1978 FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup international football tournament

The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the men's international football championship, hosted by Argentina and won by the Argentine national team.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup ⓘ
international football tournament ⓘ
attendanceTotal 1545791 ⓘ
ballUsed Adidas Tango España ⓘ
surface form: Adidas Tango
bestGoalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol ⓘ
bestYoungPlayer Antonio Cabrini ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
defendingChampion West Germany ⓘ
surface form: West Germany national football team
endDate 1978-06-25 ⓘ
fairPlayAward Argentina national football team ⓘ
finalAfterExtraTime true ⓘ
finalCity Buenos Aires ⓘ
finalScore Argentina 3–1 Netherlands (after extra time) ⓘ
finalVenue Estadio Monumental ⓘ
surface form: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
format group stage followed by second group stage and final ⓘ
fourthPlace Italy national football team ⓘ
goalsScored 102 ⓘ
goldenBall Mario Kempes ⓘ
hostCity Buenos Aires ⓘ
Córdoba ⓘ
Mar del Plata ⓘ
Mendoza ⓘ
Rosario ⓘ
hostCountry Argentina ⓘ
hostSelectionEvent FIFA Congress in London ⓘ
hostSelectionYear 1966 ⓘ
mascot Gauchito Mundialito ⓘ
matchesPlayed 38 ⓘ
nextEdition 1982 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
notablePlayer Johan Cruyff ⓘ
surface form: Johan Cruyff (absent from tournament)

Mario Kempes ⓘ
numberOfConfederations 5 ⓘ
numberOfHostCities 5 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 16 ⓘ
numberOfVenues 6 ⓘ
openingMatchCity Buenos Aires ⓘ
openingMatchDate 1978-06-01 ⓘ
openingMatchTeams Germany FR vs Poland ⓘ
openingMatchVenue Estadio Monumental ⓘ
surface form: Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
organisingBody FIFA ⓘ
politicalContext held under Argentine military dictatorship ⓘ
previousEdition 1974 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
runnerUp Netherlands national football team ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
startDate 1978-06-01 ⓘ
thirdPlace Brazil national football team ⓘ
topScorer Mario Kempes ⓘ
topScorerGoals 6 ⓘ
tournamentEdition 11 ⓘ
winner Argentina national football team ⓘ

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1974 FIFA World Cup → nextEdition → 1978 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Grzegorz Lato → participatedIn → 1978 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Hugo Sánchez → participatedIn → 1978 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Sepp Maier → playedInTournament → 1978 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1982 FIFA World Cup → previousEdition → 1978 FIFA World Cup ⓘ