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Host · Chile

1962

1962 FIFA Men's World Cup · 30 May 1962 – 17 July 1962

Champion

Brazil

3–1

Runner-up

Czechoslovakia

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

16 nations qualified for this tournament.

Argentina

ARG

Brazil

BRA

Bulgaria

BGR

Chile

CHL

Colombia

COL

Czechoslovakia

CSK

England

ENG

Hungary

HUN

Italy

ITA

Mexico

MEX

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (32 total).

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group stage · 24 matches
30 May 1962

Uruguay v Colombia

2–1

Estadio Carlos Dittborn
30 May 1962

Chile v Switzerland

3–1

Estadio Nacional
30 May 1962

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Valentin IvanovSoviet Union

4 goals

2

VaváBrazil

4 goals

3

Leonel SánchezChile

4 goals

4

Dražan JerkovićYugoslavia

4 goals

5

GarrinchaBrazil

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerFlórián AlbertHungary
Golden BootGarrinchaBrazil
Golden BootValentin IvanovSoviet Union
Golden BootFlórián AlbertHungary
Golden BootVaváBrazil
Golden BootDražan JerkovićYugoslavia
Golden BootLeonel SánchezChile

Penalty Shootouts

No penalty shootouts

No match at this tournament was decided by a penalty shootout.

16

Teams

32

Matches

89

Goals

0

Cards

0

Substitutions

0

Penalty shootouts

0

Shootout kicks

7

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Soviet Union

SUN

Spain

ESP

Switzerland

CHE

Uruguay

URY

West Germany

DEU

Yugoslavia

YUG

Brazil v Mexico

2–0

Estadio Sausalito
30 May 1962

Argentina v Bulgaria

1–0

Estadio El Teniente
31 May 1962

Soviet Union v Yugoslavia

2–0

Estadio Carlos Dittborn
31 May 1962

West Germany v Italy

0–0

Estadio Nacional
31 May 1962

Czechoslovakia v Spain

1–0

Estadio Sausalito
31 May 1962

Hungary v England

2–1

Estadio El Teniente
2 June 1962

Yugoslavia v Uruguay

3–1

Estadio Carlos Dittborn
2 June 1962

Chile v Italy

2–0

Estadio Nacional
2 June 1962

Brazil v Czechoslovakia

0–0

Estadio Sausalito
2 June 1962

England v Argentina

3–1

Estadio El Teniente
3 June 1962

Soviet Union v Colombia

4–4

Estadio Carlos Dittborn
3 June 1962

West Germany v Switzerland

2–1

Estadio Nacional
3 June 1962

Spain v Mexico

1–0

Estadio Sausalito
3 June 1962

Hungary v Bulgaria

6–1

Estadio El Teniente
6 June 1962

Soviet Union v Uruguay

2–1

Estadio Carlos Dittborn
6 June 1962

West Germany v Chile

2–0

Estadio Nacional
6 June 1962

Brazil v Spain

2–1

Estadio Sausalito
6 June 1962

Hungary v Argentina

0–0

Estadio El Teniente
7 June 1962

Yugoslavia v Colombia

5–0

Estadio Carlos Dittborn
7 June 1962

Italy v Switzerland

3–0

Estadio Nacional
7 June 1962

Mexico v Czechoslovakia

3–1

Estadio Sausalito
7 June 1962

England v Bulgaria

0–0

Estadio El Teniente
quarter-finals · 4 matches
10 June 1962

Brazil v England

3–1

Estadio Sausalito
10 June 1962

Chile v Soviet Union

2–1

Estadio Carlos Dittborn
10 June 1962

Czechoslovakia v Hungary

1–0

Estadio El Teniente
10 June 1962

Yugoslavia v West Germany

1–0

Estadio Nacional
semi-finals · 2 matches
13 June 1962

Brazil v Chile

4–2

Estadio Nacional
13 June 1962

Czechoslovakia v Yugoslavia

3–1

Estadio Sausalito
third-place match · 1 match
16 June 1962

Chile v Yugoslavia

1–0

Estadio Nacional
final · 1 match
17 June 1962

Brazil v Czechoslovakia

3–1

Estadio Nacional