West Germany — World Cup winners
Hosts: West Germany
Golden Boot
Grzegorz Lato7Final standings · 1974
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EGEast Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | WGWest Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Chile | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| # | Team | P | Diff | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EGEast Germany | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | WGWest Germany | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Chile | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | -5 | 1 |
Knockout bracket
Final
Player stats
Top Scorers
- 1Grzegorz Lato7Poland
- 2Andrzej Szarmach5Poland
- 3Johan Neeskens5
Netherlands - 4Gerd Müller4WGWest Germany
- 5Johnny Rep4Netherlands
- 6Ralf Edström4
Sweden
All-time World Cup top scorers (1930–2022).
Nation stats
Goals Scored
- 1Poland16
- 2Netherlands15
- 3WGWest Germany13
- 4YYugoslavia12
- 5
Argentina9 - 6Sweden7
Best Defence
- 11
Scotland - 22Chile
- 3Netherlands3
- 4WGWest Germany4
- 5
Brazil4 - 64
Italy
Wins
- 1WGWest Germany6
- 2Poland6
- 3Netherlands5
- 4Brazil3
- 5EGEast Germany2
- 6Sweden2
Goal Difference
- 1Netherlands+12
- 2Poland+11
- 3WGWest Germany+9
- 4YYugoslavia+5
- 5Brazil+2
- 6+2Scotland