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World cup 1974

Explore full results, detailed standings and complete statistics from the 1974 World cup.

🏆 Winner

Germany

Statistics

Participating teams
12
Total goals
97
Matches played
38
Goals/match
2,55
Best attack (goals scored)
16
Poland
Best defense (goals conceded)
1
Scotland
First Round
Group 1
Germany - Chile : 1 - 0
East Germany - Australia : 2 - 0
Germany - Australia : 3 - 0
Chile - East Germany : 1 - 1
Chile - Australia : 0 - 0
East Germany - Germany : 1 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. East Germany 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3
2. Germany 4 3 2 0 1 4 1 +3
3. Chile 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 -1
4. Australia 1 3 0 1 2 0 5 -5
Group 2
Yugoslavia - Brazil : 0 - 0
Scotland - Zaire : 2 - 0
Yugoslavia - Zaire : 9 - 0
Scotland - Brazil : 0 - 0
Brazil - Zaire : 3 - 0
Yugoslavia - Scotland : 1 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Yugoslavia 4 3 1 2 0 10 1 +9
2. Brazil 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3
3. Scotland 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
4. Zaire 0 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14
Group 3
Netherlands - Uruguay : 2 - 0
Sweden - Bulgaria : 0 - 0
Netherlands - Sweden : 0 - 0
Bulgaria - Uruguay : 1 - 1
Netherlands - Bulgaria : 4 - 1
Sweden - Uruguay : 3 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Netherlands 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
2. Sweden 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 +3
3. Bulgaria 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3
4. Uruguay 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5
Group 4
Italy - Haiti : 3 - 1
Poland - Argentina : 3 - 2
Poland - Haiti : 7 - 0
Argentina - Italy : 1 - 1
Argentina - Haiti : 4 - 1
Poland - Italy : 2 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Poland 6 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9
2. Argentina 3 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2
3. Italy 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1
4. Haiti 0 3 0 0 3 2 14 -12
Second Round
Group A
Brazil - East Germany : 1 - 0
Netherlands - Argentina : 4 - 0
Netherlands - East Germany : 2 - 0
Brazil - Argentina : 2 - 1
Netherlands - Brazil : 2 - 0
East Germany - Argentina : 1 - 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Netherlands 6 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8
2. Brazil 4 3 2 0 1 3 3 0
3. East Germany 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3
4. Argentina 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5
Group B
Germany - Yugoslavia : 2 - 0
Poland - Sweden : 1 - 0
Germany - Sweden : 4 - 2
Poland - Yugoslavia : 2 - 1
Sweden - Yugoslavia : 2 - 1
Germany - Poland : 1 - 0
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1. Germany 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5
2. Poland 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1
3. Sweden 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2
4. Yugoslavia 0 3 0 0 3 2 6 -4
Third place
Poland - Brazil : 1 - 0
Final
Germany - Netherlands : 2 - 1

Top Scorers

Rank Player Goals Penalties Goals/match
1 Grzegorz Lato 7 0 1,00
2 Andrzej Szarmach 5 0 0,83
2 Johan Neeskens 5 3 0,71
4 Ralf Edstrom 4 0 0,67
4 Gerd Müller 4 0 0,57
4 Johnny Rep 4 0 0,57
7 Dusan Bajevic 3 0 1,00
7 René Houseman 3 0 0,50
7 Kazimierz Deyna 3 1 0,43
7 Johan Cruyff 3 0 0,43
7 Paul Breitner 3 1 0,43
7 Rivelino 3 0 0,43
13 Héctor Yazalde 2 0 0,67
13 Emmanuel Sanon 2 0 0,67
13 Joe Jordan 2 0 0,67
13 Stanislav Karasi 2 0 0,50
13 Joachim Streich 2 0 0,50
13 Roland Sandberg 2 0 0,33
13 Ivica Surjak 2 0 0,33
13 Wolfgang Overath 2 0 0,29
13 Jairzinho 2 0 0,29
22 Gianni Rivera 1 0 0,50
22 Pietro Anastasi 1 0 0,33
22 Bernd Cullmann 1 0 0,33
22 Peter Lorimer 1 0 0,33
22 Romeo Benetti 1 0 0,33
22 Hristo Bonev 1 0 0,33
22 Fabio Capello 1 0 0,33
22 Sergio Ahumada 1 0 0,33
22 Ricardo Pavoni 1 0 0,33
22 Theo De Jong 1 0 0,25
22 Miguel Brindisi 1 0 0,25
22 Rainer Bonhof 1 0 0,25
22 Ilija Petkovic 1 0 0,20
22 Branko Oblak 1 0 0,20
22 Conny Torstensson 1 0 0,20
22 Dragan Dzajic 1 0 0,20
22 Carlos Babington 1 0 0,20
22 Vladislav Bogicevic 1 0 0,20
22 Rob Rensenbrink 1 0 0,17
22 Jürgen Grabowski 1 0 0,17
22 Martin Hoffmann 1 0 0,17
22 Valdomiro 1 0 0,17
22 Rubén Ayala 1 0 0,17
22 Josip Katalinski 1 0 0,17
22 Ramón Heredia 1 0 0,17
22 Jürgen Sparwasser 1 0 0,17
22 Uli Hoeneß 1 1 0,14
22 Jerzy Gorgon 1 0 0,14
22 Ruud Krol 1 0 0,14