The 1934 FIFA World Cup 1934 was held in Italy, after Italy got chosen over Sweden. Thirty six nations entered to participate, but only sixteen teams would qualify to compete in Italy. The champions Uruguay boycotted the competition in retaliation as only four European teams had accepted to participate in the 1930 World Cup.
There was no place reserved for the host, so Italy also competed the qualification stage. 12 places were reserved for Europe, 3 to the Americas, 1 for Africa and Asia.
The final was played by Italy and Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia was winning the game 1-0 almost to the end, when the Italians managed to score, taking the game to extra time. Italy then scored again winning the second FIFA World Cup.
List of qualified teams: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States.
Champions: Italy
2nd place: Czechoslovakia
3rd place: Germany
Top scorer player: Oldřich Nejedlý, Czechoslovakia – 5 goals
Top scorer team: Italy: 12 goals
Total of goals: 70 goals
Average per match: 4.375
List of all the tournaments
- 1930 FIFA World Cup – Uruguay
- 1934 FIFA World Cup – Italy
- 1938 FIFA World Cup – France
- 1950 FIFA World Cup – Brazil
- 1954 FIFA World Cup – Switzerland
- 1958 FIFA World Cup – Sweden
- 1962 FIFA World Cup – Chile
- 1966 FIFA World Cup – England
- 1970 FIFA World Cup – Mexico
- 1974 FIFA World Cup – West Germany