First-time qualifiers were East Germany (who made their only World Cup or European Championship appearance as a separate team); Australia, which would not qualify again until the next time the tournament was held in Germany, in 2006; Haiti, the first team from the Caribbean to qualify since Cuba in 1938; and Zaire, the first team from sub-Saharan Africa to reach the finals. The Dutch triumphed over East Germany 2–0 while in the "Battle of the South Americans", Brazil managed to defeat Argentina 2–1 in a scrappy match. The tournament was held mostly in bad weather, and the stadia had few protected places. The team: Leão, Zé Maria, Luis Pereira (C), Marinho and Marinho Chagas; Piazza, Leivinha and Rivelino; Valdomiro, Jairzinho and Dirceu. In Group A, the Netherlands and Brazil met after each had taken maximum points from their previous two matches. Other nations were draw one by one, pot by pot. »Brazil 0 x 0 Scotland. The first round, or first group stage, saw the sixteen teams divided into four groups of four teams. World Cup Highlights... World Cup Highlights: Netherlands - Brazil, Germany 1974. The matches: »Brazil 0 x 0 Yugoslavia. The Brazil national football team participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and in doing so maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals. Günter Netzer, who came on as a substitute for West Germany during the defeat by the East Germans, was playing for Real Madrid at the time: this was the first time that a World Cup winner had played for a club outside his home country. The previous occasion was West Germany's earlier win in 1954. Statistical Kit 7", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1974_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=981690617, International association football competitions hosted by Germany, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2018, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 October 2020, at 21:21. This is the last of four FIFA World Cup tournaments to date with no extra-time matches. Joao Havelange (former FIFA President from 1974 to 1998) claimed that the 1966 and 1974 World Cups were fixed so that England and Germany would win respectively.[4]. That goal proved to be a significant goal as it ended Dino Zoff's run of 1142 minutes without conceding a goal. With seven goals, Grzegorz Lato of Poland was the top scorer in the tournament. Below are the squads for the 1974 FIFA World Cup final tournament in West Germany. Eventually, West Germany, European Champions of 1972, also won the 1974 World Cup. However, this was quickly and officially denied by the Government of East Germany.[7]. Brazil finished in fourth place, having failed to top their group in the second group phase. These teams finished with an identical record in their qualification group and following this situation, rules were changed so that tied teams had to compete in a play-off game on neutral ground. West Germany now pushed, and in the 43rd minute, in his typical style, Gerd Müller scored what turned out to be the winning goal, and the last of his career as he retired from the national team. Like the first group stage, each group in the second round was a round-robin of six games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. The Brazilian national football team participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, and in doing so maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals. Thursday, 10 Jul 2014. Uruguay was drawn before Italy, taking a place in Group 3, and the runner up of 1970 FIFA World Cup received the seeding of Group 4. »Brazil 2 x 1 Argentina. Massive violence. They beat Argentina 3–2, trounced Haiti 7–0, then beat Italy 2–1 – a result that knocked the Italians out of the Cup and resulted in Argentina qualifying for the second group round on goal difference. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brazil_at_the_1974_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=979045865, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 September 2020, at 12:56. Group 1 contained both East Germany and the host West Germany, and they both progressed at the expense of Chile and newcomers Australia. [8][9] The rankings for the 1974 tournament were as follows: Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. Few western European nations had qualified, of which only The Netherlands, West Germany and Sweden made it past the Group Stage. In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. It was agreed by a vote by the FIFA Organising Committee on who would be seeded. The two teams finishing first in each group advanced to the final, while the two runners-up would meet to decide third place. When the final draw was held, the sixteenth and final qualifier was not yet known; it would be either Yugoslavia or Spain. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1974_FIFA_World_Cup_squads&oldid=981414530, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 October 2020, at 04:58. The "innocent hand" who made the draws was an 11-year-old boy, Detlef Lange, a member of the Schöneberger Sängerknaben, a children's choir. All times listed below are at local time (UTC+1). At all previous World Cup tournaments, the drawing of lots had been foreseen in this situation to split the teams.