1982 FIFA World Cup Group A

Group A was one of four groups of national teams competing in the second stage of the 1982 FIFA World Cup. The group's three matches were staged at the Nou Camp in Barcelona. The group consisted of three teams advancing from the first group stage: Group 1 winners Poland, Group 3 winners Belgium and Group 6 runners-up the Soviet Union.

Poland topped the group and advanced to the semi-finals, where they were defeated by eventual champions Italy.

Qualified teams

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The winners of Group 1 and 3 and the runner-up of Group 6 qualified for Group A of the second round.

GroupWinners
1  Poland
3  Belgium
GroupRunners-up
6  Soviet Union

Standings

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Poland211030+33Advance to knockout stage
2  Soviet Union211010+13
3  Belgium200204−40
Source: FIFA

Matches

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Poland vs Belgium

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Poland  3–0  Belgium
Boniek 4', 26', 53'Report
Attendance: 30,000
Poland
Belgium
GK1Józef Młynarczyk
DF2Marek Dziuba
DF5Paweł Janas
DF9Władysław Żmuda (c)
DF10Stefan Majewski
MF3Janusz Kupcewicz  82'
MF8Waldemar Matysik
MF13Andrzej Buncol
MF20Zbigniew Boniek
FW16Grzegorz Lato
FW11Włodzimierz Smolarek  48'
Substitutes:
DF4Tadeusz Dolny
MF14Andrzej Pałasz
MF15Włodzimierz Ciołek  82'
FW17Andrzej Szarmach
GK21Jacek Kazimierski
Manager:
Antoni Piechniczek
GK12Theo Custers
DF4Walter Meeuws (c)
DF5Michel Renquin
DF3Luc Millecamps
DF16Gerard Plessers  87'
MF8Wilfried Van Moer  46'
MF6Franky Vercauteren
MF10Ludo Coeck
MF11Jan Ceulemans
FW9Erwin Vandenbergh
FW21Alexandre Czerniatynski
Substitutes:
FW13François Van der Elst  46'
DF14Marc Baecke  87'
MF17René Verheyen
MF18Raymond Mommens
GK22Jacky Munaron
Manager:
Guy Thys

Assistant referees:
Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)
Gastón Castro (Chile)

Belgium vs Soviet Union

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Belgium  0–1  Soviet Union
ReportOganesian 48'
Attendance: 45,000
Belgium
Soviet Union
GK22Jacky Munaron
DF4Walter Meeuws (c)
DF5Michel Renquin
DF3Luc Millecamps
DF15Maurits De Schrijver  65'
MF10Ludo Coeck
MF20Guy Vandersmissen  67'
MF6Franky Vercauteren
MF11Jan Ceulemans
FW9Erwin Vandenbergh
FW17René Verheyen
Substitutes:
MF7Jos Daerden
GK12Theo Custers
MF18Raymond Mommens
FW19Marc Millecamps  65'
FW21Alexandre Czerniatynski  67'
Manager:
Guy Thys
GK1Rinat Dasayev
SW3Aleksandre Chivadze (c)
DF6Anatoliy Demyanenko
DF5Sergei Baltacha
DF14Sergei Borovsky
MF8Volodymyr Bezsonov  77'
MF10Khoren Oganesian
MF12Andriy Bal  87'
FW7Ramaz Shengelia  90'
FW9Yuri Gavrilov
FW11Oleh Blokhin
Substitutes:
DF2Tengiz Sulakvelidze
MF13Vitaly Daraselia  87'
FW15Sergey Andreyev
FW16Sergey Rodionov  90'
GK22Vyacheslav Chanov
Manager:
Konstantin Beskov

Assistant referees:
Charles Corver (Netherlands)
António Garrido (Portugal)

Soviet Union vs Poland

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Soviet Union  0–0  Poland
Report
Attendance: 65,000
Soviet Union
Poland
GK1Rinat Dasayev
DF2Tengiz Sulakvelidze
DF3Aleksandre Chivadze (c)  38'
DF5Sergei Baltacha  90'
DF6Anatoliy Demyanenko
MF8Volodymyr Bezsonov
MF14Sergei Borovsky  87'
MF9Yuri Gavrilov  78'
MF10Khoren Oganesian
FW7Ramaz Shengelia  56'
FW11Oleh Blokhin
Substitutes:
MF12Andriy Bal
MF13Vitaly Daraselia  78'
FW15Sergey Andreyev  56'
FW16Sergey Rodionov
GK22Vyacheslav Chanov
Manager:
Konstantin Beskov
GK1Józef Młynarczyk
SW10Stefan Majewski
CB2Marek Dziuba
CB5Paweł Janas
CB9Władysław Żmuda (c)
CM8Waldemar Matysik
RW13Andrzej Buncol  65'
AM3Janusz Kupcewicz  51'
LW20Zbigniew Boniek  88'
SS16Grzegorz Lato
CF11Włodzimierz Smolarek
Substitutes:
DF4Tadeusz Dolny
DF12Roman Wójcicki
MF15Włodzimierz Ciołek  51'
FW17Andrzej Szarmach
GK21Jacek Kazimierski
Manager:
Antoni Piechniczek

Assistant referees:
Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)
Clive White (England)

See also

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References

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