1938 FIFA World Cup
Appearance
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) | ![]() |
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.
Participants
[change | change source]Asia
[change | change source]Europe
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]South America
[change | change source]Results
[change | change source]First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
5 June – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||
12 June – Paris (Olympique) | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Paris (Olympique) | ||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
16 June – Marseille | ||||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Strasbourg | ||||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||
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6 | |||||||||||||
12 June – Bordeaux (replayed 14 June) |
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5 | |||||||||||||
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1 (2) | |||||||||||||
5 June – Le Havre | ||||||||||||||
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1 (1) | |||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||
19 June – Paris (Olympique) | ||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
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4 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Reims | ||||||||||||||
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6 | |||||||||||||
12 June – Lille | ||||||||||||||
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0 | |||||||||||||
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2 | |||||||||||||
4 June – Paris (Princes) (replayed 9 June) | ||||||||||||||
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1 (4) | |||||||||||||
16 June – Rome | ||||||||||||||
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1 (2) | |||||||||||||
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5 | |||||||||||||
5 June – Lyon | ||||||||||||||
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1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
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w/o | |||||||||||||
12 June – Antibes | 19 June – Bordeaux | |||||||||||||
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8 | ![]() |
4 | |||||||||||
5 June – Toulouse (replayed 9 June) | ||||||||||||||
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3 (2) | |||||||||||||
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3 (1) | |||||||||||||
First round
[change | change source]Hungary ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() |
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Kohut ![]() Toldi ![]() Sárosi ![]() Zsengellér ![]() |
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Brazil ![]() | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Leônidas ![]() Romeu ![]() Perácio ![]() |
Report | Scherfke ![]() Wilimowski ![]() |
Czechoslovakia ![]() | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Košťálek ![]() Nejedlý ![]() Zeman ![]() |
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Replays
[change | change source]Germany ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Hahnemann ![]() Lörtscher ![]() |
Report | Walaschek ![]() Bickel ![]() Abegglen ![]() |
Quarter-finals
[change | change source]Switzerland ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Sárosi ![]() Zsengellér ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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H. Andersson ![]() Wetterström ![]() Keller ![]() Nyberg ![]() |
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Replay
[change | change source]Semi-finals
[change | change source]Match for third place
[change | change source]Final
[change | change source]Italy won the championship.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 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 | change source]- FIFA Archived 2017-10-26 at the Wayback Machine