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Host · West Germany

1974

1974 FIFA Men's World Cup · 13 June 1974 – 7 July 1974

Champion

West Germany

1–2

Runner-up

Netherlands

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

16 nations qualified for this tournament.

Argentina

ARG

Australia

AUS

Brazil

BRA

Bulgaria

BGR

Chile

CHL

East Germany

DDR

Haiti

HTI

Italy

ITA

Netherlands

NLD

Poland

POL

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (38 total).

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group stage · 24 matches
13 June 1974

Brazil v Yugoslavia

0–0

Waldstadion
14 June 1974

West Germany v Chile

1–0

Olympiastadion
14 June 1974

East Germany Australia

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Grzegorz LatoPoland

7 goals

2

Johan NeeskensNetherlands

5 goals

3

Andrzej SzarmachPoland

5 goals

4

Gerd MüllerWest Germany

4 goals

5

Ralf EdströmSweden

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerWładysław ŻmudaPoland
Golden BootGrzegorz LatoPoland
Silver BootAndrzej SzarmachPoland
Silver BootJohan NeeskensNetherlands

Penalty Shootouts

No penalty shootouts

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

16

Teams

38

Matches

97

Goals

89

Cards

214

Substitutions

0

Penalty shootouts

0

Shootout kicks

4

Awards

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

Scotland

SCO

Sweden

SWE

Uruguay

URY

West Germany

DEU

Yugoslavia

YUG

Zaire

COD
v

2–0

Volksparkstadion
14 June 1974

Zaire v Scotland

0–2

Westfalenstadion
15 June 1974

Sweden v Bulgaria

0–0

Rheinstadion
15 June 1974

Uruguay v Netherlands

0–2

Niedersachsenstadion
15 June 1974

Italy v Haiti

3–1

Olympiastadion
15 June 1974

Poland v Argentina

3–2

Neckarstadion
18 June 1974

Australia v West Germany

0–3

Volksparkstadion
18 June 1974

Chile v East Germany

1–1

Olympiastadion
18 June 1974

Scotland v Brazil

0–0

Waldstadion
18 June 1974

Yugoslavia v Zaire

9–0

Parkstadion
19 June 1974

Bulgaria v Uruguay

1–1

Niedersachsenstadion
19 June 1974

Netherlands v Sweden

0–0

Westfalenstadion
19 June 1974

Argentina v Italy

1–1

Neckarstadion
19 June 1974

Haiti v Poland

0–7

Olympiastadion
22 June 1974

Australia v Chile

0–0

Olympiastadion
22 June 1974

Scotland v Yugoslavia

1–1

Waldstadion
22 June 1974

Zaire v Brazil

0–3

Parkstadion
22 June 1974

East Germany v West Germany

1–0

Volksparkstadion
23 June 1974

Bulgaria v Netherlands

1–4

Westfalenstadion
23 June 1974

Sweden v Uruguay

3–0

Rheinstadion
23 June 1974

Argentina v Haiti

4–1

Olympiastadion
23 June 1974

Poland v Italy

2–1

Neckarstadion
second group stage · 12 matches
26 June 1974

Yugoslavia v West Germany

0–2

Rheinstadion
26 June 1974

Brazil v East Germany

1–0

Niedersachsenstadion
26 June 1974

Netherlands v Argentina

4–0

Parkstadion
26 June 1974

Sweden v Poland

0–1

Neckarstadion
30 June 1974

Argentina v Brazil

1–2

Niedersachsenstadion
30 June 1974

East Germany v Netherlands

0–2

Parkstadion
30 June 1974

Poland v Yugoslavia

2–1

Waldstadion
30 June 1974

West Germany v Sweden

4–2

Rheinstadion
3 July 1974

Poland v West Germany

0–1

Waldstadion
3 July 1974

Argentina v East Germany

1–1

Parkstadion
3 July 1974

Netherlands v Brazil

2–0

Westfalenstadion
3 July 1974

Sweden v Yugoslavia

2–1

Rheinstadion
third-place match · 1 match
6 July 1974

Brazil v Poland

0–1

Olympiastadion
final · 1 match
7 July 1974

Netherlands v West Germany

1–2

Olympiastadion