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The 1974 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 1974 FIFA World Cup held in Munich, Germany (formerly West Germany). It was the 10th FIFA World Cup competition, held to determine the world champion among national men's football sides. The match was contested by the Netherlands and West Germany, with West Germany
The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy , created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga , was awarded.
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 ...
After reaching the 1966 FIFA World Cup Final, they built on victory in UEFA Euro 1972 by winning the 1974 FIFA World Cup on home soil. A further Euro win in 1980 (after an unexpected loss in the 1976 final ), plus further World Cup final appearances in 1982 and 1986 confirmed their status as one of the world's most consistently powerful teams.
Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", [4] Taylor was famous for officiating in the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final during which he awarded two penalties in the first 30 minutes. [5] The first of these penalty kicks, awarded after just a minute of play, was the first penalty kick awarded in a World ...
On 22 June 1974, East Germany played West Germany in Hamburg as part of the first group stage of the 1974 FIFA World Cup. East Germany won the match 1–0, in what is regarded as one of the greatest upsets in FIFA World Cup history. [1] The match is also notable for being the only time East and West Germany ever played each other in top-level ...
Not even for ourselves, but our families back in Zaire. So we showed up for the match. But you have to understand that our morale was gone." [4] The captain also affirmed the threats made by the president about losing the next match against Brazil by more than 3 goals. “We started the match with the intention to show the world we could play ...
His greatest success was the victory in the 1974 World Cup, West Germany defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. He also helped the national team to victory in the 1972 European Championship, defeating the USSR in the final, and to the final of the 1976 tournament, losing to Czechoslovakia on penalty kicks in the final, after extra time.