🏆 FIFA World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup

📍 Host: Chile
📅 30 May – 17 Jul 1962
🏆 Winner Flag Brazil
🥈 Runner-up Flag Czechoslovakia
🥉 Third Place Flag Chile
TEAMS 👥
32
MATCHES ⚽
32
GOALS 🥅
89
GOALS / MATCH 📊
2.78
Overview Matches Groups Teams & Squads

Group Stage

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Group 1 Pts
1
Flag Soviet Union
5
2
Flag Yugoslavia
4
3
Flag Uruguay
2
4
Flag Colombia
1
Group 2 Pts
1
Flag West Germany
5
2
Flag Chile
4
3
Flag Italy
3
4
Flag Switzerland
0
Group 3 Pts
1
Flag Brazil
5
2
Flag Czechoslovakia
3
3
Flag Mexico
2
4
Flag Spain
2
Group 4 Pts
1
Flag Hungary
5
2
Flag England
3
3
Flag Argentina
3
4
Flag Bulgaria
1

Knockout Stage

quarter-finals

Flag Brazil 3
Flag England 1
Jun 10, 1962
Flag Chile 2
Flag Soviet Union 1
Jun 10, 1962
Flag Czechoslovakia 1
Flag Hungary 0
Jun 10, 1962
Flag Yugoslavia 1
Flag West Germany 0
Jun 10, 1962

semi-finals

Flag Brazil 4
Flag Chile 2
Jun 13, 1962
Flag Czechoslovakia 3
Flag Yugoslavia 1
Jun 13, 1962

third-place match

Flag Chile 1
Flag Yugoslavia 0
Jun 16, 1962

final

Flag Brazil 3
Flag Czechoslovakia 1
Jun 17, 1962

🏅 Awards

Golden Boot
Flórián Albert
Golden Boot
Garrincha
Golden Boot
Valentin Ivanov
Golden Boot
Leonel Sánchez
Golden Boot
Vavá
Best Young Player
Flórián Albert

⚽ Top Scorers

LS
4
FA
4
VA
Vavá
Flag Brazil
4
VI
Valentin Ivanov
Flag Soviet Union
4
GA
4

🏆 Final Standings

1st Flag Brazil 🏆
2nd Flag Czechoslovakia
3rd Flag Chile
4th Flag Yugoslavia

🏟️ Stadiums

Estadio Nacional
📍 Santiago 67,000 cap.
⚽ 10 matches played
Estadio Sausalito
📍 Viña del Mar 18,000 cap.
⚽ 8 matches played
Estadio Carlos Dittborn
📍 Arica 18,000 cap.
⚽ 7 matches played
Estadio El Teniente
📍 Rancagua 18,000 cap.
⚽ 7 matches played
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