History of the FIFA World Cup by FIFA to the regions of Asia, Oceania and Africa. The eventual qualifiers from the zone, North Korea, became the first Asian team to reach the quarter-finals, eliminating Italy in the process. England won the tournament, although João Havelange (former FIFA president from 1974 to 1998) claimed that the 1966 and 1974 World Cups were fixed so that England and Germany would win respectively. Geoff Hurst became the first and to this day the only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final and Eusébio, whose team Portugal were taking part in their first World Cup, was the
1966 FIFA World Cup knockout stage their first World Cup title. All times listed are local time. The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage. <section begin=Bracket /><section end=Bracket /> <section begin=QF1 /><section end=QF1 /> <section begin=QF2 /><section end=QF2 /> <section begin=QF3 /><section end=QF3 /> <section begin=QF4 /><section end=QF4 /> <section begin=SF1 /><section end=SF1 /> <section begin=SF2 /><section end=SF2 /> <section begin=TPP /><section end=TPP /> 1966 FIFA World Cup knockout stage The knockout stage of the 1966 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. The knockout stage began on