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THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
Participating countries 32 Total matches 27
Total goals 141 Goals per game average 5.22
- WCQ GROUP 1 -
11.Jun 33 Stockholm Sweden 6-2 Estonia
29.Jun 33 Kaunas Lithuania 0-2 Sweden
- WCQ GROUP 2 -
11.Mar 34 Madrid Spain 9-0 Portugal
18.Mar 34 Lisbon Portugal 1-2 Spain
- WCQ GROUP 3 -
25.Mar 34 Milan Italy 4-0 Greece
(Greece withdrew, return leg not played.)
- WCQ GROUP 4 -
25.Mar 34 Sofia Bulgaria 1-4 Hungary
25.Apr 34 Vienna Austria 6-1 Bulgaria
28.Apr 34 Budapest Hungary 4-1 Bulgaria
Bulgaria withdrew. Remaining matches not played as
they had no importance.
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Hungary 2 2 0 0 8- 2 4
2.Austria 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2
3.Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 3-14 0
- WCQ GROUP 5 -
15.Oct 33 Warsaw Poland 1-2 Czechoslovakia
15.Apr 34 Prague Czechoslovakia 2-0 Poland
- WCQ GROUP 6 -
24.Sep 33 Belgrade Yugoslavia 2-2 Switzerland
29.Oct 33 Bern Switzerland 2-0 Romania
(Game ended 2-2, but awarded 2-0 to Switzerland by
FIFA after Romania had fielded an ineligible player.)
29.Apr 34 Bucharest Romania 2-1 Yugoslavia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Switzerland 2 1 1 0 4-2 3
2.Romania 2 1 0 1 2-3 2
3.Yugoslavia 2 0 1 1 3-4 1
- WCQ GROUP 7 -
25.Feb 34 Dublin Irish FS 4-4 Belgium
08.Apr 34 Amsterdam Netherlands 5-2 Irish FS
29.Apr 34 Antwerpen Belgium 2-4 Netherlands
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 2 2 0 0 9-4 4
2.Belgium 2 0 1 1 6-8 1
3.Irish Free State 2 0 1 1 6-9 1
- WCQ GROUP 8 -
11.Mar 34 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-9 Germany
13.Apr 34 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-6 France
(France v Germany not played.)
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Germany 1 1 0 0 9- 1 2
2.France 1 1 0 0 6- 1 2
3.Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2-15 0
- WCQ GROUP 9 -
Peru withdrew so Brazil had a walkover.
- WCQ GROUP 10 -
Chile withdrew so Argentina had a walkover.
- WCQ GROUP 11 -
1st round
28.Jan 34 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-3 Cuba
01.Feb 34 Port-au-Prince Haiti 1-1 Cuba
04.Feb 34 Port-au-Prince Haiti 0-6 Cuba
2nd round
04.Mar 34 Mexico City Mexico 3-2 Cuba
11.Mar 34 Mexico City Mexico 5-0 Cuba
18.Mar 34 Mexico City Mexico 4-1 Cuba
Final round
24.May 34 Rome USA 4-2 Mexico
- WCQ GROUP 12 -
Turkey withdrew.
16.Mar 34 Cairo Egypt 7-1 Palestina
06.Apr 34 Tel Aviv Palestina 1-4 Egypt
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
Sweden, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia,
Switzerland, Romania, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and
France + Italy who had to qualify despite being host
nation.
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil and Argentina. (Uruguay refused to participate
and defend their title because Italy had snubbed their
tournament in 1930.)
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
USA
QUALIFIED FROM AFRICA:
Egypt
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