1974 Football World Cup - West Germany Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 1974
Official 1974 Football World Cup poster
Official 1974 Football World Cup logo
Participant teams	96 (final tournament: 16)
Host	West Germany
Champions	West Germany (2nd title)
Matches played	38
Goals scored	97 (2.55 per match)
Attendance	1,774,022 (46,685 per match)
Top scorer	Grzegorz Lato (POL) 7 goals

The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. It was won by the host nation, who beat the Netherlands in the final, 2:1. The victory was the second for West Germany, who first won in 1954.

The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup, was awarded. The previous trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, was won for the third time by Brazil in 1970 and awarded permanently to the Brazilians.

The format of the competition changed from 1970: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Top two teams in each group would advance to the second round, where they would be split into two groups of four. The winners of each group will play each other in the finals, and the second place finishers in the third place match.

The first round saw a politically charged match as West and East Germany played each other in Hamburg. The East won that match 1-0, but fell in the second round. West Germany was lead by Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller, who scored the game winner in the final. Although the Dutch finished second, their star Johan Cruyff and their Total Football system dazzled the competition.

Poland's Grzegorz Lato lead the tournament in scoring with seven goals.

Contents

1 First round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Second round 2.1 Group 1 2.2 Group 2 3 Third place match 4 Final

First round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA East Germany 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 West Germany 4 3 2 0 1 4 1 Chile 2 3 0 2 1 1 2 Australia 1 3 0 1 2 0 5

West Germany 1 - 0 Chile East Germany 2 - 0 Australia Australia 0 - 3 West Germany Chile 1 - 1 East Germany Australia 0 - 0 Chile East Germany 1 - 0 West Germany

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Yugoslavia 4 3 1 2 0 10 1 Brazil 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 Scotland 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 Zaire 0 3 0 0 3 0 14

Brazil 0 - 0 Yugoslavia Zaire 0 - 2 Scotland Yugoslavia 9 - 0 Zaire Scotland 0 - 0 Brazil Scotland 1 - 1 Yugoslavia Zaire 0 - 3 Brazil

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Netherlands 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 Sweden 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 Bulgaria 2 3 0 2 1 2 5 Uruguay 1 3 0 1 2 1 6

Uruguay 0 - 2 Netherlands Sweden 0 - 0 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 - 1 Uruguay Netherlands 0 - 0 Sweden Bulgaria 1 - 4 Netherlands Sweden 3 - 0 Uruguay

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Poland 6 3 3 0 0 12 3 Argentina 3 3 1 1 1 7 5 Italy 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 Haiti 0 3 0 0 3 2 14

Italy 3 - 1 Haiti Poland 3 - 2 Argentina Argentina 1 - 1 Italy Haiti 0 - 7 Poland Argentina 4 - 1 Haiti Poland 2 - 1 Italy

Second round

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Netherlands 6 3 3 0 0 8 0 Brazil 4 3 2 0 1 3 3 East Germany 1 3 0 1 2 1 4 Argentina 1 3 0 1 2 2 7

Netherlands 4 - 0 Argentina Brazil 1 - 0 East Germany Argentina 1 - 2 Brazil East Germany 0 - 2 Netherlands Argentina 1 - 1 East Germany Netherlands 2 - 0 Brazil

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA West Germany 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 Poland 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 Sweden 2 3 1 0 2 4 6 Yugoslavia 0 3 0 0 3 2 6

Yugoslavia 0 - 2 West Germany Sweden 0 - 1 Poland Poland 2 - 1 Yugoslavia West Germany 4 - 2 Sweden Poland 0 - 1 West Germany Sweden 2 - 1 Yugoslavia

Third place match

July 6, 1974

Brazil 0 - 1 Poland

Final

July 7, 1974

Netherlands 1 - 2 West Germany