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CENTRAL PRESS
A HISTORY OF THE PLANET’S
GREATEST SPORTING EVENT
THE HOWLER
WORLD CUP TIMELINE
BY DAN HARPER
1930
1934
1938
URUGUAY
ITALY
FRANCE
p.05
p.06
p.07
1950
1954
1958
1962
BRAZIL
SWITZERLAND
SWEDEN
CHILE
p.08
p.10
p.13
p.14
1966
1 970
1 9 74
ENGLAND
MEXICO
p.15
p.17
WEST
GERMANY
p.19
1 978
1982
1986
1990
ARGENTINA
SPAIN
MEXICO
ITALY
p.21
p.22
p.23
p.25
1994
1998
2002
USA
FRANCE
SOUTH KOREA
& JAPAN
p.27
p.29
p.31
2006
2010
GERMANY
SOUTH
AFRICA
p.33
p.35
I L L L U S T R AT I O N S B Y D A N I E L L E K R O L L
SPECIAL FEATURES
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On-Field Succession
Father-son pairings are a common sight throughout
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the competition’s history, although their on-field success often varies
BY JASON PETTIGROVE
The Golden Guus
One good tournament, and an entire nation will remember your name
for decades, no matter where you’re from
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B Y H AY E S C R E E C H
Shooting Stars
With the World Cup acting as the world’s stage,
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we feature players who lit up the competition briefly yet brilliantly
BY JACOB KLINGER
Whistle for Hire
How the national team coach went from patriotic symbol
to globe-trotting brand
20
B Y N O A H D AV I S
Naked Girls, A Clairvoyant Octopus, and the Hand of God
Beauty, glory, whatever—the World Cup can also get pretty weird
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BY JOHN BOLSTER
The Count
Winning the trophy isn’t the only measure of global supremacy
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BY JACOB KLINGER
Strip Strip
What every World Cup winner was wearing when they lifted the trophy
I L L U S T R AT I O N S B Y P L AY L A B , I N C .
T H E O F F I C I A L F I FA W O R L D C U P
T H E S O C C E R WA R
FILM COLLECTION
A W O R L D C U P C O N F L I C T C O M PA N I O N
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06
A Technicolor Dream
1 9 34
Goal!, the official film of the 1966 World Cup, offers a colorful,
Before Dos a Cero, There Was Cuatro a Dos
yet brutally realistic portrait of a tournament filled with contrasting emotions
U.S. vs. Mexico
B Y D AV I D D I L L E Y
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17
1954
Soft-Core Soccer
The Battle of Bern
The World at their Feet, the official film of the 1970 World Cup,
Hungary vs. Brazil
struggles to capture the competition’s grace and beauty
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BY CARL BROMLEY
1962
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The Battle of Santiago
Men at Play
Chile vs. Italy
Hero, the official film of the 1986 World Cup, plays up a simpler,
yet more beautiful competition that marks
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the end of soccer’s most cinematic era
1990
BY GEORGE QUR AISHI
The Loogie Seen Round the World
Netherlands vs. West Germany
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The Blank Canvas, Unfurled
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Two Billion Hearts, the official film of the 1994 World Cup, captures
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the competition’s shifting nature within its diverse, enthusiastic host nation
The Battle of Nuremberg
BY R OWA N R I C A R D O P H I L L I P S
Netherlands vs. Portugal
J E R S E Y I L L L U S T R AT I O N S B Y P L AY L A B , I N C .
30 SEPT 1956
5 FEB 1958
19 JUNE 1958
24 JUNE 1958
A record 55 teams
begin qualification
After a series of withdrawals
for political reasons,
Israel wins the Africa/Asia
group having played no
matches. FIFA insists Israel
play for qualification, and
Wales is selected as secondplace finishers in a European
group. Wales wins 4–0 on
aggregate to represent
Africa/Asia in Sweden.
In the quarterfinals,
31,900 people (4,708
less than capacity) watch
Sweden’s win over the
Soviet Union in Stockholm.
Pelé scores the only
goal of the match
(and his first for Brazil)
against Wales. He will later
call it the most important
goal of his career. Fontaine
scores his seventh and
eighth as France beats
Northern Ireland 4–0.
In the semifinals, Sweden
faces West Germany in
Gothenburg in front of 50,000.
Swedish officials initially deny
the traveling German fans
some of their seats. Germany
scores first in the 24th
minute. Sweden equalizes
eight minutes later, although
goal scorer Lennart Skoglund
appears to handle the ball.
Germany’s Erich Juskowiak
is sent off in the 59th minute,
then trainers carry Fritz
Walter off injured with 16 left.
Effectively down to nine men,
the Germans allow two
goals in the final nine
minutes to lose 3–1.
Just
Fontaine’s 13
goals remain the
most scored in a
World Cup
6 FEB 1958
8 FEB 1958
11 JUNE 1958
At the draw in Solna,
Sweden, organizers arrange
teams into the familiar
four groups of four, but
unlike in 1954, all teams in
a group will play each other.
FIFA ensures that each
group contains one Western
European team.
England and Brazil draw
0–0 in Gothenburg
PELÉ
17 YEARS, 249 DAYS
28 JUNE 1958
15 JUNE 1958
NILS LIEDHOLM
35 YEARS, 263 DAYS
After two poor showings,
Hungary beats Mexico 4–0,
forcing a playoff with Wales
YOUNGEST AND OLDEST
GOAL SCORERS IN A FINAL
MAY 1958
The Brazilian team
arrives with a nutritionist,
a dentist, and a psychologist,
Hilton Gosling. Gosling
performs routine
psychological tests on
the players, one of which
involves having them draw
pictures of the human form.
Lev Yashin
punches against
England in his first of
12 career World Cup
games for the
USSR
29 JUNE 1958
8 JUNE 1958
Sweden beats Mexico 3–0
in the opener before 37,000
in Solna. Just Fontaine
scores a hat trick in
France’s 7–3 win over
Paraguay. In Group 4,
which Swedish journalists
call the ”battle of giants,”
Brazil beats Austria 3–0,
and England draws
2–2 with the USSR.
JUNE 8
SWEDEN
15 JUNE 1958
24 JUNE 1958
Pelé and Garrincha play for
the first time in Brazil’s 2–0
win over the Soviet Union.
Vavá scores two.
Vavá scores in the
2nd minute, and Brazil leads
France 2–1 at halftime.
Pelé scores the winner—
then two more—for a final
score of 5–2.
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W. GERMANY
N. IRELAND
1
ARGENTINA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
FRANCE
2
YUGOSLAVIA
PARAGUAY
CHAMPION
RUNNER-UP
BRAZIL
SWEDEN
1958
SCOTLAND
13
WALES
HUNGARY
GOLDEN BOOT: 13 GOALS
DIDI
JUST FONTAINE
3
MEXICO
BRAZIL
SOVIET UNION
ENGLAND
AUSTRIA
GOLDEN BALL
17 JUNE 1958
SWEDEN
4
In the consolation match,
Fontaine scores in the 16th,
36th, 78th, and 89th minutes
as France beats West
Germany 6–3. His tally of 13
goals in his only World Cup
remains the record
for a single tournament.
Playoffs are held to decide
ties for second place in three
groups. England hits the post
twice but loses to the
USSR 1–0; Peter McParland
scores two, including
a 99th-minute winner, as
Northern Ireland beats
Czechoslovakia; Wales, with
two goals from three previous
matches, beats Hungary 2–1.
Garrincha
blows by Mel
Hopkins of Wales in
the quarterfinals. The
Brazilian would win
the Golden Ball in
1962.
Captain Nils Liedholm puts
Sweden ahead just four
minutes into the final.
Vavá equalizes in
the 9th minute and puts
Brazil ahead in the 32nd.
In the second half
Pelé scores twice,
and Brazil wins 5–2.
In a display of respect for the
host country, Brazilian
players carry the Swedish
flag around the pitch.
Brazil becomes the first
champion to triumph away
from its home continent
GETT Y IMAGES
Eight Manchester United
players die in a plane
crash in Munich, including
at least three who would
have played for England.
Survivor Bobby Charlton
makes the squad.
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A dense fog prevents the
Hungarian referee from
reaching the Italy–Northern
Ireland qualifier in Belfast,
and the Italians refuse
an Irish replacement.
They play the game as a
friendly, but it turns ugly; after
the final whistle,
home fans storm the field.
Northern Ireland captain
Danny Blanchflower
organizes his team to escort
their opponents off the field.
The match becomes known
as the Battle of Belfast.
AFP
4 DEC 1957