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England in World Cup 1950
Team Records

 

 

England arrived home from Brazil, found wanting in their first competitive test abroad and no longer hailed as "the kings of football."

World Cup 1950 Preliminary Competition
1949-1950

England Team Results - Preliminary Competition

No.

Date Opposition Venue Notes F A Result H.T.
250 15-Oct-1949 Wales Ninian Park, Cardiff WCP group 4 1 AW [3-0]
251 16-Nov-1949 Northern Ireland Maine Road, Manchester WCP group 9 2 HW [4-0]
253 15-Apr-1950 Scotland Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow WCP group - 1st place 1 0 AW [0-0]

 

England Team Record - Preliminary Competition
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 0 1 4.667 1.000 9 2 100.0 +3

 

World Cup 1950 Final Tournament
24 June - 16 July in Brazil

England Team Results - Final Tournament

No.

Date Opposition Venue Notes F A Result H.T.
256 25-Jun-1950 Chile Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Group 2 2 0 NW [1-0]
257 29-Jun-1950 U.S.A. Estádio Raimundo Sampaio, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Group 2 0 1 NL [0-1]
258 02-Jul-1950 Spain Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Group 2 - 2nd place, eliminated 0 1 NL [0-0]

 

England Team Record - Final Tournament
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv FMax AMax Pts% W/L
3 1 0 2 2 2 =0 2 1 0.667 0.667 2 1 33.3 -1

Notes

[To come.]

World Cup 1950 Team Ranking
Rank Team Stage Reached P W D L F A GD Pts FP Pts
1 Uruguay Final pool 4 3 1 0 15 5 +10 7 5
2 Brazil Final pool 6 4 1 1 22 6 +16 9 4
3 Sweden Final pool 5 2 1 2 11 15 -4 5 2
4 Spain Final pool 6 3 1 2 10 12 -2 7 1
5 Yugoslavia Group 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 4 -
6 Switzerland Group 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 3 -
7 Italy Group 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 2 -
8 England Group 3 1 0 2 2 2 =0 2 -
9 Chile Group 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 2 -
10 U.S.A. Group 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 2 -
11 Paraguay Group 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1 -
12 Mexico Group 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8 0 -
13 Bolivia Group 1 0 0 1 0 8 -8 0 -

Notes

Rankings are based on, in order, points earned in the final pool, points earned overall, goal difference and number of goals scored.

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