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1978 FIFA World Cup

1978 FIFA World Cup
1978 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
NameFIFA World Cup
Host countriesArgentina
Dates1 June � 25 June
Teams16
Confederations5
Venue6
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina (1 title)
Runner-upNetherlands
Third placeBrazil
Fourth placeItaly
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored102
Attendance1546151
Top scorerAR Mario Kempes (6 goals)
Best playerAR Mario Kempes
Timeline season
Previous1974
Next1982

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The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3 - 1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after Uruguay, Italy, England and West Germany), to be both hosts and world champions. The official match ball was the Adidas Tango.

1978 FIFA World Cup Video

The best goals, skills and brain explosions from the worlds greatest sporting event. Music: Ricky Martin - Ole Ole Ole Made using Windows Movie Maker.
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2014 - Host: Brazil - Winner: ... 2018 - Host: Russia - Winner: ... 2022 - Host: Qatar - Winner: ... Images ɤ Infos: FIFA.com, MSN.com Music: * My Top 2 FIFA World Cup Songs/Theme * Ricky Martin - The Cup Of Life Patrizio Buanne - Stand Up! (Champions' Theme)
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Club career Early career At the age of just 17, Buffon made his Serie A debut for Parma AC in a 0-0 home draw against AC Milan on 19 November 1995. In his fourth season with the club, he won the UEFA Cup. He transferred from Parma to Juventus in 2001, for a world-record goalkeeper's fee of €52 million. Buffon nearly signed with AS Roma in 2001 following his departure from Parma, but team president Franco Sensi instead opted for Atalanta BC keeper Ivan Pelizzoli, who averaged less than fifteen appearances in five seasons with Roma. Buffon also claimed that he wouldn't have signed with Roma had he left Juventus in 2006. "That was never a possibility really... I dont think that Roma had the finances to make an investment of such a nature." Juventus In 2003, he received the UEFA Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper awards, and was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. During the annual Luigi Berlusconi Trophy match against Milan in August 2005, Buffon collided with Milan midfielder Kaká while chasing a loose ball, and suffered a dislocated shoulder that required surgery. His operation was successful and he returned to the pitch in November, but played only once as another injury returned him to the sidelines until January. He recovered in time to help lead Juventus to their second consecutive Scudetto and his fourth overall with the club. On 12 May 2006, Buffon, along with former Juventus goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti and many other <b>...</b>
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The most controversial and scandalous final in World Cup history. West Germany, the best team of the tournament deserved to win the title, but not this way. The refereeing looked so blatantly biased that it raises up many questions and suspicions even after 20 years. It was a dreadful game because of the Mexican referee, and a disgrace to football in every possible way. Argentina had 4 key players suspended, thus Bilardo was forced to use very defensive 5-4-1 formation so the game was bound to be boring. Argentina 1990 team has a bad reputation but at least you must admit that their defense was extremely solid and tough. Germany got only one shot on goal in this game. This composition doesn't have much footage of the actual game because there was very little football actually played.
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In the 1978 World Cup Holland faced West Germany in a rematch of the 1974 final, here Arie Haan scored a breathtaking long range goal that set the Dutch on the road a well-earned 2-2 draw. Incredibly, in Holland's next match against Italy, Haan scored an even better goal, cementing his legacy in World Cup folklore.
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Vantaggio azzurro firmato dallo juventino Roberto Bettega al 67' minuto.
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This video revisits the past World Cup winners/triumphs, and paves way towards South Africa 2010. Hope you all enjoy! Clips used: 1930: www.youtube.com 1934: www.youtube.com 1938: www.youtube.com 1950: www.youtube.com 1954: www.youtube.com 1958: www.youtube.com 1962: www.youtube.com 1966: www.youtube.com 1970: www.youtube.com 1974: www.youtube.com 1978: www.youtube.com 1982: www.youtube.com 1986: www.youtube.com 1990: www.youtube.com 1994: www.youtube.com 1998: www.youtube.com 2002: www.youtube.com 2006: www.youtube.com 2010: www.youtube.com
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Here is a music video I did celebrating the history of the FIFA World Cup featuring the song "Clocks" by Coldplay, I did it for fun as an avid football fan.I hope you enjoy. Please rate and leave comments. NOTE Copyright belongs to the companies who own the clips and music. I just edited the video.
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Losing countries after FIFA blood - Press TV Tweet this news
Press TV--Early: Think back to -1978-, -FIFA- gave the -World Cup- to a military dictatorship in Argentina; 1986, they were going to have it in Columbia, which is a 'narco' ... - Date : Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:40:08 GMT+00:00
Russia scoops Europe's 2018 World Cup - EurActiv Tweet this news
EurActiv---FIFA- awarded the 2018 -World Cup- finals to Russia yesterday (2 December), shattering the hopes of a bemused England and rejecting joint bids from ... - Date : Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:14:55 GMT+00:00
Separation of sports and politics - ESPN (blog) Tweet this news
ESPN (blog)--Remember when -FIFA- refused to move the -1978 World Cup- away from Argentina, where a murderous regime had just taken over in a military coup, ... - Date : Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:27:59 GMT+00:00
Coca-Cola supports the Commonwealth Games 2010 through Visual Identity System - India Infoline.com Tweet this news
India Infoline.com--Globally, Coca-Cola has also been the official sponsor of the -FIFA World Cup- that began in -1978-. Coca-Cola India has also been partners of -World Cup- Hockey, ... - Date : Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:01:17 GMT+00:00
Switzerland v England: Gelson Fernandes, Valon Behrami, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Reto ... - MirrorFootball.co.uk (blog) Tweet this news
MirrorFootball.co.uk (blog)--They're also the last team to beat Spain, having upset the eventual champions 1-0 in their opening game of the -World Cup- finals. ... - Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:55:23 GMT+00:00
Top 10 things you need to know about England - and now Strictly's - Peter Shilton - MirrorFootball.co.uk (blog) Tweet this news
MirrorFootball.co.uk (blog)--He was the goalkeeper who let Poland's goal shot squirm underneath his body in the decisive -World Cup- qualifier in 1973, a moment Shilton described as the ... - Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:16:52 GMT+00:00
Foreign coaches cost Africa dearly: Fifa - Pretoria News (subscription) Tweet this news
Pretoria News (subscription)---FIFA's- official analysis of the -World Cup- says champions Spain could be the team of the century, while African countries harmed their chances by employing ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:03:49 GMT+00:00
World Cup team profile: Argentina - Global Times Tweet this news
Global Times--Argentina are the former -1978- and 1986 -World Cup- champions and travel to South Africa with a craving for the champion title.--- - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:23:17 GMT+00:00
Corneal heads to SA - The Trinidad Guardian Tweet this news
The Trinidad Guardian--Former national footballer and coach Alvin Corneal has been assigned to the -Fifa World Cup- in South Africa.Corneal has worked at every -World Cup- since the ... - Date : Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:03:20 GMT+00:00
Coca-Cola's winning World Cup marketing formula - Business Day Tweet this news
Business Day--The company's sponsorship of the -World Cup-, which dates back to -1978-, is important for -Fifa- too. Sepp Blatter, the Swiss president of -Fifa-, describes the ... - Date : Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:08:09 GMT+00:00

Final :
{{location map+Argentinafloat=rightcaption=places= Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Córdoba
Estadio Monumental Estadio José Amalfitani Estadio Cordoba
Capacity: 76,000 Capacity: 49,540 Capacity: 46,083
Mar del Plata Rosario Mendoza
Estadio José María Minella Estadio Gigante de Arroyito Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza
Capacity: 43,542 Capacity: 41,654 Capacity: 34,875

Final :
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

First round : Group 1
Team                
Italy 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 6
Argentina 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 4
France 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 2
Hungary 3 0 0 3 3 8 &minus;5 0

: Group 2
Team                
Poland 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
FRG 3 1 2 0 6 0 +6 4
Tunisia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
Mexico 3 0 0 3 2 12 &minus;10 0

: Group 3
Team                
Austria 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
Brazil 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
Sweden 3 0 1 2 1 3 &minus;2 1

: Group 4
Team                
Peru 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 5
Netherlands 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 3
SCO 3 1 1 1 5 6 &minus;1 3
Iran 3 0 1 2 2 8 &minus;6 1

Second round : Group A
Team                
Netherlands 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 5
Italy 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
FRG 3 0 2 1 4 5 &minus;1 2
Austria 3 1 0 2 4 8 &minus;4 2

: Group B
Team                
Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 5
Brazil 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5
Poland 3 1 0 2 2 5 &minus;3 2
Peru 3 0 0 3 0 10 &minus;10 0

Final :
Golden Boot Winner Best Young Player FIFA Fair Play Trophy
AR Mario Kempes IT Antonio Cabrini Argentina

International association football

AsiaAFC � Asian Cup
AfricaCAF � Africa Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAF � Gold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFC � Nations Cup
EuropeUEFA � European Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-Board � Viva World Cup



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