1982 FIFA World Cup

Association football tournament in Spain 1982 World Cup the golf competition 1982 World Cup (men's golf) October 2018 May 2021 FIFA World Cup 1982 es Copa Mundial de Fútbol España '82 1982 FIFA World Cup.svg 200px Spain 13 June – 11 July 6 24 17 14 Italy 1946 3 West Germany Poland France 1974 52 146 main 1-6 A-D ITA 1946 Paolo Rossi (6 goals) ITA 1946 Paolo Rossi1982 FIFA World Cup Spain – Awards https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/awards/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150203144129/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/awards/index.html dead 3 February 2015 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 3 February 2019 FRA 1974 Manuel Amoros BRA 1968 1978 1986 The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 in the final held in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup title, but their first since 1938. The defending champions, Argentina, were eliminated in the second round (finishing third and last in their group). Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in a World Cup. The tournament featured the first penalty shoot-out in World Cup competition.Lewis Tim 1982: Why Brazil V Italy Was One Of Football's Greatest Ever Matches http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/ Esquire 20 May 2015 11 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150927181154/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/ 27 September 2015 dead -- MERGE -- http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/ 1982: Why Brazil V Italy Was One Of Football's Greatest Ever Matches Esquire.co.uk 30 May 2014 1 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150927181154/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/ 27 September 2015 deadGer McCarthy Memory Lane – West Germany v France at World Cup 82 http://backpagefootball.com/memory-lane-west-germany-v-france-at-world-cup-82/21132/ Backpage Football 17 June 2014 10 July 2011 15 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140815125442/http://backpagefootball.com/memory-lane-west-germany-v-france-at-world-cup-82/21132/ live This was the third and last World Cup to feature two rounds of group stages. It was also the third time (after 1934 and 1966) that all four semi-finalists were European. In the first round of Group 3, Hungary defeated El Salvador 10–1, equalling the largest margin of victory recorded in any edition of the World Cup (Hungary over South Korea 9–0 in 1954, and Yugoslavia over Zaire 9–0 in 1974). Although filled with compelling and entertaining matches, this tournament was marred by violent fouls, poor officiating, overcrowded stadiums, very hot weather and alleged collusion between teams. One particular incident of note was West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's foul of French player Patrick Battiston during a semi-final match in Seville, and another was Italian player Claudio Gentile's intense and often violent match-long fouling and marking of Argentine player Diego Maradona. FIFA changed the regulations to somewhat prevent this kind of brutality on the pitch for the subsequent tournament in Mexico. Host selection FIFA World Cup hosts Spain was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1974 and 1978 tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany and Spain were initially competing for a hosting bid, but ultimately agreed a deal whereby Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament and West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed. As a result, West Germany withdrew its bid for the 1982 edition.2026-06-12 Cómo la FIFA adjudicó a España el Mundial del 82 con Franco aún vivo y terminó siendo una oportunidad para proyectar al mundo un país nuevo https://www.lasexta.com/programas/sexta-columna/como-fifa-adjudico-espana-mundial-82-franco-aun-vivo-termino-siendo-oportunidad-proyectar-mundo-pais-nuevo_202606126a2c463df2a09b63649e7d0e.html 2026-07-06 LaSexta es 12 July 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260712224234/https://www.lasexta.com/programas/sexta-columna/como-fifa-adjudico-espana-mundial-82-franco-aun-vivo-termino-siendo-oportunidad-proyectar-mundo-pais-nuevo_202606126a2c463df2a09b63649e7d0e.html live The decision to host the World Cup in Spain was controversial: At the time of Spain being selected, the country was still under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco's regime.March 23, 2022 Controversy with a seeded head, broken balls and confusion with the first chosen ones: the story of the embarrassing 1982 World Cup draw https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/23/controversy-with-a-seeded-head-broken-balls-and-confusion-with-the-first-chosen-ones-the-story-of-the-embarrassing-1982-world-cup-draw/ 2022-12-05 infobae es-ES 5 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221205182130/https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/23/controversy-with-a-seeded-head-broken-balls-and-confusion-with-the-first-chosen-ones-the-story-of-the-embarrassing-1982-world-cup-draw/ live However, the regime of Francoist Spain ended by 1975 with the death of Franco. The World Cup had significant effects on Spanish society after the democratic transition because, from the period from 1975 to 1982, Spain was still undergoing a transition from dictatorship to democracy.Simón Juan 2020-11-16 Fighting against oblivion: the legacy of the 1982 World Cup, or the first challenge of democratic Spain https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14660970.2020.1793626 Soccer & Society en 21 8 918–931 10.1080/14660970.2020.1793626 225701114 1466-0970 subscription 5 December 2022 5 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221205182134/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14660970.2020.1793626 live Qualification 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification For the first time ever, the World Cup finals expanded from 16 to 24 teams. This allowed more countries to participate from Africa and Asia.Paradinas Juan José 1978-09-07 El Mundial-82 ya tiene problemas: su número de participantes https://elpais.com/diario/1978/09/07/deportes/273967211_850215.html 2026-07-06 El País es 1134-6582 16 August 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190816032744/https://elpais.com/diario/1978/09/07/deportes/273967211_850215.html live País El 1979-10-16 104 equipos jugarán la fase previa del Mundial-82 https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/16/deportes/308876418_850215.html 2026-07-06 El País es 1134-6582 7 July 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260707134850/https://elpais.com/diario/1979/10/16/deportes/308876418_850215.html live Northern Ireland qualified for the first time since 1958. Belgium, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, England and the Soviet Union were all back in the World Cup after 12-year absences. England had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years (they qualified for the 1966 tournament as hosts and for the 1970 tournament as defending champions).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20856004 World Cup withdrawal considered amid Falklands War BBC Sport 28 December 2012 28 December 2012 13 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190413070652/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20856004 live Yugoslavia and Chile were also back after missing the 1978 tournament. Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, and New Zealand all participated in the World Cup for the first time.Mora Juan 1982-01-24 104 selecciones disputaron la fase previa del Mundial-82 https://elpais.com/diario/1982/01/24/deportes/380674809_850215.html 2026-07-06 El País es 1134-6582 10 July 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260710042213/https://elpais.com/diario/1982/01/24/deportes/380674809_850215.html live This was the first time that all six confederations (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) sent representative teams to the tournament. List of qualified teams The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. start AFC (1) KUW (debut) CAF (2) ALG (debut) CMR (debut) OFC (1) NZL (debut) break CONCACAF (2) HON 1949 (debut) SLV CONMEBOL (4) ARG 1861 (holders) BRA 1968 CHI PER break UEFA (14) AUT BEL TCH ENG FRA 1974 HUN ITA 1946 NIR POL SCO SOV ESP (hosts) FRG YUG break thumb|305px|#000cff Countries qualified for World Cup #ffb400 Country did not qualify black Countries that did not enter World Cup #ababab Country not a FIFA member end 2026, this was the last time El Salvador qualified for the World Cup finals, the only time Kuwait have qualified, and the last time Mexico (who were disqualified from 1990) and South Korea failed to qualify. Summary Format thumb|Honduras team in Alginet, during a June 1982 preparatory match. The first round was a round-robin group stage containing six groups of four teams each. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw, with goal difference used to separate teams equal on points. The top two teams in each group advanced. In the second round, the twelve remaining teams were split into four groups of three teams each, with the winner of each group progressing to the knockout semi-final stage. The composition of the groups in the second round was determined before the start of the tournament. Groups A and B were to include one team from each of Groups 1 through 6, and Groups C and D included the remaining six teams. The winners of Groups 1 and 3 were in Group A while the runners-up were in Group C. The winners of Groups 2 and 4 were in Group B while the runners-up were in Group D. The winner of Group 5 was in Group D and the runner-up was in Group B. The winner of Group 6 was in Group C and the runner-up was in Group A. Thus, Group A mirrored Group C, and Group B mirrored Group D with the winners and runners-up from the first round being placed into opposite groups in the second round. +Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DWinner G1Winner G2Winner G6Winner G5Winner G3Winner G4Runner-up G1Runner-up G2Runner-up G6Runner-up G5Runner-up G3Runner-up G4 The second-round groups that mirrored each other (based on the first-round groupings) faced off against each other in the semi-finals. Thus, the Group A winner played the Group C winner, and the Group B winner played the Group D winner. This meant that if two teams which played in the same first-round group both emerged from the second round, they would meet for the second time of the tournament in a semi-final match. It also guaranteed that the final match would feature two teams that had not previously played each other in the tournament. Italy and Poland who were both in Group 1 in the first round, each won their second-round groups and played each other in a semi-final match.http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.ie/2015_05_01_archive.html 1982 FIFA World Cup Outline 31 May 2015 Soccernostalgia 16 June 2015 30 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160130014957/http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.ie/2015_05_01_archive.html live First group stage In Group 1, newcomers Cameroon held both Poland and Italy to draws, and were denied a place in the next round on the basis of having scored fewer goals than Italy (the sides had an equal goal difference). Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon and Peru. Italian journalists and tifosi criticised their team for their uninspired performances that managed three draws; the squad was reeling from the recent Serie A scandal, where national players were suspended for match fixing and illegal betting.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820624&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Italy qualify with two goals in three games 24 June 1982 Glasgow Herald (page 19) 16 June 2015 3 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151003002258/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820624&printsec=frontpage&hl=en live Group 2 featured one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day, the 2–1 victory of Algeria over reigning European Champions West Germany. In the final match in the group, West Germany met Austria in a match later dubbed as the "Disgrace of Gijón". Algeria had already played their final group game on the previous day, and West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by one or two goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. After 10 minutes of all-out attack, West Germany scored a goal by Horst Hrubesch. After that solitary goal, the two teams kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "Fuera, fuera" ("Out, out") were screamed by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. This performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust.Lawrence Booth Rob Smyth What's the dodgiest game in football history? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/aug/11/theknowledge.sport The Guardian Guardian News and Media 11 August 2004 25 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726092403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/aug/11/theknowledge.sport 26 July 2011 live Algeria protested to FIFA, who ruled that the result would stand; FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously. In Group 3, which featured the opening ceremony and first match of the tournament, Belgium defeated the defending champion Argentina 1–0. The Camp Nou stadium was the home of Barcelona, and many fans had wanted to see the club's new signing, Argentinian star Diego Maradona, who did not perform to expectations. Both Belgium and Argentina ultimately advanced at the expense of Hungary and El Salvador despite Hungary's 10–1 win over the Central American nation – which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game (equal with Brazil's 6–5 victory over Poland in the 1938 tournament and Hungary's 8–3 victory over West Germany in the 1954 tournament). Group 4 opened with England midfielder Bryan Robson's goal against France after only 27 seconds of play. England won 3–1 and qualified along with France over Czechoslovakia and Kuwait, though the tiny Gulf emirate held Czechoslovakia to a 1–1 draw. In the game between Kuwait and France, with France leading 3–1, France midfielder Alain Giresse scored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands, which they thought had come from Soviet referee Miroslav Stupar. Play had not yet resumed when Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, brother of the then-Kuwaiti Emir and president of the Kuwait Football Association, rushed onto the pitch to remonstrate with the referee. Stupar reversed his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the fury of the French. Maxime Bossis scored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4–1. In Group 5, Honduras held hosts Spain to a 1–1 draw. Northern Ireland won the group outright, eliminating Yugoslavia and beating hosts Spain 1–0; Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men after Mal Donaghy was dismissed. Spain narrowly avoided elimination due to a huge referee error, securing a contentious 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia, largely attributed to a disputed penalty decision. At 17 years and 41 days, Northern Ireland forward Norman Whiteside was the youngest player to appear in a World Cup match.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820626&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Ten-man Irish in fairytale victory 26 June 1982 Glasgow Herald (page 19) 16 June 2015 2 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151002235454/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820626&printsec=frontpage&hl=en live Brazil were in Group 6. With Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and others, they boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of 1970. They beat the USSR 2–1 thanks to a 20-metre Éder goal two minutes from time, then Scotland and New Zealand with four goals each. The Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth on goal difference at the expense of the Scots. Second group stage thumb|upright|A statue commemorating the 1982 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Riazor in A Coruña. Poland opened Group A with a 3–0 defeat of Belgium thanks to a Zbigniew Boniek hat-trick. The Soviet Union prevailed 1–0 in the next match over Belgium. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semi-final spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0–0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed a martial law a few months earlier to quash internal dissent. In Group B, a match between England and West Germany ended in a goalless draw. West Germany put the pressure on England in their second match by beating Spain 2–1. The home side drew 0–0 against England, denying Ron Greenwood's team a semi-final place and putting England in the same position as Cameroon, being eliminated without losing a game. In Group C, with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, in the opener, Italy prevailed 2–1 over Diego Maradona and Mario Kempes's side after a game in which Italian defenders Gaetano Scirea and Claudio Gentile proved themselves equal to the task of stopping the Argentinian attack. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but lost 3–1 – Argentina only scoring in the last minute. Maradona kicked João Batista in the groin and was sent off in the 85th minute. The match between Brazil and Italy pitted Brazil's attack against Italy's defence, with the majority of the game played around the Italian area, and with the Italian midfielders and defenders returning the repeated set volleys of Brazilian shooters such as Zico, Sócrates and Falcão. Italian centre back Gentile was assigned to mark Brazilian striker Zico, earning a yellow card and a suspension for the semi-final. Paolo Rossi opened the scoring when he headed in Antonio Cabrini's cross with just five minutes played. Sócrates equalised for Brazil seven minutes later. In the twenty-fifth minute Rossi stepped past Júnior, intercepted a pass from Cerezo across the Brazilians' goal, and drilled the shot home. The Brazilians threw everything in search of another equaliser, while Italy defended bravely. On 68 minutes, Falcão collected a pass from Júnior and as Cerezo's dummy run distracted three defenders, fired home from 20 yards out. Now Italy had gained the lead twice thanks to Rossi's goals, and Brazil had come back twice; at 2–2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but in the 74th minute, a poor clearance from an Italian corner kick went back to the Brazilian six-yard line where Rossi and Francesco Graziani were waiting. Both aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick and sending Italy into the lead for good. In the 86th minute Giancarlo Antognoni scored an apparent fourth goal for Italy, but it was wrongly disallowed for offside. In the dying moments Dino Zoff made a miraculous save to deny Oscar a goal, ensuring that Italy advanced to the semi-final.John Foot John Foot (historian) Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer https://books.google.com/books?id=NBufCsXpkVkC&pg=PA470 470 1 July 2014 978-1-56858-652-6 24 August 2007 PublicAffairs In the last group, Group D, France dispatched Austria 1–0 with a free kick goal by Bernard Genghini, and then defeated Northern Ireland 4–1 to reach their first semi-final since 1958. Semi-finals, match for third place and final In a re-match of the encounter in the first round, Italy beat Poland in the first semi-final through two goals from Paolo Rossi. In the game between France and West Germany, the Germans opened the scoring through a Pierre Littbarski strike in the 17th minute, and the French equalised nine minutes later with a Michel Platini penalty. In the second half a long through ball sent French defender Patrick Battiston racing clear towards the German goal. With both Battiston and the lone German defender trying to be the first to reach the ball, Battiston flicked it past German keeper Harald Schumacher from the edge of the German penalty area and Schumacher reacted by jumping up to block. Schumacher did not seem to go for the ball, however, and clattered straight into the oncoming Battiston – which left the French player unconscious and knocked two of his teeth out. Schumacher's action has been described as "one of history's most shocking fouls".https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4148525.stm World's worst refereeing decisions Andrew Benson BBC Sport 5 January 2005 15 December 2023 27 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231027091507/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/4148525.stm live The ball went just wide of the post and Dutch referee Charles Corver deemed Schumacher's tackle on Battiston not to be a foul and awarded a goal kick. Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious and with a broken jaw, was carried off the field on a stretcher. After French defender Manuel Amoros had sent a 25-metre drive crashing onto the West German crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France's sweeper Marius Trésor fired a swerving volley under Schumacher's crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2–1. Six minutes later, an unmarked Alain Giresse drove in an 18-metre shot off the inside of the right post to finish off a counter-attack and put France up 3–1. But West Germany would not give up. In the 102nd minute a counter-attack culminated in a cross that recent substitute Karl-Heinz Rummenigge turned in at the near post from a difficult angle with the outside of his foot, reducing France's lead to 3–2. Then in the 108th minute Germany took a short corner and after France failed to clear, the ball was played by Germany to Littbarski whose cross to Horst Hrubesch was headed back to the centre towards Klaus Fischer, who was unmarked but with his back to goal. Fischer in turn volleyed the ball past French keeper Jean-Luc Ettori with a bicycle kick, levelling the scores at 3–3. The resulting penalty shoot-out was the first at a World Cup finals. Giresse, Manfred Kaltz, Manuel Amoros, Paul Breitner and Dominique Rocheteau all converted penalties until Uli Stielike was stopped by Ettori, giving France the advantage. But then Schumacher stepped forward, lifted the tearful Stielike from the ground, and saved Didier Six's shot. With Germany handed the lifeline they needed Littbarski converted his penalty, followed by Platini for France, and then Rummenigge for Germany as the tension mounted. France defender Maxime Bossis then had his kick parried by Schumacher who anticipated it, and Hrubesch stepped up to score and send Germany to the World Cup final yet again with a victory on penalties, 5–4. 28% #c6dbf7 right "After I scored, my whole life passed before me – the same feeling they say you have when you are about to die, the joy of scoring in a World Cup final was immense, something I dreamed about as a kid, and my celebration was a release after realising that dream. I was born with that scream inside me, that was just the moment it came out." —Italian midfielder Marco Tardelli on his iconic goal celebration from the 1982 World Cup Final.https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisbevan/2010/05/the_story_of_the_1982_world_cu.html The story of the 1982 World Cup BBC Chris Bevan 20 May 2010 6 July 2016 27 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161227033332/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisbevan/2010/05/the_story_of_the_1982_world_cu.html live In the match for third place, Poland edged the French side 3–2 which matched Poland's best performance at a World Cup previously achieved in 1974. France would go on to win the European Championship two years later. In the final, Antonio Cabrini fired a penalty wide of goal in the first half. In the second half, Paolo Rossi scored first for the third straight game by heading home Gentile's bouncing cross at close range. Exploiting the situation, Italy scored twice more on quick counter-strikes, all the while capitalising on their defence to hold the Germans. With Gentile and Gaetano Scirea holding the centre, the Italian strikers were free to counter-punch the weakened German defence. Marco Tardelli's shot from the edge of the area beat Schumacher first, and Alessandro Altobelli, the substitute for injured striker Francesco Graziani, made it 3–0 at the end of a solo sprint down the right side by the stand-out winger Bruno Conti. Italy's lead appeared secure, encouraging Italian president Sandro Pertini to wag his finger at the cameras in a playful "not going to catch us now" gesture. In the 83rd minute, Paul Breitner scored for West Germany, but it was only a consolation goal as Italy won 3–1 to claim their first World Cup title in 44 years, and their third in total. Records Italy became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game, drawing all three (while Cameroon were eliminated in the same way by virtue of having only one goal scored against Italy's two), and also the first of two World Cup winners to draw or lose three matches (Argentina matched this by drawing two games and losing one in 2022). By winning, Italy equalled Brazil's record of winning the World Cup three times. Italy's total of twelve goals scored in seven matches set a new low for average goals scored per game by a World Cup winning side (subsequently exceeded by Spain in 2010), while Italy's aggregate goal difference of +6 for the tournament remains a record low for a champion, equalled by Spain. England became the first and only side in European history to not select a player from that season's European Cup winning team, Aston Villa, in any match.Cox Michael 2025-10-26 How Italy won the 1982 World Cup: A slow start, Rossi's resurgence, and Tardelli's iconic scream https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6734114/2025/10/26/world-cup-winners-italy-1982/ 2026-07-06 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 28 October 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251028195414/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6734114/2025/10/26/world-cup-winners-italy-1982/ live Italy's 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest player to win the World Cup.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/zoff/ World Cup Hall of Fame: Dino Zoff Sports Illustrated https://web.archive.org/web/20050912055524/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/zoff/ 12 September 2005 This was the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated, something that did not happen again until 2006. Venues 39.5 N 3.7 W 5 400 300 circle 8 10, background, outline Venues of the 1982 FIFA World Cup 41.3809 2.1228 red Camp Nou Camp Nou aerial (cropped).jpg Barcelona Camp Nou east 41.3931 2.1332 red Sarrià Sarrià.jpg Barcelona Sarrià west 40.4531 -3.6883 red Santiago Bernabéu Santiago-Bernabeu-May-2013.jpg Madrid Santiago Bernabéu east 40.4017 -3.7206 red Vicente Calderón Vicente Calderón Stadium by BruceW.jpg Madrid Vicente Calderón west 37.3841 -5.9707 red Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium 1.jpg Seville Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán west 37.3565 -5.9818 red Benito Villamarín Panorama Estadio Betis.jpg Seville Benito Villamarín east 38.2669 -0.6633 red Nuevo Estadio Preferecia Martínez Valero.jpg Elche Nuevo Estadio west 39.4747 -0.3584 red Luis Casanova Mestalla trofeu taronja 120811.jpg Valencia Luis Casanova east 43.2643 -2.9504 red San Mamés San Mames Stadium.JPG Bilbao San Mamés east 43.5361 -5.6372 red El Molinón ElMolinonSportingvsAthletic30-10-11.jpg 3 -7 Gijón El Molinón east, with-line 36.7342 -4.4266 red La Rosaleda Estado de la Rosaleda (Málaga C.F.).jpg Málaga La Rosaleda east 41.6366 -0.9018 red La Romareda Grada Sur de La Romareda 2019.jpg Zaragoza La Romareda west 43.3687 -8.4175 red Riazor Estadio de Riazor.A Corunha.Galiza.jpg -6 -6 Riazor west, with-line A Coruña 42.2118 -8.7397 red Balaídos Grada Marcador.JPG Vigo Balaídos west 38.3572 -0.4925 red José Rico Pérez Estadio Jose Rico Perez.JPG Alicante José Rico Pérez east 41.6444 -4.7611 red José Zorrilla Estadio José Zorrilla desde Preferencia A.jpg Valladolid José Zorrilla west 43.3579 -5.8608 red Carlos Tartiere -1 12 Oviedo Carlos Tartiere west, with-line Seventeen stadiums in fourteen cities hosted the tournament, a record that stood until the 2002 tournament, which was played in twenty stadiums in two countries.Stadium capacities, Panini official album to World Cup 1982. The most used venue was FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium, which hosted five matches, including a semi-final; it was the largest stadium used for this tournament. With Sarrià Stadium also hosting three matches, Barcelona was the Spanish city with the most matches in España 1982 with eight; Madrid, the nation's capital, followed with seven. The only new stadium built for this tournament was the Jose Zorrilla stadium in Valladolid. This particular World Cup was organised in such a way that all of the matches of each of the six groups were assigned stadiums in cities near to each other, in order to reduce the stress of travel on the players and fans. For example, Group 1 matches were played in Vigo and A Coruña, Group 2 in Gijón and Oviedo, Group 3 in Elche and Alicante (except for the first match, which was the opening match of the tournament, which was played at the Camp Nou), Group 4 in Bilbao and Valladolid, Group 5 (which included hosts Spain) in Valencia and Zaragoza, and Group 6 in Seville and Malaga (of the three first-round matches in Seville, the first match between Brazil and the Soviet Union was played in the Pizjuán Stadium, and the other two were played in the Villamarín Stadium). Group stage matches in the milder northern cities like Bilbao or Gijón would start at 17:00, while the matches in the southern cities like Seville or Valencia would start at 21:00, in an attempt to avoid the intense southern Spanish summer heat. When the tournament went into the round-robin second round matches, all the aforementioned cities excluding Barcelona, Alicante and Seville did not host any more matches in España 1982. Both the Santiago Bernabéu and Vicente Calderón stadiums in Madrid and the Sarrià Stadium in Barcelona were used for the first time for this tournament for the second round matches. Madrid and Barcelona hosted the four second round group matches; Barcelona hosted Groups A and C (Camp Nou hosted all three of Group A's matches, and Sarrià did the same with Group C's matches) and Madrid hosted Groups B and D (Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium hosted all three of Group B's matches, and Atlético Madrid's Calderon Stadium did the same with the Group D matches) The two semi final matches were held at Camp Nou and the Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, the third largest stadium used for the tournament (one of only two España 1982 matches it hosted), the match for third place was held in Alicante and the final was held at the Bernabeu, the second largest stadium used for this tournament.http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1982/wc82index.html Planet World Cup – 1982 – Match Schedule Jan Alsos www.planetworldcup.com 7 September 2007 9 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220409090904/http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1982/wc82index.html live BarcelonaMadrid Camp Nou Sarrià Santiago Bernabéu Vicente Calderón Capacity: 121,401 Capacity: 40,400 Capacity: 90,089 Capacity: 65,695 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt=Seville Elche Valencia Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Benito Villamarín Nuevo Estadio Luis Casanova Capacity: 68,110 Capacity: 50,253 Capacity: 53,290 Capacity: 49,562 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt= Bilbao Gijón Málaga Zaragoza San Mamés El Molinón La Rosaleda La Romareda Capacity: 46,223 Capacity: 45,153 Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 41,806 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt= A Coruña Vigo Alicante Valladolid Riazor Balaídos José Rico Pérez José Zorrilla Capacity: 34,190 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 32,500 Capacity: 30,043 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt= 225px|alt= Oviedo Carlos Tartiere Capacity: 22,284 Match officials AFC BHR 1972 Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy HKG 1959 Chan Tam Sun ISR Abraham Klein CAF GHA Benjamin Dwomoh LBY 1977 Yousef El-Ghoul ALG Belaid Lacarne CONCACAF GUA 1968 Rómulo Méndez MEX Mario Rubio Vázquez CRC Luis Paulino Siles USA David Socha CONMEBOL COL Gilberto Aristizábal BOL Luis Barrancos URU Juan Daniel Cardellino CHI Gastón Castro BRA 1968 Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ARG 1861 Arturo Ithurralde PER Enrique Labo Revoredo PAR 1954 Héctor Ortiz UEFA ITA 1946 Paolo Casarin TCH Vojtech Christov NED Charles Corver BUL 1971 Bogdan Dotchev FRG Walter Eschweiler SWE Erik Fredriksson SUI Bruno Galler POR António Garrido POL Alojzy Jarguz ESP Augusto Lamo Castillo DEN Henning Lund-Sørensen YUG Damir Matovinović NIR Malcolm Moffat HUN Károly Palotai BEL Alexis Ponnet GDR Adolf Prokop ROU 1965 Nicolae Rainea URS 1955 Miroslav Stupar SCO Bob Valentine FRA 1974 Michel Vautrot ENG Clive White AUT Franz Wöhrer OFC AUS Tony Boskovic Squads For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1982 FIFA World Cup squads. Groups Seeding The 24 qualifiers were divided into four groupings which formed the basis of the draw for the group stage. FIFA announced the six seeded teams on the day of the draw and allocated them in advance to the six groups; as had become standard, the host nation and the reigning champions were among the seeds.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-final-draw-history.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140709165355/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-final-draw-history.pdf dead 9 July 2014 The FIFA World Cup Final Draw history 2009 FIFA The seeded teams would play all their group matches at the same venue (with the exception of World Cup holders Argentina who would play in the opening game scheduled for the Camp Nou, the largest of the venues). The remaining 18 teams were split into three pots based on FIFA's assessment of the team's strength, but also taking in account geographic considerations. The seedings and group venues for those teams were tentatively agreed at an informal meeting in December 1981 but not officially confirmed until the day of the draw. FIFA executive Hermann Neuberger told the press that the seeding of England had been challenged by other nations, but they were to be seeded as "the Spanish want England to play in Bilbao for security reasons"*.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19811212&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Glasgow Herald England world seeds – official 12 December 1981 15 1 April 2020 4 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20200401144543/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19811212&printsec=frontpage&hl=en live Seeded teamsPot APot BPot C ESP (hosts) ARG 1861 (winner in 1978) BRA 1968 (third in 1978) (1970 winner) ENG (seeded on security grounds) (1966 winner) (1970 quarter finalist as holder) ITA 1946 (fourth in 1978) (1970 runner up) FRG (1980 Euro winner) (1974 winner) AUT TCH HUN POL URS 1955 YUG BEL FRA 1974 NIR SCO CHI PER ALG CMR KUW SLV HON 1949 NZL Final draw On 16 January 1982, the draw was conducted at the Palacio de Congresos in Madrid, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups. Firstly a draw was made to decide the order in which the three drums containing pots A, B and C would be emptied; this resulted in the order being pot B, C and A. The teams were then drawn one-by-one out of the respective pot and entered in the groups in that order. A number was then drawn to determine the team's "position" in the group and hence the fixtures.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/28/fwc_spain_1982_en_part1_297.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111220061326/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/28/fwc%5fspain%5f1982%5fen%5fpart1%5f297.pdf dead 20 December 2011 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain; Report of FIFA 1982 FIFA The only stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two South American teams. As a result, Pot B – which contained two South American teams – was initially drawn with only the four Europeans in the pot. These first two European teams drawn from pot B were then to be immediately allocated to Groups 3 and 6 which contained the two South American seeds Argentina and Brazil. Once these two groups had been filled with the entrants from Pot B, Chile and Peru would be added to the pot and the draw would continue as normal. In the event, FIFA executives Sepp Blatter and Hermann Neuberger conducting the draw initially forgot this stipulation and therefore immediately placed the first team drawn from this pot (Belgium) into Group 1, rather than Group 3 as planned, before then placing the second team drawn out (Scotland) into Group 3; they then had to correct this by moving Belgium to Group 3 and Scotland into Group 6.https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25102176 World Cup: Confusion and chaos at the 1982 draw 15 July 2009 BBC Sport 8 November 2020 13 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103130/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25102176 deadhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820116&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Glasgow Herald Stein gets down to business 18 January 1982 1 April 2020 3 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20200401144604/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820116&printsec=frontpage&hl=en live The ceremony suffered further embarrassment when one of the revolving drums containing the teams broke down. First group stage right|thumb|400px|10em #2b42a3 Champion #34c0be Runner-up #269c5a Third place #81c846 Fourth place #f4d4ac Second group stage #b94954 First group stage The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round. Teams were ranked on the following criteria: Greater number of points in all group matches Goal difference in all group matches Greater number of goals scored in all group matches Drawing of lots All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Group 1 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 1 standings no_hide_class_rules 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 Group 2 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 2 standings no_hide_class_rules 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 Disgrace of Gijón 2-6 Group 3 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 3 standings no_hide_class_rules 3-1 Hungary v El Salvador (1982 FIFA World Cup) 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 Group 4 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4 standings no_hide_class_rules 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-6 Group 5 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 5 standings no_hide_class_rules 5-1 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-6 Group 6 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6 standings no_hide_class_rules 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-6 Second group stage The second round of the tournament consisted of four groups of three teams, each played at one stadium in one of Spain's two largest cities: two in Madrid and two in Barcelona. The winners of each group progressed to the semi-finals. Teams were ranked on the following criteria: Greater number of points in all group matches Goal difference in all group matches Greater number of goals scored in all group matches Whether the team finished first or second in their first round group Drawing of lots Although the fixtures were provisionally determined in advance, the teams competing in each fixture depended on the result of the opening match in each group: Should a team lose their opening game of the group, that team would then have to play in the second fixture against the third team in the group and the winner would, by contrast, be rewarded by not needing to play again until the final fixture of the group and therefore gained extra recovery time. If the opening game was a draw, the predetermined order of games would proceed as planned. These regulations helped ensure that the final group games were of importance as no team could already have progressed to the semi-finals by the end of the second fixtures.Der Spielplan für die WM '82 May 1982 Kicker – Sonderheft WM '82 3 de The 43,000-capacity Sarria Stadium in Barcelona, used for the Group C round-robin matches between Italy, Argentina and Brazil was, unlike any of the other matches (except 1) in the other groups, severely overcrowded for all three matches. The venue was then heavily criticised for its lack of space and inability to handle such rampant crowds; although no one had foreseen such crowds at all; the Group A matches held at the nearby and much larger 121,401-capacity Camp Nou stadium never went past 65,000 and hosted all European teams; it was anticipated there would be larger crowds for the Camp Nou-hosted second round matches between Belgium, the Soviet Union and Poland.http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/82-original-and-harshest-group-death#:cPSwuJlAjge9fA 82: The original and harshest Group of Death 2 June 2014 www.fourfourtwo.com 27 October 2015 9 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151009031341/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/82-original-and-harshest-group-death#:cPSwuJlAjge9fA live Group A 1982 FIFA World Cup Group A standings no_hide_class_rules A1 A2 A3 Group B 1982 FIFA World Cup Group B standings no_hide_class_rules B1 B2 B3 Group C 1982 FIFA World Cup Group C standings no_hide_class_rules C1 C2 Italy v Brazil (1982 FIFA World Cup) C3 Group D 1982 FIFA World Cup Group D standings no_hide_class_rules D1 D2 D3 Knockout stage 1982 FIFA World Cup knockout stage Bracket Bracket Semi-finals SF1 West Germany v France (1982 FIFA World Cup) SF2 Match for third place 3rd Final 1982 FIFA World Cup final Final Statistics Goalscorers Paolo Rossi received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals, his first international goals in 3 years. In total, 146 goals were scored by 100 players, with only one of them credited as own goal. 6 goals ITA 1946 Paolo Rossi 5 goals FRG Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 4 goals BRA 1968 Zico POL Zbigniew Boniek 3 goals BRA 1968 Falcão FRA 1974 Alain Giresse HUN László Kiss NIR Gerry Armstrong 2 goals 22em ALG Salah Assad ARG 1861 Daniel Bertoni ARG 1861 Diego Maradona ARG 1861 Daniel Passarella AUT Walter Schachner BRA 1968 Éder BRA 1968 Serginho BRA 1968 Sócrates TCH Antonín Panenka ENG Trevor Francis ENG Bryan Robson FRA 1974 Bernard Genghini FRA 1974 Michel Platini FRA 1974 Dominique Rocheteau FRA 1974 Didier Six HUN László Fazekas HUN Tibor Nyilasi HUN Gábor Pölöskei ITA 1946 Marco Tardelli NIR Billy Hamilton SCO John Wark FRG Klaus Fischer FRG Pierre Littbarski 1 goal 22em ALG Lakhdar Belloumi ALG Tedj Bensaoula ALG Rabah Madjer ARG 1861 Osvaldo Ardiles ARG 1861 Ramón Díaz AUT Reinhold Hintermaier AUT Hans Krankl AUT Bruno Pezzey BEL Ludo Coeck BEL Alexandre Czerniatynski BEL Erwin Vandenbergh BRA 1968 Júnior BRA 1968 Oscar CMR Grégoire M'Bida CHI Juan Carlos Letelier CHI Gustavo Moscoso CHI Miguel Ángel Neira SLV Luis Ramírez Zapata ENG Paul Mariner FRA 1974 Maxime Bossis FRA 1974 Alain Couriol FRA 1974 René Girard FRA 1974 Gérard Soler FRA 1974 Marius Trésor HON 1949 Eduardo Laing HON 1949 Héctor Zelaya HUN Lázár Szentes HUN József Tóth HUN József Varga ITA 1946 Alessandro Altobelli ITA 1946 Antonio Cabrini ITA 1946 Bruno Conti ITA 1946 Francesco Graziani KWT Abdullah Al-Buloushi KWT Faisal Al-Dakhil NZL Steve Sumner NZL Steve Wooddin PER Rubén Toribio Díaz PER Guillermo La Rosa POL Andrzej Buncol POL Włodzimierz Ciołek POL Janusz Kupcewicz POL Grzegorz Lato POL Stefan Majewski POL Włodzimierz Smolarek POL Andrzej Szarmach SCO Steve Archibald SCO Kenny Dalglish SCO Joe Jordan SCO David Narey SCO John Robertson SCO Graeme Souness URS 1955 Andriy Bal URS 1955 Sergei Baltacha URS 1955 Oleh Blokhin URS 1955 Aleksandre Chivadze URS 1955 Yuri Gavrilov URS 1955 Khoren Oganesian URS 1955 Ramaz Shengelia ESP Juanito ESP Roberto López Ufarte ESP Enrique Saura ESP Jesús María Zamora FRG Paul Breitner FRG Horst Hrubesch FRG Uwe Reinders YUG Ivan Gudelj YUG Vladimir Petrović Own goals TCH Jozef Barmoš (against England) Red cards Five players received a red card during the tournament: ARG 1861 Américo Gallego ARG 1861 Diego Maradona TCH Ladislav Vízek HON 1949 Gilberto Yearwood NIR Mal Donaghy Awards Source:https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=59/awards/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131210131554/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=59/awards/index.html 10 December 2013 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Awards FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 11 March 2013 dead Golden BootBest Young PlayerFIFA Fair Play TrophyITA 1946 Paolo RossiFRA 1974 Manuel AmorosBRA 1968 Golden BallFIFA Awards – World Cup 1982 "Golden Ball" https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-gb82.html 2022-06-18 RSSSF 19 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230219164419/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-gb82.html live Rank:Player:1stITA 1946 Paolo Rossi2ndBRA 1968 Falcão3rdFRG Karl-Heinz Rummenigge4thPOL Zbigniew Boniek5thBRA 1968 Zico6thBRA 1968 Sócrates7thFRA 1974 Alain Giresse8thSoviet Union 1955 Rinat Dasayev9thARG 1861 Diego Maradona10thFRA 1974 Michel Platini Team of the Tournament FIFA selected the following players for the 1982 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team.https://fbref.com/en/awards/wc_all_star/FIFA-World-Cup-All-Star-Team FIFA World Cup All-Star Team Winners FBref 1 September 2026 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsITA Dino ZoffITA Fulvio CollovatiITA Claudio GentileBRA Léo JúniorBRA LuizinhoFRA Michel PlatiniBRA Paulo Roberto FalcãoBRA ZicoPOL Zbigniew BoniekITA Paolo RossiGER Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Tournament ranking In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition and overall results.FIFA World Cup — Mexico '86; Official Report FIFA Technical Study Group https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2bb4308f4d418319/original/pfnhnhmqhdwqvp62pm27-pdf.pdf#page=45 live https://web.archive.org/web/20100614213621/https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf#page=45 230 Permanent table 14 June 2010 8 July 2021 FIFA The rankings for the 1982 tournament were as follows: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. main WDL 2 complete FIFAhttps://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf Milestones & Superlatives, Statistical Kit for the FIFA World Cup – FIFA World Cup final rankings by tournament FIFA 23 6 April 2018 20 August 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220325073347/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/587cb8e67646ba42/original/knfuogw4prnsdacl3ozx-pdf.pdf 25 March 2022 H ITA, FRG, POL, FRA, BRA, ENG, URS, AUT, NIR, BEL, ARG, ESP, ALG, HUN, SCO, YUG, CMR, HON, TCH, PER, KUW, CHI, NZL, SLV 2 0 1 5 5 2 0 3 8 7 2 1 2 5 4 2 1 2 3 5 4 0 1 15 6 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 8 0 2 1 2 4 0 0 3 1 13 3 2 0 6 1 3 2 2 16 12 0 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 12 6 4 3 0 12 6 0 1 2 2 6 0 0 3 2 12 1 3 1 5 7 0 2 1 2 6 3 3 1 11 5 1 1 1 8 8 2 2 1 7 4 1 2 2 4 5 3 2 2 12 10 1 1 1 2 2 T ALG 2 ARG 1861 3/C AUT 2/D BEL 3/A BRA 1968 6/C CMR 1 CHI 2 TCH 4 SLV 3 ENG 4/B FRA 1974 4/D HON 1949 5 HUN 3 ITA 1946 1/C KUW 4 NZL 6 NIR 5/D PER 1 POL 1/A SCO 6 URS 1955 6/A ESP 5/B FRG 2/B YUG 5 Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated insecond group stage Eliminated infirst group stage yes yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th GS2 GS2 GS2 GS2 GS2 GS2 GS2 GS2 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 Marketing Sponsorship The sponsors of the 1982 FIFA World Cup consisted out of 34 FIFA World Cup Sponsors.The Official FIFA World Cup™ Partners & Sponsors since 1982 https://www.whatahowler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fs-401_01_fwc-partners.pdf 2014-01-01 www.whatahowler.com 16 November 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251116123635/https://www.whatahowler.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/fs-401_01_fwc-partners.pdf live FIFA World Cup sponsors Annabella Banco Hispano Americano BNZ Finance Caloi Canon Casas Pernambucanas CIS Insurance Coca-Cola Commercial Bank of Kuwait Continental Cruzcampo Duarig Ducados Ellesse Erdgas Heizung Fujifilm Gillette Iveco JVC Lois jeans & jackets Metaxa Mustang Jeans Paper Mate R.J. Reynolds San Miguel Seiko Sport Billy Staroup jeans Steinlager Tungsram Vitasay Zanussi Zeyko küchen Symbols Mascot thumb|Naranjito, the official mascot of the 1982 tournament, is featured in this vintage collection of Spanish keychains. The official mascot of this World Cup was es Naranjito no, a male anthropomorphised orange, a typical fruit in Spain, wearing the kit of the host's national team. It was designed by José María Martín and María Dolores Salto from the marketing agency es Publicidad Bellido no. Its name comes from naranja, the Spanish word for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito".https://elpais.com/diario/1979/05/30/deportes/296863209_850215.html Una naranja, mascota del Mundial de España 30 May 1979 El País es Paradinas, Juan José 17 August 2024 17 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240817230154/https://elpais.com/diario/1979/05/30/deportes/296863209_850215.html live Match ball thumb|upright|Adidas Tango España, the official match ball of Spain '82. The match ball for 1982 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas, was the Tango España. Television series Football in Action (es Fútbol en acción no) is an educational animated television series about football produced by BRB Internacional and es Televisión Española no (TVE). The main character is a twelve-year-old Naranjito, who is accompanied on his adventures by his friends: es Clementina no (a mandarin orange), Citronio (a lemon), and Imarchi (a robot). The series talks about the rules of football and the history of the World Cup. Its 26 episodes of 25 minutes each were first aired in 1981–82 on TVE 1. Poster The official poster was designed by Joan Miró.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/237780e8-0fe1-4dae-94f7-e4ba19d86158 Russia's 2018 World Cup poster is super retro 30 November 2017 6 August 2018 13 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181013051435/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/237780e8-0fe1-4dae-94f7-e4ba19d86158 live Controversies The final match in group 2 between West Germany and Austria, the "Disgrace of Gijón", was controversial because of accusations of match fixing. It led to a rule change so that the final two games in each group were played simultaneously in subsequent World Cups. There was some consideration given as to whether England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland would withdraw from the tournament because of the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom. A directive issued by the British sports minister Neil Macfarlane in April, at the start of the conflict, suggested that there should be no contact between British representative teams and Argentina. This directive was not rescinded until August, following the end of the tournament and of the hostilities. Macfarlane reported to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that some players and officials were uneasy about participating because of the casualties suffered by British forces, and the strong diplomatic ties between Argentina and Spain. FIFA later advised the British Government that there was no prospect that Argentina (the defending champions) would be asked to withdraw, and it also became apparent that no other countries would withdraw from the tournament. It was decided by Cabinet Secretary Robert Armstrong to allow the British national teams to participate so that Argentina could not use their absence for propaganda purposes, reversing the intended effect of applying political pressure onto Argentina. References Match reports Report External links World Cup 1982 1982 FIFA World Cup 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain, FIFA.com Details at RSSSF FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2) and (Part 3) FIFA Awards – World Cup 1982 "Golden Ball" 1980s Association football Spain 1982 World Cup Category:1981–82 in Spanish football 1982 Category:June 1982 sports events in Europe Category:July 1982 sports events in Europe