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Qualifying countries

In 1962 the Football World Cup returned to the continent of South America. It was held in Chile in accordance with FIFA's decision in Lisbon in June 1956, and won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final.

Only three nations competed for the honour of staging the tournament. Chile prevailed over West Germany and Argentina though the larger, better-equipped Latin American country was the favorite. The format of the competition stayed the same as 1958: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered one of the largest earthquakes (9.5 magnitude) of the twentieth century, which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In face of this, Carlos Dittborn, the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Because we don't have anything, we will do everything in our power to rebuild," which became the unofficial slogan of the tournament. Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organizational flaw. Sadly, Dittborn would not live to see the success of his tireless efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at Arica was renamed in his honor and bears his name to this day.

Qualification

See 1962 FIFA World Cup (qualification).

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1962 FIFA World Cup (squads)

Summary

Few teams or players lived up to their reputations in this tournament. Brazil's Pelé, the hero of 1958, was injured in the first group match against Czechoslovakia. USSR goalkeeper Lev Yashin, arguably the world's best at the time, was in poor form and cost his team an elimination to Chile (1-2) in the quarter-finals. None of the stars of leading European clubs of the time (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Benfica, AC Milan) left a mark on the competition. The only bright spots in an otherwise dull tournament were the emergence of the young Brazilians Amarildo (standing in for Pelé) and Garrincha, the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf against Hungary and Yugoslavia, and the inspired performance of host Chile, who unexpectedly took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players, thanks to an outstanding team spirit.

The competition was marred by overly defensive and often violent tactics. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the infamous first-round match between host Chile and Italy (2-0), known as the Battle of Santiago. Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the overly weak English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated, deliberate attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.

In the first round, Brazil topped their group with Czechoslovakia finishing second, above Mexico and Spain. USSR and Yugoslavia finished above Uruguay and Colombia. Hungary, along with England progressed through to the quarter-finals, while Argentina and Bulgaria went home. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superior goal average; the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament. Swizterland lost all three games while West Germany and Chile both went through over Italy.

Surprisingly, Chile defeated European champions USSR to land themselves a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. A brilliant performance from Garrincha, which included two goals in a 3-1 win, saw the South Americans triumph against England. Meanwhile 1-0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany -- and Czechoslovakia against Hungary -- saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.

A little under 6,000 spectators turned out to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3-1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 watched Brazil beat the hosts 4-2. This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually went on to take third place in a 1-0 victory over Yugoslavia with the very last play of the match. One interesting fact is that the same player, Eladio Rojas scored the last goal on both keymatches (Chile v/s USSR and Chile v/s Yugoslavia).

Santiago's Estadio Nacional served as the venue for the Final itself, and after 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup Final, as a long ball from Scherer was latched onto by Masopust: 1-0 Czechoslovakia. However, just like the previous Final four years earlier, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by the hitherto flawless Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians did not stop there and with goals from Zito and Vava (another Schrojf error) mid-way through the second half, the Czechoslovaks just couldn't get back into the game. The match ended 3-1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of their star player of 1958, Pelé.

Trivia

  • All tickets were denominated in U.S. dollars.
  • Ticket prices for the final were in the US$2.20 (Maipu section) to US$5 (Andes Sur section) range.
  • This World Cup was the last one which could not be televised live in Europe, because it just predated the arrival of the Telstar satellite and the start of live transmissions from the Americas to Europe. In the United Kingdom, the BBC broadcast live radio commentaries and film recordings of matches on television two days late.

Match details

First round

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
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Sasia 56'
Cubilla 75'		 (Report) Zuluaga 19' (pen)
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Referee: Dorogi (Hungary)
Attendance: 7908
Template:URSf2–0Template:YUGf
Ivanov 51'
Ponedelnik 83'		 (Report)
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Referee: Dusch (Germany)
Attendance: 15000
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Skoblar 25' (pen)
Galic 29'
Jerkovic 49'		 (Report) Cabrera 19'
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Referee: Galba (Czechoslovakia)
Attendance: 8829
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Ivanov 8'
Chislenko 10'
Ivanov 11'
Ponedelnik 56'		 (Report) Aceros 21'
Coll 68'
Rada 72'
Kilinger 86'
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Referee: Etzel Filho (Brazil)
Attendance: 8040
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Mamykin 38'
Ivanov 89'		 (Report) Sasia 54'
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Referee: Jonny (Italy)
Attendance: 9973
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Galic 20'
Jerkovic 25'
Galic 61'
Melic 82'
Jerkovic 87'		 (Report)
Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Referee: Robles (Chile)
Attendance: 7167

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Template:FRGf 5 3 2 1 0 4 1
Template:CHIf 4 3 2 0 1 5 3
Template:ITAf 3 3 1 1 1 3 2
Template:SUIf 0 3 0 0 3 2 8


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Sanchez 44'
Sanchez 51'
Ramirez 55'		 (Report) Wuethrich 6'
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Aston (England)
Attendance: 65000
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(Report)
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
Attendance: 65440
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Ramirez 73'
Toro 87'		 (Report)
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Aston (England)
Attendance: 66057
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Bruells 45'
Seeler 59'		 (Report) Schneiter 73'
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Horn (Netherlands)
Attendance: 64922
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Szymaniak 21' (pen)
Seeler 82'		 (Report)
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
Attendance: 67224
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Mora 1'
Bulgarelli 65'
Bulgarelli 67'		 (Report)
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Davidson (Scotland)
Attendance: 59828

Group 3

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Template:BRAf 5 3 2 1 0 4 1
Template:TCHf 3 3 1 1 1 2 3
Template:MEXfold 2 3 1 0 2 3 4
Template:ESPfranco 2 3 1 0 2 2 3
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Zagallo 56'
Pele 73'		 (Report)
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Deinst (Switzerland)
Attendance: 10484
Template:TCHf1–0Template:ESPfranco
Stibranyi 80' (Report)
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Steiner (Austria)
Attendance: 12700
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(Report)
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Schwinte (France)
Attendance: 14903
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Peiro 90' (Report)
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Tesanic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 11875
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Amarildo 72'
Amarildo 86'		 (Report) Rodriguez 35'
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Marino (Uruguay)
Attendance: 18715
Template:MEXfold3–1 Czechoslovakia
Diaz 12'
Del Aguila 29'
Hernandez 90' (pen)		 (Report) Masek 1'
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)
Attendance: 10648

Group 4

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Template:HUNf 5 3 2 1 0 8 2
Template:ENGf 3 3 1 1 1 4 3
Template:ARGfold 3 3 1 1 1 2 3
Template:BULf1946 1 3 0 1 2 1 7

England progressed to the next round due to superior goal average.

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Facundo 4' (Report)
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
Attendance: 7134
Template:HUNf2–1Template:ENGf
Tichy 17'
Albert 61'		 (Report) Flowers 60' (pen)
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Horn (Netherlands)
Attendance: 7938
Template:ENGf3–1Template:ARGfold
Flowers 17' (pen)
Charlton 42'
Greaves 67'		 (Report) Sanfilippo 81'
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Reginato (Chile)
Attendance: 9794
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Albert 1'
Albert 6'
Tichy 8'
Solymosi 12'
Albert 53'
Tichy 70'		 (Report) Sokolov 64'
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
Attendance: 7442
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(Report)
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance: 7945
Template:ENGf0–0Template:BULf1946
(Report)
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Blavier (Belgium)
Attendance: 5700

Knockout stages

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
10 June - Santiago
 
 
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13 June – Viña del Mar
 
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10 June - Rancagua
 
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia3
 
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia1
 
17 June – Santiago
 
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Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia1
 
10 June - Viña del Mar
 
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13 June - Santiago
 
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10 June – Arica
 
Template:CHIf2 Third place
 
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16 June - Santiago
 
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Quarter-finals

Template:CHIf2–1Template:URSf
Sanchez 11'
Rojas 29'		 (Report) Chislenko 26'
Arica, Chile, Estadio Carlos Dittborn
Referee: Horn (Netherlands)
Attendance: 17268
Template:TCHf1–0Template:HUNf
Scherer 13' (Report)
Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente
Referee: Buergo Elcuaz (Mexico)
Attendance: 11690
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Garrincha 31'
Vava 53'
Garrincha 59'		 (Report) Hitchens 38'
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Schwinte (France)
Attendance: 17736
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Radakovic 85' (Report)
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance: 63324

Semi-finals

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Kadraba 48'
Scherer 80'
Scherer 84' (pen)		 (Report) Jerkovic 69'
Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Dienst (Switzerland)
Attendance: 5890
Template:BRAf4–2Template:CHIf
Garrincha 9'
Garrincha 32'
Vava 47'
Vava 78'		 (Report) Toro 42'
Sanchez 61'(pen)
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Yamasaki (Peru)
Attendance: 76500

Third place match

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Rojas 90' (Report)
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Gardeazabal (Spain)
Attendance: 67000

Final

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Amarildo 17'
Zito 69'
Vava 78'		 (Report) Masopust 15'
Santiago, Estadio Nacional
Referee: Latychev (USSR)
Attendance: 68679
1962 World Cup Champions:

BRAZIL (2nd title)

Top Scorers

4 goals

3 goals

  • Milan Galić
  • Lajos Tichy
  • Adolf Scherer
  • Amarildo

2 goals

1 goal


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