The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial 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, who defeated West Germany 3–1 in the final, held in the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the Spanish capital of Madrid. It was Italy's third World Cup title, but their first since 1938. The defending champions, Argentina, were eliminated in the second round (finishing third and last in their group). Algeria, Cameroon, Honduras, Kuwait and New Zealand made their first appearances in the finals.
The tournament featured the first penalty shoot-out in World Cup competition. This was the last World Cup to feature two rounds of group stages. It was also the third time (after 1934 and 1966) in which all four semi-finalists were European.
In the first round of Group 3, Hungary defeated El Salvador 10–1, equalling the largest margin of victory recorded in the finals (Hungary over South Korea 9–0 in 1954, and Yugoslavia over Zaire 9–0 in 1974).
Although successful and filled with compelling and entertaining matches, this tournament was blighted by violent fouls, some poor officiating and some overcrowded stadiums. One particular incident of note was West German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's foul of French player Patrick Battiston during a semi-final match in Seville, and another was Italian player Claudio Gentile's intense and often violent match-long fouling and marking of Argentine player Diego Maradona. FIFA changed the regulations to somewhat prevent this kind of brutality on the pitch for the subsequent tournament in Mexico.
Match Schedule GROUP A Jun 14 Vigo Italy v Poland 0-0 Jun 15 La Coruña Cameroon v Peru 0-0 Jun 18 Vigo Italy v Peru 1-1 Jun 19 La Coruña Cameroon v Poland 0-0 Jun 22 La Coruña Poland v Peru 5-1 Jun 23 Vigo Cameroon v Italy 1-1 P W D L Gls Pts POLAND 3 1 2 0 5-1 4 ITALY 3 0 3 0 2-2 3 Cameroon 3 0 3 0 1-1 3 Peru 3 0 2 1 2-6 2 GROUP B Jun 16 Gijon Algeria v West Germany 2-1 Jun 17 Oviedo Austria v Chile 1-0 Jun 20 Gijon West Germany v Chile 4-1 Jun 21 Oviedo Austria v Algeria 2-0 Jun 24 Oviedo Algeria v Chile 3-2 Jun 25 Gijon West Germany v Austria 1-0 P W D L Gls Pts WEST GERMANY 3 2 0 1 6-3 4 AUSTRIA 3 2 0 1 3-1 4 Algeria 3 2 0 1 5-5 4 Chile 3 0 0 3 3-8 0 GROUP C Jun 13 Barcelona Belgium v Argentina 1-0 Jun 15 Elche Hungary v El Salvador 10-1 Jun 18 Alicante Argentina v Hungary 4-1 Jun 19 Elche Belgium v El Salvador 1-0 Jun 22 Elche Belgium v Hungary 1-1 Jun 23 Alicante Argentina v El Salvador 2-0 P W D L Gls Pts BELGIUM 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5 ARGENTINA 3 2 0 1 6- 2 4 Hungary 3 1 1 1 12- 6 3 El Salvador 3 0 0 3 1-13 0 GROUP D Jun 16 Bilbao England v France 3-1 Jun 17 Valladolid Czechoslovakia v Kuwait 1-1 Jun 20 Bilbao England v Czechoslovakia 2-0 Jun 21 Valladolid France v Kuwait 4-1 Jun 24 Valladolid Czechoslovakia v France 1-1 Jun 25 Bilbao England v Kuwait 1-0 P W D L Gls Pts ENGLAND 3 3 0 0 6-1 6 FRANCE 3 1 1 1 6-5 3 Czechoslovakia 3 0 2 1 2-4 2 Kuwait 3 0 1 2 2-6 1 GROUP E Jun 16 Valencia Spain v Honduras 1-1 Jun 17 Zaragoza Northern Ireland v Yugoslavia 0-0 Jun 20 Valencia Spain v Yugoslavia 2-1 Jun 21 Zaragoza Honduras v Northern Ireland 1-1 Jun 24 Zaragoza Yugoslavia v Honduras 1-0 Jun 25 Valencia Northern Ireland v Spain 1-0 P W D L Gls Pts NORTHERN IRELAND 3 1 2 0 2-1 4 SPAIN 3 1 1 1 3-3 3 Yugoslavia 3 1 1 1 2-2 3 Honduras 3 0 2 1 2-3 2 GROUP F Jun 14 Seville Brazil v Soviet Union 2-1 Jun 15 Malaga Scotland v New Zealand 5-2 Jun 18 Seville Brazil v Scotland 4-1 Jun 19 Malaga Soviet Union v New Zealand 3-0 Jun 22 Malaga Scotland v Soviet Union 2-2 Jun 23 Seville Brazil v New Zealand 4-0 P W D L Gls Pts BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 10- 2 6 SOVIET UNION 3 1 1 1 6- 4 3 Scotland 3 1 1 1 8- 8 3 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 2-12 0 SECOND PHASE GROUP 1 Jun 28 Barcelona Poland v Belgium 3-0 Jul 01 Barcelona Soviet Union v Belgium 1-0 Jul 04 Barcelona Poland v Soviet Union 0-0 P W D L Gls Pts POLAND 2 1 1 0 3-0 3 Soviet Union 2 1 1 0 1-0 3 Belgium 2 0 0 2 0-4 0 GROUP 2 Jun 29 Madrid England v West Germany 0-0 Jul 02 Madrid West Germany v Spain 2-1 Jul 05 Madrid England v Spain 0-0 P W D L Gls Pts WEST GERMANY 2 1 1 0 2-1 3 England 2 0 2 0 0-0 2 Spain 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 GROUP 3 Jun 29 Barcelona Italy v Argentina 2-1 Jul 02 Barcelona Brazil v Argentina 3-1 Jul 05 Barcelona Italy v Brazil 3-2 P W D L Gls Pts ITALY 2 2 0 0 5-3 4 Brazil 2 1 0 1 5-4 2 Argentina 2 0 0 2 2-5 0 GROUP 4 Jun 28 Madrid France v Austria 1-0 Jul 01 Madrid Austria v Northern Ireland 2-2 Jul 04 Madrid France v Northern Ireland 4-1 P W D L Gls Pts FRANCE 2 2 0 0 5-1 4 Austria 2 0 1 1 2-3 1 Northern Ireland 2 0 1 1 3-6 1 SEMIFINALS Jul 08 Barcelona Italy v Poland 2-0 Jul 08 Seville West Germany v France (5-4)3-3 3rd/4th PLACE PLAY-OFF Jul 10 Alicante Poland v France 3-2 WORLD CUP FINAL Jul 11 Madrid Italy v West Germany 3-1