The Spain 1982 World Cup finals increased to 24
teams and the format was changed slightly to have two group stages, with the winners of
the four second-round groups of three, moving on to the semi-finals.
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Third place, 1982
World Cup Final.
Some teams were playing not to lose and contributed 16 draws in
the group stages, seven of them (0:0). There were also eight (1:0) victories to add to the
snore bores.
Italy drew all three of their first-round matches, nudging an unbeaten
Cameroon out on goals scored, then stepped up a gear when it was needed; to win all their
remaining games.
England were also unbeaten in the tournament but as they could only
draw (0:0) against Spain and West Germany, in their second-round games, missed out on a
semi-final spot in Seville; to the West Germans, who beat the hosts (2:1).
At least the West Germany vs France semi
final was a classic and Hungary scored a record 10 goals against El Salvador, in their
first-round game; played in Elche.
West Germany trailed France by two goals, in extra-time, then snatched
the semi-final away from Platini's team by bringing the scores level and winning the
penalty shootout (5:4).
The player of the tournament was probably Paolo Rossi (leading scorer
with 6 goals), who scored three of them against Brazil (3:2) in a second-round group that
also included World Cup holders, Argentina.
Italy went on to beat Poland in their semi-final (2:0), with another
two goals by Paolo Rossi, and win the World Cup for the third time, by beating West
Germany (3:1); Paolo Rossi again on the scoresheet.
14th June
Vigo: Italy vs Poland (0:0)
15th June
La Coruņa: Peru vs Cameroon (0:0)
18th June
Vigo: Italy vs Peru (1:1)
19th June
La Coruņa: Poland vs Cameroon (0:0)
22nd June
La Coruņa: Poland vs Peru (5:1)
23rd June
Vigo: Italy vs Cameroon (1:1)
Poland and Italy
qualify for the second round.
16th June
Gijon: Algeria vs West Germany (2:1)
17th June
Oviedo: Austria vs Chile (1:0)
20th June
Gijon: West Germany vs Chile (4:1)
21st June
Oviedo: Austria vs Algeria (2:0)
24th June
Oviedo: Algeria vs Chile (3:2)
25th June
Gijon: West Germany vs Austria (1:0)
West Germany and Austria
qualify for the second round.
13th June
Barcelona: Belgium vs Argentina (1:0)
15th June
Elche: Hungary vs El Salvador (10:1)
18th June
Alicante: Argentina vs Hungary (4:1)
19th June
Elche: Belgium vs El Salvador (1:0)
22nd June
Elche: Belgium vs Hungary (1:1)
23rd June
Alicante: Argentina vs El Salvador (2:0)
Belgium and Argentina
qualify for the second round.
16th June
Bilbao: England vs France (3:1)
17th June
Valladolid: Czechoslovakia vs Kuwait (1:1)
20th June
Bilbao: England vs Czechoslovakia (2:0)
21st June
Valladolid: France vs Kuwait (4:1)
24th June
Valladolid: France vs Czechoslovakia (1:1)
25th June
Bilbao: England vs Kuwait (1:0)
England and France
qualify for the second round.
16th June
Valencia: Spain vs Honduras (1:1)
17th June
Zaragoza: Yugoslavia vs Northern Ireland (0:0)
20th June
Valencia: Spain vs Yugoslavia (2:1)
21st June
Zaragoza: Honduras vs Northern Ireland (1:1)
24th June
Zaragoza: Yugoslavia vs Honduras (1:0)
25th June
Valencia: Northern Ireland vs Spain (1:0)
Northern Ireland and Spain
qualify for the second round.
14th June
Seville: Brazil vs USSR (2:1)
15th June
Malaga: Scotland vs New Zealand (5:2)
18th June
Seville: Brazil vs Scotland (4:1)
19th June
Malaga: USSR vs New Zealand (3:0)
22nd June
Malaga: USSR vs Scotland (2:2)
23rd June
Seville: Brazil vs New Zealand (4:0)
Brazil and USSR
qualify for the second round.
Played in Barcelona.
28th June
Poland vs Belgium (3:0)
1st July
USSR vs Belgium (1:0)
4th July
Poland vs USSR (0:0)
Poland qualify for the semi-finals.
Played in Madrid.
29th June
West Germany vs England (0:0)
2nd July
West Germany vs Spain (2:1)
5th July
Spain vs England (0:0)
West Germany qualify for the semi-finals.
Played in Barcelona.
29th June
Italy vs Argentina (2:1)
2nd July
Brazil vs Argentina (3:1)
5th July
Italy vs Brazil (3:2)
Italy qualify for the semi-finals.
Played in Madrid.
28th June
France vs Austria (1:0)
1st July
Austria vs Northern Ireland (2:2)
4th July
France vs Northern Ireland (4:1)
France qualify for the semi-finals.
Barcelona: Italy vs
Poland (2:0)
Seville: West Germany
vs France (3:3 aet)
Alicante: Poland vs France (3:2)
1982 World Cup
Final
11th July:
Italy vs West Germany (3:1)
Madrid.
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