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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: England
Dates: 11-July-1966 to 30-July-1966
Teams: 16
Tournament stats

Stages:
Round 1: 16 teams split in 4 groups of 4
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4
Round 2: 8 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • The trophy was stolen in the run-up to the tournament but was found a week later by a dog named "Pickles".
  • Geoff Hurst became the first and to this day the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final.
  • South Africa was banned for violating the anti-discrimination charter.
  • The qualifying rounds of the tournament saw a controversy when the African nations decided to withdraw in protest of only one qualifying place allocated by FIFA to the regions of Asia, Oceania and Africa.

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 England 1991 11 3 +8 UEFA
    2 West Germany 1946 15 6 +9 UEFA
    3 Portugal 1829 17 8 +9 UEFA
    4 Soviet Union 2001 10 6 +4 UEFA
    5 Argentina 1972 4 2 +2 CONMEBOL
    5 Hungary 1959 8 7 +1 UEFA
    5 North Korea 1838 5 9 -4 AFC
    5 Uruguay 1847 2 5 -3 CONMEBOL
    17 Brazil 2010 4 6 -2 CONMEBOL
    17 Bulgaria 1796 1 8 -7 UEFA
    17 Chile 1748 2 5 -3 CONMEBOL
    17 France 1754 2 5 -3 UEFA
    17 Italy 1968 2 2 0 UEFA
    17 Mexico 1866 1 3 -2 CONCACAF
    17 Spain 1891 4 5 -1 UEFA
    17 Switzerland 1642 1 9 -8 UEFA
    Top goal scorers:

    • 9 goals Eusébio
    • 6 goals Helmut Haller
    • 4 goals Ferenc Bene
    • 4 goals Franz Beckenbauer
    • 4 goals Geoff Hurst
    • 4 goals Valeriy Porkujan
    • 3 goals Bobby Charlton
    • 3 goals Eduard Malofeyev
    • 3 goals José Augusto
    • 3 goals José Torres
    • 3 goals Luis Artime
    • 3 goals Roger Hunt
    • 2 goals Igor Chislenko
    • 2 goals Kálmán Mészöly
    • 2 goals Pak Seung-Zin
    • 2 goals Rubén Marcos
    • 2 goals Uwe Seeler
    • 1 goal Amancio
    • 1 goal Anatoliy Banishevskiy
    • 1 goal António Simões
    • 1 goal Enrique Borja
    • 1 goal Ermindo Onega
    • 1 goal Garrincha
    • 1 goal Georgi Asparuhov
    • 1 goal Gérard Hausser
    • 1 goal Héctor De Bourgoing
    • 1 goal János Farkas
    • 1 goal Josep Fusté
    • 1 goal Julio César Cortés
    • 1 goal Lee Dong-Woon
    • 1 goal Lothar Emmerich
    • 1 goal Manuel Sanchís
    • 1 goal Martin Peters
    • 1 goal Pak Doo-Ik
    • 1 goal Paolo Barison
    • 1 goal Pedro Rocha
    • 1 goal Pelé
    • 1 goal Pirri
    • 1 goal René-Pierre Quentin
    • 1 goal Rildo
    • 1 goal Sandro Mazzola
    • 1 goal Sigfried Held
    • 1 goal Tostão
    • 1 goal Wolfgang Weber
    • 1 goal Yang Seung-Kook


    Own goal scorers:

    • 1 goal Ivan Davidov
    • 1 goal Ivan Vutsov