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)


 Results 
 Round 1 
Key to colours in group tablesTeam advanced to Round 2.

 Group A 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts East Germany321041+35 West Germany320141+34 Chile302112−12 Australia301205−51

14 June 1974West Germany 1 – 0 ChileEast Germany2 – 0 Australia18 June 1974Australia 0 – 3 West GermanyChile 1 – 1 East Germany22 June 1974Australia 0 – 0 ChileEast Germany 1 – 0 West Germany

 Group B 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Yugoslavia3120101+94 Brazil312030+34 Scotland312031+24 Zaire3012014−140

13 June 1974Brazil 0 – 0 Yugoslavia14 June 1974Zaire0 – 2 Scotland18 June 1974Yugoslavia 9 – 0 ZaireScotland 0 – 0 Brazil22 June 1974Scotland 1 – 1 YugoslaviaZaire 0 – 3 Brazil

 Group C 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Netherlands321061+95 Sweden312030+34 Bulgaria302125−32 Uruguay301216−51

15 June 1974Uruguay 0 – 2 NetherlandsSweden 0 – 0 Bulgaria19 June 1974Uruguay 1 – 1 BulgariaNetherlands 0 – 0 Sweden23 June 1974Netherlands 4 – 1 BulgariaSweden 3 – 0 Uruguay

 Group D 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Poland3300123+96 Argentina311175+23 Italy311154+13 Haiti3003214−120

15 June 1974Italy 3 – 1 HaitiPoland 3 – 2 Argentina19 June 1974Argentina 1 – 1 ItalyHaiti 0 – 7 Poland23 June 1974Argentina 4 – 1 HaitiPoland 2 – 1 Italy

 Round 2 
Key to colours in group tablesTeam advanced to final.Team advanced to the third place match.

 Group A 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts Netherlands330080+86 Brazil32013304 East Germany301214−31 Argentina301227−51

26 June 1974Netherlands 4 – 0 ArgentinaBrazil 1 – 0 East Germany30 June 1974Argentina 1 – 2 BrazilEast Germany 0 – 2 Netherlands3 July 1974Argentina 1 – 1 East GermanyNetherlands 2 – 0 Brazil

 Group B 

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts West Germany330072+56 Poland320132+14 Sweden310246−22 Yugoslavia300326−40

26 June 1974Yugoslavia 0 – 2 West GermanySweden  0 – 1 Poland30 June 1974Poland 2 – 1 YugoslaviaWest Germany 4 – 2 Sweden3 July 1974Poland 0 – 1 West GermanySweden 2 – 1 Yugoslavia

 3rd place 

 Final 

 References 
 FIFA 

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