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FIFA World Cup

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About FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to World War II. The reigning champions are Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 World Cup by defeating France.

Leaders — 1974

Group stage

Group A

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Netherlands	6	5	1	0	14	1	16
2	Poland	6	5	0	1	15	5	15
3	West Germany	6	5	0	1	11	3	15
4	Brazil	6	3	2	1	6	3	11
5	Sweden	6	2	2	2	7	6	8
6	East Germany	6	2	2	2	5	5	8
7	Yugoslavia	6	1	2	3	12	7	5
8	Scotland	3	1	2	0	3	1	5
9	Argentina	6	1	2	3	9	12	5
10	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	4	4
11	Chile	3	0	2	1	1	2	2
12	Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	5	2
13	Uruguay	3	0	1	2	1	6	1
14	Australia	3	0	1	2	0	5	1
15	Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	14	0
16	Zaire	3	0	0	3	0	14	0

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Final

Netherlands 1

West Germany 2

Standings

#	Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Poland	7	6	0	1	16	5	+11	18	W W W L W
2	West Germany	7	6	0	1	13	4	+9	18	L W W W W
3	Netherlands	7	5	1	1	15	3	+12	16	W W W W L
4	Brazil	7	3	2	2	6	4	+2	11	W W W L L
5	Sweden	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8	D W L L W
6	East Germany	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	D W L L D
7	Yugoslavia	6	1	2	3	12	7	+5	5	W D L L L
8	Scotland	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	W D D
9	Argentina	6	1	2	3	9	12	-3	5	D W L L D
10	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	W D L
11	Chile	3	0	2	1	1	2	-1	2	L D D
12	Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	5	-3	2	D D L
13	Uruguay	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1	L D L
14	Australia	3	0	1	2	0	5	-5	1	L L D
15	Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12	0	L L L
16	Zaire	3	0	0	3	0	14	-14	0	L L L

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Season stats — 1974

Matches3897 goals total

Avg goals/match2.55home 1.42 · away 1.13

Home win %42.1%draws 26.3% · away 31.6%

BTTS39.5%both teams to score

Over 2.542.1%1.5: 71.1% · 3.5: 21.1%

Clean sheet60.5%at least one team kept clean

No scoring data.

No assist data.

No goalkeeper data for this season.

No discipline data.

No clubs data.

No history data.

Knockout / other

Jun 13 · 18:00 · FT Brazil 0 – 0 Yugoslavia Jun 14 · 18:00 · FT East Germany 2 – 0 Australia Jun 14 · 18:00 · FT Zaire 0 – 2 Scotland Jun 14 · 18:00 · FT West Germany 1 – 0 Chile Jun 15 · 18:00 · FT Poland 3 – 2 Argentina Jun 15 · 18:00 · FT Italy 3 – 1 Haiti Jun 15 · 18:00 · FT Sweden 0 – 0 Bulgaria Jun 15 · 18:00 · FT Uruguay 0 – 2 Netherlands Jun 18 · 18:00 · FT Yugoslavia 9 – 0 Zaire Jun 18 · 18:00 · FT Scotland 0 – 0 Brazil Jun 18 · 18:00 · FT Chile 1 – 1 East Germany Jun 18 · 18:00 · FT Australia 0 – 3 West Germany Jun 19 · 18:00 · FT Haiti 0 – 7 Poland Jun 19 · 18:00 · FT Uruguay 1 – 1 Bulgaria Jun 19 · 18:00 · FT Netherlands 0 – 0 Sweden Jun 19 · 18:00 · FT Argentina 1 – 1 Italy Jun 22 · 18:00 · FT Australia 0 – 0 Chile Jun 22 · 18:00 · FT Zaire 0 – 3 Brazil Jun 22 · 18:00 · FT Scotland 1 – 1 Yugoslavia Jun 22 · 18:00 · FT East Germany 1 – 0 West Germany Jun 23 · 18:00 · FT Sweden 3 – 0 Uruguay Jun 23 · 18:00 · FT Argentina 4 – 1 Haiti Jun 23 · 18:00 · FT Poland 2 – 1 Italy Jun 23 · 18:00 · FT Netherlands 4 – 1 Bulgaria Jun 26 · 18:00 · FT Yugoslavia 0 – 2 West Germany Jun 26 · 18:00 · FT Sweden 0 – 1 Poland Jun 26 · 18:00 · FT Netherlands 4 – 0 Argentina Jun 26 · 18:00 · FT Brazil 1 – 0 East Germany Jun 30 · 18:00 · FT Argentina 1 – 2 Brazil Jun 30 · 18:00 · FT East Germany 0 – 2 Netherlands Jun 30 · 18:00 · FT Poland 2 – 1 Yugoslavia Jun 30 · 18:00 · FT West Germany 4 – 2 Sweden Jul 3 · 18:00 · FT Argentina 1 – 1 East Germany Jul 3 · 18:00 · FT Sweden 2 – 1 Yugoslavia Jul 3 · 18:00 · FT Poland 0 – 1 West Germany Jul 3 · 18:00 · FT Netherlands 2 – 0 Brazil Jul 6 · 18:00 · FT Brazil 0 – 1 Poland Jul 7 · 18:00 · FT Netherlands 1 – 2 West Germany

Largest goal-margins recorded in this competition for 1974.

#	Date	Stage	Home	Score	Away	Margin
1	0000-06-18	GROUP STAGE	Yugoslavia	9–0	Zaire	+9
2	0000-06-19	GROUP STAGE	Haiti	0–7	Poland	+7
3	0000-06-26	GROUP STAGE	Netherlands	4–0	Argentina	+4
4	0000-06-23	GROUP STAGE	Netherlands	4–1	Bulgaria	+3
5	0000-06-23	GROUP STAGE	Argentina	4–1	Haiti	+3
6	0000-06-23	GROUP STAGE	Sweden	3–0	Uruguay	+3
7	0000-06-18	GROUP STAGE	Australia	0–3	West Germany	+3
8	0000-06-22	GROUP STAGE	Zaire	0–3	Brazil	+3
9	0000-06-30	GROUP STAGE	West Germany	4–2	Sweden	+2
10	0000-06-15	GROUP STAGE	Italy	3–1	Haiti	+2
11	0000-06-14	GROUP STAGE	East Germany	2–0	Australia	+2
12	0000-06-14	GROUP STAGE	Zaire	0–2	Scotland	+2

Form-weighted ranking based on last 10 matches — recent matches count more. Synthetic score 0–100.

#	Club	Matches counted	Power score
1	West Germany	7	126.7
2	Netherlands	7	111.0
3	Poland	7	106.5
4	Scotland	3	71.7
5	Brazil	7	46.7
6	Italy	3	46.3
7	Sweden	6	44.9
8	East Germany	6	32.1
9	Argentina	6	15.2
10	Chile	3	14.1
11	Yugoslavia	6	4.8
12	Bulgaria	3	-4.8
13	Australia	3	-28.6
14	Uruguay	3	-33.5
15	Zaire	3	-66.7
16	Haiti	3	-66.7

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2022	Argentina	France	3-3 (a.e.t.)(4-2 pen.)
2018	France	Croatia	4-2
2014	Germany	Argentina	1-0 (a.e.t.)
2010	Spain	Netherlands	1-0 (a.e.t.)
2006	Italy	France	1-1 (a.e.t.)(5-3 pen.)
2002	Brazil	Germany	2-0
1998	France	Brazil	3-0
1994	Brazil	Italy	0-0 (a.e.t.)(3-2 pen.)
1990	West Germany	Argentina	1-0
1986	Argentina	West Germany	3-2
1982	Italy	West Germany	3-1
1978	Argentina	Netherlands	3-1 (a.e.t.)
1974	West Germany	Netherlands	2-1
1970	Brazil	Italy	4-1
1966	England	West Germany	4-2 (a.e.t.)
1962	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	3-1
1958	Brazil	Sweden	5-2
1954	West Germany	Hungary	3-2
1938	Italy	Hungary	4-2
1934	Italy	Czechoslovakia	2-1 (a.e.t.)
1930	Uruguay	Argentina	4-2