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The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup title.
The 1966 FIFA World Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 July 1966 to determine the winner of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth FIFA World Cup. The match was contested by England and West Germany , with England winning 4–2 after extra time to claim the Jules Rimet Trophy .
VIII FIFA World Cup 1966: With England National Football Team, Soviet Union National Football Team, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks. The world's best footballing nations compete to win the Jules Rimet trophy in the only World Cup ever to have been held in the country which launched the professional game, England.
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Jul 30, 2017 · The last day of July in 1966 was the date of England’s finest moment as a sporting nation. The hosts and winners of the 8th FIFA World Cup, England’s iconic team of the Charlton brothers, Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Moore swept away all who came before them.
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Wolfgang Weber deprived the hosts of the Trophy in normal time, scoring in the last minute to make it 2-2. A goalscorer in the regulation 90 minutes, Geoff Hurst struck twice more in extra time, the first of those two goals the most controversial in World Cup Final history: a powerful drive that hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced on the goal-line – according to the Germans – or just over it – according to the English and, crucially, the Soviet linesman.
Over the past week we have cast our minds back to a world very different to today’s game, but it is still packed with figures and stories cherished today. The 1966 FIFA World Cup England™ was a momentous one in many ways, which is why, to mark its 50th anniversary, FIFA.com has spent the past week bringing you articles, videos and photos featuring tales, names and events that continue to resonate even now.
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the final to win their first ever World Cup title.
