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FIFA World Cup 1974

13 Jun 1974 – 7 Jul 1974 · Germany · ← FIFA World Cup 1970 · FIFA World Cup 1978 →

Winner: Germany
Runner-up: Netherlands
Teams: 16
Matches: 38
Goals: 97
Per match: 2.55

Final: Germany 2–1 Netherlands · Biggest win: Serbia 9–0 DR Congo

Groups6

Points, then goal difference, then goals — two for a win. Head-to-head tie-breaks and lots aren't applied.

Group 1

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Germany	3	2	0	1	+3	4
3German DR	3	2	1	0	+3	5
3Chile	3	0	2	1	-1	2
4Australia	3	0	1	2	-5	1

Group 2

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
2Brazil	3	1	2	0	+3	4
3Scotland	3	1	2	0	+2	4
4Serbia	3	1	2	0	+9	4
4DR Congo	3	0	0	3	-14	0

Group 3

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Netherlands	3	2	1	0	+5	5
3Sweden	3	1	2	0	+3	4
3Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	-3	2
4Uruguay	3	0	1	2	-5	1

Group 4

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
2Poland	3	3	0	0	+9	6
3Italy	3	1	1	1	+1	3
4Argentina	3	1	1	1	+2	3
4Haiti	3	0	0	3	-12	0

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Netherlands	3	3	0	0	+8	6
2Brazil	3	2	0	1	0	4
3German DR	3	0	1	2	-3	1
4Argentina	3	0	1	2	-5	1

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Germany	3	3	0	0	+5	6
2Poland	3	2	0	1	+1	4
3Sweden	3	1	0	2	-2	2
4Serbia	3	0	0	3	-4	0

Where everyone finished16


Germany	Winner	7	6	0	1	13	4	+9	B · 1
Netherlands	Runner-up	7	5	1	1	15	3	+12	A · 1
Poland	Third place	7	6	0	1	16	5	+11	B · 2
Brazil	Fourth place	7	3	2	2	6	4	+2	A · 2
Sweden	Second group stage	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	B · 3
German DR	Second group stage	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	A · 3
Serbia	Second group stage	6	1	2	3	12	7	+5	B · 4
Argentina	Second group stage	6	1	2	3	9	12	-3	A · 4
Scotland	Group stage	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	2 · 3
Italy	Group stage	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4 · 3
Chile	Group stage	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	1 · 3
Bulgaria	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3	3 · 3
Australia	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5	1 · 4
Uruguay	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	3 · 4
Haiti	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12	4 · 4
DR Congo	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14	2 · 4

Scorers50

Own goals aside.


Grzegorz Lato	Poland	7	0
Andrzej Szarmach	Poland	5	0
Johan Neeskens	Netherlands	5	3
Gerd Müller	Germany	4	0
Johnny Rep	Netherlands	4	0
Ralf Edström	Sweden	4	0
Dušan Bajević	Serbia	3	0
Johan Cruyff	Netherlands	3	0
Kazimierz Deyna	Poland	3	1
Paul Breitner	Germany	3	1
René Houseman	Argentina	3	0
Rivellino	Brazil	3	0
Emmanuel Sanon	Haiti	2	0
Héctor Yazalde	Argentina	2	0
Ivica Šurjak	Serbia	2	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 11 · Goals in the match

Every match38


13 Jun 1974	Group stage	Brazil	0–0	Serbia
14 Jun 1974	Group stage	German DR	2–0	Australia
14 Jun 1974	Group stage	Germany	1–0	Chile
14 Jun 1974	Group stage	DR Congo	0–2	Scotland
15 Jun 1974	Group stage	Uruguay	0–2	Netherlands
15 Jun 1974	Group stage	Sweden	0–0	Bulgaria
15 Jun 1974	Group stage	Poland	3–2	Argentina
15 Jun 1974	Group stage	Italy	3–1	Haiti
18 Jun 1974	Group stage	Chile	1–1	German DR
18 Jun 1974	Group stage	Germany	3–0	Australia
18 Jun 1974	Group stage	Scotland	0–0	Brazil
18 Jun 1974	Group stage	Serbia	9–0	DR Congo
19 Jun 1974	Group stage	Netherlands	0–0	Sweden
19 Jun 1974	Group stage	Bulgaria	1–1	Uruguay
19 Jun 1974	Group stage	Haiti	0–7	Poland
19 Jun 1974	Group stage	Argentina	1–1	Italy
22 Jun 1974	Group stage	Australia	0–0	Chile
22 Jun 1974	Group stage	Germany	0–1	German DR
22 Jun 1974	Group stage	DR Congo	0–3	Brazil
22 Jun 1974	Group stage	Scotland	1–1	Serbia
23 Jun 1974	Group stage	Bulgaria	1–4	Netherlands
23 Jun 1974	Group stage	Sweden	3–0	Uruguay
23 Jun 1974	Group stage	Poland	2–1	Italy
23 Jun 1974	Group stage	Argentina	4–1	Haiti
26 Jun 1974	Group stage	Netherlands	4–0	Argentina
26 Jun 1974	Group stage	Brazil	1–0	German DR
26 Jun 1974	Group stage	Sweden	0–1	Poland
26 Jun 1974	Group stage	Germany	2–0	Serbia
30 Jun 1974	Group stage	Argentina	1–2	Brazil
30 Jun 1974	Group stage	German DR	0–2	Netherlands

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