🏆 FIFA World Cup

1938 FIFA World Cup

📍 Host: France
📅 04 Jun – 19 Jun 1938
🏆 Winner Flag Italy
🥈 Runner-up Flag Hungary
🥉 Third Place Flag Brazil
TEAMS 👥
32
MATCHES ⚽
18
GOALS 🥅
82
GOALS / MATCH 📊
4.56
Overview Matches Groups Teams & Squads

Knockout Stage

round of 16

Flag Switzerland 1
Flag Germany 1
Jun 04, 1938
Flag Cuba 3
Flag Romania 3
Jun 05, 1938
Flag France 3
Flag Belgium 1
Jun 05, 1938
Flag Hungary 6
Flag Dutch East Indies 0
Jun 05, 1938
Flag Italy 2
Flag Norway 1
Jun 05, 1938
Flag Brazil 6
Flag Poland 5
Jun 05, 1938
Flag Czechoslovakia 3
Flag Netherlands 0
Jun 05, 1938
Flag Cuba 2
Flag Romania 1
Jun 09, 1938
Flag Switzerland 4
Flag Germany 2
Jun 09, 1938

quarter-finals

Flag Brazil 1
Flag Czechoslovakia 1
Jun 12, 1938
Flag Hungary 2
Flag Switzerland 0
Jun 12, 1938
Flag Italy 3
Flag France 1
Jun 12, 1938
Flag Sweden 8
Flag Cuba 0
Jun 12, 1938
Flag Brazil 2
Flag Czechoslovakia 1
Jun 14, 1938

semi-finals

Flag Hungary 5
Flag Sweden 1
Jun 16, 1938
Flag Italy 2
Flag Brazil 1
Jun 16, 1938

third-place match

Flag Brazil 4
Flag Sweden 2
Jun 19, 1938

final

Flag Italy 4
Flag Hungary 2
Jun 19, 1938

🏅 Awards

Golden Boot
Leônidas
Silver Boot
Silvio Piola
Silver Boot
György Sárosi

⚽ Top Scorers

LE
7
SP
5
GZ
5
GS
5
GC
4

🏆 Final Standings

1st Flag Italy 🏆
2nd Flag Hungary
3rd Flag Brazil
4th Flag Sweden

🏟️ Stadiums

Stade Olympique de Colombes
📍 Paris 60,000 cap.
⚽ 3 matches played
Parc des Princes
📍 Paris 49,000 cap.
⚽ 3 matches played
Stade du Parc Lescure
📍 Bordeaux 35,000 cap.
⚽ 3 matches played
Stade Vélodrome
📍 Marseille 60,000 cap.
⚽ 2 matches played
Stade du T.O.E.C.
📍 Toulouse 15,000 cap.
⚽ 2 matches played
Stade de la Meinau
📍 Strasbourg 30,000 cap.
⚽ 1 matches played
Stade Jules Deschaseaux
📍 Le Havre 22,000 cap.
⚽ 1 matches played
Vélodrome Municipal
📍 Reims 22,000 cap.
⚽ 1 matches played
Stade Victor Boucquey
📍 Lille 15,000 cap.
⚽ 1 matches played
Stade du Fort Carré
📍 Antibes 7,000 cap.
⚽ 1 matches played
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