Football World Cup 1938

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1938 FIFA World Cup
Coupe du Monde
Number of nations 15  (of 36 applicants)
World Champion Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy (2nd title)
venue Third French RepublicThird French Republic France
Opening game June 4, 1938 ( Paris )
Endgame June 19, 1938 ( Colombes )
Games 18th
Gates 84  (⌀: 4.67 per game)
spectator 375,700  (⌀: 20,872 per game)
Top scorer Brazil 1889Brazil Leônidas da Silva (7)
References (⌀: 0.22 per game)

The final round of the FIFA World Cup 1938 ( French Coupe du Monde ) was the third playout of the most important tournament for football - teams and took place from 4 to 19 June 1938 in France instead.

At the previous World Cup in Italy , the national teams of Germany and Austria took third and fourth place. In mid-March 1938, less than three months before the tournament began, Austria was " annexed " to the German Reich , which was then also referred to as "Greater Germany". As a result, Austrians did not take part in the World Cup with their own qualified team, but by order of the NSDAP party leadership - and against the will of Reich trainer Sepp Herberger  - only as part of a newly formed Greater German team on equal terms. This team went into the tournament as one of the favorites, but the players from the previously separated countries had not yet been matched. After an early 1-0 lead against Switzerland , they parted in Paris 1: 1 after extra time. Five days later in the replay, Greater Germany led 2-0, but lost 2-4.

Switzerland was eliminated in the next round, like the other teams that had to play a replay. Since then, no replay games have been played at the World Cup. The hosts France , who were also considered favorites, were eliminated in the quarter-finals, with the consolation of having only been inferior to the old and new world champions, as Italy successfully defended their world championship title.

Award

The choice of the venue was made by FIFA on August 13, 1936 at its congress in Berlin. France prevailed with 19: 4 votes against competitor Argentina. The third applicant Germany, who was also a candidate for 1942 , remained without a vote in this vote.

Venues

Location of the venues

The World Cup games were played in ten stadiums in ten different French cities. The Lyon venue was intended for the failed game between Sweden and Austria.

city Stadium name Capacity* Games
Antibes Stade du Fort Carré 22,850 1
Bordeaux Stade du Parc Lescure
(also: Stade Municipal )
26,650 3
Colombes Stade Olympique de Colombes "Yves-du-Manoir" 59,900 3
Le Havre Stade de la Cavée Verte 28,650 1
Lille Stade Victor Boucquey 23,000 1
Lyon Stade Gerland   0
Marseille Stade Velodrome 35,900 2
Paris Parc des Princes 35,700 3
Reims Stade Vélodrome Municipal 20,000 1
Strasbourg Stade de la Meinau 31,600 1
Toulouse Stadium Municipal
(also: Stade "Chapou" )
20,000 2

* Status at the time of the World Cup in June 1938

qualification

Attendees

Of the 36 registered teams, 16 qualified for the finals of the 1938 World Cup.

13 from Europe BelgiumBelgium Belgium German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire Third French RepublicThird French Republic France Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands NorwayNorway Norway AustriaAustria Austria 1 Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland
Romania kingdomRomania Romania SwedenSweden Sweden SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary
1 from South America Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil
1 from North, Central America and the Caribbean CubaCuba Cuba
1 from Asia Dutch East IndiesDutch East Indies Dutch East Indies
1 After Austria was annexed to the German Reich, a large German team started at the 1938 World Cup in France. Austria's place was offered to the English, but they refused. So the place remained vacant. This reduced the number of participants in the World Cup finals to 15.
World map of the participants with their placements

mode

Like its predecessor, the 1938 World Cup was held in the knockout system . In the event of a tie, the game was extended by 30 minutes. If there was no winner even after 120 minutes, a replay was scheduled.

Again in the draw on May 5, 1938, the teams were divided into seeded and unset teams as in 1934 for the round of 16. The seeded teams were drawn as opponents.

Set teams Teams not seeded
Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil AustriaAustria Austria BelgiumBelgium Belgium Romania kingdomRomania Romania
German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Germany CubaCuba Cuba NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands SwedenSweden Sweden
Third French RepublicThird French Republic France Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia NorwayNorway Norway SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy Hungary 1940Hungary Hungary Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland Dutch East IndiesDutch East Indies Dutch East Indies

For information on the individual groups and squads of the teams, click on the respective link.

Final round

game schedule

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
             
 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 12 1
 
 NorwayNorway Norway 1  
 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 3
 
   Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 1  
 Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 3
 
 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1  
 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 2
 
   Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 1  
 Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 13 1
 
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0  
 Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1) 1
 
   Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 2(1) 2 2  
 Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 16 1
 
 Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland 5  
 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 4th
 
   Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 2
 CubaCuba Cuba 2(3) 2 2
 
 Romania kingdomRomania Romania (3) 1  
 CubaCuba Cuba 0
 
   SwedenSweden Sweden 8th  
 SwedenSweden Sweden without a fight
 
 AustriaAustria Austria    
 SwedenSweden Sweden 1
 
   Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 5   3rd place match
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2(1) 4 2
   
 German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Germany (1) 2  
 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 0  Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 4th
 
   Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 2    SwedenSweden Sweden 2
 Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 6th
 Dutch East IndiesDutch East Indies Netherlands-India 0  

1 win after extra time
2 win after replay

Round of 16

June 4, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Paris
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Reims
Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary - Dutch East IndiesDutch East Indies Netherlands-India 6: 0 (4: 0)
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Toulouse
CubaCuba Cuba - Romania kingdomRomania Romania 3: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1)
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Colombes (near Paris)
Third French RepublicThird French Republic France - BelgiumBelgium Belgium 3: 1 (2: 1)
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Marseille
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy - NorwayNorway Norway 2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)
June 5, 1938 at 5:30 p.m. in Strasbourg
Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil - Poland 1928Second Polish Republic Poland 6: 5 a.d. (4: 4, 3: 1)
June 5, 1938 at 6:30 p.m. in Le Havre
Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3: 0 a.d.
June 5, 1938 in Lyon
SwedenSweden Sweden - AustriaAustria Austria without a fight

Repetitions:

June 9, 1938 at 6 p.m. in Paris
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 4: 2 (1: 2)
June 9, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Toulouse
CubaCuba Cuba - Romania kingdomRomania Romania 2: 1 (0: 1)

Quarter finals

June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Antibes
SwedenSweden Sweden - CubaCuba Cuba 8: 0 (4: 0)
June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Lille
Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary - SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2: 0 (1: 0)
June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Colombes (near Paris)
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy - Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 3: 1 (1: 1)
June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Bordeaux
Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil - Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)

Replay game:

June 14, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Bordeaux
Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil - Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2: 1 (0: 1)

Semifinals

June 16, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Marseille
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy - Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 2: 1 (2: 0)
June 16, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Paris
Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary - SwedenSweden Sweden 5: 1 (3: 1)

3rd place match

June 19, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Bordeaux
Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil - SwedenSweden Sweden 4: 2 (1: 2)

Endgame

Italy Hungary Lineup
ItalyItaly
Sunday, June 19, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Colombes ( Stade de Colombes )
Result: 4: 2 (3: 1)
Spectators: 45,000
Referee: Georges Capdeville ( France ) Third French RepublicThird French Republic 
Match report
HungaryHungary
Line up Italy against Hungary
Aldo Olivieri - Alfredo Foni , Pietro Rava - Pietro Serantoni , Miguel Andreolo , Ugo Locatelli - Amedeo Biavati , Giuseppe Meazza , Silvio Piola , Giovanni Ferrari , Gino Colaussi Trainer: Vittorio Pozzo(C)Captain of the crew
Antal Szabó - Gyula Polgár , Sándor Bíró - Antal Szalay , György Szűcs , Gyula Lázár - Ferenc Sas , Jenő Vincze , György Sárosi , Gyula Zsengellér , Pál Titkos Trainer: Alfréd Schaffer(C)Captain of the crew
goal1: 0 Colaussi (6th)

goal2: 1 Piola (16th)
goal3: 1 Colaussi (35th)

goal4: 2 Piola (82nd)

goal1: 1 Titkos (8th)


goal3: 2 Sárosi (70th)

World champion team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Italy
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

List of goalscorers

rank player Gates
1 BrazilianBrazilian Leônidas da Silva 1 7th
2 HungarianHungarian Gyula Zsengellér 2 6th
3 ItalianItalian Silvio Piola 5
HungarianHungarian György Sárosi 5
5 ItalianItalian Gino Colaussi 4th
PolePole Ernst Willimowski 3 4th
7th SwissSwiss André Abegglen 3
SwedeSwede Harry Andersson 3
SwedeSwede Arne Nyberg 3
BrazilianBrazilian José Perácio 3
BrazilianBrazilian Romeu Pellicciari 3
SwedeSwede Gustav Wetterström 3
13 RomanianRomanian Ștefan Dobay 2
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Oldřich Nejedlý 2
FrenchmanFrenchman Jean Nicolas 2
CubansCubans Hector Socorro 2
HungarianHungarian Pál Titkos 2
18th BelgianBelgian Henri Isemborghs 1
BrazilianBrazilian Roberto 1
CubansCubans Tomás Fernández 1
CubansCubans Carlos Maquina Oliveira 1
rank player Gates
18th CubansCubans Juan Tuñas 1
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Vlastimil Kopecký 1
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Josef Košťálek 1
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Josef Zeman 1
FrenchmanFrenchman Oscar Heisserer 1
FrenchmanFrenchman Émile Veinante 1
GermanGerman Josef Gauchel 1
GermanGerman Wilhelm Hahnemann 1
HungarianHungarian Vilmos Kohut 1
HungarianHungarian Géza Toldi 1
ItalianItalian Pietro Ferraris 1
ItalianItalian Giuseppe Meazza 1
NorwegianNorwegian Arne Brustad 1
PolePole Friedrich Scherfke 1
RomanianRomanian Iuliu Baratky 1
RomanianRomanian Nicolae Kovacs 1
SwissSwiss Alfred Bickel 1
SwissSwiss Eugène Walaschek 1
SwedeSwede Sven Jonasson 1
SwedeSwede Tore basement 1
SwissSwiss Ernest Loertscher ET
Leônidas da Silva
1Leônidas, who scored a goal barefoot in the game against Poland, is, or was, listed in numerous lists with 8 goals. In 2006, however, FIFA recorded Brazil's second goal in the replay against Czechoslovakia, originally attributed to Leônidas, for Roberto .
2Some sources consider Zsengellér's first goal to make it 1-1 in the game between Hungary and Sweden as an own goal by Sweden's Sven Jacobsson .
3 Ernst Willimowski scored four goals in the first round loss to Brazil. The Oberschlesier , who in later years also competed for the German national team, became the first player to do so at a world championship.

The Hungarian Gyula Zsengellér was the top scorer of the entire competition with 10 goals.

Used referees

In the 18 games, a total of 25 referees from only 9, without exception, European associations, 13 referees and 12 additional linesmen were used. The hosting French association provided 3 referees and 10 linesmen. The Belgian Baert, the other referees Barlassini, Beranek, Birlem, Eklind, Langenus and this time the linesman van Moorsel were also active at the previous World Cup in Italy. With three dismissals in the first game between Brazil and Czechoslovakia, Hertzka's Hungarian was the sole record holder for a long time.

Surname Association Number of
games as
space
refer
SR LR
Louis Baert BelgiumBelgium Belgium 1 1 0
Rinaldo Barlassina Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 1 0 0
Alois Beranek German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1 2 0
Alfred Birlem German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1 1 0
Georges Capdeville Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 2 1 0
Roger Conrié Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 1 0 0
Ivan Eklind SwedenSweden Sweden 2 1 0
Pál from Hertzka Hungary 1918Hungary Hungary 1 0 3
Gustav Krist Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 2 0
John Langenus BelgiumBelgium Belgium 2 0 1
Lucien Leclercq Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 2 0 0
Giuseppe Scarpi Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 1 2 0
Hans Wüthrich SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 2 2 0
Linesman
Georges Boutoure Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 2 0
Ernest Pillowberger Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 2 0
Paul Marenco Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 4th 0
Jean Merckx Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 1 0
Johannes van Moorsel NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0 3 0
Eugene Olive Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 2 0
Louis Poissant Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 1 0
Charles de la Salle Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 2 0
Victor Sdez Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 2 0
Paul Trehou Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 1 0
Karl Weingartner German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 0 2 0
Ferdinand Valprede Third French RepublicThird French Republic France 0 2 0
Total: 18th 36 4th

Public perception and financial record

In view of the increasing political tensions that led to the outbreak of World War II a year later - from the civil war in neighboring Spain to the " Anschluss " and Sudeten crisis to the Pacific War in East Asia - France was not necessarily expected to attract a large audience in the run-up to the tournament especially since football was by far not the most popular sport there at the time. In addition, games there only took place on Sundays, while seven of the 18 World Cup matches were scheduled on other days of the week. In addition, the organizers' intention to consider as many regions as possible for the venues in order to present the whole of France led to the selection of Toulouse and Bordeaux, two cities that are more rugby than “football-related”. And finally there were some duels that sounded less than attractive on paper. In fact, the Cubans' three appearances against Romania and Sweden each paid less than 7,600 visitors; Hungary against the Dutch East Indies and Czechoslovakia against the Netherlands only saw around 10,000 spectators each in the stadium. In contrast, almost 58,500 visitors saw France's defeat against Italy, and over 45,000 attended the final.

Nevertheless, at the end of the World Cup there was still a considerable amount left with the organizers, because four million francs on the expenditure side were compared to almost six million francs in income in the final balance sheet. This resulted in a profit of almost two million francs, a value that arithmetically corresponds to about five million new francs (2001) or 800,000 euros (2002). However, the expenses of the French local authorities (general state, regions, departments and municipalities), in particular for infrastructure measures and the new stadium (Marseille and Bordeaux) or expansion (especially Colombes), have not been taken into account on the cost side.

Compared to the world championship finals from the last third of the 20th century, advertising and marketing in 1938 were extremely modest. In addition to the official program booklet, the French Football Association offered an artistically designed, own World Cup logo and, together with FIFA, a postcard designed by the illustrator Joe Bridge as a souvenir for sale. The French Post also issued a 1.75 franc postage stamp and the state-owned railway company SNCF put up posters with the game dates in its stations.

See also

literature

  • Hardy Greens: Football World Cup Encyclopedia 1930-2006. AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-261-0
  • Victor Sinet: Coupe du monde 1938. La coupe du monde oubliée. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2002, ISBN 978-2-84253-729-6

Web links

Commons : Soccer World Cup 1938  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. Herberger's predecessor Otto Nerz , who was in charge of him as "Head of the National Team" until May 1938, had resigned immediately before the tournament, cf. Football Week of May 31, 1938, p. 12 f.
  2. Until 1958 there were playoffs after the group stage where there were equal points.
  3. Host announcement decision .
  4. http://de.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10d_finaldraw-history.pdf
  5. Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, p. 13
  6. Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, pp. 73/74
  7. Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, p. 63 f.
  8. Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, pp. 83-138, gives the individual match reports not only the official number of spectators, but also the respective income from ticket sales.
  9. Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, p. 12
  10. ^ Fédération Française de Football Association: Revue de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1938. Paris 1938
  11. Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, pp. 69-72