1962 FIFA World Cup

The 1962 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Chile in 1962. 16 teams took part from many countries. Brazil won the trophy after beating Czechoslovakia in the final.

Participants

Europe

• Bulgaria (BUL) • Squad
• Czechoslovakia (TCH) • Squad
• England (ENG) • Squad
• West Germany (FRG) • Squad
• Hungary (HUN) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Soviet Union (URS) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad
• Switzerland (SUI) • Squad
• Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad

North and Central America

• Mexico (MEX) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Chile (CHI) • Squad
• Colombia (COL) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	URS	YUG	URU	COL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Soviet Union	-	2-0	2-1	4-4	3	2	1	0	8	5	5	Round 2
2	Yugoslavia	0-2	-	3-1	5-0	3	2	0	1	8	3	4	Round 2
3	Uruguay	1-2	1-3	-	2-1	3	1	0	2	4	6	2
4	Colombia	4-4	0-5	1-2	-	3	0	1	2	5	11	1

Group B

Pos	Team	FRG	CHI	ITA	SUI	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	West Germany	-	2-0	0-0	2-1	3	2	1	0	4	1	5	Round 2
2	Chile	0-2	-	2-0	3-1	3	2	0	1	5	3	4	Round 2
3	Italy	0-0	0-2	-	3-0	3	1	1	1	3	2	3
4	Switzerland	1-2	1-3	0-3	-	3	0	0	3	2	8	0

Group C

Pos	Team	BRA	TCH	MEX	ESP	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	0-0	2-0	2-1	3	2	1	0	4	1	5	Round 2
2	Czechoslovakia	0-0	-	1-3	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	Round 2
3	Mexico	0-2	3-1	-	0-1	3	1	0	2	3	4	2
4	Spain	1-2	0-1	1-0	-	3	1	0	2	2	3	2

Group D

Pos	Team	HUN	ENG	ARG	BUL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Hungary	-	2-1	0-0	6-1	3	2	1	0	8	2	5	Round 2
2	England	1-2	-	3-1	0-0	3	1	1	1	4	3	3	Round 2
3	Argentina	0-0	1-3	-	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	3	3
4	Bulgaria	1-6	0-0	0-1	-	3	0	1	2	1	7	1

Round 2

Quarterfinals

• Brazil 3-1 England
• Czechoslovakia 1-0 Hungary
• Yugoslavia 1-0 West Germany
• Chile 2-1 Soviet Union

Semifinals

• Czechoslovakia 3-1 Yugoslavia
• Brazil 4-2 Chile

3rd place

• Chile 1-0 Yugoslavia

Final

• Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia

Brazil won the championship.

References

• FIFA Archived 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine