II WORLD CUP (ITALY 1934)

QUALIFYING STAGE

(From 11-06-1933 to 24-05-1934)

 

ENTRANTS: 32 teams from 4 continents

CONTINENTAL ZONES: 3

CONFEDERATIONS: 1

EUROPE (21) / NEAR EAST (3): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Irish Free State, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia / Egypt, Palestine, Turkey.

SOUTH AMERICA - CONMEBOL (4): Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru.

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA (4): Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, USA.

 

 

GROUP 1 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 2 - EUROPE

11-06-33

Sweden - Estonia (Stockholm)

6-2 (4-0)

11-03-34

Spain - Portugal (Madrid)

9-0 (3-0)

29-06-33

Lithuania - Sweden (Kaunas)

0-2 (0-0)

18-03-34

Portugal - Spain (Lisboa)

1-2 (1-2)

Estonia - Lithuania

— (*)

QUALIFIED: Spain.

* The last scheduled game between Estonia and Lithuania was not played, as neither team could qualify as group winner.

 

QUALIFIED: Sweden.

 

 

GROUP 3 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 4 - EUROPE

25-03-34

Italy - Greece (Milano)

4-0 (2-0)

25-03-34

Bulgaria - Hungary (Sofija)

1-4 (1-1)

Greece withdrew after the first leg.

25-04-34

Austria - Bulgaria (Wien)

6-1 (3-0)

QUALIFIED: Italy.

29-04-34

Hungary - Bulgaria (Budapest)

4-1 (1-0)*

 

Bulgaria withdrew after this match, and no more games were needed to assign the two qualifying berths.

QUALIFIED: Hungary, Austria.

 

 

GROUP 5 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 6 - EUROPE

15-10-33

Poland - Czechoslovakia (Warszawa)

1-2 (0-1)

24-09-33

Yugoslavia - Switzerland (Beograd)

2-2 (0-0)

Poland withdrew after the first leg.

29-10-33

Switzerland - Romania (Bern)

2-2 (0-1)*

QUALIFIED: Czechoslovakia.

29-04-34

Romania - Yugoslavia (Bucureşti)

2-1 (1-0)

 

* Switzerland was later awarded a w.o. victory (2-0) because Romania fielded an ineligible player (Iuliu Baratki, who had been capped before with Hungary as Gyula Barátky).

QUALIFIED: Romania, Switzerland.

 

 

GROUP 7 - EUROPE

 

GROUP 8 - EUROPE

25-02-34

Irish Free State - Belgium (Dublin)

4-4 (1-2)

11-03-34

Luxembourg - Germany (Luxembourg)

1-9 (1-5)

8-04-34

Netherlands - Irish F.S. (Amsterdam)

5-2 (1-1)

15-04-34

Luxembourg - France (Luxembourg)

1-6 (0-2)

29-04-34

Belgium - Netherlands (Antwerpen)

2-4 (0-0)

Germany - France

— (*)

QUALIFIED: Netherlands, Belgium.

* Scheduled game not played since both teams were already qualified.

 

QUALIFIED: Germany, France.

 

 

GROUP 9 - SOUTH AMERICA

 

GROUP 10 - SOUTH AMERICA

Peru withdrew before the competition.

Chile withdrew before the competition.

QUALIFIED: Brazil.

QUALIFIED: Argentina.

 

 

GROUP 11 - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA

 

GROUP 12 - NEAR EAST

FIRST ROUND (best of 3 games)

16-03-34

Egypt - Palestine (Cairo)

7-1 (4-0)

28-01-34

Haiti - Cuba (Port-au-Prince)

1-3 (0-1)

6-04-34

Palestine - Egypt (Yěrūshālayim)

1-4 (0-4)

1-02-34

Haiti - Cuba (Port-au-Prince)

1-1 (0-0)

Turkey withdrew before the competition.

4-02-34

Haiti - Cuba (Port-au-Prince)

0-6 (0-3)

QUALIFIED: Egypt.

SECOND ROUND (best of 3 games)

 

4-03-34

Mexico - Cuba (México D.F.)

3-2 (3-1)

11-03-34

Mexico - Cuba (México D.F.)

5-0 (3-0)

18-03-34

Mexico - Cuba (México D.F.)

4-1 (2-1)

PLAY-OFF

24-05-34

USA - Mexico (Roma [Italy])

4-2 (2-1)

QUALIFIED: USA.

 

 

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