Football World Cup 1954 / Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	2	1	1	0	006: 400	+2	03: 10
2.	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	002: 300	−1	02: 20
3.	Italy	2	1	0	1	005: 300	+2	02: 20
4th	Belgium	2	0	1	1	005: 800	−3	01: 30
Switzerland runners-up through playoff

Group 4 of the Football World Cup 1954 :

Switzerland - Italy 2: 1 (1: 1)

Switzerland		Italy
	1. Group game June 17, 1954 at 5:50 p.m. in Lausanne ( Stade Olympique de la Pontaise ) Spectators: 43,000 Referee: Mário Viana ( Brazil )   Match report
	Eugène Parlier - Roger Bocquet , André Neury , Charles Casali - Oliver Eggimann , Willy Kernen - Robert Ballaman , Jacques Fatton , Josef Hügi , Eugen Meier , Roger Vonlanthen Trainer: Karl Rappan ( Austria )	Giorgio Ghezzi - Guido Vincenzi , Giovanni Giacomazzi , Maino Neri - Omero Tognon , Fulvio Nesti - Ermes Muccinelli , Egisto Pandolfini , Carlo Galli , Benito Lorenzi , Giampiero Boniperti Trainer: Lajos Czeizler ( Hungary )
	1: 0 Ballaman (18th) 2: 1 Hügi (78th)	1: 1 Boniperti (44.)

England - Belgium 4: 4 aet (3: 3, 2: 1)

England		Belgium
	1. Group game June 17, 1954 at 6 p.m. in Basel ( St. Jakob Stadium ) Spectators: 14,000 Referee: Emil Schmetzer ( FRG )   Match report
	Gil Merrick - Ron Staniforth , Roger Byrne , Billy Wright - Syd Owen , Jimmy Dickinson - Stanley Matthews , Ivor Broadis , Nat Lofthouse , Tommy Taylor , Tom Finney Trainer: Walter Winterbottom	Léopold Gernaey - Marcel Dries , Alfons Van Brandt , Constant Huysmans - Louis Carré , Vic Mees - Denis Houf , Henri Coppens , Léopold Anoul , Joseph Mermans , Pieter Van Den Bosch Trainer: Doug Livingstone ( Scotland )
	1: 1 Broadis (26th) 2: 1 Lofthouse (36th) 3: 1 Broadis (63rd) 4: 3 Lofthouse (91st)	0: 1 Anoul (5th) 3: 2 Coppens (67th) 3: 3 Anoul (71th) 4: 4 Dickinson (94th, own goal)

Italy - Belgium 4: 1 (1: 0)

Italy		Belgium
	2. Group game June 20, 1954 at 5:00 p.m. in Lugano ( Stadio di Cornaredo ) Spectators: 24,000 Referee: Carl Erich Steiner ( Austria )   Match report
	Giorgio Ghezzi - Giovanni Giacomazzi , Maino Neri , Omero Tognon - Fulvio Nesti , Egisto Pandolfini - Carlo Galli , Gino Cappello , Benito Lorenzi , Ardico Magnini , Amleto Frignani Trainer: Lajos Czeizler ( Hungary )	Léopold Gernaey - Marcel Dries , Alfons Van Brandt , Constant Huysmans - Louis Carré , Vic Mees - Henri Coppens , Léopold Anoul , Joseph Mermans , Hippolyte Van den Bosch , Pieter Van Den Bosch Trainer: Doug Livingstone ( Scotland )
	1-0 Pandolfini (41st, penalty kick) 2-0 Galli (48th) 3-0 Frignani (58th) 4-0 Lorenzi (78th)	4: 1 anoul (81st)

England - Switzerland 2: 0 (1: 0)

England		Switzerland
	2. Group game June 20, 1954 at 5:10 p.m. in Bern ( Wankdorf Stadium ) Spectators: 43,500 Referee: István Zsolt ( Hungary )   Match report
	Gil Merrick - Ron Staniforth , Roger Byrne , Billy Wright - Jimmy Dickinson , Ivor Broadis - Tommy Taylor , Tom Finney , Bill McGarry , Dennis Wilshaw , Jimmy Mullen . Trainer: Walter Winterbottom	Eugène Parlier - Roger Bocquet , André Neury , Heinz Bigler - Oliver Eggimann , Willy Kernen - Charles Antenen , Robert Ballaman , Jacques Fatton , Eugen Meier , Roger Vonlanthen Trainer: Karl Rappan ( Austria )
	1-0 Mullen (43rd) 2-0 Wilshaw (69th)

Play-off Switzerland - Italy 4: 1 (1: 0)

Switzerland		Italy
	Decision game for 2nd place June 23, 1954 at 6:00 p.m. in Basel ( St. Jakob Stadium ) Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Mervyn Griffiths ( Wales )   Match report
	Eugène Parlier - Roger Bocquet , André Neury , Charles Casali - Oliver Eggimann , Willy Kernen - Charles Antenen , Robert Ballaman , Jacques Fatton , Josef Hügi , Roger Vonlanthen Trainer: Karl Rappan ( Austria )	Giovanni Viola - Giovanni Giacomazzi , Omero Tognon , Fulvio Nesti - Ermes Muccinelli , Egisto Pandolfini - Benito Lorenzi , Ardico Magnini , Giacomo Mari , Armando Segato , Amleto Frignani Trainer: Lajos Czeizler ( Hungary )
	1-0 Hügi (14th) 2-0 Ballaman (48th) 3: 1 Hügi (85th) 4: 1 Fatton (90th)	2: 1 Nesti (67th)