1978 FIFA Men's World Cup · 1 June 1978 – 25 June 1978
Champion
Argentina
3–1
Runner-up
Netherlands
Tournament totals counted from imported source data.
16 nations qualified for this tournament.
Argentina
ARGAustria
AUTBrazil
BRAFrance
FRAHungary
HUNIran
IRNItaly
ITAMexico
MEXNetherlands
NLDPeru
PEREvery 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.
16
Teams
38
Matches
102
Goals
48
Cards
232
Substitutions
0
Penalty shootouts
0
Shootout kicks
7
Awards
Poland
POLScotland
SCOSpain
ESPSweden
SWETunisia
TUNWest Germany
DEU3–1
Austria v Netherlands
1–5
Estadio Chateau Carreras14 June 1978Italy v West Germany
0–0
Estadio Monumental14 June 1978Brazil v Peru
3–0
Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza14 June 1978Argentina v Poland
2–0
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito18 June 1978Peru v Poland
0–1
Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza18 June 1978Italy v Austria
1–0
Estadio Monumental18 June 1978Netherlands v West Germany
2–2
Estadio Chateau Carreras18 June 1978Argentina v Brazil
0–0
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito21 June 1978Austria v West Germany
3–2
Estadio Chateau Carreras21 June 1978Italy v Netherlands
1–2
Estadio Monumental21 June 1978Brazil v Poland
3–1
Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza21 June 1978Argentina v Peru
6–0
Estadio Gigante de Arroyito