1982
All you want to know about 1982
| 1982 FIFA World Cup Copa del Mundo de Fútbol - España 82 |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Spain |
| Dates | June 13 – July 11 |
| Teams | 24 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 14 (in 14 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Italy (3rd title) |
Runners-up  |
 West Germany |
Third place  |
 Poland |
| Fourth place |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 146 (2.81 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,109,723 (40,572 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Paolo Rossi (6 goals) |
| Best player | Paolo Rossi |
The 1982 FIFA World Cup, the 12th staging of the World Cup, was held in Spain from June 13 to July 11. Spain was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1966. This World Cup was won by Italy, who beat West Germany 3-1 in the final. With their third World Cup title (after 1934 and 1938), Italy drew level with Brazil as the most successful nations at the World Cup. This tournament was marked by a series of great matches and is widely regarded as the second-best ever after the 1970 edition. This was also the first World Cup to feature 24 teams, an expansion from at most 16 in the previous tournaments.
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Qualification
The most surprising absences from the finals were those of 1974 and 1978 runners-up Netherlands (eliminated by Belgium and France), North America's power Mexico (eliminated by El Salvador), and to a lesser extent 1974 and 1978 participant Sweden (eliminated by Scotland and Northern Ireland). England, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and the Soviet Union were back in the Finals after a 12-year absence. Yugoslavia were also back after missing the 1978 tournament. Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, and New Zealand all participated in the World Cup for the first time.
Summary
First round
The format of the competition changed from 1978: for the first time, 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four (1 through 6). The top two teams in each group advanced to the second round, where they split into four groups of three (A to D). The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals. This was the only World Cup to be played under this format. The decision to expand from 16 to 24 teams came from FIFA to give the opportunity to more teams to participate, especially teams from North America, Africa and Asia.
The first round was marked by a series of surprisingly strong showings by these supposedly weaker teams, although the more established football powers generally prevailed in advancing to the next stage. In Group 1, first-time participants Cameroon held both Poland and Italy to draws, and only failing to advance only on the basis of fewer goals scored than Italy. However, there was some controversy in the group. In the Peru-Cameroon game, Cameroonian striker Roger Milla had a goal disallowed for offside, but TV replays showed that Milla was clearly onside when he scored the goal. The decision contributed to Cameroon's early exit, as Italy would have been eliminated instead if Milla's goal stood. As a result, Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon and Peru. Italian journalists and tifosi criticised their team for their uninspired performances that managed three draws; the squad was reeling from the recent Serie A scandal, where national players were suspended for match fixing and illegal betting. Paolo Rossi was singled out for his poor form, being described as a ghost wandering aimlessly over the field. The Azzurri decided on a press black-out from then on, with only coach Enzo Bearzot and captain Dino Zoff allowed to speak to the press.
Group 2 saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2-1 victory of Algeria over reigning European Champion West Germany. This memorable game resulted in the controversial match between West Germany and Austria, their third and final match. As Algeria had already played their third match the day before, West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. The fourth team in the group, Chile, were eliminated regardless of the outcome. After 10 minutes of furious attack, West Germany succeeded in scoring through a goal by Horst Hrubesch. After the goal was scored, the two German-speaking teams went into an unspoken agreement and just kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "Fuera, fuera" ("Out, out") were screamed by the appalled Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. This sham performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans who had hoped for a hot rematch of the 1978 FIFA World Cup match in which Austria had beaten West Germany. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust.[1] As a result of the outcome, FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.
Group 3, where the opening ceremonies and first match of the tournament took place, yielded a major upset with Belgium beating defending champions Argentina 1–0. The Camp Nou stadium was the home of Barcelona, and many fans had wanted to see the club's new signing, Argentinian star Diego Maradona, who did not perform to expectations. Both Belgium and Argentina ultimately advanced at the expense of Hungary and El Salvador despite Hungary's 10-1 win over the Central American nation — which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game (as well as Brazil's 6-5 victory over Poland in the 1938 tournament and Hungary's 8-3 victory over West Germany in the 1954 tournament), second to the 12-goal Austria-Switzerland (7-5) match in the 1954 tournament.
Group 4 opened at record speed with England midfielder Bryan Robson's goal against France after only 27 seconds of play. England won the game 3-1 and qualified along with France over Czechoslovakia and Kuwait, though the tiny Gulf emirate created yet another sensation by holding Czechoslovakia to a 1-1 draw. This group was also the stage of a farcical incident during the game between Kuwait and France. As Les Bleus were leading 3-1, France midfielder Alain Giresse scored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands, as the French player was in a suspicious, arguably offside position, which they thought had come from Soviet referee Stupar. Play had not yet resumed when Sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, brother of the Kuwaiti Emir and president of the Kuwaiti Football Association, rushed onto the pitch to give the referee a vociferous piece of his mind. The visibly shaken Stupar countermanded his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the understandable fury of the French. Maxime Bossis scored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4-1. Stupar lost his international refereeing credentials due to this incident, and al-Sabah received a $10,000 fine.
In Group 5, the uprising of the minnows continued with Honduras holding hosts Spain to a 1-1 draw, then became a full-fledged revolution as unfancied Northern Ireland won the group outright, eliminating Yugoslavia and beating Spain 1-0 on its home ground in the process, the result was even more impressive as Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men after Mal Donaghy was dismissed. The home team showed that they were not serious contenders this year, barely scraping by thanks to yet another controversial penalty in its 2-1 victory over Yugoslavia.
All eyes were on Brazil in Group 6. Around Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and fellows, the rejuvenated auriverde boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of 1970. The tri-campeão lived up to all expectations, beating an unexpectedly strong Soviet side 2-1 in a very entertaining first match thanks to a 20 metre Éder goal two minutes from time, then Scotland and New Zealand with four goals each. The promising Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth at the expense of the Scots, Rinat Dasayev emerging as a worthy successor to all-time legend Lev Yashin in the Soviet goal with a rarely talked about save from Joe Jordan's header. The ball was virtually on the line when Dasayev flicked it around the post with his finger at the last possible moment, much to the disbelief of the Scots and watching spectators. New Zealand earned international respect in their World Cup opener against Scotland, cutting the Scots' 3-0 lead to 3-2 before conceding two more goals late in the game.
Second Group Round
Poland opened Group A with a 3-0 defeat of Belgium thanks to a Zbigniew Boniek hat-trick. The Soviet Union prevailed 1-0 in the next match over a Belgian side which clearly had peaked too early in the tournament. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semifinal spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0-0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed a martial law a few months earlier to quash internal dissent and forestall a Soviet invasion.
In Group B, a tense yet fair-minded opening match between England and West Germany ended in a goalless draw. West Germany took an option on the semifinal spot in their second match by beating Spain 2-1. The home side salvaged some national pride on the last day by drawing 0-0 against England, denying Ron Greenwood's team a semi-final place.
It was in Group C, a true Group of Death with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, that World Cup history was made. In the opener, the Azzurri prevailed 2-1 over Diego Maradona's side after an ill-tempered, obscure battle in which Italy defenders Gaetano Scirea and Claudio Gentile proved to be able to stop the Argentinian attack. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but they were no match as the Seleção attacking game eclipsed the reigning World Champions. The final score of 3-1 — Argentina only scoring in the last minute — could have been much higher had Brazil center-forward Serginho not wasted a series of near-certain scoring opportunities. Perhaps in frustration at his side's powerlessness, Maradona allowed himself a kick in the groin of Brazil defender Batista and was sent off a few minutes from time. The third-day match between Brazil and Italy would be a game to remember. Twice Italy went in the lead on Paolo Rossi goals, and twice Brazil came back. At 2-2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but on 74 minutes, a poor clearance on an Italy corner kick went back to the Brazil six-yard line where Rossi and Francesco Graziani were waiting. Both world-class strikers reflexively aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick and sending Italy to the semifinals in one of the best all-time matches of World Cup history. To this day, Brazilian football aficionados consider this a great upset, given the fact that Brazil had a spectacular campaign while Italy was playing just to progress with average-to-good performances, as well as the fact that Rossi, who would go on to win the Golden Boot, had not scored a single goal in the tournament before this match.
The last group, Group D, paled in comparison, the unexpected second-place finish of Spain in the first round having sent them to another group and cleared a path for the French. Les Bleus dispatched Austria 1-0 in their opener, then strolled 4-1 past Northern Ireland for their first semifinal appearance since 1958.
Semi-finals, third-place match, and final
In the wake of its brilliant second-round performance, Italy easily dispatched Poland in the first semi-final through two goals from Paolo Rossi. However, this impressive performance by the Italians was to pale in comparison to the unforgettable confrontation between France and West Germany. After the Germans opened the scoring through an inspired Pierre Littbarski strike on 17 minutes, the French held on, equalizing nine minutes later with a Michel Platini penalty. The closely fought match continued until the middle of the second half when a long through ball sent French defender Patrick Battiston racing clear towards the German goal. Seconds after Battiston had flicked the ball towards goal from the edge of the German penalty area, West Germany goalkeeper Harald Schumacher hurled himself at the French player, foot forward, knocking his opponent unconscious and breaking two of his teeth. The ball went just wide of the post and, to the vociferous astonishment of the French, Dutch referee Charles Corver deemed Schumacher's assault on Battiston to be not a foul and awarded a goal kick. Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious, was carried off the field on a stretcher. The match went on without retaliatory violent actions, to the credit of both teams. After French defender Manuel Amoros had sent a thundering 25-metre drive crashing onto the West German crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France's sweeper Marius Trésor, in a rare attack, fired a splendid swivelling volley under Schumacher's crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2-1. Six minutes later, an unmarked Alain Giresse drove in a beautiful 18-metre shot off the inside of the right post to finish off a counterattack and put France up 3-1. But West Germany would not give up and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, having come in minutes earlier, made it 3-2 on 102 minutes. Finally, in the 108th minute, an error by the French defence left Klaus Fischer unmarked on the six-yard line to equalize with one of his trademark bicycle kicks. One of the greatest semi-finals of all time would be decided on penalty kicks, the first ever in World Cup history. With the shootout in sudden death, France defender Maxime Bossis, a pillar of strength on the left flank throughout the tournament, had his kick parried by Schumacher and West Germany won the shootout 5-4.
Coming after such a monumental game, the final was an anticlimactic, one-sided affair between an inspired Italy and a tired West German side. After a scoreless first half during which Antonio Cabrini fired a penalty wide of goal, Paolo Rossi again scored first by heading home a bouncing Claudio Gentile cross from close range. Once behind, the Germans threw more men forward at the expense of defence, which left large gaps at the back for Italy to counterattack. This led to the Azzurri scoring twice more, through Marco Tardelli's splendid shot from the edge of the area (and his legendary shouting and arm-pumping celebration), and Alessandro Altobelli at the end of a trademark counterattack led by nimble winger Bruno Conti. Italy's 3-0 lead appeared secure, encouraging Italian president Sandro Pertini to wag his finger at the cameras in a playful 'not going to catch us now' gesture. Paul Breitner scored West Germany's consolation goal seven minutes from time to wrap up the scoring.
Coming after the 1934 and 1938 victories, Italy had now drawn level with record champions Brazil. Italy's Paolo Rossi won both the Golden Boot as the tournament's top goalscorer, and the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player (handed out for the very first time), and 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest-ever player to win the World Cup.
In the third-place match, Poland edged France 3-2 to match their performance of 1974.
Mascot
The official mascot of this World Cup was Naranjito, an orange, a typical fruit in Spain, wearing the kit of the host's national team. Its name comes from naranja, Spanish for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito".
Venues
Fourteen cities hosted the tournament:
- Alicante, Estadio José Rico Pérez
- Barcelona, Camp Nou and Estadio Sarriá
- Bilbao, Estadio San Mamés
- La Coruña, Estadio Muncipal de Riazor
- Elche, Nuevo Estadio
- Gijón, El Molinón
- Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and Estadio Vicente Calderón
- Málaga, La Rosaleda
- Oviedo, Estadio Carlos Tartiere
- Seville, Estadio Benito Villamarín and Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
- Valencia, Estadio Luis Casanova
- Valladolid, Estadio José Zorrilla
- Vigo, Estadio Balaidos
- Zaragoza, La Romareda
Match officials
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Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1982 FIFA World Cup squads.
Results
First round
All times local (UTC+2)
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Poland |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| Italy |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Cameroon |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Peru |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 1982-06-14 17:15 |
Italy |
0 – 0 | Poland |
Estadio Balaidos, Vigo Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) |
| (Report) |
| 1982-06-15 17:15 |
Peru |
0 – 0 | Cameroon |
Estadio Riazor, La Coruña Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria) |
| (Report) |
| 1982-06-18 17:15 |
Italy |
1 – 1 | Peru |
Estadio Balaidos, Vigo Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany) |
Conti  18' |
(Report) | Díaz 83' |
| 1982-06-19 17:15 |
Poland |
0 – 0 | Cameroon |
Estadio Riazor, La Coruña Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) |
| (Report) |
| 1982-06-22 17:15 |
Poland |
5 – 1 | Peru |
Estadio Riazor, La Coruña Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lamberto Rubio Vazquez (Mexico) |
| Smolarek 55' Lato 58'Boniek 61'Buncol 68'Ciołek 76' |
(Report) | La Rosa 83' |
| 1982-06-23 17:15 |
Italy |
1 – 1 | Cameroon |
Estadio Balaidos, Vigo Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria) |
| Graziani 60' |
(Report) | Mbida 61' |
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| West Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
 Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
 Algeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
 Chile |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
| 1982-06-16 17:15 |
West Germany |
1 – 2 | Algeria |
El Molinón, Gijón Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru) |
| Rummenigge 67' |
(Report) | Madjer 54' Belloumi 68' |
| 1982-06-17 17:15 |
Chile |
0 – 1 | Austria |
Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay) |
| (Report) | Schachner 21' |
| 1982-06-20 17:15 |
West Germany |
4 – 1 | Chile |
El Molinón, Gijón Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) |
| Rummenigge 9' 57' 66' Reinders 81' |
(Report) | Moscoso 90' |
| 1982-06-21 17:15 |
Algeria |
0 – 2 | Austria |
Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia) |
| (Report) | Schachner 55' Krankl 67' |
| 1982-06-24 17:15 |
Algeria |
3 – 2 | Chile |
Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala) |
| Assad 7' 31' Bensaoula 35' |
(Report) | Neira 59' (pen.) Letelier 73' |
| 1982-06-25 17:15 |
West Germany |
1 – 0 | Austria |
El Molinón, Gijón Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland) |
| Hrubesch 10' |
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Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
.svg.html){kind=small} Argentina |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 4 |
.png.html){kind=small} Hungary |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 |
 El Salvador |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 0 |
| June 13, 1982 20:00 |
Argentina |
0 – 1 | Belgium |
Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 95,500 Referee: Vojtěch Christov (Czechoslovakia) |
| (Report) | Vandenbergh 62' |
| 1982-06-15 21:15 |
Hungary |
10 – 1 | El Salvador |
Nuevo Estadio, Elche Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy (Bahrain) |
| Nyilasi 4' 83' Pölöskei 11'Fazekas 23' 54'Tóth 50'Kiss 69' 72' 76'Szentes 72' |
(Report) | Ramírez 64' |
| 1982-06-18 21:15 |
Argentina |
4 – 1 | Hungary |
Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante Attendance: 32,093 Referee: Belaid Lacarne (Algeria) |
| Bertoni 26' Maradona 28' 57'Ardiles 60' |
(Report) | Pölöskei 76' |
| 1982-06-19 21:15 |
Belgium |
1 – 0 | El Salvador |
Nuevo Estadio, Elche Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Malcolm Moffatt (Northern Ireland) |
| Coeck 19' |
(Report) |
| 1982-06-22 21:15 |
Belgium |
1 – 1 | Hungary |
Nuevo Estadio, Elche Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Clive White (England) |
| Czerniatynski 76' |
(Report) | Varga 27' |
| 1982-06-23 21:15 |
Argentina |
2 – 0 | El Salvador |
Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante Attendance: 32,500 Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia) |
| Passarella 22' (pen.) Bertoni 52' |
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Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| France |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
 Czechoslovakia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
 Kuwait |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
| 1982-06-16 17:15 |
England |
3 – 1 | France |
Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao Attendance: 44,172 Referee: Antonio Garrido (Portugal) |
| Robson 1' 67' Mariner 83' |
(Report) | Soler 24' |
| 1982-06-17 17:15 |
Czechoslovakia |
1 – 1 |