Date: 16-06-1962
Stage: 3rd place final
Place: SANTIAGO
Running time: 91 min.
Colour: BW
Quality: master copy
Commentary: spanish
My rating: **
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 16 June 1962, 14:30
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago
Attendance: 66,899
Meteo: Sunny, 18°C
CHILE
Adan Godoy
Humberto Cruz
Luis Eyzaguirre
Manuel Rodriguez
Raul Sanchez
Eladio Rojas
Jorge Toro
Carlos Campos
Jaime Ramirez
Leonel Sanchez
Armando Tobar
Coach: Fernando Riera (CHI)
YUGOSLAVIA
Milutin Soskic
Vladimir Durkovic
Vlatko Markovic
Vladimir Popovic
Slavko Svinjarevic
Vladimir Kovacevic
Petar Radakovic
Milan Galic
Drazen Jerkovic
Dragoslav Sekularac
Josip Skoblar
Coach: Ljubisa Lovric/Hugo Rusavljann (YUG)
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (ESP)
Goals:
90′, Eladio Rojas, CHI
Match overview
Chile secured third place at the 1962 World Cup with a dramatic late goal against Yugoslavia. The match was closely contested, with both teams creating chances, but Eladio Rojas found the net in the final minute to give the hosts their best ever World Cup finish.
Trivia
This was Chile’s only top-three finish in World Cup history. The home crowd celebrated Eladio Rojas’s last-minute winner, which capped a remarkable tournament run for the host nation. Yugoslavia, despite a strong campaign, left the tournament empty-handed.
