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Group 2 of the 1982 FIFA World Cup was one of six groups of national teams competing in the group stage of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Play began on 14 June and ended on 25 June 1982. The group consisted of four teams: Seeded team, the European champions West Germany, World Cup debutants Algeria, Chile and Austria.
1982 World Cup - Spain vs Northern Ireland In the aftermath of the Disgrace of Gijón during the 1982 World Cup, another suspicious incident occurred in the match between Northern Ireland and Spain on June 25, 1982. Similar to the controversial West Germany versus Austria game, both teams knew that a narrow victory for Northern Ireland would ...
They have once qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the round of 16 in 2014 before losing to Germany. Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both West Germany and Chile; however, a controversial match between West Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualified ...
Two-time World Cup champion and defending European champion West Germany openly denigrated Algeria, its first opponents at the 1982 World Cup, hosted by Spain. One West German player even declared ...
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 from 13 June to 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 capital, Madrid .
For the Algerians, their biggest victory on the world stage was their 2–1 win against West Germany during the 1982 FIFA World Cup in which the African nation shocked the world. Algeria has produced many talented players throughout its history and is considered one of the best teams in African football history. At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil ...
Saudi Arabia and Japan shocked the world with upsets over Argentina and Germany, respectively, but where do they fall among the biggest World Cup upsets in history?
The 1982 FIFA World Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup national teams of Algeria and Germany each met in the World Cup. In 1982, Algeria defeated Germany 2-1 in the group stage. Later, Algeria was nevertheless eliminated in the group stages due to the so-called Disgrace of Gijon. [6] In 2014, Germany met Algeria in the round of 16 and narrowly won the ...