III WORLD CUP (FRANCE 1938) (From 4-06-1938 to 19-06-1938)
WC Poster		Jules Rimet Cup

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 37 national teams enter a Qualifying Stage (host France and title holder Italy are exempt from this round), divided in 12 geographic groups. All the group winners and 2 runners-up qualify for the Final Stage in France.

· The 16 teams qualified for the Final Stage are paired in a knock-out round. Successive elimination rounds lead to the final.

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

FIRST ROUND (4-06-1938) (Seeded teams are indicated in blue)
Italy - Norway	2-1 (a.e.t.) (x)	Marseille
Switzerland - Germany	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Paris
France - Belgium	3-1 (x)	Paris
Czechoslovakia - Netherlands	3-0 (a.e.t.) (x)	Le Havre
Hungary - Dutch East Indies	6-0 (x)	Reims
Brazil - Poland	6-5 (a.e.t.) (x)	Strasbourg
Cuba - Romania	3-3 (a.e.t.) (x)	Toulouse
Sweden - Austria	(*) (x)	Lyon
TIE-BREAK (9-06-1938)
Switzerland - Germany	4-2	Paris
Cuba - Romania	2-1	Toulouse
(x) Games played on 5-06-1938. * Game cancelled due to the “Anschluß” (annexation of Austria by Germany on March 12, 1938).

1/4 FINALS (12-06-1938)
Italy - France	3-1	Paris
Brazil - Czechoslovakia	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Bordeaux
Hungary - Switzerland	2-0	Lille
Sweden - Cuba	8-0	Antibes
TIE-BREAK (14-06-1938)
Brazil - Czechoslovakia	2-1	Bordeaux

1/2 FINALS (16-06-1938)
Italy - Brazil	2-1	Marseille
Hungary - Sweden	5-1	Paris

PLACES 3 & 4 (19-06-1938)
Brazil - Sweden	4-2	Bordeaux

FINAL

STADIUM: Stade Olympique de Colombes (Paris)

DATE: 19-06-1938 (17:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 45.124

REFEREE: George Capdeville (FRA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Colaussi 6’); 1-1 (Titkos 8’); 2-1 (Piola 16’); 3-1 (Colaussi 35’); 3-2 (G. Sárosi 70’); 4-2 (Piola 82’)

Italy - Hungary 4-2 (3-1)

Italy (coach: Vittorio Pozzo) Aldo Olivieri ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfredo Foni Pietro Rava ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pietro Serantoni Michele Andreolo Ugo Locatelli ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amedeo Biavati Giuseppe Meazza (c) Silvio Piola Giovanni Ferrari Gino Colaussi

Hungary (coach: Alfréd Schaffer) Antal Szabó ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gyula Polgár Sándor Bíró ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antal Szalay György Szűcs Gyula Lázár ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ferenc Sas Jenő Vincze György Sárosi (c) Gyula Zsengellér Pál Titkos

FINAL STANDING
1.	Italy
2.	Hungary
3.	Brazil
4.	Sweden
5.	Czechoslovakia
6.	France
7.	Switzerland
8.	Cuba
9.	Romania
10.	Germany
11.	Poland
12.	Norway
13.	Belgium
14.	Netherlands
15.	Dutch East Indies

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

František Plánička (CZE)

Domingos da Guia (BRA)

Sándor Bíró (HUN)

Antal Szalay (HUN)

Martim da Silveira (BRA)

Michele Andreolo (ITA)

Giuseppe Meazza (ITA)

Silvio Piola (ITA)

György Sárosi (HUN)

Leônidas da Silva (BRA)

Ernest Wilimowski (POL)

TOP SCORER: Leônidas da Silva (BRA) - 7 goals

BEST PLAYER: Leônidas da Silva (BRA)

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