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1962 FIFA World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup
Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol -
Copa Jules Rimet Chile 1962
WorldCup1962logo.jpg
1962 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country Chile
Dates May 30 – June 17 (19 days)
Teams 16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up  Czechoslovakia
Third place  Chile
Fourth place  Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 89 (2.78 per match)
Attendance 893,172 (27,912 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hungary Flórián Albert
Brazil Garrincha
Soviet Union Valentin Ivanov
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dražan Jerković
Chile Leonel Sánchez
Brazil Vavá
(4 goals each)
Best young player Hungary Flórián Albert
1958
1966

The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th FIFA World Cup. It was held from May 30 to June 17, 1962 in Chile. Teams representing 57 national football associations from all six populated continents entered the competition, with its qualification process beginning in August 1960. Fourteen teams qualified from this process, along with host nation Chile and defending champion Brazil, for the finals tournament.

The tournament was won by the defending world champions Brazil, who claimed their second World Cup title in World Cup history by defeating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final, becoming the second team, after Italy in 1938, to successfully defend the world title. Host nation Chile defeated Yugoslavia 1–0 in the Third Place match to finish third. The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup that used goal average as a means of separating teams with the same amount of points.

This atmosphere culminated in the infamous first-round match between Chile and Italy (2–0), which became known as the Battle of Santiago, plus a number of other violent matches that were played throughout this tournament. The average goals per match dropped below 3 for the first time ever in World Cup history, to just 2.78 (the average has never been above 3 since).

After Europe hosted two consecutive World Cups, the American federations claimed the 1962 edition must be held in South America or face a complete boycott of the tournament, similar to 1938.Argentina, after previously failed candidacies, was the favorite. Magallanes' chairman, Ernesto Alvear, attended a FIFA Congress held in Helsinki while the Finnish city was hosting the 1952 Summer Olympics. He considered that Chile was able to organise the World Cup. Several sources also say that FIFA did not want Argentina to run alone, requesting the participation of Chile as almost symbolic. Chile registered its candidacy in 1954 alongside Argentina and West Germany, the latter withdrawing at the request of FIFA.


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