Fifa 1978

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It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The official match ball was the Adidas Tango. Mario Kempes Argentina , 2. The Cup was won by the host nation, Argentina, who defeated the Netherlands 3—1 in the final, after extra time. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team after Uruguay, Italy, England, and West Germany to be both hosts and world champions and the third South American team to win a World Cup. Argentina, the Netherlands, and Brazil were the gold, silver, and bronze medalists, respectively.

Fifa 1978

A flock of what looked more like pigeons than doves was released into the sky. The World Cup was underway. The Disappeared. An evocative term more accurately describing the victims of state-sponsored murder. In fact, quite the opposite. The history of the tournament is littered with agendas, deals and power plays. Hosting, of course, raises the stakes further. But in the years since, that likelihood has evaporated in the wake of a lengthy charge sheet: military intervention in the Ukraine and Syria, chemical weapons attacks, links to plane bombs, executions of journalists and political opponents, cyberwar and election meddling. Quite the opposite, well done lads, keep it up! In the acrimonious fallout from the poisoning in Salisbury of former spy Sergei Skripal back in March, a group of Labour MPs called for a postponement or relocation of the World Cup. Foreign secretary Boris Johnson made the same analogy. In the 40 years since, the same has been said of Argentina

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It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by the host nation, Argentina , who defeated the Netherlands 3—1 in the final, after extra time. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team after Uruguay , Italy , England , and West Germany to be both hosts and world champions and the third South American team to win a World Cup. Argentina, the Netherlands, and Brazil were the gold, silver, and bronze medalists, respectively. Iran and Tunisia made their first appearances in the tournament.

Netherland's goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed, right, fails to stop Argentina's Mario Kempes, left on ground, from scoring in the World Cup final. Almost 50 years after crossing the River Plate by boat and losing in Uruguay in the inaugural World Cup final, Argentina beat the Netherlands in Buenos Aires and was crowned World champions on home soil. The World Cup returned to South America in , but political instability in Argentina almost derailed the tournament from taking place before a ball was even kicked. Eventually, the dictator exercised some diplomacy and guaranteed there would be no bloodshed during the competition, and the boycott never happened. Same as The team field was divided into four groups, and a second group stage replaced the knockout quarterfinal round. The top two teams in each group would then be placed into two groups of four with the winners meeting in the final.

Fifa 1978

And contrary to what happened in Brazil and Chile, their story had happy endings. Mario Kempes finished the World Cup tournament as top scorer, and the celebration took over the streets of Buenos Aires, with blue and white slips of paper thrown from buildings after the South Americans had beaten the Dutch in the final. However, even though the fans were a show apart, there has never been a more controversial World Cup than the one hosted by Argentina in It was time again for the 11th edition for a South American country to be the host country. Two countries were interested in the World Cup: Argentina and Mexico. On July 6, , in London, the host country was announced together with the host country for the and World Cup. Since Mexico was awarded the edition two years earlier, in , they withdrew to give Argentina the hosting opportunity. This is the last edition hosted in South America before Brazil received the hosting honor in for the World Cup. This World Championships is considered controversial due to a military coup Argentina suffered two years prior to the tournament in This dictatorship was responsible for the killing of thousands of people.

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It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June.

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