1974 FIFA World Cup

Association football tournament in West Germany 1974 World Cup the golf tournament 1974 World Cup (men's golf) June 2018 April 2018 FIFA World Cup 1974 de Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974 FIFA World Cup 1974 - emblem.svg West Germany 13 June – 7 July 5 16 9 9 West Germany 2 Netherlands Poland 1928 Brazil 1968 38 97 main 1-4 A-B POL 1928 Grzegorz Lato (7 goals) POL 1928 Władysław Żmuda1974 FIFA World Cup Germany - Awards https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany1974/awards/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150407142556/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany1974/awards/index.html dead 7 April 2015 FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 3 February 2019 FRG 1970 1978 The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, had been won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians. West Germany won the title, beating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final at the Olympiastadion in Munich. This was the second title for West Germany, who had also won in 1954. The teams of Australia, East Germany, Haiti and Zaire made their first appearances at the final stage, and East Germany making their only appearance before Germany was reunified in 1990. Brazil, the defending champions, were eliminated in the second round by the Netherlands, and lost the match for third place to Poland. Poland's Grzegorz Lato led the tournament in scoring seven goals. Gerd Müller's goal in the final was the 14th in his career of two World Cups, beating Just Fontaine's record of 13, in his single World Cup in 1958. Müller's record was surpassed in 2006 by Ronaldo's 15 from three World Cups. Günter Netzer, who came on as a substitute for West Germany during the defeat by the East Germans, was playing for Real Madrid at the time; this was the first time that a World Cup winner had played for a club outside his home country. This is the most recent of four World Cup tournaments to date with no matches needing extra time. The others are the 1930, 1950, and 1962 tournaments. Host selection FIFA World Cup hosts West Germany was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London, England on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1978 and 1982 tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany agreed to a deal with Spain by which Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament, and in return West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed. Havelange on "planned" host winner Speaking in 2008, Brazilian former FIFA president João Havelange said to Folha de Sao Paulo that this competition, along with the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, was fixed so that the host country would win; "In the three matches that the Brazilian national team played in 1966, of the three referees and six linesmen, seven were British and two were Germans. Brazil went out, Pelé 'exited' through injury [following some rough defensive play], and England and Germany entered into the final, just as the Englishman Sir Stanley Rous, who was the President of FIFA at the time, had wanted. In Germany in 1974 the same thing happened. During the Brazil-Netherlands match, the referee was German, we lost 2–0 and Germany won the title. We were the best in the world, and had the same team that had won the World Cup in 1962 in Chile and 1970 in Mexico, but it was planned for the host countries to win".https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1966-1974-world-cups-were-fixed-former-fifa-president/blt6e01f417661567f1 1966 & 1974 World Cups Were Fixed – Former FIFA President Goal.com 26 June 2008 28 October 2011 18 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221118233649/https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1966-1974-world-cups-were-fixed-former-fifa-president/blt6e01f417661567f1 live Qualification 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification thumb|#000cff Countries that qualified for the World Cup #ffb400 Countries that failed to qualify black Countries that did not enter the World Cup #ababab Country not a FIFA member in 1974 Ninety-eight countries took part in the qualifying tournament. The USSR was controversially disqualified after refusing to travel for the second leg of their playoff against Chile as a result of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. The Netherlands and Poland qualified for the first time since 1938. Scotland were back in the finals after a 16-year absence. Argentina and Chile were also back after having missed the 1970 tournament and Yugoslavia returned after missing both the 1966 and 1970 tournaments. First-time qualifiers were: East Germany (who made their sole appearance in a FIFA senior tournament as a separate team) Australia, which were the first team from Oceania to qualify Haiti, the first team from the Caribbean to qualify since Cuba in 1938 Zaire, the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to reach the finals, and the third African team overall. This was the first of eight tournaments in which the defending champions (in this case Brazil) played in the opening game rather than the hosts. This change was reverted for the 2006 tournament, as the defending champions no longer had a secured spot in the tournament. List of qualified teams The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. start AFC/OFC (1) AUS (debut)Australia was not a member of the OFC between 1972 and 1978 CAF (1) ZAI (debut) CONCACAF (1) HAI 1964 (debut) break CONMEBOL (4) ARG 1861 BRA 1968 (reigning champions) CHI URU break UEFA (9) PRB GDR (debut) ITA 1946 NED POL 1928 SCO SWE FRG (hosts) YUG end Format The tournament featured a new format; the sixteen (16) teams were divided into four groups of four teams, but the eight teams which advanced did not enter a knockout stage as in the previous five World Cups, but played in a second group stage, in two groups of four. In the second stage, the two group winners advanced to the final, with the respective runners-up meeting for third place. This was the first of two times for this format (also 1978). For 1974, FIFA introduced the penalty shoot-out as a means of determining the winner in knockout stages should the match end on a draw after 120 minutes.Nur das Endspiel wird wiederholt May–June 1974 Kicker Sportmagazin - Sonderheft WM 74 (World Cup '74 special issue) 131 de The method was not needed until 1982, and was first employed in the semi-final match between France and West Germany. It was decided in advance that if the host nation (West Germany) progressed to the second round, their matches would not start simultaneous to the others, but in an alternate timeslot (either 16:00 or 19:30 local time).Das ist der Fahrplan May–June 1974 Kicker Sportmagazin – Sonderheft WM '74 5 de Summary thumb|350px|Results of finalists thumb|upright|One of two official match footballs of the FIFA World Cup 1974 – the Adidas Telstar durlast. The other, was the all-white Adidas Chile durlast First round The tournament was held mostly in bad weather, and the stadia had few protected places. Only five western European nations had qualified, of which only the Netherlands, West Germany and Sweden made it past the group stage. Fans from the Eastern Communist neighbour states East Germany, Bulgaria and Poland were hindered by political circumstances. Carlos Caszely of Chile became the first player to be sent off with a red card in a World Cup match, during their match against West Germany. Red cards were formally introduced in World Cup play in 1970, but no players were sent off in that tournament. Two teams made a particularly powerful impact on the first round. The Netherlands demonstrated the "Total Football" techniques pioneered by the top Dutch club Ajax, in which specialised positions were virtually abolished for the outfield players, and individual players became defenders, midfielders or strikers as the situation required. The Dutch marked their first World Cup finals since 1938 by topping their first-round group, with wins over Uruguay and Bulgaria and a draw with Sweden. Sweden joined the Dutch in the second group round after beating Uruguay 3–0. Poland, meanwhile, appearing for the first time since 1938, took maximum points from a group containing two of the favourites for the tournament. They beat Argentina 3–2, trounced Haiti 7–0, then beat Italy 2–1 – a result that allowed Argentina to qualify for the second group round ahead of Italy on goal difference. Argentina would not fail to win either of their opening two games of a World Cup again until 2018.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/21/argentina-croatia-world-cup-2018-group-d-match-report Argentina on brink as Ante Rebic sparks rout to put Croatia through TheGuardian.com 21 June 2018 While Haiti lost all three games and finished second-to-last in the tournament, they did have one moment of glory; in their opening game against Italy, they managed to take the lead with a goal from Emmanuel Sanon, before eventually losing 3–1. That goal proved to be significant as it ended Dino Zoff's run of 1,142 minutes without conceding a goal – Italy had not conceded in their last 12 international matches. Group 2 was a particularly close group. With Brazil, Yugoslavia and Scotland drawing all their games against each other, it was decided by the number of goals these three teams scored when defeating Zaire. Yugoslavia hammered the African nation 9–0, equalling a finals record for the largest margin of victory, although the game was only played after tournament officials paid the Zaire players, after their own officials had stolen the teams wages and allowances. Brazil beat them 3–0, which Zaire played under the threat of exile if they lost by four or more goals.Charnock Steve The dark story of Zaire's 9-0 defeat in the 1974 World Cup https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-dark-story-of-zaires-9-nil-defeat-in-the-1974-world-cup Sky History 30 June 2026 30 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250430004828/https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-dark-story-of-zaires-9-nil-defeat-in-the-1974-world-cup live Scotland only managed a 2–0 margin, and so were edged out of the tournament on goal difference. They were the only team that did not lose a game in the tournament and the first ever country to be eliminated from a World Cup Finals without having lost a match. Group 1 contained both East Germany and the host West Germany, and they both progressed at the expense of Chile and newcomers Australia. The last game played in Group 1 was much anticipated, a first ever clash between the two German teams. West Germany was already assured of progression to the second round whatever the result. In one of the most politically charged matches of all time, the East won, thanks to a late Jürgen Sparwasser goal. This result forced a realignment of the West German team that would later help them win the tournament. Second round Coincidentally, the two second-round groups both produced matches that were, in effect, semi-finals. In Group A, the Netherlands and Brazil met after each had taken maximum points from their previous two matches. In Group B, the same happened with West Germany and Poland – so the winners of these two games would contest the final. In Group A, two goals from the inspirational Johan Cruyff helped the Dutch side thrash Argentina 4–0. At the same time, Brazil defeated East Germany 1–0. The Dutch triumphed over East Germany 2–0 while in the "Battle of the South Americans", Brazil managed to defeat Argentina 2–1 in a scrappy match. Argentina and East Germany drew 1–1 and were on their way home while the crucial match between the Netherlands and Brazil turned into another triumph for Total Football, as second-half goals from Johan Neeskens and Cruyff put the Netherlands in the final. However the match would also be remembered for harsh defending on both sides. Meanwhile, in Group B, West Germany and Poland both managed to beat Yugoslavia and Sweden. The crucial game between the Germans and the Poles was goalless until the 76th minute, when Gerd Muller scored to send the hosts through 1–0. The Poles took third place after defeating Brazil 1–0. Final 1974 FIFA World Cup final The final was held on 7 July 1974 at Olympiastadion, Munich. West Germany was led by Franz Beckenbauer, while the Dutch had their star Johan Cruyff, and their Total Football system which had dazzled the competition. With just a minute gone on the clock, following a solo run, Cruyff was brought down by Uli Hoeneß inside the German penalty area, and the Dutch took the lead from the ensuing penalty by Johan Neeskens before any German player had even touched the ball. West Germany struggled to recover, and in the 26th minute were awarded a penalty, after Bernd Hölzenbein fell within the Dutch area, causing English referee Jack Taylor to award another controversial penalty. Paul Breitner spontaneously decided to kick, and scored. These two penalties were the first in a World Cup final. West Germany now pushed, and in the 43rd minute, in his typical style, Gerd Müller scored what turned out to be the winning goal, and the last of his international career as he retired from the national team. The second half saw chances for both sides, with Müller putting the ball in the net for a goal that was disallowed as offside. In the 85th minute, Hölzenbein was fouled again, but no penalty this time. Eventually, West Germany, the 1972 European champions, also won the 1974 World Cup. This was the only case of the reigning European champions winning the World Cup, until Spain (winners of the UEFA Euro 2008) defeated the Netherlands in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final. Spain repeated the feat years later, winning the UEFA Euro 2024 and then the 2026 FIFA World Cup. France have also held both trophies at the same time, albeit in a different order, by winning the 1998 FIFA World Cup followed by the UEFA Euro 2000. This was only the second time that a team had won the World Cup after losing a match in the finals (West Germany losing to East Germany during the group stage). The previous occasion was West Germany's earlier win in 1954. Mascots thumb|Tip and Tap is the official mascot of 1974 World Cups The official mascots of this World Cup were Tip and Tap, two boys wearing an outfit similar to West Germany's, with the letters WM (Weltmeisterschaft, World Cup) and number 74. Venues West BerlinMunichStuttgartOlympiastadionOlympiastadionNeckarstadion Capacity: 86,000 Capacity: 77,573 Capacity: 72,200200px200pxalt=|200x200pxGelsenkirchen FRG and West Berlin center 450 FRG and West Berlin 48.1731 11.5467 Munich bottom FRG and West Berlin 52.5147 13.2395 West Berlin right FRG and West Berlin 48.7923 9.2320 Stuttgart bottom FRG and West Berlin 51.5592 7.0667 Gelsenkirchen top FRG and West Berlin 51.2603 6.7342 Düsseldorf right FRG and West Berlin 50.0686 8.6453 Frankfurt top FRG and West Berlin 53.5872 9.8986 Hamburg top FRG and West Berlin 52.3601 9.7312 Hanover top FRG and West Berlin 51.5159 7.4653 Dortmund right Parkstadion Capacity: 72,000 200px Düsseldorf Rheinstadion Capacity: 70,100 200pxFrankfurtWaldstadionCapacity: 62,200200px Hamburg Hanover DortmundVolksparkstadion Niedersachsenstadion WestfalenstadionCapacity: 61,300 Capacity: 60,400 Capacity: 53,600alt=|frameless|200x200pxalt=|200x200pxlink=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dortmund%20Westfalenstadion,%2018%20Mai%201985,%20RVR%20Arcchiv%20(1304-85).jpg|200x200px Match officials AFC IRN 1964 Jafar Namdar SIN Govindasamy Suppiah CAF EGY 1972 Mahmoud Mustafa Kamel SEN Youssou N'Diaye CONCACAF 18em MEX Alfonso González Archundía CAN Werner Winsemann CONMEBOL 18em URU Ramón Barreto COL Omar Delgado Gómez VEN 1954 Vicente Llobregat BRA 1968 Armando Marques ARG 1861 Luis Pestarino PER Edison Peréz Núñez UEFA 18em FRG Heinz Aldinger ITA 1946 Aurelio Angonese TUR Doğan Babacan SCO Bob Davidson GDR Rudi Glöckner URS 1955 Pavel Kasakov AUT Erich Linemayr BEL Vital Loraux HUN Károly Palotai ROU 1965 Nicolae Rainea ESP 1945 Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez SUI Rudolf Scheurer FRG Gerhard Schulenburg ENG Jack Taylor WAL Clive Thomas FRG Kurt Tschenscher NED Arie van Gemert FRG Hans-Joachim Weyland OFC AUS Tony Boskovic Squads For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1974 FIFA World Cup squads. Seeding The FIFA Organising Committee agreed by vote to seed the hosts, holders and the other two 1970 semi-finalists into the first position of the four groups:https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_12d_fwc-seedings_57416.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130717232914/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_12d_fwc-seedings_57416.pdf dead 17 July 2013 FIFA World Cup seeded teams 1930–2006 FIFA World Cup seeded teams BRA 1968 (1970 semi-finalists and holders) ITA 1946 (1970 semi-finalists) URU (1970 semi-finalists) FRG (1970 semi-finalists and hosts) Then the remaining spots in the groups were determined by dividing the participants into pots based on geographical sections. When the final draw was held, the 16th and final qualifier was not yet known; it would be either Yugoslavia or Spain subject to the result of a final playoff match in February 1974. The two teams had finished with an identical record in their qualification group, and following this situation the rules were changed, so that tied teams had to compete in a playoff match on neutral ground. Seeded teams(hosts, holders and 1970 semi-finalists)Pot 1: Western Europe(unseeded teams)Pot 2: Eastern Europe(unseeded teams)Pot 3: South America(unseeded teams)Pot 4: Rest of the World(unseeded teams)FRG (hosts, Group 1) BRA 1968 (holders, Group 2) ITA 1946 (Group 3 or 4, decided by draw) URU (Group 3 or 4, decided by draw)NED SCOBUL 1971 GDR POL 1928 YUG or ESP 1945ARG 1861 CHIAUS HAI 1964 SWE ZAI Final draw The final draw took place at 21:30 local time on 5 January 1974 in HR Sendesaal in Frankfurt,Ein Elfjähriger schreibt Fußball-Geschichte German http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/4/0,1872,3022116,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051210052048/http://www.zdf.de:80/ZDFde/inhalt/4/0,1872,3022116,00.html dead 10 December 2005 and was televised on Eurovision. 80 commentators were gathered at the Eurovision headquarters, and TV stations from 32 countries had requested pictures of the ceremony at the time. The TV broadcast of this show was followed by an estimated 800 million people.May 2018 Ahead of the draw, the FIFA Organising Committee decided that the host nation (West Germany) and trophy holder (Brazil) would be seeded, and placed respectively into the first position of Groups 1 and 2 prior to the draw. The remaining two top-seeded teams (Uruguay and Italy) would be drawn into the first position of Group 3 and Group 4.draw First position of the four groups were for unknown reasons, displayed at the televised draw as the second line of each drawn group. The top-seeded team at this "first position" in Group 1 had the benefit of playing the first opening match and closing match of their group, after knowing the results from competing matches. In groups 2–4, all matches were played at the exact same local time, meaning there was no benefit for the top-seeded team, other than having avoided to meet other top-seeded teams already in the first group stage. It was also decided that South American nations could not play in the same group during the first group stage. In other words, Argentina and Chile drawn from pot 3, could not be drawn into the two groups seeded by Brazil and Uruguay. Uruguay was drawn before Italy, taking the seeded first position of Group 3, and Italy were drawn into the seeded first position of Group 4.draw Next, the remaining two South American teams from pot 3 were drawn into the two top-seeded European groups (Group 1 and Group 4), as per the draw regulations. This was followed by a draw of the remaining two European teams from pot 1 into Groups 2 and 3. Finally other nations were drawn on an unseeded basis, one by one into Group 1–4 in numerical order, first from pot 2 and then from pot 4.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmyczPNOfAA SYND 06/01/74 drawing of positions for the 1974 Football World Cup 5 January 1974 23 July 2015 YouTube video 1 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220401103428/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmyczPNOfAA livehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_pvQr9eMg FIFA World Cup draw 1974 - mute 5 January 1974 21 July 2015 YouTube video 13 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220613113618/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_pvQr9eMg&gl=US&hl=en live The "innocent hand" who made the draws was an 11-year-old boy, Detlef Lange, a member of the Schöneberger Sängerknaben, a children's choir. The great sensation of the draw was the meeting of the two German teams in Group 1. When FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous had announced the lot, the room was quiet for a few moments, followed by long-lasting applause. In the days following the event, a rumour began circulating that East Germany would consider withdrawing from the World Cup following a meeting with the West Germany delegation; however, this was quickly and officially denied by the East German government.(de) Karl Adolf Scherer: Die Deutschen in einer Gruppe: Die Auslosung am 5. Januar 1974 aus Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1974, page 114 First group stage The first round, or first group stage, saw the 16 teams divided evenly into four groups. Each group was a round-robin of six games, where each team played each of the other teams in the same group once. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified for the second round, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament. Tie-breaking criteria Teams were ranked on the following criteria:December 2020 1. Greater number of points in all group matches 2. Goal difference in all group matches 3. Goals scored in all group matches 4. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee Group 1 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 1 thumb|East German line-up v. Australia Standings no_hide_class_rules 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 East Germany v West Germany (1974 FIFA World Cup) 1-6 Group 2 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 2 thumb|Jairzinho's goal against Zaire Standings no_hide_class_rules 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 Group 3 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 3 Standings no_hide_class_rules 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5 3-6 Group 4 1974 FIFA World Cup Group 4 thumb|Capello (No.8) is brought down v. Haiti Standings no_hide_class_rules 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-6 Second group stage The second round, or second group stage, saw the eight teams progressing from the first round divided into two groups of four teams on the basis of the tournament regulations. Group A would consist of the winners of Groups 1 and 3, plus the runners-up from Groups 2 and 4. Group B would consist of the other four teams, namely the winners of Groups 2 and 4, plus the runners-up from Group 1 and 3. Like the first group stage, each group in the second round was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded two points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The two teams finishing first in each group advanced to the final, while the two runners-up would advance to the match for third place. Tie-breaking criteria Teams were ranked on the following criteria: 1. Greater number of points in all second round group matches 2. Goal difference in all second round group matches 3. Goals scored in all second round group matches 4. Higher finishing position in the table in the first round 5. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1) Group A 1974 FIFA World Cup Group A thumb|Streich heads East Germany into the lead against Argentina Standings no_hide_class_rules A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 Group B 1974 FIFA World Cup Group B Standings no_hide_class_rules B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 Knockout stage 1974 FIFA World Cup knockout stage The match for third place was the first match in FIFA World Cup history in which a penalty shoot-out could potentially be held (in the event of the score being level after the regular 90 minutes and 30 minutes' extra time). If the teams remained tied in the final after extra time, a replay would be held. Only if the scores remained level during the replay after the regular 90 minutes and 30 minutes' extra time would penalties be used to determine the champion. At all previous World Cup tournaments, the drawing of lots had been foreseen in this situation to split the teams, but it was never used. All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1) Match for third place TPP Final 1974 FIFA World Cup final Final Statistics Goalscorers With seven goals, Grzegorz Lato of Poland was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 97 goals were scored by 52 players, with two of them credited as own goals and one player scored for and against. 7 goals POL 1928 Grzegorz Lato 5 goals NED Johan Neeskens POL 1928 Andrzej Szarmach 4 goals NED Johnny Rep SWE Ralf Edström FRG Gerd Müller 3 goals 18em ARG 1861 René Houseman BRA 1968 Rivellino NED Johan Cruyff POL 1928 Kazimierz Deyna FRG Paul Breitner YUG Dušan Bajević 2 goals 18em ARG 1861 Héctor Yazalde BRA 1968 Jairzinho GDR Joachim Streich HAI 1964 Emmanuel Sanon SCO Joe Jordan SWE Roland Sandberg FRG Wolfgang Overath YUG Stanislav Karasi YUG Ivica Šurjak 1 goal 18em ARG 1861 Rubén Ayala ARG 1861 Carlos Babington ARG 1861 Miguel Ángel Brindisi ARG 1861 Ramón Heredia BRA 1965 Valdomiro BUL 1971 Hristo Bonev CHI Sergio Ahumada GDR Martin Hoffmann GDR Jürgen Sparwasser ITA 1946 Pietro Anastasi ITA 1946 Romeo Benetti ITA 1946 Fabio Capello ITA 1946 Gianni Rivera NED Theo de Jong NED Ruud Krol NED Rob Rensenbrink POL 1928 Jerzy Gorgoń SCO Peter Lorimer SWE Conny Torstensson URU Ricardo Pavoni FRG Rainer Bonhof FRG Bernhard Cullmann FRG Jürgen Grabowski FRG Uli Hoeneß YUG Vladislav Bogićević YUG Dragan Džajić YUG Josip Katalinski YUG Branko Oblak YUG Ilija Petković Own goals ARG 1861 Roberto Perfumo (for Italy) AUS Colin Curran (for East Germany) NED Ruud Krol (for Bulgaria) Team of the Tournament FIFA selected the following players for the 1974 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 GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsGER Sepp MaierGER Franz BeckenbauerGER Paul BreitnerBRA Marinho ChagasCHI Elías FigueroaNED Ruud KrolGER Berti VogtsPOL Kazimierz DeynaNED Johan NeeskensYUG Branko OblakNED Johan CruyffPOL Grzegorz LatoGER Wolfgang OverathNED Rob Rensenbrink 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 1974 tournament were as follows: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses. 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 FRG, NED, POL, BRA, SWE, GDR, YUG, ARG, SCO, ITA, CHI, BUL, URU, AUS, HAI, ZAI 1 2 3 9 12 0 1 2 0 5 3 2 2 6 4 0 2 1 2 5 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 5 0 0 3 2 14 1 1 1 5 4 5 1 1 15 3 6 0 1 16 5 1 2 0 3 1 2 2 2 7 6 0 1 2 1 6 6 0 1 13 4 1 2 3 12 7 0 0 3 0 14 T ARG 1861 4/A AUS 1 BRA 1968 2/A BUL 1971 3 CHI 1 GDR 1/A HAI 1964 4 ITA 1946 4 NED 3/A POL 1928 4/B SCO 2 SWE 3/B URU 3 FRG 1/B YUG 2/B ZAI 2 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 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 GS1 Notes References Match reports Report External links World Cup 1974 1974 FIFA World Cup 1974 FIFA World Cup Germany, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report Details at RSSSF 1970s Association football Germany 1974 World Cup Category:1973–74 in West German football 1974 1974 Category:June 1974 sports events in Europe Category:July 1974 sports events in Europe