1982 FIFA World Cup Group A#Poland vs Belgium

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

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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

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

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Group

! width="150" | Winners

1

| {{fb|POL}}

3

| {{fb|BEL}}

Group

! width="150" | Runners-up

6

| {{fb|URS|1955}}

Standings

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|name_URS={{fb|URS|1955}}

|name_POL={{fb|POL}}

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Matches

=Poland vs Belgium=

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|time=21:00 CEST

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|score=3–0

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|team2={{fb|BEL}}

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|stadium=Camp Nou, Barcelona

|attendance=30,000

|referee=Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica) }}

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GK1Józef Młynarczyk
DF2Marek Dziuba
DF5Paweł Janas
DF9Władysław Żmuda (c)
DF10Stefan Majewski
MF3Janusz Kupcewicz{{suboff|82}}
MF8Waldemar Matysik
MF13Andrzej Buncol
MF20Zbigniew Boniek
FW16Grzegorz Lato
FW11Włodzimierz Smolarek{{yel|48}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF4Tadeusz Dolny
MF14Andrzej Pałasz
MF15Włodzimierz Ciołek{{subon|82}}
FW17Andrzej Szarmach
GK21Jacek Kazimierski
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Antoni Piechniczek

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GK12Theo Custers
DF4Walter Meeuws (c)
DF5Michel Renquin
DF3Luc Millecamps
DF16Gerard Plessers{{suboff|87}}
MF8Wilfried Van Moer{{suboff|46}}
MF6Franky Vercauteren
MF10Ludo Coeck
MF11Jan Ceulemans
FW9Erwin Vandenbergh
FW21Alexandre Czerniatynski
colspan=3|Substitutes:
FW13François Van der Elst{{subon|46}}
DF14Marc Baecke{{subon|87}}
MF17René Verheyen
MF18Raymond Mommens
GK22Jacky Munaron
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|Guy Thys

|}

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|

Assistant referees:


Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)


Gastón Castro (Chile)

=Belgium vs Soviet Union=

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|time=21:00 CEST

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|team2={{fb|URS|1955}}

|goals2=Oganesian {{goal|48}}

|stadium=Camp Nou, Barcelona

|attendance=45,000

|referee=Michel Vautrot (France)

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GK22Jacky Munaron
DF4Walter Meeuws (c)
DF5Michel Renquin
DF3Luc Millecamps
DF15Maurits De Schrijver{{suboff|65}}
MF10Ludo Coeck
MF20Guy Vandersmissen{{suboff|67}}
MF6Franky Vercauteren
MF11Jan Ceulemans
FW9Erwin Vandenbergh
FW17René Verheyen
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF7Jos Daerden
GK12Theo Custers
MF18Raymond Mommens
FW19Marc Millecamps{{subon|65}}
FW21Alexandre Czerniatynski{{subon|67}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|Guy Thys

|valign="top" width="50%"|

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GK1Rinat Dasayev
SW3Aleksandre Chivadze (c)
DF6Anatoliy Demyanenko
DF5Sergei Baltacha
DF14Sergei Borovsky
MF8Volodymyr Bezsonov{{yel|77}}
MF10Khoren Oganesian
MF12Andriy Bal{{suboff|87}}
FW7Ramaz Shengelia{{suboff|90}}
FW9Yuri Gavrilov
FW11Oleh Blokhin
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF2Tengiz Sulakvelidze
MF13Vitaly Daraselia{{subon|87}}
FW15Sergey Andreyev
FW16Sergey Rodionov{{subon|90}}
GK22Vyacheslav Chanov
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|Konstantin Beskov

|}

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|

Assistant referees:


Charles Corver (Netherlands)


António Garrido (Portugal)

=Soviet Union vs Poland=

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|date=4 July 1982

|time=21:00 CEST

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|score=0–0

|report=[https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/spain1982/matches/match/1058 Report]

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|stadium=Camp Nou, Barcelona

|attendance=65,000

|referee=Bob Valentine (Scotland)

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GK1Rinat Dasayev
DF2Tengiz Sulakvelidze
DF3Aleksandre Chivadze (c){{yel|38}}
DF5Sergei Baltacha{{yel|90}}
DF6Anatoliy Demyanenko
MF8Volodymyr Bezsonov
MF14Sergei Borovsky{{yel|87}}
MF9Yuri Gavrilov{{suboff|78}}
MF10Khoren Oganesian
FW7Ramaz Shengelia{{suboff|56}}
FW11Oleh Blokhin
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF12Andriy Bal
MF13Vitaly Daraselia{{subon|78}}
FW15Sergey Andreyev{{subon|56}}
FW16Sergey Rodionov
GK22Vyacheslav Chanov
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4|Konstantin Beskov

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"
width=25|width=25|
GK1Józef Młynarczyk
SW10Stefan Majewski
CB2Marek Dziuba
CB5Paweł Janas
CB9Władysław Żmuda (c)
CM8Waldemar Matysik
RW13Andrzej Buncol{{yel|65}}
AM3Janusz Kupcewicz{{suboff|51}}
LW20Zbigniew Boniek{{yel|88}}
SS16Grzegorz Lato
CF11Włodzimierz Smolarek
colspan=3|Substitutes:
DF4Tadeusz Dolny
DF12Roman Wójcicki
MF15Włodzimierz Ciołek{{subon|51}}
FW17Andrzej Szarmach
GK21Jacek Kazimierski
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|Antoni Piechniczek

|}

width=50% style="font-size: 90%"

|

Assistant referees:


Henning Lund-Sørensen (Denmark)


Clive White (England)

See also

References

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