Soccer World Cup 1934 / Belgium
This article covers the Belgian national team at the 1934 World Cup .
qualification
In the qualifying round, the Belgian team had to face the Netherlands and Ireland in Group 7 . After they played a 4: 4 draw against Ireland on February 25, 1934 away in Dublin , on April 28, 1934 they lost 4: 4 at home to the Netherlands in Antwerp . In both games, the Belgians violated the rules, as injured players were substituted on both occasions without the official rules of the game providing for such a substitution. However, the results were not canceled.
Since Ireland had previously lost 5-2 to the Netherlands, both teams stayed with just one point in the group and the goal difference decided. Belgium had conceded one less goal in their defeat by the Netherlands and because of that small difference they happily qualified for the finals of the World Cup ahead of Ireland .
Pl. | team | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Pt. |
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1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9: 4 | 4th |
2 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6: 8 | 1 |
3 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6: 9 | 1 |
Game results
02/25/1934 |
Dublin Dalymount Park |
Ireland | - | Belgium | 4: 4 (1: 2) | Goals: 0: 1 Jean Capelle (13th), 0: 2 Stanley van den Eynde (25th), 1: 2, 2: 3, 3: 3, 4: 4 Paddy Moore (27th, 48th, 59th) , 75.), 1: 3, 3: 4 Francois van den Eynde (47., 62.) |
04/28/1934 |
Antwerp Bosuil Stadium |
Belgium | - | Netherlands | 2: 4 (0: 0) | Goals: 1: 0 Laurent Grimmonprez (51.), 1: 1 Kick Smit (60.), 1: 2, 2: 4 Beb Bakhuys (62., 84.), 1: 3 Leen Vente (64.), 2 : 3 Bernard Voorhoof (71.) |
Belgian contingent
Game results
Round of 16
Sun., May 27, 1934 at 4:30 p.m. in Florence | |||
Germany | - | Belgium | 5: 2 (1: 2) |
In the round of 16, the first round, the Belgian team met Germany at the Stadio Giovanni Berta in Florence . Due to an 8-1 defeat only seven months ago, she was only given outsider chances.
However, the Belgians managed to take a 2-1 lead until half-time. Bernard Voorhof scored the two goals in the 32nd and 45th minute after the German opening goal in the 27th minute by Stanislaus Kobierski . Four German goals against in the second half, the equalization by the German striker Otto Siffling in the 47th minute and three follow-up goals by the German center forward Edmund Conen in the 67th, 70th and 87th minutes, however, led to the final score of 2: 5 , which meant for the team for the second time after 1930 the World Cup in the first round.