The host for the 1962 world cup was Chile.
It was held from may 30 to June 17.
There were a total of 16 teams from 3 confederations .
There were a total of 32 matches played.
And there were a total of 89 goals scored at 2.78 per match.
The attendance was a total of890,074 or28,098per match.
The top scorers were Garrincha, Vava, Leonel Sanches and Dragon Jerkovic who all scored four goals each.
The champions were Brazil.
runners up Czechoslovakia.
Third place was Chile .
And the fourth place went to Yugoslavia.
The quarter finals Chile beat the European champions U.S.S.R.
Brazil defeated England 3-1.
Yugoslavia defeated West Germany1-0.
Czechoslovakia defeated Hungry
In the third place match Chile defeated Yugoslavia 1-0.
In the final match between Brazil verses Czechoslovakia Josep Mosopust scored the opener against Brazil but Brazil like the previous final came back to win with goals from Amarildo, Zito and Vava . The first goal was due to an error by the Czech goalkeeper
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