1950 FIFA World Cup

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1950 - Match Reports

1950 WORLD CUP BRAZIL

First Round
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First Round - Group A

	Date:		24 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		81,649
	Referee:		George Reader (England)
	Assistant R1:		Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
	Assistant R2:		George Mitchell (Scotland)


Brazil	4-0		Mexico
Ademir 30, 79'
Jair 65'
Baltazar 71'

Line-ups
Barbosa (GK)		Antonio Carbajal (GK)
Ademir		Alfonso Montemayor (C)
Augusto (C)		Mario Ochoa
Friaça		Héctor Ortiz
Juvenal		Mario Pérez
Ely		José Antonio Roca
Maneca		Rodrigo Ruíz
Baltazar		Carlos Septién
Danilo		José Guadalupe Velázquez
Bigode		Felipe Zetter
Jair		Horacio Casarín

Managers
Flávio Costa		Octavio Vial

First Round - Group A

	Date:		25 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio Independência
	Venue:		Belo Horizonte
	Attendance:		7,336
	Referee:		Giovanni Galeati (Italy)
	Assistant R1:		Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Assistant R2:		Generoso Dattilo (Italy)


Yugoslavia	3-0		Switzerland
R. Mitić 59'
K. Tomašević 70'
T. Ognjanov 84'

Line-ups
Srđan Mrkušić (GK)		Georges Stuber (GK)
Tihomir Ognjanov		Jean Tamini
Branko Stanković		Gerhard Lusenti
Kosta Tomašević		André Neury
Bernard Vukas		Roger Quinche
Željko Čajkovski		René Bader
Predrag Đajić		Alfred Bickel (C)
Ivan Horvat		Roger Bocquet
Miodrag Jovanović		Oliver Eggimann
Stjepan Bobek		Jacques Fatton
Rajko Mitić (C)		Charles Antenen

Managers
Milorad Arsenijević		Franco Andreoli

First Round - Group A

	Date:		28 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Pacaembu
	Venue:		São Paulo
	Attendance:		42,032
	Referee:		Ramón Azon Roma (Spain)
	Assistant R1:		Sergio Bustamante (Chile)
	Assistant R2:		Cayetano De Nicola (Paraguay)


Brazil	2-2		Switzerland
Alfredo 3'		J. Fatton 17', 88'
Baltazar 32'

Line-ups
Barbosa (GK)		Georges Stuber (GK)
Bauer		Jean Tamini
Ademir		Gerhard Lusenti
Augusto (C)		André Neury
Friaça		Roger Quinche
Juvenal		Oliver Eggimann
Rui		Jacques Fatton
Maneca		Hans-Peter Friedländer
Baltazar		René Bader
Noronha		Alfred Bickel (C)
Alfredo		Roger Bocquet

Managers
Flávio Costa		Franco Andreoli

First Round - Group A

	Date:		28 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio dos Eucaliptos
	Venue:		Porto Alegre
	Attendance:		11,078
	Referee:		Reginald Leafe (England)
	Assistant R1:		Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)
	Assistant R2:		Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)


Yugoslavia	4-1		Mexico
S. Bobek 20'		H. Ortiz 89' (pen.)
Ž. Čajkovski 23', 51'
K. Tomašević 81'

Line-ups
Srđan Mrkušić (GK)		Antonio Carbajal (GK)
Stjepan Bobek		Horacio Casarín (C)
Rajko Mitić		Samuel Cuburo
Željko Čajkovsk		Gregorio Gómez
Zlatko Čajkovski		Manuel Gutiérrez
Predrag Đajići		Héctor Ortiz
Ivan Horvat (C)		Mario Pérez
Miodrag Jovanović		José Antonio Roca
Prvoslav Mihajlović		José Naranjo
Branko Stanković		Carlos Septién
Kosta Tomašević		José Guadalupe Velázquez

Managers
Milorad Arsenijević		Octavio Vial

First Round - Group A

	Date:		1 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		142,429
	Referee:		Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
	Assistant R1:		Alois Beranek (Austria)
	Assistant R2:		José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)


Brazil	2-0		Yugoslavia
Ademir 4'
Zizinho 69'

Line-ups
Barbosa (GK)		Srđan Mrkušić (GK)
Bauer		Ivan Horvat
Ademir		Miodrag Jovanović
Augusto (C)		Branko Stanković
Juvenal		Kosta Tomašević
Maneca		Željko Čajkovski
Danilo		Zlatko Čajkovski (C)
Bigode		Predrag Đajić
Zizinho		Bernard Vukas
Jair		Stjepan Bobek
Chico		Rajko Mitić

Managers
Flávio Costa		Milorad Arsenijević

First Round - Group A

	Date:		2 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio dos Eucaliptos
	Venue:		Porto Alegre
	Attendance:		3,580
	Referee:		Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Assistant R1:		Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)
	Assistant R2:		Sergio Bustamante (Chile)


Switzerland	2-1		Mexico
R. Bader 10'		H. Casarín 89'
C. Antenen 44'

Line-ups
Adolphe Hug (GK)		Antonio Carbajal (GK)
Gerhard Lusenti		José Luis Borbolla
André Neury		Antonio Flores
Roger Quinche		Gregorio Gómez
Charles Antenen		José Naranjo
René Bader		Mario Ochoa
Roger Bocquet (C)		Héctor Ortiz
Oliver Eggimann		Manuel Gutiérrez
Jacques Fatton		José Antonio Roca
Hans-Peter Friedländer		José Guadalupe Velázquez
Jean Tamini		Horacio Casarín (C)

Managers
Franco Andreoli		Octavio Vial

First Round - Group B

	Date:		25 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		29,703
	Referee:		Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
	Assistant R1:		Mario Gardelli (Brazil)
	Assistant R2:		Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)


England	2-0		Chile
S. Mortensen 39'
W. Mannion 51'

Line-ups
Bert Williams (GK)		Sergio Livingstone (GK) (C)
Alf Ramsey		Jorge Robledo
Billy Wright (C)		Luis Mayanés
John Aston		Manuel Muñoz
Roy Bentley		Manuel Álvarez
Jimmy Dickinson		Miguel Busquets
Tom Finney		Hernán Carvallo
Laurie Hughes		Atilio Cremaschi
Wilf Mannion		Guillermo Díaz
Stan Mortensen		Arturo Farías
Jimmy Mullen		Fernando Roldán

Managers
Walter Winterbottom		Arturo Bucciardi

First Round - Group B

	Date:		25 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio Durival de Britto
	Venue:		Curitiba
	Attendance:		9,511
	Referee:		Mario Vianna (Brazil)
	Assistant R1:		José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)
	Assistant R2:		Charles de la Salle (France)


Spain	3-1		United States
S. Igoa 81'		G. Pariani 17'
E. Basora 83'
T. Zarra 89'

Line-ups
Ignacio Eizaguirre (GK) (C)		Frank Borghi (GK)
Agustín Gaínza		Charlie Colombo
Josep Gonzalvo		Walter Bahr
Mariano Gonzalvo		Adam Wolanin
Rosendo Hernández		Joe Gaetjens
Silvestre Igoa		Harry Keough (C)
Telmo Zarra		Joe Maca
Francisco Antúnez		Ed McIlvenny
Antonio Puchades		Gino Pariani
Gabriel Alonso		John Souza
Estanislao Basora		Frank Wallace

Managers
Guillermo Eizaguirre			William Jeffrey

First Round - Group B

	Date:		29 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		19,790
	Referee:		Alberto Malcher (Brazil)
	Assistant R1:		Esteban Marino (Uruguay)
	Assistant R2:		Alfredo Álvarez (Bolivia)


Spain	2-0		Chile
E. Basora 17'
T. Zarra 30'

Line-ups
Antoni Ramallets (GK)		Sergio Livingstone (GK) (C)
Gabriel Alonso		Jorge Robledo
Estanislao Basora		Fernando Roldán
Agustín Gaínza (C)		Manuel Álvarez
Josep Gonzalvo		Miguel Busquets
Mariano Gonzalvo		Hernán Carvallo
José Luis Panizo		Atilio Cremaschi
José Parra		Guillermo Díaz
Antonio Puchades		Arturo Farías
Telmo Zarra		Manuel Muñoz
Silvestre Igoa		Andrés Prieto

Managers
Guillermo Eizaguirre		Arturo Bucciardi

First Round - Group B

	Date:		29 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio Independência
	Venue:		Belo Horizonte
	Attendance:		10,151
	Referee:		Generoso Datillo (Italy)
	Assistant R1:		Charles de la Salle (France)
	Assistant R2:		Giovanni Galeati (Italy)


United States	1-0		England
J. Gaetjens 38'

Line-ups
Frank Borghi (GK)		Bert Williams (GK)
Charlie Colombo		Alf Ramsey
Walter Bahr		Billy Wright (C)
Joe Gaetjens		John Aston
Harry Keough		Roy Bentley
Joe Maca		Jimmy Dickinson
Ed McIlvenny (C)		Tom Finney
Gino Pariani		Laurie Hughes
Ed Souza		Wilf Mannion
John Souza		Jimmy Mullen
Frank Wallace		Stan Mortensen

Managers
William Jeffrey		Walter Winterbottom

First Round - Group B

	Date:		2 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		74,462
	Referee:		Giovanni Galeati (Italy)
	Assistant R1:		Jean Lutz (Switzerland)
	Assistant R2:		Generoso Dattilo (Italy)


Spain	1-0		England
T. Zarra 48'

Line-ups
Antoni Ramallets (GK)		Bert Williams (GK)
Gabriel Alonso		Bill Eckersley
Estanislao Basora		Tom Finney
Agustín Gaínza (C)		Laurie Hughes
Josep Gonzalvo		Jimmy Dickinson
Mariano Gonzalvo		Alf Ramsey
Telmo Zarra		Billy Wright (C)
José Luis Panizo		Eddie Baily
José Parra		Jackie Milburn
Antonio Puchades		Stanley Mattews
Silvestre Igoa		Stan Mortensen

Managers
Guillermo Eizaguirre		Walter Winterbottom

First Round - Group B

	Date:		2 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio Ilha do Retiro
	Venue:		Recife
	Attendance:		8,501
	Referee:		Mario Gardelli (Brazil)
	Assistant R1:		Mario Heyen (Paraguay)
	Assistant R2:		Alfredo Álvarez (Bolivia)


Chile	5-2		United States
G. Robledo 16'		F. Wallace 47'
A. Cremaschi 32', 60'		J. Maca 48' (pen.)
A. Prieto 54'
F. Riera 82'

Line-ups
Sergio Livingstone (GK) (C)		Frank Borghi (GK)
Manuel Machuca		Charlie Colombo
Manuel Álvarez		Joe Gaetjens
Miguel Busquets		Harry Keough
Atilio Cremaschi		Joe Maca
Fernando Riera		Ed McIlvenny
Jorge Robledo		Gino Pariani
Carlos Rojas		Ed Souza
Arturo Farías		John Souza
Carlos Ibañez		Frank Wallace
Andrés Prieto		Walter Bahr (C)

Managers
Arturo Bucciardi			William Jeffrey

First Round - Group C

	Date:		25 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Pacaembu
	Venue:		São Paulo
	Attendance:		36,502
	Referee:		Jean Lutz (Switzerland)
	Assistant R1:		Alois Beranek (Austria)
	Assistant R2:		Carlos Esteves Tejada (Mexico)


Sweden	3-2		Italy
H. Jeppson 25', 69'		R. Carapellese 7'
S. Andersson 34'		E. Muccinelli 78'

Line-ups
Kalle Svensson (GK)		Lucidio Sentimenti (GK)
Knut Nordahl		Giampiero Boniperti
Lennart Samuelsson		Ermes Muccinelli
Stig Sundqvist		Carlo Annovazzi
Lennart Skoglund		Aldo Campatelli
Sune Andersson		Gino Cappello
Ingvar Gärd		Riccardo Carapellese (C)
Hasse Jeppson		Zeffiro Furiassi
Erik Nilsson (C)		Attilio Giovannini
Stellan Nilsson		Augusto Magli
Karl-Erik Palmér		Carlo Parola

Managers
George Raynor		Ferruccio Novo

First Round - Group C

	Date:		29 June 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio Durival Britto
	Venue:		Curitiba
	Attendance:		7,903
	Referee:		Robert Mitchell (Scotland)
	Assistant R1:		Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)
	Assistant R2:		Prudencio Garcia (USA)


Sweden	2-2		Paraguay
S. Sundqvist 17'		C. López Fretes 35'
K. Palmér 26'		A. López 74'

Line-ups
Kalle Svensson (GK)		Marcelino Vargas (GK)
Knut Nordahl		Castor Cantero
Egon Jönsson		Casiano Céspedes
Lennart Skoglund		Manuel Gavilán
Sune Andersson		Alberto González
Ingvar Gärd		Victoriano Leguizamón
Hasse Jeppson		Atilio López
Erik Nilsson (C)		César López Fretes (C)
Karl-Erik Palmér		Leongino Unzaim
Lennart Samuelsson		Enrique Ávalos
Stig Sundqvist		Darío Jara Saguier

Managers
George Raynor		Manuel Fleitas Solich

First Round - Group C

	Date:		2 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Pacaembu
	Venue:		São Paulo
	Attendance:		25,811
	Referee:		Arthur Ellis (England)
	Assistant R1:		Prudencio Garcia (USA)
	Assistant R2:		Charles de la Salle (France)


Italy	2-0		Paraguay
R. Carapellese 12'
E. Pandolfini 63'

Line-ups
Giuseppe Moro (GK)		Marcelino Vargas (GK)
Ermes Muccinelli		Castor Cantero
Egisto Pandolfini		Casiano Céspedes
Leandro Remondini		Manuel Gavilán
Ivano Blason		Alberto González
Gino Cappello		Victoriano Leguizamón
Riccardo Carapellese (C)		Atilio López
Osvaldo Fattori		César López Fretes (C)
Zeffiro Furiassi		Leongino Unzaim
Amedeo Amadei		Enrique Ávalos
Giacomo Mari		Darío Jara Saguier

Managers
Ferruccio Novo		Manuel Fleitas Solich

First Round - Group D

	Date:		2 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio Independência
	Venue:		Belo Horizonte
	Attendance:		5,284
	Referee:		George Reader (England)
	Assistant R1:		Mario Vianna (Brazil)
	Assistant R2:		Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)


Uruguay	8-0		Bolivia
O. Míguez 4', 40', 51'
E. Vidal 18'
J. Schiaffino 23', 54'
J. Pérez 83'
A. Ghiggia 87'

Line-ups
Roque Máspoli (GK)		Eduardo Gutiérrez (GK)
Juan Alberto Schiaffino		Benjamín Maldonado
Obdulio Varela (C)		José Bustamante-Nava (C)
Ernesto Vidal		Alberto Acha
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade		Víctor Algarañaz
Juan Carlos González		Roberto Capparelli
Matías González		Leonardo Ferrel
Oscar Míguez		Antonio Greco
Julio Pérez		Benigno Gutiérrez
Eusebio Tejera		Víctor Ugarte
Alcides Ghiggia		Antonio Valencia

Managers
Juan López Fontana			Mario Pretto

Final round

	Date:		9 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Pacaembu
	Venue:		São Paulo
	Attendance:		44,802
	Referee:		Benjamin Griffiths (Wales)
	Assistant R1:		Generoso Dattilo (Italy)
	Assistant R2:		Alfredo Álvarez (Bolivia)


Uruguay	2-2		Spain
A. Ghiggia 29'		E. Basora 37', 39'
O. Varela 73'

Line-ups
Roque Máspoli (GK)		Antoni Ramallets (GK)
Alcides Ghiggia		Gabriel Alonso
Oscar Míguez		Estanislao Basora
Juan Alberto Schiaffino		Agustín Gaínza (C)
Obdulio Varela (C)		Josep Gonzalvo
Ernesto Vidal		Mariano Gonzalvo
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade		Silvestre Igoa
Juan Carlos González		Luis Molowny
Matías González		Telmo Zarra
Julio Pérez		José Parra
Eusebio Tejera		Antonio Puchades

Managers
Juan López Fontana		Guillermo Eizaguirre

Final round

	Date:		9 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		138,886
	Referee:		Arthur Ellis (England)
	Assistant R1:		Prudencio Garcia (USA)
	Assistant R2:		Charles de la Salle (France)


Brazil	7-1		Sweden
Ademir 17', 36', 52', 58'		S. Andersson 67' (pen.)
Chico 39', 88'
Maneca 85'

Line-ups
Barbosa (GK)		Kalle Svensson (GK)
Bauer		Knut Nordahl
Augusto (C)		Lennart Samuelsson
Danilo		Stig Sundqvist
Bigode		Lennart Skoglund
Zizinho		Sune Andersson
Jair		Ingvar Gärd
Chico		Hasse Jeppson
Maneca		Erik Nilsson (C)
Juvenal		Stellan Nilsson
Ademir		Karl-Erik Palmér

Managers
Flávio Costa			George Raynor

Final round

	Date:		13 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		152,772
	Referee:		Reginald Leafe (England)
	Assistant R1:		Robert Mitchell (Scotland)
	Assistant R2:		José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)

Brazil

6-1

Spain

J. Parra 15' (o.g.)

S. Igoa 71'

Jair 21'

Chico 31', 55'

Ademir 57'

Zizinho 67'

Line-ups

Barbosa (GK)

Antoni Ramallets (GK)

Augusto (C)

Managers

Final round

	Date:		13 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Pacaembu
	Venue:		São Paulo
	Attendance:		7,987
	Referee:		Giovanni Galeati (Italy)
	Assistant R1:		Alois Beranek (Austria)
	Assistant R2:		Cayetano De Nicola (Paraguay)


Uruguay	3-2		Sweden
A. Ghiggia 39'		K. Palmér 5'
O. Míguez 77', 85'		S. Sundqvist 40'

Line-ups
Aníbal Paz (GK)		Kalle Svensson (GK)
Julio Pérez		Lennart Samuelsson
Eusebio Tejera		Stig Sundqvist
Matías González		Sune Andersson
Oscar Míguez		Ingvar Gärd
Alcides Ghiggia		Hasse Jeppson
Juan Alberto Schiaffino		Gunnar Johansson
Obdulio Varela (C)		Bror Mellberg
Ernesto Vidal		Erik Nilsson (C)
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade		Karl-Erik Palmér
Schubert Gambetta		Egon Jönsson

Managers
Juan López Fontana			George Raynor

Final round

	Date:		16 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Pacaembu
	Venue:		São Paulo
	Attendance:		11,227
	Referee:		Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
	Assistant R1:		Jean Lutz (Switzerland)
	Assistant R2:		Prudencio Garcia (USA)


Sweden	3-1		Spain
S. Sundqvist 15'		A. Zarra 82'
B. Mellberg 33'
K. Palmér 80'

Line-ups
Kalle Svensson (GK)		Ignacio Eizaguirre (GK)
Bror Mellberg		Gabriel Alonso
Erik Nilsson (C)		Vicente Asensi
Karl-Erik Palmér		Estanislao Basora
Ingvar Rydell		Rosendo Hernández
Lennart Samuelsson		José Luis Panizo
Stig Sundqvist		José Parra
Sune Andersson		Antonio Puchades
Ingvar Gärd		Alfonso Silva
Gunnar Johansson		Telmo Zarra (C)
Egon Jönsson		José Juncosa

Managers
George Raynor		Guillermo Eizaguirre

Final round

	Date:		16 July 1950
	Stadium:		Estádio do Maracanã
	Venue:		Rio de Janeiro
	Attendance:		173,850
	Referee:		George Reader (England)
	Assistant R1:		Arthur Ellis (England)
	Assistant R2:		George Mitchell (Scotland)


Uruguay	2-1		Brazil
J. Schiaffino 66'		Friaça 47'
A. Ghiggia 79'

Line-ups
Roque Máspoli (GK)		Barbosa (GK)
Alcides Ghiggia		Bauer
Juan Alberto Schiaffino		Ademir
Obdulio Varela (C)		Augusto (C)
Víctor Rodríguez Andrade		Friaça
Schubert Gambetta		Juvenal
Matías González		Danilo
Oscar Míguez		Bigode
Rubén Morán		Zizinho
Julio Pérez		Jair
Eusebio Tejera		Chico

Managers
Juan López Fontana		Flávio Costa

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