Spain 1982 Soccer World Cup Summary

Information related with the soccer World Cup Spain 1982 including all the scores, top scorers, statistics, champion and more.

Host

Spain 1982

Champion

Italy

World Cup 1982 Spain:
Summary

First Round:
Group A - Group B - Group C - Group D
Group E - Group F

Segunda Ronda:
Group 1 - Group 2 - Group 3 - Group 4

Final Round: Fixture and All the Scores

Statistics:
Final Standings - Top Scorers Table
Cards - Goals Summary

World Cup Summary

General Data

- National Teams: 24
- Stadiums: 0
- Games: 52
- Goals: 146
- Goal Average: 2.81
- Top Scorer: Paolo Rossi (Italy) - 6 goals
- Biggest margin of victory:
- Game with more goals:
- Red Cards:

Comments

The Soccer World Cup of Spain 1982 was the first with 24 teams.

To reach the final match Italy had to leave in its way, in the second round, the defending champion Argentina and one of the top candidates Brazil.

Germany suffered with France in the semifinals. After a 1-1 tie in 90 minutes, France made to goals in extra time to put the score 3-1 but Germany recovered in time to tie the game and win the first penalty definition of the history.

In the final match Italy defeated Germany 3-1 and Paolo Rossi, who made one the goals became the top scorer of the tournament.