title: 1974 FIFA World Cup knockout stage
text: # 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)
  