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Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The three winners would then face a European or South American team for entry into the World Cup. The 1962 tournament was the last one for which only nations from Europe or the Americas qualified. Two teams qualified for the first time ever: Colombia and Bulgaria. Colombia would not qualify for another World Cup until 1990.
The 1962 FIFA World Cup final was the deciding match of the 1962 FIFA World Cup. The match was held at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, and was contested by Czechoslovakia and Brazil. Brazil won the game 3–1 to record their second consecutive World Cup victory. Both teams had played each other during the group stage which ended in a goalless ...
At the 1962 FIFA World Cup, after an injury to Pelé in a group game against Czechoslovakia, Amarildo was chosen by Brazil manager Aymoré Moreira to replace him. On 6 June 1962, in Amarildo's first appearance in the tournament, he scored two second half goals in Brazil's final group game against Spain to ensure Brazil's qualification into the ...
Ivanov's four goals in the 1962 World Cup saw him named the tournament's top-scorer, along with five other players; [1] he also scored one in the 1958 edition. He spent most of his club career with Torpedo Moscow , scoring 124 goals in 286 appearances in the Soviet Championship, the 9th all-time best record.
Furthermore, he was a joint-recipient of the 1962 World Cup Golden Boot as one of the tournament's top scorers. Vavá was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1] Vavá scored in the World Cup finals of both 1958 (twice) and 1962 (once), thus becoming the first player to score in two finals.
Mauro received 28 caps with the Brazil national team. He was an unplaying member of the Brazil squad at the 1954 World Cup. He was also an unplaying member of the squad that won the 1958 World Cup. At the 1962 World Cup he finally made his World Cup debut and as team captain he lifted the World Cup Trophy after victory in the final over ...
He also saved a penalty in a match against Peru in May 1962. [4] He had been the first choice goalkeeper during the 1962 World Cup in Chile. [3] His final cap was against Norway in 1966 shortly before the World Cup finals. At international level, Springett also made 9 appearances for the Football League (team drawn from players of all Football ...