

Round 2

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

West Germany 2-1 Soviet Union
England 2-1 Portugal

3rd place

Portugal 2-1 Soviet Union

Final

England 4-2 West Germany

England won the championship.

1966 FIFA World Cup Media

Official match ball for the 1966 FIFA World Cup produced by Slazenger
The old Wembley Stadium (cropped)
Le White City Stadium de Londres, pour les JO de 1908.
Stretford End at Old Trafford in 1992, seen from a VIP-box (use it free)
The Holt End in 1983.
Before or after a match (against Sunderland(?))
Hillsborough Stadium in 1991 - geograph.org.uk - 2807213
Ayresome Park in 1991 - geograph.org.uk - 2796728
Wolfgang Weber (left) and Luis Artime during the match between West Germany and Argentina in Birmingham

References

FIFA Archived 2019-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
Details at RSSSF