It consisted of two semi-final matches, a third-place match played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals, and the final to determine the winners of the competition.
Should the final be level after extra time, the match would instead be replayed.
The top placed team from each of the four groups of the second round qualified for the knockout stage.
Assistant referees: David Socha (United States) Gilberto Aristizábal (Colombia) Assistant referees: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) Bob Valentine (Scotland) This was the first of what is an ongoing streak of eleven consecutive World Cups in which a European team finished third.
Assistant referees: Mario Rubio Vázquez (Mexico) Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria) Assistant referees: Abraham Klein (Israel) Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)