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1962 FIFA World Cup

Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol - Chile 1962
1962 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Chile
Dates	30 May – 17 June
Teams	16 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Chile
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	89 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	899,074 (28,096 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Garrincha Vavá Leonel Sánchez Dražan Jerković Flórián Albert Valentin Ivanov (4 goals)

The 1962 FIFA World Cup, the seventh staging of the World Cup, was held in Chile from 30 May to 17 June. Chile was chosen as host by FIFA in June 1956, as the World Cup returned to the continent of South America after 12 years. It was won by Brazil, who retained the championship by beating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final.

Qualification

Qualifying countries

Summary

The format of the competition stayed the same as 1958: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Four teams were seeded in the draw taking place in Santiago de Chile, on 18 January 1962: Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay.^[1] The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered the largest earthquake ever recorded (9.5 magnitude), which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In face of this, Carlos Dittborn, the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Because we don't have anything, we will do everything in our power to rebuild," which became the unofficial slogan of the tournament. Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organizational flaw. Sadly, Dittborn would not live to see the success of his tireless efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at Arica was named Estadio Carlos Dittborn in his honor and bears his name to this day.

The official 1962 FIFA World Cup poster.

Many famous players did not live up to their reputations in this tournament. Brazil's Pelé, the hero of 1958, was injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia. The USSR's goalkeeper Lev Yashin, arguably the world's best at the time, was in poor form and cost his team the elimination by Chile (1–2) in the quarter-finals. Bright spots such as the emergence of the young Brazilians Amarildo (standing in for Pelé) and Garrincha, the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf against Hungary and Yugoslavia, and the inspired performance of the host nation Chile, who unexpectedly took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players, thanks to an outstanding team spirit.

The competition was marred by overly defensive and often violent tactics. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the infamous first-round match between host Chile and Italy (2–0), known as the Battle of Santiago. Two Italian journalists had written unflattering articles about the host country. Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the English referee Ken Aston, the match saw repeated, deliberate attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.

In the first round, Brazil topped their group with Czechoslovakia finishing second, above Mexico and Spain. USSR and Yugoslavia finished above Uruguay and Colombia. Hungary, along with England progressed through to the quarter-finals, while Argentina and Bulgaria were eliminated. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superior goal average; the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament. Switzerland lost all three games while West Germany and Chile both went through over Italy.

Surprisingly, Chile defeated European champions USSR to land themselves a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. A brilliant performance from Garrincha, which included two goals in a 3–1 win, saw the South Americans triumph against England. Meanwhile 1–0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany—and Czechoslovakia against Hungary—saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.

Viña del Mar was the original venue for the "South American" semi-final and Santiago for the "Slavic" one. But due to Chile's surprise qualification, the organizers prompted FIFA to switch the venues. This irritated crowds in Viña del Mar and only a little under 6,000 spectators came at Estadio Sausalito to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3–1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 in Santiago watched Brazil beat the hosts 4–2.^[2] This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and Honorino Landa sent off for Chile. Chile eventually went on to take third place in a 1–0 victory over Yugoslavia with the very last play of the match. The same player, Eladio Rojas, had also scored the winning goal in Chile's game against USSR.

Santiago's Estadio Nacional served as the venue for the final itself, and after 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, as a long ball from Adolf Scherer was latched onto by Josef Masopust: 1–0 Czechoslovakia. However, just like the previous final four years earlier, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by the hitherto flawless Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians did not stop there and with goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) mid-way through the second half, the Czechoslovaks just couldn't get back into the game. The match ended 3–1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of their star player of 1958, Pelé.

Venues

Four cities hosted the tournament:

• Arica, Estadio Carlos Dittborn - 17,786
• Rancagua, Estadio El Teniente (Estadio Braden Cooper Co., at the time) - 18,000
• Santiago, Estadio Nacional - 66,660
• Viña del Mar, Estadio Sausalito - 18,037

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1962 FIFA World Cup squads.

Results

First round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	8	5	1.60	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	8	3	2.67	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	6	0.67	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	5	11	0.45	1

30 May 1962 15:00 CLT	Uruguay	2 – 1	Colombia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Andor Dorogi (Hungary)
	Sasía  56' Cubilla  75'	(Report)	Zuluaga  19' (pen.)

31 May 1962 15:00 CLT	Soviet Union	2 – 0	Yugoslavia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
	Ivanov  51' Ponedelnik  83'	(Report)

2 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Yugoslavia	3 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 8,829 Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
	Skoblar  25' (pen.) Galić  29' Jerković  49'	(Report)	Cabrera  19'

3 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Soviet Union	4 – 4	Colombia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 8,040 Referee: Joao Etzel Filho (Brazil)
	Ivanov  8', 11' Chislenko  10' Ponedelnik  56'	(Report)	Aceros  21' Coll  68' (Olympic goal) Rada  72' Klinger  86'

6 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Soviet Union	2 – 1	Uruguay	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 9,973 Referee: Casare Jonni (Italy)
	Mamykin  38' Ivanov  89'	(Report)	Sasía  54'

7 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Yugoslavia	5 – 0	Colombia	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 7,167 Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)
	Galić  20', 61' Jerković  25', 87' Melić  82'	(Report)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	0	4	1	4.00	5
Chile	3	2	0	1	5	3	1.67	4
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	2	1.50	3
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	2	8	0.25	0

30 May 1962 15:00 CLT	Chile	3 – 1	Switzerland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)
	Sánchez  44', 55' Ramírez  51'	(Report)	Wüthrich  6'

31 May 1962 15:00 CLT	West Germany	0 – 0	Italy	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 65,440 Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
		(Report)

2 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Chile	2 – 0	Italy	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 66,057 Referee: Kenneth Aston (England)
	Ramírez  73' Toro  87'	(Report)

3 June 1962 15:00 CLT	West Germany	2 – 1	Switzerland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 64,922 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
	Brülls  45' Seeler  59'	(Report)	Schneiter  73'

6 June 1962 15:00 CLT	West Germany	2 – 0	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 67,224 Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Scotland)
	Szymaniak  21' (pen.) Seeler  82'	(Report)

7 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Italy	3 – 0	Switzerland	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 59,828 Referee: Nikolaj Latychev (Soviet Union)
	Mora  1' Bulgarelli  65', 67'	(Report)

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	4	1	4.00	5
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	2	3	0.67	3
Mexico	3	1	0	2	3	4	0.75	2
Spain	3	1	0	2	2	3	0.67	2

30 May 1962 15:00 CLT	Brazil	2 – 0	Mexico	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 10,484 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Zagallo  56' Pelé  73'	(Report)

31 May 1962 15:00 CLT	Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Spain	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Carl Erich Steiner (Austria)
	Štibrányi  80'	(Report)

2 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Brazil	0 – 0	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 14,903 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
		(Report)

3 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Spain	1 – 0	Mexico	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 11,875 Referee: Branko Tesanić (Yugoslavia)
	Peiró  90'	(Report)

6 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Brazil	2 – 1	Spain	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 18,715 Referee: Sergio Bustamante (Chile)
	Amarildo  72', 86'	(Report)	Adelardo  35'

7 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Mexico	3 – 1	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 10,648 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Díaz  12' Del Aguila  29' Hernández  90' (pen.)	(Report)	Mašek  1'

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	8	2	4.00	5
England	3	1	1	1	4	3	1.33	3
Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	3	0.67	3
Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	1	7	0.14	1

• England progressed to the next round due to superior goal average.

30 May 1962 15:00 CLT	Argentina	1 – 0	Bulgaria	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Juan Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Facundo  4'	(Report)

31 May 1962 15:00 CLT	Hungary	2 – 1	England	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,938 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
	Tichy  17' Albert  61'	(Report)	Flowers  60' (pen.)

2 June 1962 15:00 CLT	England	3 – 1	Argentina	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 9,794 Referee: Nikolaj Latychev (Soviet Union)
	Flowers  17' (pen.) Charlton  42' Greaves  67'	(Report)	Sanfilippo  81'

3 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Hungary	6 – 1	Bulgaria	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,442 Referee: Juan Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Albert  1', 6', 53' Tichy  8', 70' Solymosi  12'	(Report)	Asparuhov  64'[3]

6 June 1962 15:00 CLT	Hungary	0 – 0	Argentina	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 7,945 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki Maldonado(Peru)
		(Report)

7 June 1962 15:00 CLT	England	0 – 0	Bulgaria	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Antoine Blavier (Belgium)
		(Report)

Knockout stage

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	10 June – Arica
	Soviet Union	1
					13 June - Santiago
	Chile	2
					Chile	2
	10 June - Viña del Mar
					Brazil	4
	Brazil	3
									17 June – Santiago
	England	1
									Brazil	3
	10 June - Santiago
									Czechoslovakia	1
	West Germany	0
					13 June – Viña del Mar
	Yugoslavia	1
					Yugoslavia	1			Third place
	10 June - Rancagua
					Czechoslovakia	3
	Hungary	0							Chile	1
	Czechoslovakia	1							Yugoslavia	0
									16 June - Santiago

Quarter-finals

10 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Chile	2 – 1	Soviet Union	Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 17,268 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
	Sánchez  11' Rojas  29'	(Report)	Chislenko  26'

10 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Czechoslovakia	1 – 0	Hungary	Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua Attendance: 11,690 Referee: Nikolaj Latychev (Soviet Union)
	Scherer  13'	(Report)

10 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Brazil	3 – 1	England	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 17,736 Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
	Garrincha  31', 59' Vavá  53'	(Report)	Hitchens  38'

10 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	West Germany	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 63,324 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
	Radaković  85'	(Report)

Semi-finals

13 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Czechoslovakia	3 – 1	Yugoslavia	Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar Attendance: 5,890 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Kadraba  48' Scherer  80', 84' (pen.)	(Report)	Jerković  69'

13 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Brazil	4 – 2	Chile	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 76,500 Referee: Arturo Yamasaki (Peru)
	Garrincha  9', 32' Vavá  47', 78'	(Report)	Toro  42' Sánchez  61' (pen.)

Third place match

16 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Chile	1 – 0	Yugoslavia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Juan Gardeazabal (Spain)
	Rojas  90'	(Report)

Final

17 June 1962 14:30 CLT	Brazil	3 – 1	Czechoslovakia	Estadio Nacional, Santiago Attendance: 68,679 Referee: Nikolaj Latychev (Soviet Union)
	Amarildo  17' Zito  69' Vavá  78'	(Report)	Masopust  15'

Awards

1962 FIFA World Cup Winners
Brazil Second title

Scorers

Trivia

• All tickets were denominated in U.S. dollars.
• Ticket prices for the final were from the US$2.20 (Maipu and Chacabuco sections), US$4 and US$5 (Pacifico Sur , Pacifico Norte , Andes Sur and Andes Norte sections), US$10 (Andes section), to US$13 (Pacifico section) range.
• This World Cup was the last one which could not be televised live in Europe, because it just predated the arrival of the Telstar satellite and the start of live transmissions from America to Europe. In the United Kingdom, the BBC broadcast live radio commentaries and film recordings of matches on television two days late.
• Chile was said to be eating swiss cheese before beating Switzerland, eating spaghetti before beating Italy, drinking vodka before beating USSR, and drinking coffee before their match against Brazil, though they lost that match this was Chile's best finish.
• Marcos Coll (Colombia) scored the only Olympic goal there's been in the history of the World Cup, in the 4-4 match against the USSR.
• Igor Netto showed great sportsmanship in the match against Uruguay when he told the referee to disallow a goal scored by his team-mate Igor Chislenko as the ball had entered the net from the wrong side.

Footnotes

External links

• 1962 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
• Details at RSSSF
• History of the World Cup-1962

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