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ArchiveFIFA World Cup 1982

1982 World Cup

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Global leaders

Top 3 across all groups

Full tables
  • Brazil flag

    Brazil

    Grp 6

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +8

    6

    points

  • 2England flag

    England

    Grp 4

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +5

    6

    points

  • 3

Tables

Group standings

10 groups

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1

Group stage

4 nations

Top 2 → R32
  • 1Italy flag

    Italy

    Q
    P3W1D2

Results

Latest scores

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Final

Italy flagItaly
3–1
West Germany flagWest Germany

1982-07-11 · 20:00 · Santiago Bernabéu

Third place

Poland flagPoland
3–2
France flagFrance

1982-07-10 · 20:00 · Estadio José Rico Pérez

12th edition

Spain

Jun 13, 1982 – Jul 11, 1982

Italy flag

Champion

Italy

Teams

24

Matches

52

Squads

1982 nations

24 teams

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Italy flag

Italy

Grp 1

West Germany flag

West Germany

Grp 2

Poland flag

Poland

Grp 1

France flag

France

Grp 4

Knockout

1982 bracket

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Semi-finals

Camp Nou · Barcelona

Poland flagPoland
Italy flagItaly

0–2

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium · Seville

West Germany flagWest Germany
France flagFrance

3–3

Third place

Estadio José Rico Pérez · Alicante

Full schedule

All 1982 matches

52 games

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group 1

Italy flagItaly
2–0
Poland flagPoland

1982-06-14 · 17:15 · Balaídos

group 1

Peru flagPeru
0–0
Cameroon flagCameroon

1982-06-15 · 17:15 · Estadio de Riazor

Venues

1982 stadiums

17 venues

Santiago Bernabéu

Madrid, Spain

81.0K capacity · 720m elevation

Camp Nou

Barcelona, Spain

99.4K capacity · 62m elevation

Estadio Vicente Calderón

Madrid, Spain

65.7K capacity · 583m elevation

Estadio Sarriá

Barcelona, Spain

44.0K capacity · 95m elevation

Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

Seville, Spain

43.9K capacity · 19m elevation

Estadio Benito Villamarín

Seville, Spain

60.7K capacity · 20m elevation

Estadio José Rico Pérez

Alicante, Spain

30.0K capacity · 79m 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
Back to 2026 edition
Belgium flag

Belgium

Grp 3

3 played · 2 wins · GD +2

5

points

L0
GD+2

4

pts

  • 2Poland flag

    Poland

    Q
    P3W1D1L1GD+2

    3

    pts

  • 3Cameroon flag

    Cameroon

    P3W0D3L0GD0

    3

    pts

  • 4Peru flag

    Peru

    P3W0D2L1GD-4

    2

    pts

    • 2

    Group stage

    4 nations

    Top 2 → R32
    • 1West Germany flag

      West Germany

      Q
      P3W2D0L1GD+3

      4

      pts

    • 2Austria flag

      Austria

      Q
      P3W2D0L1GD+2

      4

      pts

    • 3Algeria flag

      Algeria

      P3W2D0L1GD0

      4

      pts

    • 4Chile flag

      Chile

      P3W0D0L3GD-5

      0

      pts

    Semi-final

    West Germany flagWest Germany
    3–3
    France flagFrance

    1982-07-08 · 21:00 · Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium

    Semi-final

    Poland flagPoland
    0–2
    Italy flagItaly

    1982-07-08 · 17:15 · Camp Nou

    Group D

    France flagFrance
    4–1
    Northern Ireland flagNorthern Ireland

    1982-07-04 · 17:15 · Vicente Calderón

    Group D

    Austria flagAustria
    2–2
    Northern Ireland flagNorthern Ireland

    1982-07-01 · 17:15 · Vicente Calderón

    Goals

    146

    Attendance

    2.1M

    West Germany flag

    Runner-up

    West Germany

    Poland flag

    Third place

    Poland

    Top scorer

    Paolo Rossi (6)

    Brazil flag

    Brazil

    Grp 6

    England flag

    England

    Grp 4

    Soviet Union flag

    Soviet Union

    Grp 6

    Austria flag

    Austria

    Grp 2

    Northern Ireland flag

    Northern Ireland

    Grp 5

    Argentina flag

    Argentina

    Grp 3

    Belgium flag

    Belgium

    Grp 3

    Spain flag

    Spain

    Grp 5

    Yugoslavia flag

    Yugoslavia

    Grp 5

    Algeria flag

    Algeria

    Grp 2

    Hungary flag

    Hungary

    Grp 3

    Cameroon flag

    Cameroon

    Grp 1

    Poland flagPoland
    France flagFrance

    3–2

    group 1

    Italy flagItaly
    1–1
    Peru flagPeru

    1982-06-18 · 17:15 · Balaídos

    group 1

    Poland flagPoland
    0–0
    Cameroon flagCameroon

    1982-06-19 · 17:15 · Estadio de Riazor

    Mestalla

    Valencia, Spain

    49.5K capacity · 20m elevation

    El Molinón

    Gijón, Spain

    29.5K capacity · 5m elevation

    Estadio Carlos Tartiere (old)

    Oviedo, Spain

    23.5K capacity · 245m elevation

    Estadio Riazor

    A Coruña, Spain

    32.7K capacity · 28m elevation

    Estadio de Balaídos

    Vigo, Spain

    29.0K capacity · 10m elevation

    Estadio La Romareda

    Zaragoza, Spain

    33.6K capacity · 229m elevation

    Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero

    Elche, Spain

    33.7K capacity · 79m elevation

    Estadio La Rosaleda

    Málaga, Spain

    30.0K capacity · 23m elevation

    San Mamés (old)

    Bilbao, Spain

    46.2K capacity · 30m elevation

    Estadio José Zorrilla

    Valladolid, Spain

    26.5K capacity · 719m elevation

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