Number of participating teams: 24
Top scorer: Italy’s Paolo Rossi (6 goals)
Number of games: 52
Total goals scored: 146
Average goals per game: 2.81
Highest scoring game: Hungary’s 10-1 win over El Salvador on June 19
Total attendance: 1,856,277
Average attendance: 35,698
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
With eight new teams added to the mix, a change of format was required: the 24 countries were divided into six groups of four with the top two advancing to the second stage. The 12 survivors would then be divided into four groups of three, essentially a quarterfinal round, with the winners moving on to the semifinals.
THE FINAL
West Germany and Italy met in the final on a warm night in Madrid on July 11 in a rematch of their classic 1970 semifinal. Full of fouls and stoppages, the first half was a tedious affair, the lone moment of excitement coming in the 23rd minute when German defender Hans-Peter Briegel fouled Italy’s Bruno Conti inside the penalty area. Antonio Cabrini stepped up to the penalty spot, but pushed his effort wide of the post.
It was the first missed penalty shot in a World Cup final, but it was also the turning point in the game. The Italians did not wither on the vine, despondent over Cabrini’s miss, but instead regrouped and came out attacking in the second half. Their persistence paid off when Paolo Rossi scored his sixth and final goal of the tournament in the 57th minute. Claudio Gentile strolled down the right wing and knocked a lazy cross into the penalty area. The German defence was guilty of ball-watching as Rossi perfectly timed his run into the box and smashed it past Harald Schumacher.
Twelve minutes later it was 2-0. Defender Gaetano Scirea and Rossi broke down the right side before the ball was played into the middle and Marco Tardelli ripped a vicious shot past a helpless Schumacher. The Germans were done, but Italy made sure of it in the 81st minute. Conti dragged the German defence out of position and sent a perfect ball across the box for Alessandro Altobelli to knock into the net. Germany’s Paul Breitner scored two minutes later, sweeping a shot past a diving Dino Zoff, but it didn’t matter.
Italy were World Cup champions for the first time since 1938, a scenario that nobody would have predicted after the Azzurri’s laborious start to the tournament, when they drew all three of their group matches and only advanced to the second round via tiebreaker.
Gruop 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
 Italy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Peru | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |
Peru 0-0 Cameroon
Italy 1-1 Peru
Poland 0-0 Cameroon
Poland 5-1 Peru
Italy 1-1 Cameroon
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 West Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
 Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
 Algeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
 Chile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Chile 0-1 Austria
Germany 4-1 Chile
Algeria 0-2 Austria
Algeria 3-2 Chile
Germany 1-0 Austria
Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
 Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
 Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 |
 El Salvador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
Hungary 10-1 El Salvador
Argentina 4-1 Hungary
Belgium 1-0 El Salvador
Belgiums 1-1 Hungary
Argentina 2-0 El Salvador
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
 France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
 Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
 Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia 1-1 Kuwait
England 2-0 Czechoslovakia
France 4-1 Kuwait
France 1-1 Czechoslovakia
England 1-0 Kuwait
Group 5
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
 Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Honduras | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Yugoslavia 0-0 Northern Ireland
Spain 2-1 Tugoslavia
Honduras 1-1 Northern Ireland
Honduras 0-1 Yugoslavia
Spain 0-1 Northern Ireland
Group 6
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 |
 USSR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
 Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
 New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
Brazil 2-1 USSR
Scotland 5-2 New Zealand
Brazil 4-1 Scotland
USSR 3-0 New Zealand
USSR 2-2 Scotland
Brazil 4-0 New Zealand
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| USSR | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Poland 3-0 Belgium
Belgium 0-1 USSR
USSR 0-0 Poland
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| England | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
Germany 0-0 England
Germany 2-1 Spain
Spani 0-0 England
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Italy 2-1 Argentina
Argentina 1-3 Brazil
Italy 3-2 Brazil
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Austria 2-2 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland 1-4 France
Knockout stage
Poland 0-2 Italy
Germany 3-3 France
3rd/4th Place
Poland 3-2 France
Final
Italy 3-1 Germany
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