1962 FIFA World Cup final

1962 FIFA World Cup final
The Estadio Nacional de Chile held the final
Event1962 FIFA World Cup
Date17 June 1962
VenueEstadio Nacional, Santiago
RefereeNikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
Attendance68,679
1958
1966
Brazil's route to the final
Opponent Result
1 Mexico 2–0
2 Czechoslovakia 0–0
3 Spain 2–1
QF England 3–1
SF Chile 4–2
Czechoslovakia's route to the final
Opponent Result
1 Spain 1–0
2 Brazil 0–0
3 Mexico 1–3
QF Hungary 1–0
SF Yugoslavia 3–1

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 draw. This was the second World Cup final match featuring teams who had already competed against each other during the group stage (the first was the 1954 final between Hungary and West Germany). This event was on Sunday, June 17, 1962.

This was only the second successful defence of the World Cup title in the history of the competition (after Italy in 1938) in spite of the absence of one of Brazil's star players of 1958, Pelé, who was ruled out of action after being injured during the second match of the tournament.[1]

  1. ^ "Brazil flying high with 'Little Bird' Garrincha". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. March 2007. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2018.