1938 FIFA World Cup

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1938 FIFA World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates4 June – 19 June
Teams15
Venue(s)10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up Hungary
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored84 (4.67 per match)
Attendance483,000 (26,833 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Leônidas (7 goals)
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The 1938 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in France in 1938. Italy won the trophy after beating Hungary in the final.

Participants[change | change source]

Asia[change | change source]

Europe[change | change source]

North and Central America[change | change source]

South America[change | change source]

Results[change | change source]

First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
5 June – Marseille            
  Italy (aet)  2
12 June – Paris (Olympique)
  Norway  1  
  Italy  3
5 June – Paris (Olympique)
    France  1  
  France  3
16 June – Marseille
  Belgium  1  
  Italy  2
5 June – Strasbourg
    Brazil  1  
  Brazil (aet)  6
12 June – Bordeaux
(replayed 14 June)
  Poland  5  
  Brazil  1 (2)
5 June – Le Havre
    Czechoslovakia  1 (1)  
  Czechoslovakia (aet)  3
19 June – Paris (Olympique)
  Netherlands  0  
  Italy  4
5 June – Reims
    Hungary  2
  Hungary  6
12 June – Lille
  Dutch East Indies  0  
  Hungary  2
4 June – Paris (Princes)
(replayed 9 June)
    Switzerland  0  
  Switzerland  1 (4)
16 June – Rome
  Germany  1 (2)  
  Hungary  5
5 June – Lyon
    Sweden  1   Third place
  Sweden  w/o
12 June – Antibes 19 June – Bordeaux
  Austria  -  
  Sweden  8   Brazil  4
5 June – Toulouse
(replayed 9 June)
    Cuba  0     Sweden  2
  Cuba  3 (2)
  Romania  3 (1)  

First round[change | change source]

Switzerland 1–1 (a.e.t.) Germany
Abegglen Goal 43' Report Gauchel Goal 29'
Attendance: 27,152
Hungary 6–0 Dutch East Indies
Kohut Goal 14'
Toldi Goal 16'
Sárosi Goal 25', 88'
Zsengellér Goal 30', 67'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Roger Conrié (France)
Sweden w/o[1] Austria
Cuba 3–3 (a.e.t.) Romania
Socorro Goal 44', 103'
Magriñá Goal 69'		 Report Bindea Goal 35'
Barátky Goal 88'
Dobay Goal 105'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy)
France 3–1 Belgium
Veinante Goal 1'
Nicolas Goal 16', 69'		 Report Isemborghs Goal 38'
Attendance: 30,454
Italy 2–1 (a.e.t.) Norway
Ferraris Goal 2'
Piola Goal 94'		 Report Brustad Goal 83'
Attendance: 19,000
Brazil 6–5 (a.e.t.) Poland
Leônidas Goal 18', 93', 104'
Romeu Goal 25'
Perácio Goal 44', 71'		 Report Scherfke Goal 23' (pen.)
Wilimowski Goal 53', 59', 89', 118'
Attendance: 13,452
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Czechoslovakia 3–0 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Košťálek Goal 93'
Nejedlý Goal 111'[3]
Zeman Goal 118'[4]		 Report
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Lucien Leclerq (France)

Replays[change | change source]

Germany 2–4 Switzerland
Hahnemann Goal 8'
Lörtscher Goal 22' (o.g.)		 Report Walaschek Goal 42'
Bickel Goal 64'
Abegglen Goal 75', 78'
Attendance: 20,025
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Cuba 2–1 Romania
Socorro Goal 51'
Fernández Goal 57'		 Report Dobay Goal 35'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)

Quarter-finals[change | change source]

Switzerland 0–2 Hungary
Report Sárosi Goal 40'
Zsengellér Goal 89'[5]
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
Sweden 8–0 Cuba
H. Andersson Goal 9', 81', 90'[6]
Wetterström Goal 32', 37', 44'[7]
Keller Goal 80'[8]
Nyberg Goal 84'[9]		 Report
Attendance: 7,000
France 1–3 Italy
Heisserer Goal 10' Report Colaussi Goal 9'
Piola Goal 51', 72'
Attendance: 58,455
Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
Brazil 1–1 (a.e.t.) Czechoslovakia
Leônidas Goal 30' Report Nejedlý Goal 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,021
Referee: Pál von Hertzka (Hungary)

Replay[change | change source]

Brazil 2–1 Czechoslovakia
Leônidas Goal 57'
Roberto Goal 62'[10]		 Report Kopecký Goal 25'
Attendance: 18,141

Semi-finals[change | change source]

Hungary 5–1 Sweden
Jacobsson Goal 19' (o.g.)
Titkos Goal 37'
Zsengellér Goal 39', 85'
Sárosi Goal 65'		 Report Nyberg Goal 1'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lucien Leclerq (France)
Italy 2–1 Brazil
Colaussi Goal 51'
Meazza Goal 60' (pen.)		 Report Romeu Goal 87'
Attendance: 33,000

Match for third place[change | change source]

Sweden 2–4 Brazil
Jonasson Goal 28'
Nyberg Goal 38'		 Report Romeu Goal 44'
Leônidas Goal 63', 74'
Perácio Goal 80'
Attendance: 12,000

Final[change | change source]

See the main article: 1938 FIFA World Cup Final
Hungary 2–4 Italy
Titkos Goal 8'
Sárosi Goal 70'		 Report Colaussi Goal 6', 35'
Piola Goal 16', 82'[11]
Attendance: 45,000

Italy won the championship.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ Sweden were awarded a walkover as Austria were unable to compete because of the Austrian Anschluss in March 1938.
  2. ↑ Actually from Austria, but finally representing the German Football Association because of the Anschluss.
  3. ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 118th minute.
  4. ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 111th minute.
  5. ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 90th minute.
  6. ↑ RSSSF credits goal in the 81st minute as coming in the 61st minute.
  7. ↑ RSSSF credits the goal in the 32nd minute as coming in the 22nd minute.
  8. ↑ RSSSF credits goal in the 80th minute as coming in the 60th minute.
  9. ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 89th minute.
  10. ↑ FIFA initially credits this goal to Leônidas, but changed it to Roberto in 2006. Archive copy at the Internet Archive
  11. ↑ RSSSF credits the goal in the 82nd minute as coming in the 85th minute.

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