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1978 FIFA World Cup

11th FIFA World Cup, held in Argentina
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1978 FIFA World Cup
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Summary

1978 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,176 views/month, #97 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Argentina men's national association football team[3]
  • Country: Argentina[4]
  • Follows: 1974 FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Followed by: 1982 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Location: José María Minella Stadium[7], Malvinas Argentinas Stadium[8], Mas Monumental Stadium[9], Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium[10], José Amalfitani Stadium[11], Gigante de Arroyito Stadium[12]
  • Commons category: 1978 FIFA World Cup[13]
  • Edition number: 11[14]
  • Has part(s): 1978 FIFA World Cup Group 1[15], 1978 FIFA World Cup Group 2[16], 1978 FIFA World Cup Group 3[17], 1978 FIFA World Cup Group 4[18], 1978 FIFA World Cup Group A[19], 1978 FIFA World Cup Group B[20], 1978 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[21]
  • Start time: June 1, 1978[22]
  • End time: June 25, 1978[23]
  • Point in time: June 1978[24]
  • Sport: association football[25]
  • Organizer: FIFA[26]
  • Mascot: Gauchito[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1978 FIFA World Cup[28]
  • Attendance: 1,546,151[29]
  • Number of participants: 16[30]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 38[31]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 102[32]
  • Topic has template: Template:1978 FIFA World Cup[33]
  • Participating team: Argentina men's national association football team[34], France men's national association football team[35], Hungary men's national football team[36], Italy men's national association football team[37], Mexico men's national football team[38], Poland men's national football team[39], Tunisia men's national football team[40], Germany men's national association football team[41], Brazil men's national football team[42], Austria men's national football team[43], Spain men's national football team[44], Sweden men's national football team[45], Iran men's national football team[46], Netherlands national association football team[47]
  • Competition class: men's association football[48]
  • Statistical leader: Mario Kempes[49]
  • Sports season of league or competition: FIFA World Cup[50]
  • Final event: 1978 FIFA World Cup Final[51]

Why It Matters

1978 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

FAQs

What awards did 1978 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include Argentina men's national association football team[3].

Related Entities

Adam Nawałka Américo Gallego Andrzej Szarmach Antonio Cabrini Antonio de la Cruz Argentina Arie Haan Bernard Lacombe Bernd Hölzenbein Berti Vogts Carles Rexach Claudio Gentile Daniel Bertoni Daniel Passarella Didier Six Dino Zoff Dirceu Dominique Rocheteau Émerson Leão Francesco Graziani Franco Causio Friedrich Koncilia Georg Schwarzenbeck Giancarlo Antognoni Graeme Souness Grzegorz Lato Hansi Müller Hans Krankl Heinz Flohe Henri Michel

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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