1982 world cup

 This tournament was in Spain from June 13 to July 11. First tournament with 24 teams. Algeria 🇩🇿 Cameroon 🇨🇲 Honduras 🇭🇳 Kuwait 🇰🇼 and New Zealand make their debuts here. Last to have two rounds of group play. First penalty kick at this tournament. 3rd time that the final four were from Europe. 6 groups of 4, top two in each go to second round. Second round has 4 groups of 3. Winners of each group make semi finals. Upset in group 2 having Algeria beat West Germany 2-1. West Germany, Austria znd Algeria (Algeria had played third game day before) are in a spot to advance. A West Germany win by 1 or 2 goals, they and Austria advance. A West Germany win by more than two goals, them and Algeria advance. A tie or an Austria win, Austria and Algeria move on. First 10 minutes between West Germany and Austria played with intensity resulting in a West Germany goal to open the scoring. Afterwards both teams aimlessly kicked the ball around. The game was dubbed "disgrace in Gijon."  Algeria was rightfully passed.  This instituted a new rule after this that the final games of group play, all teams played at the same time. First round had: Group 1 had Poland, Italy, Cameroon and Peru. Group 2 had West Germany, Austria, Algeria and Chile. Group 3 had Belgium, Argentina, Hungary and El Salvador. Group 4 had England, France, Czechoslovakia and Kuwait.  Group 5 had Northern Ireland, Spain, Yugoslavia and Honduras. Group 6 had Brazil, Soviet Union, Scotland and New Zealand.  Second round: group A had Poland, Soviet Union and Belgium. Group B had West Germany, England and Spain. Group C had Italy, Brazil and Argentina. Group D had France, Austria and Northern Ireland.  Semi finals had Italy beat Poland 2-0 and West Germany beat France in the first penalty kicks 3(5)-3(4). 3rd had Poland 3 France 2. Final had Italy 3 West Germany 1. Italy wins third championship. Tomorrow, 1986 in Mexico. Here is nhe poster for this tournament.