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{{Short description|Association football tournament in Chile}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = FIFA World Cup
| year = 1962
| other_titles = {{native name|es|Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol<br/>Copa Jules Rimet Chile 1962}}
| image = 1962 FIFA World Cup.jpg
| size = 220px
| country = Chile
| dates = 30 May – 17 June
| confederations = 3
| num_teams = 16
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = Brazil
| champion-flagvar=1960
| count = 2
| second = Czechoslovakia
| third = Chile
| fourth = Yugoslavia
| matches = 32
| goals = 89
| attendance = 893172
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|BRA|1960}} [[Garrincha]]<br>{{fbicon|BRA|1960}} [[Vavá]]<br>{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Leonel Sánchez]]<br>{{fbicon|HUN}} [[Flórián Albert]]<br>{{fbicon|URS|1955}} [[Valentin Ivanov (footballer, born 1934)|Valentin Ivanov]]<br>{{fbicon|YUG}} [[Dražan Jerković]]<br>{{nowrap|(4 goals each)}}
| prevseason = [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
| nextseason = [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]
}}
The '''1962 FIFA World Cup''' was the 7th edition of the [[FIFA World Cup]], the quadrennial international [[Association football|football]] championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The [[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification|qualification]] rounds took place between August 1960 and December 1961, with 56 teams entering from six confederations, and fourteen qualifying for the finals tournament alongside [[Chile national football team|Chile]], the hosts, and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], the defending champions.

Brazil successfully defended their World Cup title, defeating [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] 3–1 in the final in the Chilean capital [[Santiago]]. They became the second team, after [[Italy national football team|Italy]] in [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] and [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], to win the World Cup twice consecutively; no team has since achieved the feat. Host nation Chile finished third, defeating [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] 1–0 in the third-place play-off.

The tournament was marred by violence between players on the pitch and a toxic atmosphere; it included the first-round match between Chile and Italy (2–0), which became known as the [[Battle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup)|Battle of Santiago]], one of a number of violent matches played throughout the tournament. It was the first World Cup that used [[goal average]] as a means of separating teams with the same number of points. It was also the first World Cup in which the average number of goals per match was less than three (2.78); this has been repeated at every World Cup since.

==Host selection==
{{Main|FIFA World Cup hosts}}
After Europe hosted two consecutive World Cups, the American federations demanded the 1962 edition must be held in South America or they would stage a complete boycott of the tournament, similar to 1938.<ref name="historicalkits1962">{{cite web|url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/international/tournaments/fifa-world-cup/1962/1962-index.html |title=FIFA World Cup 1962 – Historical Football Kits |publisher=Historicalkits.co.uk |access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> [[Argentina]], after previously failed candidacies, was the favourite. [[Deportes Magallanes|Magallanes]]' chairman, Ernesto Alvear, attended a FIFA Congress held in [[Helsinki]] while the [[Finland|Finnish]] city was hosting the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]. He considered that Chile was able to organise the World Cup. Several sources also say that FIFA did not want Argentina to run alone, requesting the participation of Chile as almost symbolic. Chile registered its candidacy in 1954 alongside Argentina and [[West Germany]], the latter withdrawing at the request of FIFA.<ref name="historicalkits1962"/>

Chile's [[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|football federation]] committee, led by [[Carlos Dittborn]] and Juan Pinto Durán, toured many countries convincing various football associations about the country's ability to organise the tournament in comparison to Argentina's superior sports infrastructure and prestige. The FIFA Congress met in Lisbon, Portugal on 10 June 1956. That day, Raul Colombo, representing Argentina's candidacy, ended his speech with the phrase "We can start the World Cup tomorrow. We have it all." The next day, Dittborn presented four arguments that supported Chile's candidacy: Chile's continued participations at FIFA-organised conferences and tournaments, sports climate, tolerance of race and creed and political and institutional stability of the country. In addition, Dittborn invoked Article 2 of the FIFA statutes that addressed the tournament's role in promoting the sport in countries deemed "underdeveloped".<ref name=dofot>{{cite web|url=http://dofooty.com/carlos-dittborn-pinto-the-1962-fifa-world-cup/|title=Carlos Dittborn Pinto – 1962 FIFA World Cup|author=Paul|publisher=DoFooty.com|date=16 December 2012|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205412/http://dofooty.com/carlos-dittborn-pinto-the-1962-fifa-world-cup/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In a counter-point to Colombo's claim that "We have it all" Dittborn coined the phrase "Because we have nothing, we want to do it all" ({{langx|es|Porque no tenemos nada, queremos hacerlo todo}}) around the fifteenth minute of his speech.<ref name=biobio>{{Cite news |title="Porque no tenemos nada...": la icónica respuesta a Argentina que pasó a la historia |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/la-roja/2022/05/31/chile-1962-porque-no-tenemos-nada-la-iconica-respuesta-a-argentina-que-paso-a-la-historia.shtml |last=Zamorano |first=Javier |date=2022-05-31 |access-date=2022-10-06 |work=[[Radio Bío-Bío]] |language=Spanish}}</ref> Chile won 32 votes to Argentina's 10.<ref name=biobio/> Fourteen members abstained from voting.<ref name=biobio/>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;text-align: left"
|+30th [[FIFA Congress]] vote<ref>{{cite book |last=A. Lisi |first=Clemente |date=2022 |title=The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet's Biggest Sporting Event |url= |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |page=72 }}</ref>
!rowspan="2"|Bids
!colspan="2"|Vote
|-
!Result
|- style="background:#BBF3BB"
|align=left|{{CHI}}
|align=center|31
|-
|align=left|{{ARG}}
|align=center|12
|-
|align=left|<s>{{FRG}}</s>
|align=center {{N/A|''Withdrew''}}<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=FIFA World Cup 1962 |url=https://www.historicalkits.co.uk/international/tournaments/fifa-world-cup/1962/1962-index.html |website=historicalkits.co.uk |quote=Argentina were favourites and Chile had to be persuaded to announce their candidacy because FIFA did not want the tournament to be awarded unopposed (West Germany had been asked to withdraw their own bid because the South American teams would have boycotted the competition if it was held in Europe for the third time in succession). }}</ref>
|-
|align=left|Abstentions
|align=center|13
|-
!align=left|Total votes
!56
|}

==Qualification==
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup qualification}}
[[Image:1962 world cup qualification.png|thumb|305px|{{legend|#000cff|Countries qualified for World Cup}} {{legend|#ffb400|Countries that failed to qualify}} {{legend|black|Countries that did not enter World Cup}} {{legend|#ababab|Country not a FIFA member}}]]
57 teams entered the 1962 World Cup (due to rejected entries and withdrawals, 52 teams eventually participated in the qualifying stages). Chile as host nation and Brazil as reigning World Cup champions were granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 14 finals places divided among the continental confederations.

Eight places were contested by [[UEFA]] teams (Europe) and three by [[CONMEBOL]] teams (South America). [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] teams (Africa), [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] teams (Asia), [[North American Football Confederation|NAFC]] teams (North America), and [[Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol|CCCF]] teams (Central America and Caribbean) contested three play-offs slots. The three winners would then face a European or South American team for entry into the World Cup. The 1962 tournament was the last one for which only nations from Europe or the Americas qualified.

Two teams qualified for the first time ever: [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] and [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]].

[[Austria national football team|Austria]] withdrew during the qualification tournament due to financial problems.

Italy, Switzerland and Uruguay all qualified for the first time since [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], and Spain for the first time since [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]].

===List of qualified teams===

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
{{col begin}}
{{col-3}}
;[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] (0)
* None qualified
;[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] (0)
* None qualified
{{col-3}}
;[[CONCACAF]] (1)
* {{fb|MEX|1934}}
;[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]] (5)
* {{fb|ARG|1861}}
* {{fb|BRA|1960}} (title holders)
* {{fb|CHI}} (hosts)
* {{fb|COL}} (debut)
* {{fb|URU}}
{{col-3}}
;[[1962 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|UEFA]] (10)
* {{fb|PRB|1948}} (debut)
* {{fb|Czechoslovakia}}
* {{fb|ENG}}
* {{fb|HUN}}
* {{fb|ITA|1946}}
* {{fb|Soviet Union|1955}} 
* {{fb|ESP|1945}}
* {{fb|SUI}}
* {{fb|West Germany}}
* {{fb|YUG}}
{{col end}}

==Venues==
Originally, eight stadiums were selected to host the World Cup matches in eight cities: [[Santiago]], [[Viña del Mar]], [[Rancagua]], [[Arica]], [[Talca]], [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]], [[Talcahuano]] and [[Valdivia]].

The [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|Valdivia earthquake]], the [[Lists of earthquakes#Strongest earthquakes by magnitude|most powerful]] earthquake ever recorded, occurred on 22 May 1960. With over 50,000 casualties and more than 2 million people affected, the earthquake forced the organising committee to completely modify the World Cup's calendar. Talca, Concepción, Talcahuano and Valdivia were severely damaged and discarded as venues. [[Antofagasta]] and [[Valparaíso]] declined to host any matches as their venues were not financially self-sustainable. [[Viña del Mar]] and [[Arica]] managed to rebuild their stadiums while [[Braden Copper Company]], then an American company that controlled the [[El Teniente]] [[copper mine]], allowed the use of its stadium in Rancagua. Due to these setbacks, this is the World Cup edition with the smallest number of venues spread across the country (while the [[1930 FIFA World Cup]] was held in three venues, all of them were located in a single city). The most used stadium was the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, with 10 matches; the Estadio Sausalito in Viña del Mar hosted 8 matches, and the stadiums in Rancagua and far-away Arica (the only location that was not close to the other cities) both hosted 7 matches. Being that Estadio Nacional was the only large venue of the tournament (all others had less than 20,000 seats), it also saw the largest attendance average, by far, with Estadio Sausalito's attendance only being boosted with the Brazil matches it hosted (the semifinal between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia was the only one in the stadium with less than 10,000 spectators).

Being largely concerned with the rebuilding of the country after the 1960 earthquake, government support for the tournament was minimal.<ref name=privada>{{Citation |last=Ortega |first=Luis |chapter=De pasión de multitudes a rito privado |editor-last=Sagredo |editor-first=Rafael |editor2-last=Gazmuri |editor2-first=Cristián |title=Historia de la vida privada en Chile |year=2005 |volume=3: El Chile contemporáneo. De 1925 a nuestros días |publisher=Aguilar Chilena de Ediciones |place=Santiago de Chile |publication-date=2005 |edition=4th |isbn=956-239-337-2 |language=es }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan=10 |
{{location map+|Chile|float=center|width=220|places=
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{{location map~|Chile|lat=-33|long=-71.516667|label='''[[Viña del Mar]]'''|position=top}}
{{location map~|Chile|lat=-34.166667|long=-70.75|label='''[[Rancagua]]'''|position=bottom}}
{{location map~|Chile|lat=-18.483333|long=-70.333333|label='''[[Arica]]'''|position=right}}
|caption=}}
! [[Santiago]]
! [[Viña del Mar]]
|-
| [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]]
| [[Estadio Sausalito]]
|-
|{{small|{{Coord|33|27|52|S|70|36|38|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos}}}}
|{{small|{{Coord|33|00|51.83|S|71|32|6.84|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Estadio Sausalito}}}}
|-
| Capacity: '''66,660'''
| Capacity: '''18,037'''
|-
| [[File:Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 1962.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Estadio Sausalito 1962.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Rancagua]]
! [[Arica]]
|-
| [[Estadio El Teniente|Estadio Braden Copper Co.]]
| [[Estadio Carlos Dittborn]]
|-
|{{small|{{Coord|34|10|39.95|S|70|44|15.79|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Estadio El Teniente}}}}
|{{small|{{Coord|18|29|15.47|S|70|17|56.96|W|region:IT_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Estadio Carlos Dittborn}}}}
|-
| Capacity: '''18,000'''
| Capacity: '''17,786'''
|-
| [[File:Estadio Rancagua (Chile) - mayo de 1962.jpg|200px]]
| 
|}

===Team bases===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope=col|Team
!scope=col|Site
!scope=col|City
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|ARG|1861}}
|Hostería El Sauzal
|[[Rancagua]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|BRA|1960}}
|Villa Retiro
|[[Quilpué]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|BUL|1946}}
|Parque Municipal
|[[Machalí]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|CHI}}
|Villa del Seleccionado
|[[Santiago]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|COL}}
|Hotel El Morro
| [[Arica]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|TCH}}
|Posada Quebrada Verde
|[[Valparaíso]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|ENG}}
|Staff House Braden Copper Co.
|[[Coya, Cachapoal|Coya]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|HUN}}
|Hotel Turismo
|[[Rengo]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|ITA|1946}}
|Escuela de Aviación Cap. Ávalos
|[[Santiago]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|MEX|1934}}
|Hotel O'Higgins
|[[Viña del Mar]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|URS|1955}}
|Hostería Arica
|[[Arica]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|ESP|1945}}
|Hotel Miramar Caleta Abarca
|[[Viña del Mar]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|SUI}}
|Club Suizo
|[[Santiago]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|URU}}
|Hotel Azapa
|[[Arica]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|FRG}}
|Escuela Militar Bernardo O'Higgins
|[[Santiago]]
|-
|scope=row|{{fb|YUG}}
|Hotel El Paso
|[[Arica]]
|}

==Squads==
{{details|1962 FIFA World Cup squads}}
Squads for the 1962 World Cup consisted of 22 players, as for the previous tournament in 1958.

After [[Attilio Demaría]] and [[Luis Monti]], who both represented Argentina in 1930 and Italy in 1934, [[Ferenc Puskás]] (Hungary in 1954, then Spain), [[José Santamaría]] (Uruguay in 1954, then Spain) and [[José Altafini]] (Brazil in 1958, then Italy) became the third, fourth and fifth players to play for two national teams in the World Cup. In light of this, FIFA created stipulations describing that once a player represents a nation during a World Cup or its qualifying rounds the player cannot switch to another national team.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Kelly |title=FIFA national team eligibility: Rules, players who have switched & everything you need to know |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/fifa-national-team-eligibility-rules-players-who-have/1hndiedxd2d4h1jfved27pg4go |website=Goal.com |access-date=17 January 2020}}</ref> [[Robert Prosinečki]] and [[Robert Jarni]] would later become the sixth and seventh such players, playing for Yugoslavia in 1990, then for Croatia in 1998; [[Davor Šuker]] was also selected in both squads, but did not play in 1990. This was accepted by FIFA because Croatia was a newly independent former republic of Yugoslavia.

==Match officials==
Eighteen match officials from 17 countries were assigned to the tournament to serve as referees and assistant referees.
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
;Europe
*{{fbaicon|AUT}} [[Erich Steiner]]
*{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[Arthur Blavier]]
*{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Ken Aston]]
*{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[Juan Gardeazábal]]
*{{fbaicon|FRA|1794}} [[Pierre Schwinte]]
*{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Albert Dusch]]
*{{fbaicon|HUN}} [[Andor Dorogi]]
*{{fbaicon|ITA|1946}} [[Cesare Jonni]]
*{{fbaicon|NED}} [[Leo Horn]]
{{col-2}}
*{{fbaicon|SCO|1542}} [[Robert Holley Davidson]]
*{{fbaicon|SUI}} [[Gottfried Dienst]]
*{{fbaicon|TCH}} [[Karol Galba]]
*{{fbaicon|URS|1955}} [[Nikolay Latyshev]]
*{{fbaicon|YUG}} [[Branko Tesanić]]

;South America
*{{fbaicon|BRA|1960}} [[João Etzel Filho]]
*{{fbaicon|CHI}} [[Sergio Bustamante (referee)|Sergio Bustamante]]
*{{fbaicon|CHI}} [[Carlos Robles (referee)|Carlos Robles]]
*{{fbaicon|PER}} [[Arturo Yamasaki]]
{{col-end}}

==Seeding==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Pot 1: South America
!Pot 2: Europe I
!Pot 3: Europe II
!Pot 4: Rest of the World
|-
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|CHI}} (host nation)
*{{fb|BRA|1960}} (defending champions)
*{{fb|ARG|1861}}
*{{fb|URU}}
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|TCH}}
*{{fb|ENG}}
*{{fb|URS|1955}}
*{{fb|FRG}}
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|ITA|1946}}
*{{fb|HUN}}
*{{fb|ESP|1945}}
*{{fb|YUG}}
| valign="top"|
*{{fb|BUL|1948}}
*{{fb|COL}}
*{{fb|MEX|1934}}
*{{fb|SUI}}
|}

==Format==
The format of the competition was similar to that of the [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958 competition]]: 16 teams qualified, divided into four groups of four. Four teams were seeded in the draw taking place in [[Santiago]], on 18 January 1962: Brazil, England, Italy and Uruguay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_10e_fwcdraw-history_8842.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226235749/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-201_10e_fwcdraw-history_8842.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 February 2008 |title=History of the World Cup Final Draw |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref> The top two teams in each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. In a change from the 1958 format, [[goal average]] was used to separate any teams equal on points.<ref>"for the first time goal average was brought in as a means of separating teams with the same number of points"{{cite web |url=http://www.collier-international.co.uk/documents/CBOWC1962.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233714/http://www.collier-international.co.uk/documents/CBOWC1962.pdf|archive-date=30 December 2013|title=Compact book of the World Cup}}</ref> (In 1958, goal average was available, but was only between teams level on points in first place, or if a playoff between teams equal in second place failed to yield a result after extra time). Argentina became the first team in World Cup history to be eliminated on goal average when England advanced from Group 4 in second place.

In the knockout games, if the teams were level after ninety minutes, thirty minutes of extra time were played. For any match other than the final, if the teams were still even after extra time then lots would be drawn to determine the winner. The final would have been replayed if still tied after extra time; but if still tied after the replay, the champion would have been decided by drawing lots. In the event, no replays or drawing of lots were necessary.

[[Image:1962 world cup.png|thumb|440px|Qualifying countries and their result]]

==Summary==
In May 1960, as the preparations were well under way, Chile suffered [[Great Chilean earthquake|the largest earthquake ever recorded]] (9.5 [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]]), which caused enormous damage to the national infrastructure. In the face of this, [[Carlos Dittborn]], the president of the Organization Committee, coined the phrase "Porque nada tenemos, lo haremos todo" (Because we have nothing, we will do everything).<ref>{{cite web |first1=John |last1=Brewin |first2=Martin |last2=Williamson |title=World Cup History: 1962 |url=http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/story/1834569/world-cup-history-1962 |work=ESPN FC |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |date=30 April 2014 |access-date=12 June 2015 }}</ref> Stadia and other infrastructure were rebuilt at record speed and the tournament occurred on schedule with no major organisational flaw. Dittborn did not live to see the success of his efforts, as he died one month before the start of the tournament. The World Cup venue at [[Arica, Chile|Arica]] was named [[Estadio Carlos Dittborn]] in his honour and bears his name to this day.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fett|first=Matthias|date=2020-07-02|title=The game has changed – a systematic approach to classify FIFA World Cups|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19406940.2020.1784978|journal=International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics|language=en|volume=12|issue=3|pages=455–470|doi=10.1080/19406940.2020.1784978|s2cid=221714908|issn=1940-6940|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Even with these few and low-capacity stadiums Chile was able to meet the demand for seats as international travel to Chile, far-away for Europe, was minimal at the time.<ref name=privada/>

President [[Jorge Alessandri]] gave an uninspiring inaugural speech before the first match, which was played between Chile and Switzerland. Alessandri left however before the end of the match. While Chilean society was living in a "footballized" atmosphere, Alessandri was criticised for his cold attitude towards the tournament, which forced his ministers to come out and claim he was as "footballized" as everybody else, but was too busy to devote too much attention to the competition.<ref name=privada/>

[[Image:1962 Football World Cup poster.jpg|thumb|left|270px|Official 1962 FIFA World Cup poster.]]

The competition was marred by constant violence on the pitch. This poisonous atmosphere culminated in the first-round match between host Chile and [[Italy national football team|Italy]] (2–0), known as the ''[[Battle of Santiago (1962 FIFA World Cup)|Battle of Santiago]]''. Two Italian journalists had written unflattering articles about the host country and its capital city; describing Santiago as a "proudly backwards and poverty-stricken dump full of prostitution and crime".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1976117-italy-world-cup-rewind-infamy-at-the-battle-of-santiago-1962|title = Italy World Cup Rewind: Infamy at the Battle of Santiago, 1962| website=[[Bleacher Report]] }}</ref> Although only two players (both of them Italian) were sent off by the English referee [[Ken Aston]], the match saw repeated attempts from players on both sides to harm opponents, and the Italian team needed police protection to leave the field in safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1976117-italy-world-cup-rewind-infamy-at-the-battle-of-santiago-1962|title=Italy World Cup Rewind: Infamy at the Battle of Santiago, 1962|first=Sam|last=Lopresti|website=Bleacher Report|date=28 February 2014|access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref> Articles in the Italian papers ''La Nazione'' and ''Corriere della Sera'' were saying that allowing Chile to host the World Cup was "pure madness"; this was used and magnified by local newspapers to inflame the Chilean population. The British newspaper the ''Daily Express'' wrote "The tournament shows every sign of developing into a violent bloodbath. Reports read like battlefront despatches; the Italy vs West Germany match was described as 'wrestling and warfare'".

As the competition began, a shift in strategy was imminent. Defensive strategies began to take hold as the average goals per match dropped to 2.78, under 3 for the first time in competition history (the average has never been above 3 since).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/tournaments/worldcup/organisation/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613023230/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/tournaments/worldcup/organisation/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2007|title=FIFA World Cup Record – Organisation|publisher=FIFA|access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref>

[[Pelé]] was injured in the second group match against Czechoslovakia. The Soviet Union goalkeeper [[Lev Yashin]], arguably the best goalkeeper in the world at the time, was in poor form and his team went out to [[Chile national football team|Chile]] (1–2) in the quarter-finals. Bright spots included the emergence of the young Brazilians [[Amarildo Tavares da Silveira|Amarildo]] (standing in for Pelé) and [[Garrincha]], the heroics of Czechoslovakia goalkeeper [[Viliam Schrojf]] against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] and [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]], and the performance of the host nation Chile, who took third place with a squad of relatively unknown players.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}. This has been the best performance of a South American team in a World Cup so far without taking into account the historical ones (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay).

In the first round, Brazil topped their group with [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] finishing second, above [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] and [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]], even as the latter had in their ranks the naturalised [[Ferenc Puskás]] and [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] who, injured, was called up but did not play. USSR and Yugoslavia finished above [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] and [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]. Hungary, along with [[England national football team|England]] progressed to the quarter-finals, while [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] were eliminated. England had the same number of points as Argentina but progressed due to a superior [[goal average]]; the first time such a requirement had been necessary in a World Cup finals tournament. [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] lost all three games while [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] and Chile both went through over Italy.
[[File:Seleção Brasileira de Futebol na Copa do Mundo de 1962.tiff|thumb|Brazil national football team in the World Cup, 1962. [[Brazilian National Archives|National Archives of Brazil.]]]]
Chile defeated European champions USSR to earn a semi-final game against the winner of the England – Brazil game. Garrincha scored two goals in a 3–1 win against England. Meanwhile, 1–0 wins for Yugoslavia against West Germany – and another 1–0 win of Czechoslovakia against neighbours Hungary – saw the two Slavic states meet in the semi-finals.

[[Viña del Mar]] was the original venue for the South American semi-final and Santiago for the Slavic one, but due to Chile's surprise qualification, the organisers prompted FIFA to switch the venues. This irritated crowds in Viña del Mar and only a little under 6,000 spectators came to [[Estadio Sausalito]] to watch Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia 3–1, whereas a capacity crowd of 76,600 in Santiago watched Brazil beat the hosts 4–2.<ref>{{cite book |last=Grüne |first=Hardy|title=Fussball WM Enzyklopädie 1930–2006 |year=2006 |publisher=Agon Sportverlag|isbn=978-3-89784-261-8|chapter=WM 1962 Chile}}</ref> This game saw Garrincha sent off for Brazil and [[Honorino Landa]] sent off for Chile. Chile eventually took third place in a 1–0 victory over Yugoslavia with the last play of the match. The same player, [[Eladio Rojas (footballer, born 1934)|Eladio Rojas]], had also scored the winning goal in Chile's game against USSR.

[[Santiago]]'s [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]] served as the venue for the final, and 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]]: 1–0 Czechoslovakia. As in the previous final in 1958, Brazil soon hit back, equalising two minutes later through Amarildo after an error by Czechoslovak goalkeeper Schroijf. The Brazilians scored goals from [[Zito (footballer, born 1932)|Zito]] and [[Vavá]] (another Schrojf error) midway through the second half, and the Czechoslovaks could not get back into the game. The match ended 3–1 to Brazil, a successful defence of the title for only the second time in the history of the competition in spite of the absence of one of their star players of 1958, Pelé, who was replaced by [[Amarildo Tavares da Silveira|Amarildo]].

==Group stage==

===Group 1===
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup Group 1}}
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===Group 2===
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===Group 3===
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup Group 3}}
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===Group 4===
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup Group 4}}
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==Knockout stage==
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup knockout stage}}

===Bracket===
{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|QF1}}
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===Semi-finals===
{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|SF1}}
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===Third place play-off===
{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|TPP}}

===Final===
{{Main|1962 FIFA World Cup final}}

{{#lst:1962 FIFA World Cup Final|Final}}

==Goalscorers==

With four goals each, Flórián Albert, Garrincha, Valentin Ivanov, Dražan Jerković, Leonel Sánchez and Vavá were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 89 goals were scored by 54 players, with none of them credited as own goal.

;4 goals
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*{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Garrincha]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Vavá]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Leonel Sánchez]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Flórián Albert]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dražan Jerković]]
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;3 goals
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*{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Amarildo Tavares da Silveira|Amarildo]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Adolf Scherer]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Lajos Tichy]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Milan Galić]]
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;2 goals
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*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jaime Ramírez (footballer, born 1931)|Jaime Ramírez]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Eladio Rojas (footballer, born 1934)|Eladio Rojas]]
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Jorge Toro]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ron Flowers]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|1946}} [[Giacomo Bulgarelli]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Igor Chislenko]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Viktor Ponedelnik]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[José Sasía]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Uwe Seeler]]
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;1 goal
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*{{flagicon|ARG|1861}} [[Héctor Facundo]]
*{{flagicon|ARG|1861}} [[José Sanfilippo]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Pelé]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Mário Zagallo]]
*{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Zito (footballer, born 1932)|Zito]]
*{{flagicon|BUL|1946}} [[Georgi Sokolov]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Germán Aceros]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Marcos Coll]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Marino Klinger]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Antonio Rada]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Francisco Zuluaga]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Kadraba]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Mašek]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Masopust]]
*{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Jozef Štibrányi]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Charlton]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Greaves]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gerry Hitchens]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ernő Solymosi]]
*{{flagicon|ITA|1946}} [[Bruno Mora]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Alfredo del Águila]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Isidoro Díaz]]
*{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} [[Héctor Hernández (footballer, born 1935)|Héctor Hernández]]
*{{flagicon|URS|1955}} [[Aleksei Mamykin]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Adelardo Rodríguez|Adelardo]]
*{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Joaquín Peiró]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Heinz Schneiter]]
*{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Rolf Wüthrich]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Ángel Cabrera (footballer)|Ángel Cabrera]]
*{{flagicon|URU}} [[Luis Cubilla]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Albert Brülls]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Horst Szymaniak]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Vojislav Melić]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Petar Radaković]]
*{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Josip Skoblar]]
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==FIFA retrospective ranking==
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including 1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc_mexico_1986_en_part4_279.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614213621/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/09/00/fwc%5fmexico%5f1986%5fen%5fpart4%5f279.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 June 2010 |title=page 45 |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/55/171012-statisticalkit-fifaworldcup-milestonesfactsfigures-statusafterfwc2010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521092116/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/55/171012-statisticalkit-fifaworldcup-milestonesfactsfigures-statusafterfwc2010.pdf |archive-date=21 May 2013 |publisher=[[FIFA]] |title=FIFA World Cup: Milestones, facts & figures. Statistical Kit 7 |url-status=dead |date=26 March 2013}}</ref> The rankings for the 1962 tournament were as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width=25| {{abbr|R|Final Ranking}}
!width=165| Team
!width=25| {{abbr|G|Group}}
!width=25| {{abbr|P|Played}}
!width=25| {{abbr|W|Win}}
!width=25| {{abbr|D|Draw}}
!width=25| {{abbr|L|Lose}}
!width=25| {{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width=25| {{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width=25| {{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!width=25| {{abbr|Pts.|Points}}
|-
|- style="background:gold;"
| 1 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BRA|1960}} || [[#Group 3|3]] || 6 || 5 || 1 || 0 || 14 || 5 || +9 || 11
|- style="background:silver;"
| 2 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TCH}} || [[#Group 3|3]] || 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 7
|- style="background:#c96;"
| 3 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CHI}} || [[#Group 2|2]] || 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 10 || 8 || +2 || 8
|- style="background:gray;"
| 4 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|YUG}} || [[#Group 1|1]] || 6 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 10 || 7 || +3 || 6
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the quarter-finals'''
|-
| 5 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HUN}} || [[#Group 4|4]] || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 8 || 3 || +5 || 5
|-
| 6 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|URS|1955}} || [[#Group 1|1]] || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 9 || 7 || +2 || 5
|-
| 7 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRG}} || [[#Group 2|2]] || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 2 || +2 || 5
|-
| 8 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ENG}} || [[#Group 4|4]] || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 6 || −1 || 3
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the group stage'''
|-
| 9 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA|1946}} || [[#Group 2|2]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2 || +1 || 3
|-
| 10 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ARG|1861}} || [[#Group 4|4]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || −1 || 3
|-
| 11 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MEX|1934}} || [[#Group 3|3]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 4 || −1 || 2
|-
| 12 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ESP|1945}} || [[#Group 3|3]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 3 || −1 || 2
|-
| 13 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|URU}} || [[#Group 1|1]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 6 || −2 || 2
|-
| 14 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|COL}} || [[#Group 1|1]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 11 || −6 || 1
|-
| 15 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BUL|1948}} || [[#Group 4|4]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 7 || −6 || 1
|-
| 16 || style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUI}} || [[#Group 2|2]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 8 || −6 || 0
|}

==Footnotes==
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*[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1962chile 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile ], FIFA.com
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