Football world cup 1934

A presentation on Football world cup 1934

1. FIFA WORLD CUP 1934
SUBMITTED BY,
SHYAMILI T V
MATHEMATICS
K.S.T.C

2. The1934FIFAWorldCup
wasthesecondFIFA
WorldCup,theworld
championshipformen’s
national association
footballteams.Ittook
placeinItalyfrom27May
to10June1934.

3. OFFICIAL POSTER
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
Host country : Italy
Dates : 27 May-10 June(15 days)
Teams : 16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) : 8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions : Italy
Runners-up : Czechoslovakia
Third place : Germany
Fourth place : Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played : 17
Goals scored : 70 (4.12 per match)
Attendance : 363000 (21,353 per match)
Top scorer(s) : OldrichNejedly(5 goals)

4. The1934WorldCupwasthefirstfor
whichteamshadtoqualifytotakepart.
Thirty-twonationsenteredthe
competition,andafterqualification,16
teamsparticipatedinthefinals
tournament.Reigningchampions
Uruguayrefusedtoparticipateduetothe
factjustfourEuropeanteamshad
acceptedtheirinvitationtothe1930
tournament.Italybecamethesecond
WorldCupchampionsandthefirst
Europeanteamtowin,beating
Czechoslovakia2–1inthefinal.

5. Host selection
Afteralengthydecision-makingprocessin
whichFIFA'sexecutivecommitteemeteight
times,Italywaschosenasthehostnationat
ameetinginStockholmon9October1932.
Thedecisionwastakenbytheexecutive
committeewithoutaballotofmembers.
TheItalianbidwaschoseninpreferenceto
onefromSweden;theItaliangovernment
assignedabudgetof3.5millionliretothe
tournament.

6. Federale102
TheFederale102,whichwas
manufacturedinItaly,wasthe
matchballprovidedforthe
1934WorldCup
Jules RimetTrophy

7. FootballWorldCupparticipation
medalfrom1934,issuedtoWilliem
''Bill''Lehman.Medalisinscribed,
''CampionatoMondialediCalcio.
FIFAFIGCItaliaMaggio-Givgno
1934XIIe/W.LehmanStatiUniti''.
Bronzemedalfeaturesthemarkof
designerD.Manetti.Measures2''.
Weighs66grams,or2.25ounces.
Nearfine,housedinoriginalcase.
Participation medal

8. Qualification and participants

9. 36countriesappliedtoenterthetournament,soqualifyingmatcheswere
requiredtothinthefieldto16.Evenso,therewereseveralnotableabsentees.
ReigningWorldCupholdersUruguaydeclinedtoparticipate,inprotestatthe
refusalofseveralEuropeancountriestotraveltoSouthAmericaforthe
previousWorldCup,whichUruguayhadhostedin1930.Asaresult,the1934
WorldCupistheonlyoneinwhichthereigningchampionsdidnotparticipate.
TheBritishHomeNations,inaperiodofself-imposedexilefromFIFA,also
refusedtoparticipate.FootballAssociationcommitteememberCharles
Sutcliffe’sviewwas:"thenationalassociationsofEngland,Scotland,Walesand
IrelandhavequiteenoughtodointheirownInternationalChampionship
whichseemstomeafarbetterWorldChampionshipthantheonetobestaged
inRome".

10. Despitetheirroleashosts,Italywerestillrequiredtoqualify,thefirstand
onlytimethehostnationwasnotgrantedautomaticqualification.
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The
qualifyingmatcheswerearrangedonageographicalbasis.Withdrawalsby
ChileandPerumeantArgentinaandBrazilqualifiedwithoutplayingasingle
match.
Twelveofthe16placeswereallocatedtoEurope,threetotheAmericas,and
onetoAfricaorAsia(includingTurkey).
Only10ofthe32entrants,andfourofthe16qualifiedteams(Brazil,
Argentina,UnitedStatesandEgypt,thefirstAfricanteamtoqualifyfora
WorldCupfinalstournament),werefromoutsideEurope.Thelastplacein
thefinalswascontestedbetweentheUnitedStatesandMexicoonlythree
daysbeforethestartofthetournamentinaone-offmatchinRome,which
theUnitedStateswon.

11. List of qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final
tournament.
Argentina,Austria,Belgium,Brazil,Czechoslovakia,Egypt,France,
Germany,Hungary,Italy,Netherlands,Romania,Spain,Sweden,
Switzerland,UnitedStates
•Themajorityofthe16teamsweremakingtheirfirstWorldCup
appearance.Thisincluded9ofthe12Europeanteams(Italy,Germany,
Spain,theNetherlands,Hungary,Czechoslovakia,Sweden,Austria,and
Switzerland)aswellasEgypt.EgyptwasthefirstteamfromAfricain
thefinalsandwouldnotqualifyagainuntilthenexttimethe
competitionwasheldinItaly,in1990.

12. Italy as hosts
LiketheBerlinOlympicstwoyearslater,the1934WorldCupwas
ahigh-profileinstanceofasportingeventbeingusedforovert
politicalgain.BenitoMussoliniwaskeentousethetournamentas
ameansofpromotingfascism.
Thenumberofsupporterstravellingfromothercountrieswas
higherthanatanypreviousfootballtournament,including7,000
fromtheNetherlandsand10,000eachfromAustriaand
Switzerland.

13. 1. Stadiolittoriale
Capacity: 50,100
STADIUMS
StadioRenatoDall'Araisamulti-
purposestadiuminBologna,Italy.Itis
currentlyusedmostlyforfootball
matchesandthehomeofBolognaF.C
1909.Thestadiumwasbuiltin1927and
holds38,279.Ithasalsobeennamed
StadioLittoriale.ItreplacedtheStadio
Sterlino.
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14. 2.Stadio Giovanni
Capacity: 47,290
3.Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Capacity: 36,703
TheStadioComunaleLuigiFerraris,
alsoknownastheMarassifromthe
nameoftheneighbourhoodwhereit
islocated,isamulti-usestadiumin
Genoa,Italy.ThehomeofGenoa
C.F.C.andU.C.Sampdoriafootball
clubs,itopenedin1911.
TheStadioArtemioFranchiisa
footballstadiuminFlorence,Italy.Itis
currentlythehomeofACFFiorentina
Theoldnicknameofthestadiumwas
"Comunale."Whenitwasfirst
constructed,itwasknownasthe
StadioGiovanniBerta

15. 4.Stadio San Siro
Capacity: 55,000
5.Stadio Benito Mussolini
Capacity: 28,140
TheStadioGiuseppeMeazza
(Italianpronunciation:[dʒuˈzɛppe
meˈattsa]),commonlyknownas
SanSiro,isafootballstadiuminthe
SanSirodistrictofMilan,Italy,
whichisthehomeofA.C.Milanand
Inter.
Itisamulti-purposestadiumlocatedin
Turin,Italy.Itisthehomegroundof
SerieAclubTorinoFootballClub.The
stadiumislocatedinPiazzaleGrande
Torino,inthedistrictofSantaRita,in
thesouth-centralareaofthecity.

16. 6. StadioGiorgio Ascarelli
Capacity: 40,000
7. StadioNazionalePNF
Capacity: 47,300
StadioGiorgioAscarelli,alsoknownas
StadioPartenopeo,wasamulti-use
stadiuminNaples,Italy.Itwasused
mostlyforfootballmatches.The
stadiumwasabletohold40.000
people.Duringthe1934WorldCup,it
hostedtwogames.Thestadiumwas
destroyedbybombardmentsduringthe
SecondWorldWar.
TheStadioNazionaledelPNF
(NationalStadiumoftheNational
FascistParty)wasamulti-purpose
stadiuminRome,Italy.Ithosted
threeofthe17matchesofthe1934
FIFAWorldCup,includingthefinal
between hostsItalyand
Czechoslovakiaon10June1934.

17. 8. StadioLittorio
Capacity: 8,000
StadioGiuseppeGrezarwasamulti-use
stadiuminTrieste,Italy.Itwas
inauguratedin1932astheStadio
Littorioandwasinitiallyusedasthe
stadiumofU.S.TriestinaCalcio
matches.ItwasreplacedbyStadio
NereoRoccoin1992.

18. Format
ThegroupstageusedinthefirstWorldCupwasdiscardedinfavourofa
straightknockouttournament.Ifamatchwastiedafterninetyminutes,
thenthirtyminutesofextratimewereplayed.Ifthescorewasstilltied
afterextratime,thematchwouldbereplayedthenextday.
Theeightseededteams–Argentina,Brazil,Germany,Italy,the
Netherlands,Austria,CzechoslovakiaandHungary–werekeptapartin
thefirstround.

19. SUMMARY

20. Thegreatday,27May1934,wasfastapproaching,andthefascist
propagandamachinewasinfullmotion.All16teamsweresetforaneight-
citysimultaneouskick-offthatwastobeagrandpan-Italianextravaganza.
Itwasthefirstmajortournamenttobebroadcastwidelyontheradio,and
whileindividualswerenotaslikelytoownaradioinItalyastheywouldbe
inGermanyorHolland,whohadeachprocuredrightstobroadcastthe
event,itwasverycommonforItalianstogatherincommunalplacestolisten
tomajorbroadcasts.
InternaldisputesmeantArgentina'ssquadforthetournamentdidnot
containasinglememberoftheteamwhichhadreachedthefinalin1930.

21. AgainstSwedeninBologna,Argentinatwicetookthelead,buttwogoalsbySven
JonassonandawinnerbyKnutKroongaveSwedena3–2victory.
FellowSouthAmericansBrazilalsosufferedanearlyexit.Spainbeatthem
comfortably;3–1thefinalscore.
Alleightfirstroundmatcheskickedoffatthesametime.HostsandfavouritesItaly
wonhandsomely,defeatingtheUSA7–1;TheNewYorkTimescorrespondentwrote
that"onlythefinegoal-tendingofJuliusHjulianofChicagokeptthescoreaslowas
itwas".
FortheonlytimeinWorldCuphistory,thelasteightconsistedentirelyofEuropean
teams–Austria,Czechoslovakia,Germany,Hungary,Italy,Spain,Sweden,and
Switzerland.Allfournon-EuropeanteamswhomadethejourneytoItalywere
eliminatedafteronematch.

22. Inthequarter-finals,thefirstreplayedmatchinWorldCup
historytookplace,whenItalyandSpaindrew1–1after
extratime.
Thematchwasplayedinahighlyaggressivemannerwithseveralplayersof
bothsidesinjured:roughplayinjuredtheSpanishgoalkeeperRicardoZamora
inthefirstmatch,leavinghimunabletoparticipateinthereplay,whileonthe
othersideevenrougherplaybySpaniardsbrokethelegoftheItalianMario
Pizziolowhowouldnotplayinthenationalteamagain.
Italywonthereplay1–0,theirplaysophysicalthatatleastthreeSpaniards
hadtodepartthefieldwithinjuries.

23. ItalythenwentontobeatAustriainthesemi-finalsbythesamescore.
Meanwhile,CzechoslovakiasecuredtheirplaceinthefinalbybeatingGermany
3–1.
TheStadiumoftheNationalFascistPartywasthevenueforthefinal.With
80minutesplayed,theCzechoslovaksled1–0.TheItaliansmanagedtoscore
beforethefinalwhistle,andthenaddedanothergoalinextratimetobe
crownedWorldCupwinners.
Italy'stotalofthreegoalsconcededinfivematches
wasarecordlowforateamwinningthe
WorldCup.

24. RESULTS

25. Italy 7
United States 1
Czechoslovakia 2
Romania 1
Spain 3
Brazil 1
Hungary 4
Egypt 2
Austria 3
France 2
Switzerland 3
Netherlands 2
FIRST ROUND
Germany 5
Belgium 2
Sweden 3
Argentina 2
27 May -Rome
27 May -Genoa
27 May –Turin
27 May -Naples
27 May -Trieste
27 May -Milan
27 May -Florence
27 May -Bologna

26. Italy 1(1)
Spain 0 (0)
Austria 2
Hungary 1
Czechoslovakia 3
Switzerland 2
Germany 2
Sweden 1
Italy 1
Austria 0
Czechoslovakia 3
Germany 1
Italy 2
Czechoslovakia 1
Germany 3
Austria 2
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
31 May & 1 June-Florence
31 May -Bologna
31 May -Turin
31 May -Milan
3 June -Milan
3 June -Rome
10 June -Rome
Third place
7 June -Naples

28. FIFA retrospective ranking
In 1986, FIFA published a report that ranked all teams in each World Cup up to and including
1986, based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.The
rankings for the 1934 tournament were as follows: