1934 FIFA World Cup
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) |
| Runner-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 |  Giuseppe Meazza[2] |
← 1930 1938 → | |
Participants
Africa
Europe
North and Central America
South America
Results
| First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 27 May – Rome | ||||||||||||||
| Italy
|
7 | |||||||||||||
| 31 May – Florence (replayed 1 June) | ||||||||||||||
 United States
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Italy
|
1 (1) | |||||||||||||
| 27 May – Genoa | ||||||||||||||
 Spain
|
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
|
1 | Austria
|
2 | |||||||||||
| Sweden
|
3 | |||||||||||||
 Argentina
|
2 | |||||||||||||
Final
Italy won the championship.
1934 FIFA World Cup Media
San Siro stadium in 1934
Stadio Littoriale
The Stadio del Partito Nazionale Fascista
Stadio Comunale Giovanni Berta
Stadio Partenopeo, later Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli then Stadio Vesuvio in Naples, Italy. The venue was built in 1930 and hosted the home matches of S.S.C.
Stadio Luigi Ferraris negli anni '20-'30
Stadio Comunale Benito Mussolini
- StadiodelLittorio
Qualifying countries and their results
References
- ↑ 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
