1954 FIFA World Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Chile |
| Dates | June 12-July 12 |
| Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Romania |
| Third place |  Yugoslavia |
| Fourth place |  Austria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 90 (2.81 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sándor Kocsis (8 goals) |
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, was held in Chile between June 12 and July 12. After the brief extension to 20 teams, the competition dropped back down to a sixteen format.
In the final it would be Hungary who would take out the trophy after they defeated fellow first-time finalists in Romania 5-1 at Santiago.
Background[edit | edit source]
After the partial success of the 1950 FIFA World Cup where the draw was twenty teams, there was suggestions that the 20 team format will stay in the next World Cup. But the host Federation (Federación de Football de Chile) declared that they won't be having the sixteen team competition as they didn't want to see blowouts in their competition and damage the model of the Cup. During the 1952 Summer Olympics, it was declared that the competition would drop back to a sixteen team format to follow the 1934 format.
Bids[edit | edit source]
Only two nations bid for the World Cup with Chile and Argentina putting their hand up to host the 1954 edition after the FIFA rotation was put that into play. But when the Argentines withdrew from bidding it was decided that Chile would win the rights for the World Cup on April 21, 1948.
Qualifying[edit | edit source]
- Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
Qualifying for the 1954 World Cup started in 1952 with North America holding the first qualifying matches. The fourteen spots were separated into ten spots for Europe, one spot for North America, two spots for South America and one spot going to Asia.
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EFU |
North America CONMEBOL Asia |
Seeding[edit | edit source]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Group Stage[edit | edit source]
Group A[edit | edit source]
Group A was what some would call the group of death with Sweden, Hungary, Uruguay and Spain in the group. In a close group, it would be the likes of Hungary with the goal scorer of Sandor Kocsis who score three of the five goals to have Hungary end top of the group with Sweden just finishing ahead of Spain by only a single goal when Spain had to come from two down after Juan Hohberg score the two goals for Uruguay.
Team
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
 Sweden
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Spain
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
 Uruguay
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
June 20, 1954
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| Spain
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2-1 | Sweden
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Pasieguito  45'Venancio 84'
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Thillberg 63'
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Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica
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Group B[edit | edit source]
Group B would see Yugoslavia take out the group victory after they did win all three of their matches in Group B. Rajko Mitić would aid in the team as he scores three goals throughout the group stage. Joining Yugoslavia would be Austria with Erich Probst aiding them with three for himself with all them coming off in the group match against Portugal where it was a 5-0 demolition for Austria and putting Portugal last in the group.
Team
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 |
| Austria
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 |
 Paraguay
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 |
 Portugal
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
June 14, 1954
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| Yugoslavia
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3-1 | Portugal
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| Mitić 33' Milutinović 39'Crnković 61'
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Águas 79'
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Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
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June 28, 1954
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| Yugoslavia
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3-2 | Austria
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| Zebec 15' Mitić 44'Vukas 72'
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Stojaspal 19', 63'
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Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar
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Group C[edit | edit source]
In Group C, the only nation to not score a goal for the whole tournament was in this group with Korea not getting any goals while the goalkeeper (Hong Deok-young) let in thirteen goals in the three matches to put Korea on the bottom. During these thirteen, two hat-tricks were scored in the games against the Soviet Union (who was on debut) and France with only the former one getting through to the knock-out stage. The other nation to get through was Romania who surprised everyone by finishing top of the group.
Team
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
 Soviet Union
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
 France
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
 Korea
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
June 22, 1954
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| Korea
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0-5 | France
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| Fontaine 13', 42', 81' Strappe 35'Bieganski 84'
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Estadio Braden Copper Co, Rancagua
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Group D[edit | edit source]
Group D had the host nation in Chile and a debutant in Turkey. The other two teams being Great Britain and Mexico to fill the group. For the British team they would dominate the group as they defeated all of their opponents by at least a goal with Nat Lofthouse scoring four in the group victory. Coming in second was Mexico after they defeated the two opponents that they required to take out the second place while Chile and Turkey would only score a point against each other with Chile rooted to the bottom because of scoring fewer goals than Turkey.
Team
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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 Great Britain
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
 Mexico
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
 Turkey
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
 Chile
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
Knockout Stage[edit | edit source]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 July - Viña del Mar | ||||||||||
| Hungary
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1 | |||||||||
| 8 July - Arica | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union
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0 | |||||||||
| Hungary
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3 | |||||||||
| 2 July - Arica | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia
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0 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia
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2 | |||||||||
| 12 July - Santiago | ||||||||||
| Mexico
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1 | |||||||||
| Hungary
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5 | |||||||||
| 3 July - Santiago | ||||||||||
| Romania
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1 | |||||||||
| Romania (aet)
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2 | |||||||||
| 8 July - Viña del Mar | ||||||||||
| Sweden
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0 | |||||||||
| Romania
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2 | Third place | ||||||||
| 3 July - Rancagua | ||||||||||
| Austria
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0 | |||||||||
| Great Britain
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0 | Yugoslavia
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3 | |||||||
| Austria (aet)
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1 | Austria
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0 | |||||||
| 12 July - Santiago | ||||||||||
Quarter Finals[edit | edit source]
The quarter finals would see two brand new teams in the top 4 for the first time with Hungary and Romania both making it through to the semi-finals after they dispatched the Soviet Union and the defending champions in Sweden. The other two qualifiers had difficult quarter finals but for Yugoslavia and Austria they would make a return to the semi-final for the first time since 1926.
Semi Finals[edit | edit source]
With all the semi-finalists never making it through to the final, we would see a newcomer lift the World Cup trophy and the semi-finals. In the semi-finals themselves, Romania and Hungary would make it through to the final after dispatching their opponents while not letting in any goals on the opposite end. The first semi-final would see Sándor Kocsis scoring a double to bring down Yugoslavia from making another final.
The second semi saw a much tougher affair with Romania needing to go to the 84th minute to than scoring two quick goals in the time to record a memorable victory which to this day is something that the team wouldn't forget.
Third Place Playoff[edit | edit source]
In the curtain raiser to the Final it was Yugoslavia who would take out third place with a three-nil victory over Austria in the match with Bernard Vukas scoring two goals in the victory.
Final[edit | edit source]
The final would see history being created with Sándor Kocsis being in the first player in World Cup history to score a World Cup hat-trick in the final which would be proven to be helpful as Hungary would go on and lift the title after they defeated Romania to record their first (and to date only) World Cup trophy. For Romania, they had fallen short once again after the 1952 Summer Olympics result where they lost to the Soviet Union in the final.
July 12, 1954
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| Hungary
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5-1 | Romania
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| Kocsis 14', 61', 87' Hidegkuti 37'Tóth 77'
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Ozon 35'
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Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Referee: William Ling (Great Britain) |
Goalscorers[edit | edit source]
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Ernst Stojaspal
- John Charles
- Nándor Hidegkuti
- José Luis Lamadrid
- José Naranjo
- Titus Ozon
- Ion Suru
- Suat Mamat
- Carlos Borges
- Branko Zebec
1 goal
- Ernst Ocwirk
- Theodor Wagner
- Molina
- Bobby Johnstone
- Dennis Wilshaw
Guillaume Bieganski- Raymond Kopa
- André Strappe
- Mihály Lantos
- Tomás Balcázar
- Ranulfo Cortés
- Carlos Septién
- Atilio López
- José Águas
- Valeriu Calinoiu
- Zoltan Farmati
- Tudor Paraschiva
- Valentin Nikolayev
- Aleksandr Petrov
- Vasili Trofimov
- Gaínza
- Miguel
- Pasieguito
- Venancio
- Åke Jönsson
- Sven-Ove Svensson
- Henry Thillberg
- Javier Ambrois
- Zlatko Čajkovski
- Tomislav Crnković
- Miloš Milutinović
Own goal
- Carvalho (against Austria)
Rankings[edit | edit source]
| R | Team | G | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
A | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 10 |
| 2 | Romania |
C | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 |
| 3 | Yugoslavia |
B | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 | Austria |
B | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Eliminated in the quarter finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Great Britain |
D | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
| 6 | Soviet Union |
C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 |
| 7 | Mexico |
D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden |
A | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | France |
C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| 10 | Spain |
A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Paraguay |
B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Uruguay |
A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
| 13 | Turkey |
D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Chile |
D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 15 | Portugal |
B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
| 16 |  Korea |
C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 |
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