The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th staging of the World Cup, the world championship for men national association football teams. This was held in West Germany from 31 May – 21 June 1970 (25 days).
In 1974 world cup trophy same as the current trophy, designed and created the FIFA World Cup trophy in 1971 by Silvio Gazzaniga. West Germany currently part of the Republic of German. In this tournament, West Germany won the world cup 1974 beating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final.
The 16 teams taking part in the final competition will be divided into four groups of four teams.
1974 FIFA World Cup, West Germany
In this tournament 16 teams (from 5 confederations) qualify and select in 9 Venues in host cities. Top scorer of the world cup was Grzegorz Lato with 7 goals. Władysław Żmuda was selected for best young Player and Peru select for Fair Play award. Pelé was named the player of the tournament.
Qualification Team for FIFA World 1974
- Africa– 1 team
- Asia– 1 Teams
- Europe– 9Teams
- North America, Central America, and the Caribbean- 1 Teams
- South America– 4 Team
1974 FIFA World Cup Quick facts
The 1974 FIFA World Cup final tournament in West Germany at Munich’s Olympiastadion. Australia, East Germany, Haiti and Zaire made their first appearances at the final stage.
Champions– West Germany (2nd title)
Runners-up– Netherlands
Third place- Poland
Fourth place– Brazil
The host countries won the title beating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final match.
| FIFA CUP 1974 | |
|---|---|
| Teams | |
| Total Match dates | 13 June – 7 July 1970 (25 Days) |
| Match Played | 38 |
| Venues | 9 (9 Host cities) |
| Automatically qualified | Mexico (host)and England (the defending champion) |
Qualification Of World Cup
| Participating countries | |
| Goals scored | 97 |
| Qualified | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Top scorer |
Grzegorz Lato (7 goals) (Poland ) |
| Best young player | Władysław Żmuda (Poland ) |
1974 FIFA world cup ball
World Cup 1974 Stadiums
This world cup was used only 5 host cities and 5 stadiums. (source Wikipedia)
Munich (Olympiastadion)
- Capacity: 77,573
West Berlin (Olympiastadion)
- Capacity: 86,000
Stuttgart (Neckarstadion)
- Capacity: 72,200
Gelsenkirchen (Parkstadion)
- Capacity: 72,000
Düsseldorf (Rheinstadion)
- Capacity: 70,100
Frankfurt (Waldstadion)
- Capacity: 62,200
Hamburg (Volksparkstadion)
- Capacity: 61,300
Hanover (Niedersachsenstadion)
- Capacity: 60,400
Dortmund (Westfalenstadion)
- Capacity: 53,600
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