1978 FIFA World Cup 1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, quadrennial international football world championship tournament, was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by the Argentine hosts, who defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in the final, after extra time. The final was held at River Plate's home stadium, Estadio Monumental, in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth team (after Uruguay, Italy, England and West Germany) to be both hosts and world champions. Argentina, the
World Cup Soccer: Italia '90 FIFA World Cup. The game was based on the 1989 game "World Trophy Soccer" which was originally an arcade game for Mastertronic's Amiga-based Arcadia machines. Virgin Games had bought out Mastertronic in 1988 so the game was released for Amiga, Atari ST and Commodore 64 published by Virgin Mastertronic. Virgin Mastertronic obtained the official licence for the World Cup from sponsor Olivetti. They adapted the "World Trophy Soccer" game, renaming it "World Cup Soccer: Italia '90" while also porting it to Amstrad CPC, DOS and ZX Spectrum. No attempts were made to change the set up of the tournament or