Group 2 of the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...

was one of six groups of national teams competing in the group stage of the

. Play began on 14 June and ended on 23 June 1982. The group consisted of four teams: Seeded team, the European champions

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, World Cup debutants

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and

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. West Germany won the group and advanced to the second round, along with Austria. The final game in the group, between these two teams, was one of the most controversial in World Cup history: with both teams knowing a win by one or two goals for West Germany would result in both them and Austria qualifying at the expense of Algeria, after West Germany took the lead after 10 minutes, the remainder of the match was played without any serious attempts from either side to score. This match is famously known as "The Disgrace of Gijón". FIFA amended the rules for all future tournaments so that the final group fixtures are always played simultaneously to avoid a repeat of this situation.

Standings

Matches

West Germany vs Algeria

Chile vs Austria

West Germany vs Chile

Algeria vs Austria

Algeria vs Chile

West Germany vs Austria

References

External links

1982 FIFA World Cup archive

Spain 1982 FIFA Technical Report: Statistical Details of the Matches pp. 103-106
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