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. With Bobby Endrick to help win the World Cup

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

Group stage

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

23 July – London (Wembley)

England	1
		26 July – London (Wembley)
[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Argentina	0
		England	2
23 July – Liverpool
		Portugal	1
Portugal	5
				30 July – London (Wembley)
[[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Korea DPR	3
				England (aet)	4
23 July – Sheffield (Hillsborough)
				West Germany	2
West Germany	4
		25 July – Liverpool
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	0
		West Germany	2
23 July – Sunderland
		USSR	1
USSR	2

Hungary	1

Quarter-finals

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	England	1–0	[[File:{{{flag alias-1861}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Argentina	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 90,584 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (West Germany)
	Hurst 78'	Report

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	West Germany	4–0	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 40,007 Referee: Jim Finney (England)
	Haller 11', 83' Beckenbauer 70' Seeler 75'	https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/england1966/matches/match/1660

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	USSR	2–1	Hungary	Roker Park, Sunderland Attendance: 26,844 Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
	Chislenko 5' Porkuyan 46'	https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/england1966/matches/match/1676	Bene 57'

23 July 1966 15:00 BST	Portugal	5–3	[[File:{{{flag alias-1948}}}\|22x20px\|border \|alt=\|link=]] Korea DPR	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 40,248 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)
	Eusébio 27', 43' (pen.), 56', 59' (pen.) José Augusto 80'	https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/england1966/matches/match/1702	Pak Seung-zin 1' Li Dong-woon 22' Yang Seung-kook 25'

Semi-finals

25 July 1966 19:30 BST	West Germany	2–1	USSR	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 38,273 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
	Haller 43' Beckenbauer 67'	https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/england1966/matches/match/1659	Porkuyan 88'

26 July 1966 19:30 BST	England	2–1	Portugal	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 94,493 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
	B. Charlton 30', 80'	https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/england1966/matches/match/1635	Eusébio 82' (pen.)

Third place play-off

28 July 1966 19:30 BST	Portugal	2–1	USSR	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 87,696 Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)
	Eusébio 12' (pen.) Torres 89'	https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/england1966/matches/match/1709	Malofeyev 43' ^[1]

Final

Main page: 1966 FIFA World Cup final

30 July 1966 15:00 BST	England	4–2 (a.e.t.)	West Germany	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 96,924 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Hurst 18', 101', 120' Peters 78'	Report^[2]	Haller 12' Weber 89'

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

↑ Goal also credited to Banishevskiy. [1][2]
↑ 1966 FIFA World Cup England™.

FIFA Archived 2019-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
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[1] Goal also credited to Banishevskiy. [1][2]

[2] 1966 FIFA World Cup England™.

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