Football World Cup 1974

1974 Football World Cup - West Germany Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974
Missing image 1974_Football_World_Cup_poster.jpg 1974 Football World Cup poster Official 1974 Football World Cup poster
Missing image 1974_Football_World_Cup_logo.png 1974 Football World Cup logo Official 1974 Football World Cup logo
Participant teams	96 (final tournament: 16)
Host	West Germany
Champions	West Germany (2nd title)
Matches played	38
Goals scored	97 (2.55 per match)
Attendance	1,774,022 (46,685 per match)
Top scorer	Grzegorz Lato (POL) 7 goals

The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. It was won by the host nation, who beat the Netherlands in the final, 2-1. The victory was the second for West Germany, who first won in 1954.

The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup, was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, was won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians.

The format of the competition changed from 1970: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Top two teams in each group would advance to the second round, where they would be split into two groups of four. The winners of each group will play each other in the finals, and the second place finishers in the third place match.

The first round saw a politically charged match as West and East Germany played each other in Hamburg. The East won that match 1-0, but fell in the second round. West Germany was led by Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller, who scored the game winner in the final. Although the Dutch finished second, their star Johan Cruyff and their Total Football system dazzled the competition.

Poland's Grzegorz Lato lead the tournament in scoring with seven goals.

Contents

1 First round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Second round 2.1 Group 1 2.2 Group 2 3 Third place match 4 Final

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image East_Germany_flag.png East Germany 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 Missing image Germany_flag_large.png West Germany 4 3 2 0 1 4 1 Missing image Chile_flag_large.png Chile 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 Missing image Australia_flag_large.png Australia 1 3 0 1 2 0 5

West Germany 1 - 0 Chile East Germany 2 - 0 Australia Australia 0 - 3 West Germany Chile 1 - 1 East Germany Australia 0 - 0 Chile East Germany 1 - 0 West Germany

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia 4 3 1 2 0 10 1 Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 Missing image Flag_of_Scotland.png Scotland 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 Missing image Zaire_flag.gif Zaire 0 3 0 0 3 0 14

Brazil 0 - 0 Yugoslavia Zaire 0 - 2 Scotland Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Zaire Scotland 0 - 0 Brazil Scotland 1 - 1 Yugoslavia Zaire 0 - 3 Brazil

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Netherlands_flag_large.png Netherlands 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 Missing image Sweden_flag_large.png Sweden 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 Missing image Bulgaria_flag_large.png Bulgaria 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 Missing image Uruguay_flag_large.png Uruguay 1 3 0 1 2 1 6

Uruguay 0 - 2 Netherlands Sweden 0 - 0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 - 1 Uruguay Netherlands 0 - 0 Sweden Bulgaria 1 - 4 Netherlands Sweden 3 - 0 Uruguay

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Poland_flag_large.png Poland 6 3 3 0 0 12 3 Missing image Argentina_flag_large.png Argentina 3 3 1 1 1 7 5 Missing image Flag_of_Italy.png Italy 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 Missing image Haiti_flag_large.png Haiti 0 3 0 0 3 2 14

Italy 3 - 1 Haiti Poland 3 - 2 Argentina Argentina 1 - 1 Italy Haiti 0 - 7 Poland Argentina 4 - 1 Haiti Poland 2 - 1 Italy

Second round

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Netherlands_flag_large.png Netherlands 6 3 3 0 0 8 0 Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil 4 3 2 0 1 3 3 Missing image East_Germany_flag.png East Germany 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 Missing image Argentina_flag_large.png Argentina 1 3 0 1 2 2 7

Netherlands 4 - 0 Argentina Brazil 1 - 0 East Germany Argentina 1 - 2 Brazil East Germany 0 - 2 Netherlands Argentina 1 - 1 East Germany Netherlands 2 - 0 Brazil

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Missing image Germany_flag_large.png West Germany 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 Missing image Poland_flag_large.png Poland 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 Missing image Sweden_flag_large.png Sweden 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 Missing image Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia.png Yugoslavia 0 3 0 0 3 2 6

Yugoslavia 0 - 2 West Germany Sweden 0 - 1 Poland Poland 2 - 1 Yugoslavia West Germany 4 - 2 Sweden Poland 0 - 1 West Germany Sweden 2 - 1 Yugoslavia

Third place match

July 6, 1974

Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil 0 - 1 Missing image Poland_flag_large.png Poland

Final

July 7, 1974

Missing image Netherlands_flag_large.png Netherlands 1 - 2 Missing image Germany_flag_large.png West Germany

FIFA (Men's) World Cup

Uruguay 1930 | Italy 1934 | France 1938 | Brazil 1950 | Switzerland 1954 | Sweden 1958 | Chile 1962 | England 1966 | Mexico 1970 | West Germany 1974 | Argentina 1978 | Spain 1982 | Mexico 1986 | Italy 1990 | USA 1994 | France 1998 | Korea/Japan 2002 | Germany 2006 | South Africa 2010 | South America 2014

FIFA Women's World Cup

China 1991 | Sweden 1995 | USA 1999 | USA 2003 | China 2007

International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

See also: Football World Cup 1974, 1974, African Nations Cup, Argentina national football team, Asian Cup, Asian Football Confederation, Australia national football team