1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Germany in 1974. 16 teams took part from many countries. Germany won the trophy after beating Netherlands in the final.
== Participants ==
=== Africa ===
* Zaire (ZAI) • Squad
=== Asia ===
* Australia (AUS) • Squad
=== Europe ===
* Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
* East Germany (GDR) • Squad
* West Germany (FRG) • Squad
* Italy (ITA) • Squad
* Netherlands (NED) • Squad
* Poland (POL) • Squad
* Scotland (SCO) • Squad
* Sweden (SWE) • Squad
* Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad
=== North and Central America ===
* Haiti (HAI) • Squad
=== South America ===
* Argentina (ARG) • Squad
* Brazil (BRA) • Squad
* Chile (CHI) • Squad
* Uruguay (URU) • Squad
== Results ==
=== Round 1 ===
==== Group A ====
Pos	Team 	GDR	FRG	CHI	AUS	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1 	East Germany	- 	1-0	1-1	2-0	3	2	1	0	4 	1 	5 	Round 2
2 	West Germany	0-1	- 	1-0	3-0	3	2	0	1	4 	1 	4 	Round 2
3 	Chile 	1-1	0-1	- 	0-0	3	0	2	1	1 	2 	2 	
4 	Australia 	0-2	0-3	0-0	- 	3	0	1	2	0 	5 	1 	
==== Group B ====
Pos	Team 	YUG	BRA	SCO	ZAI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1 	Yugoslavia	- 	0-0	1-1	9-0	3	1	2	0	10	1 	4 	Round 2
2 	Brazil 	0-0	- 	0-0	3-0	3	1	2	0	3 	0 	4 	Round 2
3 	Scotland 	1-1	0-0	- 	2-0	3	1	2	0	3 	1 	4 	
4 	Zaire 	0-9	0-3	0-2	- 	3	0	0	3	0 	14	0 	
==== Group C ====
Pos	Team 	NED	SWE	BUL	URU	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1 	Netherlands	- 	0-0	4-1	2-0	3	2	1	0	6 	1 	5 	Round 2
2 	Sweden 	0-0	- 	0-0	3-0	3	1	2	0	3 	0 	4 	Round 2
3 	Bulgaria 	1-4	0-0	- 	1-1	3	0	2	1	2 	5 	2 	
4 	Uruguay 	0-2	0-3	1-1	- 	3	0	1	2	1 	6 	1 	
==== Group D ====
Pos	Team 	POL	ARG	ITA	HAI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1 	Poland 	- 	3-2	2-1	7-0	3	3	0	0	12	3 	6 	Round 2
2 	Argentina	2-3	- 	1-1	4-1	3	1	1	1	7 	5 	3 	Round 2
3 	Italy 	1-2	1-1	- 	3-1	3	1	1	1	5 	4 	3 	
4 	Haiti 	0-7	1-4	1-3	- 	3	0	0	3	2 	14	0 	
=== Round 2 ===
==== Group A ====
Pos	Team 	NED	BRA	GDR	ARG	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1 	Netherlands 	- 	2-0	2-0	4-0	3	3	0	0	8 	0 	6 	Final
2 	Brazil 	0-2	- 	1-0	2-1	3	2	0	1	3 	3 	4 	3rd place
3 	East Germany	0-2	0-1	- 	1-1	3	0	1	2	1 	4 	1 	
4 	Argentina 	0-4	1-2	1-1	- 	3	0	1	2	2 	7 	1 	
==== Group B ====
Pos	Team 	FRG	POL	SWE	YUG	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1 	West Germany	- 	1-0	4-2	2-0	3	3	0	0	7 	2 	6 	Final
2 	Poland 	0-1	- 	1-0	2-1	3	2	0	1	3 	2 	4 	3rd place
3 	Sweden 	2-4	0-1	- 	2-1	3	1	0	2	4 	6 	2 	
4 	Yugoslavia 	0-2	1-2	1-2	- 	3	0	0	3	2 	6 	0 	
=== 3rd place ===
* Poland 1-0- Brazil
=== Final ===
* West Germany 2-1 Netherlands
West Germany won the championship.
== References ==
* FIFA