Qualifying rounds
FIRST
ROUND
1
1 |
Switzerland
Germany |
4
2 |
Switzerland
Germany |
3
3 |
Cuba
Romania |
2
1 |
Cuba
Romania |
3
0 |
Czechoslovakia
Holland |
3
1 |
France
Belgium |
6
0 |
Hungary
Dutch East
Indies |
2
1 |
Italy
Norway |
6
5 |
Brazil
Poland |
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SECOND
ROUND
|
3
1 |
Italy
France |
8
0 |
Sweden
Cuba |
2
0 |
Hungary
Switzerland |
1
1 |
Brazil
Czechoslovakia |
2
1 |
Brazil
Czechoslovakia |
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SEMIFINALS
|
2
1 |
Italy
Brazil |
5
1 |
Hungary
Sweden |
|
BRONZEMATCH
|
4
2 |
Brazil
Sweden |
|
THE QUALIFICATION ROUNDS
Participating countries 37 Total matches 22
Total goals 96 Goals per game average 4.36
- WCQ GROUP 1 -
16.Jun 37 Stockholm Sweden 4-0 Finland
20.Jun 37 Stockholm Sweden 7-2 Estonia
29.Jun 37 Helsinki Finland 0-2 Germany
19.Aug 37 Turku Finland 0-1 Estonia
29.Aug 37 Königsberg Germany 4-1 Estonia
21.Nov 37 Hamburg Germany 5-0 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Germany 3 3 0 0 11- 1 6
2.Sweden 3 2 0 1 11- 7 4
3.Estonia 3 1 0 2 4-11 2
4.Finland 3 0 0 3 0- 7 0
- WCQ GROUP 2 -
10.Oct 37 Oslo Norway 3-2 Rep. of Ireland
07.Nov 37 Dublin Rep. of Ireland 3-3 Norway
- WCQ GROUP 3 -
10.Oct 37 Warsaw Poland 4-0 Yugoslavia
03.Apr 38 Belgrade Yugoslavia 1-0 Poland
- WCQ GROUP 4 -
Egypt withdrew so Romania had a walkover.
- WCQ GROUP 5 -
01.May 38 Milan Switzerland 2-1 Portugal
- WCQ GROUP 6 -
1st round
22.Jan 38 Tel Aviv Palestina 1-3 Greece
20.Feb 38 Athens Greece 1-0 Palestina
2nd round
25.Mar 38 Budapest Hungary 11-1 Greece
- WCQ GROUP 7 -
07.Nov 37 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 Czechoslovakia
24.Apr 38 Prague Czechoslovakia 6-0 Bulgaria
- WCQ GROUP 8 -
1st round
29.Jul 37 Riga Latvia 4-2 Lithuania
03.Sep 37 Kaunas Lithuania 1-5 Latvia
2nd round
05.Oct 37 Vienna Austria 2-1 Latvia
Austria qualified, but had to withdraw as the nation
was swallowed by Germany after the 'Anschluss'. The open
spot was offered to England, but they declined to go.
- WCQ GROUP 9 -
28.Nov 37 Rotterdam Netherlands 4-0 Luxembourg
13.Mar 38 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-3 Belgium
03.Apr 38 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1 Netherlands
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 2 1 1 0 5-1 3
2.Belgium 2 1 1 0 4-3 3
3.Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2-7 0
- WCQ GROUP 10 -
Argentina withdrew so Brazil had a walkover.
- WCQ GROUP 11 -
1st round
Sub-group A
USA withdrew.
Sub-group B
Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador and Dutch
Guyana withdrew. Cuba had a walkover.
Final round
USA withdrew so Cuba had a walkover.
- WCQ GROUP 12 -
Japan withdrew so Dutch East Indies had a walkover.
QUALIFIED FROM EUROPE:
Germany, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands and Belgium + Italy
as defending champions and France as host nation.
QUALIFIED FROM SOUTH AMERICA:
Brazil
QUALIFIED FROM NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA:
Cuba
QUALIFIED FROM ASIA:
Dutch East Indies
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