1978 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

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The knockout stage of

Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. Argentina won the tournament with a 3–1 victory over the Netherlands.[1]

All times ART

Qualified teams

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

Group Winners
(qualification for final) 		Runners-up
(qualification for third place play-off)
A  Netherlands  Italy
B  Argentina  Brazil

Third place play-off

This, as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, was the most recent time when the third place match was won by a non-European team.

See also: Brazil–Italy football rivalry
Brazil 2–1 Italy
Nelinho 64'
Dirceu 71'		 Report Causio 38'
Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 69,659
)
Brazil
Italy
GK 1 Émerson Leão (c)
DF 13 Nelinho Yellow card 35'
DF 3 Oscar
DF 4
Amaral
DF 16
Rodrigues Neto
MF 17
Batista
 Yellow card 44'
MF 5 Toninho Cerezo downward-facing red arrow 64'
MF 11 Dirceu
FW 18
Gil
 downward-facing red arrow 45+1'
FW 19 Jorge Mendonça
FW 20 Roberto Dinamite
Substitutions:
FW 9
Reinaldo
 upward-facing green arrow 45+1'
FW 10 Rivelino upward-facing green arrow 64'
Manager:
Cláudio Coutinho
GK 1 Dino Zoff (c)
DF 6 Aldo Maldera
DF 3 Antonio Cabrini
DF 5 Claudio Gentile Yellow card 72'
DF 8 Gaetano Scirea
MF 4 Antonello Cuccureddu
MF 13 Patrizio Sala
MF 9 Giancarlo Antognoni downward-facing red arrow 78'
MF 16 Franco Causio
CF 18 Roberto Bettega
CF 21 Paolo Rossi
Substitutions:
MF 17 Claudio Sala upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Enzo Bearzot

Assistant referees:
Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)
Károly Palotai (Hungary)

Final

Main article:
1978 FIFA World Cup Final
15:00 UTC−3
Argentina 3–1 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Kempes 38', 105'
Bertoni 115'		 Report Nanninga 82'
Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires
Attendance: 71,483
)
Argentina
Netherlands
GK 5 Ubaldo Fillol
RB 15 Jorge Olguín
CB 7 Luis Galván
CB 19 Daniel Passarella (c)
LB 20 Alberto Tarantini
DM 6 Américo Gallego
CM 2 Osvaldo Ardiles Yellow card 40' downward-facing red arrow 66'
AM 10 Mario Kempes
RW 4 Daniel Bertoni
LW 16
Oscar Alberto Ortiz
 downward-facing red arrow 75'
CF 14 Leopoldo Luque
Substitutes:
MF 1 Norberto Alonso
GK 3 Héctor Baley
MF 8
Rubén Galván
MF 9 René Houseman upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 12 Omar Larrosa Yellow card 93' upward-facing green arrow 66'
Manager:
César Luis Menotti
GK 8 Jan Jongbloed
SW 5 Ruud Krol (c) Yellow card 15'
RB 6 Wim Jansen downward-facing red arrow 73'
CB 22 Ernie Brandts
LB 2 Jan Poortvliet Yellow card 96'
RM 13 Johan Neeskens
CM 9 Arie Haan
LM 11 Willy van de Kerkhof
RF 10 René van de Kerkhof
CF 16 Johnny Rep downward-facing red arrow 58'
LF 12 Rob Rensenbrink
Substitutes:
DF 4 Adrie van Kraay
DF 17 Wim Rijsbergen
FW 18 Dick Nanninga upward-facing green arrow 58'
GK 19 Pim Doesburg
DF 20 Wim Suurbier Yellow card 94' upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Austria Ernst Happel

Assistant referees
Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
Erich Linemayr (Austria)

References

  1. ^ "The story of the 1978 World Cup". BBC Sport. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

External links

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