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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

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

First round

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'
Attendance: 32,569
Referee: Clive Thomas ( Wales)
Brazil 0 – 0  Spain
Report
Attendance: 34,771
Referee: Sergio Gonella ( Italy)
Brazil 1 – 0  Austria
Roberto Dinamite 40' Report
Attendance: 35,221
Referee: Robert Wurtz ( France)

Second round

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.)
Attendance: 31,278
Argentina 0 – 0  Brazil
Report
Attendance: 37,326
Poland 1 – 3  Brazil
Lato 45' Report Nelinho 13'
Roberto Dinamite 58', 63'
Attendance: 39,586

Third-place match

Brazil 2 – 1  Italy
Nelinho 64'
Dirceu 71'		 Report Causio 38'
Attendance: 69,659
Referee: Abraham Klein ( Israel)

Starting 11

Scorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

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