England in World Cup 1966
Final Tournament

  World Cup 1966 Final Tournament
11 - 30 July in England

FIFA awarded the World Cup 1966 final tournament to England at its congress in Rome on August 22, 1960 during the Olympic Games. 

The 16 teams in the final tournament were divided into four first round groups at a draw in London on January 6, 1966.  FIFA used a seeding system designed to place the four South American teams in separate groups and to keep holders Brazil and hosts England apart.  The teams were put into four pots for the draw:  a South American pot with Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, a European pot with England, Hungary, the U.S.S.R. and West Germany, a Latin European pot with France, Italy, Portugal and Spain, and, finally, a pot of "others" with Bulgaria, Mexico, North Korea and Switzerland.  Before the draw, England and Brazil were assigned to separate groups.  The draw that ensued produced the following groups:  Group 1 in London--Uruguay, England, France and Mexico; Group 2 in Birmingham and  Sheffield--Argentina, West Germany, Spain and Switzerland; Group 3 in Liverpool and Manchester--Brazil, Hungary, Portugal and Bulgaria; and Group 4 in Middlesbrough and Sunderland--Chile, U.S.S.R., Italy and North Korea.

Further Information

The results, match summaries and tables for the entire World Cup 1966 final tournament are available both on the FIFA website and in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistical Foundation Archive.

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