Italy 1934
World Cup History


The 1934 World Cup was the second World Cup football tournament, which was held in Italy from May to June. The venue was chosen after eight long years by FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). This great event was named as “The World’s Cup” during the event, as Italy was under the fascist rule of the great leader Mussolini. He considered the World Cup football tournament as a platform to build upon his official status. He even assured the FIFA committee that Italy would offer numerous audiences and make the event a successful competition.

From the 1934 World Cup on, a new method was set for all the teams. Each one had to qualify in the preliminary round in order to get to the next level of competition. Even the Italian players had to participate in the qualifying round. Initially, there were around 32 nations entered into the World Cup football event of 1934, and after the qualifying round only 16 teams got into the tournament. Only four non-European teams were selected for the next level.


The sixteen teams going onto the next World Cup football rounds were from France, Switzerland, Argentina, Hungary, Brazil, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Germany, Belgium, Spain, the United States, Egypt, and the Netherlands. Unfortunately, 1930's World Cup host and winner Uruguay did not make the cut. These next World Cup matches were somewhat different from the earlier ones. The first game between Spain and Italy was replayed because the match ended with a draw of 1-1. There was no such thing as a penalty in the year 1938, so the match was played days later and Italy emerged victorious.

1934 World Cup Final

Italy     2 : 1    Czechoslovakia


1934 World Cup Third-Place Match

Germany    3 : 2    Austria

The teams from Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England did not enter the qualifying levels, because the competitions involved only a knock-out method rather than group stage performances. The teams were also given extra time if the game tied. In the preliminary level, Spain and Sweden thrashed Brazil and Argentina, and Austria overthrew France in the extension match.


The second level of the World Cup football tournament was only among European countries. Italy beat USA 7-1 in the first day of the match. Austria beat Hungary 2-1, Czechoslovakia beat Switzerland 3-2, and Germany finished off Sweden 2-1. The semi-final was carried out between Italy and Austria, and Germany and Czechoslovakia, where Italy stole the show by winning 1-0. Czechoslovakia beat Germany 3-1, and third place was secured by Germany crushing Austria 3-2.

The final match of the 1934 World Cup was held at the National PNF Stadium. The game between Italy and Czechoslovakia was full of excitement. The players of Czechoslovakia were initially in the lead with a goal shot by Antonin Puc. However, the Italian football team somehow managed to level the laying field before the time limit. During the extra window of time, Italy beat Czechoslovakia by scoring another goal won the World Cup football tournament 2-1.



More World Cup History


1930 Uruguay
1934 Italy
1938 France
1950 Brazil
1954 Switzerland
1958 Sweden
1962 Chile
1966 England
1970 Mexico
1974 West Germany
1978 Argentina
1982 Spain
1986 Mexico
1990 Italy
1994 United States
1998 France
2002 South Korea and Japan
2006 Germany
2010 South Africa
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