1962 FIFA World Cup

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1962 FIFA World Cup Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol - Chile 1962

Tournament details
Host nation	Chile
Dates	May 30 – June 17
Teams	16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Second place	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	89 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	899,074 (28,096 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Garrincha Vavá Leonel Sánchez Dražan Jerković Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov (4 goals)

The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from May 30 to June 17. Chile was chosen as host by FIFA in June 1956, as the World Cup returned to the continent of South America after 12 years. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final.

[edit] Qualification

Qualifying countries

Main article: 1962 FIFA World Cup qualification

[edit] Summary

The format of the competition stayed the same as 1958: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Four teams were seeded in the draw taking place in Santiago de Chile, on January 18, 1962: Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay.^[1] The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered the largest earthquake (9.5 magnitude) of the twentieth century, which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In face of this, Carlos Dittborn, the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Because we don't have anything, we will do everything in our power to rebuild," which became the unofficial slogan of the tournament. Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organizational flaw. Sadly, Dittborn would not live to see the success of his tireless efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at Arica was named Estadio Carlos Dittborn in his honor and bears his name to this day.

The official 1962 FIFA World Cup poster.

Many famous players did not live up to their reputations in this tournament. Brazil's Pelé, the hero of 1958, was injured in the first group match against Czechoslovakia. The USSR's goalkeeper Lev Yashin, arguably the world's best at the time, was in poor form and cost his team the elimination by Chile (1-2) in the quarter-finals. Bright spots such as the emergence of the young Brazilians Amarildo (standing in for Pelé) and Garrincha, the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf against Hungary and Yugoslavia, and the inspired performance of the host nation Chile, who unexpectedly took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players, thanks to an outstanding team spirit.

The competition was marred by overly defensive and often violent tactics. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the infamous first-round match between host Chile and Italy (2-0), known as the Battle of Santiago. Two Italian journalists had written unflattering articles about the host country. Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated, deliberate attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.

In the first round, Brazil topped their group with Czechoslovakia finishing second, above Mexico and Spain. USSR and Yugoslavia finished above Uruguay and Colombia. Hungary, along with England progressed through to the quarter-finals, while Argentina and Bulgaria were eliminated. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superior goal average; the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament. Switzerland lost all three games while West Germany and Chile both went through over Italy.

Surprisingly, Chile defeated European champions USSR to land themselves a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. A brilliant performance from Garrincha, which included two goals in a 3-1 win, saw the South Americans triumph against England. Meanwhile 1-0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany -- and Czechoslovakia against Hungary -- saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.

Viña del Mar was the original venue for the first semi-final. But due to Chile's surprise qualification, the organizers prompted FIFA to a switch to. A little under 6,000 spectators turned out to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3-1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 in Santiago watched Brazil beat the hosts 4-2. This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Honorino Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually went on to take third place in a 1-0 victory over Yugoslavia with the very last play of the match. The same player, Eladio Rojas, had also scored the winning goal in Chile's game against USSR.

Santiago's Estadio Nacional served as the venue for the final itself, and after 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, as a long ball from Adolf Scherer was latched onto by Josef Masopust: 1-0 Czechoslovakia. However, just like the previous final four years earlier, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by the hitherto flawless Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians did not stop there and with goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) mid-way through the second half, the Czechoslovaks just couldn't get back into the game. The match ended 3-1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of their star player of 1958, Pelé.

[edit] Venues

Four cities hosted the tournament:

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1962 FIFA World Cup squads.

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

[edit] Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
USSR	3	2	1	0	8	5	1.60	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	8	3	2.67	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	6	0.67	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	5	11	0.45	1

1962-05-30 15:00	Uruguay	2 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Dorogi (Hungary)
	Sasía 56' Cubilla 75'	(Report)	Zuluaga 19' (pen.)

1962-05-31 15:00	USSR	2 – 0	Yugoslavia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Dusch (Germany)
	Ivanov 51' Ponedelnik 83'	(Report)

1962-06-02 15:00	Yugoslavia	3 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 8,829 Referee: Galba (Czechoslovakia)
	Skoblar 25' (pen.) Galić 29' Jerković 49'	(Report)	Cabrera 19'

1962-06-03 15:00	USSR	4 – 4	Colombia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 8,040 Referee: Etzel Filho (Brazil)
	Ivanov 8' 11' Chislenko 10' Ponedelnik 56'	(Report)	Aceros 21' Coll 68' (Olympic goal) Rada 72' Klinger 86'

1962-06-06 15:00	USSR	2 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 9,973 Referee: Jonni (Italy)
	Mamykin 38' Ivanov 89'	(Report)	Sasía 54'

1962-06-07 15:00	Yugoslavia	5 – 0	Colombia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 7,167 Referee: Robles (Chile)
	Galić 20' 61' Jerković 25' 87' Melić 82'	(Report)

[edit] Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	0	4	1	4.00	5
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	3	1.67	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	2	1.50	3
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	2	8	0.25	0

1962-05-30 15:00	Chile	3 – 1	Switzerland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Aston (England)
	Sánchez 44' 55' Ramírez 51'	(Report)	Wüthrich 6'

1962-05-31 15:00	West Germany	0 – 0	Italy	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,440 Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
		(Report)

1962-06-02 15:00	Chile	2 – 0	Italy	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 66,057 Referee: Aston (England)
	Ramírez 73' Toro 87'	(Report)

1962-06-03 15:00	West Germany	2 – 1	Switzerland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 64,922 Referee: Horn (Netherlands)
	Brülls 45' Seeler 59'	(Report)	Schneiter 73'

1962-06-06 15:00	West Germany	2 – 0	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 67,224 Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
	Szymaniak 21' (pen.) Seeler 82'	(Report)

1962-06-07 15:00	Italy	3 – 0	Switzerland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 59,828 Referee: Latychev (Soviet Union)
	Mora 1' Bulgarelli 65' 67'	(Report)

[edit] Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	4	1	4.00	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	2	3	0.67	3
Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	4	0.75	2
Spain	3	1	0	2	2	3	0.67	2

1962-05-30 15:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Mexico	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 10,484 Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)
	Zagallo 56' Pelé 73'	(Report)

1962-05-31 15:00	Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Spain	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Steiner (Austria)
	Štibrányi 80'	(Report)

1962-06-02 15:00	Brazil	0 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Schwinte (France)
		(Report)

1962-06-03 15:00	Spain	1 – 0	Mexico	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 11,875 Referee: Tesanić (Yugoslavia)
	Peiró 90'	(Report)

1962-06-06 15:00	Brazil	2 – 1	Spain	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 18,715 Referee: Bustamante (Chile)
	Amarildo 72' 86'	(Report)	Adelardo 35'

1962-06-07 15:00	Mexico	3 – 1	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 10,648 Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)
	Díaz 12' del Aguila 29' Hernández 90' (pen.)	(Report)	Mašek 1'

[edit] Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	8	2	4.00	5
England	3	1	1	1	4	3	1.33	3
Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	3	0.67	3
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	1	7	0.14	1

England progressed to the next round due to superior goal average.

1962-05-30 15:00	Argentina	1 – 0	Bulgaria	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Facundo 4'	(Report)

1962-05-31 15:00	Hungary	2 – 1	England	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,938 Referee: Horn (Netherlands)
	Tichy 17' Albert 61'	(Report)	Flowers 60' (pen.)

1962-06-02 15:00	England	3 – 1	Argentina	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 9,794 Referee: Reginato (Chile)
	Flowers 17' (pen.) Charlton 42' Greaves 67'	(Report)	Sanfilippo 81'

1962-06-03 15:00	Hungary	6 – 1	Bulgaria	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,442 Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Albert 1' 6' 53' Tichy 8' 70' Solymosi 12'	(Report)	Sokolov 64'^[2]