The 1962 FIFA World Cup final was the deciding match of the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between ...

. The match was held at the Estadio Nacional in

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, and was contested by

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and

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. Brazil won the game 3–1 to record their second consecutive World Cup victory. Both teams had played each other during the group stage which ended in a goalless draw. This was the second World Cup final match featuring teams who had already competed against each other during the group stage (the first was the 1954 final between

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and

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). This event was on Sunday, June 17, 1962. This was only the second successful defence of the World Cup title in the history of the competition (after Italy in 1938) in spite of the absence of one of Brazil's star players of 1958,

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, who was ruled out of action after being injured during the second match of the tournament. The last surviving player on Czechoslovakia's side was Josef Jelínek, who died on 29 November 2024, aged 83. As a consequence, Brazil's Amarildo is the last surviving player of the final.

Match

Summary

After 15 minutes, Brazil again found themselves a goal behind in the World Cup final, as a long ball from Adolf Scherer was latched onto by Josef Masopust to put Czechoslovakia 1–0 ahead. However, just like the previous final four years earlier, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by the previously flawless Czechoslovak goalkeeper

Viliam Schrojf Viliam Schrojf (2 August 1931 – 1 September 2007) was a Slovak footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He received 39 caps for Czechoslovakia. Career Schrojf was a participant at the three consecutive World Cups 1954 FIFA World Cup, 1958 FIFA ...

. The Brazilians did not stop there and with goals from Zito and Vavá (another Schrojf error) midway through the second half, the Czechoslovaks could not get back into the game, with the match ending 3–1 to Brazil.Finále MS ve fotbalu 1962: Československo - Brazílie

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, style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;", Match rules *90 minutes. *30 minutes of

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

if necessary. * Replay if scores still level. *No substitutions permitted.

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1962 FIFA World Cup Final planetworldcup.com
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