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Brazil at the 1978 FIFA World Cup

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The Brazil national football team played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and continued to maintained their record of being the only team to enter every World Cup Finals.

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

Qualifying

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1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL Group 1)
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Brazil 6 4 2 2 0 8 1 +7
2  Paraguay 4 4 1 2 1 3 3 0
3  Colombia 2 4 0 2 2 1 8 −7

Brazil advanced to the final round.

1978 FIFA World Cup qualification (Final round)
Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Brazil 4 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9
2  Peru 2 2 1 0 1 5 1 +4
3  Bolivia 0 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13

Brazil and Peru qualified.

The Cup

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First round

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Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 4
 Brazil 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
 Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
 Sweden 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Brazil 1 – 1 Sweden
Reinaldo 45' Report Sjöberg 37'

Brazil 0 – 0 Spain
Report

Brazil 1 – 0 Austria
Roberto Dinamite 40' Report

Second round

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Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 0 +8 5
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 5
 Poland 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 2
 Peru 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0

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

Peru 0 – 3 Brazil
Report Dirceu 15', 27'
Zico 72' (pen.)

Argentina 0 – 0 Brazil
Report

Poland 1 – 3 Brazil
Lato 45' Report Nelinho 13'
Roberto Dinamite 58', 63'

Third-place match

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Brazil 2 – 1 Italy
Nelinho 64'
Dirceu 71'
Report Causio 38'

Starting 11

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Scorers

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3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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