1954 FIFA World Cup qualification

1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification 9 May 1953 – 4 April 1954 39 (played at least 1 game) 4 57 208 FRG Max Morlock (6 goals) 1950 1958 A total of 39 (not counted Iceland, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica, State of Vietnam and India) teams entered the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Switzerland, as the hosts, and Uruguay, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. The remaining 37 teams were divided into 13 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows: Groups 1 to 10 – Europe and the Near East: 11 places contested by 27 teams (including Egypt and Israel). Groups 11 and 12 – The Americas: 2 places contested by 7 teams. Group 13 – Asia: 1 place contested by 3 teams. Rejected: Iceland, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica, State of Vietnam and India Withdrawals: Poland, Republic of China, Peru From the remaining 34 teams, 1 qualified without playing any qualifying match: Hungary A total of 33 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 57 qualifying matches were played, and 208 goals were scored (an average of 3.65 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. Groups The 13 groups had different rules, as follows: Groups 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, and 10 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Groups 5, 6 and 9 had 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Group 3 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once, either home or away. The group winner and runner-up would qualify. Group 11 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. Group 12 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner would qualify. Group 13 had 3 teams. After Republic of China withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams played each other twice. The group winner would qualify. Group 1 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 1 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1FRG4310123+97Final Tournament2SAA411248−433NOR402249−52 24 June 1953 NOR Report 2–3 SAA Thoresen 3Dahlen 15 Binkert 16Otto 30Siedl 55 Oslo, Norway Bislett Stadion 21,000 J. Bronkhorst (Netherlands) 19 August 1953 NOR Report 1–1 FRG Hennum 41 F. Walter 44 Oslo, Norway Ullevaal Stadion 32,266 W. B. Aussum (Netherlands) 11 October 1953 FRG Report 3–0 SAA Morlock 13 50Schade 70 Stuttgart, West Germany Neckarstadion 48,000 Karel van der Meer (Netherlands) 8 November 1953 SAA Report 0–0 NOR Saarbrücken, Saarland Ludwigsparkstadion 42,000 Leo Horn (Netherlands) 22 November 1953 FRG Report 5–1 NOR Morlock 27 63O. Walter 69F. Walter 80Rahn 88 Nordahl 26 Hamburg, West Germany Volksparkstadion 76,000 Arthur Luty (England) 28 March 1954 SAA Report 1–3 FRG Martin 68 pen. Morlock 36 48Schäfer 84 Saarbrücken, Saarland Ludwigsparkstadion 53,000 J. Bronkhorst (Netherlands) West Germany qualified. Group 2 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1BEL4310116+57Final Tournament2SWE411298+133FIN4022713−62 25 May 1953 FIN Report 2–4 BEL Lehtovirta 49 75 Coppens 4 26 83Anoul 9 Helsinki, Finland Olympiastadion 2,377 Helge (Denmark) 28 May 1953 SWE Report 2–3 BEL Bengtsson 20Selmosson 26 Anoul 28Straetmans 37Lemberechts 40 Stockholm, Sweden Råsunda Stadion 34,029 Mowat (Scotland) 5 August 1953 FIN Report 3–3 SWE Lehtovirta 63Lahtinen 67Rikberg 70 Sandell 9 71Persson 23 Helsinki, Finland Olympiastadion 13,849 Baalstad (Norway) 16 August 1953 SWE Report 4–0 FIN Sandberg 22Sandell 24 61Sandin 56 Stockholm, Sweden Råsunda Stadion 27,138 Asmussen (Denmark) 23 September 1953 BEL Report 2–2 FIN Bollen 25 75 Lahtinen 83Vaihela 90 Brussels, Belgium Heysel Stadion 13,804 Baumberger (Switzerland) 8 October 1953 BEL Report 2–0 SWE Coppens 23Mees 49 Brussels, Belgium Heysel Stadion 31,563 Schipper (Netherlands) Belgium qualified. This was the first time Sweden failed to qualify. Group 3 1953–54 British Home Championship This group was also the 1953–54 British Home Championship. Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1ENG3300114+76Final Tournament2SCO31118803Final Tournament3NIR310247−324WAL 1953301259−41 3 October 1953 NIR Report 1–3 SCO Lockhart 72 pen. Fleming 47 69Henderson 89 Belfast, Northern Ireland Windsor Park 58,248 Arthur Edward Ellis (England) 10 October 1953 WAL 1953 Report 1–4 ENG Allchurch 22 Wilshaw 45 49Lofthouse 52 53 Cardiff, Wales Ninian Park 61,000 Charles Faultless (Scotland) 4 November 1953 SCO Report 3–3 WAL 1953 Brown 19Johnstone 42Reilly 58 Charles 49 88Allchurch 73 Glasgow, Scotland Hampden Park 71,413 Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland) 11 November 1953 ENG Report 3–1 NIR Hassall 10 60Lofthouse 75 McMorran 54 Liverpool, England Goodison Park 40,000 Robert Smith (Wales) 31 March 1954 WAL 1953 Report 1–2 NIR Charles 80 McParland 1 52 Wrexham, Wales Racecourse Ground 32,817 Charles Faultless (Scotland) 3 April 1954 SCO Report 2–4 ENG Brown 7Ormond 89 Broadis 13Nicholls 50Allen 68Mullen 83 Glasgow, Scotland Hampden Park 134,544 Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland) England and Scotland qualified. Group 4 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 4 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1FRA4400204+168Final Tournament2IRL420286+243LUX4004119−180 20 September 1953 LUX Report 1–6 FRA Kohn 6 Piantoni 5Kopa 10Cicci 41Glovacki 44Kargu 73Flamion 88 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Stade Municipal Dörflinger (Switzerland) 4 October 1953 IRL Report 3–5 FRA Ryan 58 pen.Walsh 83O'Farrell 88 Glovacki 23Penverne 40Ujlaki 50 69Flamion 72 Dublin, Ireland Dalymount Park Franken (Belgium) 28 October 1953 IRL Report 4–0 LUX Fitzsimons 14 83Ryan 48 pen.Eglington 59 Dublin, Ireland Dalymount Park Bond (England) 25 November 1953 FRA Report 1–0 IRL Piantoni 73 Paris, France Parc des Princes Van Nuffel (Belgium) 17 December 1953 FRA Report 8–0 LUX Desgranges 2 88Vincent 6 10Fontaine 21 75 80Foix 57 Paris, France Parc des Princes Roeykens (Belgium) 7 March 1954 LUX Report 0–1 IRL Cummins 67 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Stade Municipal Ausum (Netherlands) France qualified. Group 5 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 5 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1AUT211091+83Final Tournament2POR201119−81 27 September 1953 AUT Report 9–1 POR Ocwirk 13Probst 14 19 31 59 70 Happel 68 pen.Wagner 83Dienst 87 Águas 60 Vienna, Austria Praterstadion Bauwens (Belgium) 29 November 1953 POR Report 0–0 AUT Lisbon, Portugal Estádio Nacional Harzic (France) Austria qualified. Group 6 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 6 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1SPA 1945210142+22TUR210124−22Final Tournament 6 January 1954 SPA 1945 Report 4–1 TUR Venancio 13Gaínza 48González 49Alsua 65 Recep 31 Madrid, Spain Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Vincentini (France) 14 March 1954 TUR Report 1–0 SPA 1945 Burhan 16 Istanbul, Turkey Mithat Paşa Stadium Schmetzer (West Germany) Spain and Turkey finished level on points, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify. 17 March 1954 TUR Report 2–2 yes SPA 1945 Burhan 25Suat 64 Artetxe 11Escudero 78 Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico Bernardi (Italy) Luigi Franco Gemma, a 14-year-old Italian boy whose father worked at the stadium, picked Turkey's name from the lots with his eyes blindfolded.Play-off history provides no clues for Spain https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2005/m=10/news=play-off-history-provides-clues-for-spain-37037.html 20 Oct 2005 FIFA 2 November 2017 21 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171021005325/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2005/m=10/news=play-off-history-provides-clues-for-spain-37037.html deadRogers Iain Don't mention the draw! http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/03/27/dont-mention-the-draw/ Reuters 27 March 2009 20 October 2017 15 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201115052022/http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2009/03/27/dont-mention-the-draw/ deadA history of the World Cup: 1930–2006 Clemente Angelo Lisi Lanham, MD Scarecrow Press 2007 978-0-8108-5905-0 https://archive.org/details/historyofworldcu0000lisi registration 61 Scott Murray Lucky tossers https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/aug/08/theknowledge.sport The Guardian 8 August 2002 Therefore, Turkey qualified. This was the first time Spain failed to qualify for the final tournament. Group 7 Since FIFA rejected the entry of ISL and POL 1928 withdrew, the Group was scratched and Hungary 1949 qualified automatically. This was the last time any country qualified for the World Cup automatically since FIFA subsequently introduced regulations to stipulate that no country other than the hosts (and until 2002, the defending champions) could qualify without playing at least one game. Group 8 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1TCH431051+47Final Tournament2ROU 1952420255043BUL 1948401337−41 14 June 1953 TCH Report 2–0 ROU 1952 Pažický 54Vlk 63 Prague, Czechoslovakia Strahov Stadium 50,000 Pósa (Hungary) 28 June 1953 ROU 1952 Report 3–1 BUL 1948 Pecsovszky 20 30Ene 82 Tashkov 53 Bucharest, Romania 23 August Stadium 60,000 Schulz (East Germany) 6 September 1953 BUL 1948 Report 1–2 TCH Bozhkov 55 pen. Vlk 5 40 Sofia, Bulgaria Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 Aleksandrowicz (Poland) 11 October 1953 BUL 1948 Report 1–2 ROU 1952 Kolev 28 Serfözö 27Călinoiu 52 Sofia, Bulgaria Vasil Levski National Stadium 40,000 Dorogi (Hungary) 25 October 1953 ROU 1952 Report 0–1 TCH Šafránek 38 pen. Bucharest, Romania 23 August 90,000 Schulz (East Germany) 8 November 1953 TCH Report 0–0 BUL 1948 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Tehelne Pole 30,000 Chkhatarashvili (Soviet Union) Czechoslovakia qualified. This was the first time Romania failed to qualify. Group 9 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 9 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1ITA220072+54Final Tournament2EGY 1922200227−50 13 November 1953 EGY 1922 1–2 ITA Ad-Diba 33 Frignani 62Muccinelli 79 Cairo, Egypt Al Ahly Stadium Steiner (Austria) 24 January 1954 ITA 5–1 EGY 1922 Pandolfini 1Frignani 62Boniperti 65 86Ricagni 84 El-Hamouly 32 Milan, Italy Milan Municipality Stadium Horn (Netherlands) Italy qualified. Group 10 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 10 Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1YUG440040+48Final Tournament2GRE old420232+143ISR400405−50 9 May 1953 YUG Report 1–0 GRE old Matošić 71 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Stadion JNA 50,000 Steiner (Austria) 1 November 1953 GRE old Report 1–0 ISR Bembis 52 Athens, Greece Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 22,000 Massai (Italy) 8 November 1953 YUG Report 1–0 ISR Milutinović 3 Skopje, Yugoslavia Stadion Gradski Park 25,000 Alsteen (Belgium) 8 March 1954 ISR Report 0–2 GRE old Kokkinakis 61Kamaras 83 Ramat Gan, Israel Ramat Gan Stadium 35,000 Buchmüller (Switzerland) 21 March 1954 ISR Report 0–1 YUG Zebec 80 Ramat Gan, Israel Ramat Gan Stadium 50,000 Leafe (England) 28 March 1954 GRE old Report 0–1 YUG Veselinović 50 Athens, Greece Leoforos Alexandras Stadium 25,000 Rufli (Switzerland) Yugoslavia qualified. Group 11 FIFA rejected the entry of BOL civil. Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1BRA 1889440081+78Final Tournament2PAR 1842420286+243CHI4004110−90—PER civilWithdrew 14 February 1954 PAR 1842 4–0 CHI Lugo 30J. Parodi 52Hermosilla 70S. Parodi 79 Asunción, Paraguay Estadio Libertad 15,000 Erich Steiner (Austria) 21 February 1954 CHI 1–3 PAR 1842 Robledo 16 Lugo 17 63J. Parodi 84 Santiago, Chile Estadio Nacional 42,130 Raymond Vincenti (France) 28 February 1954 CHI 0–2 BRA 1889 Baltazar 38 63 Santiago, Chile Estadio Nacional 25,085 Raymond Vincenti (France) 7 March 1954 PAR 1842 0–1 BRA 1889 Baltazar 52 Asunción, Paraguay Estadio Libertad 15,000 Erich Steiner (Austria) 14 March 1954 BRA 1889 1–0 CHI Baltazar 35 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Maracanã Stadium 112,809 Erich Steiner (Austria) 21 March 1954 BRA 1889 4–1 PAR 1842 Botelho 60 85Baltazar 62Maurinho 90 Martínez 75 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Maracanã Stadium 112,809 Raymond Vincenti (France) Brazil qualified. This was the first time they had to play qualifying matches. Group 12 FIFA rejected the entries of CRC 1906 and CUB. The United States played all their games away from home.https://www.rsssf.org/tables/54q-det.html World Cup 1954 - Qualifying www.rsssf.org Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1MEX 19344400191+188Final Tournament2USA 1912420279−243HAI 18594004218−160 19 July 1953 MEX 1934 8–0 HAI 1859 Balcázar 23 26 76Gómez 27Tellez 34Arnauda 38 69 85 Estadio Olímpico de los Deportes Mexico City, Mexico William Crawford (England) 27 December 1953 HAI 1859 0–4 MEX 1934 Ávalos 6Lamadrid 15 59Balcázar 65 Stade Paul-Magloire Port-au-Prince, Haiti 27,000 Walter Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles) 10 January 1954 MEX 1934 4–0 USA 1912 Balcázar 5Scheppel 16 o.g.Lamadrid 47Naranjo 63 Estadio Olímpico de los Deportes Mexico City, Mexico 60,000 Godfrey Sunderland (England) 14 January 1954 MEX 1934 3–1 USA 1912 A. Torres 60 89Lamadrid 82 Looby 6 Estadio Olímpico de los Deportes Mexico City, Mexico 40,000 John Best (United States) 3 April 1954 HAI 1859 2–3 USA 1912 Ellie 60 pen. 89 Casey 20Chacurian 42Looby 83 Stade Paul-Magloire Port-au-Prince, Haiti Walter Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles) 4 April 1954 HAI 1859 0–3 USA 1912 Looby 22 65Mendoza 31 Stade Paul-Magloire Port-au-Prince, Haiti 6,000 Walter Van Rosberg (Netherlands Antilles) Mexico qualified. Group 13 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 13 FIFA rejected the entries of IND and the State of Vietnam State of Vietnam. Both games were played in Japan. Pos.TeamPld Matches playedW Matches wonD Matches drawnL Matches lostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1KOR 1949211073+43Final Tournament2JPN 1870201137−41ROCWithdrew 7 March 1954 JPN 1870 1–5 KOR 1949 Naganuma 16 Chung Nam-sik 22 83Choi Kwang-suk 34Choi Chung-min 68 87 Tokyo, Japan Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium 8,000 Haran (Hong Kong) 14 March 1954 KOR 1949 2–2 JPN 1870 Chung Nam-sik 20Choi Chung-min 43 Iwatani 17 61 Tokyo, Japan Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium 13,000 Haran (Hong Kong) South Korea qualified. Qualified teams thumb|500px|FIFA World Cup qualification 1954 thumb|500px|Qualifying countries TeamDate of qualificationFinals appearanceStreakLast appearanceAUT29 November 19533rd11938BEL8 October 1953 4th11938BRA 188921 March 1954 5th51950TCH25 October 1953 3rd11938ENG11 November 19532nd21950FRA25 November 19534th11938HUN 1949 (w)3rd11938ITA24 January 19544th41950KOR 194914 March 19541st1—MEX 193414 January 19543rd21950SCO31 March 19541st1—SUI (h)22 July 19464th41950TUR17 March 19541st1—URU (c)16 July 19503rd21950FRG28 March 19543rd11938YUG28 March 19543rd21950 (h) – qualified automatically as hosts (c) – qualified automatically as defending champions (w) – qualified automatically because Poland withdrew Goalscorers 6 goals 20em yes FRG Max Morlock 5 goals 20em yes AUT Erich Probst BRA 1889 Baltazar MEX 1934 Tomás Balcázar 4 goals 20em yes BEL Henri Coppens MEX 1934 José Luis Lamadrid SWE Nils-Åke Sandell USA 1912 Bill Looby 3 goals 20em yes TCH František Vlk ENG Nat Lofthouse FIN Kalevi Lehtovirta FRA Just Fontaine MEX 1934 Pedro Arnauda PAR 1842 Manuel Lugo KOR 1949 Choi Chung-min KOR 1949 Chung Nam-sik WAL 1953 John Charles 2 goals 20em yes BEL Léopold Anoul BEL Mathieu Bollen BRA 1889 Júlio Botelho ENG Harold Hassall ENG Dennis Wilshaw FIN Olavi Lahtinen FRA Jean Desgranges FRA Pierre Flamion FRA Léon Glovacki FRA Roger Piantoni FRA Joseph Ujlaki FRA Jean Vincent HAI civil Gerard Ellie IRL Arthur Fitzsimons IRL Reg Ryan ITA Giampiero Boniperti ITA Amleto Frignani JPN 1870 Toshio Iwatani MEX 1934 Alfredo Torres NIR Peter McParland PAR 1842 José Parodi ROU 1952 József Pecsovszky SCO Allan Brown SCO Charlie Fleming TUR Burhan Sargın WAL 1953 Ivor Allchurch FRG Fritz Walter 1 goal 20em yes AUT Robert Dienst AUT Ernst Happel AUT Ernst Ocwirk AUT Theodor Wagner BEL Victor Lemberechts BEL Victor Mees BEL Jean-Louis Straetmans BRA 1889 Maurinho BUL 1948 Stefan Bozhkov BUL 1948 Ivan Kolev BUL 1948 Dobromir Tashkov CHI Ted Robledo TCH Emil Pažický TCH František Šafránek EGY 1922 Ad-Diba EGY 1922 Alaa El-Hamouly ENG Ronnie Allen ENG Ivor Broadis ENG Jimmy Mullen ENG Johnny Nicholls FIN Nils Rikberg FIN Jorma Vaihela FRA Raymond Cicci FRA Jacques Foix FRA Édouard Kargu FRA Raymond Kopa FRA Armand Penverne GRE old Thanasis Bembis GRE old Georgios Kamaras GRE old Dimitris Kokkinakis IRL George Cummins IRL Tommy Eglington IRL Frank O'Farrell IRL Davy Walsh ITA Ermes Muccinelli ITA Egisto Pandolfini ITA Eduardo Ricagni JPN 1870 Ken Naganuma LUX Antoine Kohn MEX 1934 Rafael Ávalos MEX 1934 Gregorio Gómez MEX 1934 José Naranjo MEX 1934 Nicolás Tellez NIR Norman Lockhart NIR Eddie McMorran NOR Knut Dahlen NOR Harald Hennum NOR Hans Nordahl NOR Gunnar Thoresen PAR 1842 Ireneo Hermosilla PAR 1842 Eulogio Martínez PAR 1842 Silvio Parodi POR José Águas ROU 1952 Valeriu Călinoiu ROU 1952 Alexandru Ene ROU 1952 Gavril Serfözö SAA Herbert Binkert SAA Herbert Martin SAA Werner Otto SAA Gerhard Siedl SCO Jackie Henderson SCO Bobby Johnstone SCO Willie Ormond SCO Lawrence Reilly KOR 1949 Choi Kwang-suk ESP 1945 Rafael Alsua ESP 1945 José Artetxe ESP 1945 Adrián Escudero ESP 1945 Agustín Gaínza ESP 1945 Miguel González ESP 1945 Venancio García SWE Bengt Berndtsson SWE Hans Persson SWE Gösta Sandberg SWE Herbert Sandin SWE Arne Selmosson TUR Recep Adanır TUR Suat Mamat USA 1912 Cornelius Casey USA 1912 Efrain Chacurian USA 1912 Ruben Mendoza FRG Helmut Rahn FRG Horst Schade FRG Hans Schäfer FRG Ottmar Walter YUG Frane Matošić YUG Miloš Milutinović YUG Todor Veselinović YUG Branko Zebec 1 own goal 20em yes USA 1912 William Scheppel (playing against Mexico) Notes Turkey qualified via the drawing of lots, after they and Spain finished level on points in Group 6 and a drawn play-off match in Rome. For the first time, qualification matches were actually played in South America; in the four previous World Cups, the South American teams qualified automatically through withdrawals (in the case of 1934) or through the South American Football Championship (for the 1938 and 1950 tournaments), while there was no qualifying process in 1930. Argentina did not take part in the qualification process. As the French-occupied Saarland protectorate did not become part of Germany until 1957, the Saarland national team entered their only World Cup competition and actually had to play Germany in the qualifiers. The entries of Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Iceland, India, and South Vietnam were rejected by FIFA because they were submitted after the official deadline had passed.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-fwc_preliminaryhistory%28byyear%29_36285.pdf#page=10 History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) FIFA 20 June 2014 9 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140709172018/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/ip-fwc_preliminaryhistory%28byyear%29_36285.pdf#page=10 dead After being banned from the 1950 tournament following the Second World War, Germany and Japan were both allowed to play again. West Germany qualified and became champions after defeating Hungary with a score of 3–2 in the final that became known as the Miracle of Bern. References External links FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1954 World Cup Qualification https://web.archive.org/web/20141001162821/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/switzerland1954/preliminaries/index.html 2014-10-01 RSSSF – 1954 World Cup Qualification Qualification Category:FIFA World Cup qualification