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 56 teams entering from six confederations, and fourteen qualifying for the finals tournament alongside Chile, the hosts, and Brazil, the defending champions.

Brazil successfully defended their World Cup title, defeating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final in the Chilean capital of Santiago. They became the second team, after Italy in 1934 and 1938, to win the World Cup twice consecutively; no team has since achieved the feat. Host nation Chile finished third, defeating Yugoslavia 1–0 in the third-place play-off.

The tournament was marred by violence between players on the pitch and a toxic atmosphere; it included the first-round match between Chile and Italy (2–0), which became known as the Battle of Santiago, one of a number of violent matches played throughout the tournament. It was the first World Cup that used goal average as a means of separating teams with the same number of points. It was also the first World Cup in which the average number of goals per match was less than three (2.78); this has been repeated at every World Cup since, despite expansion of the tournament.

## Host selection

Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts
After Europe hosted two consecutive World Cups, the American federations claimed the 1962 edition must be held in South America or face 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 organise 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 West Germany, 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 organise the tournament in comparison to Argentina's superior sports infrastructure and prestige. The FIFA Congress met in Lisbon, Portugal 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-organised 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 32 votes to Argentina's 11. Thirteen members abstained from voting.

## Qualification

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
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57 teams entered the 1962 World Cup (due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 52 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages). 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) and three by CONMEBOL teams (South America). CAF teams (Africa), AFC teams (Asia), NAFC teams (North America), and CCCF teams (Central America and Caribbean) contested three play-offs slots. The three winners would then face a European or South American team for entry into the World Cup. The 1962 tournament was the last one for which only nations from Europe or the Americas qualified.

Two teams qualified for the first time ever: Colombia and Bulgaria. Colombia did not qualify for another World Cup until 1990.

Among the teams who failed to qualify were 1958 finalists Sweden and 1958 semi-finalists France. Austria withdrew during the qualification tournament.

## Venues

Originally, eight stadiums were selected to host the World Cup matches in eight different 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. 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.

## Squads

Further information: 1962 FIFA World Cup squads
Squads for the 1962 World Cup consisted of 22 players, as for the previous tournament in 1958. Ferenc Puskás, José Santamaría and José Altafini became three of four players ever to play for two different national teams (the fourth being Robert Prosinečki in 1998). In light of this, FIFA created stipulations describing that once a player represents a nation during a World Cup or its qualifying rounds the player cannot switch to another national team.[*citation needed*]

## Match officials

Eighteen match officials from 17 countries were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees.

* File:Flag of Hungary.svg.png Andor Dorogi
* Arthur Blavier
* File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Branko Tesanić
* Cesare Jonni
* File:Flag of Austria.svg.png Erich Steiner
* File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg.png Gottfried Dienst
* File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg.png Juan Gardeazábal
* Karol Galba

* Leo Horn
* File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Nikolay Latyshev
* Pierre Schwinte
* Robert Holley Davidson

South America* File:Flag of Peru.svg.png Arturo Yamasaki
* Carlos Robles
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg.png João Etzel Filho
* Sergio Bustamante

## Seeding

* File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg.png Brazil

 (defending champions)
* Argentina
* File:Flag of Uruguay.svg.png Uruguay

* England
* File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
* West Germany
* File:Flag of Hungary.svg.png Hungary
* File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg.png Spain
* File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
* Mexico
* File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg.png Switzerland

## Format

The format of the competition was similar to that of the 1958 competition: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Four teams were seeded in the draw taking place in Santiago de Chile, on 18 January 1962: Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. In a change from the 1958 format, goal average was used to separate any teams equal on points. (In 1958, goal average was available, but was only between teams level on points in first place, or if a playoff between teams equal in second place failed to yield a result after extra time). Argentina became the first (and only) team in World Cup history to be eliminated on goal average when England advanced from Group 4 in second place.

In the knockout games, if the teams were level after ninety minutes, thirty minutes of extra time were played. For any match other than the final, if the teams were still even after extra time then lots would be drawn to determine the winner. The final would have been replayed if even after extra time. In the event, no replays or drawing of lots was necessary.

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## Summary

In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered the largest earthquake ever recorded (9.5 magnitude), which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In the face of this, Carlos Dittborn, the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Because we don't have anything, we will do everything in our power to rebuild". Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organisational flaw. Dittborn did not live to see the success of his efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at Arica was named Estadio Carlos Dittborn in his honour and bears his name to this day.[*citation needed*]

As the competition began, a shift in strategy was imminent. Defensive strategies began to take hold as the average goals per match dropped to 2.78, under 3 for the first time in competition history (the average has never been above 3 since).

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Pelé was injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia. The USSR's goalkeeper Lev Yashin, arguably the world's best at the time, was in poor form and his team went out to Chile (1–2) in the quarter-finals. Bright spots included the emergence of the young Brazilians Amarildo (standing in for Pelé) and Garrincha, the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf against Hungary and Yugoslavia, and the performance of the host nation Chile, who took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players.[*citation needed*]

The competition was marred by violence. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the infamous first-round match between host Chile and Italy (2–0), known as the *Battle of Santiago*. Two Italian journalists had written unflattering articles about the host country. Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.

In the first round, Brazil topped their group with Czechoslovakia finishing second, above Mexico and Spain. USSR and Yugoslavia finished above Uruguay and Colombia. Hungary, along with England progressed to the quarter-finals, while Argentina and Bulgaria were eliminated. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superior goal average; the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament. Switzerland lost all three games while West Germany and Chile both went through over Italy.

Chile defeated European champions USSR to earn a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. Garrincha scored two goals in a 3–1 win against England. Meanwhile, 1–0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany – and another 1–0 win of Czechoslovakia against neighbours Hungary – saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.

Viña del Mar was the original venue for the South American semi-final and Santiago for the Slavic one, but due to Chile's surprise qualification, the organisers prompted FIFA to switch the venues. This irritated crowds in Viña del Mar and only a little under 6,000 spectators came to Estadio Sausalito to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3–1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 in Santiago watched Brazil beat the hosts 4–2. This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Honorino Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually took third place in a 1–0 victory over Yugoslavia with the very last play of the match. The same player, Eladio Rojas, had also scored the winning goal in Chile's game against USSR.

Santiago's Estadio Nacional served as the venue for the final, and after 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, as a long ball from Adolf Scherer was latched onto by Josef Masopust: 1–0 Czechoslovakia. As in the previous final in 1958, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians scored goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) mid-way through the second half, and the Czechoslovaks could not get back into the game. The match ended 3–1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of one of their star players of 1958, Pelé, who was replaced by Amarildo.

## Results

### Group stage

#### Group 1

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30 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 7,908Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)

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31 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 9,622Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

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2 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 8,829Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)

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3 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 8,040Referee: João Etzel Filho (Brazil)

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6 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 9,973Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

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7 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 7,167Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
#### Group 2

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30 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 65,000Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)

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31 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 65,440Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

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2 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 66,057Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)

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3 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 64,922Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

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6 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 67,224Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)

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7 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 59,828Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
#### Group 3

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30 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 10,484Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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31 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 12,700Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)

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2 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 14,903Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

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3 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 11,875Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)

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6 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 18,715Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile)

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7 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 10,648Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
#### Group 4

* England finished ahead of Argentina on goal average.

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30 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,134Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain)

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31 May 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,938Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

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2 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 9,794Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

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3 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,442Referee: Juan Garay Gardeazábal (Spain)

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6 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 7,945Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)

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7 June 196215:00 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 5,700Referee: Antoine Blavier (Belgium)

#### Quarter-finals

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10 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, AricaAttendance: 17,268Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

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10 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio El Teniente, RancaguaAttendance: 11,690Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

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10 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 17,736Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

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10 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 63,324Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)
#### Semi-finals

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13 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Sausalito, Viña del MarAttendance: 5,890Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

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13 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 76,594Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)
#### Third-place match

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16 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 66,679Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)
#### Final

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup Final
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17 June 196214:30 CLT (UTC-04)

Estadio Nacional, SantiagoAttendance: 68,679Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
## Goalscorers

With four goals each, Flórián Albert, Garrincha, Valentin Ivanov, Dražan Jerković, Leonel Sánchez and Vavá are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 89 goals were scored by 54 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

* File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg.png Vavá

* File:Flag of Hungary.svg.png Flórián Albert

* File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Dražan Jerković

3 goals
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg.png Amarildo
* Adolf Scherer
* File:Flag of Hungary.svg.png Lajos Tichy
* File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Milan Galić

2 goals

* Eladio Rojas
* Jorge Toro

* Giacomo Bulgarelli
* File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Igor Chislenko

* File:Flag of Uruguay.svg.png José Sasía
* Uwe Seeler

1 goal

* José Sanfilippo
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg.png Pelé
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg.png Mário Zagallo
* File:Flag of Brazil (1960–1968).svg.png Zito
* Georgi Asparuhov
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Germán Aceros
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Marcos Coll
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Marino Klinger
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Antonio Rada
* File:Flag of Colombia.svg Francisco Zuluaga
* Josef Kadraba

* Josef Masopust
* Jozef Štibrányi
* Bobby Charlton
* Jimmy Greaves
* Gerry Hitchens
* File:Flag of Hungary.svg.png Ernő Solymosi
* Bruno Mora
* Alfredo del Águila
* Isidoro Díaz
* Héctor Hernández
* File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksei Mamykin

* File:Flag of Spain (1945–1977).svg.png Joaquín Peiró
* File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg.png Heinz Schneiter
* File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg.png Rolf Wüthrich
* File:Flag of Uruguay.svg.png Ángel Cabrera
* File:Flag of Uruguay.svg.png Luis Cubilla
* Albert Brülls
* Horst Szymaniak
* File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Vojislav Melić
* File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Petar Radaković
* File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Josip Skoblar

## FIFA retrospective ranking

In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.
The rankings for the 1962 tournament were as follows:

## Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup 1962 – Historical Football Kits". Historicalkits.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
2. ↑ Paul (16 December 2012). "Carlos Dittborn Pinto – 1962 FIFA World Cup". DoFooty.com. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
3. ↑ "History of the World Cup Final Draw" (PDF). Retrieved 2 March 2012.
4. ↑ "for the first time goal average was brought in as a means of separating teams with the same amount of points""Compact book of the World Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2013.
5. ↑ Brewin, John; Williamson, Martin (30 April 2014). "World Cup History: 1962". *ESPN FC*. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
6. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Record – Organisation". FIFA. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
7. ↑ Lopresti, Sam (28 February 2014). "Italy World Cup Rewind: Infamy at the Battle of Santiago, 1962". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 15 June 2014. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: `|publisher=` (help)
8. ↑ Grüne, Hardy (2006). "WM 1962 Chile". *Fussball WM Enzyklopädie 1930–2006*. Agon Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-261-8.
9. ↑ RSSSF credits this goal to Georgi Asparuhov.
10. ↑ "page 45" (PDF). Retrieved 2 March 2012.
11. ↑ "FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7" (PDF). FIFA. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2013.

## External links

* 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile ™, FIFA.com
* Details at RSSSF

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