1934 FIFA World Cup
2nd FIFA World Cup, held in Italy
The 1934 FIFA World Cup was a football (soccer) sporting event that was held in Italy in 1934. Italy won the trophy after beating Czechoslovakia in the final.
| World's Cup[1] Campionato Mondiale di Calcio | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Italy |
| Dates | 27 May – 10 June (15 days) |
| Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Italy (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Czechoslovakia |
| Third place |  Germany |
| Fourth place |  Austria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 17 |
| Goals scored | 70 (4.12 per match) |
| Attendance | 363,000 (21,353 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Oldřich Nejedlý (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Giuseppe Meazza[2] |
Participants
changeAfrica
changeEurope
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Austria • Squad
Belgium • Squad
Czechoslovakia • Squad
France • Squad
Germany • Squad
Hungary • Squad
Italy • Squad
Netherlands • Squad
Romania • Squad
Spain • Squad
Sweden • Squad
Switzerland • Squad
North and Central America
changeSouth America
change
Results
change| First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 27 May – Rome | ||||||||||||||
| Italy
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7 | |||||||||||||
| 31 May – Florence (replayed 1 June) | ||||||||||||||
 United States
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Italy
|
1 (1) | |||||||||||||
| 27 May – Genoa | ||||||||||||||
 Spain
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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
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1 | Austria
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2 | |||||||||||
| Sweden
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Argentina
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2 | |||||||||||||
Final
change Italy won the championship.
References
change- ↑ FIFA book of statutes, Roma 1934, prtd. Gebr. Fey & Kratz, Zürich, FIFA internal libray no. C br. 18, 1955.
- ↑ "World Cup Best Players (Golden Ball)". Topend Sports. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- FIFA Archived 2017-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
