1950 FIFA World Cup

The 1950 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Brazil in 1950. This competition was special compared to other FIFA World Cup tournaments as the winner was decided by winning a mini-league instead of a knock-out game. Uruguay won the trophy after finishing higher than Brazil, Sweden and Spain in the final group stage.

Participants

Europe

• England (ENG) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad
• Switzerland (SUI) • Squad
• Yugoslavia (YUG) • Squad

North and Central America

• Mexico (MEX) • Squad
• United States (USA) • Squad

South America

• Bolivia (BOL) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Chile (CHI) • Squad
• Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Results

Round 1

Group A

Pos	Team	BRA	YUG	SUI	MEX	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	2-0	2-2	4-0	3	2	1	0	8	2	5	Round 2
2	Yugoslavia	0-2	-	3-0	4-1	3	2	0	1	7	3	4
3	Switzerland	2-2	0-3	-	2-1	3	1	1	1	4	6	3
4	Mexico	0-4	1-4	1-2	-	3	0	0	3	2	10	0

Group B

Pos	Team	ESP	ENG	CHI	USA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Spain	-	1-0	2-0	3-1	3	3	0	0	6	1	6	Round 2
2	England	0-1	-	2-0	0-1	3	1	0	2	2	2	2
3	Chile	0-2	0-2	-	5-2	3	1	0	2	5	6	2
4	United States	1-3	1-0	2-5	-	3	1	0	2	4	8	2

Group C

Pos	Team	SWE	ITA	PAR	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Sweden	-	3-2	2-2	2	1	1	0	5	4	3	Round 2
2	Italy	2-3	-	2-0	2	1	0	1	4	3	2
3	Paraguay	2-2	0-2	-	2	0	1	1	2	4	1

Group D

Pos	Team	URU	BOL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Uruguay	-	8-0	1	1	0	0	8	0	2	Round 2
2	Bolivia	0-8	-	1	0	0	1	0	8	0

Round 2

Pos	Team	URU	BRA	SWE	ESP	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Uruguay	-	2-1	3-2	2-2	3	2	1	0	7	5	5	championship
2	Brazil	1-2	-	7-1	6-1	3	2	0	1	14	4	4
3	Sweden	2-3	1-7	-	3-1	3	1	0	2	6	11	2
4	Spain	2-2	1-6	1-3	-	3	0	1	2	4	11	1

References

• FIFA Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine