The 1982 FIFA World Cup the 12th FIFA World Cup was held in Spain from 13 June to 11 July and was marked by a series of great matches and is widely regarded as the second-best ever after the 1970 tournament. This was also the first World Cup to feature 24 teams an expansion from at most 16 in the previous tournaments. The most surprising absences from the finals were those of 1974 and 1978 runners-up Netherlands (eliminated by Belgium and France) North America's power Mexico (eliminated by El Salvador) and to a lesser extent 1974 and 1978 participant Sweden (eliminated... by Scotland and Northern Ireland). England Czechoslovakia Belgium and the Soviet Union were back in the Finals after a 12-year absence. Yugoslavia were also back after missing the 1978 tournament. Algeria Cameroon Honduras Kuwait and New Zealand all participated in the World Cup for the first time. The first round was marked by a series of surprisingly strong showings by these supposedly weaker teams although the more established football powers generally prevailed in advancing to the next stage albeit that the Germans did it with a controversial win over the Austrians and as a result of the outcome FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously and Italy did it without actually winning a game! [show more]
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Documentary featuring the successes and failures of the 24 teams that made it to the 1982 World Cup Finals in Spain. This World Cup was notable for certain teams failing to make it to the finals at all, including the Netherlands, Mexico and Sweden, and the inclusion of a number of teams getting there for the first time ever, including New Zealand, Algeria and Kuwait. There were some unexpectedly impressive performances in early matches from teams that were not considered to be any real threat, however, this was to be short-lived with the expected teams making it to the later stages of the competition.
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