Football World Cup 1950 / Uruguay
This article covers the Uruguayan national soccer team at the 1950 World Cup .
qualification
Uruguay should have played in a qualifying group with Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, with the first two teams reaching the final. However, there was no game because Ecuador and Peru withdrew their reports and Uruguay and Paraguay were qualified.
Contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates | References | |
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goalkeeper | |||||||
8th | Roque Máspoli |
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10/12/1917 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Aníbal Paz |
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05/21/1917 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Defender | |||||||
3 | Schubert Gambetta |
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04/14/1920 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Juan Carlos González |
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08/22/1924 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
6th | Matías González |
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08/06/1925 | 4th | 0 | 0 | |
7th | William Martínez |
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01/13/1928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
19th | Eusebio Tejera |
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01/06/1922 | 4th | 0 | 0 | |
22nd | Héctor Vilches |
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02/14/1926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
midfield player | |||||||
11 | Washington Ortuño |
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05/13/1928 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14th | Rodolfo Pini |
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??. ??. 1926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Víctor Rodríguez Andrade |
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05/02/1927 | 4th | 0 | 0 | |
20th |
Obdulio Jacinto Varela ![]() |
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09/20/1917 | 4th | 1 | 0 | |
striker | |||||||
1 | Julio César Britos |
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May 18, 1926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Juan Burgueño |
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02/04/1923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4th | Alcides Ghiggia |
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12/22/1926 | 4th | 4th | 0 | |
9 | Óscar Omar Míguez |
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December 05, 1927 | 4th | 4th | 0 | |
10 | Rubén Morán |
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08/06/1930 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Julio Perez |
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06/19/1926 | 4th | 0 | 0 | |
15th | Luis Rijo |
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09/28/1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17th | Carlos Romero |
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07.09.1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18th | Juan Schiaffino |
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07/28/1925 | 4th | 5 | 0 | |
21st | Ernesto Vidal |
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11/15/1921 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Trainer | |||||||
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03/15/1908 |
The kinesiologist Juan C. Kirschberg, a native of Husum, is part of the Uruguayan medical care staff .
Games of the Uruguayan team
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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8-0 | 2-0 |
2 |
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0: 8 | 0: 2 |
Turkey and Scotland withdrew.
Stadium: Estádio Independência ( Belo Horizonte )
Spectators: 5,000
Referee: Reader ( England )
Goals: 1-0 Míguez (14th), 2-0 Vidal (18th), 3-0 Schiaffino (23rd), 4-0 Míguez (45th), 5-0 Míguez (56th), 6-0 Schiaffino (59th), 7-0 Pérez (73rd), 8-0 Ghiggia (83rd)
Group IV consisted of only two teams. Uruguay and Bolivia only met for one game, which the Urus won 8-0. The half-left Juan Schiaffino with a total of two hits did particularly well in this game.
Final round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 |
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7: 5 | 5: 1 |
2 |
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14: 4 | 4: 2 |
3 |
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6:11 | 2: 4 |
4th |
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4:11 | 1: 5 |
Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )
Spectators: 44,000
Referee: Griffiths ( Wales )
Goals: 1: 0 Ghiggia (29th), 1: 1 Basora (32nd), 1: 2 Basora (39th), 2: 2 Varela (73rd)
Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )
Spectators: 8,000
Referee: Galeati ( Italy )
Goals: 0: 1 Palmer (5th), 1: 1 Ghiggia (39th), 1: 2 Sundqvist (40th), 2: 2 Míguez (77th), 3: 2 Míguez (85th)
Stadium: Maracanã Stadium ( Rio de Janeiro )
Spectators: 200,000
Referee: Reader ( England )
Goals: 0: 1 Friaça (47th), 1: 1 Schiaffino (66th), 2: 1 Ghiggia (79th)
At the latest after Brazil's 7-1 victory over Sweden, the hosts were the huge favorites of the final group. Ademir & Co. fascinated the almost 140,000 spectators in the Maracana Stadium with absolute magic football. The Brazilians showed football par excellence like hardly any other team before. Inside strikers Zizinho, Ademir and Jair turned the Swedes upside down. When the Spaniards were also defeated by the hosts by 1: 6, the commentators hardly had enough superlatives for the unleashed soccer acrobats from Sugar Loaf. Meanwhile, the Uruguay team happily cramped through the first two games. Against Spain there was a difficult 2-2, which was only secured late by Varela's violent shot. The Swedes could only be defeated with the late goal to 3-2 by Miguez (85th). The Scandinavians won the match between Spain and Sweden 3-1, which meant third place in the final score of the tournament.
While the 'small final' only attracted 8,000 visitors in São Paulo, the decisive game for the title between Brazil and Uruguay took place at the same time in front of almost 200,000 spectators in the packed Maracanã Stadium . A draw was enough for the highly favored hosts to achieve the title against the Urus, the 1930 world champions. But already in the first round, the guests from Montevideo showed a brilliant defensive behavior. Due to the tight marking of the Brazilian ball artists and the aggressive pressing, the favorites were unable to develop their dreaded attack vortex. But in the end a draw was enough. When, shortly after the break, Frica made it 1-0 after Zizinho, everything seemed to go its way. But the Urus did not give up. A counterattack against right winger Ghiaggia landed at Schiaffino, who pulled off volley: 1: 1 (66th). It suddenly became quieter in the huge stadium. The Brazilians only needed to rock the result over time, but 11 minutes before the final whistle, Ghiaggia was through again and hit goalkeeper Barbosa from a tight angle. The favorites acted like paralyzed and hardly came to a halfway sensible move. The sensation was perfect and Uruguay became world champion for the second time. While 200,000 people left the stadium with drooping heads, the Urus celebrated the biggest football festival to date when they returned to Montevideo.