Football World Cup 1934 / qualification

This article deals with qualifying for the 1934 World Cup in Italy .

Overview

Participant in the qualification for the 1934 World Cup

A total of 32 teams had registered for the 1934 World Cup in Italy , including

• 21 teams from Europe
• 4 teams from South America
• 4 teams from North and Central America
• 1 team from Africa
• 2 teams from Asia

Three nations withdrew voluntarily, with the result that ultimately only 29 teams took part in the qualifying games. The host of the World Cup, Italy, did not have a fixed starting place for the finals and therefore went into qualification; the world champion Uruguay did not take part in the World Cup.

The 16 World Cup places were distributed as follows:

12 to Europe	Sweden	Spain	Italy	Hungary
	Austria	Czechoslovakia	Switzerland	Romania
	Netherlands	Belgium	German Empire	France
2 to South America	Brazil	Argentina
1 to North and Central America	United States
1 in Africa and Asia	Egypt

Europe

The 21 European teams were divided into eight groups, including five groups of three and three groups of two. With the exception of Group 1, the two best teams from the groups of three qualified. In the groups of two, the winner from the first and second leg reached the World Cup finals.

Group 1

Sweden only played the first leg against Estonia and Lithuania, both of which could be won. The return games were rated 2-0 as a victory for Sweden, the games between Estonia and Lithuania were canceled without replacement.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	012: 200	+10	08-00
2.	Lithuania	2	0	0	2	000: 400	−4	00: 40
3.	Estonia	2	0	0	2	002: 800	−6	00: 40

Game results:

06/11/1933	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Estonia	6: 2 (4: 0)
06/29/1933	Kaunas	Lithuania	-	Sweden	0: 2 (0: 0)
		Estonia	-	Sweden	0: 2 1
		Sweden	-	Lithuania	2: 0 1
		Estonia	-	Lithuania	failed
		Lithuania	-	Estonia	failed

¹ rated at the green table

Group 2

date		Result		place
03/11/1934	Spain	9: 0 (3: 0)	Portugal	Madrid
03/18/1934	Portugal	1: 2 (1: 2)	Spain	Lisbon
Total:	Spain	11: 10	Portugal

Group 3

date		Result		place
03/25/1934	Italy	4: 0 (2: 0)	Greece	Milan
Greece	failed	Italy
Total:	Italy	4-0	Greece

After losing 4-0 in the first leg against the Italians, Greece waived the second leg on home soil. The reason for this is the fact that the Italian officials paid the Greek association a total of 700,000 drachmas in order to forego the second leg in Athens, which would have bothered the Italians because of the long journey in preparation for the World Cup.

Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	2	2	0	0	008: 200	+6	04-00
2.	Austria	1	1	0	0	006: 100	+5	02-00
3.	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	003:140	−11	00: 60

Game results:

03/25/1934	Sofia	Bulgaria	-	Hungary	1: 4 (1: 1)
04/25/1934	Vienna	Austria	-	Bulgaria	6: 1 (3: 0)
04/29/1934	Budapest	Hungary	-	Bulgaria	4: 1 (1: 0)
		Bulgaria	-	Austria	failed
		Austria	-	Hungary	failed
		Hungary	-	Austria	failed

The other games were no longer played due to irrelevance.

Group 5

After the first leg defeat at home, the Polish team did not play the second leg because their government did not give them a travel permit. The reason was border disputes between the two states ( Olsa area ). The game was then rated 2-0 in favor of Czechoslovakia.

date		Result		place
10/15/1933	Poland	1: 2 (0: 1)	Czechoslovakia	Warsaw
04/15/1934	Czechoslovakia	12: 0 1	Poland	Prague
Total:	Poland	1: 4	Czechoslovakia

¹ rated at the green table

Group 6

The game for group victory between Switzerland and Romania originally ended in a draw (2: 2 (0: 1)). Since Romania used a player who was not eligible to play in this match, the result at the Green Table was subsequently scored 2-0 goals and 2-0 points for the Swiss.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	004: 200	+2	03: 10
2.	Romania	2	1	0	1	002: 300	−1	02: 20
3.	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	1	003: 400	−1	01: 30

Game results:

09/24/1933	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	Switzerland	2: 2 (0: 0)
October 29, 1933	Bern	Switzerland	-	Romania	2: 0 1
04/29/1934	Bucharest	Romania	-	Yugoslavia	2: 1 (1: 0)

¹ rated at the green table

Group 7

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	009: 400	+5	04-00
2.	Belgium	2	0	1	1	006: 800	−2	01: 30
3.	Irish Free State	2	0	1	1	006: 900	−3	01: 30

Game results:

02/25/1934	Dublin	Ireland	-	Belgium	4: 4 (1: 3)
04/08/1934	Amsterdam	Netherlands	-	Ireland	5: 2 (1: 1)
04/28/1934	Antwerp	Belgium	-	Netherlands	2: 4 (0: 0)

Group 8

First of all, all three teams should play one game each against the other two teams, with each team having a home and an away game. Presumably on the initiative of Luxembourg, which figured it had no chance of qualifying, both games against Luxembourg should take place in Luxembourg in order to have a financial success despite the defeats. Since the two best teams in the group would qualify, the game between Germany and France, between which there were political tensions, would then not be necessary. After the teams of Germany and France then also won their games against Luxembourg, the game for the group victory was no longer played due to irrelevance.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	1	1	0	0	009: 100	+8	02-00
2.	France	1	1	0	0	006: 100	+5	02-00
3.	Luxembourg	2	0	0	2	002:150	−13	00: 40

Game results:

03/11/1934	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Germany	1: 9 (1: 5)
04/15/1934	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	France	1: 6 (0: 2)
		Germany	-	France	failed

South America

In South America, two groups of two should be played. However, since Peru and Chile decided not to participate, Brazil and Argentina qualified for the World Cup without qualifying games.

Group 9

Game results:

Brazil

-

Peru

Peru waived for financial reasons

Group 10

Game results:

Argentina

-

Chile

Chile waived for reasons within the association

North and Central America

The four participating teams played in a group over three rounds. In round 1 and 2 three games were played, the third round was decided in one game. The USA team was ultimately able to prevail.

Group 11

Round 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Cuba	3	2	1	0	010: 200	+8	05: 10
2.	Haiti	3	0	1	2	002:100	−8	01: 50

Game results:

01/28/1934	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Cuba	1: 3 (0: 1)
02/01/1934	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Cuba	1: 1 (1: 0)
02/04/1934	Port-au-Prince	Haiti	-	Cuba	0: 6 (0: 3)

round 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	3	0	0	012: 300	+9	06-00
2.	Cuba	3	0	0	3	003:120	−9	00: 60
Stand: Final stand

Game results:

03/04/1934	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Cuba	3: 2 (3: 1)
03/11/1934	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Cuba	5: 0 (3: 0)
03/18/1934	Mexico city	Mexico	-	Cuba	4: 1 (2: 1)

Round 3

Game results:

05/24/1934

Rome

United States

-

Mexico

4: 2 (2: 1)

middle East

Due to the withdrawal of Turkey, only two teams remained with Egypt and Palestine to fight for the only starting place for the World Cup finals. Egypt prevailed in two games.

Group 12

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Egypt	2	2	0	0	011: 200	+9	04-00
2.	Palestine / Eretz Israel	2	0	0	2	002:110	−9	00: 40
3.	Turkey	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00-00

Turkey withdrawn

Game results:

March 16, 1934	Cairo	Egypt	-	Palestine / Eretz Israel	7: 1 (4: 0)
04/06/1934	Jerusalem	Palestine / Eretz Israel	-	Egypt	1: 4 (0: 4)
		Turkey	-	Egypt	Turkey waived
		Turkey	-	Palestine / Eretz Israel	Turkey waived

Goalscorer

from all continental zones

	Surname	Gates
1.	Isidro Lángara	7th
	Mario Lopez	7th
	Dionisio Mejía	7th
4th	Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh	5
	Paddy Moore	5
6th	Beb Bakhuys	4th
	Aldo Donelli	4th
	Jean Nicolas	4th
	Josef Rasselnberg	4th
10.	Manuel Alonso	3
	Karl Hohmann	3
	Johann Horvath	3
	Mohamed Latif	3
	Kick smit	3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IFFHS World Football Magazine No. 28, IV. Quarter 1995: World Championship qualification 1933/34 (Part I), p. 39
2. ↑ ^{a b c} dfb.de: World Cup qualification 1934: World Cup ticket bought in 90 minutes

Web links

• RSSSF - qualification for the 1934 World Cup