1962 FIFA World Cup
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| 1962 FIFA World Cup - Chile Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol - Chile 1962 |
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| Teams | 16 (from 56 entrants) |
| Host | Chile |
| Champions |  Brazil (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 89 (average 2.781 per match) |
| Attendance | 899,074 (average 28,096 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Garrincha Vavá Leonel Sánchez Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov Dražan Jerković4 goals |
The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from May 30 to June 17. Chile was chosen as hosts by FIFA in June 1956, as the World Cup returned to the continent of South America after 12 years. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final.
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[edit] Qualification
[edit] Summary
In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered the largest earthquake (9.5 magnitude) of the twentieth century, which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In 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," which became the unofficial slogan of the tournament. Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organizational flaw. Sadly, Dittborn would not live to see the success of his tireless 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 honor and bears his name to this day.
The format of the competition stayed the same as 1958: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
Many famous players did not live up to their reputations in this tournament. Brazil's Pelé, the hero of 1958, was injured in the first group match against Czechoslovakia. The USSR's goalkeeper Lev Yashin, arguably the world's best at the time, was in poor form and cost his team the elimination by Chile (1-2) in the quarter-finals. The few bright spots in an otherwise dull tournament were 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 inspired performance of the host nation Chile, who unexpectedly took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players, thanks to an outstanding team spirit.
The competition was marred by overly defensive and often violent tactics. 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 overly weak English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated, deliberate 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 through 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.
Surprisingly, Chile defeated European champions USSR to land themselves a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. A brilliant performance from Garrincha, which included two goals in a 3-1 win, saw the South Americans triumph against England. Meanwhile 1-0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany -- and Czechoslovakia against Hungary -- saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.
A little under 6,000 spectators turned out to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3-1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 watched Brazil beat the hosts 4-2. This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Honorino Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually went on to take 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 itself, 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. However, just like the previous final four years earlier, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by the hitherto flawless Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians did not stop there and with goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) mid-way through the second half, the Czechoslovaks just couldn't 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 their star player of 1958, Pelé.
[edit] Venues
Four cities hosted the tournament:
- Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
- Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
- Santiago, Estadio Nacional
- Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
[edit] Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1962 FIFA World Cup squads.
[edit] First round
[edit] Group 1
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 USSR |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
 Yugoslavia |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
 Uruguay |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 Colombia |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| May 30, 1962 15:00 |
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| Uruguay |
2–1 | Colombia |
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn Referee: Dorogi (Hungary) Attendance: 7908 |
| Sacía 56' Cubilla 75' |
(Report) | Zuluaga 19' (pen) |
| May 31, 1962 15:00 |
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| USSR |
2–0 | Yugoslavia |
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn Referee: Dusch (Germany) Attendance: 15000 |
| Ivanov 51' Ponedelnik 83' |
(Report) |
| June 2, 1962 15:00 |
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| Yugoslavia |
3–1 | Uruguay |
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn Referee: Galba (Czechoslovakia) Attendance: 8829 |
| Skoblar 25' (pen) Galić 29' Jerković 49' |
(Report) | Cabrera 19' |
| June 3, 1962 15:00 |
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| USSR |
4–4 | Colombia |
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn Referee: Etzel Filho (Brazil) Attendance: 8040 |
| Ivanov 8', 11' Chislenko 10' Ponedelnik 56' |
(Report) | Aceros 21' Coll 68' Rada 72' Klinger 86' |
| June 6, 1962 15:00 |
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| USSR |
2–1 | Uruguay |
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn Referee: Jonny (Italy) Attendance: 9973 |
| Mamykin 38' Ivanov 89' |
(Report) | Sacía 54' |
| June 7, 1962 15:00 |
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| Yugoslavia |
5–0 | Colombia |
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn Referee: Robles (Chile) Attendance: 7167 |
| Galić 20', 61' Jerković 25', 87' Melić 82' |
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[edit] Group 2
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 West Germany |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
 Chile |
4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
 Italy |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
 Switzerland |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| May 30, 1962 15:00 |
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| Chile |
3–1 | Switzerland |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Aston (England) Attendance: 65000 |
| Sánchez 44', 51' Ramírez 55' |
(Report) | Wüthrich 6' |
| May 31, 1962 15:00 |
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| West Germany |
0–0 | Italy |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Davidson (Scotland) Attendance: 65440 |
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| June 2, 1962 15:00 |
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| Chile |
2–0 | Italy |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Aston (England) Attendance: 66057 |
| Ramírez 73' Toro 87' |
(Report) |
| June 3, 1962 15:00 |
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| West Germany |
2–1 | Switzerland |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Horn (Netherlands) Attendance: 64922 |
| Brülls 45' Seeler 59' |
(Report) | Schneiter 73' |
| June 6, 1962 15:00 |
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| West Germany |
2–0 | Chile |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Davidson (Scotland) Attendance: 67224 |
| Szymaniak 21' (pen) Seeler 82' |
(Report) |
| June 7, 1962 15:00 |
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| Italy |
3–0 | Switzerland |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Davidson (Scotland) Attendance: 59828 |
| Mora 1' Bulgarelli 65', 67' |
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[edit] Group 3
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Brazil |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
 Czechoslovakia |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Mexico |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
 Spain |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| May 30, 1962 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
2–0 | Mexico |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Deinst (Switzerland) Attendance: 10484 |
| Zagallo 56' Pelé 73' |
(Report) |
| May 31, 1962 15:00 |
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| Czechoslovakia |
1–0 | Spain |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Steiner (Austria) Attendance: 12700 |
| Stibranyi 80' | (Report) |
| June 2, 1962 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
0–0 | Czechoslovakia |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Schwinte (France) Attendance: 14903 |
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| June 3, 1962 15:00 |
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| Spain |
1–0 | Mexico |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Tesanic (Yugoslavia) Attendance: 11875 |
| Peiró 90' | (Report) |
| June 6, 1962 15:00 |
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| Brazil |
2–1 | Spain |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Marino (Uruguay) Attendance: 18715 |
| Amarildo 72', 86' | (Report) | Adelardo 35' |
| June 7, 1962 15:00 |
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| Mexico |
3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Dienst (Switzerland) Attendance: 10648 |
| Díaz 12' del Aguila 29' Hernández 90' (pen) |
(Report) | Mašek 1' |
[edit] Group 4
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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 Hungary |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
 England |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
 Argentina |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Bulgaria |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
England progressed to the next round due to superior goal average.
| May 30, 1962 15:00 |
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| Argentina |
1–0 | Bulgaria |
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain) Attendance: 7134 |
| Facundo 4' | (Report) |
| May 31, 1962 15:00 |
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| Hungary |
2–1 | England |
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente Referee: Horn (Netherlands) Attendance: 7938 |
| Tichy 17' Albert 61' |
(Report) | Flowers 60' (pen) |
| June 2, 1962 15:00 |
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| England |
3–1 | Argentina |
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente Referee: Reginato (Chile) Attendance: 9794 |
| Flowers 17' (pen) Charlton 42' Greaves 67' |
(Report) | Sanfilippo 81' |
| June 3, 1962 15:00 |
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| Hungary |
6–1 | Bulgaria |
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain) Attendance: 7442 |
| Albert 1', 6', 53' Tichy 8', 70' Solymosi 12' |
(Report) | Sokolov 64'[1] |
| June 6, 1962 15:00 |
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| Hungary |
0–0 | Argentina |
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente Referee: Yamasaki (Peru) Attendance: 7945 |
| (Report) |
| June 7, 1962 15:00 |
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| England |
0–0 | Bulgaria |
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente Referee: Blavier (Belgium) Attendance: 5700 |
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[edit] Knockout stage
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| 10 June – Arica | ||||||||||
| USSR |
1 | |||||||||
| 13 June - Santiago | ||||||||||
| Chile |
2 | |||||||||
| Chile |
2 | |||||||||
| 10 June - Viña del Mar | ||||||||||
| Brazil |
4 | |||||||||
| Brazil |
3 | |||||||||
| 17 June – Santiago | ||||||||||
| England |
1 | |||||||||
| Brazil |
3 | |||||||||
| 10 June - Santiago | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
1 | |||||||||
| West Germany |
0 | |||||||||
| 13 June – Viña del Mar | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
1 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
1 | Third place | ||||||||
| 10 June - Rancagua | ||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
3 | |||||||||
 Hungary |
0 | Chile |
1 | |||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
1 | Yugoslavia |
0 | |||||||
| 16 June - Santiago | ||||||||||
[edit] Quarter-finals
| June 10, 1962 14:30 |
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| Chile |
2–1 | USSR |
Arica, Chile, Estadio Carlos Dittborn Referee: Horn (Netherlands) Attendance: 17268 |
| Sánchez 11' Rojas 29' |
(Report) | Chislenko 26' |
| June 10, 1962 14:30 |
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| Czechoslovakia |
1–0 | Hungary |
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente Referee: Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico) Attendance: 11690 |
| Scherer 13' | (Report) |
| June 10, 1962 14:30 |
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| Brazil |
3–1 | England |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Schwinte (France) Attendance: 17736 |
| Garrincha 31', 59' Vavá 53' |
(Report) | Hitchens 38' |
| June 10, 1962 14:30 |
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| Yugoslavia |
1–0 | West Germany |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Yamasaki (Peru) Attendance: 63324 |
| Radaković 85' | (Report) |
[edit] Semi-finals
| June 13, 1962 14:30 |
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| Czechoslovakia |
3–1 | Yugoslavia |
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito Referee: Dienst (Switzerland) Attendance: 5890 |
| Kadraba 48' Scherer 80', 84' (pen) |
(Report) | Jerković 69' |
| June 13, 1962 14:30 |
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| Brazil |
4–2 | Chile |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Yamasaki (Peru) Attendance: 76500 |
| Garrincha 9', 32' Vavá 47', 78' |
(Report) | Toro 42' Sánchez 61'(pen) |
[edit] Third place match
| June 16, 1962 14:30 |
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| Chile |
1–0 | Yugoslavia |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain) Attendance: 67000 |
| Rojas 90' | (Report) |
[edit] Final
| June 17, 1962 14:30 |
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| Brazil |
3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
Santiago, Estadio Nacional Referee: Latychev (USSR) Attendance: 68679 |
| Amarildo 17' Zito 69' Vavá 78' |
(Report) | Masopust 15' |
[edit] Awards
| 1962 World Cup Winners |
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 Brazil Second title |
[edit] Scorers
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[edit] Trivia
- All tickets were denominated in U.S. dollars.
- Ticket prices for the final were in the US$2.20 (Maipu section) to US$5 (Andes Sur section) range.
- This World Cup was the last one which could not be televised live in Europe, because it just predated the arrival of the Telstar satellite and the start of live transmissions from the Americas to Europe. In the United Kingdom, the BBC broadcast live radio commentaries and film recordings of matches on television two days late.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Georgi Asparuhov.
