1950 FIFA World Cup IV Campeonato Mundial de Futebol
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	June 24 – July 16
Teams	13 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (2nd title)
Second place	Brazil
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	88  (4 per match)
Attendance	1,036,000  (47,091 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ademir (8 goals)

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Contents 1 Background 2 Qualification 3 Summary 4 Venues 5 Squads 6 Results 6.1 First round 6.1.1 Group 1 6.1.2 Group 2 6.1.3 Group 3 6.1.4 Group 4 6.2 Final round 7 Awards 8 Scorers 9 Footnotes 10 External links

Background

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. 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 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup and was held in France from June 4 to June 19. After the war, FIFA were keen to resurrect the competition as soon as possible, and they began making plans for a World Cup tournament to take place. 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 favour 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 Congress, offering to host the event on condition that the tournament take place in 1950 (it was originally planned to take place in 1949). ^[1] 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. See also FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup) in the "Selection of hosts" section The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second World Cup staged and was hosted in Italy from 27 May to 10 June Brazil's new bid was very similar to the mooted 1942 bid and was quickly accepted.

Qualification

Main article: 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification

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), 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 Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition 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.

With Italy and Austria, two successful pre-war teams had not been subject to international sanctions, while Japan, still under occupation, and occupied and partitioned Germany had not been permitted in time to compete or qualify. The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the Country of Austria in international competition and is controlled The Japan national football team is the national football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The French-occupied Saarland had been accepted by FIFA two weeks before the World Cup, several months before (West) Germany's DFB was reinstated, while Soviet-occupied East Germany had not even founded a football association yet. The Saarland national football team was the Association football team representing the German state of the Saarland from 1950 to 1956 during the French 1|-| colspan=3|1 as United Team of Germany The East Germany national football team was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of the

The British nations were able to take part, having rejoined FIFA four years earlier, after 17 years of self-imposed exile. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located It was decided to use the 1949-1950 British Home Championship as a qualifying group, with whoever finished first and second qualifying. 1950 British Home Championship. The 1950 competition was one of the most significant competitions of the British Home Championship football tournament The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom England finished first and Scotland second, but the Scots withdrew as they were not British Champions. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association.

Two other teams, Turkey and India, also withdrew after qualifying, with India refusing to go because FIFA would not allow the team to play barefoot. The Turkish national football team is the national football team of the Republic of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. The India national football team is the national football team of India and is controlled by the All India Football Federation. France and Portugal were invited as replacements but declined. The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. The Portugal national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF finishing 4th at the last World Cup. Initially 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 at home unless the arrangements were changed. The Brazilian Federation refused and France withdrew. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF or Confederação Brasileira de Futebol in Portuguese is the governing body of football in Brazil, Therefore, even though 16 teams were originally going to participate, after the withdrawals only 13 teams were left to take part.

Summary

Originally, the tournament format would be that the 16 teams be divided into four first round groups (or "pools" as they were then called) of four teams, with the group winners advancing to a final group stage, playing in round-robin format to determine the winner. A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times However, because only 13 teams competed, this left two first round groups with four teams, another with three teams, and the last group with only two teams. The draw took place in Rio de Janeiro, on May 22, 1950. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2] In fact, the entire tournament was arranged in such a way that the four first round groups 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. 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 Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world

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. A United Kingdom national football team would represent the United Kingdom (UK in football though no United Kingdom team currently exists as there are separate teams However, it was not to be, as they went crashing out in a shocking 1-0 defeat by the United States (when the score appeared in English newspapers, many thought it was a misprint) which, combined with their 1-0 defeat by Spain, led to England being eliminated. On June 29, 1950, at the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the United States defeated the English team 1–0 in group play The United States men's national soccer team is the national Soccer team of the United States for men and is controlled by the United States Soccer 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 final group stage involved the teams who won their groups: Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and 1930 FIFA World Cup champions Uruguay, who were making their first World Cup appearance since winning the inaugural tournament. The Swedish national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for international football teams The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. The World Cup winner 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 Estádio do Maracanã in Rio while the games that didn't involve the host nation were played in São Paulo. The Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, commonly called Estádio do Maracanã ("Maracanã stadium" is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil won their first two matches with a 7-1 thrashing of Sweden and 6-1 rout of Spain. Before the decisive match, Brazil was sitting on top of the final group and had one game left to play against Uruguay, in second and only a point behind. On July 16, before a huge home crowd of 199,954 (some estimated as 205,000) in the Estádio do Maracanã, the host nation only had to draw against Uruguay and the trophy would be theirs. Uruguay vs Brazil was a football match which decided the winners of the 1950 FIFA World Cup tournament 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. Albino Friaça Cardoso best known as Friaça (born in Porciúncula, October 20, 1924) was a Brazilian footballer However, Uruguay equalised and then with just over 11 minutes left to play, went ahead 2-1 when Alcides Ghiggia squeaked a goal past Moacyr Barbosa, and Uruguay was crowned World Cup winners for a second time. Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia (born 22 December 1926 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a former football player Moacir Barbosa Nascimento also often Moacyr Barbosa (* 27 March 1921 in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil; † 8 April 2000 in Santos, This stunning defeat of Brazil is referred to as the Maracanazo. Uruguay vs Brazil was a football match which decided the winners of the 1950 FIFA World Cup tournament

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. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 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.

Venues

Six cities hosted the tournament:

• Belo Horizonte, Estadio Sete de Setembro
• Curitiba, Estádio Durival de Britto
• Porto Alegre, Estádio dos Eucaliptos
• Recife, Estádio Ilha do Retiro
• Rio de Janeiro, Estádio do Maracanã
• São Paulo, Estádio do Pacaembu

Squads

For a list of all squads that appeared in the final tournament, see 1950 FIFA World Cup squads. Belo Horizonte ( Portuguese for "beautiful horizon", (bɛloɾiˈzõtʃi) is the capital of Minas Gerais state located in the The Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, usually known as Estádio Independência is a football stadium inaugurated on June 29, 1950 in Belo Curitiba (pron kuɾi'tibɐ or kuɾi'tʃibɐ is the capital City of the Brazilian state of Paraná. Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, also known as Estádio Durival Britto, or Vila Capanema ( Portuguese for Capanema Borough) is the main stadium Porto Alegre ( is the 10th largest city in Brazil, and the capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The Estádio Ildo Meneghetti, usually known as Estádio dos Eucaliptos was a football Stadium located in Menino Deus neighborhood Porto Recife ( heˈsifi is the fifth largest Metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, usually known as Estádio Ilha do Retiro or simply Ilha do Retiro, is a Sports Stadium situated in Recife Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil The Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, commonly called Estádio do Maracanã ("Maracanã stadium" is an open-air stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil São Paulo ( is the largest city in Brazil, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world Estádio do Pacaembu, as it is usually called is a football Stadium in São Paulo, located on Praça Charles Miller no nº - in Pacaembu neighborhood Below are the squads for the 1950 FIFA World Cup tournament in Brazil.

Results

First round

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	8	2	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	7	3	4
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	6	3
Mexico	3	0	0	3	2	10	0

1950-06-24 15:00	Brazil	4 – 0	Mexico	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~81,000 Referee: Reader (England)
	Ademir  30'[3]  79' Jair  65' Baltazar  71'	(Report)

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1950-06-25 18:00	Yugoslavia	3 – 0	Switzerland	Estadio Sete de Setembro, Belo Horizonte Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Galeati (Italy)
	Mitić  58'[4] Tomašević  78' Ognjanov  84'	(Report)

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1950-06-28 15:00	Brazil	2 – 2	Switzerland	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~42,000 Referee: Azon (Spain)
	Alfredo  3' Baltazar  32'[5]	(Report)	Fatton  17'  88'

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1950-06-28 18:15	Mexico	1 – 4	Yugoslavia	Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre Attendance: ~11,000 Referee: Leafe (England)
	Ortíz  87' (pen.)	(Report)	Bobek  19' Ž. Čajkovski  23'[6]  51'[7] Tomašević  81'

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1950-07-01 15:00	Brazil	2 – 0	Yugoslavia	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~142,000 Referee: Griffiths (Wales)
	Ademir  3' Zizinho  69'[8]	(Report)

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1950-07-02 15:40	Mexico	1 – 2	Switzerland	Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre Attendance: ~3,500 Referee: Eklind (Sweden)
	Casarín  75'	(Report)	Bader  10' Tamini  37'[9]

Group 2

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

1950-06-25 15:00	England	2 – 0	Chile	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~30,000 Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands)
	Mortensen  39' Mannion  51'	(Report)

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1950-06-25 15:00	Spain	3 – 1	USA	Estádio Durival de Britto, Curitiba Attendance: ~9,000 Referee: Vianna (Brazil)
	Igoa  80' Basora  82' Zarra  85'	(Report)	Pariani  17'

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1950-06-29 15:00	Spain	2 – 0	Chile	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~20,000 Referee: Malcher (Brazil)
	Basora  17' Zarra  30'	(Report)

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1950-06-29 18:00	USA	1 – 0	England	Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte Attendance: ~10,000 Referee: Datillo (Italy)
	Gaetjens  38'	(Report)

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1950-07-02 15:00	Spain	1 – 0	England	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~74,000 Referee: Galeati (Italy)
	Zarra  48'[10]	(Report)

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1950-07-02 18:00	Chile	5 – 2	USA	Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Gardelli (Brazil)
	Robledo  16' Cremaschi  32'  61'  82' Prieto  54'	(Report)	Wallace  47' Maca  48' (pen.)

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	2	1	1	0	5	4	3
Italy	2	1	0	1	4	3	2
Paraguay	2	0	1	1	2	4	1

1950-06-25 15:00	Sweden	3 – 2	Italy	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~50,000 Referee: Lutz (Switzerland)
	Jeppson  25'  68' Andersson  33'	(Report)	Carapellese  7' Muccinelli  75'

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1950-06-29 15:30	Sweden	2 – 2	Paraguay	Estádio Durival de Britto, Curitiba Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Mitchell (Scotland)
	Sundqvist  17' Palmér  25'	(Report)	López  34' López Fretes  74'

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1950-07-02 15:00	Italy	2 – 0	Paraguay	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~26,000 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Carapellese  12' Pandolfini  62'	(Report)

•  India withdrew

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	8	0	2
Bolivia	1	0	0	1	0	8	0

1950-07-02 18:00	Uruguay	8 – 0	Bolivia	Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte Attendance: ~5,000 Referee: Reader (England)
	Míguez  14'  40'  51' Schiaffino  17'  53' Vidal  18' Pérez  83' Ghiggia  87'	(Report)

•  Turkey withdrew
•  Scotland withdrew

Final round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	7	5	5
Brazil	3	2	0	1	14	4	4
Sweden	3	1	0	2	6	11	2
Spain	3	0	1	2	4	11	1

1950-07-09 15:00	Brazil	7 – 1	Sweden	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~138,000 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Ademir  17'  37'  51'  59' Chico  39'  87' Maneca  85'	(Report)	Andersson  67' (pen.)

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1950-07-09 15:00	Uruguay	2 – 2	Spain	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~44,000 Referee: Griffiths (Wales)
	Ghiggia  27' Varela  72'	(Report)	Basora  39'  41'

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1950-07-13 15:00	Brazil	6 – 1	Spain	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~152,000 Referee: Leafe (England)
	Parra  15' (o.g.) Jair  21' Chico  29'  55' Ademir  57' Zizinho  74'	(Report)	Igoa  70'

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1950-07-13 15:00	Uruguay	3 – 2	Sweden	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Galeati (Italy)
	Ghiggia  39' Míguez  77'  84'	(Report)	Palmér  4' Sundqvist  41'

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1950-07-16 15:00	Sweden	3 – 1	Spain	Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~11,000 Referee: van der Meer (Netherlands)
	Sundqvist  15' Mellberg  34' Palmér  79'	(Report)	Zarra  82'

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1950-07-16 15:00	Uruguay	2 – 1	Brazil	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~199,954 Referee: George Reader (England)
	Schiaffino  66' Ghiggia  79'	(Report)	Friaça  47'

Awards

1950 FIFA World Cup Winners
Uruguay Second title

Scorers

9 goals Ademir 5 goals Estanislao Basora Oscar Míguez 4 goals Chico Zarra Alcides Ghiggia 3 goals Karl-Erik Palmér Stig Sundqvist Juan Alberto Schiaffino Kosta Tomašević 2 goals Baltazar Jair Zizinho Atilio Cremaschi Riccardo Carapellese Sune Andersson Hasse Jeppson Jacques Fatton John Souza Željko Čajkovski

1 goal Alfredo Friaça Maneca Andrés Prieto George Robledo Fernando Riera Wilf Mannion Stan Mortensen Ermes Muccinelli Egisto Pandolfini Horacio Casarín Héctor Ortíz Atilio López César López Silvestre Igoa Bror Mellberg René Bader Jean Tamini Joe Gaetjens Frank Wallace Julio Pérez Obdulio Varela Ernesto Vidal Stjepan Bobek Tihomir Ognjanov

Footnotes

External links

• 1950 FIFA World Cup on FIFA.com
• Details at RSSSF; note that they often disagree with FIFA on goal scorers and times
• History of the World Cup-1950

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