
The 1966 FIFA World Cup™, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in England from July 11 to July 30. England was chosen as hosts by FIFA in August 1960 to celebrate the centenary of the codification of football in England. England won the final, beating West Germany 4-2, giving them their first (and only) World Cup triumph, and becoming the first host to win the tournament since Italy won it in 1934.
A total of 32 matches were in England. The tournament provided some epic games including Portugal's incredible 5-3 quarter-final victory against North Korea and England's memorable 4-2 triumph against West Germany in the final.
| Date | Teams | Group / Round | Length |
Info & Commentators | Channel |
Disc Ref: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Jul | England 0 Uruguay 0 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
548 |
| 12-Jul | USSR 3 Korea 0 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Frank Bough & Tommy Docherty | BBC |
842 |
| 12-Jul | Brazil 2 Bulgaria 0 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
1477 |
| 12-Jul | West Germany 5 Switzerland 0 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Wally Barnes | BBC |
1203 |
| 13-Jul | Argentina 2 Spain 1 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Wally Barnes & Danny Blanchflower | BBC |
1462 |
| 13-Jul | France 1 Mexico 1 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by David Coleman & Tommy Docherty | BBC |
1274 |
| 13-Jul | Portugal 3 Hungary 1 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by Alan Weeks | BBC |
1278 |
| 13-Jul | Italy 2 Chile 0 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Frank Bough | BBC |
1269 |
| 15-Jul | Spain 2 Switzerland 1 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Alan Weeks | BBC |
1760 |
| 15-Jul | Chile 1-1 North Korea | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Frank Bough | BBC |
1748 |
| 15-Jul | Brazil 1 Hungary 3 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
1291 |
| 15-Jul | Uruguay 2 France 1 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Alan Weeks & Danny Blanchflower | BBC |
844 |
| 16-Jul | England 2 Mexico 0 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
2996 |
| 16-Jul | England 2 Mexico 0 | Group A | 70 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | SKY |
551 |
| 16-Jul | Portugal 3 Bulgaria 0 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by Alan Weeks | BBC |
1264 |
| 16-Jul | Argentina 0 West Germany 0 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by David Coleman & Jimmy Hill | BBC |
1204 |
| 16-Jul | Italy 0 USSR 1 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Frank Bough | BBC |
854 |
| 19-Jul | Brazil 1 Portugal 3 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by David Coleman | BBC |
1265 |
| 19-Jul | Italy 0 North Korea 1 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Frank Bough | BBC |
1471 |
| 19-Jul | Mexico 0 Uruguay 0 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
843 |
| 19-Jul | Argentina 2 Switzerland 0 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Alan Weeks | BBC |
853 |
| 20-Jul | West Germany 2 Spain 1 | Group B | 90 |
Commentary by Wally Barnes | BBC |
1476 |
| 20-Jul | England 2 France 0 | Group A | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
375 |
| 20-Jul | Hungary 3 Bulgaria 1 | Group C | 90 |
Commentary by Wally Barnes & Tommy Docherty | BBC |
1267 |
| 20-Jul | USSR 2 Chile 1 | Group D | 90 |
Commentary by Frank Bough | BBC |
851 |
| 23-Jul | England 1 Argentina 0 | Quarter Final | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
549 |
| 23-Jul | West Germany 4 Uruguay 0 | Quarter Final | 90 |
Commentary by Alan Weeks | BBC |
1277 |
| 23-Jul | USSR 2 Hungary 1 | Quarter Final | 90 |
Commentary by Frank Bough | BBC |
1263 |
| 23-Jul | Portugal 5 North Korea 3 | Quarter Final | 90 |
Commentary by David Coleman | BBC |
1275 |
| 25-Jul | West Germany 2 USSR 1 | Semi Final | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme & Johnny Haynes | BBC |
816 |
| 26-Jul | England 2 Portugal 1 | Semi Final | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
550 |
| 28-Jun | Portugal 2 USSR 1 | 3/4 Play Off | 90 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
1273 |
| 30-Jul | England 4 West Gemany 2 | Final | 120 |
Commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme | BBC |
217 |