1962 FIFA World Cup (The New Order)

**1962 FIFA World Cup**
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The **1962 FIFA World Cup** was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between August 1960 and December 1961, with 70 teams entering from six confederations, and fourteen qualifying for the finals tournament alongside Chile, the hosts, and Brazil, the defending champions.

Brazil failed to defend their World Cup title, with Sweden defeating them 1-0 in the final in the Chilean capital of Santiago to win their first World Cup title. The Großgermanisches Reich finished third, defeating England 3–0 in the third-place play-off.

## Host Selection

After Europe hosted two consecutive World Cups, the American federations claimed the 1962 edition must be held in South America or they would stage a complete boycott of the tournament, similar to 1938. Argentina, after previously failed candidacies, was the favorite. Magallanes' chairman, Ernesto Alvear, attended a FIFA Congress held in Helsinki while the Finnish city was hosting the 1952 Summer Olympics. He considered that Chile was able to organize the World Cup. Several sources also say that FIFA did not want Argentina to run alone, requesting the participation of Chile as almost symbolic. Chile registered its candidacy in 1954 alongside Argentina and the Großgermanisches Reich, the latter withdrawing at the request of FIFA.

Chile's football federation committee, led by Carlos Dittborn and Juan Pinto Durán, toured many countries convincing various football associations about the country's ability to organize the tournament in comparison to Argentina's superior sports infrastructure and prestige. The FIFA Congress met in Lisbon, Iberian Union on 10 June 1956. That day, Raul Colombo, representing Argentina's candidacy, ended his speech with the phrase "We can start the World Cup tomorrow. We have it all." The next day, Dittborn presented four arguments that supported Chile's candidacy: Chile's continued participations at FIFA-organized conferences and tournaments, sports climate, tolerance of race and creed and political and institutional stability of the country. In addition, Dittborn invoked Article 2 of the FIFA statutes that addressed the tournament's role in promoting the sport in countries deemed "underdeveloped". Chile won 31 votes to Argentina's 12. Thirteen members abstained from voting.

  Chile
  Argentina

## Qualification

*Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification*

70 teams entered the 1962 World Cup. Chile as host nation and Brazil as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 14 finals places divided among the continental confederations.

Eight places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), two by CONMEBOL teams (South America), and one by CAF teams (Africa), AFC teams (Asia and Oceania), CONCACAF teams (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), and CRWS teams (Russian Warlord States).

### List of qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

* China

CAF (1)
* Cameroon African State
* Mexico

CONMEBOL (4)
* Argentina
* Brazil
* Chile (hosts)
* Paraguay
* Bulgaria
* England
* Großgermanisches Reich
* Iberian Union
* Italy
* Serbia
* Sweden
* Switzerland

CRWS (1)
* Tomsk

## Venues

Originally, eight stadiums were selected to host the World Cup matches in eight cities: Santiago, Viña del Mar, Rancagua, Arica, Talca, Concepción, Talcahuano and Valdivia.

The Valdivia earthquake, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, occurred on 22 May 1960. With over 50,000 casualties and more than 2 million people affected, the earthquake forced the organising committee to completely modify the World Cup's calendar. Talca, Concepción, Talcahuano and Valdivia were severely damaged and discarded as venues. Antofagasta and Valparaíso declined to host any matches as their venues were not financially self-sustainable. Viña del Mar and Arica managed to rebuild their stadiums while Braden Copper Company, then an American company that controlled the El Teniente copper mine, allowed the use of its stadium in Rancagua. Due to these setbacks, this is the World Cup edition with the smallest number of venues spread across the country (while the 1930 FIFA World Cup was held in three venues, all of them were located in a single city). The most used stadium was the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, with 10 matches; the Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar hosted 8 matches, and the stadiums in Rancagua and far-away Arica (the only location that was not close to the other cities) both hosted 7 matches.

Being largely concerned with the build-up of the country after the 1960 earthquake, government support for the tournament was minimal.

 **Santiago**
**Viña del Mar**
**Rancagua**
**Arica**

## Seeding

* Brazil (defending champions)
* Argentina
* Paraguay
* England
* Großgermanisches Reich
* Iberian Union
* Serbia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* China
* Mexico
* Tomsk

## Goalscorers

With six goals, Yngve Brodd was the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 98 goals were scored by 52 players, with none of them credited as own goal.

## Final standings

After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 1962 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.