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1962 FIFA World Cup Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol - Chile 1962 
1962 FIFA World Cup official logoTournament details Host country 
ChileDates 30 May – 17 June Teams 16 (from 3 confederations) Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities) Final positions Champions 
Brazil (2nd title)Runners-up 
CzechoslovakiaThird place ChileFourth place 
YugoslaviaTournament statistics Matches played 32 Goals scored 89 (2.78 per match) Attendance 899,074 (28,096 per match) Top scorer(s) Garrincha
Vavá
Leonel Sánchez
Dražan Jerković
Flórián Albert
Valentin Ivanov
(4 goals)← 19581966 →The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from 30 May to 17 June. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final. This marked the second time that a country successfully defended a World Cup title.
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Host selection
Main article: FIFA World Cup hostsChile was awarded the 1962 World Cup over opposition from Argentina and West Germany in Lisbon, Portugal on June 10, 1956. This was the first World Cup since 1938 for which there was a contested host selection.
Qualification
Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification
Qualifying countries
The host nation Chile and the defending champions Brazil qualified automatically. Of the remaining 14 places, eight went to Europe, three to South America, and three were awarded via playoffs. The playoffs took place between six teams, which consisted of two European, one South American, one North American, one Asian and one African team. In the event, two of the three playoff places were taken by European teams (Spain and Yugoslavia), and one by a North American team (Mexico).
Bulgaria and Colombia qualified for the finals for the first time. Colombia would not qualify for another World Cup until 1990. Among the teams failing to qualify were France, 1958 finalists Sweden, and Austria.
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.[1] 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 tied for first place, or if a playoff between teams tied for 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 tied after ninety minutes, thirty minutes of extra time were played. For any match other than the final, if the teams were still tied after extra time then lots would be drawn to determine the winner. The final would have been replayed if tied after extra time. In the event, no replays or drawing of lots was necessary.
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 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.
As the competition began, a shift in strategy was imminent. Modern day defensive strategies began to take hold as the average goals/match dropped to 2.78, under 3 for the first time in competition history (the average has never been above 3 since).
The official 1962 FIFA World Cup poster.Brazil's Pelé, the hero of 1958, 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 cost his team the elimination by 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 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 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, 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.
AricaRancaguaSantiagoViña del MarA map showing the locations of the venues used at the 1962 FIFA World CupViña 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 organizers prompted FIFA to switch the venues. This irritated crowds in Viña del Mar and only a little under 6,000 spectators came at 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.[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.
Venues
Four cities hosted the tournament:
- Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn - 17,786
- Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente (Estadio Braden Copper Co., at the time) - 18,000
- Santiago, Estadio Nacional - 66,660
- Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito - 18,037
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1962 FIFA World Cup squads.
Seeding
Pot 1: South America Pot 2: European I Pot 3: European II Pot 4: Rest of the World - Czechoslovakia
England
Soviet Union
West Germany
Results
First Round
Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Soviet Union3 2 1 0 8 5 1.60 5 Yugoslavia3 2 0 1 8 3 2.67 4 
Uruguay3 1 0 2 4 6 0.67 2 
Colombia3 0 1 2 5 11 0.45 1 30 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Uruguay 2 – 1 ColombiaEstadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
Attendance: 7,908
Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)Sasía 
56'
Cubilla 75'Report Zuluaga 19' (pen.)
31 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Soviet Union 2 – 0 YugoslaviaEstadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)Ivanov 51'
Ponedelnik 83'Report
2 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Yugoslavia 3 – 1 UruguayEstadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
Attendance: 8,829
Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)Skoblar 25' (pen.)
Galić 29'
Jerković 49'Report Cabrera 19'
3 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Soviet Union 4 – 4 ColombiaEstadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
Attendance: 8,040
Referee: João Etzel Filho (Brazil)Ivanov 8', 11'
Chislenko 10'
Ponedelnik 56'Report Aceros 21'
Coll 68'
Rada 72'
Klinger 86'
6 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Soviet Union 2 – 1 UruguayEstadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
Attendance: 9,973
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)Mamykin 38'
Ivanov 89'Report Sasía 54'
7 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Yugoslavia 5 – 0 ColombiaEstadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
Attendance: 7,167
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)Galić 20', 61'
Jerković 25', 87'
Melić 82'Report Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts West Germany3 2 1 0 4 1 4.00 5 Chile3 2 0 1 5 3 1.67 4 
Italy3 1 1 1 3 2 1.50 3 
Switzerland3 0 0 3 2 8 0.25 0 30 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Chile 3 – 1 SwitzerlandEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)L. Sánchez 44', 55'
Ramírez 51'Report Wüthrich 6'
31 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)West Germany 0 – 0 ItalyEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 65,440
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)Report
2 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Chile 2 – 0 ItalyEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 66,057
Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)Ramírez 73'
Toro 87'Report
3 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)West Germany 2 – 1 SwitzerlandEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 64,922
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)Brülls 45'
Seeler 59'Report Schneiter 73'
6 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)West Germany 2 – 0 ChileEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 67,224
Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)Szymaniak 21' (pen.)
Seeler 82'Report
7 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Italy 3 – 0 SwitzerlandEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 59,828
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)Mora 1'
Bulgarelli 65', 67'Report Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Brazil3 2 1 0 4 1 4.00 5 Czechoslovakia3 1 1 1 2 3 0.67 3 
Mexico3 1 0 2 3 4 0.75 2 
Spain3 1 0 2 2 3 0.67 2 30 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Brazil 2 – 0 MexicoEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 10,484
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)Zagallo 56'
Pelé 73'Report
31 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Czechoslovakia 1 – 0 SpainEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 12,700
Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)Štibrányi 80'Report
2 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Brazil 0 – 0 CzechoslovakiaEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 14,903
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)Report
3 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Spain 1 – 0 MexicoEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 11,875
Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)Peiró 90'Report
6 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Brazil 2 – 1 SpainEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 18,715
Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile)Amarildo 72', 86'Report Adelardo 35'
7 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Mexico 3 – 1 CzechoslovakiaEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 10,648
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)Díaz 12'
Del Águila 29'
Hernández 90' (pen.)Report Mašek 1'Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Hungary3 2 1 0 8 2 4.00 5 England3 1 1 1 4 3 1.33 3 
Argentina3 1 1 1 2 3 0.67 3 
Bulgaria3 0 1 2 1 7 0.14 1 - England finished ahead of Argentina on goal average.
30 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Argentina 1 – 0 BulgariaEstadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Attendance: 7,134
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)Facundo 4'Report
31 May 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Hungary 2 – 1 EnglandEstadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Attendance: 7,938
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)Tichy 17'
Albert 61'Report Flowers 60' (pen.)
2 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)England 3 – 1 ArgentinaEstadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Attendance: 9,794
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)Flowers 17' (pen.)
Charlton 42'
Greaves 67'Report Sanfilippo 81'
3 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Hungary 6 – 1 BulgariaEstadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Attendance: 7,442
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)Albert 1', 6', 53'
Tichy 8', 70'
Solymosi 12'Report Asparuhov 64'[3]
6 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)Hungary 0 – 0 ArgentinaEstadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Attendance: 7,945
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)Report
7 June 1962
15:00 CLT (UTC-04)England 0 – 0 BulgariaEstadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Attendance: 5,700
Referee: Antoine Blavier (Belgium)Report Knockout Stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 10 June – Arica Soviet Union1 13 June - Santiago Chile2 Chile2 10 June - Viña del Mar Brazil4 Brazil3 17 June – Santiago England1 Brazil3 10 June - Santiago Czechoslovakia1 West Germany0 13 June – Viña del Mar Yugoslavia1 Yugoslavia1 Third place 10 June - Rancagua Czechoslovakia3 Hungary0 Chile1 Czechoslovakia1 Yugoslavia0 16 June - Santiago Quarter-Finals
10 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Chile 2 – 1 Soviet UnionEstadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
Attendance: 17,268
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)Sánchez 11'
Rojas 29'Report Chislenko 26'
10 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Czechoslovakia 1 – 0 HungaryEstadio El Teniente, Rancagua
Attendance: 11,690
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)Scherer 13'Report
10 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Brazil 3 – 1 EnglandEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 17,736
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)Garrincha 31', 59'
Vavá 53'Report Hitchens 38'
10 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Yugoslavia 1 – 0 West GermanyEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 63,324
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)Radaković 85'Report Semi-Finals
13 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Czechoslovakia 3 – 1 YugoslaviaEstadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
Attendance: 5,890
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)Kadraba 48'
Scherer 80', 84' (pen.)Report Jerković 69'
13 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Brazil 4 – 2 ChileEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 76,500
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado (Peru)Garrincha 9', 32'
Vavá 47', 78'Report Toro 42'
Sánchez 61' (pen.)Third-Place Match
16 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Chile 1 – 0 YugoslaviaEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain)Rojas 90'Report Final
Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup Final17 June 1962
14:30 CLT (UTC-04)Brazil 3 – 1 CzechoslovakiaEstadio Nacional, Santiago
Attendance: 68,679
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)Amarildo 17'
Zito 69'
Vavá 78'Report Masopust 15'Scorers
- 4 goals
- Garrincha
- Vavá
- Leonel Sánchez
- Flórián Albert
- Valentin Ivanov
- Dražan Jerković
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Jaime Ramírez
- Eladio Rojas
- Jorge Toro
- Ron Flowers
- Uwe Seeler
- Giacomo Bulgarelli
- Igor Chislenko
- Viktor Ponedelnik
- José Sasía
1 goal- Albert Brülls
- Horst Szymaniak
- Ernő Solymosi
- Bruno Mora
- Alfredo del Águila
- Isidoro Díaz
- Héctor Hernández
- Aleksei Mamykin
- Adelardo
- Joaquín Peiró
- Heinz Schneiter
- Rolf Wüthrich
- Ángel Cabrera
- Luis Cubilla
- Vojislav Melić
- Petar Radaković
- 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.[4] The rankings for the 1962 tournament were as follows:
Final
3rd and 4th place
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
- Hungary
- Soviet Union
- West Germany
- England
Eliminated at the group stage
Footnotes
- ^ History of the World Cup Final Draw
- ^ Grüne, Hardy (2006). "WM 1962 Chile". Fussball WM Enzyklopädie 1930-2006. Agon Sportverlag. ISBN 978-3-89784-8.
- ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Georgi Asparuhov.
- ^ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf page 45
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