1974 FIFA World Cup

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)
Runner-up	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Johan Cruyff
	← 1970 1978 →

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 (West Germany) defeated the Netherlands to win their second title.

Participants

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

AFC (0)

None qualified

CAF (1)

Zaire

OFC (1)

Australia

CONCACAF (1)

Haiti

CONMEBOL (4)

UEFA (9)

Bulgaria
East Germany
[[File:{{{flag alias-1946}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Italy
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Poland
Scotland
Sweden
West Germany (hosts)
Yugoslavia

Results

Round 1

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to Round 2.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	6
File:Flag of Brazil.svg 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 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	4 – 0	Argentina
Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg	1 – 0	East Germany
30 June 1974
Argentina	1 – 2	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
East Germany	0 – 2	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
3 July 1974
Argentina	1 – 1	East Germany
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	2 – 0	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	3	0	7	2	+5	6
Poland	3	2	1	3	2	+1	4
Sweden	3	1	2	4	6	−2	2
Yugoslavia	3	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

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	3	2	1	0	6	1	+9	5
Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	4
Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1


15 June 1974
Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	0 – 2	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Sweden	0 – 0	Bulgaria
19 June 1974
Uruguay File:Flag of Uruguay.svg	1 – 1	Bulgaria
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	0 – 0	Sweden
23 June 1974
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	4 – 1	Bulgaria
Sweden	3 – 0	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg 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.

Key to colours in group tables
Team advanced to final.
Team advanced to the third place match.

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

Main page: 1974 FIFA World Cup Final

7 July 1974 16:00 CET	Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	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

1974 FIFA World Cup Media

Countries qualified for World Cup Country failed to qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member in 1974
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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
Berliner Olympiastadion innen
Munich - Frei Otto Tensed structures - 5302
GottliebDaimlerStadionStuttgartinnen
Parkstadion gelsenkirchen 2
The old Rheinstadium, inside view
German 2. Bundesliga match Eintracht Frankfurt – Arminia Bielefeld (0:2), September 19th, 2001
Das Hamburger Volksparkstadion (Südtribune). Heisst seit 2001 AOL Arena.