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The 1966 FIFA World Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 July 1966 to determine the winner of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth FIFA World Cup. [2] The match was contested by England and West Germany, with England winning 4–2 after extra time to claim the Jules Rimet Trophy.
- The Germans weren’t England’s bogey team (yet) Losing to Germany (and their fore-runners West Germany) has become a habit for the England national team in the ‘50 years of hurt’ since 1966, as German sides have knocked them out of 4 World Cups in that time.
- They think it’s all over… it will be on Tuesday! Another typical feature of English failures at major tournaments over the past 50 years has been losing on penalties, but this was never going to happen in 1966.
- The national anthem was sung for only the second time in the tournament. England’s players may have come under criticism in recent years for not joining in with the national anthem, but the 1966 team couldn’t have been blamed if they’d forgotten the words.
- West Germany almost had to play without ‘Der Kaiser’ 20-year-old Franz Beckenbauer was one of the breakout stars of the 1966 tournament, scoring 4 goals and impressing with his link-up play, but he very nearly missed the final.
FIFA World Cup final. Founded. 1930; 94 years ago. ( 1930) Current champions. Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team (s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global ...
All the results from the games played in the 1966 World Cup with goals scored, extratime and penalties information. ... Final Game. England. 4 - 2. West Germany ( 2 ...
England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup title. The final was level at 2–2 after 90 minutes and went to extra time , when Geoff Hurst scored two goals to complete his hat-trick , the first to be scored in a men's World Cup final.
Jan 5, 2023 · Game 6: Wednesday 13 July 1966 (19:30) Villa Park, Birmingham. (Attendance: 47,982) Referee and Assistants: Dimitar Rumanchev (BUL), Arturo Yamasaki (PER), Konstantin Zečević (YUG). Result: Argentina 2 – Spain 1 (0:0) Scores: 1:0 Artime 65, 1:1 Roma o.g. (officially given to Pirri) 71, 2:1 Artime 77.
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The trophy, a gold cup called the Jules Rimet trophy after the Frenchman who played an important part in FIFA, went to Uruguay. They won an exciting final 4-2 against Brazil in front of a...
