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1962 FIFA World Cup

7th FIFA World Cup, held in Chile
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Summary

1962 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,896 views/month, #142 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Brazil men's national football team[3]
  • Country: Chile[4]
  • Follows: 1958 FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Followed by: 1966 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Location: Julio Martínez Prádanos National Stadium[7], Estadio El Teniente[8], Estadio Carlos Dittborn[9], Estadio Sausalito[10]
  • Commons category: 1962 FIFA World Cup[11]
  • Edition number: 7[12]
  • Has part(s): 1962 FIFA World Cup Group 1[13], 1962 FIFA World Cup Group 2[14], 1962 FIFA World Cup Group 3[15], 1962 FIFA World Cup Group 4[16], 1962 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[17]
  • Start time: May 30, 1962[18]
  • End time: June 17, 1962[19]
  • Point in time: 1962[20]
  • Sport: association football[21]
  • Organizer: FIFA[22]
  • Participant: Helmut Haller[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1962 FIFA World Cup[24]
  • Attendance: 893,172[25]
  • Number of participants: 16[26]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 32[27]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 89[28]
  • Topic has template: Template:1962 FIFA World Cup[29]
  • Participating team: Colombia men's national football team[30], Yugoslavia men's national football team[31], Soviet Union national association football team[32], Uruguay men's national football team[33], Chile men's national football team[34], Italy men's national association football team[35], Germany men's national association football team[36], Switzerland men's national football team[37], Brazil men's national football team[38], Mexico men's national football team[39], Spain men's national football team[40], Czechoslovakia men's national association football team[41], Argentina men's national association football team[42], Bulgaria men's national football team[43]
  • Competition class: men's association football[44]
  • Statistical leader: Flórián Albert[45], Vavá[46], Garrincha[47], Dražan Jerković[48], Valentin Ivanov[49], Leonel Sánchez[50]
  • Sports season of league or competition: FIFA World Cup[51]
  • Final event: 1962 FIFA World Cup Final[52]

Why It Matters

1962 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

FAQs

What awards did 1962 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include Brazil men's national football team[3].

Related Entities

Amarildo Tavares da Silveira Bobby Charlton Bobby Moore Bobby Robson Cesare Maldini Chile Didi Djalma Santos Dražan Jerković Enrico Albertosi Ferenc Puskás Flórián Albert Garrincha Gianni Rivera Gilmar Giovanni Trapattoni Gordon Banks Gyula Grosics Hans Schäfer Hans Tilkowski Helmut Haller Hilderaldo Bellini Igor Netto Jair da Costa Ján Popluhár Jimmy Armfield Jimmy Greaves Johnny Haynes José Altafini Josef Masopust

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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