1950 FIFA World Cup

1950 FIFA World Cup



1950 FIFA World Cup - Brazil
IV Campeonato Mundial de Futebol

Teams 13 (from 34 entrants)

Host Brazil

Champions Uruguay (2nd title)

Matches played 22
Goals scored 88 (average 4 per match)
Attendance 1,036,000 (average 47,091 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ademir
9 goals



Qualifying countries
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the only one not decided by a knockout final. It was also the first year that the cup itself would be referred to as the Jules Rimet Cup, to mark the 25th anniversary of Rimet's presidency of FIFA. It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930.
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Background and overview
Because of World War II, the World Cup had not been staged since 1938; the planned World Cups of 1942 and 1946 were both cancelled. FIFA were keen to resurrect the competition as soon as possible and began making plans for a World Cup tournament to take place in 1949. In the aftermath of the war, much of Europe lay in ruins. As a result, FIFA had some difficulties finding a country interested in hosting the event, since many governments believed that the world scenario did not favor a sportive celebration, and also (more importantly) that the resources that would have to be put into organizing the World Cup could not be diverted from other more urgent fronts. For some time, the World Cup was at risk of not being held for sheer lack of interest from the international community, until Brazil presented a bid at the 1946 FIFA conference in Luxembourg offering to host the event on condition that the tournament take place in 1950. Brazil and Germany had been the leading bidders to host the cancelled 1942 World Cup; since both the 1934 and 1938 tournaments had been held in Europe, football historians generally agree that the 1942 event would most likely have been awarded to a South American host country. Brazil's new bid was very similar to the mooted 1942 bid and was quickly accepted. As the only country to apply, Brazil had the honour of organizing the event, and proverbially saved the day.
Having secured a host nation, FIFA would still dedicate some time to persuading countries to send their national teams to compete. Italy was of particular interest: the Italians were the long-standing defending champions (winners in 1938, the last World Cup prior to 1950), but the country was reconstructing from the end of World War II, and at first there was little to no interest from the country in participating. The Italians were finally persuaded to attend, although rumours have had it that FIFA had to cover all travelling expenses in order for Italy's national team to be able to come to Brazil and play.
The group stages of that year's tournament took a strange form, with some groups containing two, three, or four teams. This was because some nations qualified for the tournament and then withdrew. Germany and Japan, both under occupation, were not permitted to compete.
The British nations were able to take part, having rejoined FIFA four years earlier, after 17 years of self-imposed exile. It was decided to use the 1949-1950 British Home Championship as a qualifying group, with whoever finished first and second qualifying. England finished first and Scotland second, but the Scots withdrew as they were not British Champions. Turkey and India both withdrew, India refusing to go because FIFA would not allow the team to play barefoot. France were invited when Turkey pulled out of the competition. France agreed to play but they worked out that the venues for their two group matches were over 3,000 kilometres away from each other. The French told the Brazilians that they would stay home unless the arrangements were changed. The Brazilian Federation refused and France withdrew.
In fact, the entire tournament was arranged so that the four first phase groups (or "pools" as they were then called) had no geographical basis. Hence, several teams were obliged to cover large distances to complete their program. Although Brazil was allowed to play two of its three group matches in Rio de Janeiro while its other game was in (comparatively) nearby São Paulo.
A combined Great Britain team had recently beaten the rest of Europe 6-1 in an exhibition match and England went into the competition as one of the favourites. However, it was not to be, as they went crashing out in a shocking 1-0 defeat by the USA (when the score appeared in English newspapers, many thought it was a typo) which, combined with their 1-0 defeat by Spain, led to Spain continuing to the Final Pool.
The Final Pool took the form of a final group stage, involving all teams who won their group stage: Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay. The overall winner of the World Cup for 1950 would be the team that managed to finish on top of this group. The final group's six matches were shared between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Brazil played all its final group matches at the Estadio Maracaná in Rio while the games that didn't involve the host nation were played in São Paulo. Brazil outscored everyone with a 7-1 thrashing of Sweden and 6-1 rout of Spain. Before the decisive match, Brazil were sitting on top of the Final Pool and had one game left to play Uruguay who lay just behind in second and only a point behind. On July 16th, before a huge home crowd of 174,000 (estimated at 205,000) in the Estádio Maracanã, the host nation had only to draw against Uruguay and the trophy would be theirs. After such crushing victories over Spain and Sweden, it looked certain they would take the title, especially as the home nation went ahead in the second minute of the second half, thanks to a goal from Friaça. However, Uruguay equalised and then with just over 11 minutes left to play, went ahead 2-1 and Uruguay were crowned World Cup Winners for a second time. The stunning defeat of Brazil is referred to as the "Maracanazo".
The average attendance of nearly 61,000 per game, aided greatly by eight matches (including five featuring hosts Brazil) held in the newly-built Maracanã, set a record that would not be broken until 1994. Not counting the Maracanã matches, the average attendance was a still-impressive 37,500. However, the only venues that saw crowds comparable to or greater than those in recent World Cups were the Maracanã and São Paulo. Other venues saw considerably smaller crowds.
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 1950 FIFA World Cup squads

First round

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Brazil
5 3 2 1 0 8 2
Yugoslavia
4 3 2 0 1 7 3
Switzerland
3 3 1 1 1 4 6
Mexico
0 3 0 0 3 2 10
June 24, 1950
15:00
Brazil
4–0 Mexico
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã
Attendance: +81000
Referee: Reader (England)

Ademir 31', 79'
Jair 65'
Baltazar 71'

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June 25, 1950
18:00
Yugoslavia
3–0 Switzerland
Belo Horizonte, Estadio Sete de Setembro
Attendance: ~8000
Referee: Galeati (Italy)

Mitić 60'
Tomašević 70'
Ognjanov 76'

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June 28, 1950
15:00
Brazil
2–2 Switzerland
São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu
Attendance: +42000
Referee: Azon (Spain)

Alfredo 3'
Baltazar 43'
Patton 17', 88'

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June 28, 1950
18:15
Mexico
1–4 Yugoslavia
Porto Alegre, Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Attendance: +11000
Referee: Leafe (England)

Ortiz 89' pen
Bobek 20'
Ze. Čajkovski 23', 51'
Tomašsević 80'

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July 1, 1950
15:00
Brazil
2–0 Yugoslavia
Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã
Attendance: +142000
Referee: Griffiths (Wales)

Ademir 4'
Zizinho 89'

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July 2, 1950
15:40
Mexico
1–2 Switzerland
Porto Alegre, Estádio dos Eucaliptos
Attendance: +3500
Referee: Eklind (Sweden)

Casarín 89'
Bader 10'
Antenen 44'

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Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Spain
6 3 3 0 0 6 1
England
2 3 1 0 2 2 2
Chile
2 3 1 0 2 5 6
USA
2 3 1 0 2 4 8
June 25, 1950

England
2–0 Chile
15:00 - Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

Mortensen 27'
Mannion 51'

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June 25, 1950

Spain
3–1 USA
15:00 - Curitiba, Estádio Durival de Britto

Basora 75', 78'
Zarra 85'
Souza 17'

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June 29, 1950

Spain
2–0 Chile
15:00 - Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

Basora 17'
Zarra 30'

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June 29, 1950

USA
1–0 England
18:00 - Belo Horizonte, Estádio Independência

Gaetjens 38'

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July 2, 1950

Spain
1–0 England
15:00 - Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

Zarra 48'

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July 2, 1950

Chile
5–2 USA
18:00 - Recife, Estádio Ilha do Retiro

Robledo 16'
Riera 32'
Cremaschi 54', 82'
Prieto 60'
Wallace 47'
Souza 48' pen


Group 3
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Sweden
3 2 1 1 0 5 4
Italy
2 2 1 0 1 4 3
Paraguay
1 2 0 1 1 2 4
June 25, 1950

Sweden
3–2 Italy
15:00 - São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

Jeppsson 25', 68'
Andersson 33'
Carapellese 7'
Muccinelli 75'

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June 29, 1950

Sweden
2–2 Paraguay
15:30 - Curitiba, Estádio Durival de Britto

Sundqvist 24'
Palmer 26'
A. Lopez 32'
C. Lopez 89'

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July 2, 1950

Italy
2–0 Paraguay
15:00 - São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

Carapellese 12'
Egisto Pandolfini 62'

• India withdrew
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Group 4
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay
2 1 1 0 0 8 0
Bolivia
0 1 0 0 1 0 8
July 2, 1950

Uruguay
8–0 Bolivia
18:00 - Belo Horizonte, Estádio Independência

Míguez 14', 45', 56'
Vidal 18'
Schiaffino 23', 59'
Perez 73'
Ghiggia 83'

• Turkey withdrew
• Scotland withdrew

Final round
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay
5 3 2 1 0 7 5
Brazil
4 3 2 0 1 14 4
Sweden
2 3 1 0 2 6 11
Spain
1 3 0 1 2 4 11
July 9, 1950

Brazil
7–1 Sweden
15:00 - Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

Ademir 17', 36', 52', 58'
Chico 39', 88'
Maneca 85'
Andersson 67' pen

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July 9, 1950

Uruguay
2–2 Spain
15:00 - São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

Ghiggia 29'
Varela 73'
Basora 32', 39'

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July 13, 1950

Brazil
6–1 Spain
15:00 - Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã

Ademir 15', 57'
Jair 21'
Chico 31', 55'
Zizinho 67'
Silvestre 71'

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July 13, 1950

Uruguay
3–2 Sweden
15:00 - São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

Ghiggia 39'
Míguez 77', 85'
Palmer 5'
Sundqvist 40'

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July 16, 1950

Sweden
3–1 Spain
15:00 - São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

Sundqvist 15'
Mellberg 33'
Palmer 80'
Zarra 82'

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July 16, 1950

Uruguay
2–1
Brazil
15:00 - Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã
Ref: George Reader (England)
Attendance: 199,854
Schiaffino 66'
Ghiggia 79'
Friaça 47'


Awards
1950 World Cup Winners:

Uruguay
Second title

Scorers
9 goals
• Ademir
5 goals
• Estanislao Basora
• Oscar Míguez
4 goals
• Chico
• Zarra
• Alcides Ghiggia
3 goals
• Stig Sundqvist
• Karl-Erik Palmer
• Juan Schiaffino
• Kosta Tomasevic
2 goals
• Baltazar
• Jair
• Zizinho
• Atilio Cremaschi
• Riccardo Carapellese
• Hans Jeppson
• Sune Andersson
• Jacques Fatton
• John Souza
• Zeljko Cajkovski
1 goal
• Alfredo
• Maneca
• Friaça
• Jorge Robledo
• Fernando Riera
• Andres Prieto
• Stan Mortensen
• Wilf Mannion
• Ermes Muccinelli
• Egisto Pandolfini
• Hector Ortiz
• Horacio Casarín
• Atilio Lopez
• Cesar Lopez
• Silvestre Igoa
• Bror Mellberg
• Rene Bader
• Jean Tamini
• Joe Gaetjens
• Frank Wallace
• Ernesto Vidal
• Julio Perez
• Obdulio Varela
• Tihomir Ognjanov
• Stjepan Bobek



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