Football World Cup 1950 / Sweden

This article covers the Swedish national football team at the 1950 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	6: 2	4th
2	Ireland	6: 7	3
3	Finland	1: 4	1

Sweden	-	Ireland	3: 1
Ireland	-	Sweden	1: 3

Finland withdrew and the remaining games were canceled.

Swedish contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
	Torsten Lindberg	IFK Norrköping	04/14/1917
	Kalle Svensson	Helsingborgs IF	11/11/1925
	Tore Svensson	Malmö FF	December 06, 1927
Defense
	Sune Andersson	AIK Solna	02/22/1921
	Ivan Bodin	AIK Solna	07/20/1923
	Erik Nilsson	Malmö FF	08/06/1916
	Knut Nordahl	IFK Norrköping	01/13/1920
	Lennart Samuelsson	IF Elfsborg	07/07/1924
midfield
	Olle Åhlund	Degerfors IF	08/22/1920
	Ingvar Gärd	Malmö FF	10/06/1921
	Gunnar Johansson	GAIS Gothenburg	02/29/1924
attack
	Hate Jeppson	Djurgårdens IF	05/10/1925
	Egon Jonsson	Malmö FF	December 06, 1926
	Arne Månsson	Malmö FF	11/11/1925
	Bror Mellberg	AIK Solna	December 9, 1923
	Stellan Nilsson	Malmö FF	05/28/1922
	Karl-Erik Palmér	Malmö FF	04/17/1929
	Ingvar Rydell	Malmö FF	05/07/1922
	Lennart Skoglund	AIK Solna	12/24/1929
	Stig Sundqvist	IFK Norrköping	07/19/1922
	Curt Svensson	IS Halmia
	Börje Tapper	Malmö FF	05/20/1922
Trainer
	George Raynor		01/13/1907

Swedish team games

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Sweden	5: 4	3: 1
2	Italy	4: 3	2: 2
3	Paraguay	2: 4	1: 3

• Sweden - Italy 3: 2 (2: 1)

Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )

Spectators: 50,000

Referee: Lutz ( Switzerland )

Goals: 0: 1 Carapellese (7th), 1: 1 Jeppson (25th), 2: 1 Andersson (33rd), 3: 1 Jeppson (68th), 3: 2 Muccinelli (75th)

• Sweden - Paraguay 2: 2 (2: 1)

Stadium: Estádio Durival de Britto ( Curitiba )

Spectators: 8,000

Referee: Mitchell ( Scotland )

Goals: 1-0 Sundqvist (24th), 2-0 Palmér (26th), 2-1 A. Lopez (32nd), 2-2 C. Lopez (89th)

Group III started with a bang. Sweden defeated the world champions Italy with 3-2 goals. The Scandinavians were not shocked by the early deficit (7th, Carapellese) and then took a 3-1 lead (Jeppson 25th and 69th, and Andersson in the 34th minute). The 2: 3 by Muccinelli (76th) was not enough for the Squadra Azzurra. Italy's disadvantage was that the international Turin players, who had been killed in a plane crash a year earlier, could not be replaced equally. A 2-2 win against Paraguay, which in turn lost against Italy 2-0, was enough for the Swedes to advance.

Final round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Uruguay	7: 5	5: 1
2	Brazil	14: 4	4: 2
3	Sweden	6:11	2: 4
4th	Spain	4:11	1: 5

• Brazil - Sweden 7: 1 (3: 0)

Stadium: Maracanã Stadium ( Rio de Janeiro )

Spectators: + 138,000

Referee: Ellis ( England )

Goals: 1-0 Ademir (17th), 2-0 Ademir (36th), 3-0 Chico (39th), 4-0 Ademir (52nd), 5-0 Ademir (58th), 5-1 Andersson (67th) 11 m , 6: 1 Maneca (85th), 7: 1 Chico (88th)

• Uruguay - Sweden 3: 2 (1: 2)

Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )

Spectators: 8,000

Referee: Galeati ( Italy )

Goals: 0: 1 Palmér (5th), 1: 1 Ghiggia (39th), 1: 2 Sundqvist (40th), 2: 2 Míguez (77th), 3: 2 Míguez (85th)

• Sweden - Spain 3: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estádio do Pacaembu ( São Paulo )

Spectators: 11,000

Referee: van der Meer ( Netherlands )

Goals: 1-0 Sundqvist (15th), 2-0 Mellberg (33rd), 3-0 Palmér (80th), 3-1 Zarra (82nd)

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 Valdana'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.