1966 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

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The knockout stage of the

final match, held at Wembley Stadium in London. The top two teams from each group (eight in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination
style tournament. A third place play-off also was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

England won the final 4–2 against West Germany for their first World Cup title.[1]

All times listed are local time.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
1  England  Uruguay
2  West Germany  Argentina
3  Portugal  Hungary
4  Soviet Union  North Korea

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 July – London (Wembley)
 
 
 England1
 
26 July – London (Wembley)
 
 Argentina0
 
 England2
 
23 July – Liverpool
 
 Portugal1
 
 Portugal5
 
30 July – London (Wembley)
 
 North Korea3
 
 
a.e.t.)
4
 
23 July – Sheffield (Hillsborough)
 
 West Germany2
 
 West Germany4
 
25 July – Liverpool
 
 Uruguay0
 
 West Germany2
 
23 July – Sunderland
 
 Soviet Union1 Third place play-off
 
 Soviet Union2
 
28 July – London (Wembley)
 
 Hungary1
 
 Portugal2
 
 
 Soviet Union1
 

Matches

England vs Argentina

See also: Argentina–England football rivalry
England 1–0 Argentina
Hurst 78' Report
Attendance: 90,584

West Germany vs Uruguay

West Germany 4–0 Uruguay
Haller 11', 83'
Beckenbauer 70'
Seeler 75'		 Report
Attendance: 40,007
Referee: Jim Finney (England)

Soviet Union vs Hungary

Soviet Union 2–1 Hungary
Chislenko 5'
Porkuyan 46'		 Report Bene 57'
Juan Gardeazábal Garay (Spain
)

Portugal vs North Korea

15:00 BST
Portugal 5–3 North Korea
José Augusto
80'		 Report
Yang Seung-kook
25'
Attendance: 40,248

Semi-finals

West Germany vs Soviet Union

West Germany 2–1 Soviet Union
Haller 43'
Beckenbauer 67'		 Report Porkuyan 88'
Attendance: 38,273

England vs Portugal

England 2–1 Portugal
B. Charlton 30', 80' Report Eusébio 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 94,493

Third place play-off

Portugal 2–1 Soviet Union
Torres
89'		 Report Malofeyev 43' [2]
Attendance: 87,696
Referee: Ken Dagnall (England)

Final

Main article:
1966 FIFA World Cup Final
England 4–2 (a.e.t.) West Germany
 Report [3]
Attendance: 96,924


England
West Germany
GK 1 Gordon Banks
RB 2 George Cohen
CB 5 Jack Charlton
CB 6 Bobby Moore (c)
LB 3 Ray Wilson
DM 4 Nobby Stiles
RM 7 Alan Ball
AM 9 Bobby Charlton
LM 16 Martin Peters Yellow card 20'
CF 10 Geoff Hurst
CF 21 Roger Hunt
Manager:
Alf Ramsey
GK 1 Hans Tilkowski
RB 2 Horst-Dieter Höttges
CB 5 Willi Schulz
CB 6 Wolfgang Weber
LB 3 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
CM 4 Franz Beckenbauer
CM 12 Wolfgang Overath
RF 8 Helmut Haller
CF 9 Uwe Seeler (c)
CF 10 Sigfried Held
LF 11 Lothar Emmerich
Manager:
Helmut Schön

Officials

References

  1. ^ "Hurst the hero for England in the home of football". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  2. ^ Goal also credited to Banishevskiy. [1][2]
  3. ^ "1966 FIFA World Cup England™". Archived from the original on 12 April 2020.
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