1950 FIFA World Cup qualification

Football tournament March 2022 1950 FIFA World Cup Qualification 2 June 1949 – 15 April 1950 34 3 26 121 ENG Jack RowleyMEX 1934 Horacio CasarínMEX 1934 Luis de la FuenteYUG Željko Čajkovski (4 goals each) 1938 1954 A total of 34 teams entered the qualification rounds of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Brazil, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. The remaining 32 teams were divided into 10 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows: Groups 1 to 6 – Europe and the Near East: 7 places, contested by 18 teams (including Israel and Syria). Groups 7 to 9 – The Americas: 6 places, contested by 10 teams. Group 10 – Asia: 1 place, contested by 4 teams. Of the 14 qualified teams, 5 did not play any qualifying games because their opponents withdrew. However, after the withdrawals of India, Scotland, and Turkey after qualifying, only 13 teams actually competed in the final tournament. A total of 19 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 26 qualifying matches were played, and 121 goals were scored (an average of 4.65 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. Groups The 10 groups had different rules, as follows: Group 1 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once, either home or away. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. Groups 2, 3 and 4 had 3 teams each. The strongest team of each group was seeded. There would be two rounds of play: First Round: The seeded team received a bye and advanced to the final round directly. The 2 unseeded teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the final round. Final Round: The seeded team played against the winner of the First Round on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify. Group 5 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. Group 6 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. Group 7 had 3 teams. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. Group 8 had 4 teams. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. Group 9 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. Group 10 had 4 teams. The group winner would qualify. Group 1 1949–50 British Home Championship Table 1 October 1949 IRE Ireland (IFA) Report 2–8 SCO Smyth 50 59 Morris 2 70 88Waddell 5 31 pen.Steel 23Reilly 24Mason 80 Belfast, Northern Ireland Windsor Park 50,000 Reginald Mortimer (England) 15 October 1949 WAL 1807 Report 1–4 ENG Griffiths 80 Mortensen 22Milburn 29 34 66 Cardiff, Wales Ninian Park 60,000 Jack Mowat (Scotland) 9 November 1949 SCO Report 2–0 WAL 1807 McPhail 25Linwood 78 Glasgow, Scotland Hampden Park 73,782 S.K. Law (England) 16 November 1949 ENG Report 9–2 IRE Ireland (IFA) Rowley 6 47 56 58Froggatt 25Mortensen 35 50Pearson 33 68 Smyth 55Brennan 75 Manchester, England Maine Road 57,000 Mervyn Griffiths (Wales) 8 March 1950 WAL 1807 Report 0–0 IRE Ireland (IFA) Wrexham, Wales Racecourse Ground 60,000 Reginald Leafe (England) 15 April 1950 SCO Report 0–1 ENG Bentley 64 Glasgow, Scotland Hampden Park 138,000 Reginald Leafe (England) England qualified. Scotland also qualified, but declined to participate. Group 2 First round main WDL Q 2 TUR TUR SYR SYR 1932 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 7 #cfc A complete 11v11.com 20 November 1949 TUR Report 7–0 SYR 1932 Cansever 12 16 87Eken 44Küçükandonyadis 66Keskin 67Kılıç 72 Ankara, Turkey 19 Mayıs Stadium 35,000 Antonio Gamba (Italy) Syria withdrew after the first match, and the remaining match was not played. Turkey advanced to the Final Round. Final round main PP Q 2 TUR TUR AUT AUT — — green1 Qualified, later withdrew A black1 Withdrew W complete ESPN Austria withdrew, so Turkey qualified automatically. But Turkey later also withdrew, and FIFA offered the place to Portugal, the runner-up of Group 6, but they declined. FIFA decided not to allow anyone else to qualify, leaving the World Cup two teams short.Marcotti Gabriele https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37364595/a-tournament-unlike-other A tournament unlike any other ESPN 30 May 2014 Group 3 First round main WDL Q 2 YUG YUG ISR ISR 2 0 0 11 2 0 0 2 2 11 #cfc A complete 21 August 1949 YUG Report 6–0 ISR Pajević 12 19 26Senčar 44Že. Čajkovski 63Bobek 83 pen. Belgrade, Yugoslavia JNA Stadion 35,000 Giovanni Galeati (Italy) 18 September 1949 ISR Report 2–5 YUG Glazer 65 76 Valok 19 64Bobek 20Zl. Čajkovski 41Že. Čajkovski 82 Tel Aviv, Israel Maccabiah Stadium 20,000 Jozsef Künsztler (Hungary) Yugoslavia advanced to the Final Round. Final round main WDL Q 2 FRA 1 FRA 1794 YUG 1 YUG 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 #fdd E E complete 9 October 1949 YUG Report 1–1 FRA 1794 Že. Čajkovski 36 Baillot 55 Belgrade, Yugoslavia JNA Stadion 50,000 Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) 30 October 1949 FRA 1794 Report 1–1 YUG Baillot 8 Bobek 44 Paris, France Stade Olympique de Colombes 53,569 Peter Scherz (Swiss) France 2–2 Yugoslavia on aggregate, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. 11 December 1949 YUG Report 3–2 yes FRA 1794 Mihajlović 12 84 pen.Že. Čajkovski 114 Walter 13Luciano 83 Florence, Italy Stadio Giovanni Berta 25,000 Giovanni Galeati (Italy) Yugoslavia qualified while France were also offered a place by FIFA. France initially accepted, but later declined. Group 4 First round main WDL Q 2 SUI SUI LUX LUX 2 0 0 8 4 0 0 2 4 8 #cfc A complete 26 June 1949 SUI Report 5–2 LUX Maillard 20Fatton 30 41Ballaman 48Antenen 59 Wagner 3Reuter 88 Zürich, Switzerland Hardturm Charles Delasalle (France) 15,000 18 September 1949 LUX Report 2–3 SUI Muller 3Kremer 38 Maillard 1Friedländer 59Fatton 75 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Stade Municipal Pierre Theunen (Belgium) 3,000 Switzerland advanced to the Final Round. Final round main PP Q 2 SUI SUI BEL BEL — — #cfc Qualified A black1 Withdrew W complete Belgium withdrew, so Switzerland qualified automatically. Group 5 main WDL Q 2 SWE SWE IRL IRL Ireland (FAI) FIN FIN 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 2 6 7 0 1 1 1 4 #cfc A complete 2 June 1949 SWE Report 3–1 IRL Ireland (FAI) Andersson 17 pen.Jeppson 37Liedholm 69 Walsh 9 Stockholm, Sweden Råsunda Stadion 36,200 Louis Baert (Belgium) 8 September 1949 IRL Ireland (FAI) Report 3–0 FIN Gavin 35Martin 44 pen. 68 Dublin, Ireland Dalymount Park 36,000 W.H.E. Evan (England) 9 October 1949 FIN Report 1–1 IRL Ireland (FAI) Vaihela 89 Farrell 65 Helsinki, Finland Olympiastadion 13,437 Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands) 13 November 1949 Ireland (FAI) IRE Report 1–3 SWE Martin 61 pen. Palmér 4 40 68 Dublin, Ireland Dalymount Park 43,000 William Ling (England) Sweden qualified. Finland withdrew before the group was completed. Ireland (FAI) were subsequently invited to enter competition but declined the opportunity because of travelling costs.Invitation to World Cup turned down https://web.archive.org/web/20110430160741/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/invitation-to-world-cup-turned-down-477575.html 30 April 2011 www.independent.ie, February 22, 2004 Sweden beat Finland 8–1 on 2 October 1949 in Malmö.http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1950/QUALIFYI.HTM#M4 WORLD CUP 1950 allworldcup.narod.ru 3 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20061010070142/http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1950/QUALIFYI.HTM 10 October 2006 live However, FIFA's website does not include this match in the list of matches or in the group standings.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil1950/groups/preliminaries/europe/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150908052831/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil1950/groups/preliminaries/europe/index.html dead September 8, 2015 1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Groups FIFA.com 3 August 2018 RSSSF's website lists the match with the note "Sweden played B-team", and does not provide group standings.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50q.html World Cup 1950 Qualifying RSSSF 3 August 2018 Group 6 main WDL 2 ESP SPA 1945 POR POR 1 1 0 7 3 0 1 1 3 7 Q green1 Qualification for 1950 FIFA World Cup A complete 2 April 1950 SPA 1945 Report 5–1 POR Zarra 11 58Basora 13Panizo 15Molowny 65 Cabrita 36 Madrid, Spain Estadio Nuevo Chamartín 80,000 Reg Leafe (England) 9 April 1950 POR Report 2–2 SPA 1945 Travassos 51Correia 53 Zarra 24Gaínza 82 Lisbon, Portugal Jamor 30,000 Jack Mowat (Scotland) Spain qualified. Portugal were also invited to take part but they declined. Group 7 main PP Q 2 BOL BOL CHI CHI ARG ARG 1 1 3 #cfc Qualified A A black1 Withdrew W complete RSSSF Argentina withdrew, so Bolivia and Chile qualified automatically.Lisi, C. A. (2015:47). A History of the World Cup: 1930-2014. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Group 8 main PP Q 2 URU URU PAR PAR 1842 ECU ECU 1900 PER PER 1884 1 1 3 3 green1 Qualified A A black1 Withdrew W W complete RSSSF Ecuador and Peru withdrew, so Uruguay and Paraguay qualified automatically.Lisi, C. A. (2015:47). A History of the World Cup: 1930-2014. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Group 9 1949 NAFC Championship main WDL Q 2 MEX MEX 1934 USA USA 1912 CUB CUB 4 0 0 17 2 1 1 2 8 15 0 1 3 3 11 #cfc A A complete RSSSF 4 September 1949 USA 1912 https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-usa-04-september-1949-225726/ 0–6 MEX 1934 Flores 20Luna 30de la Fuente 37 55 58Septién 85 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio de los Deportes 60,000 José Tapia (Cuba) 11 September 1949 MEX 1934 https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-cuba-11-september-1949-225730/ 2–0 CUB Luna 26Casarín 57 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio de los Deportes 60,000 Prudencio García (United States) 14 September 1949 CUB https://www.11v11.com/matches/cuba-v-usa-14-september-1949-225731/ 1–1 USA 1912 Gómez 28 Wallace 23 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio de los Deportes 8,000 18 September 1949 MEX 1934 https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-usa-18-september-1949-225734/ 6–2 USA 1912 Ortiz 14Casarín 23 41 76de la Fuente 47Ochoa 89 Souza 52Wattman 90 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio de los Deportes 30,000 José Tapia (Cuba) 21 September 1949 USA 1912 https://www.11v11.com/matches/usa-v-cuba-21-september-1949-225736/ 5–2 CUB Bahr 16Souza 23Matevich 30 35Wallace 48 Barquín 42Veiga 50 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio de los Deportes 5,000 José Tapia (Cuba) 25 September 1949 MEX 1934 https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-cuba-25-september-1949-225738/ 3–0 CUB Naranjo 44 88Flores 58 Mexico City, Mexico Estadio de los Deportes 35,000 Prudencio García (United States) Mexico and the United States qualified. Group 10 main PP Q 2 IND IND MYA MYA 1948 Burma IDN IDN PHI PHI 1936 1 3 3 3 #cfc Qualified A black1 Withdrew W W W complete rsssf.com Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines all withdrew before the draw, so India qualified automatically. But India later also withdrew "because of the expense of travelling such a long way to play,"https://www.bbc.com/news/10200154 World Cup: US v England match recalls 1950 upset BBC 2 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130923101550/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10200154 23 September 2013 live and the AIFF wanted to concentrate on the 1952 Olympics.Cronin Brian Did India withdraw from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/07/did-india-withdraw-from-the-1950-world-cup-because-they-were-not-allowed-to-play-barefoot.html Los Angeles Times 19 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110723055108/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/07/did-india-withdraw-from-the-1950-world-cup-because-they-were-not-allowed-to-play-barefoot.html 23 July 2011 live Although according to some reports, it was caused by a FIFA ruling that players were not allowed to play barefoot.WM 1950 | Brasilien | sportschau.de https://web.archive.org/web/20130110013353/http://www1.sportschau.de/sportschau_specials/fussball/wm2014/wm_historie/index_29.html 10 January 2013 FIFA decided not to invite anyone else, leaving the World Cup three teams short. Qualified teams thumb|500px|FIFA World Cup qualification 1950 thumb|500px|Participating countries after 3 of the 16 qualifying countries withdrew. TeamFinals appearanceStreakLast appearanceBOL2nd11930BRA 1889 (H)4th41938CHI2nd11930ENG1st1—IND1st1—ITA (C)3rd31938MEX 19342nd11930PAR 18422nd11930ESP 19452nd11934SCO1st1—SWE3rd31938SUI3rd31938TUR1st1—USA 19123rd11934URU2nd11930YUG2nd11930 IND, SCO and TUR withdrew after qualifying. (H) – qualified automatically as hosts (C) – qualified automatically as defending champions Goalscorers 4 goals 20em yes ENG Jack Rowley MEX 1934 Horacio Casarín MEX 1934 Luis de la Fuente YUG Željko Čajkovski 3 goals 20em yes ENG Jackie Milburn ENG Stan Mortensen IRE 1783 Sammy Smyth IRL Con Martin SCO Henry Morris SPA 1945 Telmo Zarra SWE Karl-Erik Palmér SUI Jacques Fatton TUR Fahrettin Cansever YUG Stjepan Bobek YUG Milutin Pajević 2 goals 20em yes ENG Stan Pearson FRA 1794 Henri Baillot ISR Yehoshua Glazer MEX 1934 Antonio Flores MEX 1934 Luis Luna MEX 1934 José Naranjo SCO William Waddell SUI René Maillard USA 1912 Pete Matevich USA 1912 John Souza USA 1912 Frank Wallace YUG Prvoslav Mihajlović YUG Marko Valok 1 goal 20em yes CUB Jacinto Barquín CUB José Gómez CUB Santiago Veiga ENG Roy Bentley ENG Jack Froggatt FIN Jorma Vaihela FRA 1794 Jean Luciano FRA 1794 Marius Walter IRE 1783 Bobby Brennan IRL Peter Farrell IRL Johnny Gavin IRL Davy Walsh LUX Jim Kremer LUX Armand Müller LUX Michel Reuter LUX Camille Wagner MEX 1934 Mario Ochoa MEX 1934 Héctor Ortiz MEX 1934 Carlos Septién POR Fernando Cabrita POR Jesus Correia POR José Travassos SCO Alec Linwood SCO Jimmy Mason SCO John McPhail SCO Lawrie Reilly SCO Billy Steel SPA 1945 Estanislau Basora SPA 1945 Agustín Gaínza SPA 1945 Luis Molowny SPA 1945 José Luis Panizo SWE Sune Andersson SWE Hasse Jeppson SWE Nils Liedholm SUI Kiki Antenen SUI Robert Ballaman SUI Hans-Peter Friedländer USA 1912 Walter Bahr USA 1912 Ben Wattman TUR Bülent Eken TUR Erol Keskin TUR Gündüz Kılıç TUR Lefter Küçükandonyadis WAL 1807 Mal Griffiths YUG Zlatko Čajkovski YUG Božidar Senčar Notes At the start of 1950 there were, in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations. Both associations, the Northern Ireland-based IFA and the Republic of Ireland-based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and selected players from the whole island. As a result, several notable Irish players from this era played for both teams. Four players – Tom Aherne, Reg Ryan, Davy Walsh and Con Martin – actually played for both the FAI XI and the IFA XI in these qualifying rounds. FIFA intervened, after complaints from the FAI, Ryan Sean The Boys in Green: the FAI international story Mainstream Publishing 1997 Edinburgh 1-85158-939-2 pp. 50. and subsequently restricted players' eligibility based on the political border. In 1953 FIFA ruled neither team could be referred to as Ireland, decreeing that the FAI team be officially designated as the Republic of Ireland, while the IFA team was to become Northern Ireland. For the third qualifying tournament in a row, the South American teams qualified automatically after withdrawals. In Group 7, Bolivia and Chile did play two matches between them, but they were not classified as official World Cup qualifiers by FIFA. Burma, the Philippines and Indonesia all withdrew, so India qualified automatically. However, India withdrew later because of "disagreements over team selection and insufficient practice time.". India had never been able to qualify for the World Cup before and have never been able to do since then, which means they are the only team to have qualified for the World Cup and that never played a World Cup match. Germany and Japan were both banned because of their actions during World War II. Italy, despite originally being a member of the Axis powers, was allowed to participate because its government was overthrown in 1943 and the new government sided with the Allies. References External links FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1950 World Cup Qualification RSSSF – 1950 World Cup Qualification All World Cup – 1950 World Cup Qualification Category:FIFA World Cup qualification