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ArchiveFIFA World Cup 1978

1978 World Cup

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Global leaders

Top 3 across all groups

Full tables
  • Italy flag

    Italy

    Grp 1

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +4

    6

    points

  • 2Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Grp 2B

    3 played · 2 wins · GD +8

    5

    points

  • 3

Tables

Group standings

6 groups

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1

Group stage

4 nations

Top 2 → R32
  • 1Italy flag

    Italy

    Q
    P3W3D0

Results

Latest scores

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Final

Argentina flagArgentina
3–1
Netherlands flagNetherlands

1978-06-25 · 15:00 · River Plate Stadium

Third place

Brazil flagBrazil
2–1
Italy flagItaly

1978-06-24 · 15:00 · River Plate Stadium

11th edition

Argentina

Jun 1, 1978 – Jun 25, 1978

Argentina flag

Champion

Argentina

Teams

16

Matches

38

Squads

1978 nations

16 teams

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Argentina flag

Argentina

Grp 1

Netherlands flag

Netherlands

Grp 4

Brazil flag

Brazil

Grp 3

Italy flag

Italy

Grp 1

Poland flag

Knockout

1978 bracket

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Third place

River Plate Stadium · Buenos Aires

Brazil flagBrazil
Italy flagItaly

2–1

Final

River Plate Stadium · Buenos Aires

Argentina flagArgentina
Netherlands flagNetherlands

3–1

Full schedule

All 1978 matches

38 games

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group 1

Italy flagItaly
2–1
France flagFrance

1978-06-02 · 13:45 · Estadio José María Minella

group 1

Argentina flagArgentina
2–1
Hungary flagHungary

1978-06-02 · 19:15 · Estadio Monumental

Venues

1978 stadiums

6 venues

Estadio Monumental

Buenos Aires, Argentina

83.2K capacity · 15m elevation

Estadio José Amalfitani

Buenos Aires, Argentina

49.5K capacity · 18m elevation

Estadio José María Minella

Mar del Plata, Argentina

35.5K capacity · 12m elevation

Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes

Córdoba, Argentina

57.0K capacity · 422m elevation

Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

Mendoza, Argentina

40.3K capacity · 839m elevation

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

Rosario, Argentina

41.7K capacity · 9m elevation

All time

World Cup winners

Brazil flagBrazil
5 titles
Italy flagItaly
4 titles
West Germany flagWest Germany
3 titles
Argentina flagArgentina
3 titles
Uruguay flagUruguay
2 titles
France flag

On this day

July 17 in World Cup history

Yugoslavia flagYugoslavia
4-0
Bolivia flagBolivia

1930 · group 2 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

United States flagUnited States
3-0
Paraguay flagParaguay

1930 · group 4 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

Brazil flagBrazil
0-0
Italy flagItaly

1994 · Final · Rose Bowl, Pasadena · 32y ago

Tournaments
24
Matches
1.2K
Stadiums
206
Archive
1930–2026
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Brazil flag

Brazil

Grp 2B

3 played · 2 wins · GD +5

5

points

L0
GD+4

6

pts

  • 2Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Q
    P3W2D0L1GD+1

    4

    pts

  • 3France flag

    France

    P3W1D0L2GD0

    2

    pts

  • 4Hungary flag

    Hungary

    P3W0D0L3GD-5

    0

    pts

    • 2

    Group stage

    4 nations

    Top 2 → R32
    • 1Poland flag

      Poland

      Q
      P3W2D1L0GD+3

      5

      pts

    • 2West Germany flag

      West Germany

      Q
      P3W1D2L0GD+6

      4

      pts

    • 3Tunisia flag

      Tunisia

      P3W1D1L1GD+1

      3

      pts

    • 4Mexico flag

      Mexico

      P3W0D0L3GD-10

      0

      pts

    Group B

    Argentina flagArgentina
    6–0
    Peru flagPeru

    1978-06-21 · 19:15 · Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

    Group B

    Brazil flagBrazil
    3–1
    Poland flagPoland

    1978-06-21 · 16:45 · Estadio Malvinas Argentinas

    Group B

    Argentina flagArgentina
    0–0
    Brazil flagBrazil

    1978-06-18 · 19:15 · Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

    Group B

    Peru flagPeru
    0–1
    Poland flagPoland

    1978-06-18 · 13:45 · Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza

    Goals

    102

    Attendance

    1.5M

    Netherlands flag

    Runner-up

    Netherlands

    Brazil flag

    Third place

    Brazil

    Top scorer

    Mario Kempes (6)

    Poland

    Grp 2

    West Germany flag

    West Germany

    Grp 2

    Austria flag

    Austria

    Grp 3

    Peru flag

    Peru

    Grp 4

    Tunisia flag

    Tunisia

    Grp 2

    Spain flag

    Spain

    Grp 3

    Scotland flag

    Scotland

    Grp 4

    France flag

    France

    Grp 1

    Sweden flag

    Sweden

    Grp 3

    Iran flag

    Iran

    Grp 4

    Hungary flag

    Hungary

    Grp 1

    Mexico flag

    Mexico

    Grp 2

    group 1

    Italy flagItaly
    3–1
    Hungary flagHungary

    1978-06-06 · 13:45 · Estadio José María Minella

    group 1

    Argentina flagArgentina
    2–1
    France flagFrance

    1978-06-06 · 19:15 · Estadio Monumental

    France
    2 titles
    England flagEngland
    1 title
    Spain flagSpain
    1 title
    Germany flagGermany
    1 title