World Cup 1950

The World Cup 1950 was played in Brazil (24 June – 16 July). 13 teams played 22 matches and scored 88 goals — 4 per match; 1,043,500 spectators attended.

Uruguay finished first; Brazil were runners-up.

Also in the last four: Sweden and Spain.

Top scorer: Ademir Marques de Menezes with 9 goals.

BrazilHosts

22Matches

88Goals

4Goals per match

1,043,500Attendance

Groups and tables

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	8–2	5
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	7–3	4
3	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4–6	3
4	Mexico	3	0	0	3	2–10	0

Results (6)

24 June 1950 — Brazil 4–0 Mexico
25 June 1950 — Yugoslavia 3–0 Switzerland
28 June 1950 — Brazil 2–2 Switzerland
28 June 1950 — Yugoslavia 4–1 Mexico
1 July 1950 — Brazil 2–0 Yugoslavia
2 July 1950 — Switzerland 2–1 Mexico

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	6–1	6
2	England	3	1	2	2–2	2
3	Chile	3	1	2	5–6	2
4	USA	3	1	2	4–8	2

Results (6)

25 June 1950 — England 2–0 Chile
25 June 1950 — Spain 3–1 USA
29 June 1950 — Spain 2–0 Chile
29 June 1950 — USA 1–0 England
2 July 1950 — Spain 1–0 England
2 July 1950 — Chile 5–2 USA

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Sweden	2	1	1	0	5–4	3
2	Italy	2	1	0	1	4–3	2
3	Paraguay	2	0	1	1	2–4	1

Results (3)

25 June 1950 — Sweden 3–2 Italy
29 June 1950 — Sweden 2–2 Paraguay
2 July 1950 — Italy 2–0 Paraguay

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Uruguay	1	1	0	0	8–0	2
2	Bolivia	1	0	0	1	0–8	0

Results (1)

2 July 1950 — Uruguay 8–0 Bolivia

Final

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF–GA	Pts
1	Uruguay	3	2	1	0	7–5	5
2	Brazil	3	2	0	1	14–4	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	6–11	2
4	Spain	3	0	1	2	4–11	1

Results (6)

9 July 1950 — Uruguay 2–2 Spain
9 July 1950 — Brazil 7–1 Sweden
13 July 1950 — Brazil 6–1 Spain
13 July 1950 — Uruguay 3–2 Sweden
16 July 1950 — Sweden 3–1 Spain
16 July 1950 — Uruguay 2–1 Brazil

Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals
Ademir Marques de Menezes	Brazil	9
Óscar Míguez	Uruguay	5
Alcides Ghiggia	Uruguay	4
Estanislau Basora	Spain	4
Francisco Aramburu	Brazil	4
Telmo Zarra	Spain	4
Juan Alberto Schiaffino	Uruguay	3
Karl-Erik Palmér	Sweden	3
Stig Sundqvist	Sweden	3
Atilio Cremaschi	Chile	2
Baltazar	Brazil	2
Hasse Jeppson	Sweden	2
Jacques Fatton	Switzerland	2
Jair da Rosa Pinto	Brazil	2
Kosta Tomašević	Yugoslavia	2

Stadiums

Venue	Matches
Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro	8
Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo	6
Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte	3
Estádio Vila Capanema, Curitiba	2
Estádio dos Eucaliptos, Porto Alegre	2
Estádio Ilha do Retiro, Recife	1

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