1938 FIFA World Cup
3rd FIFA World Cup, held in France
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in France in 1938. Italy won the trophy after beating Hungary in the final.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
Dates | 4 June – 19 June |
Teams | 15 |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 84 (4.67 per match) |
Attendance | 483,000 (26,833 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Participants
changeAsia
changeEurope
change- Belgium (BEL) • Squad
- Czechoslovakia (TCH) • Squad
- France (FRA) • Squad
- Germany (GER) • Squad
- Hungary (HUN) • Squad
- Italy (ITA) • Squad
- Netherlands (NED) • Squad
- Norway (NOR) • Squad
- Poland (POL) • Squad
- Romania (ROU) • Squad
- Sweden (SWE) • Squad
- Switzerland (SUI) • Squad
North and Central America
changeSouth America
changeResults
changeFirst Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
5 June – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
Italy (aet) | 2 | |||||||||||||
12 June – Paris (Olympique) | ||||||||||||||
Norway | 1 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Paris (Olympique) | ||||||||||||||
France | 1 | |||||||||||||
France | 3 | |||||||||||||
16 June – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 1 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 2 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Strasbourg | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
Brazil (aet) | 6 | |||||||||||||
12 June – Bordeaux (replayed 14 June) |
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Poland | 5 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
5 June – Le Havre | ||||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia | 1 (1) | |||||||||||||
Czechoslovakia (aet) | 3 | |||||||||||||
19 June – Paris (Olympique) | ||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 4 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Reims | ||||||||||||||
Hungary | 2 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 6 | |||||||||||||
12 June – Lille | ||||||||||||||
Dutch East Indies | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 2 | |||||||||||||
4 June – Paris (Princes) (replayed 9 June) | ||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 0 | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
16 June – Rome | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 5 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Lyon | ||||||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Sweden | w/o | |||||||||||||
12 June – Antibes | 19 June – Bordeaux | |||||||||||||
Austria | - | |||||||||||||
Sweden | 8 | Brazil | 4 | |||||||||||
5 June – Toulouse (replayed 9 June) | ||||||||||||||
Cuba | 0 | Sweden | 2 | |||||||||||
Cuba | 3 (2) | |||||||||||||
Romania | 3 (1) | |||||||||||||
First round
changeHungary | 6–0 | Dutch East Indies |
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Kohut 14' Toldi 16' Sárosi 25', 88' Zsengellér 30', 67' |
Report |
Brazil | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | Poland |
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Leônidas 18', 93', 104' Romeu 25' Perácio 44', 71' |
Report | Scherfke 23' (pen.) Wilimowski 53', 59', 89', 118' |
Czechoslovakia | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
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Košťálek 93' Nejedlý 111'[3] Zeman 118'[4] |
Report |
Replays
changeGermany | 2–4 | Switzerland |
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Hahnemann 8' Lörtscher 22' (o.g.) |
Report | Walaschek 42' Bickel 64' Abegglen 75', 78' |
Quarter-finals
changeSwitzerland | 0–2 | Hungary |
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Report | Sárosi 40' Zsengellér 89'[5] |
Sweden | 8–0 | Cuba |
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H. Andersson 9', 81', 90'[6] Wetterström 32', 37', 44'[7] Keller 80'[8] Nyberg 84'[9] |
Report |
Replay
changeSemi-finals
changeMatch for third place
changeFinal
changeItaly won the championship.
References
change- ↑ Sweden were awarded a walkover as Austria were unable to compete because of the Austrian Anschluss in March 1938.
- ↑ Actually from Austria, but finally representing the German Football Association because of the Anschluss.
- ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 118th minute.
- ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 111th minute.
- ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 90th minute.
- ↑ RSSSF credits goal in the 81st minute as coming in the 61st minute.
- ↑ RSSSF credits the goal in the 32nd minute as coming in the 22nd minute.
- ↑ RSSSF credits goal in the 80th minute as coming in the 60th minute.
- ↑ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 89th minute.
- ↑ FIFA initially credits this goal to Leônidas, but changed it to Roberto in 2006. Archive copy at the Internet Archive
- ↑ RSSSF credits the goal in the 82nd minute as coming in the 85th minute.
Other websites
change- FIFA Archived 2017-10-26 at the Wayback Machine