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			{{Short description\|Association football tournament in Spain}}
	{{Infobox Football World Cup \|
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	\| year = 1982
			{{EngvarB\|date=October 2018}}
	\| country = ]
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	\| name = Copa del Mundo de Fútbol - España 82
			{{Infobox international football competition
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			\| tourney_name = FIFA World Cup
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	\| ~~teams~~ = ~~109~~		\| year = 1982
			\| other_titles = {{native name\|es\|Copa Mundial de Fútbol España '82}}
	\| finalists = 24
			\| image = 1982 FIFA World Cup.svg
	\| winners = {{ITAf}}
	\| ~~count~~ = ~~3rd~~		\| size = 200px
	\| ~~matches~~ = 52		\| country = Spain
	\| ~~goals~~ ~~= 146~~		\| dates = 13 June – 11 July
			\| confederations = 6
	\| attendance = 1856277
			\| num_teams = 24
	\| top scorer = {{flagicon\|ITA}} ] <br>]
			\| venues = 17
			\| cities = 14
			\| champion = Italy
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			\| count = 3
			\| second = West Germany
			\| third = Poland
			\| fourth = France
			\| fourth-flagvar = 1974
			\| matches = 52
			\| goals = 146
			\| attendance = 2109723
			\| top_scorer = {{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ] (6 goals)
			\| player = {{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} Paolo Rossi<ref name="awards">{{Cite web \|title=1982 FIFA World Cup Spain – Awards \|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/awards/index.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203144129/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/awards/index.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=3 February 2015 \|website=FIFA.com \|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association \|access-date=3 February 2019 }}</ref>
			\| young_player = {{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]<ref name="awards" />
			\| fair_play = {{fb\|BRA\|1968}}<ref name="awards" />
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			The '''1982 FIFA World Cup''' was the 12th ], a quadrennial ] tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by ], who defeated ] 3–1 in the ] held in the ] in the capital, ]. It was Italy's third World Cup title, but their first since ]. The defending champions, ], were eliminated in the second round (finishing third and last in their group). ], ], ], ] and ] made their first appearances in the finals.
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	The '''1982 ]''' was held in ] by decision of ] in July 1966, in the same session where FIFA gave the right to host the ] and ] tournaments to, respectively, ] and ]. It was won by ], who beat ] 3-1 in the final. With its third World Cup title (after ] and ]), Italy drew level with record champions ]. This World Cup was marked by a series of great matches (most famously the epic semifinal between ] and ]) and is widely regarded as the second-best ever after the legendary ] tournament.

			The tournament featured the first penalty shootout in World Cup competition.<ref>{{Cite web\|last1=Lewis\|first1=Tim\|title=1982: Why Brazil V Italy Was One Of Football's Greatest Ever Matches\|url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/\|website=Esquire\|access-date=20 May 2015\|date=11 July 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927181154/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/\|archive-date=27 September 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last1=Ger\|first1=McCarthy\|title=Memory Lane – West Germany v France at World Cup 82\|url=http://backpagefootball.com/memory-lane-west-germany-v-france-at-world-cup-82/21132/\|publisher=Backpage Football\|access-date=17 June 2014\|date=10 July 2011}}</ref> This was the third and last World Cup to feature two rounds of ]. It was also the third time (after ] and ]) that all four semi-finalists were European.
	==Qualification==
	See ].

	~~The most surprising absences from~~ the ~~finals~~ ~~were those~~ of ~~] and ] runners-up~~ ] ~~(eliminated by~~ ] ~~and~~ ~~]),~~ ~~Americas~~ ~~power~~ ] (~~eliminated~~ by ]), ~~and~~ ~~to a lesser extent~~ ] and ] participant ] ~~(eliminated by~~ ] ~~and~~ ]).		In the first round of Group 3, ] defeated ] 10–1, equalling the largest margin of victory recorded in the finals (Hungary over ] 9–0 in ], and ] over ] 9–0 in ]).

			Although successful and filled with compelling and entertaining matches, this tournament also was blighted by violent fouls, some poor officiating and some overcrowded stadiums. One particular incident of note was West German goalkeeper ]'s foul of French player ] during a semi-final match in Seville, and another was Italian player Claudio Gentile's intense and often violent match-long fouling and marking of Argentine player ]. FIFA changed the regulations to somewhat prevent this kind of brutality on the pitch for the subsequent tournament in ].
	], ], ], and the ] were back in the Finals after a 12-year absence. ] was also back after missing the ] tournament.

			==Host selection==
	], ], ], ], and ] all participated in the World Cup for the first time.
			{{Main\|FIFA World Cup hosts}}
			Spain was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1974 and ] tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany and Spain agreed a deal whereby Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament and West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed. {{citation needed\|date=November 2022}}

			At the time of Spain being selected, the country was under the dictatorship of ]'s regime,<ref>{{Cite web \|date=March 23, 2022 \|title=Controversy with a seeded head, broken balls and confusion with the first chosen ones: the story of the embarrassing 1982 World Cup draw \|url=https://www.infobae.com/en/2022/03/23/controversy-with-a-seeded-head-broken-balls-and-confusion-with-the-first-chosen-ones-the-story-of-the-embarrassing-1982-world-cup-draw/ \|access-date=2022-12-05 \|website=infobae \|language=es-ES}}</ref> but his regime had ended before the start of the tournament, and the World Cup had its effects on ].<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Simón \|first=Juan \|date=2020-11-16 \|title=Fighting against oblivion: the legacy of the 1982 World Cup, or the first challenge of democratic Spain \|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14660970.2020.1793626 \|journal=Soccer & Society \|language=en \|volume=21 \|issue=8 \|pages=918–931 \|doi=10.1080/14660970.2020.1793626 \|s2cid=225701114 \|issn=1466-0970}}</ref>
	==Venues==
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	==~~Squads~~==		==Qualification==

	For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see ]
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification}}

			For the first time, the World Cup finals expanded from 16 to 24 teams. This allowed more countries to participate from Africa and Asia.

			Teams absent from the finals were ] and ] runners-up ] (eliminated by ] and ]), ] (eliminated by ] and ]), and the three times 1970s participants ] (eliminated by ] and ]). Northern Ireland qualified for the first time since 1958. Belgium, ], ], ] and the ] were all back in the finals after 12-year absences. England had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years,<ref name="falklands">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20856004 \|title=World Cup withdrawal considered amid Falklands War \|work=BBC Sport \|date=28 December 2012 \|access-date=28 December 2012}}</ref> having qualified automatically as hosts in 1966 and as defending champions in 1970, then failing to qualify in 1974 and 1978. ] and ] were also back after missing the 1978 tournament.

			], ], ], ], and ] all participated in the World Cup for the first time. As of 2022, this was the last time that ] and ] qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time that ] failed to qualify. This is also the last time that Mexico participated in the qualifiers and failed to qualify (they were ] from the ]).

			This was the first time that all six confederations (], ], ], ], ] and ]) sent representative teams to the tournament, which would happen again in ] and ], and will be happening in ]: ] would also participate in the ]-] tournaments, but as a representative of the AFC.

			There was some consideration given as to whether England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland would withdraw from the tournament because of the ] between Argentina and the United Kingdom.<ref name="falklands" /> A directive issued by the British sports minister ] in April, at the start of the conflict, suggested that there should be no contact between British representative teams and Argentina.<ref name="falklands" /> This directive was not rescinded until August, following the end of the tournament and of the hostilities.<ref name="falklands" /> Macfarlane reported to ] ] that some players and officials were uneasy about participating because of the casualties suffered by British forces, and the strong diplomatic ties between Argentina and Spain.<ref name="falklands" /> FIFA later advised the British Government that there was no prospect that ] (the defending champions) would be asked to withdraw, <ref name="falklands" /> and it also became apparent that no other countries would withdraw from the tournament.<ref name="falklands" /> It was decided by ] ] to allow the British national teams to participate so that Argentina could not use their absence for propaganda purposes, reversing the intended effect of applying political pressure onto Argentina.<ref name="falklands" />

			===List of qualified teams===

			The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.
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	==Summary==		==Summary==
	]]]
	===First round===
	The format of the competition changed from ]: for the first time, 24 teams qualified, divided into six groups of four (A through F). The top two teams in each group advanced to the second round, where they split into four groups of three (1 to 4). The winners of each group advanced to the semi-finals. This was the only World Cup to be played under this format. The decision to expand from 16 to 24 teams came from FIFA to give the opportunity to participate to more teams such as ], ] and ].

			===Format===
	The first round was marked by a series of surprisingly strong showings by these supposedly weaker teams, although the more established football powers generally prevailed in advancing to the next stage. In Group A, first-time participant ] held both ] and ] to draws, failing to advance only on the basis of fewer goals scored. Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon and ] (whose "golden generation" of the 1970s was clearly over the hill) after a series of generally uninspiring matches.
			] in ], during a June 1982 preparatory match.]]
			The first round was a ] group stage containing six groups of four teams each. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw, with ] used to separate teams equal on points. The top two teams in each group advanced. In the second round, the twelve remaining teams were split into four groups of three teams each, with the winner of each group progressing to the knockout semi-final stage.

			The composition of the groups in the second round was determined before the start of the tournament. Groups A and B were to include one team from each of Groups 1 through 6, and Groups C and D included the remaining six teams. The winners of Groups 1 and 3 were in Group A whilst the runners-up were in Group C. The winners of Groups 2 and 4 were in Group B whilst the runners-up were in Group D. The winner of Group 5 was in Group D whilst the runner-up was in Group B. The winner of Group 6 was in Group C whilst the runner-up was in Group A. Thus, Group A mirrored Group C, and Group B mirrored Group D with the winners and runners-up from the first round being placed into opposite groups in the second round.
	Group B saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2-1 victory of ] over reigning European Champion ]. This memorable game resulted in the controversial match between ] and ] on the third and final day. As ] had already played its third match the day before, West Germany and Austria knew that a West Germany win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. (The fourth team in the group, ], was eliminated regardless of the outcome.) After West Germany scored after 11 minutes of furious attack, the two German-speaking teams went into ] and just kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the game to the chants of "''Fuera, fuera''" ("Out, out") from the appalled Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. This sham performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans who had hoped for a hot rematch of the ] match in ] in which Austria had beaten West Germany. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burnt his German flag in disgust. As a result of the outcome, FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at the ] and future World Cups, in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.
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			The second-round groups that mirrored each other (based on the first-round groupings) faced off against each other in the semifinals. Thus, the Group A winner played the Group C winner, and the Group B winner played the Group D winner. This meant that if two teams which played in the same first-round group both emerged from the second round, they would meet for the second time of the tournament in a semifinal match. It also guaranteed that the final match would feature two teams that had not previously played each other in the tournament. As it turned out, Italy and Poland who were both in Group 1 in the first round, each won their second-round groups and played each other in a semifinal match.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://soccernostalgia.blogspot.ie/2015_05_01_archive.html \|title=1982 FIFA World Cup Outline \|date=31 May 2015 \|work=Soccernostalgia \|access-date=16 June 2015 }}</ref>
	Group C saw an upset of lesser magnitude with the 1-0 victory of 1980 European Championship runners-up ] over defending World Champion ]. Both teams ultimately advanced at the expense of ] and ] despite Hungary's 10-1 win over the Central American nation--which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game, second to the 12-goal Austria-Switzerland (7-5) match in the 1954 tournament.

	Group D opened at record speed with ] midfielder ]'s goal against ] after only 27 seconds of play. England won the game 3-1 and qualified along with France over ] and ], though the tiny Gulf emirate created yet another sensation by holding Euro 1980 third-place finisher Czechoslovakia to a 1-1 draw. This group was also the stage of a farcical incident during the game between Kuwait and France. As ''Les Bleus'' were leading 3-1, France midfielder ] scored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands which they thought had come from Soviet referee Stupar. Play had not yet resumed when Sheikh Fahid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, brother of the Kuwaiti Emir and president of the Kuwaiti Football Association, rushed onto the pitch to give the referee a vociferous piece of his mind. The visibly shaken Mr Stupar countermanded his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the understandable furor of the French. Bossis scored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4-1. Mr Stupar lost his international refereeing credentials on this incident, while Sheikh Al-Sabah would eventually meet an untimely death during ]'s 1990 invasion of ].

			===First group stage===
	In Group E, the uprising of the minnows continued with ] holding host ] to a 1-1 draw (this only thanks to a questionable penalty call in Spain's favor), then became a full-fledged revolution as unfancied ] won the group outright, eliminating mighty ] and beating Spain 1-0 on its home ground in the process, the result was even more impressive as Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men after Mal Donaghy was harshly dismissed but even this could not stop one of the greatest upsets in football history from occuring. The home team showed that it clearly was not World Cup Winner material that year, barely scraping by thanks to yet another controversial penalty in its 2-1 victory over ].

			In Group 1, newcomers ] held both ] and ] to draws, and were denied a place in the next round on the basis of having scored fewer goals than Italy (the sides had an equal goal difference). Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon and ]. Italian journalists and ] criticised their team for their uninspired performances that managed three draws; the squad was reeling from the recent ], where national players were suspended for match fixing and illegal betting.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820624&printsec=frontpage&hl=en\|title=Italy qualify with two goals in three games\|date=24 June 1982\|work=Glasgow Herald (page 19)\|access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
	All eyes were on ] in Group F. Around ], ], ], ] and consorts, the rejuvenated ''auriverde'' boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of ]. The ''tri-campeão'' lived up to all expectations, beating an unexpectedly strong ] side 2-1 in a very entertaining first match thanks to a 20 m ] screamer two minutes from time, then overpowering ] and ] with four goals each. The promising Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth at the expense of the Scots, ] emerging as a worthy successor to all-time legend ] in the Soviet goal. ] earned international respect in its World Cup opener against Scotland, cutting the Scots' 3-0 lead to 3-2 before conceding two more goals late in the game.

			Group 2 saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2–1 victory of ] over reigning European Champions ]. In the final match in the group, West Germany met ] in a match later dubbed as the "]". Algeria had already played their final group game on the previous day, and West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. After 10 minutes of all-out attack, West Germany scored through a goal by ]. After that solitary goal was scored, the two teams kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "''Fuera, fuera''" ("''Out, out''") were screamed by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved ] at the players. This performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust.<ref>{{Cite news\|first1=Lawrence \|last1=Booth \|first2=Rob \|last2=Smyth \|title=What's the dodgiest game in football history? \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/aug/11/theknowledge.sport \|work=The Guardian\|publisher=Guardian News and Media \|date=11 August 2004 \|access-date=25 February 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726092403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/aug/11/theknowledge.sport \|archive-date=26 July 2011 \|url-status=live }}</ref> Algeria protested to FIFA, who ruled that the result would stand; FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.
	===Second round===

			Group 3, where the opening ceremony and first match of the tournament took place, saw ] beat defending champions ] 1–0. The ] stadium was the home of ], and many fans had wanted to see the club's new signing, Argentinian star ], who did not perform to expectations. Both Belgium and Argentina ultimately advanced at the expense of ] and ] despite ] over the Central American nation – which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game (equal with Brazil's 6–5 victory over Poland in the 1938 tournament and Hungary's 8–3 victory over West Germany in the 1954 tournament).
	] opened Group 1 with a 3-0 thrashing of ] on a ] ]. The ] prevailed 1-0 in the next match over a Belgian side which clearly had peaked too early in the tournament. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semifinal spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0-0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed a ] a few months earlier to quash internal dissent and forestall a ] invasion.

			Group 4 opened with ] midfielder ]'s goal against ] after only 27 seconds of play. England won 3–1 and qualified along with France over ] and ], though the tiny Gulf emirate held Czechoslovakia to a 1–1 draw. In the game between Kuwait and France, with France leading 3–1, France midfielder ] scored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands, which they thought had come from Soviet referee ]. Play had not yet resumed when Sheikh ], brother of the ] and president of the ], rushed onto the pitch to remonstrate with the referee. Stupar reversed his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the fury of the French. ] scored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4–1.
	In Group 2, a tense yet fair-minded opening match between ] and ] ended in a goalless draw. West Germany took an option on the semifinal spot in their second match by beating ] 2-1. The home side salvaged some national pride on the last day by drawing 0-0 against England and denying qualification to ] and his team.

			In Group 5, ] held hosts ] to a 1–1 draw. ] won the group outright, eliminating ] and beating hosts Spain 1–0; Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men after ] was dismissed. Spain narrowly avoided elimination due to a huge referee error, securing a contentious 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia, largely attributed to a disputed penalty decision. At 17 years and 41 days, Northern Ireland forward ] was the youngest player to appear in a World Cup match.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820626&printsec=frontpage&hl=en\|title=Ten-man Irish in fairytale victory\|date=26 June 1982\|work=Glasgow Herald (page 19)\|access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
	It was in Group 3, a true ] with ], ] and ], that World Cup history was made. In the opener, the ''Azzurri'' prevailed 2-1 over ]'s side after an ill-tempered, obscure battle in which Italy defenders ] and ] reminded the world of their mastery in the rougher side of the game. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but there was no match as the ''Seleção'' produced a stupendous display of attacking virtuosity that completely eclipsed the reigning World Champions. The final score of 3-1--Argentina only scoring in the last minute--could have been much higher had Brazil center-forward ] not wasted a series of near-certain scoring opportunities. Perhaps in frustration at his side's powerlessness, ] allowed himself a kick in the groin of Brazil defender ] and was sent off a few minutes from time. The third-day match between ] and ] would be a game to remember, an epic clash between the ''auriverde'''s attacking brilliance and the masters of ''catenaccio''. Twice Italy went in the lead on ] goals, and twice Brazil came back. At 2-2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but on 74 minutes, a poor clearance on an Italy corner kick went back to the Brazil six-yard line where Rossi and ] were waiting. Both world-class strikers reflexively armed the same shot, ] connecting and sending Italy to the semifinals in one of the all-time great games of World Cup history.

			] were in Group 6. With ], ], ], ] and others, they boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of ]. They beat the ] 2–1 thanks to a 20-metre Éder goal two minutes from time, then ] and ] with four goals each. The Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth on goal difference at the expense of the Scots.
	The last group paled in comparison, the unexpected second-place finish of ] in the first round having sent them to another group and cleared a path for ]. ''Les Bleus'' dispatched ] 1-0 in their opener, then strolled 4-1 past ] (after the referee appeared to unfairly rule the first goal - by ] - out) for their first semifinal appearance since ].

			===Second group stage===
	===Semi-finals, third-place match, and final===
			] in ].]]

			Poland opened Group A with a 3–0 defeat of Belgium thanks to a ] ]. The Soviet Union prevailed 1–0 in the next match over Belgium. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semi-final spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0–0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed a ] a few months earlier to quash internal dissent.
	In the wake of its brilliant second-round performance, ] easily dispatched ] in the first semi-final through two goals from the inevitable ]. However, this good-quality match was to pale in comparison to the unforgettable confrontation between ] and ]. After the Germans opened the scoring through an inspired ] strike on 17 minutes, the French held on, equalizing nine minutes later with a ] penalty. The closely fought match continued until the middle of the second half when a long through ball sent French defender ] racing clear towards the German goal. Moments after Battiston had headed the ball towards goal from inside the German penalty area, Germany goalkeeper ] hurled himself at the French player, foot forward, knocking his opponent unconscious and breaking two of his teeth. The ball went just wide of the post and Dutch referee ] awarded a ], to the vociferous astonishment of the French. Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious, was carried off the field on a stretcher. Schumacher did not even receive a ] and the match went on--without retaliatory violent actions, to the credit of both teams. After France defender ] had sent a thundering 25-metre drive crashing onto the Germany crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France sweeper ], in a rare attack, sent a splendid volley under ]'s crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2-1. Six minutes later, an unmarked ] drove in a beautiful 18-metre shot for 3-1. But Germany would not give up and ], having come in minutes earlier, made it 3-2 on 102 minutes. Finally, in the 108th minute, an error by the French defence left ] unmarked on the six-yard line to equalize with one of his trademark ]s. One of the greatest games of all time would be decided on penalty kicks and France defender ], a pillar of strength on the left flank throughout the tournament, emerged as the unlucky hero as his kick was parried by ] for West Germany's 5-4 victory. Later in the year, a French newspaper held a poll to name the most hated man in France. Schumacher won, beating ] into second place. To this day, some of the French players on the field that night still refuse to set foot again in ]'s ] stadium.

			In Group B, a match between England and West Germany ended in a goalless draw. West Germany put the pressure on England in their second match by beating Spain 2–1. The home side drew 0–0 against England, denying ]'s team a semi-final place and putting England in the same position as Cameroon, being eliminated without losing a game.
	Coming after such a monumental game, the final was an anticlimactic, one-sided affair between an inspired ] and ] side. ] again scored the first goal. Falling behind led the Germans to concentrate on attack at the expense of defence, which also gave Italy more opportunities to score. This led to to the ''Azzurri'' scoring twice more and building a 3-0 lead before ] scored ]'s consolation goal seven minutes from time.

			In Group C, with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, in the opener, Italy prevailed 2–1 over ] and ]'s side after a game in which Italian defenders ] and ] proved themselves equal to the task of stopping the Argentinian attack. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but lost 3–1 – Argentina only scoring in the last minute. Maradona kicked Brazilian player ] in the groin and was sent off in the 85th minute.
	Coming after the ] and ] victories, Italy had now drawn level with record champions ]. Italy's ] won both the ] and the ] (handed out for the very first time), and 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper ] became the oldest-ever player to win the World Cup.

			The ] pitted Brazil's attack against Italy's defence, with the majority of the game played around the Italian area, and with the Italian midfielders and defenders returning the repeated set volleys of Brazilian shooters such as ], ] and ]. Italian centre back Gentile was assigned to mark Brazilian striker Zico, earning a yellow card and a suspension for the semi-final. ] opened the scoring when he headed in ]'s cross with just five minutes played. Sócrates equalised for Brazil seven minutes later. In the twenty-fifth minute Rossi stepped past ], intercepted a pass from ] across the Brazilians' goal, and drilled the shot home. The Brazilians threw everything in search of another equaliser, while Italy defended bravely. On 68 minutes, Falcão collected a pass from Júnior and as Cerezo's dummy run distracted three defenders, fired home from 20 yards out. Now Italy had gained the lead twice thanks to Rossi's goals, and Brazil had come back twice; at 2–2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but in the 74th minute, a poor clearance from an Italian corner kick went back to the Brazilian six-yard line where Rossi and ] were waiting. Both aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick and sending Italy into the lead for good. In the 86th minute ] scored an apparent fourth goal for Italy, but it was wrongly disallowed for offside. In the dying moments ] made a miraculous save to deny ] a goal, ensuring that Italy advanced to the semi-final.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/\|title=1982: Why Brazil V Italy Was One Of Football's Greatest Ever Matches\|publisher=Esquire.co.uk\|date=30 May 2014\|access-date=1 July 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927181154/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/sport/6396/1982-why-brazil-v-italy-was-one-of-footballs-greatest-ever-matches/\|archive-date=27 September 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|first=John\|last=Foot\|author-link=John Foot (historian)\|title=Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NBufCsXpkVkC&pg=PA470 \|page=470\|access-date=1 July 2014\|isbn=978-1-56858-652-6\|date=24 August 2007\|publisher=PublicAffairs }}</ref>
	In the third-place match, ] edged ] 3-2 to repeat its performance of ].

			In the last group, Group D, France dispatched Austria 1–0 with a free kick goal by ], and then defeated Northern Ireland 4–1 to reach their first semi-final since ].

			===Semi-finals, third-place match and final===
	''All times local'' (])
			], official match ball of Spain '82]]
			In a re-match of the encounter in the first round, Italy beat Poland in the first semi-final through two goals from Paolo Rossi. In the game between France and West Germany, the Germans opened the scoring through a ] strike in the 17th minute, and the French equalised nine minutes later with a ] penalty. In the second half a long through ball sent French defender ] racing clear towards the German goal. With both Battiston and the lone German defender trying to be the first to reach the ball, Battiston flicked it past German keeper ] from the edge of the German penalty area and Schumacher reacted by jumping up to block. Schumacher did not seem to go for the ball, however, and clattered straight into the oncoming Battiston – which left the French player unconscious and knocked two of his teeth out. Schumacher's action has been described as "one of history's most shocking fouls".<ref>{{Cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4148525.stm \|title=World's worst refereeing decisions \|first=Andrew \|last=Benson \|website=BBC Sport \|date=5 January 2005 \|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref> The ball went just wide of the post and Dutch referee ] deemed Schumacher's tackle on Battiston not to be a foul and awarded a ]. Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious and with a broken jaw, was carried off the field on a stretcher.

			After French defender ] had sent a 25-metre drive crashing onto the West German crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France's sweeper ] fired a swerving volley under Schumacher's crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2–1. Six minutes later, an unmarked ] drove in an 18-metre shot off the inside of the right post to finish off a counter-attack and put France up 3–1. But West Germany would not give up. In the 102nd minute a counter-attack culminated in a cross that recent substitute ] turned in at the near post from a difficult angle with the outside of his foot, reducing France's lead to 3–2. Then in the 108th minute Germany took a short corner and after France failed to clear, the ball was played by Germany to Littbarski whose cross to ] was headed back to the centre towards ], who was unmarked but with his back to goal. Fischer in turn volleyed the ball past French keeper ] with a ], levelling the scores at 3–3.
	==First round==

	===Group 1===
			The resulting ] was the first at a World Cup finals. Giresse, ], ], ] and ] all converted penalties until ] was stopped by Ettori, giving France the advantage. But then Schumacher stepped forward, lifted the tearful Stielike from the ground, and saved ]'s shot. With Germany handed the lifeline they needed Littbarski converted his penalty, followed by Platini for France, and then Rummenigge for Germany as the tension mounted. France defender Maxime Bossis then had his kick parried by Schumacher who anticipated it, and Hrubesch stepped up to score and send Germany to the World Cup final yet again with a victory on penalties, 5–4.
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			{{Quote box\|width=28%\|bgcolor=#c6dbf7\|align=right\|quote="After I scored, my whole life passed before me – the same feeling they say you have when you are about to die, the joy of scoring in a World Cup final was immense, something I dreamed about as a kid, and my celebration was a release after realising that dream. I was born with that scream inside me, that was just the moment it came out."\|source=—Italian midfielder ] on his ] from the 1982 World Cup Final.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrisbevan/2010/05/the_story_of_the_1982_world_cu.html\|title=The story of the 1982 World Cup\|publisher=BBC\|author1=Chris Bevan\|date=20 May 2010\|access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref>}}
			In the third-place match, Poland edged the French side 3–2 which matched Poland's best performance at a World Cup previously achieved in 1974. France would go on to win the ] two years later.

			In the final, ] fired a penalty wide of goal in the first half. In the second half, Paolo Rossi scored first for the third straight game by heading home Gentile's bouncing cross at close range. Exploiting the situation, Italy scored twice more on quick counter-strikes, all the while capitalising on their defence to hold the Germans. With Gentile and Gaetano Scirea holding the centre, the Italian strikers were free to counter-punch the weakened German defence. ]'s shot from the edge of the area beat Schumacher first, and ], the substitute for injured striker ], made it 3–0 at the end of a solo sprint down the right side by the stand-out winger ]. Italy's lead appeared secure, encouraging Italian president ] to wag his finger at the cameras in a playful "not going to catch us now" gesture. In the 83rd minute, Paul Breitner scored for West Germany, but it was only a consolation goal as Italy won 3–1 to claim their first World Cup title in 44 years, and their third in total.

			==Records==
			Italy became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game, drawing all three (while ] were eliminated in the same way by virtue of having only one goal scored against Italy's two), and also the first of two World Cup winners to draw or lose three matches at the Finals (Argentina matched this by drawing two games and losing one in 2022). By winning, Italy equalled Brazil's record of winning the World Cup three times. Italy's total of twelve goals scored in seven matches set a new low for average goals scored per game by a World Cup winning side (subsequently exceeded by Spain in 2010), while Italy's aggregate goal difference of +6 for the tournament remains a record low for a champion, equalled by Spain.

			Italy's 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper ] became the oldest player to win the World Cup.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/zoff/\|title=World Cup Hall of Fame: Dino Zoff\|newspaper=]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912055524/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/hof/zoff/\|archive-date=12 September 2005}}</ref> This was the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated in the finals, something that did not happen again until ].

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			Seventeen stadiums in fourteen cities hosted the tournament, a record that stood until the 2002 tournament, which was played in twenty stadiums in two countries.<ref name="Capacity">Stadium capacities, Panini official album to World Cup 1982.</ref> The most used venue was ]'s ] stadium, which hosted five matches, including a semi-final; it was the largest stadium used for this tournament. With ] also hosting three matches, Barcelona was the Spanish city with the most matches in España 1982 with eight; Madrid, the nation's capital, followed with seven.

			This particular World Cup was organised in such a way that all of the matches of each of the six groups were assigned stadiums in cities near to each other, in order to reduce the stress of travel on the players and fans. For example, Group 1 matches were played in Vigo and A Coruña, Group 2 in Gijón and Oviedo, Group 3 in Elche and Alicante (except for the first match, which was the opening match of the tournament, which was played at the Camp Nou), Group 4 in Bilbao and Valladolid, Group 5 (which included hosts Spain) in Valencia and Zaragoza, and Group 6 in Seville and Malaga (of the three first-round matches in Seville, the first match between Brazil and the Soviet Union was played in the Pizjuán Stadium, and the other two were played in the Villamarín Stadium). Group stage matches in the milder northern cities like Bilbao or Gijón would start at 17:00, while the matches in the southern cities like Seville or Valencia would start at 21:00, in an attempt to avoid the intense southern Spanish summer heat.

			When the tournament went into the round-robin second round matches, all the aforementioned cities excluding Barcelona, Alicante and Seville did not host any more matches in España 1982. Both the ] and ] stadiums in Madrid and the Sarrià Stadium in Barcelona were used for the first time for this tournament for the second round matches. Madrid and Barcelona hosted the four second round group matches; Barcelona hosted Groups A and C (Camp Nou hosted all three of Group A's matches, and Sarrià did the same with Group C's matches) and Madrid hosted Groups B and D (]'s Bernabeu Stadium hosted all three of Group B's matches, and ]'s Calderon Stadium did the same with the Group D matches)

			The two semi final matches were held at Camp Nou and the Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, the third largest stadium used for the tournament (one of only two España 1982 matches it hosted), the third place match was held in Alicante and the final was held at the Bernabeu, the second largest stadium used for this tournament.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1982/wc82index.html\|title=Planet World Cup – 1982 – Match Schedule\|first=Jan\|last=Alsos\|website=www.planetworldcup.com}}</ref>

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			==Match officials==
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	==~~=Group 2=~~==		==Squads==
			For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see '']''.
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			==Groups==
			===Seeding===
			The 24 qualifiers were divided into four groupings which formed the basis of the draw for the group stage. FIFA announced the six seeded teams on the day of the draw and allocated them in advance to the six groups; as had become standard, the host nation and the reigning champions were among the seeds.<ref name="Draw history">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-final-draw-history.pdf\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709165355/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-final-draw-history.pdf\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=9 July 2014\|title=The FIFA World Cup Final Draw history\|year=2009\|publisher=FIFA}}</ref> The seeded teams would play all their group matches at the same venue (with the exception of World Cup holders Argentina who would play in the opening game scheduled for the Camp Nou, the largest of the venues). The remaining 18 teams were split into three pots based on FIFA's assessment of the team's strength, but also taking in account geographic considerations. The seedings and group venues for those teams were tentatively agreed at an informal meeting in December 1981 but not officially confirmed until the day of the draw. FIFA executive ] told the press that the seeding of England had been challenged by other nations but they were to be seeded as "the Spanish want England to play in Bilbao for security reasons"*.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19811212&printsec=frontpage&hl=en\|newspaper=] \|title=England world seeds – official\|date=12 December 1981}}</ref> As well as security the footballing grounds that they were winners in 1966 and reached the quarter-final as holders in 1970, as the 1970 in Mexico and 1974 in West Germany tournaments were taken into consideration for seeding with West Germany seeded for their 1980 European Championship win (due to the Netherlands failing to qualify) having won in 1974. However, due to England's seeding for security reasons, if the Netherlands had qualified, West Germany would not have been seeded as West Germany were eliminated in the second group stage in 1978, while the Netherlands were runners up.

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	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{AUTf}}
	\|'''4'''\|\|3\|\|2\|\|0\|\|1\|\|3\|\|1\|\|+2
	\|-		\|-
			\|valign="top"\|
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ALGf}}
			* {{fb\|ESP}} <small>(hosts)</small>
	\|'''4'''\|\|3\|\|2\|\|0\|\|1\|\|5\|\|5\|\|0
			* {{fb\|ARG\|1861}} <small>(winner in 1978)</small>
	\|-
			* {{fb\|BRA\|1968}} <small>(third in 1978)</small> <small>(])</small>
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{CHIf}}
			* {{fb\|ENG}} <small>(seeded on security grounds)</small> <small>(])</small> <small>(])</small>
	\|'''0'''\|\|3\|\|0\|\|0\|\|3\|\|3\|\|8\|\|-5
			* {{fb\|ITA\|1946}} <small>(fourth in 1978)</small> <small>(])</small>
			* {{fb\|FRG}} <small>(1980 Euro winner)</small> <small>(])</small>
			\|valign="top"\|
			* {{fb\|AUT}}
			* {{fb\|TCH}}
			* {{fb\|HUN}}
			* {{fb\|POL}}
			* {{fb\|URS\|1955}}
			* {{fb\|YUG}}
			\|valign="top"\|
			* {{fb\|BEL}}
			* {{fb\|FRA\|1974}}
			* {{fb\|NIR}}
			* {{fb\|SCO}}
			* {{fb\|CHI}}
			* {{fb\|PER}}
			\|valign="top"\|
			* {{fb\|ALG}}
			* {{fb\|CMR}}
			* {{fb\|KUW}}
			* {{fb\|SLV}}
			* {{fb\|HON\|1949}}
			* {{fb\|NZL}}
	\|}		\|}

			===Final draw===
	{{footballbox \|
			On 16 January 1982, the draw was conducted at the ], where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups.<ref name="Draw history" /> Firstly a draw was made to decide the order in which the three drums containing pots A, B and C would be emptied; this resulted in the order being pot B, C and A. The teams were then drawn one-by-one out of the respective pot and entered in the groups in that order. A number was then drawn to determine the team's "position" in the group and hence the fixtures.<ref name="Report">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/28/fwc_spain_1982_en_part1_297.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220061326/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/28/fwc%5fspain%5f1982%5fen%5fpart1%5f297.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=20 December 2011 \|title=1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain; Report of FIFA \|year=1982 \|publisher=FIFA }}</ref>
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|

	team1 = {{FRGf2}} \|
			The only stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two South American teams. As a result, Pot B – which contained two South American teams – was initially drawn with only the four Europeans in the pot. These first two European teams drawn from pot B were then to be immediately allocated to Groups 3 and 6 which contained the two South American seeds Argentina and Brazil. Once these two groups had been filled with the entrants from Pot B, Chile and Peru would be added to the pot and the draw would continue as normal.<ref name="Report" /> In the event, FIFA executives ] and ] conducting the draw initially forgot this stipulation and therefore immediately placed the first team drawn from this pot (Belgium) into Group 1, rather than Group 3 as planned, before then placing the second team drawn out (Scotland) into Group 3; they then had to correct this by moving Belgium to Group 3 and Scotland into Group 6.<ref name="Draw chaos">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25102176\|title=World Cup: Confusion and chaos at the 1982 draw\|date=15 July 2009\|work=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820116&printsec=frontpage&hl=en\|newspaper=] \|title=Stein gets down to business\|date=18 January 1982}}</ref> The ceremony suffered further embarrassment when one of the revolving drums containing the teams broke down.<ref name="Draw chaos" />
	score = 1–2 \|

	team2 = {{ALGf}} \|
			==Results==
	goals1 = ] 67' \|
			''All times are ] (])''
	goals2 = ] 54'<br />] 68' \|
			]
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Labo Revoredo (])<br />Attendance: 42,000}}

			==First group stage==
			The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round.

			Teams were ranked on the following criteria:<ref name="Kicker" />

			:# Greater number of points in all group matches
			:# Goal difference in all group matches
			:# Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
			:# Drawing of lots

			===Group 1===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group 1}}
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 1\|transcludesection=standings}}
			{{football box
			\|date=14 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ITA}}
			\|score=0–0
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|POL}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=33,040
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			{{football box
			\|date=15 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|PER\|state}}
			\|score=0–0
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|CMR}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=11,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|date=18 June 1982
	team1 = {{CHIf2}} \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	score = 0–1 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~AUTf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|ITA}}
			\|score=1–1
	goals1 =   \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 67' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|PER\|state}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Cardellino (])<br />Attendance: 22,500}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|18}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|83}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=25,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			{{football box
			\|date=19 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|POL}}
			\|score=0–0
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|CMR}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=19,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|date=22 June 1982
	team1 = {{FRGf2}} \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	score = 4–1 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~CHIf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|POL}}
			\|score=5–1
	goals1 = ] 9', 57', 66'<br />] 81' \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 90' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|PER\|state}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Galler (])<br />Attendance: 42,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|55}}<br />] {{goal\|58}}<br />] {{goal\|61}}<br />] {{goal\|68}}<br />] {{goal\|76}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|83}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=25,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			{{football box
			\|date=23 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ITA}}
			\|score=1–1
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|CMR}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|60}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|61}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=20,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			===Group 2===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group 2}}
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 2\|transcludesection=standings}}
			{{football box
			\|date=16 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRG}}
			\|score=1–2
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|ALG}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|67}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|54}}<br />] {{goal\|68}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=42,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			{{football box
			\|date=17 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|CHI}}
			\|score=0–1
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|AUT}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|22}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=22,500
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|date=20 June 1982
	team1 = {{ALGf2}} \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	score = 0–2 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~AUTf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRG}}
			\|score=4–1
	goals1 =   \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 55'<br />] 67' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|CHI}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Boskovic (])<br />Attendance: 22,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|9\|\|57\|\|66}}<br />] {{goal\|83}}
	----
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|90}}
	{{footballbox \|
	~~date~~ = ], ]~~<br>17:15 \|~~		\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=42,000
	team1 = {{ALGf2}} \|
			\|referee=] (])
	score = 3–2 \|
			}}
	team2 = {{CHIf}} \|

	goals1 = ] 7', 31'<br />] 35' \|
			{{football box
	goals2 = ] 59' pen<br />] 73' \|
			\|date=21 June 1982
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Mendez Molina (])<br />Attendance: 16,000}}
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ALG}}
			\|score=0–2
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|AUT}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|55}}<br />] {{goal\|67}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=22,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|date=24 June 1982
	team1 = {{FRGf2}} \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	score = 1–0 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~AUTf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|ALG}}
			\|score=3–2
	goals1 = ] 10' \|
			\|report=
	goals2 =   \|
			\|team2={{fb\|CHI}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Valentine (])<br />Attendance: 41,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|7\|\|31}}<br />] {{goal\|35}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|59\|pen.}}<br />] {{goal\|73}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=16,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			{{Main\|West Germany v Austria (1982 FIFA World Cup)}}
			{{football box
			\|date=25 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRG}}
			\|score=1–0
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|AUT}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|10}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=41,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	===Group 3===		===Group 3===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group 3}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 3\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=13 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=20:00 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ARG}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=0–1
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|BEL}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|62}}
	!width=20\|GA
			\|stadium=], ]
	!width=20\|GD
			\|attendance=95,000
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			\|referee=] (])
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{BELf}}
			}}
	\|'''5'''\|\|3\|\|2\|\|1\|\|0\|\|3\|\|1\|\|+2

	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			{{main\|Hungary v El Salvador (1982 FIFA World Cup)}}
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ARGf}}
			{{football box
	\|'''4'''\|\|3\|\|2\|\|0\|\|1\|\|6\|\|2\|\|+4
			\|date=15 June 1982
	\|-
			\|time=21:00 ]
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{HUNf}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|HUN}}
	\|'''3'''\|\|3\|\|1\|\|1\|\|1\|\|12\|\|6\|\|+6
			\|score=10–1
	\|-
			\|report=
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{SLVf}}
			\|team2={{fb\|SLV}}
	\|'''0'''\|\|3\|\|0\|\|0\|\|3\|\|1\|\|13\|\|-12
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|4\|\|83}}<br />] {{goal\|11}}<br />] {{goal\|23\|\|54}}<br />] {{goal\|50}}<br />] {{goal\|69\|\|72\|\|76}}<br />] {{goal\|70}}
	\|}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|64}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=23,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	{{footballbox \|
	date = ], ]<br>20:00 \|
	team1 = {{ARGf2}} \|
	score = 0–1 \|
	team2 = {{BELf}} \|
	goals1 =   \|
	goals2 = ] 62' \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Christov (])<br />Attendance: 95,500}}
	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|date=18 June 1982
	team1 = {{HUNf2}} \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	score = 10–1 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~SLVf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|ARG}}
			\|score=4–1
	goals1 = ] 4', 83'<br />] 11'<br />] 23', 54'<br />] 50'<br />] 69', 72', 76'<br />] 72' \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 64' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|HUN}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Al Doy (])<br />Attendance: 23,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|26}}<br />] {{goal\|28\|\|57}}<br />] {{goal\|60}}
	----
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|76}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|attendance=32,093
	team1 = {{ARGf2}} \|
			\|referee=] (])
	score = 4–1 \|
			}}
	team2 = {{HUNf}} \|

	goals1 = ] 26'<br />] 28', 57'<br />] 60' \|
			{{football box
	goals2 = ] 76' \|
			\|date=19 June 1982
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Lacarne (])<br />Attendance: 32,093}}
			\|time=21:00 ]
	----
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|BEL}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|score=1–0
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|report=
	team1 = {{BELf2}} \|
			\|team2={{fb\|SLV}}
	score = 1–0 \|
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|19}}
	team2 = {{SLVf}} \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	goals1 = ] 19'\|
			\|attendance=15,000
	goals2 =   \|
			\|referee=] (])
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Moffatt (])<br />Attendance: 15,000}}
			}}

	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|date=22 June 1982
	team1 = {{BELf2}} \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	score = 1–1 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~HUNf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|BEL}}
			\|score=1–1
	goals1 = ] 76'\|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 27' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|HUN}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: White (])<br />Attendance: 37,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|76}}
	----
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|27}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|attendance=37,000
	team1 = {{ARGf2}} \|
			\|referee=] (])
	score = 2–0 \|
			}}
	team2 = {{SLVf}} \|

	goals1 = ] 22' pen<br/>] 52'\|
			{{football box
	goals2 = \|
			\|date=23 June 1982
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Barrancos (])<br />Attendance: 32,500}}
			\|time=21:00 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ARG}}
			\|score=2–0
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|SLV}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|22\|pen.}}<br />] {{goal\|54}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=32,500
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	===Group 4===		===Group 4===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=16 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=17:15 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ENG}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=3–1
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|FRA\|1974}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|1\|\|67}}<br />] {{goal\|83}}
	!width=20\|GA
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|24}}
	!width=20\|GD
			\|stadium=], ]
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			\|attendance=44,172
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ENGf}}
			\|referee=] (])
	\|'''6'''\|\|3\|\|3\|\|0\|\|0\|\|6\|\|1\|\|+5
			}}
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"

	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{FRAf}}
			{{football box
	\|'''3'''\|\|3\|\|1\|\|1\|\|1\|\|6\|\|5\|\|+1
			\|date=17 June 1982
	\|-
			\|time=17:15 ]
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{TCHf}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|TCH}}
	\|'''2'''\|\|3\|\|0\|\|2\|\|1\|\|2\|\|4\|\|-2
			\|score=1–1
	\|-
			\|report=
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{KUWf}}
			\|team2={{fb\|KUW}}
	\|'''1'''\|\|3\|\|0\|\|1\|\|2\|\|2\|\|6\|\|-4
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|21\|pen.}}
	\|}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|57}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=25,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	{{footballbox \|
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
	team1 = {{ENGf2}} \|
	score = 3–1 \|
	team2 = {{FRAf}} \|
	goals1 = ] 1', 67'<br />] 83' \|
	goals2 = ] 24' \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Garrido (])<br />Attendance: 44,172}}
	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|date=20 June 1982
	team1 = {{TCHf2}} \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	score = 1–1 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~KUWf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|ENG}}
			\|score=2–0
	goals1 = ] 21' pen \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 57' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|TCH}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Dwomoh (])<br />Attendance: 25,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|62}}<br />] {{goal\|66\|o.g.}}
	----
			\|stadium=], ]
	{{footballbox \|
			\|attendance=41,123
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|referee=] (])
	team1 = {{ENGf2}} \|
			}}
	score = 2–0 \|

	team2 = {{TCHf}} \|
			{{football box
	goals1 = ] 62' <br />] 66' own goal \|
			\|date=21 June 1982
	goals2 =  \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Corver (])<br />Attendance: 41,123}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRA\|1974}}
	----
			\|score=4–1
	{{footballbox \|
			\|report=
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
	~~team1~~ = {{~~FRAf2~~}} \|		\|team2={{fb\|KUW}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|31}}<br />] {{goal\|43}}<br />] {{goal\|48}}<br />] {{goal\|89}}
	score = 4–1 \|
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|75}}
	team2 = {{KUWf}} \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	goals1 = ] 31'<br />] 43'<br />] 48'<br />] 89' \|
			\|attendance=30,043
	goals2 = ] 75' \|
			\|referee=] (])
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Fredriksson (])<br />Attendance: 30,043}}
			}}
	----

	{{footballbox \|
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
	team1 = {{FRAf2}} \|
	score = 1–1 \|
	team2 = {{TCHf}} \|
	goals1 = ] 66'\|
	goals2 = ] 84' pen \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Casarin (])<br />Attendance: 28,000}}
	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|date =24 June 1982
	team1 = {{ENGf2}} \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	score = 1–0 \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRA\|1974}}
	team2 = {{KUWf}} \|
			\|score=1–1
	goals1 = ] 27'\|
			\|report=
	goals2 =   \|
			\|team2={{fb\|TCH}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Aristizabal (])<br />Attendance: 39,700}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|66}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|84\|pen.}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=28,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			{{football box
			\|date=25 June 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ENG}}
			\|score=1–0
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|KUW}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|27}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=39,700
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	===Group 5===		===Group 5===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group 5}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 5\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=16 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=21:00 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ESP}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=1–1
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|HON\|1949}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|65\|pen.}}
	!width=20\|GA
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|8}}
	!width=20\|GD
			\|stadium=], ]
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			\|attendance=49,562
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{NIRf}}
			\|referee=] (])
	\|'''4'''\|\|3\|\|1\|\|2\|\|0\|\|2\|\|1\|\|+1
			}}
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"

	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ESPf}}
			{{football box
	\|'''3'''\|\|3\|\|1\|\|1\|\|1\|\|3\|\|3\|\|0
			\|date=17 June 1982
	\|-
			\|time=21:00 ]
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{YUGf}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|YUG}}
	\|'''3'''\|\|3\|\|1\|\|1\|\|1\|\|2\|\|2\|\|0
			\|score=0–0
	\|-
			\|report=
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{HONf}}
			\|team2={{fb\|NIR}}
	\|'''2'''\|\|3\|\|0\|\|2\|\|1\|\|2\|\|3\|\|-1
			\|stadium=], ]
	\|}
			\|attendance=25,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	{{footballbox \|
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
	team1 = {{ESPf2}} \|
	score = 1–1 \|
	team2 = {{HONf}} \|
	goals1 = ] 65' pen \|
	goals2 = ] 7' \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Ithurralde (])<br />Attendance: 49,562}}
	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|date=20 June 1982
	team1 = {{YUGf2}} \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	score = 0–0 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~NIRf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|ESP}}
			\|score=2–1
	goals1 =   \|
			\|report=
	goals2 =   \|
			\|team2={{fb\|YUG}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Fredriksson (])<br />Attendance: 25,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|14\|pen.}}<br />] {{goal\|66}}
	----
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|10}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|attendance=48,000
	team1 = {{ESPf2}} \|
			\|referee=] (])
	score = 2–1 \|
			}}
	team2 = {{YUGf}} \|

	goals1 = ] 14' pen<br />] 66' \|
			{{football box
	goals2 = ] 10' \|
			\|date=21 June 1982
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Lund Sorensen (])<br />Attendance: 48,000}}
			\|time=21:00 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|HON\|1949}}
			\|score=1–1
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|NIR}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|60}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|10}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=15,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|date=24 June 1982
	team1 = {{HONf2}} \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	score = 1–1 \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|HON\|1949}}
	team2 = {{NIRf}} \|
			\|score=0–1
	goals1 = ] 60' \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 9' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|YUG}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Chan Tam Sun (])<br />Attendance: 15,000}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|88\|pen.}}
	----
			\|stadium=], ]
	{{footballbox \|
			\|attendance=25,000
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|referee=] (])
	team1 = {{HONf2}} \|
			}}
	score = 0–1 \|

	team2 = {{YUGf}} \|
			{{football box
	goals1 =   \|
			\|date=25 June 1982
	goals2 = ] 88' pen \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Castro (])<br />Attendance: 25,000}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ESP}}
	----
			\|score=0–1
	{{footballbox \|
			\|report=
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
	~~team1~~ = {{~~ESPf2~~}} \|		\|team2={{fb\|NIR}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|47}}
	score = 0–1 \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	team2 = {{NIRf}} \|
			\|attendance=49,562
	goals1 =   \|
			\|referee=] (])
	goals2 = ] 47' \|
			}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Ortiz (])<br />Attendance: 49,562}}

	===Group 6===		===Group 6===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=14 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=21:00 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|BRA\|1968}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=2–1
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|URS}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|75}}<br />] {{goal\|88}}
	!width=20\|GA
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|34}}
	!width=20\|GD
			\|stadium=], ]
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			\|attendance=68,000
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{BRAf}}
			\|referee=] (])
	\|'''6'''\|\|3\|\|3\|\|0\|\|0\|\|10\|\|2\|\|+8
			}}
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"

	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{URSf}}
			{{football box
	\|'''3'''\|\|3\|\|1\|\|1\|\|1\|\|6\|\|4\|\|+2
			\|date=15 June 1982
	\|-
			\|time=21:00 ]
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{SCOf}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|SCO}}
	\|'''3'''\|\|3\|\|1\|\|1\|\|1\|\|8\|\|8\|\|0
			\|score=5–2
	\|-
			\|report=
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{NZLf}}
			\|team2={{fb\|NZL}}
	\|'''0'''\|\|3\|\|0\|\|0\|\|3\|\|2\|\|12\|\|-10
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|18}}<br />] {{goal\|29\|\|32}}<br />] {{goal\|73}}<br />] {{goal\|79}}
	\|}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|54}}<br />] {{goal\|64}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=36,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	{{footballbox \|
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
	team1 = {{BRAf2}} \|
	score = 2–1 \|
	team2 = {{URSf}} \|
	goals1 = ] 75'<br />] 88' \|
	goals2 = ] 34' \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Lamo Castillo (])<br />Attendance: 68,000}}
	----		----

	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|date=18 June 1982
	team1 = {{SCOf2}} \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	score = 5–2 \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|BRA\|1968}}
	team2 = {{NZLf}} \|
			\|score=4–1
	goals1 = ] 18'<br />] 29', 32'<br />] 73'<br />] 79' \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 54'<br />] 64' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|SCO}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Socha (])<br />Attendance: 36,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|33}}<br />] {{goal\|48}}<br />] {{goal\|63}}<br />] {{goal\|87}}
	----
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|18}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|attendance=47,379
	team1 = {{BRAf2}} \|
			\|referee=] (])
	score = 4–1 \|
			}}
	team2 = {{SCOf}} \|

	goals1 = ] 33'<br />] 48'<br />] 63'<br />] 87' \|
			{{football box
	goals2 = ] 18' \|
			\|date=19 June 1982
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Siles (])<br />Attendance: 47,379}}
			\|time=21:00 ]
	----
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|URS}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|score=3–0
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|report=
	team1 = {{URSf2}} \|
			\|team2={{fb\|NZL}}
	score = 3–0 \|
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|24}}<br />] {{goal\|48}}<br />] {{goal\|68}}
	team2 = {{NZLf}} \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	goals1 = ] 24'<br />] 48'<br />] 68' \|
			\|attendance=19,000
	goals2 =   \|
			\|referee=] (])
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: El Ghoul (])<br />Attendance: 19,000}}
			}}

	----		----
	{{footballbox \|
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
	team1 = {{URSf2}} \|
	score = 2–2 \|
	team2 = {{SCOf}} \|
	goals1 = ] 59'<br />] 84' \|
	goals2 = ] 15'<br />] 86' \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Rainea (])<br />Attendance: 45,000}}
	----
	{{footballbox \|
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
	team1 = {{BRAf2}} \|
	score = 4–0 \|
	team2 = {{NZLf}} \|
	goals1 = ] 28', 31'<br />] 64'<br />] 70' \|
	goals2 =   \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Matovinovic (])<br />Attendance: 43,000}}

			{{football box
	==Second round==
			\|date=22 June 1982
			\|time=21:00 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|URS}}
			\|score=2–2
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|SCO}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|59}}<br />] {{goal\|84}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|15}}<br />] {{goal\|86}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=45,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			{{football box
			\|date=23 June 1982
			\|time=21:00 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|BRA\|1968}}
			\|score=4–0
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|NZL}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|28\|\|31}}<br />] {{goal\|64}}<br />] {{goal\|70}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=43,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

			==Second group stage==
			The second round of the tournament consisted of four groups of three teams, each played at one stadium in one of Spain's two largest cities: two in Madrid and two in Barcelona. The winners of each group progressed to the semi-finals.

			Teams were ranked on the following criteria:<ref name="Kicker" />

			# Greater number of points in all group matches
			# Goal difference in all group matches
			# Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
			# Whether the team finished first or second in their first round group
			# Drawing of lots

			Although the fixtures were provisionally determined in advance, the teams competing in each fixture depended on the result of the opening match in each group: Should a team lose their opening game of the group, that team would then have to play in the second fixture against the third team in the group and the winner would, by contrast, be rewarded by not needing to play again until the final fixture of the group and therefore gained extra recovery time. If the opening game was a draw, the predetermined order of games would proceed as planned. These regulations helped ensure that the final group games were of importance as no team could already have progressed to the semi-finals by the end of the second fixtures.<ref name="Kicker">{{Cite news \|title=Der Spielplan für die WM '82\|date=May 1982\|work=Kicker – Sonderheft WM '82 \|page=3\|language=de}}</ref>

			The 43,000-capacity Sarria Stadium in Barcelona, used for the Group C round-robin matches between Italy, Argentina and Brazil was, unlike any of the other matches (except 1) in the other groups, severely overcrowded for all three matches. The venue was then heavily criticised for its lack of space and inability to handle such rampant crowds; although no one had foreseen such crowds at all; the Group A matches held at the nearby and much larger 121,401-capacity Camp Nou stadium never went past 65,000 and hosted all European teams; it was anticipated there would be larger crowds for the Camp Nou-hosted second round matches between Belgium, the Soviet Union and Poland.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/82-original-and-harshest-group-death#:cPSwuJlAjge9fA \|title=82: The original and harshest Group of Death \|date=2 June 2014 \|website=www.fourfourtwo.com}}</ref>

	===Group A===		===Group A===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group A}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group A\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=28 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=21:00 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|POL}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=3–0
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|BEL}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|4\|\|26\|\|53}}
	!width=20\|GA
			\|stadium=], ]
	!width=20\|GD
			\|attendance=65,000
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			\|referee=] (])
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{POLf}}
			}}
	\|'''3'''\|\|2\|\|1\|\|1\|\|0\|\|3\|\|0\|\|+3
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{URSf}}
	\|'''3'''\|\|2\|\|1\|\|1\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|1
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{BELf}}
	\|'''0'''\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|4\|\|-4
	\|}

			{{football box
	{{footballbox \|
	date = ~~], ]<br>21:15 \|~~		\|date=1 July 1982
			\|time=21:00 ]
	team1 = {{POLf2}} \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|BEL}}
	score = 3–0 \|
			\|score=0–1
	team2 = {{BELf}} \|
			\|report=
	goals1 = ] 4', 26', 53' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|URS}}
	goals2 =   \|
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|48}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Siles (])<br />Attendance: 65,000}}
			\|stadium=], ]
	----
			\|attendance=45,000
	{{footballbox \|
			\|referee=] (])
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			}}
	team1 = {{BELf2}} \|

	score = 0–1 \|
			{{footballbox
	team2 = {{URSf}} \|
			\|date=4 July 1982
	goals1 =   \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	goals2 = ] 48' \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|URS}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Vautrot (])<br />Attendance: 45,000}}
			\|score=0–0
	----
			\|report=
	{{footballbox \|
			\|team2={{fb\|POL}}
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	team1 = {{POLf2}} \|
			\|attendance=65,000
	score = 0–0 \|
			\|referee=] (])
	team2 = {{URSf}} \|
			}}
	goals1 =   \|
	goals2 =   \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Valentine (])<br />Attendance: 65,000}}

	===Group B===		===Group B===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group B}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group B\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=29 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=21:00 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRG}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=0–0
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|ENG}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|stadium=], ]
	!width=20\|GA
			\|attendance=75,000
	!width=20\|GD
			\|referee=] (])
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			}}
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{FRGf}}
	\|'''3'''\|\|2\|\|1\|\|1\|\|0\|\|2\|\|1\|\|+1
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ENGf}}
	\|'''2'''\|\|2\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ESPf}}
	\|'''1'''\|\|2\|\|0\|\|1\|\|1\|\|1\|\|2\|\|-1
	\|}

			{{football box
	{{footballbox \|
	date = ~~], ]<br>21:15 \|~~		\|date=2 July 1982
			\|time=21:00 ]
	team1 = {{FRGf2}} \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRG}}
	score = 0–0 \|
			\|score=2–1
	team2 = {{ENGf}} \|
			\|report=
	goals1 =   \|
			\|team2={{fb\|ESP}}
	goals2 =   \|
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|50}}<br />] {{goal\|75}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Coelho (])<br />Attendance: 75,000}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|82}}
	----
			\|stadium=], ]
	{{footballbox \|
			\|attendance=90,089
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|referee=] (])
	team1 = {{FRGf2}} \|
			}}
	score = 2–1 \|

	team2 = {{ESPf}} \|
			{{football box
	goals1 = ] 50'<br />] 75'\|
			\|date=5 July 1982
	goals2 = ] 82' \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Casarin (])<br />Attendance: 90,089}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ESP}}
	----
			\|score=0–0
	{{footballbox \|
			\|report=
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
	~~team1~~ = {{~~ESPf2~~}} \|		\|team2={{fb\|ENG}}
			\|stadium=], ]
	score = 0–0 \|
			\|attendance=75,000
	team2 = {{ENGf}} \|
			\|referee=] (])
	goals1 =  \|
			}}
	goals2 =   \|
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Ponnet (])<br />Attendance: 75,000}}

	===Group C===		===Group C===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group C}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group C\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=29 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=17:15 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ITA}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=2–1
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|ARG}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|57}}<br />] {{goal\|67}}
	!width=20\|GA
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|83}}
	!width=20\|GD
			\|stadium=], ]
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			\|attendance=43,000
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ITAf}}
			\|referee=] (])
	\|'''4'''\|\|2\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|5\|\|3\|\|+2
			}}
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{BRAf}}
	\|'''2'''\|\|2\|\|1\|\|0\|\|1\|\|5\|\|4\|\|+1
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{ARGf}}
	\|'''0'''\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|2\|\|2\|\|5\|\|-3
	\|}

			{{football box
	{{footballbox \|
	date = ~~], ]<br>17:15 \|~~		\|date=2 July 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
	team1 = {{ITAf2}} \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ARG}}
	score = 2–1 \|
			\|score=1–3
	team2 = {{ARGf}} \|
			\|report=
	goals1 = ] 55'<br />] 67' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|BRA\|1968}}
	goals2 = ] 83' \|
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|89}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Rainea (])<br />Attendance: 43,000}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|11}}<br />] {{goal\|66}}<br />] {{goal\|75}}
	----
			\|stadium=], ]
	{{footballbox \|
			\|attendance=44,000
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|referee=] (])
	team1 = {{ARGf2}} \|
			}}
	score = 1–3 \|

	team2 = {{BRAf}} \|
			{{Main\|Italy v Brazil (1982 FIFA World Cup)}}
	goals1 = ] 89' \|
			{{football box
	goals2 = ] 11'<br />] 66'<br />] 75' \|
			\|date=5 July 1982
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Rubio Vazquez (])<br />Attendance: 43,000}}
			\|time=17:15 ]
	----
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|ITA}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|score=3–2
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|report=
	team1 = {{ITAf2}} \|
			\|team2={{fb\|BRA\|1968}}
	score = 3–2 \|
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|5\|\|25\|\|74}}
	team2 = {{BRAf}} \|
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|12}}<br />] {{goal\|68}}
	goals1 = ] 5', 25', 74' \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	goals2 = ] 12'<br />] 68' \|
			\|attendance=44,000
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Klein (])<br />Attendance: 44,000}}
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	===Group D===		===Group D===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup Group D}}
	{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
			{{:1982 FIFA World Cup Group D\|transcludesection=standings}}
	\|-
			{{football box
	!width=165\|Team
			\|date=28 June 1982
	!width=20\|Pts
			\|time=17:15 ]
	!width=20\|Pld
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|AUT}}
	!width=20\|W
			\|score=0–1
	!width=20\|D
			\|report=
	!width=20\|L
			\|team2={{fb\|FRA\|1974}}
	!width=20\|GF
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|39}}
	!width=20\|GA
			\|stadium=], ]
	!width=20\|GD
			\|attendance=37,000
	\|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
			\|referee=] (])
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{FRAf}}
			}}
	\|'''4'''\|\|2\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|5\|\|1\|\|+4
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{AUTf}}
	\|'''1'''\|\|2\|\|0\|\|1\|\|1\|\|2\|\|3\|\|-1
	\|-
	\|style="text-align:left;"\|{{NIRf}}
	\|'''1'''\|\|2\|\|0\|\|1\|\|1\|\|3\|\|6\|\|-3
	\|}

			{{football box
	{{footballbox \|
	date = ~~], ]<br>17:15 \|~~		\|date=1 July 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
	team1 = {{AUTf2}} \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|AUT}}
	score = 0–1 \|
			\|score=2–2
	team2 = {{FRAf}} \|
			\|report=
	goals1 =   \|
			\|team2={{fb\|NIR}}
	goals2 = ] 39' \|
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|50}}<br />] {{goal\|68}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Palotai (])<br />Attendance: 37,000}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|27\|\|75}}
	----
			\|stadium=], ]
	{{footballbox \|
			\|attendance=20,000
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|referee=] (])
	team1 = {{AUTf2}} \|
			}}
	score = 2–2 \|

	team2 = {{NIRf}} \|
			{{football box
	goals1 = ] 50'<br />] 68' \|
			\|date=4 July 1982
	goals2 = ] 27', 75' \|
			\|time=17:15 ]
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Prokop (])<br />Attendance: 20,000}}
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRA\|1974}}
	----
			\|score=4–1
	{{footballbox \|
			\|report=
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
	~~team1~~ = {{~~NIRf2~~}} \|		\|team2={{fb\|NIR}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|33\|\|80}}<br />] {{goal\|46\|\|68}}
	score = 1–4 \|
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|75}}
	team2 = {{FRAf}} \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	goals1 = ] 75' \|
			\|attendance=37,000
	goals2 = ] 33', 80'<br />] 46', 68' \|
			\|referee=] (])
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Jarguz (])<br />Attendance: 37,000}}
			}}

	==Knockout stage==		==Knockout stage==
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup knockout stage}}
	===Semi-finals===
	{{Round4-with third		{{Round4-with third \|widescore=yes
	<!--Date-Place\|Team 1\|Score 1\|Team 2\|Score 2 -->		<!--Date-Place\|Team 1\|Score 1\|Team 2\|Score 2 -->
	<!--semi finals -->		<!-- semi-finals -->
			\|8 July – Barcelona (Camp Nou)\|{{fb\|POL}}\|0\|'''{{fb\|ITA}}'''\|'''2'''
	\|tourneylogo=]
			\|8 July – Seville (Pizjuán)\|{{nowrap\|'''{{fb\|FRG}}''' (])}}\|'''3 (5)'''\|{{fb\|FRA\|1974}}\|3 (4)
	\|] – Barcelona\|{{POLf}}\|0\|'''{{ITAf}}'''\|2
			<!-- final -->
	\|] - Sevilla\|'''{{FRGf}}'''(pen)\|3(5)\|{{FRAf}}\|3(4)
			\|11 July – Madrid (Bernabéu)\|'''{{fb\|ITA}}'''\|'''3'''\|{{fb\|FRG}}\|1
	<!--final -->
			<!-- third place -->
	\|] – Madrid\|'''{{ITAf}}'''\|3\|{{FRGf}}\|1
			\|10 July – Alicante\|'''{{fb\|POL}}'''\|'''3'''\|{{fb\|FRA\|1974}}\|2
	<!--third place -->
			}}
	\|] - Alicante\|'''{{POLf}}'''\|3\|{{FRAf}}\|2

			===Semi-finals===
			{{football box
			\|date=8 July 1982
			\|time=17:15 ]
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|POL}}
			\|score=0–2
			\|report=
			\|team2={{fb\|ITA}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|22\|\|73}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=50,000
			\|referee=] (])
	}}		}}
	----		----
			{{Main\|West Germany v France (1982 FIFA World Cup)}}
	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>17:15 \|
			\|date=8 July 1982
	team1 = {{POLf2}} \|
			\|time=21:00 ]
	score = 0–2 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~ITAf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|FRG}}
			\|score=3–3
	goals1 =   \|
			\|aet=y
	goals2 = ] 22', 73' \|
			\|report=
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Cardellino (])<br />Attendance: 50,000}}
			\|team2={{fb\|FRA\|1974}}
	----
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|17}}<br />] {{goal\|102}}<br />] {{goal\|108}}
	{{footballbox \|
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|26\|pen.}}<br />] {{goal\|92}}<br />] {{goal\|98}}
	date = ], ]<br>21:15 \|
			\|stadium=], ]
	team1 = {{FRGf2}} \|
			\|attendance=70,000
	score = 3–3 (])<br />(5–4 ])\|\| \|
			\|referee=] (])
	team2 = {{FRAf}} \|
	~~goals1~~ = ] ~~17'~~<br />] ~~102'~~<br />] ~~108' \|~~		\|penalties1=] {{pengoal}}<br />] {{pengoal}}<br />] {{penmiss}}<br />] {{pengoal}}<br />] {{pengoal}}<br />] {{pengoal}}
			\|penaltyscore=5–4
	goals2 = ] 26' pen<br />] 92'<br />] 98' \|
			\|penalties2={{pengoal}} ]<br />{{pengoal}} ]<br />{{pengoal}} ]<br />{{penmiss}} ]<br />{{pengoal}} ]<br />{{penmiss}} ]
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Corver (])<br />Attendance: 63,000}}
			}}
	{{penshootoutbox \|
	penalties2 = ] : scored<br />] : scored<br />] : scored<br />] : saved<br />] : scored<br />] : saved \|
	penaltyscore = 5–4 \|
	penalties1 = ] : scored<br />] : scored<br />] : saved<br />] : scored<br />] : scored <br />] : scored}}

	===Third place ~~match~~===		===Third place play-off===
			{{football box
	{{footballbox \|
	date = ~~], ]<br>20:00 \|~~		\|date=10 July 1982
			\|time=20:00 ]
	team1 = {{POLf2}} \|
			\|team1={{fb-rt\|POL}}
	score = 3–2 \|
			\|score=3–2
	team2 = {{FRAf}} \|
			\|report=
	goals1 = ] 40'<br />] 44'<br />] 46'\|
			\|team2={{fb\|FRA\|1974}}
	goals2 = ] 13'<br />] 72'\|
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|40}}<br />] {{goal\|44}}<br />] {{goal\|46}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Garrido (])<br />Attendance: 28,000}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|13}}<br />] {{goal\|72}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=28,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	===Final===		===Final===
			{{Main\|1982 FIFA World Cup final}}
	{{footballbox \|
			{{football box
	date = ], ]<br>20:00 \|
			\|date=11 July 1982
	team1 = {{ITAf2}} \|
			\|time=20:00 ]
	score = 3–1 \|
	~~team2~~ = {{~~FRGf~~}} \|		\|team1={{fb-rt\|ITA}}
			\|score=3–1
	goals1 = ] 57'<br />] 69'<br />] 81' \|
			\|report=
	goals2 = ] 83' \|
			\|team2={{fb\|FRG}}
	stadium = ], ]<br />Ref: Coelho (])<br />Attendance: 90,000}}
			\|goals1=] {{goal\|57}}<br />] {{goal\|69}}<br />] {{goal\|81}}
			\|goals2=] {{goal\|83}}
			\|stadium=], ]
			\|attendance=90,000
			\|referee=] (])
			}}

	==~~Awards~~==		==Statistics==
	{\| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
	\|-
	!1982 World Cup Winners
	\|-
	\|align=center\|]<br/>''']'''<br/>'''Third title'''
	\|}

			===Goalscorers===
			Paolo Rossi received the ] for scoring six goals. In total, 146 goals were scored by 100 players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

			'''6 goals'''
	{\| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
			*{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
	\|-
			'''5 goals'''
	!]:
			*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
	!]:
			'''4 goals'''
	!]'
			*{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
	\|-
	\|align=center\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]<br/>
	\|align=center\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]<br/>
	\|align=center\|{{BRAf}}<br/>
	\|}

	==Scorers==
	{{col-begin}}
	{{col-3}}
	;6 goals
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]

	;5 goals
	*{{flagicon\|GER}} ]

	;4 goals
	*{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|POL}} ]		*{{flagicon\|POL}} ]
			'''3 goals'''

			*{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
	;3 goals
	*{{flagicon\|~~BRA~~}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|~~FRA~~}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|NIR}} ]		*{{flagicon\|NIR}} ]
			'''2 goals'''

			{{colbegin\|colwidth=22em}}
	;2 goals
	*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|AUT}} ]		*{{flagicon\|AUT}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|TCH}} ]		*{{flagicon\|TCH}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|NIR}} ]		*{{flagicon\|NIR}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]		*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]
			*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
			*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
			{{colend}}

			'''1 goal'''
	{{col-3}}
			{{colbegin\|colwidth=22em}}
	;1 goal
	*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ALG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|AUT}} ]		*{{flagicon\|AUT}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|AUT}} ]		*{{flagicon\|AUT}} ]
Line 902:		Line 1,350:
	*{{flagicon\|BEL}} ]		*{{flagicon\|BEL}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|BEL}} ]		*{{flagicon\|BEL}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|CMR}} ]		*{{flagicon\|CMR}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|CHI}} ]		*{{flagicon\|CHI}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|CHI}} ]		*{{flagicon\|CHI}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|CHI}} ]		*{{flagicon\|CHI}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|SLV}} ]		*{{flagicon\|SLV}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ENG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|~~FRG~~}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HON\|1949}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|~~FRG~~}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HON\|1949}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HND}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HND}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]		*{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
	{{col-3}}
	*{{flagicon\|KWT}} ]		*{{flagicon\|KWT}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|KWT}} ]		*{{flagicon\|KWT}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|NZL}} ]		*{{flagicon\|NZL}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|NZL}} ]		*{{flagicon\|NZL}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|PER}} ]		*{{flagicon\|PER}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|PER}} ]		*{{flagicon\|PER}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|POL}} ]		*{{flagicon\|POL}} ]
Line 945:		Line 1,389:
	*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]		*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]		*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]		*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]		*{{flagicon\|SCO}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|URS}} ]		*{{flagicon\|URS\|1955}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|URS}} ]		*{{flagicon\|URS\|1955}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|URS}} ]		*{{flagicon\|URS\|1955}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|URS}} ]		*{{flagicon\|URS\|1955}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|URS}} ]		*{{flagicon\|URS\|1955}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|URS}} ]		*{{flagicon\|URS\|1955}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|URS}} ]		*{{flagicon\|URS\|1955}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]		*{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
			*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
			*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
			*{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|YUG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|YUG}} ]
	*{{flagicon\|YUG}} ]		*{{flagicon\|YUG}} ]
			{{colend}}

			'''Own goals'''
			* {{flagicon\|TCH}} ] (against England)

			===Red cards===
	;Own goals
	*{{flagicon\|~~TCH~~}} ] ~~(for England)~~		* {{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
			* {{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
	{{col-end}}
			* {{flagicon\|TCH}} ]
			* {{flagicon\|HON\|1949}} ]
			* {{flagicon\|NIR}} ]

	==~~Firsts~~==		==Awards==
			<small>Source:<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=59/awards/index.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210131554/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=59/awards/index.html \|archive-date=10 December 2013 \|title=1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico – Awards \|work=FIFA.com \|publisher=] \|access-date=11 March 2013 \|url-status=dead}}</ref></small>
	*{{ALGf}}, {{CMRf}}, {{HONf}}, {{KUWf}}, {{NZLf}} all participated in the World Cup for the first time.
	*This was the first World Cup in which teams from all 6 continental confederations participated. While teams from all confederations qualified for the ], as of ], ], {{AUSf}} became a member of the ], moving from the ].
	*Italy became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game. However, the second round was also a group stage. In 1986, Bulgaria would qualify for the knockout stages despite not winning a game in the group stage, and Chile would share the same luck in 1998. In 1990 though, the Republic of Ireland reached the quarter-finals despite not winning a single game.
	*Algeria became the first African team to defeat a European team at the World Cup (2-1 against Germany in the first round).
	*] ({{HUNf}}) was the first substitute ever to score a ].
	*] ({{ITAf}}) was the first player to miss a penalty in a World Cup final match.

			{\| class="wikitable"
	{{fb start}}
			\|-
	{{International Football}}
			!]
	{{Football World Cup}}
			!]
	{{Football World Cup squads}}
			!]
	{{fb end}}
			\|-
			\|align=center\|{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
			\|align=center\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
			\|align=center\|{{fb\|BRA\|1968}}
			\|}

			{\| class="wikitable"
	]
			\|-
	]
			!colspan="2"\|]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=FIFA Awards – World Cup 1982 "Golden Ball" \|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-gb82.html \|access-date=2022-06-18 \|website=]}}</ref>
	]
			\|-
			!Rank:
			!Player:
			\|- style="background:gold"
			!1st
			\|{{flagicon\|ITA\|1946}} ]
			\|- style="background:silver"
			!2nd
			\|{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
			\|- style="background:#c96"
			!3rd
			\|{{flagicon\|FRG}} ]
			\|-
			!4th
			\|{{flagicon\|POL}} ]
			\|-
			!5th
			\|{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
			\|-
			!6th
			\|{{flagicon\|BRA\|1968}} ]
			\|-
			!7th
			\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
			\|-
			!8th
			\|{{flagicon\|Soviet Union\|1955}} ]
			\|-
			!9th
			\|{{flagicon\|ARG\|1861}} ]
			\|-
			!10th
			\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
			\|}

			==FIFA retrospective ranking==
	]
			In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614213621/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc%5fmexico%5f1986%5fen%5fpart4%5f279.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=14 June 2010 \|title=page 45 \|access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/55/171012-statisticalkit-fifaworldcup-milestonesfactsfigures-statusafterfwc2010.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521092116/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/55/171012-statisticalkit-fifaworldcup-milestonesfactsfigures-statusafterfwc2010.pdf \|archive-date=21 May 2013 \|publisher=] \|title=FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7 \|url-status=dead \|date=26 March 2013}}</ref> The rankings for the 1982 tournament were as follows:
	]

	]
			{\| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
	]
			\|-
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|R\|Final Ranking}}
	]
			!width=165\| Team
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|G\|Group}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|P\|Played}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|W\|Win}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|D\|Draw}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|L\|Lose}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|GF\|Goals For}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|GA\|Goals against}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|GD\|Goal Difference}}
	]
			!width=25\| {{abbr\|Pts.\|Points}}
	]
			\|- style="background:gold"
	]
			\| 1 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|ITA\|1946}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 7 \|\| 4 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 12 \|\| 6 \|\| +6 \|\| 11
	]
			\|- style="background:silver"
	]
			\| 2 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|FRG}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 7 \|\| 3 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 12 \|\| 10 \|\| +2 \|\| 8
	]
			\|- style="background:#c96"
			\| 3 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|POL}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 7 \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| 11 \|\| 5 \|\| +6 \|\| 9
			\|- style="background:gray"
			\| 4 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|FRA\|1974}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 7 \|\| 3 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 16 \|\| 12 \|\| +4 \|\| 8
			\|-
			\| colspan="11"\| '''Eliminated in the second group stage'''
			\|-
			\| 5 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|BRA\|1968}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 4 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 15 \|\| 6 \|\| +9 \|\| 8
			\|-
			\| 6 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|ENG}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 3 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 6 \|\| 1 \|\| +5 \|\| 8
			\|-
			\| 7 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|URS\|1955}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 7 \|\| 4 \|\| +3 \|\| 6
			\|-
			\| 8 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|AUT}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 5 \|\| 4 \|\| +1 \|\| 5
			\|-
			\| 9 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|NIR}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 1 \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| 5 \|\| 7 \|\| −2 \|\| 5
			\|-
			\| 10 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|BEL}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 3 \|\| 5 \|\| −2 \|\| 5
			\|-
			\| 11 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|ARG\|1861}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 8 \|\| 7 \|\| +1 \|\| 4
			\|-
			\| 12 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|ESP}} \|\| ]/] \|\| 5 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 4 \|\| 5 \|\| −1 \|\| 4
			\|-
			\|colspan="11"\| '''Eliminated in the first group stage'''
			\|-
			\| 13 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|ALG}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 5 \|\| 5 \|\| 0 \|\| 4
			\|-
			\| 14 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|HUN}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 12 \|\| 6 \|\| +6 \|\| 3
			\|-
			\| 15 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|SCO}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 8 \|\| 8 \|\| 0 \|\| 3
			\|-
			\| 16 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|YUG}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 3
			\|-
			\| 17 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|CMR}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 3
			\|-
			\| 18 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|HON\|1949}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 3 \|\| −1 \|\| 2
			\|-
			\| 19 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|TCH}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 4 \|\| −2 \|\| 2
			\|-
			\| 20 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|PER}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 2 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 6 \|\| −4 \|\| 2
			\|-
			\| 21 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|KUW}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 2 \|\| 6 \|\| −4 \|\| 1
			\|-
			\| 22 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|CHI}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 3 \|\| 8 \|\| −5 \|\| 0
			\|-
			\| 23 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|NZL}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 2 \|\| 12 \|\| −10 \|\| 0
			\|-
			\| 24 \|\|style="text-align:left"\| {{fb\|SLV}} \|\| ] \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 1 \|\| 13 \|\| −12 \|\| 0
			\|}

			==Branding==

			===Mascot===
			] of the 1982 tournament, is featured in this vintage collection of Spanish keychains.]]

			The ] of this World Cup was {{lang\|es\|Naranjito\|i=no}}, a male anthropomorphised ], a typical fruit in Spain, wearing the kit of the host's ]. It was designed by José María Martín and María Dolores Salto from the marketing agency {{lang\|es\|Publicidad Bellido\|i=no}}. Its name comes from ''naranja'', the Spanish word for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito".<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1979/05/30/deportes/296863209_850215.html\|title=Una naranja, mascota del Mundial de España\|date=30 May 1979\|newspaper=]\|language=es\|author=Paradinas, Juan José}}</ref>

			===Television series===
			''Football in Action'' ({{langx\|es\|Fútbol en acción\|link=no}}) is an educational animated television series about football produced by ] and {{lang\|es\|]\|i=no}} (TVE). The main character is a twelve-year-old Naranjito, who is accompanied on his adventures by his friends: {{lang\|es\|Clementina\|i=no}} (a mandarin orange), Citronio (a lemon), and Imarchi (a robot). The series talks about the rules of football and the history of the World Cup. Its 26 episodes of 25 minutes each were first aired in 1981–82 on ].

			===Poster===
			The official poster was designed by ].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/237780e8-0fe1-4dae-94f7-e4ba19d86158 \|title=Russia's 2018 World Cup poster is super retro \|date=30 November 2017 }}</ref>

			===Match ball===
			The match ball for 1982 World Cup, manufactured by ], was the ].

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1982 FIFA World Cup
Copa Mundial de Fútbol España '82 (Spanish)

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	13 June – 11 July
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	17 (in 14 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (3rd title)
Runners-up	West Germany
Third place	Poland
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	52
Goals scored	146 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	2,109,723 (40,572 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paolo Rossi (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Paolo Rossi
Best young player	Manuel Amoros
Fair play award	Brazil
← 1978 1986 →

International football competition

The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain from 13 June to 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 in the final held in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the capital, Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup title, but their first since 1938. The defending champions, Argentina, were eliminated in the second round (finishing third and last in their group). Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals.

The tournament featured the first penalty shootout in World Cup competition. This was the third and last World Cup to feature two rounds of group stages. It was also the third time (after 1934 and 1966) that all four semi-finalists were European.

In the first round of Group 3, Hungary defeated El Salvador 10–1, equalling the largest margin of victory recorded in the finals (Hungary over South Korea 9–0 in 1954, and Yugoslavia over Zaire 9–0 in 1974).

Although successful and filled with compelling and entertaining matches, this tournament also was blighted by violent fouls, some poor officiating and some overcrowded stadiums. One particular incident of note was West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's foul of French player Patrick Battiston during a semi-final match in Seville, and another was Italian player Claudio Gentile's intense and often violent match-long fouling and marking of Argentine player Diego Maradona. FIFA changed the regulations to somewhat prevent this kind of brutality on the pitch for the subsequent tournament in Mexico.

Host selection

Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts

Spain was chosen as the host nation by FIFA in London on 6 July 1966. Hosting rights for the 1974 and 1978 tournaments were awarded at the same time. West Germany and Spain agreed a deal whereby Spain would support West Germany for the 1974 tournament and West Germany would allow Spain to bid for the 1982 World Cup unopposed.

At the time of Spain being selected, the country was under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco's regime, but his regime had ended before the start of the tournament, and the World Cup had its effects on Spanish society after the democratic transition.

Qualification

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

For the first time, the World Cup finals expanded from 16 to 24 teams. This allowed more countries to participate from Africa and Asia.

Teams absent from the finals were 1974 and 1978 runners-up Netherlands (eliminated by Belgium and France), Mexico (eliminated by Honduras and El Salvador), and the three times 1970s participants Sweden (eliminated by Scotland and Northern Ireland). Northern Ireland qualified for the first time since 1958. Belgium, Czechoslovakia, El Salvador, England and the Soviet Union were all back in the finals after 12-year absences. England had its first successful World Cup qualifying campaign in 20 years, having qualified automatically as hosts in 1966 and as defending champions in 1970, then failing to qualify in 1974 and 1978. Yugoslavia and Chile were also back after missing the 1978 tournament.

Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait, and New Zealand all participated in the World Cup for the first time. As of 2022, this was the last time that El Salvador and Kuwait qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time that South Korea failed to qualify. This is also the last time that Mexico participated in the qualifiers and failed to qualify (they were banned from the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification).

This was the first time that all six confederations (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) sent representative teams to the tournament, which would happen again in 2006 and 2010, and will be happening in 2026: Australia would also participate in the 2010-2022 tournaments, but as a representative of the AFC.

There was some consideration given as to whether England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland would withdraw from the tournament because of the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom. A directive issued by the British sports minister Neil Macfarlane in April, at the start of the conflict, suggested that there should be no contact between British representative teams and Argentina. This directive was not rescinded until August, following the end of the tournament and of the hostilities. Macfarlane reported to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that some players and officials were uneasy about participating because of the casualties suffered by British forces, and the strong diplomatic ties between Argentina and Spain. FIFA later advised the British Government that there was no prospect that Argentina (the defending champions) would be asked to withdraw, and it also became apparent that no other countries would withdraw from the tournament. It was decided by Cabinet Secretary Robert Armstrong to allow the British national teams to participate so that Argentina could not use their absence for propaganda purposes, reversing the intended effect of applying political pressure onto Argentina.

List of qualified teams

The following 24 teams qualified for the final tournament.

AFC (1)

Kuwait (debut)

CAF (2)

Algeria (debut)
Cameroon (debut)

OFC (1)

New Zealand (debut)

CONCACAF (2)

Honduras (debut)
El Salvador

CONMEBOL (4)

Argentina (holders)
Brazil
Chile
Peru

UEFA (14)

Summary

Format

The first round was a round-robin group stage containing six groups of four teams each. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw, with goal difference used to separate teams equal on points. The top two teams in each group advanced. In the second round, the twelve remaining teams were split into four groups of three teams each, with the winner of each group progressing to the knockout semi-final stage.

The composition of the groups in the second round was determined before the start of the tournament. Groups A and B were to include one team from each of Groups 1 through 6, and Groups C and D included the remaining six teams. The winners of Groups 1 and 3 were in Group A whilst the runners-up were in Group C. The winners of Groups 2 and 4 were in Group B whilst the runners-up were in Group D. The winner of Group 5 was in Group D whilst the runner-up was in Group B. The winner of Group 6 was in Group C whilst the runner-up was in Group A. Thus, Group A mirrored Group C, and Group B mirrored Group D with the winners and runners-up from the first round being placed into opposite groups in the second round.


GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
WINNER G1	WINNER G2	WINNER G6	WINNER G5
WINNER G3	WINNER G4	RUNNER-UP G1	RUNNER-UP G2
RUNNER-UP G6	RUNNER-UP G5	RUNNER-UP G3	RUNNER-UP G4

The second-round groups that mirrored each other (based on the first-round groupings) faced off against each other in the semifinals. Thus, the Group A winner played the Group C winner, and the Group B winner played the Group D winner. This meant that if two teams which played in the same first-round group both emerged from the second round, they would meet for the second time of the tournament in a semifinal match. It also guaranteed that the final match would feature two teams that had not previously played each other in the tournament. As it turned out, Italy and Poland who were both in Group 1 in the first round, each won their second-round groups and played each other in a semifinal match.

First group stage

In Group 1, newcomers Cameroon held both Poland and Italy to draws, and were denied a place in the next round on the basis of having scored fewer goals than Italy (the sides had an equal goal difference). Poland and Italy qualified over Cameroon and Peru. Italian journalists and tifosi criticised their team for their uninspired performances that managed three draws; the squad was reeling from the recent Serie A scandal, where national players were suspended for match fixing and illegal betting.

Group 2 saw one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day with the 2–1 victory of Algeria over reigning European Champions West Germany. In the final match in the group, West Germany met Austria in a match later dubbed as the "Disgrace of Gijón". Algeria had already played their final group game on the previous day, and West Germany and Austria knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. After 10 minutes of all-out attack, West Germany scored through a goal by Horst Hrubesch. After that solitary goal was scored, the two teams kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "Fuera, fuera" ("Out, out") were screamed by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. This performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust. Algeria protested to FIFA, who ruled that the result would stand; FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.

Group 3, where the opening ceremony and first match of the tournament took place, saw Belgium beat defending champions Argentina 1–0. The Camp Nou stadium was the home of Barcelona, and many fans had wanted to see the club's new signing, Argentinian star Diego Maradona, who did not perform to expectations. Both Belgium and Argentina ultimately advanced at the expense of Hungary and El Salvador despite Hungary's 10–1 win over the Central American nation – which, with a total of 11 goals, is the second highest scoreline in a World Cup game (equal with Brazil's 6–5 victory over Poland in the 1938 tournament and Hungary's 8–3 victory over West Germany in the 1954 tournament).

Group 4 opened with England midfielder Bryan Robson's goal against France after only 27 seconds of play. England won 3–1 and qualified along with France over Czechoslovakia and Kuwait, though the tiny Gulf emirate held Czechoslovakia to a 1–1 draw. In the game between Kuwait and France, with France leading 3–1, France midfielder Alain Giresse scored a goal vehemently contested by the Kuwait team, who had stopped play after hearing a piercing whistle from the stands, which they thought had come from Soviet referee Miroslav Stupar. Play had not yet resumed when Sheikh Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, brother of the then-Kuwaiti Emir and president of the Kuwait Football Association, rushed onto the pitch to remonstrate with the referee. Stupar reversed his initial decision and disallowed the goal to the fury of the French. Maxime Bossis scored another valid goal a few minutes later and France won 4–1.

In Group 5, Honduras held hosts Spain to a 1–1 draw. Northern Ireland won the group outright, eliminating Yugoslavia and beating hosts Spain 1–0; Northern Ireland had to play the majority of the second half with ten men after Mal Donaghy was dismissed. Spain narrowly avoided elimination due to a huge referee error, securing a contentious 2–1 victory over Yugoslavia, largely attributed to a disputed penalty decision. At 17 years and 41 days, Northern Ireland forward Norman Whiteside was the youngest player to appear in a World Cup match.

Brazil were in Group 6. With Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and others, they boasted an offensive firepower that promised a return to the glory days of 1970. They beat the USSR 2–1 thanks to a 20-metre Éder goal two minutes from time, then Scotland and New Zealand with four goals each. The Soviets took the group's other qualifying berth on goal difference at the expense of the Scots.

Second group stage

A statue commemorating the 1982 FIFA World Cup at the Estadio Riazor in A Coruña.

Poland opened Group A with a 3–0 defeat of Belgium thanks to a Zbigniew Boniek hat-trick. The Soviet Union prevailed 1–0 in the next match over Belgium. The Poles edged out the USSR for the semi-final spot on the final day on goal difference thanks to a 0–0 draw in a politically charged match, as Poland's then-Communist government had imposed a martial law a few months earlier to quash internal dissent.

In Group B, a match between England and West Germany ended in a goalless draw. West Germany put the pressure on England in their second match by beating Spain 2–1. The home side drew 0–0 against England, denying Ron Greenwood's team a semi-final place and putting England in the same position as Cameroon, being eliminated without losing a game.

In Group C, with Brazil, Argentina and Italy, in the opener, Italy prevailed 2–1 over Diego Maradona and Mario Kempes's side after a game in which Italian defenders Gaetano Scirea and Claudio Gentile proved themselves equal to the task of stopping the Argentinian attack. Argentina now needed a win over Brazil on the second day, but lost 3–1 – Argentina only scoring in the last minute. Maradona kicked Brazilian player João Batista in the groin and was sent off in the 85th minute.

The match between Brazil and Italy pitted Brazil's attack against Italy's defence, with the majority of the game played around the Italian area, and with the Italian midfielders and defenders returning the repeated set volleys of Brazilian shooters such as Zico, Sócrates and Falcão. Italian centre back Gentile was assigned to mark Brazilian striker Zico, earning a yellow card and a suspension for the semi-final. Paolo Rossi opened the scoring when he headed in Antonio Cabrini's cross with just five minutes played. Sócrates equalised for Brazil seven minutes later. In the twenty-fifth minute Rossi stepped past Júnior, intercepted a pass from Cerezo across the Brazilians' goal, and drilled the shot home. The Brazilians threw everything in search of another equaliser, while Italy defended bravely. On 68 minutes, Falcão collected a pass from Júnior and as Cerezo's dummy run distracted three defenders, fired home from 20 yards out. Now Italy had gained the lead twice thanks to Rossi's goals, and Brazil had come back twice; at 2–2, Brazil would have been through on goal difference, but in the 74th minute, a poor clearance from an Italian corner kick went back to the Brazilian six-yard line where Rossi and Francesco Graziani were waiting. Both aimed at the same shot, Rossi connecting to get a hat trick and sending Italy into the lead for good. In the 86th minute Giancarlo Antognoni scored an apparent fourth goal for Italy, but it was wrongly disallowed for offside. In the dying moments Dino Zoff made a miraculous save to deny Oscar a goal, ensuring that Italy advanced to the semi-final.

In the last group, Group D, France dispatched Austria 1–0 with a free kick goal by Bernard Genghini, and then defeated Northern Ireland 4–1 to reach their first semi-final since 1958.

Semi-finals, third-place match and final

In a re-match of the encounter in the first round, Italy beat Poland in the first semi-final through two goals from Paolo Rossi. In the game between France and West Germany, the Germans opened the scoring through a Pierre Littbarski strike in the 17th minute, and the French equalised nine minutes later with a Michel Platini penalty. In the second half a long through ball sent French defender Patrick Battiston racing clear towards the German goal. With both Battiston and the lone German defender trying to be the first to reach the ball, Battiston flicked it past German keeper Harald Schumacher from the edge of the German penalty area and Schumacher reacted by jumping up to block. Schumacher did not seem to go for the ball, however, and clattered straight into the oncoming Battiston – which left the French player unconscious and knocked two of his teeth out. Schumacher's action has been described as "one of history's most shocking fouls". The ball went just wide of the post and Dutch referee Charles Corver deemed Schumacher's tackle on Battiston not to be a foul and awarded a goal kick. Play was interrupted for several minutes while Battiston, still unconscious and with a broken jaw, was carried off the field on a stretcher.

After French defender Manuel Amoros had sent a 25-metre drive crashing onto the West German crossbar in the final minute, the match went into extra time. On 92 minutes, France's sweeper Marius Trésor fired a swerving volley under Schumacher's crossbar from ten metres out to make it 2–1. Six minutes later, an unmarked Alain Giresse drove in an 18-metre shot off the inside of the right post to finish off a counter-attack and put France up 3–1. But West Germany would not give up. In the 102nd minute a counter-attack culminated in a cross that recent substitute Karl-Heinz Rummenigge turned in at the near post from a difficult angle with the outside of his foot, reducing France's lead to 3–2. Then in the 108th minute Germany took a short corner and after France failed to clear, the ball was played by Germany to Littbarski whose cross to Horst Hrubesch was headed back to the centre towards Klaus Fischer, who was unmarked but with his back to goal. Fischer in turn volleyed the ball past French keeper Jean-Luc Ettori with a bicycle kick, levelling the scores at 3–3.

The resulting penalty shootout was the first at a World Cup finals. Giresse, Manfred Kaltz, Manuel Amoros, Paul Breitner and Dominique Rocheteau all converted penalties until Uli Stielike was stopped by Ettori, giving France the advantage. But then Schumacher stepped forward, lifted the tearful Stielike from the ground, and saved Didier Six's shot. With Germany handed the lifeline they needed Littbarski converted his penalty, followed by Platini for France, and then Rummenigge for Germany as the tension mounted. France defender Maxime Bossis then had his kick parried by Schumacher who anticipated it, and Hrubesch stepped up to score and send Germany to the World Cup final yet again with a victory on penalties, 5–4.

"After I scored, my whole life passed before me – the same feeling they say you have when you are about to die, the joy of scoring in a World Cup final was immense, something I dreamed about as a kid, and my celebration was a release after realising that dream. I was born with that scream inside me, that was just the moment it came out."

—Italian midfielder Marco Tardelli on his iconic goal celebration from the 1982 World Cup Final.

In the third-place match, Poland edged the French side 3–2 which matched Poland's best performance at a World Cup previously achieved in 1974. France would go on to win the European Championship two years later.

In the final, Antonio Cabrini fired a penalty wide of goal in the first half. In the second half, Paolo Rossi scored first for the third straight game by heading home Gentile's bouncing cross at close range. Exploiting the situation, Italy scored twice more on quick counter-strikes, all the while capitalising on their defence to hold the Germans. With Gentile and Gaetano Scirea holding the centre, the Italian strikers were free to counter-punch the weakened German defence. Marco Tardelli's shot from the edge of the area beat Schumacher first, and Alessandro Altobelli, the substitute for injured striker Francesco Graziani, made it 3–0 at the end of a solo sprint down the right side by the stand-out winger Bruno Conti. Italy's lead appeared secure, encouraging Italian president Sandro Pertini to wag his finger at the cameras in a playful "not going to catch us now" gesture. In the 83rd minute, Paul Breitner scored for West Germany, but it was only a consolation goal as Italy won 3–1 to claim their first World Cup title in 44 years, and their third in total.

Records

Italy became the first team to advance from the first round without winning a game, drawing all three (while Cameroon were eliminated in the same way by virtue of having only one goal scored against Italy's two), and also the first of two World Cup winners to draw or lose three matches at the Finals (Argentina matched this by drawing two games and losing one in 2022). By winning, Italy equalled Brazil's record of winning the World Cup three times. Italy's total of twelve goals scored in seven matches set a new low for average goals scored per game by a World Cup winning side (subsequently exceeded by Spain in 2010), while Italy's aggregate goal difference of +6 for the tournament remains a record low for a champion, equalled by Spain.

Italy's 40-year-old captain-goalkeeper Dino Zoff became the oldest player to win the World Cup. This was the first World Cup in which teams from all six continental confederations participated in the finals, something that did not happen again until 2006.

Venues

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Host cities and venues of the 1982 FIFA World Cup

Seventeen stadiums in fourteen cities hosted the tournament, a record that stood until the 2002 tournament, which was played in twenty stadiums in two countries. The most used venue was FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium, which hosted five matches, including a semi-final; it was the largest stadium used for this tournament. With Sarrià Stadium also hosting three matches, Barcelona was the Spanish city with the most matches in España 1982 with eight; Madrid, the nation's capital, followed with seven.

This particular World Cup was organised in such a way that all of the matches of each of the six groups were assigned stadiums in cities near to each other, in order to reduce the stress of travel on the players and fans. For example, Group 1 matches were played in Vigo and A Coruña, Group 2 in Gijón and Oviedo, Group 3 in Elche and Alicante (except for the first match, which was the opening match of the tournament, which was played at the Camp Nou), Group 4 in Bilbao and Valladolid, Group 5 (which included hosts Spain) in Valencia and Zaragoza, and Group 6 in Seville and Malaga (of the three first-round matches in Seville, the first match between Brazil and the Soviet Union was played in the Pizjuán Stadium, and the other two were played in the Villamarín Stadium). Group stage matches in the milder northern cities like Bilbao or Gijón would start at 17:00, while the matches in the southern cities like Seville or Valencia would start at 21:00, in an attempt to avoid the intense southern Spanish summer heat.

When the tournament went into the round-robin second round matches, all the aforementioned cities excluding Barcelona, Alicante and Seville did not host any more matches in España 1982. Both the Santiago Bernabéu and Vicente Calderón stadiums in Madrid and the Sarrià Stadium in Barcelona were used for the first time for this tournament for the second round matches. Madrid and Barcelona hosted the four second round group matches; Barcelona hosted Groups A and C (Camp Nou hosted all three of Group A's matches, and Sarrià did the same with Group C's matches) and Madrid hosted Groups B and D (Real Madrid's Bernabeu Stadium hosted all three of Group B's matches, and Atlético Madrid's Calderon Stadium did the same with the Group D matches)

The two semi final matches were held at Camp Nou and the Pizjuán Stadium in Seville, the third largest stadium used for the tournament (one of only two España 1982 matches it hosted), the third place match was held in Alicante and the final was held at the Bernabeu, the second largest stadium used for this tournament.

Barcelona		Madrid
Camp Nou	Sarrià	Santiago Bernabéu	Vicente Calderón
Capacity: 121,401	Capacity: 40,400	Capacity: 90,089	Capacity: 65,695

Seville		Elche	Valencia
Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán	Benito Villamarín	Nuevo Estadio	Luis Casanova
Capacity: 68,110	Capacity: 50,253	Capacity: 53,290	Capacity: 49,562

Bilbao	Gijón	Málaga	Zaragoza
San Mamés	El Molinón	La Rosaleda	La Romareda
Capacity: 46,223	Capacity: 45,153	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 41,806

A Coruña	Vigo	Alicante	Valladolid
Riazor	Balaídos	José Rico Pérez	José Zorrilla
Capacity: 34,190	Capacity: 33,000	Capacity: 32,500	Capacity: 30,043

Oviedo
Carlos Tartiere
Capacity: 23,500

Match officials

AFC

CAF

CONCACAF

CONMEBOL

UEFA

OFC

Tony Boskovic

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1982 FIFA World Cup squads.

Groups

Seeding

The 24 qualifiers were divided into four groupings which formed the basis of the draw for the group stage. FIFA announced the six seeded teams on the day of the draw and allocated them in advance to the six groups; as had become standard, the host nation and the reigning champions were among the seeds. The seeded teams would play all their group matches at the same venue (with the exception of World Cup holders Argentina who would play in the opening game scheduled for the Camp Nou, the largest of the venues). The remaining 18 teams were split into three pots based on FIFA's assessment of the team's strength, but also taking in account geographic considerations. The seedings and group venues for those teams were tentatively agreed at an informal meeting in December 1981 but not officially confirmed until the day of the draw. FIFA executive Hermann Neuberger told the press that the seeding of England had been challenged by other nations but they were to be seeded as "the Spanish want England to play in Bilbao for security reasons"*. As well as security the footballing grounds that they were winners in 1966 and reached the quarter-final as holders in 1970, as the 1970 in Mexico and 1974 in West Germany tournaments were taken into consideration for seeding with West Germany seeded for their 1980 European Championship win (due to the Netherlands failing to qualify) having won in 1974. However, due to England's seeding for security reasons, if the Netherlands had qualified, West Germany would not have been seeded as West Germany were eliminated in the second group stage in 1978, while the Netherlands were runners up.

Seeded teams	Pot A	Pot B	Pot C
Spain (hosts) Argentina (winner in 1978) Brazil (third in 1978) (1970 winner) England (seeded on security grounds) (1966 winner) (1970 quarter finalist as holder) Italy (fourth in 1978) (1970 runner up) West Germany (1980 Euro winner) (1974 winner)	Austria Czechoslovakia Hungary Poland Soviet Union Yugoslavia	Belgium France Northern Ireland Scotland Chile Peru	Algeria Cameroon Kuwait El Salvador Honduras New Zealand

Final draw

On 16 January 1982, the draw was conducted at the Palacio de Congresos in Madrid, where the teams were drawn out from the three pots to be placed with the seeded teams in their predetermined groups. Firstly a draw was made to decide the order in which the three drums containing pots A, B and C would be emptied; this resulted in the order being pot B, C and A. The teams were then drawn one-by-one out of the respective pot and entered in the groups in that order. A number was then drawn to determine the team's "position" in the group and hence the fixtures.

The only stipulation of the draw was that no group could feature two South American teams. As a result, Pot B – which contained two South American teams – was initially drawn with only the four Europeans in the pot. These first two European teams drawn from pot B were then to be immediately allocated to Groups 3 and 6 which contained the two South American seeds Argentina and Brazil. Once these two groups had been filled with the entrants from Pot B, Chile and Peru would be added to the pot and the draw would continue as normal. In the event, FIFA executives Sepp Blatter and Hermann Neuberger conducting the draw initially forgot this stipulation and therefore immediately placed the first team drawn from this pot (Belgium) into Group 1, rather than Group 3 as planned, before then placing the second team drawn out (Scotland) into Group 3; they then had to correct this by moving Belgium to Group 3 and Scotland into Group 6. The ceremony suffered further embarrassment when one of the revolving drums containing the teams broke down.

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

First group stage

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the second round.

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

Greater number of points in all group matches
Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Drawing of lots

Group 1

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	4	Advance to second round
2	Italy	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	Advance to second round
3	Cameroon	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	Peru	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2

Source: FIFA 14 June 198217:15 CEST

Italy	0–0	Poland
	Report

Balaídos, VigoAttendance: 33,040Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) 15 June 198217:15 CEST

Peru	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Estadio de Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 11,000Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

18 June 198217:15 CEST

Italy	1–1	Peru
Conti 18'	Report	Díaz 83'

Balaídos, VigoAttendance: 25,000Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany) 19 June 198217:15 CEST

Poland	0–0	Cameroon
	Report

Estadio de Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 19,000Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

22 June 198217:15 CEST

Poland	5–1	Peru
Smolarek 55' Lato 58' Boniek 61' Buncol 68' Ciołek 76'	Report	La Rosa 83'

Estadio de Riazor, A CoruñaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico) 23 June 198217:15 CEST

Italy	1–1	Cameroon
Graziani 60'	Report	M'Bida 61'

Balaídos, VigoAttendance: 20,000Referee: Bogdan Dotchev (Bulgaria)

Group 2

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	3	2	1	6	3	+3	4	Advance to second round
2	Austria	3	2	1	3	1	+2	4	Advance to second round
3	Algeria	3	2	1	5	5	0	4
4	Chile	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: FIFA 16 June 198217:15 CEST

West Germany	1–2	Algeria
Rummenigge 67'	Report	Madjer 54' Belloumi 68'

El Molinón, GijónAttendance: 42,000Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru) 17 June 198217:15 CEST

Chile	0–1	Austria
	Report	Schachner 22'

Estadio Carlos Tartiere, OviedoAttendance: 22,500Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

20 June 198217:15 CEST

West Germany	4–1	Chile
Rummenigge 9', 57', 66' Reinders 83'	Report	Moscoso 90'

El Molinón, GijónAttendance: 42,000Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) 21 June 198217:15 CEST

Algeria	0–2	Austria
	Report	Schachner 55' Krankl 67'

Estadio Carlos Tartiere, OviedoAttendance: 22,000Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

24 June 198217:15 CEST

Algeria	3–2	Chile
Assad 7', 31' Bensaoula 35'	Report	Neira 59' (pen.) Letelier 73'

Estadio Carlos Tartiere, OviedoAttendance: 16,000Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala) Main article: West Germany v Austria (1982 FIFA World Cup) 25 June 198217:15 CEST

West Germany	1–0	Austria
Hrubesch 10'	Report

El Molinón, GijónAttendance: 41,000Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Group 3

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to second round
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	4	Advance to second round
3	Hungary	3	1	1	1	12	6	+6	3
4	El Salvador	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: FIFA 13 June 198220:00 CEST

Argentina	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Vandenbergh 62'

Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 95,000Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia) Main article: Hungary v El Salvador (1982 FIFA World Cup) 15 June 198221:00 CEST

Hungary	10–1	El Salvador
Nyilasi 4', 83' Pölöskei 11' Fazekas 23', 54' Tóth 50' L. Kiss 69', 72', 76' Szentes 70'	Report	Ramírez Zapata 64'

Nuevo Estadio, ElcheAttendance: 23,000Referee: Ibrahim Youssef Al-Doy (Bahrain)

18 June 198221:00 CEST

Argentina	4–1	Hungary
Bertoni 26' Maradona 28', 57' Ardiles 60'	Report	Pölöskei 76'

Estadio José Rico Pérez, AlicanteAttendance: 32,093Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria) 19 June 198221:00 CEST

Belgium	1–0	El Salvador
Coeck 19'	Report

Nuevo Estadio, ElcheAttendance: 15,000Referee: Malcolm Moffat (Northern Ireland)

22 June 198221:00 CEST

Belgium	1–1	Hungary
Czerniatynski 76'	Report	Varga 27'

Nuevo Estadio, ElcheAttendance: 37,000Referee: Clive White (England) 23 June 198221:00 CEST

Argentina	2–0	El Salvador
Passarella 22' (pen.) Bertoni 54'	Report

Estadio José Rico Pérez, AlicanteAttendance: 32,500Referee: Luis Barrancos (Bolivia)

Group 4

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to second round
2	France	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3	Advance to second round
3	Czechoslovakia	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: FIFA 16 June 198217:15 CEST

England	3–1	France
Robson 1', 67' Mariner 83'	Report	Soler 24'

San Mamés, BilbaoAttendance: 44,172Referee: António Garrido (Portugal) 17 June 198217:15 CEST

Czechoslovakia	1–1	Kuwait
Panenka 21' (pen.)	Report	Al-Dakhil 57'

Estadio José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 25,000Referee: Benjamin Dwomoh (Ghana)

20 June 198217:15 CEST

England	2–0	Czechoslovakia
Francis 62' Barmoš 66' (o.g.)	Report

San Mamés, BilbaoAttendance: 41,123Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands) 21 June 198217:15 CEST

France	4–1	Kuwait
Genghini 31' Platini 43' Six 48' Bossis 89'	Report	Al-Buloushi 75'

Estadio José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 30,043Referee: Myroslav Stupar (Soviet Union)

24 June 198217:15 CEST

France	1–1	Czechoslovakia
Six 66'	Report	Panenka 84' (pen.)

Estadio José Zorrilla, ValladolidAttendance: 28,000Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy) 25 June 198217:15 CEST

England	1–0	Kuwait
Francis 27'	Report

San Mamés, BilbaoAttendance: 39,700Referee: Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia)

Group 5

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to second round
2	Spain (H)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3	Advance to second round
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
4	Honduras	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts 16 June 198221:00 CEST

Spain	1–1	Honduras
López Ufarte 65' (pen.)	Report	Zelaya 8'

Estadio Luis Casanova, ValenciaAttendance: 49,562Referee: Arturo Ithurralde (Argentina) 17 June 198221:00 CEST

Yugoslavia	0–0	Northern Ireland
	Report

La Romareda, ZaragozaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)

20 June 198221:00 CEST

Spain	2–1	Yugoslavia
Juanito 14' (pen.) Saura 66'	Report	Gudelj 10'

Estadio Luis Casanova, ValenciaAttendance: 48,000Referee: Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark) 21 June 198221:00 CEST

Honduras	1–1	Northern Ireland
Laing 60'	Report	Armstrong 10'

La Romareda, ZaragozaAttendance: 15,000Referee: Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)

24 June 198221:00 CEST

Honduras	0–1	Yugoslavia
	Report	Petrović 88' (pen.)

La Romareda, ZaragozaAttendance: 25,000Referee: Gastón Castro (Chile) 25 June 198221:00 CEST

Spain	0–1	Northern Ireland
	Report	Armstrong 47'

Estadio Luis Casanova, ValenciaAttendance: 49,562Referee: Héctor Ortiz (Paraguay)

Group 6

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	6	Advance to second round
2	Soviet Union	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3	Advance to second round
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: FIFA 14 June 198221:00 CEST

Brazil	2–1	Soviet Union
Sócrates 75' Éder 88'	Report	Bal 34'

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, SevilleAttendance: 68,000Referee: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) 15 June 198221:00 CEST

Scotland	5–2	New Zealand
Dalglish 18' Wark 29', 32' Robertson 73' Archibald 79'	Report	Sumner 54' Wooddin 64'

La Rosaleda Stadium, MálagaAttendance: 36,000Referee: David Socha (United States)

18 June 198221:00 CEST

Brazil	4–1	Scotland
Zico 33' Oscar 48' Éder 63' Falcão 87'	Report	Narey 18'

Estadio Benito Villamarín, SevilleAttendance: 47,379Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica) 19 June 198221:00 CEST

Soviet Union	3–0	New Zealand
Gavrilov 24' Blokhin 48' Baltacha 68'	Report

La Rosaleda Stadium, MálagaAttendance: 19,000Referee: Yousef Alghoul (Libya)

22 June 198221:00 CEST

Soviet Union	2–2	Scotland
Chivadze 59' Shengelia 84'	Report	Jordan 15' Souness 86'

La Rosaleda Stadium, MálagaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) 23 June 198221:00 CEST

Brazil	4–0	New Zealand
Zico 28', 31' Falcão 64' Serginho 70'	Report

Estadio Benito Villamarín, SevilleAttendance: 43,000Referee: Damir Matovinović (Yugoslavia)

Second group stage

The second round of the tournament consisted of four groups of three teams, each played at one stadium in one of Spain's two largest cities: two in Madrid and two in Barcelona. The winners of each group progressed to the semi-finals.

Teams were ranked on the following criteria:

Greater number of points in all group matches
Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
Whether the team finished first or second in their first round group
Drawing of lots

Although the fixtures were provisionally determined in advance, the teams competing in each fixture depended on the result of the opening match in each group: Should a team lose their opening game of the group, that team would then have to play in the second fixture against the third team in the group and the winner would, by contrast, be rewarded by not needing to play again until the final fixture of the group and therefore gained extra recovery time. If the opening game was a draw, the predetermined order of games would proceed as planned. These regulations helped ensure that the final group games were of importance as no team could already have progressed to the semi-finals by the end of the second fixtures.

The 43,000-capacity Sarria Stadium in Barcelona, used for the Group C round-robin matches between Italy, Argentina and Brazil was, unlike any of the other matches (except 1) in the other groups, severely overcrowded for all three matches. The venue was then heavily criticised for its lack of space and inability to handle such rampant crowds; although no one had foreseen such crowds at all; the Group A matches held at the nearby and much larger 121,401-capacity Camp Nou stadium never went past 65,000 and hosted all European teams; it was anticipated there would be larger crowds for the Camp Nou-hosted second round matches between Belgium, the Soviet Union and Poland.

Group A

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	Soviet Union	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: FIFA 28 June 198221:00 CEST

Poland	3–0	Belgium
Boniek 4', 26', 53'	Report

Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 65,000Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica) 1 July 198221:00 CEST

Belgium	0–1	Soviet Union
	Report	Oganesian 48'

Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 45,000Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) 4 July 198221:00 CEST

Soviet Union	0–0	Poland
	Report

Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 65,000Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland)

Group B

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	Spain (H)	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts 29 June 198221:00 CEST

West Germany	0–0	England
	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 75,000Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil) 2 July 198221:00 CEST

West Germany	2–1	Spain
Littbarski 50' Fischer 75'	Report	Zamora 82'

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 90,089Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy) 5 July 198221:00 CEST

Spain	0–0	England
	Report

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 75,000Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Group C

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	2	0	5	3	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	2	1	1	5	4	+1	2
3	Argentina	2	0	2	2	5	−3	0

Source: FIFA 29 June 198217:15 CEST

Italy	2–1	Argentina
Tardelli 57' Cabrini 67'	Report	Passarella 83'

Sarrià Stadium, BarcelonaAttendance: 43,000Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) 2 July 198217:15 CEST

Argentina	1–3	Brazil
Díaz 89'	Report	Zico 11' Serginho 66' Júnior 75'

Sarrià Stadium, BarcelonaAttendance: 44,000Referee: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico) Main article: Italy v Brazil (1982 FIFA World Cup) 5 July 198217:15 CEST

Italy	3–2	Brazil
Rossi 5', 25', 74'	Report	Sócrates 12' Falcão 68'

Sarrià Stadium, BarcelonaAttendance: 44,000Referee: Abraham Klein (Israel)

Group D

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Austria	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	Northern Ireland	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA 28 June 198217:15 CEST

Austria	0–1	France
	Report	Genghini 39'

Vicente Calderón, MadridAttendance: 37,000Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary) 1 July 198217:15 CEST

Austria	2–2	Northern Ireland
Pezzey 50' Hintermaier 68'	Report	Hamilton 27', 75'

Vicente Calderón, MadridAttendance: 20,000Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany) 4 July 198217:15 CEST

France	4–1	Northern Ireland
Giresse 33', 80' Rocheteau 46', 68'	Report	Armstrong 75'

Vicente Calderón, MadridAttendance: 37,000Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

Knockout stage

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

8 July – Barcelona (Camp Nou)

Poland	0
		11 July – Madrid (Bernabéu)
Italy	2
		Italy	3
8 July – Seville (Pizjuán)
		West Germany	1
West Germany (pen.)	3 (5)

France	3 (4)
		Third place

		10 July – Alicante

		Poland	3

		France	2

Semi-finals

8 July 198217:15 CEST

Poland	0–2	Italy
	Report	Rossi 22', 73'

Camp Nou, BarcelonaAttendance: 50,000Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

Main article: West Germany v France (1982 FIFA World Cup) 8 July 198221:00 CEST

West Germany	3–3 (a.e.t.)	France
Littbarski 17' Rummenigge 102' Fischer 108'	Report	Platini 26' (pen.) Trésor 92' Giresse 98'
Penalties
Kaltz Breitner Stielike Littbarski Rummenigge Hrubesch	5–4	Giresse Amoros Rocheteau Six Platini Bossis

Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, SevilleAttendance: 70,000Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Third place play-off

10 July 198220:00 CEST

Poland	3–2	France
Szarmach 40' Majewski 44' Kupcewicz 46'	Report	Girard 13' Couriol 72'

Estadio José Rico Pérez, AlicanteAttendance: 28,000Referee: António Garrido (Portugal)

Final

Main article: 1982 FIFA World Cup final 11 July 198220:00 CEST

Italy	3–1	West Germany
Rossi 57' Tardelli 69' Altobelli 81'	Report	Breitner 83'

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 90,000Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (Brazil)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Paolo Rossi received the Golden Boot for scoring six goals. In total, 146 goals were scored by 100 players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

6 goals

Paolo Rossi

5 goals

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Jozef Barmoš (against England)

Red cards

Awards

Source:

Golden Boot	Best Young Player	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Paolo Rossi	Manuel Amoros	Brazil

Golden Ball
Rank:	Player:
1st	Paolo Rossi
2nd	Falcão
3rd	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
4th	Zbigniew Boniek
5th	Zico
6th	Sócrates
7th	Alain Giresse
8th	Rinat Dasayev
9th	Diego Maradona
10th	Michel Platini

FIFA retrospective ranking

In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. The rankings for the 1982 tournament were as follows:

R	Team	G	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Italy	1/C	7	4	3	0	12	6	+6	11
2	West Germany	2/B	7	3	2	2	12	10	+2	8
3	Poland	1/A	7	3	3	1	11	5	+6	9
4	France	4/D	7	3	2	2	16	12	+4	8
Eliminated in the second group stage
5	Brazil	6/C	5	4	0	1	15	6	+9	8
6	England	4/B	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	8
7	Soviet Union	6/A	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	6
8	Austria	2/D	5	2	1	2	5	4	+1	5
9	Northern Ireland	5/D	5	1	3	1	5	7	−2	5
10	Belgium	3/A	5	2	1	2	3	5	−2	5
11	Argentina	3/C	5	2	0	3	8	7	+1	4
12	Spain	5/B	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	4
Eliminated in the first group stage
13	Algeria	2	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
14	Hungary	3	3	1	1	1	12	6	+6	3
15	Scotland	6	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	3
16	Yugoslavia	5	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
17	Cameroon	1	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
18	Honduras	5	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
19	Czechoslovakia	4	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
20	Peru	1	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
21	Kuwait	4	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
22	Chile	2	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0
23	New Zealand	6	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0
24	El Salvador	3	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Branding

Mascot

The official mascot of this World Cup was Naranjito, a male anthropomorphised orange, a typical fruit in Spain, wearing the kit of the host's national team. It was designed by José María Martín and María Dolores Salto from the marketing agency Publicidad Bellido. Its name comes from naranja, the Spanish word for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito".

Television series

Football in Action (Spanish: Fútbol en acción) is an educational animated television series about football produced by BRB Internacional and Televisión Española (TVE). The main character is a twelve-year-old Naranjito, who is accompanied on his adventures by his friends: Clementina (a mandarin orange), Citronio (a lemon), and Imarchi (a robot). The series talks about the rules of football and the history of the World Cup. Its 26 episodes of 25 minutes each were first aired in 1981–82 on TVE 1.

Poster

The official poster was designed by Joan Miró.

Match ball

The match ball for 1982 World Cup, manufactured by Adidas, was the Tango España.

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Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will host the inaugural games There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. No final held; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. Category Commons

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