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1982 FIFA World Cup

12th FIFA World Cup, held in Spain
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Summary

1982 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,821 views/month, #65 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Italy men's national association football team[3]
  • Country: Spain[4]
  • Follows: 1978 FIFA World Cup[5]
  • Followed by: 1986 FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Location: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero[7], El Molinón-Enrique Castro Quini[8], Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium[9], La Rosaleda Stadium[10], Camp Nou[11], Estadio Benito Villamarín[12], Vicente Calderón Stadium[13], La Romareda[14], Estadi de Sarrià[15], Estadio José Rico Pérez[16], San Mamés Stadium[17], Estadio Nuevo José Zorrilla[18], Abanca Balaídos Stadium[19], Estadio Municipal de Abanca Riazor[20]
  • Commons category: 1982 FIFA World Cup[21]
  • Edition number: 12[22]
  • Has part(s): 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 1[23], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 2[24], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 3[25], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 4[26], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 5[27], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group 6[28], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group A[29], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group B[30], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group C[31], 1982 FIFA World Cup Group D[32], 1982 FIFA World Cup knockout stage[33]
  • Start time: June 13, 1982[34]
  • End time: July 11, 1982[35]
  • Point in time: 1982[36]
  • Sport: association football[37]
  • Organizer: FIFA[38]
  • Mascot: Naranjito[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:1982 FIFA World Cup[40]
  • Attendance: 2,109,723[41]
  • Number of participants: 24[42]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 52[43]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 146[44]
  • Topic has template: Template:1982 FIFA World Cup[45]
  • Participating team: Italy men's national association football team[46], Cameroon men's national football team[47], Peru men's national football team[48], Poland men's national football team[49], Algeria men's national football team[50], Chile men's national football team[51], Austria men's national football team[52], Germany men's national association football team[53], Argentina men's national association football team[54], Belgium men's national football team[55], El Salvador men's national football team[56], Hungary men's national football team[57], England men's national association football team[58], France men's national association football team[59]

Why It Matters

1982 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

FAQs

What awards did 1982 FIFA World Cup receive?

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

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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