FIFA world cup: 6 teams who won on home soil

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#3 West Germany (1974)

Soccer - FIFA World Cup West Germany 1974 - Group 2 - Zaire v Scotland - Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Soccer - FIFA World Cup West Germany 1974 - Group 2 - Zaire v Scotland - Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

The 10th edition of FIFA world cup was hosted by West Germany who were the eventual champions as well.

This was West Germany's second world title but the first one at home thus multiplying the joy n number of times. The west German side finished second in their initial group losing out to rivals East Germany 1-0 in Hamburg but it was all west Germany thereon as they won each and every game en route to the final where they met The Netherlands.

Germans prevailed over the dutch as Gerd Muller scored the winner to win West Germany's second world cup.

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