1954 FIFA World Cup facts for kids
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in Switzerland in 1954. Germany won the trophy after beating Hungary in the final.
Contents
Participants
Asia
Europe
- Austria (AUT)
- Belgium (BEL)
- Czechoslovakia (TCH)
- England (ENG)
- France (FRA)
- West Germany (FRG)
- Hungary (HUN)
- Italy (ITA)
- Scotland (SCO)
- Switzerland (SUI)
- Turkey (TUR)
- Yugoslavia (YUG)
North and Central America
South America
Results
First round
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Brazil |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
 Yugoslavia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 France |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Mexico |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Hungary |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 |
 West Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
 Turkey |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
.svg){kind=small} South Korea |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Uruguay |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
 Austria |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
 Czechoslovakia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
.svg){kind=small} Scotland |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
 Switzerland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
 Italy |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
 Belgium |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 27 June - Geneva | ||||||||||
| West Germany |
2 | |||||||||
| 30 June - Basel | ||||||||||
| Yugoslavia |
0 | |||||||||
| West Germany |
6 | |||||||||
| 26 June - Lausanne | ||||||||||
| Austria |
1 | |||||||||
| Austria |
7 | |||||||||
| 4 July - Bern | ||||||||||
| Switzerland |
5 | |||||||||
| West Germany |
3 | |||||||||
| 27 June - Bern | ||||||||||
| Hungary |
2 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
4 | |||||||||
| 30 June - Lausanne | ||||||||||
| Brazil |
2 | |||||||||
| Hungary (aet) |
4 | |||||||||
| 26 June - Basel | ||||||||||
| Uruguay |
2
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| Uruguay |
4 | |||||||||
| England |
2
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Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
Pinga
Péter Palotás- Ferenc Puskás
- Ivor Broadis
- Nat Lofthouse
- Léopold Anoul
1 goal
- Óscar Míguez
- Juan Alberto Schiaffino
- Erich Probst
- Baltazar
- Didi
- Julinho
- Miloš Milutinović
Robert Ballaman- Josef Hügi
- Giampiero Boniperti
- Suat Mamat
- Hans Schäfer
- Bernhard Klodt
- Ottmar Walter
- Max Morlock
- Mihály Lantos
- Zoltán Czibor
- Henri Coppens
Own goal
- Jimmy Dickinson (against Belgium)
FIFA
Images for kids
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Qualifying countries
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Card autographed by coach Sepp Herberger and the 11 German players that appeared in the final
See also
In Spanish: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1954 para niños
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