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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: Spain
Dates: 13-June-1982 to 11-July-1982
Teams: 24

Stages:
Round 24 teams split in 6 groups of 4
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6
Round 12 teams split in 4 groups of 3.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D
Round 4 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • the World Cup was expanded to feature 24 teams.
  • the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated in the finals

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating Current ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 Italy 1892 2188 (+296) 12 6 6 UEFA
    2 West Germany 2108 2057 (-51) 12 10 2 UEFA
    3 Poland 1959 2044 (+85) 11 5 6 UEFA
    4 France 1878 1921 (+43) 16 12 4 UEFA
    17 Brazil 2092 2127 (+35) 15 6 9 CONMEBOL
    17 England 1963 2043 (+80) 6 1 5 UEFA
    17 Soviet Union 2010 2020 (+10) 7 4 3 UEFA
    17 Argentina 2003 1927 (-76) 8 7 1 CONMEBOL
    17 Austria 1917 1873 (-44) 5 4 1 UEFA
    17 Yugoslavia 1916 1863 (-53) 2 2 0 UEFA
    17 Scotland 1837 1860 (+23) 8 8 0 UEFA
    17 Spain 1888 1850 (-38) 4 5 -1 UEFA
    17 Belgium 1914 1841 (-73) 3 5 -2 UEFA
    17 Czechoslovakia 1898 1830 (-68) 2 4 -2 UEFA
    17 Hungary 1799 1826 (+27) 12 6 6 UEFA
    17 Algeria 1647 1755 (+108) 5 5 0 CAF
    17 Northern Ireland 1739 1755 (+16) 5 7 -2 UEFA
    17 Cameroon 1636 1714 (+78) 1 1 0 CAF
    17 Peru 1774 1667 (-107) 2 6 -4 CONMEBOL
    17 Chile 1771 1657 (-114) 3 8 -5 CONMEBOL
    17 Honduras 1600 1626 (+26) 2 3 -1 CONCACAF
    17 Kuwait 1632 1599 (-33) 2 6 -4 AFC
    17 New Zealand 1599 1532 (-67) 2 12 -10 OFC
    17 El Salvador 1610 1507 (-103) 1 13 -12 CONCACAF
    Top goal scorers:

    • 6 goals Paolo Rossi
    • 5 goals Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
    • 4 goals Zbigniew Boniek
    • 4 goals Zico
    • 3 goals Alain Giresse
    • 3 goals Falcão
    • 3 goals Gerry Armstrong
    • 3 goals László Kiss
    • 2 goals Antonín Panenka
    • 2 goals Bernard Genghini
    • 2 goals Billy Hamilton
    • 2 goals Bryan Robson
    • 2 goals Daniel Bertoni
    • 2 goals Daniel Passarella
    • 2 goals Didier Six
    • 2 goals Diego Maradona
    • 2 goals Dominique Rocheteau
    • 2 goals Éder
    • 2 goals Gábor Pölöskei
    • 2 goals John Wark
    • 2 goals Klaus Fischer
    • 2 goals László Fazekas
    • 2 goals Marco Tardelli
    • 2 goals Michel Platini
    • 2 goals Pierre Littbarski
    • 2 goals Salah Assad
    • 2 goals Serginho
    • 2 goals Sócrates
    • 2 goals Tibor Nyilasi
    • 2 goals Trevor Francis
    • 2 goals Walter Schachner
    • 1 goal Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi
    • 1 goal Alain Couriol
    • 1 goal Aleksandr Chivadze
    • 1 goal Alessandro Altobelli
    • 1 goal Alexandre Czerniatynski
    • 1 goal Andriy Bal
    • 1 goal Andrzej Buncol
    • 1 goal Andrzej Szarmach
    • 1 goal Antonio Cabrini
    • 1 goal Antonio Laing
    • 1 goal Bruno Conti
    • 1 goal Bruno Pezzey
    • 1 goal David Narey
    • 1 goal Enrique Saura
    • 1 goal Erwin Vandenbergh
    • 1 goal Faisal Al-Dakhil
    • 1 goal Francesco Graziani
    • 1 goal Gérard Soler
    • 1 goal Graeme Souness
    • 1 goal Grégoire Mbida
    • 1 goal Grzegorz Lato
    • 1 goal Guillermo La Rosa
    • 1 goal Gustavo Moscoso
    • 1 goal Hans Krankl
    • 1 goal Héctor Zelaya
    • 1 goal Horst Hrubesch
    • 1 goal Ivan Gudelj
    • 1 goal Janusz Kupcewicz
    • 1 goal Jesús María Zamora
    • 1 goal Joe Jordan
    • 1 goal John Robertson
    • 1 goal József Tóth
    • 1 goal József Varga
    • 1 goal Juan Carlos Letelier
    • 1 goal Juanito
    • 1 goal Júnior
    • 1 goal Kenny Dalglish
    • 1 goal Khoren Oganesian
    • 1 goal Lakhdar Belloumi
    • 1 goal Lázár Szentes
    • 1 goal Ludo Coeck
    • 1 goal Luis Ramírez
    • 1 goal Marius Trésor
    • 1 goal Maxime Bossis
    • 1 goal Miguel Ángel Neira
    • 1 goal Oleg Blokhin
    • 1 goal Oscar
    • 1 goal Osvaldo Ardiles
    • 1 goal Paul Breitner
    • 1 goal Paul Mariner
    • 1 goal Rabah Madjer
    • 1 goal Ramaz Shengelia
    • 1 goal Ramón Díaz
    • 1 goal Reinhold Hintermaier
    • 1 goal René Girard
    • 1 goal Roberto López Ufarte
    • 1 goal Rubén Toribio Díaz
    • 1 goal Sergei Baltacha
    • 1 goal Stefan Majewski
    • 1 goal Steve Archibald
    • 1 goal Steve Sumner
    • 1 goal Steve Wooddin
    • 1 goal Tedj Bensaoula
    • 1 goal Uwe Reinders
    • 1 goal Vladimir Petrovic
    • 1 goal Wlodzimierz Ciolek
    • 1 goal Wlodzimierz Smolarek
    • 1 goal Yuri Gavrilov