III WORLD CUP (FRANCE 1938) (From 4-06-1938 to 19-06-1938) |
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WC Poster |
Jules
Rimet Cup |
COMPETITION
SYSTEM ·
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national teams enter a Qualifying Stage
(host France and title holder Italy are
exempt from this round), divided in 12 geographic
groups. All the group winners and 2 runners-up
qualify for the Final Stage in France. · The 16 teams qualified for the Final Stage are paired in a knock-out round. Successive elimination rounds lead to the final. |
::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::
FIRST ROUND (4-06-1938) (Seeded teams are indicated in blue) |
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Italy - Norway |
2-1 (a.e.t.) (x) |
Marseille |
Switzerland - Germany |
1-1 (a.e.t.) |
Paris |
France - Belgium |
3-1 (x) |
Paris |
Czechoslovakia - Netherlands |
3-0 (a.e.t.) (x) |
Le Havre |
Hungary - Dutch East Indies |
6-0 (x) |
Reims |
Brazil - Poland |
6-5 (a.e.t.) (x) |
Strasbourg |
Cuba - Romania |
3-3 (a.e.t.) (x) |
Toulouse |
Sweden - Austria |
(*) (x) |
Lyon |
TIE-BREAK (9-06-1938) |
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Switzerland - Germany |
4-2 |
Paris |
Cuba - Romania |
2-1 |
Toulouse |
(x) Games played on 5-06-1938. * Game cancelled due to the “Anschluß” (annexation of Austria by Germany on March 12, 1938). |
1/4 FINALS (12-06-1938) |
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Italy - France |
3-1 |
Paris |
Brazil - Czechoslovakia |
1-1 (a.e.t.) |
Bordeaux |
Hungary - Switzerland |
2-0 |
Lille |
Sweden - Cuba |
8-0 |
Antibes |
TIE-BREAK (14-06-1938) |
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Brazil - Czechoslovakia |
2-1 |
Bordeaux |
1/2 FINALS (16-06-1938) |
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Italy - Brazil |
2-1 |
Marseille |
Hungary - Sweden |
5-1 |
Paris |
PLACES 3 & 4 (19-06-1938) |
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Brazil - Sweden |
4-2 |
Bordeaux |
FINAL STANDING |
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1. |
Italy |
2. |
Hungary |
3. |
Brazil |
4. |
Sweden |
5. |
Czechoslovakia |
6. |
France |
7. |
Switzerland |
8. |
Cuba |
9. |
Romania |
10. |
Germany |
11. |
Poland |
12. |
Norway |
13. |
Belgium |
14. |
Netherlands |
15. |
Dutch East Indies |
CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD |
František Plánička (CZE) |
Domingos da Guia (BRA) Sándor Bíró (HUN) |
Antal Szalay (HUN) Martim da Silveira (BRA) Michele Andreolo (ITA) |
Giuseppe Meazza (ITA) Silvio Piola (ITA) György Sárosi (HUN) Leônidas da Silva (BRA) Ernest Wilimowski (POL) |
TOP SCORER: Leônidas da Silva (BRA) - 7 goals |
BEST PLAYER: Leônidas da Silva (BRA) |
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