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1982 FIFA World Cup
Copa Mundial de Fútbol España '82(Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
Dates13 June – 11 July
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)17 (in 14 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsItaly(3rd title)
Runners-upWest Germany
Third placePoland
Fourth placeFrance
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored146 (2.81 per match)
Attendance2,109,723 (40,572 per match)
Top scorer(s)ItalyPaolo Rossi(6 goals)
Best player(s)ItalyPaolo Rossi[1]
Best young playerFranceManuel Amoros[1]
Fair play awardBrazil[1]
←1978
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The1982 FIFA World Cupwas the 12thFIFA World Cup,a quadrennialfootballtournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won byItaly,who defeatedWest Germany3–1 in thefinalheld in theSantiago Bernabéu Stadiumin the capital,Madrid.It was Italy's third World Cup title, but their first since1938.The defending champions,Argentina,were eliminated in the second round (finishing third and last in their group).Algeria,Cameroon,Honduras,KuwaitandNew Zealandmade their first appearances in the finals.

The tournament featured the first penalty shoot-out in World Cup competition.[2][3]This was the third and last World Cup to feature two rounds ofgroup stages.It was also the third time (after1934and1966) that all four semi-finalists were European.

In the first round of Group 3,HungarydefeatedEl Salvador10–1, equalling the largest margin of victory recorded in the finals (Hungary overSouth Korea9–0 in1954,andYugoslaviaoverZaire9–0 in1974).

Although successful and filled with compelling and entertaining matches, this tournament also was blighted by violent fouls, some poor officiating and some overcrowded stadiums. One particular incident of note was West German goalkeeperHarald Schumacher's foul of French playerPatrick Battistonduring a semi-final match in Seville, and another was Italian player Claudio Gentile's intense and often violent match-long fouling and marking of Argentine playerDiego Maradona.FIFA changed the regulations to somewhat prevent this kind of brutality on the pitch for the subsequent tournament inMexico.

Host selection[edit]

Main article:FIFA World Cup hosts

Spain was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1974 and1978tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany and Spain agreed a deal whereby Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament and West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed.[citation needed]

At the time of Spain being selected, the country was under the dictatorship ofFrancisco Franco's regime,[4]but his regime had ended before the start of the tournament, and the World Cup had its effects onSpanish society after the democratic transition.[5]

Qualification[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

For the first time, the World Cup finals expanded from 16 to 24 teams. This allowed more countries to participate from Africa and Asia.

Teams absent from the finals were1974and1978runners-upNetherlands(eliminated byBelgiumandFrance),Mexico(eliminated byHondurasandEl Salvador), and the three times 1970s participantsSweden(eliminated byScotlandandNorthern Ireland). Northern Ireland qualified for the first time since 1958. Belgium,Czechoslovakia,El Salvador,Englandand theSoviet Unionwere all back in the finals after 12-year absences. England had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years,[6]having qualified automatically as hosts in 1966 and as defending champions in 1970, then failing to qualify in 1974 and 1978.YugoslaviaandChilewere also back after missing the 1978 tournament.

Algeria,Cameroon,Honduras,Kuwait,andNew Zealandall participated in the World Cup for the first time. As of 2022, this was the last time thatEl SalvadorandKuwaitqualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time thatSouth Koreafailed to qualify. This is also the last time that Mexico failed to qualify by playing (they werebannedfrom the1990 FIFA World Cup qualification).

This was the first time that all six confederations (AFC,CAF,CONCACAF,CONMEBOL,OFCandUEFA) sent representative teams to the tournament, which would happen again in2006and2010,and will be happening in2026:Australiawould also participate in the2010-2022tournaments, but as a representative of the AFC.

There was some consideration given as to whether England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland would withdraw from the tournament because of theFalklands Warbetween Argentina and the United Kingdom.[6]A directive issued by the British sports ministerNeil Macfarlanein April, at the start of the conflict, suggested that there should be no contact between British representative teams and Argentina.[6]This directive was not rescinded until August, following the end of the tournament and of the hostilities.[6]Macfarlane reported toPrime MinisterMargaret Thatcherthat some players and officials were uneasy about participating because of the casualties suffered by British forces, and the strong diplomatic ties between Argentina and Spain.[6]FIFA later advised the British Government that there was no prospect thatArgentina(the defending champions) would be asked to withdraw,[6]and it also became apparent that no other countries would withdraw from the tournament.[6]It was decided byCabinet SecretaryRobert Armstrongto allow the British national teams to participate so that Argentina could not use their absence for propaganda purposes, reversing the intended effect of applying political pressure onto Argentina.[6]

List of qualified teams[edit]

The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Summary[edit]

Format[edit]

Honduras teaminAlginet,during a June 1982 preparatory match.

The first round was around-robingroup stage containing six groups of four teams each. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw, withgoal differenceused to separate teams equal on points. The top two teams in each group advanced. In the second round, the twelve remaining teams were split into four groups of three teams each, with the winner of each group progressing to the knockout semi-final stage.

The composition of the groups in the second round was determined before the start of the tournament. Groups A and B were to include one team from each of Groups 1 through 6, and Groups C and D included the remaining six teams. The winners of Groups 1 and 3 were in Group A whilst the runners-up were in Group C. The winners of Groups 2 and 4 were in Group B whilst the runners-up were in Group D. The winner of Group 5 was in Group D whilst the runner-up was in Group B. The winner of Group 6 was in Group C whilst the runner-up was in Group A. Thus, Group A mirrored Group C, and Group B mirrored Group D with the winners and runners-up from the first round being placed into opposite groups in the second round.

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D
WINNER G1 WINNER G2 WINNER G6 WINNER G5
WINNER G3 WINNER G4 RUNNER-UP G1 RUNNER-UP G2
RUNNER-UP G6 RUNNER-UP G5 RUNNER-UP G3 RUNNER-UP G4

The second-round groups that mirrored each other (based on the first-round groupings) faced off against each other in the semifinals. Thus, the Group A winner played the Group C winner, and the Group B winner played the Group D winner. This meant that if two teams which played in the same first-round group both emerged from the second round, they would meet for the second time of the tournament in a semifinal match. It also guaranteed that the final match would feature two teams that had not previously played each other in the tournament. As it turned out, Italy and Poland who were both in Group 1 in the first round, each won their second-round groups and played each other in a semifinal match.[7]


First group stage[edit]

In Group 1, newcomersCameroonheld bothPolandandItalyto draws, and were denied a place in the next round on the basis of having scored fewer goals than Italy (the sides had an equal goal difference). Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon andPeru.Italian journalists andtifosicriticised their team for their uninspired performances that managed three draws; the squad was reeling from the recentSerie A scandal,where national players were suspended for match fixing and illegal betting.[8]

Group 2 saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2–1 victory ofAlgeriaover reigning European ChampionsWest Germany.In the final match in the group, West Germany metAustriain a match later dubbed as the "Disgrace of Gijón".Algeria had already played their final group game on the previous day, and West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. After 10 minutes of all-out attack, West Germany scored through a goal byHorst Hrubesch.After that solitary goal was scored, the two teams kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "Fuera, fuera"("Out, out") were screamed by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters wavedbanknotesat the players. This performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust.[9]Algeria protested to FIFA, who ruled that the result would stand; FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.

Group 3, where the opening ceremony and first match of the tournament took place, sawBelgiumbeat defending championsArgentina1–0. TheCamp Noustadium was the home ofBarcelona,and many fans had wanted to see the club's new signing, Argentinian starDiego Maradona,who did not perform to expectations. Both Belgium and Argentina ultimately advanced at the expense ofHungaryandEl SalvadordespiteHungary's 10–1 winover the Central American nation – which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game (equal with Brazil's 6–5 victory over Poland in the 1938 tournament and Hungary's 8–3 victory over West Germany in the 1954 tournament).

Group 4 opened withEnglandmidfielderBryan Robson's goal againstFranceafter only 27 seconds of play. England won 3–1 and qualified along with France overCzechoslovakiaandKuwait,though the tiny Gulf emirate held Czechoslovakia to a 1–1 draw. In the game between Kuwait and France, with France leading 3–1, France midfielderAlain Giressescored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands, which they thought had come from Soviet refereeMiroslav Stupar.Play had not yet resumed when SheikhFahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,brother of thethen-Kuwaiti Emirand president of theKuwait Football Association,rushed onto the pitch to remonstrate with the referee. Stupar reversed his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the fury of the French.Maxime Bossisscored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4–1.

In Group 5,Hondurasheld hostsSpainto a 1–1 draw.Northern Irelandwon the group outright, eliminatingYugoslaviaand beating hosts Spain 1–0; Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men afterMal Donaghywas dismissed. Spain narrowly avoided elimination due to a huge referee error, securing a contentious 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia, largely attributed to a disputed penalty decision. At 17 years and 41 days, Northern Ireland forwardNorman Whitesidewas the youngest player to appear in a World Cup match.[10]

Brazilwere in Group 6. WithZico,Sócrates,Falcão,Éderand others, they boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of1970.They beat theUSSR2–1 thanks to a 20-metre Éder goal two minutes from time, thenScotlandandNew Zealandwith four goals each. The Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth on goal difference at the expense of the Scots.

Second group stage[edit]

A statue commemorating the 1982 FIFA World Cup at theEstadio RiazorinA Coruña.

Poland opened Group A with a 3–0 defeat of Belgium thanks to aZbigniew Boniekhat-trick.The Soviet Union prevailed 1–0 in the next match over Belgium. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semi-final spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0–0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed amartial lawa few months earlier to quash internal dissent.

In Group B, a match between England and West Germany ended in a goalless draw. West Germany put the pressure on England in their second match by beating Spain 2–1. The home side drew 0–0 against England, denyingRon Greenwood's team a semi-final place and putting England in the same position as Cameroon, being eliminated without losing a game.

In Group C, with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, in the opener, Italy prevailed 2–1 overDiego MaradonaandMario Kempes's side after a game in which Italian defendersGaetano ScireaandClaudio Gentileproved themselves equal to the task of stopping the Argentinian attack. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but lost 3–1 – Argentina only scoring in the last minute. Maradona kicked Brazilian playerJoão Batistain the groin and was sent off in the 85th minute.

Thematch between Brazil and Italypitted Brazil's attack against Italy's defence, with the majority of the game played around the Italian area, and with the Italian midfielders and defenders returning the repeated set volleys of Brazilian shooters such asZico,SócratesandFalcão.Italian centre back Gentile was assigned to mark Brazilian striker Zico, earning a yellow card and a suspension for the semi-final.Paolo Rossiopened the scoring when he headed inAntonio Cabrini's cross with just five minutes played. Sócrates equalised for Brazil seven minutes later. In the twenty-fifth minute Rossi stepped pastJúnior,intercepted a pass fromCerezoacross the Brazilians' goal, and drilled the shot home. The Brazilians threw everything in search of another equaliser, while Italy defended bravely. On 68 minutes, Falcão collected a pass from Júnior and as Cerezo's dummy run distracted three defenders, fired home from 20 yards out. Now Italy had gained the lead twice thanks to Rossi's goals, and Brazil had come back twice; at 2–2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but in the 74th minute, a poor clearance from an Italian corner kick went back to the Brazilian six-yard line where Rossi andFrancesco Grazianiwere waiting. Both aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick and sending Italy into the lead for good. In the 86th minuteGiancarlo Antognoniscored an apparent fourth goal for Italy, but it was wrongly disallowed for offside. In the dying momentsDino Zoffmade a miraculous save to denyOscara goal, ensuring that Italy advanced to the semi-final.[11][12]

In the last group, Group D, France dispatched Austria 1–0 with a free kick goal byBernard Genghini,and then defeated Northern Ireland 4–1 to reach their first semi-final since1958.

Semi-finals, third-place match and final[edit]

Adidas Tango España,official match ball of Spain '82

In a re-match of the encounter in the first round, Italy beat Poland in the first semi-final through two goals from Paolo Rossi. In the game between France and West Germany, the Germans opened the scoring through aPierre Littbarskistrike in the 17th minute, and the French equalised nine minutes later with aMichel Platinipenalty. In the second half a long through ball sent French defenderPatrick Battistonracing clear towards the German goal. With both Battiston and the lone German defender trying to be the first to reach the ball, Battiston flicked it past German keeperHarald Schumacherfrom the edge of the German penalty area and Schumacher reacted by jumping up to block. Schumacher did not seem to go for the ball, however, and clattered straight into the oncoming Battiston – which left the French player unconscious and knocked two of his teeth out. Schumacher's action has been described as "one of history's most shocking fouls".[13]The ball went just wide of the post and Dutch refereeCharles Corverdeemed Schumacher's tackle on Battiston not to be a foul and awarded agoal kick.Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious and with a broken jaw, was carried off the field on a stretcher.

After French defenderManuel Amoroshad sent a 25-metre drive crashing onto the West German crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France's sweeperMarius Trésorfired a swerving volley under Schumacher's crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2–1. Six minutes later, an unmarkedAlain Giressedrove in an 18-metre shot off the inside of the right post to finish off a counter-attack and put France up 3–1. But West Germany would not give up. In the 102nd minute a counter-attack culminated in a cross that recent substituteKarl-Heinz Rummeniggeturned in at the near post from a difficult angle with the outside of his foot, reducing France's lead to 3–2. Then in the 108th minute Germany took a short corner and after France failed to clear, the ball was played by Germany to Littbarski whose cross toHorst Hrubeschwas headed back to the centre towardsKlaus Fischer,who was unmarked but with his back to goal. Fischer in turn volleyed the ball past French keeperJean-Luc Ettoriwith abicycle kick,levelling the scores at 3–3.

The resultingpenalty shootoutwas the first at a World Cup finals. Giresse,Manfred Kaltz,Manuel Amoros,Paul BreitnerandDominique Rocheteauall converted penalties untilUli Stielikewas stopped by Ettori, giving France the advantage. But then Schumacher stepped forward, lifted the tearful Stielike from the ground, and savedDidier Six's shot. With Germany handed the lifeline they needed Littbarski converted his penalty, followed by Platini for France, and then Rummenigge for Germany as the tension mounted. France defender Maxime Bossis then had his kick parried by Schumacher who anticipated it, and Hrubesch stepped up to score and send Germany to the World Cup final yet again with a victory on penalties, 5–4.

"After I scored, my whole life passed before me – the same feeling they say you have when you are about to die, the joy of scoring in a World Cup final was immense, something I dreamed about as a kid, and my celebration was a release after realising that dream. I was born with that scream inside me, that was just the moment it came out."

—Italian midfielderMarco Tardellion hisiconic goal celebrationfrom the 1982 World Cup Final.[14]

In the third-place match, Poland edged the French side 3–2 which matched Poland's best performance at a World Cup previously achieved in 1974. France would go on to win theEuropean Championshiptwo years later.

In the final,Antonio Cabrinifired a penalty wide of goal in the first half. In the second half, Paolo Rossi scored first for the third straight game by heading home Gentile's bouncing cross at close range. Exploiting the situation, Italy scored twice more on quick counter-strikes, all the while capitalising on their defence to hold the Germans. With Gentile and Gaetano Scirea holding the centre, the Italian strikers were free to counter-punch the weakened German defence.Marco Tardelli's shot from the edge of the area beat Schumacher first, andAlessandro Altobelli,the substitute for injured strikerFrancesco Graziani,made it 3–0 at the end of a solo sprint down the right side by the stand-out wingerBruno Conti.Italy's lead appeared secure, encouraging Italian presidentSandro Pertinito wag his finger at the cameras in a playful "not going to catch us now" gesture. In the 83rd minute, Paul Breitner scored for West Germany, but it was only a consolation goal as Italy won 3–1 to claim their first World Cup title in 44 years, and their third in total.

Records[edit]

Italy became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game, drawing all three (whileCameroonwere eliminated in the same way by virtue of having only one goal scored against Italy's two), and also the first of two World Cup winners to draw or lose three matches at the Finals (Argentina matched this by drawing two games and losing one in 2022). By winning, Italy equalled Brazil's record of winning the World Cup three times. Italy's total of twelve goals scored in seven matches set a new low for average goals scored per game by a World Cup winning side (subsequently exceeded by Spain in 2010), while Italy's aggregate goal difference of +6 for the tournament remains a record low for a champion, equalled by Spain.

Italy's 40-year-old captain-goalkeeperDino Zoffbecame the oldest player to win the World Cup.[15]This was the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated in the finals, something that did not happen again until2006.

Venues[edit]

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Carlos Tartiere
16
José Zorrilla
15
José Rico Pérez
14
Balaídos
13
Riazor
12
La Romareda
11
La Rosaleda
10
El Molinón
9
San Mamés
8
Luis Casanova
7
Nuevo Estadio
6
Benito Villamarín
5
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
4
Vicente Calderón
3
Santiago Bernabéu
2
Sarrià
1
Camp Nou
Host cities and venues of the 1982 FIFA World Cup

Seventeen stadiums in fourteen cities hosted the tournament, a record that stood until the 2002 tournament, which was played in twenty stadiums in two countries.[16]The most used venue wasFC Barcelona'sCamp Noustadium, which hosted five matches, including a semi-final; it was the largest stadium used for this tournament. WithSarrià Stadiumalso hosting three matches, Barcelona was the Spanish city with the most matches in España 1982 with eight; Madrid, the nation's capital, followed with seven.

This particular World Cup was organised in such a way that all of the matches of each of the six groups were assigned stadiums in cities near to each other, in order to reduce the stress of travel on the players and fans. For example, Group 1 matches were played in Vigo and A Coruña, Group 2 in Gijón and Oviedo, Group 3 in Elche and Alicante (except for the first match, which was the opening match of the tournament, which was played at the Camp Nou), Group 4 in Bilbao and Valladolid, Group 5 (which included hosts Spain) in Valencia and Zaragoza, and Group 6 in Seville and Malaga (of the three first-round matches in Seville, the first match between Brazil and the Soviet Union was played in the Pizjuán Stadium, and the other two were played in the Villamarín Stadium). Group stage matches in the milder northern cities like Bilbao or Gijón would start at 17:00, while the matches in the southern cities like Seville or Valencia would start at 21:00, in an attempt to avoid the intense southern Spanish summer heat.

When the tournament went into the round-robin second round matches, all the aforementioned cities excluding Barcelona, Alicante and Seville did not host any more matches in España 1982. Both theSantiago BernabéuandVicente Calderónstadiums in Madrid and the Sarrià Stadium in Barcelona were used for the first time for this tournament for the second round matches. Madrid and Barcelona hosted the four second round group matches; Barcelona hosted Groups A and C (Camp Nou hosted all three of Group A's matches, and Sarrià did the same with Group C's matches) and Madrid hosted Groups B and D (Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium hosted all three of Group B's matches, andAtlético Madrid's Calderon Stadium did the same with the Group D matches)

The two semi final matches were held at Camp Nou and the Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, the third largest stadium used for the tournament (one of only two España 1982 matches it hosted), the third place match was held in Alicante and the final was held at the Bernabeu, the second largest stadium used for this tournament.[17]

Barcelona Madrid
Camp Nou Sarrià Santiago Bernabéu Vicente Calderón
Capacity:121,401 Capacity:40,400 Capacity:90,089 Capacity:65,695
Seville Elche Valencia
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Benito Villamarín Nuevo Estadio Luis Casanova
Capacity:68,110 Capacity:50,253 Capacity:53,290 Capacity:49,562
Bilbao Gijón Málaga Zaragoza
San Mamés El Molinón La Rosaleda La Romareda
Capacity:46,223 Capacity:45,153 Capacity:45,000 Capacity:41,806
A Coruña Vigo Alicante Valladolid
Riazor Balaídos José Rico Pérez José Zorrilla
Capacity:34,190 Capacity:33,000 Capacity:32,500 Capacity:30,043
Oviedo
Carlos Tartiere
Capacity:23,500

Match officials[edit]

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

UEFA

OFC

Squads[edit]

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see1982 FIFA World Cup squads.

Groups[edit]

Seeding[edit]

The 24 qualifiers were divided into four groupings which formed the basis of the draw for the group stage. FIFA announced the six seeded teams on the day of the draw and allocated them in advance to the six groups; as had become standard, the host nation and the reigning champions were among the seeds.[18]The seeded teams would play all their group matches at the same venue (with the exception of World Cup holders Argentina who would play in the opening game scheduled for the Camp Nou, the largest of the venues). The remaining 18 teams were split into three pots based on FIFA's assessment of the team's strength, but also taking in account geographic considerations. The seedings and group venues for those teams were tentatively agreed at an informal meeting in December 1981 but not officially confirmed until the day of the draw. FIFA executiveHermann Neubergertold the press that the seeding of England had been challenged by other nations but they were to be seeded as "the Spanish want England to play in Bilbao for security reasons" *.[19]As well as security the footballing grounds that they were winners in 1966 and reached the quarter-final as holders in 1970, as the 1970 in Mexico and 1974 in West Germany tournaments were taken into consideration for seeding with West Germany seeded for their 1980 European Championship win (due to the Netherlands failing to qualify) having won in 1974. However, due to England's seeding for security reasons, if the Netherlands had qualified, West Germany would not have been seeded as West Germany were eliminated in the second group stage in 1978, while the Netherlands were runners up.

Seeded teams
 Pot A Pot B Pot C

Final draw[edit]

On 16 January 1982, the draw was conducted at thePalacio de Congresos in Madrid,where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups.[18]Firstly a draw was made to decide the order in which the three drums containing pots A, B and C would be emptied; this resulted in the order being pot B, C and A. The teams were then drawn one-by-one out of the respective pot and entered in the groups in that order. A number was then drawn to determine the team's "position" in the group and hence the fixtures.[20]

The only stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two South American teams. As a result, Pot B – which contained two South American teams – was initially drawn with only the four Europeans in the pot. These first two European teams drawn from pot B were then to be immediately allocated to Groups 3 and 6 which contained the two South American seeds Argentina and Brazil. Once these two groups had been filled with the entrants from Pot B, Chile and Peru would be added to the pot and the draw would continue as normal.[20]In the event, FIFA executivesSepp BlatterandHermann Neubergerconducting the draw initially forgot this stipulation and therefore immediately placed the first team drawn from this pot (Belgium) into Group 1, rather than Group 3 as planned, before then placing the second team drawn out (Scotland) into Group 3; they then had to correct this by moving Belgium to Group 3 and Scotland into Group 6.[21][22]The ceremony suffered further embarrassment when one of the revolving drums containing the teams broke down.[21]

Results[edit]

All times areCentral European Summer Time(UTC+2)

Champion
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Second group stage
First group stage

First group stage[edit]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round.

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[23]

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Drawing of lots

Group 1[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 1

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Poland 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 4 Advance tosecond round
2 Italy 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
3 Cameroon 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
4 Peru 3 0 2 1 2 6 −4 2
Source:FIFA
Italy0–0Poland
Report
Attendance: 33,040
Peru0–0Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 11,000
Italy1–1Peru
Conti18' Report Díaz83'
Attendance: 25,000
Poland0–0Cameroon
Report
Attendance: 19,000
Poland5–1Peru
Smolarek55'
Lato58'
Boniek61'
Buncol68'
Ciołek76'		 Report La Rosa83'
Attendance: 25,000
Italy1–1Cameroon
Graziani60' Report M'Bida61'
Attendance: 20,000

Group 2[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 2

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Germany 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4 Advance tosecond round
2 Austria 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
3 Algeria 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
4 Chile 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source:FIFA
West Germany1–2Algeria
Rummenigge67' Report Madjer54'
Belloumi68'
Attendance: 42,000
Chile0–1Austria
Report Schachner22'
Attendance: 22,500
West Germany4–1Chile
Rummenigge9',57',66'
Reinders83'		 Report Moscoso90'
Attendance: 42,000
Algeria0–2Austria
Report Schachner55'
Krankl67'
Attendance: 22,000
Algeria3–2Chile
Assad7',31'
Bensaoula35'		 Report Neira59' (pen.)
Letelier73'
Attendance: 16,000
Main article:West Germany v Austria (1982 FIFA World Cup)
West Germany1–0Austria
Hrubesch10' Report
Attendance: 41,000

Group 3[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 3

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Belgium 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 5 Advance tosecond round
2 Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
3 Hungary 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 3
4 El Salvador 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source:FIFA
Argentina0–1Belgium
Report Vandenbergh62'
Attendance: 95,000
Main article:Hungary v El Salvador (1982 FIFA World Cup)
Hungary10–1El Salvador
Nyilasi4',83'
Pölöskei11'
Fazekas23',54'
Tóth50'
L. Kiss69',72',76'
Szentes70'		 Report Ramírez Zapata64'
Attendance: 23,000
Argentina4–1Hungary
Bertoni26'
Maradona28',57'
Ardiles60'		 Report Pölöskei76'
Attendance: 32,093
Belgium1–0El Salvador
Coeck19' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Belgium1–1Hungary
Czerniatynski76' Report Varga27'
Attendance: 37,000
Argentina2–0El Salvador
Passarella22' (pen.)
Bertoni54'		 Report
Attendance: 32,500

Group 4[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 England 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance tosecond round
2 France 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 3
3 Czechoslovakia 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4 Kuwait 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source:FIFA
England3–1France
Robson1',67'
Mariner83'		 Report Soler24'
Attendance: 44,172
Czechoslovakia1–1Kuwait
Panenka21' (pen.) Report Al-Dakhil57'
Attendance: 25,000
England2–0Czechoslovakia
Francis62'
Barmoš66' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 41,123
France4–1Kuwait
Genghini31'
Platini43'
Six48'
Bossis89'		 Report Al-Buloushi75'
Attendance: 30,043
France1–1Czechoslovakia
Six66' Report Panenka84' (pen.)
Attendance: 28,000
England1–0Kuwait
Francis27' Report
Attendance: 39,700

Group 5[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 5

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Northern Ireland 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance tosecond round
2 Spain(H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3
3 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4 Honduras 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Source:FIFA
(H)Hosts
Spain1–1Honduras
López Ufarte65' (pen.) Report Zelaya8'
Attendance: 49,562
Yugoslavia0–0Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Spain2–1Yugoslavia
Juanito14' (pen.)
Saura66'		 Report Gudelj10'
Attendance: 48,000
Honduras1–1Northern Ireland
Laing60' Report Armstrong10'
Attendance: 15,000
Honduras0–1Yugoslavia
Report Petrović88' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000
Spain0–1Northern Ireland
Report Armstrong47'
Attendance: 49,562

Group 6[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 6 Advance tosecond round
2 Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 3
3 Scotland 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
4 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source:FIFA
Brazil2–1Soviet Union
Sócrates75'
Éder88'		 Report Bal34'
Attendance: 68,000
Scotland5–2New Zealand
Dalglish18'
Wark29',32'
Robertson73'
Archibald79'		 Report Sumner54'
Wooddin64'
Attendance: 36,000
Brazil4–1Scotland
Zico33'
Oscar48'
Éder63'
Falcão87'		 Report Narey18'
Attendance: 47,379
Soviet Union3–0New Zealand
Gavrilov24'
Blokhin48'
Baltacha68'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000
Soviet Union2–2Scotland
Chivadze59'
Shengelia84'		 Report Jordan15'
Souness86'
Attendance: 45,000
Brazil4–0New Zealand
Zico28',31'
Falcão64'
Serginho70'		 Report
Attendance: 43,000

Second group stage[edit]

The second round of the tournament consisted of four groups of three teams, each played at one stadium in one of Spain's two largest cities: two in Madrid and two in Barcelona. The winners of each group progressed to the semi-finals.

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:[23]

  1. Greater number of points in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Whether the team finished first or second in their first round group
  5. Drawing of lots

Although the fixtures were provisionally determined in advance, the teams competing in each fixture depended on the result of the opening match in each group: Should a team lose their opening game of the group, that team would then have to play in the second fixture against the third team in the group and the winner would, by contrast, be rewarded by not needing to play again until the final fixture of the group and therefore gained extra recovery time. If the opening game was a draw, the predetermined order of games would proceed as planned. These regulations helped ensure that the final group games were of importance as no team could already have progressed to the semi-finals by the end of the second fixtures.[23]

The 43,000-capacity Sarria Stadium in Barcelona, used for the Group C round-robin matches between Italy, Argentina and Brazil was, unlike any of the other matches (except 1) in the other groups, severely overcrowded for all three matches. The venue was then heavily criticised for its lack of space and inability to handle such rampant crowds; although no one had foreseen such crowds at all; the Group A matches held at the nearby and much larger 121,401-capacity Camp Nou stadium never went past 65,000 and hosted all European teams; it was anticipated there would be larger crowds for the Camp Nou-hosted second round matches between Belgium, the Soviet Union and Poland.[24]

Group A[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Poland 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 3 Advance toknockout stage
2 Soviet Union 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 3
3 Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source:FIFA
Poland3–0Belgium
Boniek4',26',53' Report
Attendance: 65,000
Belgium0–1Soviet Union
Report Oganesian48'
Attendance: 45,000
Soviet Union0–0Poland
Report
Attendance: 65,000

Group B[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Germany 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance toknockout stage
2 England 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3 Spain(H) 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source:FIFA
(H)Hosts
West Germany0–0England
Report
Attendance: 75,000
West Germany2–1Spain
Littbarski50'
Fischer75'		 Report Zamora82'
Attendance: 90,089
Spain0–0England
Report
Attendance: 75,000

Group C[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italy 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 4 Advance toknockout stage
2 Brazil 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 2
3 Argentina 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source:FIFA
Italy2–1Argentina
Tardelli57'
Cabrini67'		 Report Passarella83'
Attendance: 43,000
Argentina1–3Brazil
Díaz89' Report Zico11'
Serginho66'
Júnior75'
Attendance: 44,000
Main article:Italy v Brazil (1982 FIFA World Cup)
Italy3–2Brazil
Rossi5',25',74' Report Sócrates12'
Falcão68'
Attendance: 44,000

Group D[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 4 Advance toknockout stage
2 Austria 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 Northern Ireland 2 0 1 1 3 6 −3 1
Source:FIFA
Austria0–1France
Report Genghini39'
Attendance: 37,000
Austria2–2Northern Ireland
Pezzey50'
Hintermaier68'		 Report Hamilton27',75'
Attendance: 20,000
France4–1Northern Ireland
Giresse33',80'
Rocheteau46',68'		 Report Armstrong75'
Attendance: 37,000

Knockout stage[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
Semi-finalsFinal
8 July – Barcelona (Camp Nou)
Poland0
11 July – Madrid (Bernabéu)
Italy2
Italy3
8 July – Seville (Pizjuán)
West Germany1
West Germany(pen.)3 (5)
France3 (4)
Third place
10 July – Alicante
Poland3
France2

Semi-finals[edit]

Poland0–2Italy
Report Rossi22',73'
Attendance: 50,000
Main article:West Germany v France (1982 FIFA World Cup)
West Germany3–3 (a.e.t.)France
Littbarski17'
Rummenigge102'
Fischer108'		 Report Platini26' (pen.)
Trésor92'
Giresse98'
Penalties
Kaltzsoccer ball with check mark
Breitnersoccer ball with check mark
Stielikesoccer ball with red X
Littbarskisoccer ball with check mark
Rummeniggesoccer ball with check mark
Hrubeschsoccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check markGiresse
soccer ball with check markAmoros
soccer ball with check markRocheteau
soccer ball with red XSix
soccer ball with check markPlatini
soccer ball with red XBossis
Attendance: 70,000

Third place play-off[edit]

Poland3–2France
Szarmach40'
Majewski44'
Kupcewicz46'		 Report Girard13'
Couriol72'
Attendance: 28,000

Final[edit]

Main article:1982 FIFA World Cup final
Italy3–1West Germany
Rossi57'
Tardelli69'
Altobelli81'		 Report Breitner83'
Attendance: 90,000

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Paolo Rossi received theGolden Bootfor scoring six goals. In total, 146 goals were scored by 100 players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Red cards[edit]

Awards[edit]

Source:[25]

Golden Boot Best Young Player FIFA Fair Play Trophy
ItalyPaolo Rossi FranceManuel Amoros Brazil
Golden Ball[26]
Rank: Player:
1st ItalyPaolo Rossi
2nd BrazilFalcão
3rd West GermanyKarl-Heinz Rummenigge
4th PolandZbigniew Boniek
5th BrazilZico
6th BrazilSócrates
7th FranceAlain Giresse
8th Soviet UnionRinat Dasayev
9th ArgentinaDiego Maradona
10th FranceMichel Platini

FIFA retrospective ranking[edit]

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, overall results and quality of the opposition.[27][28]The rankings for the 1982 tournament were as follows:

R Team G P W D L GF GA GD Pts.
1 Italy 1/C 7 4 3 0 12 6 +6 11
2 West Germany 2/B 7 3 2 2 12 10 +2 8
3 Poland 1/A 7 3 3 1 11 5 +6 9
4 France 4/D 7 3 2 2 16 12 +4 8
Eliminated in the second group stage
5 Brazil 6/C 5 4 0 1 15 6 +9 8
6 England 4/B 5 3 2 0 6 1 +5 8
7 Soviet Union 6/A 5 2 2 1 7 4 +3 6
8 Austria 2/D 5 2 1 2 5 4 +1 5
9 Northern Ireland 5/D 5 1 3 1 5 7 −2 5
10 Belgium 3/A 5 2 1 2 3 5 −2 5
11 Argentina 3/C 5 2 0 3 8 7 +1 4
12 Spain 5/B 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 4
Eliminated in the first group stage
13 Algeria 2 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
14 Hungary 3 3 1 1 1 12 6 +6 3
15 Scotland 6 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 3
16 Yugoslavia 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
17 Cameroon 1 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
18 Honduras 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
19 Czechoslovakia 4 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
20 Peru 1 3 0 2 1 2 6 −4 2
21 Kuwait 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
22 Chile 2 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
23 New Zealand 6 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
24 El Salvador 3 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0

Branding[edit]

Mascot[edit]

Naranjito, the officialmascotof the 1982 tournament, is featured in this vintage collection of Spanish keychains.

Theofficial mascotof this World Cup wasNaranjito,an anthropomorphisedorange,a typical fruit in Spain, wearing the kit of the host'snational team.Its name comes fromnaranja,the Spanish word for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito".

The official poster was designed byJoan Miró.[29]

Football in Action(fútbol en acción) was the name of an educational animated series first aired in 1982 on public broadcasterRTVE.Chapters had a duration of 20 minutes and the main character wasNaranjito.The series lasted for 26 episodes and the theme was football, adventures and World Cup of 82.Naranjitowas accompanied by other characters, as his girlfriendClementina,his friendCitronioandImarchithe robot.

Match ball[edit]

The match ball for 1982 World Cup, manufactured byAdidas,was theTango España.

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