1934 FIFA World Cup qualification
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 11 June 1933 – 24 May 1934 |
Teams | 29 |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 141 (5.42 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Isidro Lángara Mario López Dionisio Mejía (7 goals each) |
1938 → |
The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify, after the finalists in the inaugural 1930 World Cup had participated by invitation from FIFA. With 32 teams having entered the 1934 competition, FIFA organized qualification rounds to select 16 teams for the finals.[1] Even Italy, the host of the World Cup, had to earn its spot, the only time this has been the case.[1][a] The previous champion Uruguay refused to defend its title because many European nations had declined to take part in the 1930 World Cup, held in Uruguay.[1][2]
Of the 32 teams which entered,
- Chile, Peru and Turkey all withdrew before qualifying began.[1]
- Brazil and Argentina qualified without playing any matches owing to the withdrawal of their opponents.
- The other 27 teams played at least one qualifying match.
- Greece, Bulgaria and Poland withdrew partway through the planned schedule of qualifying matches.
The first match, between Sweden and Estonia, took place in Stockholm on 11 June 1933, with Swedish player Knut Kroon scoring the first goal.[b] The last match was played in Rome only three days before the start of the tournament, as late entrant United States beat Mexico to become the final team to qualify.
Format
[edit]The 32 teams were divided into 12 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows:
- Groups 1 to 8 – Europe: 12 places, contested by 21 teams.
- Groups 9, 10 and 11 – Americas: 3 places, contested by 8 teams.
- Group 12 – Africa and Asia: 1 place, contested by 3 teams (including Turkey).
The 12 groups had different rules, as follows:
- Group 1 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner would qualify.
- Groups 2, 3 and 5 had 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
- Group 4 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
- Groups 6, 7 and 8 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
- Groups 9 and 10 had 2 teams each. The group winners would qualify.
- Group 11 had 4 teams. There would be three rounds of play:
- First Round: Haiti played against Cuba thrice. The winner would advance to the Second Round.
- Second Round: Mexico played against the winner of the First Round thrice at home. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
- Final Round: USA played against the winner of the Second Round in a single match on neutral ground. The winner would qualify.
- Group 12 had 3 teams. After Turkey withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
Key:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
- Teams highlighted in orange qualified for the next phase of their group.
Groups
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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1 | Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 | 4 |
2 | Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0.33 | 0 |
3 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 |
Sweden | 6–2 | Estonia |
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Kroon 7' L. Bunke 10' Ericsson 13', 70' T. Bunke 43' Andersson 79' (pen) |
Report | Kass 47' Kuremaa 61' |
Estonia v Lithuania was not played since neither team could qualify with a win.[3]
Sweden qualified.
Group 2
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11.0 | 4 |
2 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0.09 | 0 |
Spain | 9–0 | Portugal |
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González 3' Lángara 13', 14' (pen.), 46', 71', 85' Regueiro 65', 70' Ventolrà 68' |
Report |
11–1 on aggregate; Spain qualified.
Group 3
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 2 |
2 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 |
Italy qualified, as Greece declined to play the second match.[1][2]
Group 4
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.00 | 4 |
2 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
3 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0.21 | 0 |
Bulgaria withdrew, and the remaining matches were not played since Hungary and Austria were already assured of the top two spots.[1]
Hungary and Austria qualified.
Group 5
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 4 |
2 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 |
Czechoslovakia | 2–0 awarded[c] | Poland |
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Czechoslovakia qualified.[4]
Group 6
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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1 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1.33 | 3 |
2 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 2 |
3 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.75 | 1 |
Yugoslavia | 2–2 | Switzerland |
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Kragić 50' Marjanović 61' |
Report | Frigerio 76' Jäggi 80' |
Switzerland | 2–2[d] | Romania |
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Hufschmid 75' Hochstrasser 80' (pen.) |
Report | Sepi 18' Dobay 67' |
Romania and Switzerland qualified.
Group 7
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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1 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2.25 | 4 |
2 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0.75 | 1 |
3 | Irish Free State | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0.67 | 1 |
Irish Free State | 4–4 | Belgium |
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Moore 27', 48', 56', 75' | Report | Capelle 15' S. Vanden Eynde 30' F. Vanden Eynde 47', 60' |
Netherlands | 5–2 | Irish Free State |
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Smit 41', 85' Bakhuys 67', 78' Vente 83' |
Report | Squires 44' Moore 57' |
Belgium | 2–4 | Netherlands |
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Grimmonprez 51' Voorhoof 71' |
Report | Smit 60' Bakhuys 62', 84' Vente 64' |
Netherlands and Belgium qualified (Belgium finished above the Irish Free State on goal average).[1]
Group 8
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 | 2 |
2 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 | 2 |
3 | Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0.13 | 0 |
Luxembourg | 1–9 | Germany |
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Mengel 27' | Report Report |
Rasselnberg 2', 35', 57', 89' Wigold 12' Albrecht 24' Hohmann 30', 52', 53' |
Germany v France was not played since both teams were already assured of the top two spots.[3]
Germany and France qualified.
Group 9
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brazil | ||||||||
2 | Peru | Withdrew |
Peru withdrew, so Brazil qualified automatically.[1]
Group 10
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Argentina | ||||||||
2 | Chile | Withdrew |
Chile withdrew, so Argentina qualified automatically.[1]
Group 11
[edit]First round
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.00 | 5 |
2 | Haiti | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0.20 | 1 |
Haiti | 0–6 | Cuba |
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Report | H. Socorro 5' López 18', 86' F. Socorro 37' Ferrer 62' Soto 78' |
10–2 on aggregate; Cuba advanced to the Second Round.
Second round
[edit]Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 | 6 |
2 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.25 | 0 |
12–3 on aggregate; Mexico advanced to the Final Round.
Final round
[edit]The match to decide whether the United States or Mexico would qualify was played only three days before the start of the final tournament, as the United States submitted their entry too late. Thus, the match was played in Italy, so that the winner would effectively stay in the country for the tournament.[1]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2.00 | 2 |
2 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 |
United States qualified.
Group 12
[edit]The Palestine football team consisted exclusively of Jewish and British players.[8]
FIFA states, in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team, that the 'Palestine team' that participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team, and as such bears no relation to the modern-day Palestine national team.[9] However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[10]
Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 | 4 |
2 | Palestine, British Mandate | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0.18 | 0 |
— | Turkey | withdrew |
Egypt | 7–1 | Palestine, British Mandate |
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El-Tetsh 11', 35', 51' Taha 21', 79' Latif 43', 87' |
Report Report |
Nudelmann 61' |
Palestine, British Mandate | 1–4 | Egypt |
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Sukenik 54' | Report Report |
Latif 2' El-Tetsh 7', 22' Fawzi 35' |
11–2 on aggregate; Egypt qualified.
Qualified teams
[edit]Only six of the teams qualifying for the final competition – Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Romania, and the USA – had already attended the World Cup in 1930.[1]
Team | Finals Appearance | Streak | Last Appearance |
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Argentina | 2nd | 2 | 1930 |
Austria | 1st | 1 | — |
Belgium | 2nd | 2 | 1930 |
Brazil | 2nd | 2 | 1930 |
Czechoslovakia | 1st | 1 | — |
Egypt | 1st | 1 | — |
France | 2nd | 2 | 1930 |
Germany | 1st | 1 | — |
Hungary | 1st | 1 | — |
Italy | 1st | 1 | — |
Netherlands | 1st | 1 | — |
Romania | 2nd | 2 | 1930 |
Spain | 1st | 1 | — |
Sweden | 1st | 1 | — |
Switzerland | 1st | 1 | — |
United States | 2nd | 2 | 1930 |
Goalscorers
[edit]- 7 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Matthias Sindelar
- Rudolf Viertl
- Karl Zischek
- Jean Capelle
- Stan Vanden Eynde
- Laurent Grimmonprez
- Bernard Voorhoof
- Dimitar Baikushev
- Mihail Lozanov
- Vladimir Todorov
- Enrique Ferrer
- Ángel Martínez
- Francisco Socorro
- Salvador Soto
- František Pelcner
- Josef Silný
- Abdulrahman Fawzi
- Leonhard Kass
- Richard Kuremaa
- Alfred Aston
- Ernest Libérati
- Ernst Albrecht
- Willi Wigold
- Imre Markos
- György Sárosi
- Géza Toldi
- Johnny Squires
- Giovanni Ferrari
- Anfilogino Guarisi
- Ernest Mengel
- Théophile Speicher
- Avraham Nudelmann
- Yohanan Sukenik
- Fernando Marcos
- Felipe Rosas
- José Ruvalcaba
- Jorge Sota
- Henryk Martyna
- Vítor Silva
- Sándor Schwartz
- Grațian Sepi
- Eduardo González
- Martí Ventolrà
- Sven Andersson
- Lennart Bunke
- Torsten Bunke
- Knut Kroon
- Alessandro Frigerio
- Erwin Hochsträsser
- Ernst Hufschmid
- Willy Jäggi
- Blagoje Marjanović
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ 2010 host South Africa and 2022 host Qatar also participated in the respective World Cup qualification because those tournaments doubled as continental qualifiers, but those teams were guaranteed spots in the World Cups and were only vying for places in the continental finals.
- ^ Some sources report it as an own goal by Estonian goalkeeper Evald Tipner instead.
- ^ Poland were unable to travel to Prague for the second match as the Polish government denied the team visas for political reasons.[4] The match was awarded as 2–0 to Czechoslovakia.[5]
- ^ FIFA reports a 2–2 draw.[5] According to some sources FIFA later awarded the match as 2–0 to Switzerland as a result of Romania having fielded ineligible player Iuliu Baratky.[6][7] Despite this, both Switzerland and Romania still qualified with 3 and 2 points respectively, which keep them in top two of the group.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ a b Hart, Jim (27 July 2016). "When the World Cup rolled into fascist Italy in 1934". These Football Times. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup, 1934 - qualifying". 11v11.com. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ a b "World Cup 1934 - Qualifying". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ a b "1934 FIFA World Cup Italy - Qualifiers - Europe". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "World Cup 1934 Qualifying". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ Seal, Brian (29 May 2015). "29 October 1933 – When Crossing The Border Crosses The Line". This Day In Football History. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ Rake, Julian (24 October 2008). "A long wait for a home game". Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition (see page 43)" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
The modern Palestine, an Arab State, has no connection with the Jewish delegation from Palestine (at the time a British Mandate) who were the first Jewish national team, and as such the forerunner of Israel.
- ^ "Palestine (PLE)". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
External links
[edit]- 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification at FIFA.com
- 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification at RSSSF.com