Football World Cup 1950 / Bolivia

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This article covers the Bolivian national football team at the 1950 World Cup

qualification

Originally, Bolivia should have played against Chile and Argentina in a group of three for qualification, but Argentina withdrew its report, so that Bolivia and Chile were automatically qualified.

Contingent

Surname society birthday Sp. Gates References
goalkeeper
 Vicente Arraya  Feroviario La Paz 01/25/1922 0 0 0
 Eduardo Gutiérrez  CD Ingavi 09/02/1922 1 0 0
Defense
 Alberto Figueroa de Acha  The Strongest 04/03/1920 1 0 0
 José Bustamante  Club Litoral 03/05/1922 1 0 0
midfield
 Alberto Aparicio  Feroviario La Paz ? 0 0 0
 Duberty Aráoz  Club Litoral December 21, 1920 0 0 0
 Juan Arricio  Ayacucho La Paz ? 0 0 0
 Victor Brown  Club Litoral 03/07/1927 0 0 0
 René Cabrera  Club Jorge Wilstermann ? 0 0 0
 Leonardo Ferrel  The Strongest 07/07/1923 1 0 0
 Antonio Greco  Club Litoral 1923 1 0 0
 Eulogio Sandoval  Club Litoral ? 0 0 0
 Víctor Ugarte  Club Bolívar 05/05/1926 1 0 0
attack
 Víctor Algarañaz  Club Litoral 04/06/1924 1 0 0
 Roberto Capparelli  The Strongest 11/18/1921 1 0 0
 Benedicto Godoy  Feroviario La Paz ? 1 0 0
 Benigno Gutiérrez  Club Litoral 09/01/1925 1 0 0
 Benjamin Maldonado  ? 1928 0 1 0
 Mario Mena  Club Bolívar 07/28/1928 0 0 0
 Antonio José Valencia  Club Bolívar 02/20/1927 1 0 0
Trainer
 Mario Pretto   07.10.1915

competition

Group 4

rank country Gates Points
1 UruguayUruguay Uruguay 8-0 2-0
2 BoliviaBolivia Bolivia 0: 8 0: 2
July 2, 1950 in Belo Horizonte
UruguayUruguay Uruguay - BoliviaBolivia Bolivia 8: 0 (4: 0)

After the cancellations of Scotland and Turkey , only one game was played between Uruguay and Bolivia, which decided on progress. Uruguay were more than clearly superior and qualified 8-0 for the finals.