1974 FIFA World Cup Group B

Football tournament group stage 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 2 January 2021 May 2018 Group B was one of two groups in the second group stage of the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals. It was the first time that this stage of the competition (equivalent to the quarter-finals) was played in a group format.Csató László Kiss László Marcell Szádoczki Zsombor The allocation of FIFA World Cup slots based on the ranking of confederations Annals of Operations Research 12 June 2024 344 1 153–173 10.1007/s10479-024-06091-5 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-024-06091-5 en 1572-9338 Matches were played between 26 June and 3 July 1974 at venues in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. Group B was made up of the winners of Groups 2 and Groups 4 (Yugoslavia and Poland), and the runners-up from Groups 1 and Groups 3 (West Germany and Sweden).https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74full.html World Cup 1974 finals RSSSF 30 April 2026 Having each won both of their first two matches, West Germany and Poland went into their final match level on points with a place in the final at stake. West Germany won the match 1–0 and qualified to play against the Netherlands, while Poland finished second and went on to play in the match for third place against Brazil.FIFA World Cup 1974 Final Competition Technical Study http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/65/wc_74_tr_312.pdf FIFA 3 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20111220060217/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/65/wc%5f74%5ftr%5f312.pdf 20 December 2011 57–62 Qualified teams The winners of Group 2 and 4 and the runners-up of Group 1 and 3 qualified for Group B of the second round. Group Winners 2 YUG 4 POL 1928 Group Runners-up 1 FRG 3 SWE Standings main WDL Standings 180 complete 2 FIFA FRG POL SWE YUG F TP 3 0 0 7 2 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 4 6 0 0 3 2 6 POL 1928 SWE FRG YUG Q green1 Advance to final blue1 Advance to match for third place Matches West Germany vs Yugoslavia main B1 1974 6 26 y 16:00 CET YUG 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B#West Germany vs Yugoslavia 0–2 FRG Breitner 39 Müller 82 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 67,385 Armando Marques (Brazil) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/39/263/2066 Yugoslavia vs Germany FR Second Round 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2066/index.html 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Yugoslavia v Germany FR FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228031046/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2066/index.html 28 December 2017 _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _red stripes _color_3_stripes_white 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF FF0000 Yugoslavia _blackborder _vneckblack _blackborder FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 FFFFFF West Germany GK 1 Enver MarićDF 2 Ivan Buljan 36DF 3 Enver Hadžiabdić 61DF 4 Dražen MužinićDF 5 Josip KatalinskiCM 8 Branko Oblak 84CM 10Jovan AćimovićAM 18Stanislav KarasiRW 17Danilo PopivodaLW 11Dragan Džajić (c) 84CF 9Ivica ŠurjakSubstitutions:LW 7 Ilija Petković 84CM 12 Jurica Jerković 84Manager:Miljan Miljanić GK 1 Sepp MaierSW 5Franz Beckenbauer (c)RB 2Berti Vogts 35CB 4 Hans-Georg SchwarzenbeckLB 3Paul BreitnerCM 7 Herbert Wimmer 73CM 16Rainer BonhofCM 12Wolfgang Overath 16RW 17Bernd Hölzenbein 78LW 18Dieter HerzogCF 13Gerd MüllerSubstitutions:CM 14Uli Hoeneß 73MF 15Heinz Flohe 78Manager:Helmut Schön Linesmen: Aurelio Angonese (Italy) Edison Peréz Núñez (Peru) Sweden vs Poland main B2 1974 6 26 y 19:30 CET SWE 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B#Sweden vs Poland 0–1 POL 1928 Lato 43 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 44,955 Ramón Barreto (Uruguay) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/39/263/2167 Sweden vs Poland Second Round 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2167/index.html 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Sweden v Poland FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171214001649/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2167/index.html 14 December 2017 _blueborder _shoulder_stripes_vneck_blue _blueborder _yellow_stripes_adidas _bluehorizontal FFF01C FFF01C FFF01C 0000FF FFF01C Sweden _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _red_stripes_adidas _color_3_stripes_white FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 ffffff FF0000 Poland GK 1 Ronnie HellströmSW 4Björn NordqvistRB 5Björn Andersson 60CB 3Kent KarlssonLB 13Roland GripCM 14Staffan Tapper 80CM 7Bo Larsson (c)AM 6 Ove GrahnRW 8Conny TorstenssonCF 10Ralf EdströmCF 11Roland SandbergSubstitutions:LB 18 Jörgen Augustsson 60RW 22 Thomas Ahlström 80Manager:Georg Ericson GK 2 Jan TomaszewskiSW 6Jerzy Gorgoń 49RB 5Zbigniew GutCB 9Władysław ŻmudaLB 4Antoni SzymanowskiCM 13Henryk KasperczakCM 12Kazimierz Deyna (c)CM 14Zygmunt MaszczykRW 16Grzegorz LatoLW 18Robert GadochaCF 17Andrzej Szarmach 44 62Substitutions:CF 21 Kazimierz Kmiecik 62Manager:Kazimierz Górski Linesmen: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico) Luis Pestarino (Argentina) Poland vs Yugoslavia main B3 1974 6 30 y 16:00 CET POL 1928 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B#Poland vs Yugoslavia 2–1 YUG Deyna 24 pen. Lato 62 Karasi 43 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 58,000 Rudi Glöckner (East Germany) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/39/263/2170 Poland vs Yugoslavia Second Round 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2170/index.html 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Poland v Yugoslavia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171214001654/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2170/index.html 14 December 2017 _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _shoulder_stripes_red_stripes _adidaswhite _3_stripes_red ffffff ffffff ffffff ff0000 ffffff Poland _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _red stripes _color_3_stripes_white 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF FF0000 Yugoslavia GK 2 Jan TomaszewskiSW 6 Jerzy GorgońRB 4 Antoni SzymanowskiCB 9Władysław ŻmudaLB10Adam MusiałCM 13Henryk KasperczakCM 12Kazimierz Deyna (c) 80CM 14Zygmunt MaszczykRW 16Grzegorz LatoLW 18Robert GadochaCF 17Andrzej Szarmach 57Substitutions:CM 11Lesław Ćmikiewicz 57CF 19Jan Domarski 80Manager:Kazimierz Górski GK 1 Enver MarićSW 6Vladislav BogićevićRB 2 Ivan BuljanCB 5Josip KatalinskiLB 3Enver HadžiabdićCM 8Branko Oblak 16CM 10Jovan Aćimović (c)AM 18Stanislav KarasiRW 7Ilija Petković 81LW 9Ivica ŠurjakCF 19Dušan BajevićSubstitutions:CM 12 Jurica Jerković 16RW 20 Vladimir Petrović 81Manager:Miljan Miljanić Linesmen: Armando Marques (Brazil) Werner Winsemann (Canada) West Germany vs Sweden main B4 1974 6 30 y 19:30 CET FRG 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B#West Germany vs Sweden 4–2 SWE Overath 51 Bonhof 52 Grabowski 76 Hoeneß 89 pen. Edström 24 Sandberg 53 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 67,800 Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/39/263/2065 Germany FR vs Sweden Second Round 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2065/index.html 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Germany FR v Sweden FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171201091419/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2065/index.html 1 December 2017 _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder 008020 008020 008020 FFFFFF 008020 West Germany _blueborder _shoulder_stripes_vneck_blue _blueborder _yellow_stripes_adidas _bluehorizontal FFF01C FFF01C FFF01C 0000FF FFF01C Sweden GK 1 Sepp MaierSW 5 Franz Beckenbauer (c)RB 2 Berti VogtsCB 4 Hans-Georg SchwarzenbeckLB 3 Paul BreitnerCM 14Uli HoeneßCM 16Rainer BonhofCM 12Wolfgang OverathRW 17Bernd Hölzenbein 83LW 18Dieter Herzog 64CF 13Gerd MüllerSubstitutions:RW 9 Jürgen Grabowski 64LW 15Heinz Flohe 83Manager:Helmut Schön GK 1 Ronnie HellströmSW 4 Björn NordqvistRB 2 Jan OlssonCB 3 Kent KarlssonLB 18Jörgen AugustssonCM 14Staffan TapperCM 7Bo Larsson (c) 32AM 6Ove Grahn 45RW 8Conny TorstenssonCF 10Ralf EdströmCF 11Roland SandbergSubstitutions:RW 16Inge Ejderstedt 32Manager:Georg Ericson Linesmen: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain) Poland vs West Germany main B5 1974 7 3 y 16:35 CETOriginally scheduled for 16:00, the kick-off was delayed due to heavy rain, which created puddles on the pitch.https://web.archive.org/web/20180517043505/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/schon-s-west-germans-in-stats-2837201 17 May 2018 Schon's West Germans in numbers http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/schon-s-west-germans-in-stats-2837201 FIFA.com 28 September 2016 20 July 2022 POL 1928 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B#Poland vs West Germany 0–1 FRG Müller 76 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 62,000 Erich Linemayr (Austria) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/39/263/2064 Poland vs Germany FR Second Round 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2064/index.html 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Poland v Germany FR FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171201075050/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2064/index.html 1 December 2017 _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _adidaswhite _3_stripes_white ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 ff0000 Poland _blackborder _blackcollar _blackborder FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFF FFFFFF West Germany GK 2 Jan TomaszewskiSW 6 Jerzy GorgońRB 4 Antoni SzymanowskiCB 9Władysław ŻmudaLB10Adam MusiałCM 13Henryk Kasperczak 80CM 12Kazimierz Deyna (c)CM 14Zygmunt Maszczyk 80RW 16Grzegorz LatoLW 18Robert GadochaCF 19Jan DomarskiSubstitutions:MF 11 Lesław Ćmikiewicz 80FW 21 Kazimierz Kmiecik 80Manager:Kazimierz Górski GK 1 Sepp MaierSW 5Franz Beckenbauer (c)RB 2Berti VogtsCB 4 Hans-Georg SchwarzenbeckLB 3Paul BreitnerCM 14Uli HoeneßCM 16Rainer BonhofCM 12Wolfgang OverathRW 9 Jürgen GrabowskiLW 17Bernd HölzenbeinCF 13Gerd MüllerManager:Helmut Schön Linesmen: Károly Palotai (Hungary) Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland) Sweden vs Yugoslavia main B6 1974 7 3 y 19:30 CET SWE 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B#Sweden vs Yugoslavia 2–1 YUG Edström 29 Torstensson 85 Šurjak 27 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 41,300 Luis Pestarino (Argentina) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/39/263/2182 Sweden vs Yugoslavia Second Round 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2182/index.html 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Sweden v Yugoslavia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171214001659/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=263/match=2182/index.html 14 December 2017 _blueborder _shoulder_stripes_vneck_blue _blueborder _yellow_stripes_adidas _bluehorizontal FFF01C FFF01C FFF01C 0000FF FFF01C Sweden _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes_alt _red stripes _color_3_stripes_white 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF FF0000 Yugoslavia GK 1 Ronnie HellströmSW 4Björn Nordqvist (c)RB 2Jan OlssonCB 3Kent KarlssonLB 18Jörgen AugustssonCM 14Staffan TapperCM 21Örjan PerssonAM 6Ove GrahnRW 8Conny TorstenssonCF 10Ralf EdströmCF 11Roland SandbergManager:Georg Ericson GK 1 Enver MarićDF 2 Ivan BuljanDF 3 Enver HadžiabdićDF 5 Josip Katalinski 26MF 6 Vladislav BogićevićMF 10Jovan AćimovićMF 12Jurica JerkovićMF 13Miroslav Pavlović 78MF 20Vladimir Petrović 70FW 9 Ivica ŠurjakFW 11Dragan Džajić (c)Substitutions:FW 18Stanislav Karasi 86 70DF 14Luka Peruzović 78Manager:Miljan Miljanić Linesmen: Ramón Barreto (Uruguay) Vincente Llobregat (Venezuela) See also Germany at the FIFA World Cup Poland at the FIFA World Cup Sweden at the FIFA World Cup Yugoslavia at the FIFA World Cup Notes References Match reports Report Group A Category:West Germany at the 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