The knockout stage of 1978 FIFA World Cup was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the second group stage of the tournament. There were two matches: a third place play-off contested by the group runners-up, and the final to decide the champions, contested by the group winners. The knockout stage began with the third place play-off on 24 June and ended with the final on 25 June 1978, both at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. Argentina won the tournament with a 3–1 victory over the Netherlands.[1]
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Qualified teams edit
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups of the second round qualified for the knockout stage.
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 Italy
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| B |  Argentina
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Third place play-off edit
This, as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, was the most recent time when the third place match was won by a non-European team.
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References edit
- ^ "The story of the 1978 World Cup". BBC Sport. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2014.