1974 FIFA World Cup

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)**
**OFC (1)**

**CONCACAF (1)**
**CONMEBOL (4)**

**UEFA (9)**
- (hosts)

### Round 1

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|Team advanced to Round 2.||

#### Group A

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|East Germany|3|2|1|0|4|1|+3|**5**|||||||||
|align=left|West Germany|3|2|0|1|4|1|+3|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Chile|3|0|2|1|1|2|−1|**2**|||||||||
|align=left|Australia|3|0|1|2|0|5|−5|**1**|||||||||

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|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

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Yugoslavia|3|1|2|0|10|1|+9|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Brazil|3|1|2|0|3|0|+3|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Scotland|3|1|2|0|3|1|+2|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Zaire|3|0|1|2|0|14|−14|**0**|||||||||

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|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

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Netherlands|3|2|1|0|6|1|+9|**5**|||||||||
|align=left|Sweden|3|1|2|0|3|0|+3|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Bulgaria|3|0|2|1|2|5|−3|**2**|||||||||
|align=left|Uruguay|3|0|1|2|1|6|−5|**1**|||||||||

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|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

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Poland|3|3|0|0|12|3|+9|**6**|||||||||
|align=left|Argentina|3|1|1|1|7|5|+2|**3**|||||||||
|align=left|Italy|3|1|1|1|5|4|+1|**3**|||||||||
|align=left|Haiti|3|0|0|3|2|14|−12|**0**|||||||||

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|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

|width=300|Key to colours in group tables|
| --- | --- |
|Team advanced to final.||
|Team advanced to the third place match.||

#### Group A

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Netherlands|3|3|0|0|8|0|+8|**6**|||||||||
|align=left|Brazil|3|2|0|1|3|3|0|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|East Germany|3|0|1|2|1|4|−3|**1**|||||||||
|align=left|Argentina|3|0|1|2|2|7|−5|**1**|||||||||

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|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

|width=175|Team|width=20 abbr="Played"|Pld|width=20 abbr="Won"|W|width=20 abbr="Drawn"|D|width=20 abbr="Lost"|L|width=20 abbr="Goals for"|GF|width=20 abbr="Goals against"|GA|width=20 abbr="Goal difference"|GD|width=20 abbr="Points"|Pts|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|West Germany|3|3|0|0|7|2|+5|**6**|||||||||
|align=left|Poland|3|2|0|1|3|2|+1|**4**|||||||||
|align=left|Sweden|3|1|0|2|4|6|−2|**2**|||||||||
|align=left|Yugoslavia|3|0|0|3|2|6|−4|**0**|||||||||

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|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**|||

## References

- FIFA

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## Infobox (international football competition)

- **tourney name**: 1974 FIFA World Cup
- **country**: West Germany
- **dates**: 13 June – 7 July
- **num teams**: 16
- **venues**: 9
- **cities**: 9
- **champion**: West Germany
- **count**: 2
- **second**: Netherlands
- **third**: Poland
- **fourth**: Brazil
- **matches**: 38
- **goals**: 97
- **top scorer**: Grzegorz Lato (7 goals)
- **player**: Johan Cruyff
- **attendance**: 1774022
- **prevseason**: 1940 FIFA World Cup, 1970
- **nextseason**: 1948 FIFA World Cup, 1978