1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Argentina in 1978. Argentina won the trophy after beating Holland 3 - 1 in the final.

Participants

Africa

• Tunisia (TUN) • Squad

Asia

• Iran (IRN) • Squad

Europe

• Austria (AUT) • Squad
• France (FRA) • Squad
• West Germany (FRG) • Squad
• Hungary (HUN) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Netherlands (NED) • Squad
• Poland (POL) • Squad
• Scotland (SCO) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad

North and Central America

• Mexico (MEX) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Peru (PER) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	ITA	ARG	FRA	HUN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Italy	-	1-0	2-1	3-1	3	3	0	0	6	2	6	Round 2
2	Argentina	0-1	-	2-1	2-1	3	2	0	1	4	3	4	Round 2
3	France	1-2	1-2	-	3-1	3	1	0	2	5	5	2
4	Hungary	1-3	1-2	1-3	-	3	0	0	3	3	8	0

Group B

Pos	Team	POL	FRG	TUN	MEX	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Poland	-	0-0	1-0	3-1	3	2	1	0	4	1	5	Round 2
2	West Germany	0-0	-	0-0	6-0	3	1	2	0	6	0	4	Round 2
3	Tunisia	0-1	0-0	-	3-1	3	1	1	1	3	2	3
4	Mexico	1-3	0-6	1-3	-	3	0	0	3	2	12	0

Group C

Pos	Team	AUT	BRA	ESP	SWE	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Austria	-	0-1	2-1	1-0	3	2	0	1	3	2	4	Round 2
2	Brazil	1-0	-	0-0	1-1	3	1	2	0	2	1	4	Round 2
3	Spain	1-2	0-0	-	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	2	3
4	Sweden	0-1	1-1	0-1	-	3	0	1	2	1	3	1

Group D

Pos	Team	PER	NED	SCO	IRN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Peru	-	0-0	3-1	4-1	3	2	1	0	7	2	5	Round 2
2	Netherlands	0-0	-	2-1	3-0	3	1	1	1	5	3	3	Round 2
3	Scotland	1-3	1-2	-	1-1	3	1	1	1	5	6	3
4	Iran	1-4	0-3	1-1	-	3	0	1	2	2	8	1

Round 2

Group A

Pos	Team	NED	ITA	FRG	AUT	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Netherlands	-	2-1	2-2	5-1	3	2	1	0	9	4	5	Final
2	Italy	1-2	-	0-0	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	3rd place
3	West Germany	2-2	0-0	-	2-3	3	0	2	1	4	5	2
4	Austria	1-5	0-1	3-2	-	3	1	0	2	4	8	2

Group B

Pos	Team	ARG	BRA	POL	PER	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Argentina	-	0-0	2-0	6-0	3	2	1	0	8	0	5	Final
2	Brazil	0-0	-	3-1	3-0	3	2	1	0	6	1	5	3rd place
3	Poland	0-2	1-3	-	1-0	3	1	0	2	2	5	2
4	Peru	0-6	0-3	0-1	-	3	0	0	3	0	10	0

Round 3

3rd place

• Brazil 2-1 Italy

Final

• Argentina 3-1 Netherlands

Argentina won the championship.

References

• FIFAArchived 2013-01-16 at the Wayback Machine