1978 FIFA Men's World Cup · 1 June 1978 – 25 June 1978
Champion
Argentina
Final
Argentina
3–1
Netherlands
Tournament totals counted from imported source data.
16 nations qualified for this tournament.
Argentina
Austria
Brazil
France
Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (38 total).
Archive Controls
38 / 38 matches
Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.
Official tournament awards in the archive.
No penalty shootouts
No match at this tournament was decided by a penalty shootout.
Runner-up
Netherlands
16
Teams
38
Matches
102
Goals
48
Cards
232
Substitutions
0
Penalty shootouts
0
Shootout kicks
7
Awards
Hungary
Iran
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
Peru
Poland
Scotland
Spain
Sweden
Tunisia
West Germany
2–1
1–5
Estadio Chateau Carreras14 June 19780–0
Estadio Monumental14 June 19783–0
Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza14 June 19782–0
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito18 June 19780–1
Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza18 June 19781–0
Estadio Monumental18 June 19782–2
Estadio Chateau Carreras18 June 19780–0
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito21 June 19783–2
Estadio Chateau Carreras21 June 19781–2
Estadio Monumental21 June 19783–1
Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza21 June 19786–0
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito4
4 goals