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1974 FIFA World Cup Germany ™

  • Teams: 16
  • When: 13 June 1974 to 07 July 1974
  • Final: 07 July 1974
  • Matches: 38
  • Goals: 97 (average 2.6 per match)
  • Attendance: 1768152 (average 46530)
      • Winner: Germany FR
      • Runners-Up: Netherlands
      • Third: Poland
      • Fourth: Brazil
      • Golden Shoe: Grzegorz LATO (POL)

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    Dutch take plaudits but Germany take the prize
    West Germany were champions on home soil - and as in 1954 their victory came at the expense of a team widely considered the world's finest. Johan Cruyff's Netherlands were favourites before the Final but the hosts, beaten earlier in their competition by their East German neighbours, recovered from a first-minute Dutch goal to win. It was also a memorable tournament for Poland whom Gregorz Lato fired to third place.

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    • For the first time, the FIFA World Cup™ Final was not held in the hosts' capital, Germany FR and the Netherlands competing in Munich's Olympiastadion.
    • The Poland-Germany FR contest only went ahead after Frankfurt's fire department soaked up enough water to make the drenched Waldstadion turf playable.
    • Of the players who began their second round match, seven Dutch players compared to zero Argentinians went on to start the 1978 FIFA World Cup™ Final.
    • Scotland were the only side not to lose at game at the 1974 finals. No other side has ever won a match, remained unbeaten yet made a first phase exit.
    • As Brazil prepared to take a free-kick 25 yards from the Zaire goal, a confused Mwepu Ilunga raced from the defensive wall to pelt the ball upfield.

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