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Which years was the best FIFA World Cup-winning teams
- Thread starter Ah Hai
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1966 FIFA World Cup England ™
* Teams: 16
* When: 11 July 1966 to 30 July 1966
* Final: 30 July 1966
* Matches: 32
* Goals Scored: 89 (average 2.8 per match)
* Attendance: 1601153 (average 50036)
+ Winner: England
+ Runners-Up: Germany FR
+ Third: Portugal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syncd5yq8o4
Overview
Hurst the hero for England in the home of football
The country that invented football, England, finally found a formula for success on the world stage. Alf Ramsey's 'Wingless wonders' overcame Final opponents West Germany thanks to Geoff Hurst's historic hat-trick, though the debate over whether his middle strike crossed the line continues to this day. Eusebio was another scoring hero, his nine goals – four of them against Italy's surprise conquerors, Korea DPR – taking Portugal to third place.
+ Fourth: Soviet Union
+ Golden Shoe: EUSEBIO (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira) (POR)
* Best Young Player Award: Franz BECKENBAUER (GER)
* Teams: 16
* When: 11 July 1966 to 30 July 1966
* Final: 30 July 1966
* Matches: 32
* Goals Scored: 89 (average 2.8 per match)
* Attendance: 1601153 (average 50036)
+ Winner: England
+ Runners-Up: Germany FR
+ Third: Portugal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syncd5yq8o4
Overview
Hurst the hero for England in the home of football
The country that invented football, England, finally found a formula for success on the world stage. Alf Ramsey's 'Wingless wonders' overcame Final opponents West Germany thanks to Geoff Hurst's historic hat-trick, though the debate over whether his middle strike crossed the line continues to this day. Eusebio was another scoring hero, his nine goals – four of them against Italy's surprise conquerors, Korea DPR – taking Portugal to third place.
+ Fourth: Soviet Union
+ Golden Shoe: EUSEBIO (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira) (POR)
* Best Young Player Award: Franz BECKENBAUER (GER)
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1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico ™
* Teams: 16
* When: 31 May 1970 to 21 June 1970
* Final: 21 June 1970
* Matches: 32
* Goals Scored: 95 (average 3.0 per match)
* Attendance: 1603975 (average 50124)
+ Winner: Brazil
+ Runners-Up: Italy
+ Third: Germany FR
+ Fourth: Uruguay
+ Golden Shoe: Gerd MUELLER (GER)
* Best Young Player Award: Teofilo CUBILLAS (PER)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_3nRplehGk
Overview
Mexico in thrall to Brazilians' beautiful game
For the first time the FIFA World Cup™ was broadcast in colour and nothing could match the brilliance of Brazil's yellow shirts. With Pele rejuvenated and Jairzinho scoring in every game, Mario Zagallo's men were unstoppable – they beat Italy handsomely in the Final and, with this third triumph, retained the Jules Rimet Cup. If Brazil's tournament, others brought plenty to the party – not least ten-goal German marksman Gerd Muller.
* Teams: 16
* When: 31 May 1970 to 21 June 1970
* Final: 21 June 1970
* Matches: 32
* Goals Scored: 95 (average 3.0 per match)
* Attendance: 1603975 (average 50124)
+ Winner: Brazil
+ Runners-Up: Italy
+ Third: Germany FR
+ Fourth: Uruguay
+ Golden Shoe: Gerd MUELLER (GER)
* Best Young Player Award: Teofilo CUBILLAS (PER)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_3nRplehGk
Overview
Mexico in thrall to Brazilians' beautiful game
For the first time the FIFA World Cup™ was broadcast in colour and nothing could match the brilliance of Brazil's yellow shirts. With Pele rejuvenated and Jairzinho scoring in every game, Mario Zagallo's men were unstoppable – they beat Italy handsomely in the Final and, with this third triumph, retained the Jules Rimet Cup. If Brazil's tournament, others brought plenty to the party – not least ten-goal German marksman Gerd Muller.
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1974 FIFA World Cup Germany ™
* Teams: 16
* When: 13 June 1974 to 07 July 1974
* Final: 07 July 1974
* Matches: 38
* Goals Scored: 97 (average 2.6 per match)
* Attendance: 1822834 (average 47969)
+ Winner: Germany FR
+ Runners-Up: Netherlands
+ Third: Poland
+ Fourth: Brazil
+ Golden Shoe: Grzegorz LATO (POL)
# Best Young Player Award: Wladyslaw ZMUDA (POL)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsnK_4IWBWc
Overview
Dutch take plaudits but Germany take the prize
West Germany were champions on home soil - and as in 1954 their victory came at the expense of a team widely considered the world's finest. Johan Cruyff's Netherlands were favourites before the Final but the hosts, beaten earlier in their competition by their East German neighbours, recovered from a first-minute Dutch goal to win. It was also a memorable tournament for Poland whom Gregorz Lato fired to third place.
* Teams: 16
* When: 13 June 1974 to 07 July 1974
* Final: 07 July 1974
* Matches: 38
* Goals Scored: 97 (average 2.6 per match)
* Attendance: 1822834 (average 47969)
+ Winner: Germany FR
+ Runners-Up: Netherlands
+ Third: Poland
+ Fourth: Brazil
+ Golden Shoe: Grzegorz LATO (POL)
# Best Young Player Award: Wladyslaw ZMUDA (POL)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsnK_4IWBWc
Overview
Dutch take plaudits but Germany take the prize
West Germany were champions on home soil - and as in 1954 their victory came at the expense of a team widely considered the world's finest. Johan Cruyff's Netherlands were favourites before the Final but the hosts, beaten earlier in their competition by their East German neighbours, recovered from a first-minute Dutch goal to win. It was also a memorable tournament for Poland whom Gregorz Lato fired to third place.
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1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina ™
* Teams: 16
* When: 01 June 1978 to 25 June 1978
* Final: 25 June 1978
* Matches: 38
* Goals Scored: 102 (average 2.7 per match)
* Attendance: 1550424 (average 40800)
+ Winner: Argentina
+ Runners-Up: Netherlands
+ Third: Brazil
+ Fourth: Italy
+ Golden Shoe: Mario KEMPES (ARG)
# Best Young Player Award: Antonio CABRINI (ITA)
# FIFA Fair Play award: Argentina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmXdIyRwAfU
Overview
Kempes key as Argentina are crowned with confetti
Hosts Argentina captured their first world title as the Netherlands suffered Final heartache for the second tournament running. Mario Kempes sealed Cesar Luis Menotti's side's triumph, scoring twice against the Dutch in the confetti-strewn cauldron of the Estadio Monumental to earn himself additional acclaim as top scorer. Brazil, denied a Final place by Argentina's 6-0 win over Peru, took third place from an enterprising Italy side.
* Teams: 16
* When: 01 June 1978 to 25 June 1978
* Final: 25 June 1978
* Matches: 38
* Goals Scored: 102 (average 2.7 per match)
* Attendance: 1550424 (average 40800)
+ Winner: Argentina
+ Runners-Up: Netherlands
+ Third: Brazil
+ Fourth: Italy
+ Golden Shoe: Mario KEMPES (ARG)
# Best Young Player Award: Antonio CABRINI (ITA)
# FIFA Fair Play award: Argentina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmXdIyRwAfU
Overview
Kempes key as Argentina are crowned with confetti
Hosts Argentina captured their first world title as the Netherlands suffered Final heartache for the second tournament running. Mario Kempes sealed Cesar Luis Menotti's side's triumph, scoring twice against the Dutch in the confetti-strewn cauldron of the Estadio Monumental to earn himself additional acclaim as top scorer. Brazil, denied a Final place by Argentina's 6-0 win over Peru, took third place from an enterprising Italy side.
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1982 FIFA World Cup Spain ™
* Teams: 24
* When: 13 June 1982 to 11 July 1982
* Final: 11 July 1982
* Matches: 52
* Goals Scored: 146 (average 2.8 per match)
* Attendance: 2109723 (average 40571)
+ Winner: Italy
+ Runners-Up: Germany FR
+ Third: Poland
+ Fourth: France
+ adidas Golden Ball: Paolo ROSSI (ITA)
* adidas Golden Shoe: Paolo ROSSI (ITA)
+ Best Young Player Award: Manuel AMOROS (FRA)
+ FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVCew73zTQ
Overview
Brazil shine but Rossi strikes Spanish gold for Italy
Paolo Rossi was the hero in Spain, his six goals propelling Italy to a third world crown. The Azzurri ran out 3-1 Final winners against a German team who had survived the competition's first penalty shoot-out in a dramatic semi-final against France. If Italy won gold, Brazil took a share of the glory for some scintillating football before succumbing to Rossi's hat-trick in the best game of this first 24-team finals.
* Teams: 24
* When: 13 June 1982 to 11 July 1982
* Final: 11 July 1982
* Matches: 52
* Goals Scored: 146 (average 2.8 per match)
* Attendance: 2109723 (average 40571)
+ Winner: Italy
+ Runners-Up: Germany FR
+ Third: Poland
+ Fourth: France
+ adidas Golden Ball: Paolo ROSSI (ITA)
* adidas Golden Shoe: Paolo ROSSI (ITA)
+ Best Young Player Award: Manuel AMOROS (FRA)
+ FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVCew73zTQ
Overview
Brazil shine but Rossi strikes Spanish gold for Italy
Paolo Rossi was the hero in Spain, his six goals propelling Italy to a third world crown. The Azzurri ran out 3-1 Final winners against a German team who had survived the competition's first penalty shoot-out in a dramatic semi-final against France. If Italy won gold, Brazil took a share of the glory for some scintillating football before succumbing to Rossi's hat-trick in the best game of this first 24-team finals.
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My personal top 10 rating would be:
1) Brazil 1970
2) Italy 1982
3) England 1966
4) Uruguay 1950
5) Brazil 1958
6) Brazil 2002
7) Argentina 1978
8) Argentina 1986
9) Germany 1974
10) France 1998
I rate Argentina's 1978 win higher than that of 1986 because of that Diego Maradona handgoal against England. Argentina 1978 was also shrouded in controversy because of that 6:0 victory over Peru that eliminated Brazil on goal difference. However, if one had seen the games live or reviewed the footages later, Argentina was really playing smooth classy football deserving of the World Cup. Brazil had the chance to decide their own fate but failed to beat Argentina (0:0). They had themselves to blame. Even runners-up Holland had nothing to complain.
1) Brazil 1970
2) Italy 1982
3) England 1966
4) Uruguay 1950
5) Brazil 1958
6) Brazil 2002
7) Argentina 1978
8) Argentina 1986
9) Germany 1974
10) France 1998
I rate Argentina's 1978 win higher than that of 1986 because of that Diego Maradona handgoal against England. Argentina 1978 was also shrouded in controversy because of that 6:0 victory over Peru that eliminated Brazil on goal difference. However, if one had seen the games live or reviewed the footages later, Argentina was really playing smooth classy football deserving of the World Cup. Brazil had the chance to decide their own fate but failed to beat Argentina (0:0). They had themselves to blame. Even runners-up Holland had nothing to complain.
Football: Maradona and Messi arrive in South Africa
Posted: 29 May 2010 2323 hrs
JOHANNESBURG: Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi arrived in Johannesburg on Saturday with the Argentina squad to prepare for a World Cup they are among the favourites to win.
Clear skies and cool early morning autumn conditions greeted the third team to land in South Africa after Asia powerhouse Australia and five-time champions Brazil for the international football showcase.
After a brief session with select TV crews and photographers, coach Maradona, Barcelona superstar Messi and a mix of foreign-based and domestic stars left in a brightly painted luxury coach for their Pretoria base.
Football legend Maradona - who is bidding to add World Cup glory as coach to the 1986 trophy he won as a player - drew huge crowds wherever he went during a pre-tournament inspection visit to South Africa and is set to be among the most colourful characters at the first African World Cup.
The 49-year-old, considered by many critics the greatest footballer the game has seen, created headlines this week by demanding a special heated toilet seat and promising to run naked through central Buenos Aires if he lifts the Cup.
A 450-dollar heated toilet seat with a warm-air blow dryer and front and rear bidet wands was ordered for the room where Maradona will stay, South African reports said.
And the naked-run boast came during an Argentine radio show the day after his team outclassed Canada 5-0 in a warm-up for World Cup Group B fixtures against Nigeria, South Korea and Greece.
He captained his country to World Cup glory in 1986 - the tournament in which he scored the 'Hand of God' goal against England - but had to be satisfied with a runners-up medal four years later.
Maradona, banned during the 1994 World Cup after testing positive for the banned substance ephedrine, succeeded Alfio Basile as coach halfway through a faltering Argentine campaign to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
The 49-year-old also battled to find a winning formula and Argentina secured a place in South Africa only in the final round with a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Montevideo.
Argentina fell 2-1 away to European champions Spain and triumphed 1-0 away to 2006 World Cup hosts and bronze medalists Germany in high-profile warm-up matches.
But Maradona has yet to convince sections of the media he can take his country to a third title after winning at home in 1978 and in Mexico eight years later.
Criticisms include favouring an overly cautious system that includes only two strikers, usually Messi and Gonzalo Higuain, while leaving Champions League hero Diego Milito, Carlos Tevez and son-in-law Sergio Aguero on the bench, though Maradona did suggest after the mauling of Canada that he could deploy three strikers.
A huge challenge facing Maradona is to coax the best out of Messi, such a scourge to defenders when in the red and blue of Barcelona but too often ineffective when playing for Albiceleste (white and sky blue).
Denmark, Group E contenders with Netherlands, Cameroon and Japan, landed at Johannesburg international airport less than an hour after the South Americans. - AFP/fa
Posted: 29 May 2010 2323 hrs
JOHANNESBURG: Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi arrived in Johannesburg on Saturday with the Argentina squad to prepare for a World Cup they are among the favourites to win.
Clear skies and cool early morning autumn conditions greeted the third team to land in South Africa after Asia powerhouse Australia and five-time champions Brazil for the international football showcase.
After a brief session with select TV crews and photographers, coach Maradona, Barcelona superstar Messi and a mix of foreign-based and domestic stars left in a brightly painted luxury coach for their Pretoria base.
Football legend Maradona - who is bidding to add World Cup glory as coach to the 1986 trophy he won as a player - drew huge crowds wherever he went during a pre-tournament inspection visit to South Africa and is set to be among the most colourful characters at the first African World Cup.
The 49-year-old, considered by many critics the greatest footballer the game has seen, created headlines this week by demanding a special heated toilet seat and promising to run naked through central Buenos Aires if he lifts the Cup.
A 450-dollar heated toilet seat with a warm-air blow dryer and front and rear bidet wands was ordered for the room where Maradona will stay, South African reports said.
And the naked-run boast came during an Argentine radio show the day after his team outclassed Canada 5-0 in a warm-up for World Cup Group B fixtures against Nigeria, South Korea and Greece.
He captained his country to World Cup glory in 1986 - the tournament in which he scored the 'Hand of God' goal against England - but had to be satisfied with a runners-up medal four years later.
Maradona, banned during the 1994 World Cup after testing positive for the banned substance ephedrine, succeeded Alfio Basile as coach halfway through a faltering Argentine campaign to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
The 49-year-old also battled to find a winning formula and Argentina secured a place in South Africa only in the final round with a 1-0 victory over Uruguay in Montevideo.
Argentina fell 2-1 away to European champions Spain and triumphed 1-0 away to 2006 World Cup hosts and bronze medalists Germany in high-profile warm-up matches.
But Maradona has yet to convince sections of the media he can take his country to a third title after winning at home in 1978 and in Mexico eight years later.
Criticisms include favouring an overly cautious system that includes only two strikers, usually Messi and Gonzalo Higuain, while leaving Champions League hero Diego Milito, Carlos Tevez and son-in-law Sergio Aguero on the bench, though Maradona did suggest after the mauling of Canada that he could deploy three strikers.
A huge challenge facing Maradona is to coax the best out of Messi, such a scourge to defenders when in the red and blue of Barcelona but too often ineffective when playing for Albiceleste (white and sky blue).
Denmark, Group E contenders with Netherlands, Cameroon and Japan, landed at Johannesburg international airport less than an hour after the South Americans. - AFP/fa
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