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World
Cup 1950 Final Tournament
24 June - 16 July in Brazil
 Because of World War II, the World Cup
had not been staged since 1938; the planned World Cups of 1942 and 1946 were
both cancelled. After the war, FIFA were keen to resurrect the
competition as soon as possible, and they began making plans for a World Cup
tournament to take place. In the aftermath of the war, much of Europe
lay in ruins. As a result, FIFA had some difficulties finding a country
interested in hosting the event, since many governments believed that the
world scenario did not favour a sportive celebration, and also that the
resources that would have to be put into organizing the World Cup could not be
diverted from other more urgent fronts. For some time, the World Cup was
at risk of not being held for sheer lack of interest from the international
community, until Brazil presented a bid at the 1946 FIFA Congress, offering to
host the event on condition that the tournament take place in 1950 (it was
originally planned to take place in 1949). Brazil and Germany had been
the leading bidders to host the cancelled 1942 World Cup; since both the 1934
and 1938 tournaments had been held in Europe, football historians generally
agree that the 1942 event would most likely have been awarded to a South
American host country. Brazil's new bid was very similar to the mooted 1942
bid and was quickly accepted
at the FIFA Congress in Luxembourg on 1 July 1946.
Brazil and Italy qualified automatically, the former as host nation and the
latter as reigning champions. The preliminary draw was conducted in
Geneva on 15 January 1949. It was decided that the British Championship of 1949-50 would double as the World Cup
qualifying group for the four home countries. Of the 34 teams that
entered, 25 took part. India, Scotland and Turkey waived their
places in the final tournament.
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First Phase Group 2 Table |
|
Team |
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
Spain |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
+5 |
6 |
|
England |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
2 |
|
Chile |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
2 |
|
U.S.A. |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
-4 |
2 |
|
First
Phase Group 2 Matches |
|
Date |
Match Score |
Venue |
Attendance |
|
25-Jun-1950 |
England 2
Chile
0 [1-0] |
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro,
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Southeast
Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
29,703 |
|
Spain 3
U.S.A.
1 [0-1] |
Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, Curitiba,
Paraná, Southern Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
9,511 |
|
29-Jun-1950 |
Spain 2
Chile
0 [2-0] |
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro,
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
19,790 |
|
U.S.A.
1 England 0 [1-0] |
Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, Belo Horizonte,
Minas Gerais, Southeast Region;
kick
off 6:00 p.m. |
10,151 |
|
02-Jul-1950 |
Spain 1
England
0 [0-0] |
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro,
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
74,462 |
|
Chile
5 U.S.A. 2 [2-0] |
Estádio Adelmar da Costa Carvalho, Recife,
Pernambuco,
Northeast Region;
kick off 6:00 p.m. |
8,501 |
Notes
|
Second
Phase Final Pool Table
|
|
Team |
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
F
|
A
|
GD
|
Pts
|
|
Uruguay |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
+2 |
5 |
|
Brazil |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
4 |
+10 |
4 |
|
Sweden |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
11 |
-5 |
2 |
|
Spain |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
-7 |
1 |
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Second Phase Final Pool Matches
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|
Date |
Match Score |
Venue |
Attendance |
|
09-Jul-1950 |
Brazil
7 Sweden 1
[3-0] |
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro,
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
138,886 |
|
Uruguay
2 Spain 2
[1-2] |
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho,
Pacaembu, São Paulo,
Estado de São Paulo,
Southeast Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
44,802 |
|
13-Jul-1950 |
Brazil
6 Spain 1
[3-0] |
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro,
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Southeast
Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
152,772 |
|
Uruguay
3 Sweden 2
[1-2] |
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho,
Pacaembu, São Paulo,
Estado de São Paulo,
Southeast Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
7,987 |
|
16-Jul-1950 |
Sweden
3 Spain 1
[2-0] |
Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho,
Pacaembu, São Paulo,
Estado de São Paulo,
Southeast Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
11,227 |
|
Uruguay
2 Brazil 1
[0-0] |
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho,
Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro,
Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Southeast
Region;
kick off 3:00 p.m. |
202,772 |
Notes
Further
Information
The results, tables and match
summaries for the entire 1950 final tournament are available both on the
FIFA
website and in the
Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistical
Foundation Archive.
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