Football World Cup 1962

1962 FIFA World Cup
Campeonato Mundial De Futbol
Number of nations	16  (of 54 applicants)
World Champion	Brazil (2nd title)
venue	Chile
Opening game	May 30, 1962 ( Arica )
Endgame	June 17, 1962 ( Santiago de Chile )
Games	32
Gates	89  (⌀: 2.78 per game)
spectator	893,172  (⌀: 27,912 per game)
Top scorer	Garrincha (4 goals)
References	6  (⌀: 0.19 per game)

Santiago de Chile Rancagua Arica Viña del Mar

Venues in 1962 in Chile

The final round of the FIFA World Cup 1962 ( span .: Campeonato Mundial de Futbol ) was the seventh playout this important tournament for football - national teams and was held in from May 30 to June 17, 1962 Chile instead.

World champion was defending champion Brazil, which with Garrincha also provided the top scorer, in the final against Czechoslovakia. Vice world champion Sweden already failed in the qualification. The West German team was eliminated in their last World Cup under coach Sepp Herberger in the quarter-finals against Yugoslavia. The captain of the German team was the last remaining hero of Bern , Hans Schäfer .

The Swiss team was eliminated after three defeats in the preliminary round.

The Austrian Football Association had made a provisional report on December 15, 1959, but canceled it on December 18. This was justified by the fact that the date of the World Cup would require a complete change in game operations at the expense of the clubs in the 1961/62 season and that, measured against the performance of the national team against Spain and France, Austria's football was not competitive in the fight against the international top class.

Award

After the World Championships in Europe in 1954 and 1958 , it was South America's turn in 1962 . The decision on the location of the 1962 World Cup was made by FIFA on June 10, 1956 in Lisbon . Somewhat surprisingly, Chile, which is second class in football, prevailed against its competitors Argentina with 32:11 votes. The poor audience response, especially in the preliminary round matches, later proved the critics right. After the devastating earthquake of 1960 , withdrawal of the event was discussed.

Venues

The World Cup games were played in four stadiums in four different cities in Chile. Originally, nine venues were planned, after the earthquake of 1960 only those stadiums were used that could be renovated without government assistance.

• Arica ( Estadio Carlos Dittborn ) - six preliminary round matches and one quarter-finals saw a total of 68,807 spectators, an average of 9,830 per game, which was increased by the quarter-finals between Chile and the Soviet Union, which saw 17,268 spectators.
• Rancagua ( Estadio El Teniente ) - six preliminary round matches and one quarter-finals saw a total of 57,643 spectators, an average of 8,235 per game.
• Santiago de Chile ( Estadio Nacional de Chile ) - six preliminary round matches, a quarter-final, a semi-final, the third-place match and the final saw a total of 663,771 spectators, an average of 66,377 per game. Most of them made it to the semi-finals between hosts Chile and defending champions Brazil: 76,594
• Viña del Mar ( Estadio Sausalito ) - six preliminary round matches, one quarter-final, one semi-final saw a total of 102,951 spectators, an average of 12,869 per game. Very few came to the semifinals between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, which took place parallel to the other semifinals: 5890 - a little more than half of the weakest visit in the preliminary round.

qualification

Main article: Qualifying for the 1962 World Cup .

The biggest surprises of the qualification were the failure of vice world champion Sweden and the third place in the World Cup, France, who both lost in play-offs against group opponents Switzerland and Bulgaria with the same number of points, although both had the better goal differences by today's standards and had also won the direct comparisons. Colombia and Bulgaria qualified for a world championship for the first time.

Attendees

For the final round, including hosts Chile and world champions Brazil, the following 16 national teams from the respective continental associations qualified:

10 from Europe	Bulgaria	BR Germany	England	Italy
	Yugoslavia	Switzerland	Soviet Union	Spain
	Czechoslovakia	Hungary
5 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	Colombia
	Uruguay
1 from North, Central America and the Caribbean	Mexico

After the tournaments of 1930 and 1950 it was the last world championship, in the final round of which only teams from Europe and the Americas participated.

World map of the participants and their placements

draw

• Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay
• Pot 2: Germany, England, Italy, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union, Spain, Hungary, Czechoslovakia
• Pot 3: Bulgaria, Colombia, Mexico, Switzerland

The four South American teams from Pot 1 were drawn as group heads, with Chile being placed in Group B because its games were played in Santiago. From pot 2, two teams were drawn freely to each group. In pot 3 were the supposedly weakest teams, which were specifically drawn as opponents for the group heads.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Uruguay	Chile	Brazil	Argentina
Colombia	Switzerland	Mexico	Bulgaria
Soviet Union	BR Germany	Spain	Hungary
Yugoslavia	Italy	Czechoslovakia	England

For information on the individual World Cup groups and squads of the teams, click on the respective link.

mode

The 16 participants competed in four preliminary groups with four teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals. In contrast to its predecessors, at the 1962 World Cup, if the points were tied for second and third place, no more decisive game was planned, but the goal quotient decided. From the quarter-finals onwards, the tournament was played in the knockout system .

Preliminary round

The games of the preliminary round were marked by a decidedly defensive tactics and extraordinary toughness. The negative climax was the Battle of Santiago , the encounter between Chile and Italy, which at times degenerated into open fights and is considered the most unfair game in World Cup history. Pelé suffered a torn muscle fiber in the second game against the ČSSR and was not used in the further course of the tournament. The biggest surprise was the elimination of Spain, which despite naturalized world stars such as Ferenc Puskás and Alfredo Di Stéfano (who could not be used due to an injury) only finished bottom of the group. The dominance of Eastern European teams, who made up half of the quarter-finals, was remarkable. With Germany and Italy, two former world champions met for the first time at a World Cup tournament.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	008: 500	+3	05: 10
2.	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	008: 300	+5	04: 20
3.	Uruguay	3	1	0	2	004: 600	−2	02: 40
4th	Colombia	3	0	1	2	005:110	−6	01: 50

May 30, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Arica
Uruguay	-	Colombia	2: 1 (0: 1)
May 31, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Arica
Soviet Union	-	Yugoslavia	2: 0 (0: 0)
June 2, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Arica
Yugoslavia	-	Uruguay	3: 1 (2: 1)
June 3, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Arica
Soviet Union	-	Colombia	4: 4 (3: 1)
June 6, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Arica
Uruguay	-	Soviet Union	1: 2 (0: 1)
June 7, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CEST) in Arica
Colombia	-	Yugoslavia	0: 5 (0: 2)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	05: 10
2.	Chile	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	04: 20
3.	Italy	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	03: 30
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	002: 800	−6	00: 60

May 30, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Switzerland	3: 1 (1: 1)
May 31, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
BR Germany	-	Italy	0-0
June 2, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Italy	2: 0 (0: 0)
June 3, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
BR Germany	-	Switzerland	2: 1 (1: 0)
June 6, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
BR Germany	-	Chile	2: 0 (1: 0)
June 7, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
Italy	-	Switzerland	3: 0 (1: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	05: 10
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	03: 30
3.	Mexico	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	02: 40
4th	Spain	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	02: 40

May 30, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Brazil	-	Mexico	2: 0 (0: 0)
May 31, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Spain	-	Czechoslovakia	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 2, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Brazil	-	Czechoslovakia	0-0
June 3, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Mexico	-	Spain	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 6, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Brazil	-	Spain	2: 1 (0: 1)
June 7, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Mexico	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1 (2: 1)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	3	2	1	0	008: 200	+6	05: 10
2.	England	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	03: 30
3.	Argentina	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	03: 30
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	001: 700	−6	01: 50

May 30, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Rancagua
Argentina	-	Bulgaria	1: 0 (1: 0)
May 31, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Rancagua
Hungary	-	England	2: 1 (1: 0)
June 2, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Rancagua
England	-	Argentina	3: 1 (2: 0)
June 3, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Rancagua
Hungary	-	Bulgaria	6: 1 (4: 0)
June 6, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Rancagua
Hungary	-	Argentina	0-0
June 7, 1962, 3:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. CET) in Rancagua
England	-	Bulgaria	0-0

Final round

game schedule

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Chile	2
	Soviet Union	1
					Brazil	4th
					Chile	2
	Brazil	3
	England	1
									Brazil	3
									Czechoslovakia	1
	Czechoslovakia	1
	Hungary	0
					Czechoslovakia	3			Game for third place
					Yugoslavia	1
	Yugoslavia	1							Chile	1
	BR Germany	0							Yugoslavia	0

Quarter finals

June 10, 1962, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) in Arica
Chile	-	Soviet Union	2: 1 (2: 1)
June 10, 1962, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
Yugoslavia	-	BR Germany	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 10, 1962, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Brazil	-	England	3: 1 (1: 1)
June 10, 1962, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) in Rancagua
Czechoslovakia	-	Hungary	1: 0 (1: 0)

In the quarter-finals, the first group played crosswise against the second from the neighboring groups. Chile prevailed against the stronger Soviet Union with the world-class goalkeeper Lev Yashin . Germany met Yugoslavia for the third time in a row after 1954 and 1958 and lost by conceding a goal in the 86th minute of the game. The outstanding Brazilians had little trouble with the English team even without Pelé . The Czechoslovaks prevailed against the equally strong Hungarians who failed to exploit a large number of opportunities.

Semifinals

June 13, 1962, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
Brazil	-	Chile	4: 2 (2: 1)
June 13, 1962, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) in Viña del Mar
Czechoslovakia	-	Yugoslavia	3: 1 (0: 0)

In the tough first game of the semi-finals, Brazil deservedly beat hosts Chile. In this game, the outstanding Garrincha was sent off in the 83rd minute of play for assault, but was then pardoned for the final. The game between Brazil and Chile was the first sold-out game of the tournament. The purely European second game, on the other hand, saw less than 6000 spectators. Czechoslovakia won 3-1 against Yugoslavia, which dominated over long distances, and qualified for the second time since 1934 for a World Cup final. After Schedule the match Brazil-Chile was actually in Vina del Mar applied. However, the venues for both semi-finals were swapped by FIFA at the request of the organizer, Chile.

3rd place match

June 16, 1962, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m. CET) in Santiago de Chile
Chile	-	Yugoslavia	1: 0 (0: 0)

In a weak match, the hosts scored the decisive goal against Yugoslavia in stoppage time through Eladio Rojas . Third place was Chile's greatest success at an international soccer tournament until winning the Copa América 2015 .

Endgame

Brazil		Czechoslovakia		Lineup
	final June 17, 1962, 2 p.m. in Santiago de Chile ( Estadio Nacional de Chile ) Result: 3: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 68,679 Referee: Nikolai Latyshev ( Soviet Union )   Match report
	Gilmar , Djalma Santos , Mauro Ramos , Zózimo , Nílton Santos , Zito , Garrincha , Didi , Vavá , Amarildo , Mário Zagallo Trainer: Aymoré Moreira	Viliam Schrojf , Jiří Tichý , Ladislav Novák , Svatopluk Pluskal , Ján Popluhár , Josef Masopust , Tomáš Pospíchal , Adolf Scherer , Andrej Kvašňák , Josef Kadraba , Josef Jelínek Trainer: Rudolf Vytlačil
	1: 1 Amarildo (17th) 2: 1 Zito (69th) 3: 1 Vavá (78th)	0: 1 Josef Masopust (15th)

The final took place in the Estadio Nacional de Chile . The unexpectedly offensive Czechoslovaks took a somewhat surprising lead in the 15th minute, but it only lasted for a short time. Favored by two mistakes by the otherwise outstanding goalkeeper Schrojf , Brazil scored the 3-1 in the final phase. For the second and so far last time after Italy in 1938, a world champion had defended his title.

Honors of the placed

Josef Masopust was voted Europe's Footballer of the Year . In Brazil and the other placed countries there was no such award at that time.

The final teams

• The world championship team: Gilmar ; Djalma Santos , Nílton Santos ; Zito , Mauro , Zózimo ; Garrincha , Didi , Vavá , Amarildo , Zagalo . ( Pelé was injured in the preliminary round in the game against Czechoslovakia and could not be used in the further course of the tournament. Amarildo then played for him.)

It was definitely the last game for a great team that made football history. Seven players from Brazil were over thirty years old. Rebuilding was inevitable.

• Vice World Champion: Viliam Schrojf ; Jiří Tichý ; Ladislav Novák ; Svatopluk Pluskal ; Ján Popluhár ; Josef Masopust ; Tomáš Pospíchal ; Adolf Scherer ; Andrej Kvašňák ; Josef Kadraba ; Josef Jelínek ; Trainer Rudolf Vytlačil

Best goal scorers

With six players each having scored four goals, the Brazilian Garrincha was chosen by FIFA as the top scorer by lot.

rank player Gates 1  Flórián Albert 4th  Garrincha 4th  Valentin Ivanov 4th  Dražan Jerković 4th  Leonel Sánchez 4th  Vavá 4th 7th  Amarildo 3  Milan Galic 3  Adolf Scherer 3  Lajos Tichy 3

rank player Gates 11  Giacomo Bulgarelli 2  Ron Flowers 2  Viktor Ponedelnik 2  Jaime Ramírez 2  Eladio Rojas 2  José Sasía 2  Uwe Seeler 2  Jorge Toro 2  Igor Chislenko 2

In addition, there were 35 players with a hit.

The top scorer of the entire competition was the Czechoslovak Adolf Scherer with 8 goals.

reporting

The Soccer World Cup was already a world media event in 1962. It was therefore a major challenge for radio and television to ensure broadcasts from Chile. The ARD under the direction of Rudi Michel transported its own radio station to Chile, which was sold there after the World Cup, and broadcast live on the radio during the night . German television only showed summaries of the games that were broadcast a few days later.

The Austrian radio broadcast a quarter-hour report with Heribert Meisl on June 1st, 4th, 8th, 11th, 14th and 18th from 7pm. The final game on June 17th was taken over by the German Broadcasting Corporation between 7.25pm ​​and 9.15pm; Austrian television also took over recordings from German television (as was the case on June 5, with the matches between Switzerland and Germany and Chile against Italy) and broadcast them from 9:35 pm to 11 pm; There was such a recording of the final on June 19 from 9:00 p.m. to 10:40 p.m.

See also

• Soccer World Cup / Records

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Final: World Cup 1962 without Austria" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna December 19, 1959, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ According to FIFA, Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay were placed (PDF; 127 kB)
3. ↑ Star and top scorer 1962: Garrincha (Part 1) . In: sportschau.de
4. ↑ "WM in Rundfunk" in "Neue Zeit" No. 123 of May 30, 1962, page 6, column 2, below
5. ^ "World Cup today on the screen" in "Neue Zeit" No. 127 from June 5, 1962, page 8, column 3, above
6. ^ "TV program - Tuesday June 19" in "Neue Zeit" No. 137 of June 19, 1962, page 12, column 4

Web links

Commons : Football World Cup 1962  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of FIFA for the 1962 World Cup
• All details on Fussballdaten.de