Football World Cup 1938
1938 FIFA World Cup | |
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Coupe du Monde | |
Number of nations | 15 (of 36 applicants) |
World Champion | Italy (2nd title) |
venue | 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 | Leônidas da Silva (7) |
References | 4 (⌀: 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 |
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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 | Belgium | German Empire | France | Italy |
Netherlands | Norway |
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Poland | |
Romania | Sweden | Switzerland | Czechoslovakia | |
Hungary | ||||
1 from South America | Brazil | |||
1 from North, Central America and the Caribbean | Cuba | |||
1 from Asia | Dutch East Indies |
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 | ||
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Brazil | Austria | Belgium | Romania |
Germany | Cuba | Netherlands | Sweden |
France | Czechoslovakia | Norway | Switzerland |
Italy | Hungary | Poland | Dutch East Indies |
For information on the individual groups and squads of the teams, click on the respective link.
Final round
game schedule
1 win after extra time
2 win after replay
Round of 16
June 4, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Paris | |||
Switzerland | - | German Empire | 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1) |
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Reims | |||
Hungary | - | Netherlands-India | 6: 0 (4: 0) |
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Toulouse | |||
Cuba | - | Romania | 3: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1) |
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Colombes (near Paris) | |||
France | - | Belgium | 3: 1 (2: 1) |
June 5, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Marseille | |||
Italy | - | Norway | 2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0) |
June 5, 1938 at 5:30 p.m. in Strasbourg | |||
Brazil | - | Poland | 6: 5 a.d. (4: 4, 3: 1) |
June 5, 1938 at 6:30 p.m. in Le Havre | |||
Czechoslovakia | - | Netherlands | 3: 0 a.d. |
June 5, 1938 in Lyon | |||
Sweden | - | Austria | without a fight |
Repetitions:
June 9, 1938 at 6 p.m. in Paris | |||
Switzerland | - | German Empire | 4: 2 (1: 2) |
June 9, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Toulouse | |||
Cuba | - | Romania | 2: 1 (0: 1) |
Quarter finals
June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Antibes | |||
Sweden | - | Cuba | 8: 0 (4: 0) |
June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Lille | |||
Hungary | - | Switzerland | 2: 0 (1: 0) |
June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Colombes (near Paris) | |||
Italy | - | France | 3: 1 (1: 1) |
June 12, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Bordeaux | |||
Brazil | - | Czechoslovakia | 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0) |
Replay game:
June 14, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Bordeaux | |||
Brazil | - | Czechoslovakia | 2: 1 (0: 1) |
Semifinals
June 16, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Marseille | |||
Italy | - | Brazil | 2: 1 (2: 0) |
June 16, 1938 at 6:00 p.m. in Paris | |||
Hungary | - | Sweden | 5: 1 (3: 1) |
3rd place match
June 19, 1938 at 5:00 p.m. in Bordeaux | |||
Brazil | - | Sweden | 4: 2 (1: 2) |
Endgame
Italy | Hungary | Lineup | |||||||
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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 |
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 |
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1: 0 Colaussi (6th) 2: 1 Piola (16th) 3: 1 Colaussi (35th) 4: 2 Piola (82nd) |
1: 1 Titkos (8th) 3: 2 Sárosi (70th) |
World champion team
(The games and goals are given in brackets)
Italy | |
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List of goalscorers
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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 |
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SR | LR | |||
Louis Baert | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Rinaldo Barlassina | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Alois Beranek | German Empire | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Alfred Birlem | German Empire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Georges Capdeville | France | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Roger Conrié | France | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ivan Eklind | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Pál from Hertzka | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Gustav Krist | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 0 |
John Langenus | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Lucien Leclercq | France | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Giuseppe Scarpi | Italy | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Hans Wüthrich | Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Linesman | ||||
Georges Boutoure | France | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Ernest Pillowberger | France | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Paul Marenco | France | 0 | 4th | 0 |
Jean Merckx | France | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Johannes van Moorsel | Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Eugene Olive | France | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Louis Poissant | France | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Charles de la Salle | France | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Victor Sdez | France | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Paul Trehou | France | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Karl Weingartner | German Empire | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Ferdinand Valprede | 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
- Official website of FIFA for the 1938 World Cup
- The 1938 World Cup on Fussballdaten.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Until 1958 there were playoffs after the group stage where there were equal points.
- ↑ Host announcement decision .
- ↑ http://de.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10d_finaldraw-history.pdf
- ↑ Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, p. 13
- ↑ Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, pp. 73/74
- ↑ Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, p. 63 f.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, p. 12
- ^ Fédération Française de Football Association: Revue de la Coupe du Monde de Football 1938. Paris 1938
- ↑ Victor Sinet, Coupe du monde 1938 , 2002, pp. 69-72