1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Switzerland in 1954. Germany won the trophy after beating Hungary in the final.

Participants

Asia

• Korea Republic (KOR)

Europe

• Austria (AUT)
• Belgium (BEL)
• Czechoslovakia (TCH)
• England (ENG)
• France (FRA)
• West Germany (FRG)
• Hungary (HUN)
• Italy (ITA)
• Scotland (SCO)
• Switzerland (SUI)
• Turkey (TUR)
• Yugoslavia (YUG)

North and Central America

• Mexico (MEX)

South America

• Brazil (BRA)
• Uruguay (URU)

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	BRA	YUG	FRA	MEX	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	1-1	-	5-0	2	1	1	0	6	1	3	Round 2
2	Yugoslavia	1-1	-	1-0	-	2	1	1	0	2	1	3	Round 2
3	France	-	0-1	-	3-2	2	1	0	1	3	3	2
4	Mexico	0-5	-	2-3	-	2	0	0	2	2	8	0

Group B

Pos	Team	HUN	FRG	TUR	KOR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Hungary	-	8-3	-	9-0	2	2	0	0	17	3	4	Round 2
2	West Germany	3-8	-	4-1	-	2	1	0	1	7	9	2	Round 2
2	Turkey	-	1-4	-	7-0	2	1	0	1	8	4	2
4	Korea Republic	0-9	-	0-7	-	2	0	0	2	0	16	0

Playoff for Round 2

• West Germany 7-2 Turkey

Group C

Pos	Team	URU	AUT	TCH	SCO	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Uruguay	-	-	2-0	7-0	2	2	0	0	9	0	4	Round 2
2	Austria	-	-	5-0	1-0	2	2	0	0	6	0	4	Round 2
3	Czechoslovakia	0-2	0-5	-	-	2	0	0	2	0	7	0
4	Scotland	0-7	0-1	-	-	2	0	0	2	0	8	0

Group D

Pos	Team	ENG	SUI	ITA	BEL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	England	-	2-0	-	4-4	2	1	1	0	6	4	3	Round 2
2	Switzerland	0-2	-	2-1	-	2	1	0	1	2	3	2	Round 2
2	Italy	-	1-2	-	4-1	2	1	0	1	5	3	2
4	Belgium	4-4	-	1-4	-	2	0	1	1	5	8	1

Playoff for Round 2

• Switzerland 4-1 Italy

Round 2

Quarterfinals

Austria	7 – 5	Switzerland
England	2 – 4	Uruguay
Yugoslavia	0 – 2	West Germany
Hungary	4 – 2	Brazil

Semifinals

West Germany	6 – 1	Austria
Hungary	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay

3rd place

Austria

3 – 1

Uruguay

Final

West Germany

3 – 2

Hungary

West Germany won the championship for the 1st time. In Germany the final is called Das Wunder von Bern (The Miracle of Berne) because of the unexpected win over the largely favoured Hungary.

References

FIFA