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Host · Argentina

1978

1978 FIFA Men's World Cup · 1 June 1978 – 25 June 1978

Champion

Argentina

3–1

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

Austria

AUT

Brazil

BRA

France

FRA

Hungary

HUN

Iran

IRN

Italy

ITA

Mexico

MEX

Netherlands

NLD

Peru

PER

Matches

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

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group stage · 24 matches
1 June 1978

West Germany v Poland

0–0

Estadio Monumental
2 June 1978

Italy v France

2–1

Estadio José María Minella
2 June 1978

Tunisia Mexico

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

Mario KempesArgentina

6 goals

2

Teófilo CubillasPeru

5 goals

3

Rob RensenbrinkNetherlands

5 goals

4

Hans KranklAustria

4 goals

5

Leopoldo LuqueArgentina

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Best Young PlayerAntonio CabriniItaly
Bronze BallDirceuBrazil
Bronze BootRob RensenbrinkNetherlands
Golden BallMario KempesArgentina
Golden BootMario KempesArgentina
Silver BallPaolo RossiItaly
Silver BootTeófilo CubillasPeru

Penalty Shootouts

No penalty shootouts

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

16

Teams

38

Matches

102

Goals

48

Cards

232

Substitutions

0

Penalty shootouts

0

Shootout kicks

7

Awards

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

Poland

POL

Scotland

SCO

Spain

ESP

Sweden

SWE

Tunisia

TUN

West Germany

DEU
v

3–1

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
2 June 1978

Argentina v Hungary

2–1

Estadio Monumental
3 June 1978

Austria v Spain

2–1

Estadio José Amalfitani
3 June 1978

Brazil v Sweden

1–1

Estadio José María Minella
3 June 1978

Netherlands v Iran

3–0

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza
3 June 1978

Peru v Scotland

3–1

Estadio Chateau Carreras
6 June 1978

Italy v Hungary

3–1

Estadio José María Minella
6 June 1978

Poland v Tunisia

1–0

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
6 June 1978

West Germany v Mexico

6–0

Estadio Chateau Carreras
6 June 1978

Argentina v France

2–1

Estadio Monumental
7 June 1978

Austria v Sweden

1–0

Estadio José Amalfitani
7 June 1978

Brazil v Spain

0–0

Estadio José María Minella
7 June 1978

Netherlands v Peru

0–0

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza
7 June 1978

Scotland v Iran

1–1

Estadio Chateau Carreras
10 June 1978

France v Hungary

3–1

Estadio José María Minella
10 June 1978

Poland v Mexico

3–1

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
10 June 1978

West Germany v Tunisia

0–0

Estadio Chateau Carreras
10 June 1978

Argentina v Italy

0–1

Estadio Monumental
11 June 1978

Brazil v Austria

1–0

Estadio José María Minella
11 June 1978

Spain v Sweden

1–0

Estadio José Amalfitani
11 June 1978

Peru v Iran

4–1

Estadio Chateau Carreras
11 June 1978

Scotland v Netherlands

3–2

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza
second group stage · 12 matches
14 June 1978

Austria v Netherlands

1–5

Estadio Chateau Carreras
14 June 1978

Italy v West Germany

0–0

Estadio Monumental
14 June 1978

Brazil v Peru

3–0

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza
14 June 1978

Argentina v Poland

2–0

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
18 June 1978

Peru v Poland

0–1

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza
18 June 1978

Italy v Austria

1–0

Estadio Monumental
18 June 1978

Netherlands v West Germany

2–2

Estadio Chateau Carreras
18 June 1978

Argentina v Brazil

0–0

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
21 June 1978

Austria v West Germany

3–2

Estadio Chateau Carreras
21 June 1978

Italy v Netherlands

1–2

Estadio Monumental
21 June 1978

Brazil v Poland

3–1

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza
21 June 1978

Argentina v Peru

6–0

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito
third-place match · 1 match
24 June 1978

Brazil v Italy

2–1

Estadio Monumental
final · 1 match
25 June 1978

Argentina v Netherlands

3–1

Estadio Monumental