1978 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of 1978 FIFA World Cup was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the second group stage of the tournament. There were two matches: a third place play-off contested by the group runners-up, and the final to decide the champions, contested by the group winners. The knockout stage began with the third place play-off on 24 June and ended with the final on 25 June 1978, both at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. Argentina won the tournament with a 3–1 victory over the Netherlands.[1]

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Qualified teams

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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

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

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

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

Final

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Argentina  3–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands
Kempes   38', 105'
Bertoni   115'
Report Nanninga   82'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   40'   66'
AM 10 Mario Kempes
RW 4 Daniel Bertoni
LW 16 Oscar Alberto Ortiz   75'
CF 14 Leopoldo Luque
Substitutes:
MF 1 Norberto Alonso
GK 3 Héctor Baley
MF 8 Rubén Galván
MF 9 René Houseman   75'
MF 12 Omar Larrosa   93'   66'
Manager:
César Luis Menotti
 
GK 8 Jan Jongbloed
SW 5 Ruud Krol (c)   15'
RB 6 Wim Jansen   73'
CB 22 Ernie Brandts
LB 2 Jan Poortvliet   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   58'
LF 12 Rob Rensenbrink
Substitutes:
DF 4 Adrie van Kraay
DF 17 Wim Rijsbergen
FW 18 Dick Nanninga   58'
GK 19 Pim Doesburg
DF 20 Wim Suurbier   94'   73'
Manager:
  Ernst Happel

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

References

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