1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup



1954 FIFA World Cup - Switzerland
Championnat du Monde de Football 1954

Teams 16 (from 45 entrants)

Host Switzerland

Champions West Germany (1st title)

Matches played 26
Goals scored 140 (average 5.385 per match)
Attendance 889,500 (average 34,212 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sándor Kocsis
11 goals



Qualifying countries
The 1954 Football World Cup was held in Switzerland. As the year saw the 50th anniversary of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), it seemed appropriate for football's premier competition to be played in the home of its governing body. The tournament was won by West Germany, who upset Hungary 3-2 in the final. It was Germany's first World Cup victory.
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Overview
For the first time there was television coverage, and special coins issued to mark the event. 16 teams qualified for the tournament and an unusual system was used in the first stage. The 16 teams were divided into four groups (called pools): each pool was comprised of two of the eight seeded teams based on World rankings (Austria, Brazil, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Turkey and Uruguay) and two unseeded teams. Instead of a conventional round-robin where each team would play three matches, the two seeded teams and the two weakest teams in each pool didn't have to play each other, so each team played only 2 pool matches. Extra time was played in the pool stages for any game that was level in after 90 minutes. The two teams finishing at the top of their pool would go through to the quarter-finals. Goal average was ignored and teams battling for a qualifying spot who were on equal points at the end of the pool stages were required to play-off. Consequently Switzerland and Italy played each other twice with Switzerland winning the play-off 4-1, while West Germany, who were unseeded, had two encounters with the seeded Turkish and beat them convincingly on both occasions. Uruguay and Austria finished the pool stages level on points in the qualifying positions and drew lots to determine who they would play in the next round.
The quarter-finals saw the favourites Hungary beat Brazil 4-2 in one of the ugliest matches in football history, which would become infamous as the Battle of Berne. Meanwhile, the World Cup holders Uruguay sent England out of the tournament, also by a scoreline of 4-2. Also, West Germany dispatched Yugoslavia 2-0 and Austria managed to beat the host nation in the game that saw the most goals in any World Cup match, 7-5.
One of the semi-finals produced a score line of 6-1 between West Germany and Austria (with West Germany winning). The other one, the most exciting game of the tournament, saw Hungary go into the second half leading Uruguay 1-0, only for the game to be taken to extra time with a score after 90 minutes of 2-2. The deadlock was broken by Sandor Kocsis with two late goals to take Hungary through to the Final, beating a team that had not previously lost a World Cup game. Uruguay then went on to be beaten for a second time as Austria secured Third Place.
The Wankdorf Stadion in Berne saw 60,000 people cram inside to watch the Final between West Germany and Hungary, a rematch of a first round game, which Hungary had won 8-3. Shortly before the match it had started raining - in Germany this was dubbed "Fritz-Walter-Wetter" (Fritz Walter Weather) because the German team captain Fritz Walter was said to play his best in rainy weather. The Final saw the legendary Ferenc Puskás playing even though he was not fully fit. Despite this he put his team ahead after only 6 minutes, and with Zoltan Czibor adding another two minutes later it seemed destined that the pre-tournament favourites would take the title.
However with goals from Max Morlock and Helmut Rahn before half time the tide began to turn. The second half saw telling misses from the Hungarian team, a second goal from Rahn, and a disallowed goal from Puskás with 2 minutes left. When Rahn scored his second goal barely 6 minutes before the end of the match the popular German reporter Herbert Zimmermann gave the most famous German piece of commentary while the Hungarian reporter, Gyorgy Szepesi burst into tears. In Germany the success is known as The Miracle of Bern, upon which a 2003 film of the same name was based. The distraught Hungarians were ushered away by the referee and with a final blow of the whistle West Germany were handed both the Jules Rimet trophy and the title of World Cup Winners.
The 11 goals scored by Kocsis of Hungary not only led the World Cup, but bettered the old record by three.
Squads
For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1954 FIFA World Cup squads

First round

Pool 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Brazil
3 2 1 1 0 6 1
Yugoslavia
3 2 1 1 0 2 1
France
2 2 1 0 1 3 3
Mexico
0 2 0 0 2 2 8
June 16, 1954
17:10
Brazil
5–0 Mexico
Geneva, Charmilles Stadium
Ref: Wyssling (Switzerland)
Attendance: 13,000
Baltazar 23'
Didi 30'
Pinga 34', 43'
Julinho 69'

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June 16, 1954
18:00
Yugoslavia
1–0 France
Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Ref: Griffiths (Wales)
Attendance: 27,000
Milutinovic 15'

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June 19, 1954
17:00
Brazil
1–1 Yugoslavia
Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Ref: Faultless (Scotland)
Attendance: 40,000
Didi 69'
Zebec 48'

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June 19, 1954
17:10
France
3–2 Mexico
Geneva, Charmilles Stadium
Ref: Asensi (Spain)
Attendance: 19,000
Vincent 19'
Cardenas 49' (og)
Kopa 88' (pen)
Lamadrid 54'
Balcazar 85'

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Pool 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Hungary
4 2 2 0 0 17 3
West Germany
2 2 1 0 1 7 9
Turkey
2 2 1 0 1 8 4
Korea Republic
0 2 0 0 2 0 16
June 17, 1954
18:00
West Germany
4–1 Turkey
Berne, Wankdorf Stadium
Ref: Da Costa Vieira (Portugal)
Attendance: 39,000
Schäfer 14'
Klodt 52'
O. Walter 60'
Morlock 84'
Suat 2'

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June 17, 1954
18:00
Hungary
9–0 Korea Republic
Zürich, Hardturm Stadium
Ref: Vincenti (France)
Attendance: 18,000
Puskás 12', 89'
Lantos 18'
Kocsis 24', 36', 50'
Czibor 59'
Palotás 75', 83'

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June 20, 1954
16:50
Hungary
8–3 West Germany
Basel, St. Jakob Stadium
Ref: Ling (England)
Attendance: 65,000
Kocsis 3', 21', 67', 78'
Puskás 17'
Hidegkuti 50', 54'
J. Tóth 73'
Pfaff 25'
Rahn 77'
Herrmann 81'

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June 20, 1954
17:00
Turkey
7–0 Korea Republic
Geneva, Charmilles Stadium
Ref: Marino (Uruguay)
Attendance: 3,000
Suat 10', 30'
Lefter 24'
Burhan 37', 64', 70'
Erol 76'

Play-off:
June 23, 1954
18:00
West Germany
7–2 Turkey
Zürich, Hardturm Stadium
Ref: Vincenti (France)
Attendance: 18,000
O. Walter 7'
Schäfer 12', 79'
Morlock 30', 60', 77'
F. Walter 62'
Erton 21'
Lefter 82'

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Pool 3
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay
4 2 2 0 0 9 0
Austria
4 2 2 0 0 6 0
Czechoslovakia
0 2 0 0 2 0 7
Scotland
0 2 0 0 2 0 8
June 16, 1954
18:00
Uruguay
2–0 Czechoslovakia
Berne, Wankdorf Stadium
Ref: Ellis (England)
Attendance: 20,500
Miguez 72'
Schiaffino 81'

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June 16, 1954
18:00
Austria
1–0 Scotland
Zurich, Hardturm Stadium
Ref: Franken (Belgium)
Attendance: 30,000
Probst 33'

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June 19, 1954
16:50
Uruguay
7–0 Scotland
Basel, St. Jakob Stadium
Ref: Orlandini (Italy)
Attendance: 43,000
Borges 17', 47', 57'
Miguez 30', 83'
Abbadie 54', 85'

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June 19, 1954
17:00
Austria
5–0 Czechoslovakia
Zurich, Hardturm Stadium
Ref: Stefanovic (Yugoslavia)
Attendance: 25,000
Stojaspal 3', 70'
Probst 4', 21', 24'


Pool 4
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
England
3 2 1 1 0 6 4
Switzerland
2 2 1 0 1 2 3
Italy
2 2 1 0 1 5 3
Belgium
1 2 0 1 1 5 8
June 17, 1954
17:50
Switzerland
2–1 Italy
Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Ref: Viana (Brazil)
Attendance: 43,000
Ballaman 18'
Hügi 78'
Boniperti 44'

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June 17, 1954
18:10
England
4–4 Belgium
Basel, St. Jakob Stadium
Ref: Schmetzer (West Germany)
Attendance: 40,000
Broadis 26', 63'
Lofthouse 36', 91'
Anoul 5', 71'
Coppens 67'
Dickinson 94' (og)

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June 20, 1954
17:00
Italy
4–1 Belgium
Lugano, Cornaredo Stadium
Ref: Steiner (Austria)
Attendance: 26,000
Pandolfini 41' (pen)
Galli 48'
Frignani 58'
Lorenzi 78'
Anoul 81'

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June 20, 1954
17:10
England
2–0 Switzerland
Berne, Wankdorf Stadium
Ref: Zsolt (Hungary)
Attendance: 50,000
Mullen 43'
Wilshaw 69'

Play-off:
June 23, 1954
18:00
Switzerland
4–1 Italy
Basel, St. Jakob Stadium
Ref: Griffiths (Wales)
Attendance: 30,000
Hügi 14', 85'
Ballaman 48'
Fatton 90'
Nesti 67'

Knockout stages
Quarter finals Semi finals Final

27 June - Bern

Hungary
4
30 June – Lausanne
Brazil
2
Hungary
4
26 June - Basel
Uruguay
2
Uruguay
4
4 July – Bern
England
2
Hungary
2
26 June - Lausanne
West Germany
3
Austria
7
30 June - Basel
Switzerland
5
Austria
1 Third place
27 June – Geneva
West Germany
6
West Germany
2 Austria
3

Yugoslavia
0 Uruguay
1

3 July - Zurich


Quarter-finals
June 26, 1954
17:00
Austria
7–5 Switzerland
Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Ref: Faultless (Scotland)
Attendance: 35,000
Wagner 25', 27', 53'
Koerner 26', 34'
Ocwirk 32'
Probst 76'
Ballaman 16', 39'
Hügi 17', 19', 58'

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June 26, 1954
17:00
Uruguay
4–2 England
Basel, St. Jakob Stadium
Ref: Steiner (Austria)
Attendance: 35,000
Borges 5'
Varela 39'
Schiaffino 46'
Ambrois 78'
Lofthouse 16'
Finney 67'

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June 27, 1954
17:00
Hungary
4–2 Brazil
Berne, Wankdorf Stadium
Ref: Ellis (England)
Attendance: 60,000
Hidegkuti 4'
Kocsis 7', 88'
Lantos 67' (pen)
Djalma Santos 18' (pen)
Julinho 65'

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June 27, 1954
17:00
West Germany
2–0 Yugoslavia
Geneva, Charmilles Stadium
Ref: Zsolt (Hungary)
Attendance: 20,000
Horvat 9' (og)
Rahn 85'


Semi-finals
June 30, 1954
18:00
Hungary
4–2 (AET) Uruguay
Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
Ref: Griffiths (Wales)
Attendance: 37,000
Czibor 13'
Hidegkuti 46'
Kocsis 111', 116'
Hohberg 75', 86'

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June 30, 1954
18:00
West Germany
6–1 Austria
Basel, St. Jakob Stadium
Ref: Orlandini (Italy)
Attendance: 58,000
Schäfer 31'
Morlock 47'
F. Walter 54' (pen), 64' (pen)
O. Walter 61', 89'
Probst 51'


Third place match
July 3, 1954
17:00
Austria
3–1 Uruguay
Zurich, Hardturm Stadium
Ref: Wyssling (Switzerland)
Attendance: 35,000
Stojaspal 16' (pen)
Cruz 59' (og)
Ocwirk 89'
Hohberg 22'


Final
July 4, 1954
17:00
West Germany
3–2 Hungary
Berne, Wankdorf Stadium
Ref: Ling (England)
Attendance: 60,000
Morlock 10'
Rahn 18', 84'
Puskás 6'
Czibor 8'


Awards
1954 World Cup Winners:

West Germany
First title

Scorers
11 goals
• Sandor Kocsis
6 goals
• Erich Probst
• Max Morlock
• Josef Hügi
4 goals
• Helmut Rahn
• Hans Schäfer
• Ottmar Walter
• Nandor Hidegkuti
• Ferenc Puskás
• Robert Ballaman
• Carlos Borges


Own goals
• Jimmy Dickinson (for Belgium)
• Raul Cardenas (for France)
• Luis Cruz (for Austria)
• Ivan Horvat (for Germany) 3 goals
• Ernst Stojaspal
• Theodor Wagner
• Leopold Anoul
• Nat Lofthouse
• Fritz Walter
• Zoltán Czibor
• Sargun Burhan
• Mamat Suat
• Juan Hohberg
• Omar Oscar Míguez
2 goals
• Robert Körner
• Ernst Ocwirk
• Didi
• Julinho
• Pinga
• Ivor Broadis
• Mihaly Lantos
• Peter Palotas
• Lefter Küçükandonyadis
• Julio Abbadie
• Juan Schiaffino
1 goal
• Henri Coppens
• Baltazar
• Djalma Santos
• Tom Finney
• Jimmy Mullen
• Dennis Wilshaw
• Raymond Kopa
• Jean Vincent
• Tomas Balcazar
• José Lamadrid
• Richard Herrmann
• Bernd Klodt
• Alfred Pfaff
• József Tóth
• Giampiero Boniperti
• Carlo Galli
• Amleto Frignani
• Benito Lorenzi
• Fulvio Nesti
• Egisto Pandolfini
• Jacques Fatton
• Erol Keskin
• Mustafa Erton
• Javier Ambrois
• Obdulio Varela
• Milos Milutinovic
• Branko Zebec



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