1938 FIFA World Cup

1938 FIFA World Cup



1938 FIFA World Cup - France
Coupe du Monde 1938

Teams 15 (from 37 entrants)

Host France

Champions Italy (2nd title)

Matches played 18
Goals scored 84 (average 4.667 per match)
Attendance 483,000 (average 26,833 per match)
Top scorer(s) Leônidas
8 goals



Qualifying countries
The 1938 Football World Cup was played in France, the second tournament in a row to be played in Europe. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4-2 in the finals.
The decision of FIFA in 1936 during the celebration of the 1936 Summer Olympics to hold the tournament in France caused outrage in South America where it was believed that the venue would alternate between the two continents. As a result neither Uruguay nor Argentina entered the competition. Spain has the record to be the first country to be out of the World Cup because of a war (i.e. the Spanish Civil War).
It was the first time that host (France) and holders of the World Cup (Italy) qualified automatically, with fifteen nations taking part. Austria qualified but withdrew after being annexed by Germany, so Sweden received automatic entry into the quarter-finals. Five of the first round matches required extra time to break the deadlock; two games still went to a replay. The replays saw Switzerland oust Germany 4-2, while Cuba managed to advance to the next round at the expense of Romania.
Sweden may have entered the competition at a later stage than the other teams, but they did so with style when they beat Cuba 8-0. The host nation were beaten by the holders, and Switzerland were seen off by Hungary. Czechoslovakia took Brazil to extra time and eventually a replay, but the South Americans proved too strong for the Europeans and won 2-1.
Hungary destroyed Sweden in one of the semi-finals 5-1, while Italy and Brazil had the first of their many important World Cup clashes in the other. The Brazilians rested their star player Leonidas confident that they would qualify for the final, but the Italians won 2-1. Brazil topped Sweden 4-2 for third place.
The final itself took place in the Stade Colombes, Paris. Vittorio Pozzo's Italian side took the lead early, but Hungary equalised within two minutes. The Italians took the lead again shortly after, and by the end of the first half were leading the Hungarians 3-1. Hungary never really got back into the game. With the final score favouring the Italians 4-2, Italy became the first team to successfully defend the title and were once more crowned World Cup Winners.
Some argued that Hungary - or at least its goalkeeper - allowed Italy to win, as a measure to save the lives of the Italian Team, which had received telegrams by Mussolini with "Vincere o morire!" (mistranslated as "Win or die") written on them. Hungarian goalkeeper Antal Szabo expressed his relief following his side's defeat against Italy despite letting in four goals in the loss. Referring to Mussolini's pre-match threats, Szabo quipped "I may have let in four goals, but at least I saved their lives".
Actually, this is not the case. "Win or die" was a typical slogan of encouragement from fascist era, meaning "Victory or bust!" or "do your best to get victory". The fascist regime held sporting heroes and champions in high regard, greatly using them in their propaganda machine, so an act like the one suggested by Szabo was not realistic. Szabo's words may have been just an excuse for the lost match, or an honest misunderstanding. [1]
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Venues
Ten cities hosted the tournament:
• Paris, Parc des Princes and Stade Olympique de Colombes
• Reims, Vélodrome Municipal
• Lyon, Stade de Gerland
• Toulouse, Stade Chapou
• Marseilles, Stade Vélodrome
• Strasbourg, Stade Meinau
• Le Havre, Stade Cavée Verte
• Lille, Stade Victor Boucquey
• Antibes, Stade du Fort Carré
• Bordeaux, Parc Lescure

Tournament bracket
First Round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

4 June - Paris
(replayed 9 June)


Germany
1 (2)
12 June - Lille
Switzerland
1 (4)
Switzerland
0
5 June - Reims

Hungary
2
Hungary
6
16 June – Paris
Dutch East Indies
0
Hungary
5
5 June - Lyon

Sweden
1
Sweden
w/o
12 June - Antibes
Austria[2]
-
Sweden
8
5 June - Toulouse
(replayed 9 June)

Cuba
0
Cuba
3 (2)
19 June – Paris
Romania
3 (1)
Hungary
2
5 June - Paris

Italy
4
France
3
12 June - Paris
Belgium
1
France
1
5 June - Marseilles

Italy
3
Italy (AET)
2
16 June - Marseilles
Norway
1
Italy
2
5 June - Strasbourg

Brazil
1 Third place
Brazil (AET)
6
12 June – Bordeaux
(replayed 14 June)
19 June - Bordeaux
Poland
5
Brazil
1 (2) Sweden
2
5 June - Le Havre

Czechoslovakia
1 (1) Brazil
4
Czechoslovakia (AET)
3

Netherlands
0

First round
June 4, 1938
18:00
Germany
1–1
(AET)
Switzerland
Paris, Parc des Princes
Attendance: ~30000
Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Gauchel 29'
(Report)
Abegglen 43'

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June 5, 1938
17:00
Hungary
6–0 Dutch East Indies
Reims, Vélodrome Municipal
Attendance: ~8000
Referee: Conrié (France)

Kohut 13'
Toldi 15'
Sárosi 28', 89'
Zsengellér 35', 78'
(Report)

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June 5, 1938

Sweden
Austria
withdrew [2]
Austria
Lyon, Stade de Gerland


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June 5, 1938
17:00
Cuba
3–3
(AET)
Romania
Toulouse, Stade Chapou
Attendance: +6000
Referee: Scarpi (Italy)

Socorro 41'
Fernández 61'[3]
Tuñas 101'[4]
(Report)
Bindea[5] 38', 93'[6]
Baratki 88'[7]

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June 5, 1938
17:00
France
3–1 Belgium
Paris, Stade Olympique de Colombes
Attendance: ~32000
Referee: Wüthrich (Switzerland)

Veinante 1'
Nicolas 16', 69'
(Report)
Isemborghs 38'

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June 5, 1938
17:00
Italy
2–1
(AET)
Norway
Marseilles, Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: ~18000
Referee: Beranek(1) (Germany)

Ferraris 2'
Piola 94'
(Report)
Brustad 83'

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June 5, 1938
17:30
Brazil
6–5
(AET)
Poland
Strasbourg, Stade Meinau
Attendance: ~16000
Referee: Eklind (Sweden)

Leônidas 18', 93', 104'
Romeu 25'
Perácio 44', 71'
(Report)
Scherfke 23' pen
Wilimowski 53', 59', 89', 118'

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June 5, 1938
18:30
Czechoslovakia
3–0
(AET)
Netherlands
Le Havre, Stade Cavée Verte
Attendance: ?
Referee: Leclerq (France)

Košťálek 93'
Nejedlý 111'[8]
Zeman 118'[9]
(Report)

Replays:
June 9, 1938
18:00
Germany
2–4 Switzerland
Paris, Parc des Princes
Attendance: ~22000
Referee: Eklind (Sweden)

Hahnemann 8'
Lörtscher 22' (og)
(Report)
Wallaschek 42'
Bickel 64'
Abegglen 75', 78'

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June 9, 1938
18:00
Cuba
2–1 Romania
Toulouse, Stade Chapou
Attendance: ~5000
Referee: Birlem (Germany)

Socorro 51'
Oliveira[10] 53'
(Report)
Dobay 28'[11]


Quarter-finals
June 12, 1938
17:00
Switzerland
0–2 Hungary
Lille, Stade Victor Boucquey
Attendance: ~14000
Referee: Barlassina (Italy)

(Report)
Sárosi 40'
Zsengellér 89'[12]

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June 12, 1938
17:00
Sweden
8–0 Cuba
Antibes, Stade du Fort Carré
Attendance: ~6000
Referee: Krist (Czechoslovakia)

Keller 9'[13], 80'[14], 81'[15]
Wetterström 32'[16], 37', 44'
Nyberg 84'
Andersson 90'[17]
(Report)

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June 12, 1938
17:00
France
1–3 Italy
Paris, Stade Olympique de Colombes
Attendance: +58000
Referee: Baert (Belgium)

Heisserer 10'
(Report)
Colaussi 9'
Piola 51', 72'

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June 12, 1938
17:00
Brazil
1–1
(AET)
Czechoslovakia
Bordeaux, Parc Lescure
Attendance: ~25000
Referee: von Hertzka (Hungary)

Leônidas 30'
(Report)
Nejedlý 65' pen

Replay:
June 14, 1938
18:00
Brazil
2–1 Czechoslovakia
Bordeaux, Parc Lescure
Attendance: ~20000
Referee: Capdeville (France)

Leônidas 57', 62'[18]
(Report)
Kopecký 25'


Semi-finals
June 16, 1938
18:00
Hungary
5–1 Sweden
Paris, Parc des Princes
Attendance: +22000
Referee: Leclerq (France)

Zsengellér 19'[19], 39'[20], 85'[21]
Sas 37'[22]
Sárosi 61'[23]
(Report)
Nyberg 1'

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June 16, 1938
18:00
Italy
2–1 Brazil
Marseilles, Stade Velodrome
Attendance: ~30000
Referee: Wüthrich (Switzerland)

Colaussi 51'
Meazza 60' pen
(Report)
Romeu 87'


Third place match
June 19, 1938
17:00
Sweden
2–4 Brazil
Bordeaux, Parc Lescure
Attendance: +20000
Referee: Langenus (Belgium)

Jonasson 28'
Nyberg 38'
(Report)
Romeu 44'
Leônidas 63', 74'
Perácio 80'


Final
June 19, 1938
17:00
Hungary
2–4 Italy
Paris, Stade Olympique de Colombes
Attendance: ~60000
Referee: Capdeville (France)

Titkos 8'
Sárosi 70'
(Report)
Colaussi 6', 35'
Piola 16', 82'[24]


Awards
1938 World Cup Winners:

Italy
Second title

Scorers
8 goals
• Leônidas
6 goals
• Gyula Zsengellér
5 goals
• György Sárosi
• Silvio Piola
4 goals
• Gino Colaussi
• Ernest Wilimowski
3 goals
• Perácio
• Romeu
• Tore Keller
• Arne Nyberg
• Gustav Wetterström
• André Abegglen
2 goals
• Héctor Socorro
• Oldřich Nejedlý
• Jean Nicolas
• Silviu Bindea
1 goal
• Henri Isemborghs
• Tomás Fernández
• Carlos Oliveira
• Juan Tuñas
• Vlastimil Kopecký
• Josef Košťálek
• Josef Zeman
• Oscar Heisserer
• Émile Veinante
• Josef Gauchel
• Wilhelm Hahnemann
• Vilmos Kohut
• Ferenc Sas
• Pál Titkos
• Géza Toldi
• Pietro Ferraris
• Giuseppe Meazza
• Arne Brustad
• Fryderyk Scherfke
• Gyula Barátki
• Stefan Dobay
• Harry Andersson
• Sven Jonasson
• Eugen Wallaschek
• Alfred Bickel
Own goals
• Ernst Lörtscher (for Germany)


Notes
1. ^ On this date in 1938, the most ominous of World Cup soccer games ever was played [...] The Italian team received a telegram from dictator Benito Mussolini reading simply, "Vincere o morire". The world, including Hungarian goalie Antal Szabo (ph), was told of the simple, terrifying translation, "Win or die". Hungary lost to Italy that day. Some say they lost deliberately, 4 to 1. "I may have let in four goals," said the net minder Szabo, "but at least I saved their lives." Only problem, "Vincere o morire," translated literally as "win or die", in Italian sports vernacular, however, it simply meant, “"Give it your all, guys." Oops. (Keith Olbermann, 19 june 2006) [1]
2. ^ a b Austria unable to compete because of the Austrian Anschluss in March 1938, so Sweden advanced automatically
3. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to José Magriñá in the 51st minute.
4. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to José Magriñá in the 93rd minute.
5. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Miklós Kovács
6. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Stefan Dobay in the 101st minute.
7. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as occurring in the 68th minute.
8. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 118th minute.
9. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 111th minute.
10. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Tomás Fernández
11. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 39th minute.
12. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 90th minute.
13. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Harry Andersson
14. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 60th minute.
15. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Harry Andersson in the 61st minute.
16. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 22nd minute.
17. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 89th minute.
18. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Roberto.
19. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as an own goal by Sven Jacobsson
20. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 38th minute.
21. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 78th minute.
22. ^ RSSSF credits this goal to Pal Titkos in the 26th minute.
23. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 61st minute.
24. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 85th minute.

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