Chile 1962: technical sheet

Technical specifications of the World Chile 1962

• Winner: Brazil
• Runner-up: Czechoslovakia
• Third: Chile
• Fourth: Yugoslavia
• Leading scorers: Albert (Hungary), Garrincha and Vava (Brazil), Jarkovice (Yugoslavia), Sanchez (Chile) and Ivanov (USSR), all with 4 goals.
• Participating countries: 16 (56 in qualifying)
• Games Played: 32
• Goals: 89

Results of Chile 62

• 1st Phase
  • Group 1: USSR 5 points; Yugoslavia 4, Uruguay 2, Colombia 1
  • Group 2: West Germany 5 points; Chile 4, Italy 3, Switzerland 0
  • Group 3: Brazil 5 points, Czechoslovakia 3, Spain 2, Mexico 2
  • Group 4: Hungary 5 points, England 3, Argentina 3, Bulgaria 1
• Quarterfinals
  • Brazil 3 England 1
  • Yugoslavia 1 West Germany 0
  • Chile 2 USSR 1
  • Czechoslovakia 1 Hungary 0
• Semifinals
  • Czechoslovakia 3 Yugoslavia 1
  • Brazil 4 Chile 2
• Third Place
  • Chile 1 Yugoslavia 0
• FINAL
  • BRASIL 3 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1

Curiosities of the World Chile 1962

• World was the hardest of all: up to 50 players will be hurt in the first 4 days of tournament.
• USSR rose to Colombia 4-1. Within minutes, a weak Colombia rallied to tie the game and 4. The match referee, Czech, and boasted days after he had tied the game, he hated the Russians for invading their country.
• In Germany, came to suspend the country's general elections so as not to coincide with the World Cup and the Germans stopped voting.
• The Chilean government forgot to translators, one day a poor young man appeared asking for work. When asked what she could do, Segundo Sanchez, that was his name, said modestly that he knew 18 languages. Or difficult or reviewed showed that he knew 18 languages ... but 28, not counting dialects as the Malay or Indonesian, but his modesty made him say less than they actually were. All had learned on his own.
• It was the first World Cup trophy as the top scorer had to be divided among several players.
• It was the first world in which a player participated for the second time in a final phase defending a different selection. Puskas had played for Hungary and this time it did for Spain. Like Santamaria, who had played with Uruguay and now it was with the Spanish elastic, and Mazzola, who had played for Brazil and now he did with Italy.
• Vava was the first player to score in two finals World than in Sweden in 1958 and Chile 1962. Years later he would Pelé and then Breitner.