1938 FIFA World Cup Coupe du Monde 1938
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	June 4 – June 19
Teams	15 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Second place	Hungary
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	84  (4. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. 67 per match)
Attendance	483,000  (26,833 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leônidas (7 goals)

The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from June 4 to June 19. Leônidas da Silva ( September 6, 1913 &ndash January 24, 2004) was a Brazilian football player and commentator Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international Association football This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. France was chosen as hosts by FIFA in August 1936. See also FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup) in the "Selection of hosts" section The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4-2 in the final. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Summary 3 Venues 4 Squads 5 Results 5.1 First round 5.1.1 Replays 5.2 Second Round 5.2.1 Replay 5.3 Semi-finals 5.4 Third place match 5.5 Final 6 Awards 7 Scorers 8 Footnotes 9 See also 10 External links

Qualification

Main article: 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification

FIFA's decision 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. A total of 37 teams entered the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an International Multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin Instead, it was the second tournament in a row to be played in Europe. As a result neither Uruguay nor Argentina entered the competition. The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. The Argentina national football team is the national football team of Argentina and is controlled by the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA Spain had the record to be the first country to be out of the World Cup because of a war (the Spanish Civil War). The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Selección, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the es [[Spanish The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of

It was the first time that the hosts (France) and the title holders (Italy) qualified automatically. The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition Title holders were given an automatic entry into the World Cup until 2006 when this was abolished. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament

Originally 16 nations were going to take part. Austria had qualified but after the Anschluss to Germany in March, they withdrew, leaving 15 teams to take part. The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the Country of Austria in international competition and is controlled The ( German: "link-up" also known as the, was the 1938 Annexation of Austria into Greater Germany by the Nazi

Summary

The tournament was again held in a knockout format, similar to 1934. The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second World Cup staged and was hosted in Italy from 27 May to 10 June This was the last tournament that there was not a group stage.

Germany, France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Cuba and Brazil were seeded for draw taking place in Paris, on March 5, 1938. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[1]

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 the team of Germany, to which some Austrian players had been added for political reasons, with a score of 4-2, while Cuba managed to advance to the next round at the expense of Romania. The Swiss national football team (also known as the Schweizer Nati in German La Nati in French is the national football team of Switzerland The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba. The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.

Sweden advanced directly to the quarter-finals due to Austria's withdrawal, and they proceeded to beat Cuba 8-0. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the Country of Austria in international competition and is controlled The hosts, France, were beaten by the holders, Italy (wearing a provocative all-black 'fascist' strip), and Switzerland were seen off by Hungary. The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. Czechoslovakia took Brazil to extra time in a notoriously feisty match in Bordeaux before succumbing in a replay; the South Americans proved too strong for the depleted Czech side (both Oldřich Nejedlý and František Plánička had suffered broken bones in the first game) and won 2-1. The Czechoslovakia national football team was the national football team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was split into the Czech Republic The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international ( Gascon: Bordèu) is a port city in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate Oldřich Nejedlý ( December 26, 1909 in Žebrák &mdash June 11, 1990) was a Czech football striker František Plánička (ˈfrantiʃɛk ˈplaːnitʃka FRAN-ti-shek PLAN-ich-kah) ( June 2, 1904 &ndash July 20, 1996) was a Czech

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 Leônidas confident that they would qualify for the final, but the Italians won 2-1. Leônidas da Silva ( September 6, 1913 &ndash January 24, 2004) was a Brazilian football player and commentator Brazil topped Sweden 4-2 for third place.

The final itself took place at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris. The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes, near Paris, France (also known as the Stade Olympique de Colombes, or simply Colombes Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Vittorio Pozzo's Italian side took the lead early, but Hungary equalised within two minutes. Vittorio Pozzo ( March 2 1886 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy &ndash Ponderano ( Biella) December 21 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 Benito Mussolini with "Vincere o morire!" (mistranslated as "Win or die") written on them. Hungarian goalkeeper Antal Szabó 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, Szabó 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 Szabó was not realistic. Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people Szabó's words may have been perhaps an honest misunderstanding. ^[2]

Due to World War II, the World Cup would not be held for another 12 years, until 1950. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from June 24 to July 16, was the fourth staging of the World Cup and the first staged in 12 years due to World As a result, Italy were the reigning World Cup holders for a record 16 years, from 1934 to 1950. The Italian Vice-President of FIFA, Dr. Ottorino Barassi, hid the trophy in a shoe-box under his bed throughout the Second World War and thus saved it from falling into the hands of occupying troops. Dr Ing Ottorino Barassi ( October 5, 1898 - November 24, 1971) was an Italian sports official The World Cup is a Gold Trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup. ^[3]

Venues

Ten cities hosted the tournament:

• Antibes, Stade du Fort Carré
• Bordeaux, Parc Lescure
• Le Havre, Stade Cavée Verte
• Lille, Stade Victor Boucquey
• Lyon, Stade Gerland (the only match there was cancelled)
• Marseille, Stade Vélodrome
• Paris, Parc des Princes and Stade Olympique de Colombes
• Reims, Vélodrome Municipal
• Strasbourg, Stade de la Meinau
• Toulouse, Stade Chapou

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1938 FIFA World Cup squads. Antibes ( Provençal Occitan: Antíbol in classical norm or Antibo in Mistralian norm is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes Stade du Fort Carré is a multi-use Stadium in Antibes, France. ( Gascon: Bordèu) is a port city in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area at a 2008 estimate Stade Chaban-Delmas (known as Parc Lescure until 2001 is a football and Rugby union Stadium in Bordeaux, France. Le Havre is a city in the northwest region of France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River as it outlets into the Bay of the Seine Stade Jules Deschaseaux, is a multi-use Stadium in Le Havre, France. Lille (lil Rijsel is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in the country Stade Victor Boucquey is a multi-use Stadium in Lille, France. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. The Stade de Gerland (or Stade Gerland) is the principal sporting hub of the city of Lyon. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ The Stade Vélodrome is a 60031 capacity Stadium in Marseille, France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Parc des Princes, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France was originally a Velodrome, the finish of the Tour de France from The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes, near Paris, France (also known as the Stade Olympique de Colombes, or simply Colombes Reims (alternative English spelling Rheims; riːmz in English and /ʁɛ̃s/ in French) is a city of the Champagne-Ardenne région of northern Stade Auguste Delaune, also known as the Stade Municipal Velodrome, is a multi-use Stadium in Reims, France. Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région Stade de la Meinau is a multi-use Stadium in Strasbourg, France. Toulouse ( pronounced in standard French, and in the local accent ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced) is a city in southwest Stadium de Toulouse is a multi-use Stadium in Toulouse, France. Below are the squads for the 1938 FIFA World Cup tournament in France.

Results

First Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

5 June - Paris

France

3

12 June - Paris

Belgium

1

France

1

5 June - Marseille

Italy

3

Italy (a.e.t.)

2

16 June - Marseille

Norway

1

Italy

2

5 June - Strasbourg

Brazil

1

Brazil (a.e.t.)

6

12 June – Bordeaux (replayed 14 June)

Poland

5

Brazil

1 (2)

5 June - Le Havre

Czechoslovakia

1 (1)

Czechoslovakia (a.e.t.)

3

19 June – Paris

Netherlands

0

Italy

4

4 June - Paris (replayed 9 June)

Hungary

2

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

Third place

Sweden

w/o

12 June - Antibes

19 June - Bordeaux

Austria[4]

Sweden

8

Brazil

4

5 June - Toulouse (replayed 9 June)

Cuba

0

Sweden

2

Cuba

3 (2)

Romania

3 (1)

First round

1938-06-04 18:00	Germany	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: ~30,000 Referee: Langenus (Belgium)
	Gauchel  29'	(Report)	Abegglen  43'

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1938-06-05 17:00	Hungary	6 – 0	Dutch East Indies	Vélodrome Municipal, Reims Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Conrié (France)
	Kohut  14' Toldi  16' Sárosi  25'  88' Zsengellér  30'  67'	(Report)

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1938-06-05	Sweden	walkover Austria withdrew [4]	Austria	Stade Gerland, Lyon

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1938-06-05 17:00	Cuba	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Romania	Stade Chapou, Toulouse Attendance: ~6,000 Referee: Scarpi (Italy)
	Socorro 44' Fernández 87' Tuñas  117'	(Report)	Bindea  35' Barátky  88' Dobay  105'

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1938-06-05 17:00	France	3 – 1	Belgium	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris Attendance: ~32,000 Referee: Wüthrich (Switzerland)
	Veinante  1' Nicolas  16'  69'	(Report)	Isemborghs  38'

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1938-06-05 17:00	Italy	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Norway	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: ~18,000 Referee: Beranek(1) (Germany)
	Ferraris  2' Piola  94'	(Report)	Brustad  83'

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1938-06-05 17:30	Brazil	6 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Poland	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Attendance: ~16,000 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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1938-06-05 18:30	Czechoslovakia	3 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Stade Cavée Verte, Le Havre Attendance: ? Referee: Leclerq (France)
	Košťálek  93' Nejedlý  111'[5] Zeman  118'[6]	(Report)

Replays

1938-06-09 18:00	Germany	2 – 4	Switzerland	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: ~22,000 Referee: Eklind (Sweden)
	Hahnemann  8' Lörtscher  22' (o.g.)	(Report)	Walaschek  42' Bickel  64' Abegglen  75'  78'

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1938-06-09 18:00	Cuba	2 – 1	Romania	Stade Chapou, Toulouse Attendance: ~5,000 Referee: Birlem (Germany)
	Socorro  51' Oliveira  57'	(Report)	Dobay  35'

Second Round

1938-06-12 17:00	Switzerland	0 – 2	Hungary	Stade Victor Boucquey, Lille Attendance: ~14,000 Referee: Barlassina (Italy)
		(Report)	Sárosi  40' Zsengellér  89'[7]

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1938-06-12 17:00	Sweden	8 – 0	Cuba	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes Attendance: ~6,000 Referee: Krist (Czechoslovakia)
	Keller  9'[8],  80'[9],  81'[10] Wetterström  32'[11],  37'  44' Nyberg  84' Andersson  90'[12]	(Report)

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1938-06-12 17:00	France	1 – 3	Italy	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris Attendance: ~58,000 Referee: Baert (Belgium)
	Heisserer  10'	(Report)	Colaussi  9' Piola  51'  72'

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1938-06-12 17:00	Brazil	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Czechoslovakia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: ~25,000 Referee: von Hertzka (Hungary)
	Leônidas  30'	(Report)	Nejedlý  65' (pen.)

Replay

1938-06-14 18:00	Brazil	2 – 1	Czechoslovakia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: ~20,000 Referee: Capdeville (France)
	Leônidas  57' Roberto  62'[13]	(Report)	Kopecký  25'

Semi-finals

1938-06-16 18:00	Hungary	5 – 1	Sweden	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: ~22,000 Referee: Leclerq (France)
	Zsengellér  19'  39'  85' Titkos  37' Sárosi  65'	(Report)	Nyberg  1'

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1938-06-16 18:00	Italy	2 – 1	Brazil	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: ~30,000 Referee: Wüthrich (Switzerland)
	Colaussi  55' Meazza  60' (pen.)	(Report)	Romeu  87'

Third place match

1938-06-19 17:00	Sweden	2 – 4	Brazil	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: ~20,000 Referee: Langenus (Belgium)
	Jonasson  28' Nyberg  38'	(Report)	Romeu  44' Leônidas  63'  74' Perácio  80'

Final

1938-06-19 17:00	Hungary	2 – 4	Italy	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris Attendance: ~60,000 Referee: Capdeville (France)
	Titkos  8' Sárosi  70'	(Report)	Colaussi  6'  35' Piola  16'  82'[14]

Awards

1938 FIFA World Cup Winners
Italy Second title

Scorers

7 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 Own goals Ernst Lörtscher (for Germany)

1 goal Henri Isemborghs Roberto 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 Iuliu Baratky Ştefan Dobay Harry Andersson Sven Jonasson Alfred Bickel Eugen Walaschek

Footnotes

See also

• Polish roster at 1938 FIFA World Cup

External links

• FIFA World Cup 1938
• Details at RSSSF; note that they often disagree with FIFA on goal scorers and times
• History of the World Cup-1938

Poland v Brazil was a football match held during the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France and still remembered by Polish fans of this sport as the one in which Poland

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