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Brazil at the 1978 FIFA World Cup

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Brazil at the 1978 FIFA World Cup

The Brazilian national football team participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and in doing so maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals.

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Brazil finished in third place, having failed to top their group in the second group phase.

Qualifying

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL Group 1)
  • February 20, 1977, Bogotá, Colombia -  Colombia 0 - 0  Brazil
  • March 9, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -  Brazil 6 - 0  Colombia
  • March 13, 1977, Asunción, Paraguay -  Paraguay 0 - 1  Brazil
  • March 20, 1977, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -  Brazil 1 - 1  Paraguay

    • Brazil advanced to the final round.

    1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (Final round)
  • July 10, 1977, Cali, Colombia -  Brazil 1 - 0  Peru
  • July 14, 1977, Cali, Colombia -  Brazil 8 - 0  Bolivia

    • Brazil and Peru qualified.

    First Round

    Group 3

    Second Round

    Group B

    Argentina qualified for the final match, and Brazil qualified for the third place match.

    Scorers

    3 goals
  • Dirceu
  • Roberto Dinamite
    • 2 goals
  • Nelinho
    • 1 goal
  • Reinaldo
  • Zico

    • References

    Brazil at the 1978 FIFA World Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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