1938 FIFA World Cup facts for kids

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1938 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	4 June – 19 June
Teams	15
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (2nd title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	84 (4.67 per match)
Attendance	483,000 (26,833 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leônidas (7 goals)
← 1934 1950 →

The 1938 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in France in 1938. Italy won the trophy after beating Hungary in the final.

Participants

Asia

• Dutch East Indies (INH) • Squad

Europe

• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• Czechoslovakia (TCH) • Squad
• France (FRA) • Squad
• Germany (GER) • Squad
• Hungary (HUN) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Netherlands (NED) • Squad
• Norway (NOR) • Squad
• Poland (POL) • Squad
• Romania (ROU) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad
• Switzerland (SUI) • Squad

North and Central America

• Cuba (CUB) • Squad

South America

• Brazil (BRA) • Squad

Results

First Round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

5 June – Marseille

Italy (aet)

2

12 June – Paris (Olympique)

Norway

1

Italy

3

5 June – Paris (Olympique)

France

1

France

3

16 June – Marseille

Belgium

1

Italy

2

5 June – Strasbourg

Brazil

1

Brazil (aet)

6

12 June – Bordeaux (replayed 14 June)

Poland

5

Brazil

1 (2)

5 June – Le Havre

Czechoslovakia

1 (1)

Czechoslovakia (aet)

3

19 June – Paris (Olympique)

Netherlands

0

Italy

4

5 June – Reims

Hungary

2

Hungary

6

12 June – Lille

Dutch East Indies

0

Hungary

2

4 June – Paris (Princes) (replayed 9 June)

Switzerland

0

Switzerland

1 (4)

16 June – Rome

Germany

1 (2)

Hungary

5

5 June – Lyon

Sweden

1

Third place

Sweden

w/o

12 June – Antibes

19 June – Bordeaux

Austria

-

Sweden

8

Brazil

4

5 June – Toulouse (replayed 9 June)

Cuba

0

Sweden

2

Cuba

3 (2)

Romania

3 (1)

First round

4 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Switzerland	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Germany	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 27,152 Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
	Abegglen  43'	Report	Gauchel  29'

5 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Hungary	6–0	Dutch East Indies	Vélodrome Municipal, Reims Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Roger Conrié (France)
	Kohut  14' Toldi  16' Sárosi  25', 88' Zsengellér  30', 67'	Report

5 June 1938	Sweden	w/o	Austria	Stade Gerland, Lyon

5 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Cuba	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Romania	Stade Chapou, Toulouse Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy)
	Socorro  44', 103' Magriñá  69'	Report	Bindea  35' Barátky  88' Dobay  105'

5 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	France	3–1	Belgium	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris Attendance: 30,454 Referee: Hans Wüthrich (Switzerland)
	Veinante  1' Nicolas  16', 69'	Report	Isemborghs  38'

5 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Norway	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Alois Beranek (Germany)
	Ferraris  2' Piola  94'	Report	Brustad  83'

5 June 1938 17:30 (WEST)	Brazil	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Poland	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg Attendance: 13,452 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Leônidas  18', 93', 104' Romeu  25' Perácio  44', 71'	Report	Scherfke  23' (pen.) Wilimowski  53', 59', 89', 118'

5 June 1938 18:30 (WEST)	Czechoslovakia	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands	Stade municipal, Le Havre Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Lucien Leclerq (France)
	Košťálek  93' Nejedlý  111' Zeman  118'	Report

Replays

9 June 1938 18:00 (WEST)	Germany	2–4	Switzerland	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 20,025 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Hahnemann  8' Lörtscher  22' (o.g.)	Report	Walaschek  42' Bickel  64' Abegglen  75', 78'

9 June 1938 18:00 (WEST)	Cuba	2–1	Romania	Stade Chapou, Toulouse Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)
	Socorro  51' Fernández  57'	Report	Dobay  35'

Quarter-finals

12 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Switzerland	0–2	Hungary	Stade Victor Boucquey, Lille Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (Italy)
		Report	Sárosi  40' Zsengellér  89'

12 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Sweden	8–0	Cuba	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Augustin Krist (Czechoslovakia)
	H. Andersson  9', 81', 90' Wetterström  32', 37', 44' Keller  80' Nyberg  84'	Report

12 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	France	1–3	Italy	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris Attendance: 58,455 Referee: Louis Baert (Belgium)
	Heisserer  10'	Report	Colaussi  9' Piola  51', 72'

12 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Brazil	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Czechoslovakia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 22,021 Referee: Pál von Hertzka (Hungary)
	Leônidas  30'	Report	Nejedlý  65' (pen.)

Replay

14 June 1938 18:00 (WEST)	Brazil	2–1	Czechoslovakia	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 18,141 Referee: Georges Capdeville (France)
	Leônidas  57' Roberto  62'	Report	Kopecký  25'

Semi-finals

16 June 1938 18:00 (WEST)	Hungary	5–1	Sweden	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Lucien Leclerq (France)
	Jacobsson  19' (o.g.) Titkos  37' Zsengellér  39', 85' Sárosi  65'	Report	Nyberg  1'

16 June 1938 18:00 (WEST)	Italy	2–1	Brazil	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Hans Wüthrich (Switzerland)
	Colaussi  51' Meazza  60' (pen.)	Report	Romeu  87'

Match for third place

19 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Sweden	2–4	Brazil	Parc Lescure, Bordeaux Attendance: 12,000 Referee: John Langenus (Belgium)
	Jonasson  28' Nyberg  38'	Report	Romeu  44' Leônidas  63', 74' Perácio  80'

Final

19 June 1938 17:00 (WEST)	Hungary	2–4	Italy	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Georges Capdeville (France)
	Titkos  8' Sárosi  70'	Report	Colaussi  6', 35' Piola  16', 82'

Italy won the championship.

Images for kids

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  Qualifying countries and their results

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  A ball from the tournament

See also

In Spanish: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1938 para niños