1934 FIFA World Cup

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1934 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Dates	27 May – 10 June
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runner-up	Czechoslovakia
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	70 (4.12 per match)
Attendance	358,000 (21,059 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Oldřich Nejedlý (5 goals)

The 1934 FIFA World Cup, or the World's Cup^[1] as it was known then, was the second football World Cup staged, and hosted by Italy from 27 May to 10 June. Italy was chosen as hosts by FIFA the Berlin congress of October 1932. It was the first World Cup for which teams would have to qualify in order to take part. 32 nations entered the competition, and after qualification, 16 teams participated in the finals tournament. Italy became the second World Cup champions, beating Czechoslovakia in the final, 2-1.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Summary 3 Venues 4 Squads 5 Results 5.1 First round 5.2 Quarter-finals 5.3 Semi-finals 5.4 Third place match 5.5 Final 6 Scorers 7 Footnotes 8 External links

[edit] Qualification

This World Cup was unique in that the reigning World Cup holders Uruguay declined an invitation to participate as a mark of defiance against the European snub from the previous World Cup in 1930, becoming the only holders not to compete in the following tournament. There are also indications that Uruguay declined its participation because the major club teams were afraid that their major players might stay with teams in Europe.

Another unusual fact is that the hosts, Italy, had to qualify. Since 1938, the hosts have been given an automatic spot in the tournament. The next host to compete in World Cup qualifiers was South Africa in 2010; although they are assured of a World Cup place as the hosts, they had to compete because the African confederation is using its 2010 World Cup qualifiers as the qualifying for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. (The South Africans were eliminated at the second round of the 2010 CAF qualifiers.)

Only ten of the 32 entrants, and four of the 16 qualified teams (Brazil, Argentina, United States and Egypt, the first African team to qualify for a World Cup finals tournament), were from outside Europe. The last spot in the finals was contested between the United States and Mexico only three days before the start of the tournament in a one-off match in Rome, which the United States won.

[edit] Summary

The tournament was held after cupsystem.^[1] Eight European teams—Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland—advanced to the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, the first replayed match in World Cup history took place, after Italy and Spain drew 1-1 after extra time. Italy won the replay 1-0, and then went on to beat Austria in the semifinals by the same score. Meanwhile, Czechoslovakia secured their place in the final by beating Germany 3-1.

The Stadium of the National Fascist Party was the venue for the final. With 70 minutes played, the Czechoslovakians were ahead 1-0. The Italians managed to score before the final whistle, and then added another goal in extra time to be crowned World Cup Winners.

[edit] Venues

Eight cities hosted the tournament:

• Bologna, Stadio Littoriale
• Florence, Stadio Giovanni Berta
• Genoa, Stadio Luigi Ferraris
• Milan, Stadio San Siro
• Naples, Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli
• Rome, Stadio Nazionale PNF
• Trieste, Stadio Littorio
• Turin, Stadio Benito Mussolini

[edit] Squads

[edit] Results

First Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 May – Rome

Italy

7

31 May – Florence (replayed 1 June)

United States

1

Italy

1 (1)

27 May – Genoa

Spain

1 (0)

Spain

3

3 June – Milan

Brazil

1

Italy

1

27 May – Turin

Austria

0

Austria (a.e.t.)

3

31 May – Bologna

France

2

Austria

2

27 May – Naples

Hungary

1

Hungary

4

10 June – Rome

Egypt

2

Italy (a.e.t.)

2

27 May – Trieste

Czechoslovakia

1

Czechoslovakia

2

31 May – Turin

Romania

1

Czechoslovakia

3

27 May – Milan

Switzerland

2

Netherlands

2

3 June – Rome

Switzerland

3

Czechoslovakia

3

27 May – Florence

Germany

1

Third place

Germany

5

31 May – Milan

7 June – Naples

Belgium

2

Germany

2

Germany

3

27 May – Bologna

Sweden

1

Austria

2

Sweden

3

Argentina

2

[edit] First round

27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Spain	3 – 1	Brazil	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa Attendance: ~25,000 Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)
	Iraragorri  18' (pen.), 25'[2] Lángara  29'	(Report)	Leônidas  55'

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27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Hungary	4 – 2	Egypt	Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples Attendance: ~12,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
	Teleki  11' Toldi  27', 61'[3] Vincze  53'	(Report)	Fawzi  31', 39'[4]

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27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Switzerland	3 – 2	Netherlands	Stadio San Siro, Milan Attendance: ~40,000 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Kielholz  7', 43'[5] Abegglen  69'	(Report)	Smit  19' Vente  84'

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27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Italy	7 – 1	United States	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome Attendance: ~13,000 Referee: Rene Mercet (Switzerland)
	Schiavio  18', 29', 64' Orsi  20', 69' Ferrari  63' Meazza  90'[6]	(Report)	Donelli  57'

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27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Czechoslovakia	2 – 1	Romania	Stadio Littorio, Trieste Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Jean Langenus (Belgium)
	Puč  50' Nejedlý  67'	(Report)	Dobay  11'

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27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Sweden	3 – 2	Argentina	Stadio Littorale, Bologna Attendance: ~15,000 Referee: Eugen Braun (Austria)
	Jonasson  9', 67' Kroon  79'	(Report)	Belis  4' Galateo  48'[7]

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27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Austria	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	France	Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin Attendance: ~20,000 Referee: Johannes van Moorsel (Netherlands)
	Sindelar  44' Schall  93' Bican  109'	(Report)	Nicolas  18' Verriest  116' (pen.)[8]

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27 May 1934 16:30 CET	Germany	5 – 2	Belgium	Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Francesco Mattea (Italy)
	Kobierski  25' Siffling  49' Conen  66', 70', 87'	(Report)	Voorhoof  29', 43'

[edit] Quarter-finals

31 May 1934 16:30 CET	Austria	2 – 1	Hungary	Stadio Littoriale, Bologna Attendance: ~25,000 Referee: Francesco Mattea (Italy)
	Horvath  8' Zischek  51'	(Report)	Sárosi  60' (pen.) Markos  63'

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31 May 1934 16:30 CET	Italy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence Attendance: ~35,000 Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
	Ferrari  44'	(Report)	Regueiro  30'

Replay:

1 June 1934 16:30 CET	Italy	1 – 0	Spain	Stadio Giovanni Berta, Florence Attendance: ~45,000 Referee: Rene Mercet (Switzerland)
	Meazza  11'	(Report)

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31 May 1934 16:30 CET	Germany	2 – 1	Sweden	Stadio San Siro, Milan Attendance: ~15,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
	Hohmann  60', 63'	(Report)	Dunker  82'

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31 May 1934 16:30 CET	Czechoslovakia	3 – 2	Switzerland	Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin Attendance: ~12,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Austria)
	Svoboda  24' Sobotka  49' Nejedlý  82'	(Report)	Kielholz  18' Jaeggi  78'

[edit] Semi-finals

3 June 1934 16:30 CET	Italy	1 – 0	Austria	Stadio San Siro, Milan Attendance: ~60,000 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Guaita  19'	(Report)

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3 June 1934 16:30 CET	Czechoslovakia	3 – 1	Germany	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome Attendance: ~10,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
	Nejedlý  19', 71', 80'[9][10][11]	(Report)	Noack  62'[12]

[edit] Third place match

7 June 1934 18:00 CET	Germany	3 – 2	Austria	Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Albino Carraro (Italy)
	Lehner  1', 42'[13] Conen  27'[5]	(Report)	Horvath  28'[14] Sesta  54'[15]

[edit] Final

10 June 1934 17:30 CET	Italy	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Czechoslovakia	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome Attendance: ~45,000 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Orsi  81' Schiavio  95'	(Report)	Puč  76'[16]

1934 FIFA World Cup Winners
Italy First title

[edit] Scorers

5 goals Oldřich Nejedlý 4 goals Edmund Conen Angelo Schiavio 3 goals Raimundo Orsi Leopold Kielholz 2 goals Johann Horvath Bernard Voorhoof Antonín Puč Abdel Fawzi Karl Hohmann Ernst Lehner Géza Toldi Giovanni Ferrari Giuseppe Meazza José Iraragorri Sven Jonasson

1 goal Ernesto Belis Alberto Galateo Josef Bican Toni Schall Karl Sesta Matthias Sindelar Karl Zischek Leônidas Jiří Sobotka František Svoboda Jean Nicolas Georges Verriest Stanislaus Kobierski Rudolf Noack Otto Siffling György Sárosi Pál Teleki Jenő Vincze Enrique Guaita Kick Smit

1 goal (cont.) Leen Vente Ştefan Dobay Isidro Lángara Luis Regueiro Gösta Dunker Knut Kroon André Abegglen Willy Jäggi Aldo Donelli

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• FIFA page for Italy 1934
• Details at RSSSF; note that they often disagree with FIFA on goal scorers and times
• History of the World Cup-1934

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