1972

Belgium

1972-06-14 → 1972-06-18

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Champion

West Germany

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Teams

Matches

Total goals

2.50/match

121,880

Attendance

🥈

Soviet Union

Runner-up

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West Germany

Champion

🥉

Belgium

Third

Awards & marks

Top scorer

Gerd Müller

West Germany · 4 goals

Where each player's club is based. Sorted by % playing abroad. Pre-1990s WCs lean heavily domestic; modern CONMEBOL squads lean heavily abroad.

4 teams · club→country map covers ~72% of historical clubs

Belgium

100% abroad

0 dom · 17 abroadof 17

West Germany

100% abroad

0 dom · 18 abroadof 18

Hungary

0% abroad

17 dom · 0 abroadof 17

Soviet Union

0% abroad

21 dom · 0 abroadof 21

Derived from squad[i].club.country on GET /tournaments/1972

4 qualifying teams

Every match West Germany played, group stage through the final

2W0D0L·5 GF1 GA·2 matches