1974 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
# 1974 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of 1974 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 6 July and ended with the final on 7 July 1974, both at the Olympiastadion in Munich. West Germany won the tournament with a 2–1 victory over the Netherlands.

All times Central European Time (UTC+1)

## Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the two groups of the second round qualified for the knockout stage.

| Group | Winners (qualification for final) | Runners-up (qualification for third place play-off) |
| - | - | - |
| A | Netherlands | Brazil |
| B | West Germany | Poland |

## Third place play-off

| Brazil | Poland |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Émerson Leão |
| DF | 3 | Marinho Peres |
| DF | 4 | Zé Maria |
| DF | 6 | Marinho Chagas |
| DF | 15 | Alfredo |
| MF | 10 | Rivellino |
| MF | 17 | Carpegiani |
| DF | 18 | Ademir da Guia | | 66' |
| MF | 7 | Jairzinho | 76' |
| FW | 13 | Valdomiro |
| FW | 21 | Dirceu |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | Mirandinha | | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Mário Zagallo ||
| GK | 2 | Jan Tomaszewski |
| DF | 4 | Antoni Szymanowski |
| DF | 6 | Jerzy Gorgoń |
| DF | 9 | Władysław Żmuda |
| DF | 10 | Adam Musiał |
| MF | 12 | Kazimierz Deyna |
| MF | 13 | Henryk Kasperczak | 71' | 73' |
| MF | 14 | Zygmunt Maszczyk |
| MF | 16 | Grzegorz Lato |
| FW | 17 | Andrzej Szarmach | | 75' |
| FW | 18 | Robert Gadocha |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Lesław Ćmikiewicz | | 73' |
| FW | 20 | Zdzisław Kapka | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Kazimierz Górski ||

* Assistant referees:
* Jafar Namdar (Iran)
* Youssou N'Diaye (Sénégal)

## Final

| Netherlands | West Germany |
| - | - |
| GK | 8 | Jan Jongbloed |
| RB | 20 | Wim Suurbier |
| CB | 17 | Wim Rijsbergen | | 69' |
| CB | 2 | Arie Haan |
| LB | 12 | Ruud Krol |
| DM | 6 | Wim Jansen |
| CM | 13 | Johan Neeskens | 40' |
| CM | 3 | Willem van Hanegem | 23' |
| RW | 16 | Johnny Rep |
| LW | 15 | Rob Rensenbrink | | 46' |
| CF | 14 | Johan Cruyff (c) | 45' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 18 | Piet Schrijvers |
| DF | 5 | Rinus Israël |
| MF | 7 | Theo de Jong | | 69' |
| MF | 10 | René van de Kerkhof | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Piet Keizer |
| Manager: ||
| Rinus Michels ||
| GK | 1 | Sepp Maier |
| RB | 2 | Berti Vogts | 4' |
| CB | 5 | Franz Beckenbauer (c) |
| CB | 4 | Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck |
| LB | 3 | Paul Breitner |
| CM | 16 | Rainer Bonhof |
| CM | 12 | Wolfgang Overath |
| AM | 14 | Uli Hoeneß |
| RW | 9 | Jürgen Grabowski |
| LW | 17 | Bernd Hölzenbein |
| CF | 13 | Gerd Müller |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Norbert Nigbur |
| DF | 6 | Horst-Dieter Höttges |
| MF | 8 | Bernhard Cullmann |
| MF | 15 | Heinz Flohe |
| FW | 11 | Jupp Heynckes |
| Manager: ||
| Helmut Schön ||

* Linesmen:
* Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
* Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)
