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Host · France

1938

1938 FIFA Men's World Cup · 4 June 1938 – 19 June 1938

Champion

Italy

4–2

Runner-up

Hungary

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

15 nations qualified for this tournament.

Belgium

BEL

Brazil

BRA

Cuba

CUB

Czechoslovakia

CSK

Dutch East Indies

IDN

France

FRA

Germany

DEU

Hungary

HUN

Italy

ITA

Netherlands

NLD

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (18 total).

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round of 16 · 9 matches
4 June 1938

Switzerland v Germany

1–1

Parc des Princes
5 June 1938

Cuba v Romania

3–3

Stade du T.O.E.C.
5 June 1938

France Belgium

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

LeônidasBrazil

7 goals

2

Silvio PiolaItaly

5 goals

3

Gyula ZsengellérHungary

5 goals

4

György SárosiHungary

5 goals

5

Ernst WilimowskiPoland

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Golden BootLeônidasBrazil
Silver BootGyula ZsengellérHungary
Silver BootGyörgy SárosiHungary
Silver BootSilvio PiolaItaly

Penalty Shootouts

No penalty shootouts

No match at this tournament was decided by a penalty shootout.

15

Teams

18

Matches

84

Goals

0

Cards

0

Substitutions

0

Penalty shootouts

0

Shootout kicks

4

Awards

Group standings and knockout bracket views will be added after standings/bracket queries are finalized.

Norway

NOR

Poland

POL

Romania

ROU

Sweden

SWE

Switzerland

CHE
v

3–1

Stade Olympique de Colombes
5 June 1938

Hungary v Dutch East Indies

6–0

Vélodrome Municipal
5 June 1938

Italy v Norway

2–1

Stade Vélodrome
5 June 1938

Brazil v Poland

6–5

Stade de la Meinau
5 June 1938

Czechoslovakia v Netherlands

3–0

Stade Jules Deschaseaux
9 June 1938

Cuba v Romania

2–1

Stade du T.O.E.C.
9 June 1938

Switzerland v Germany

4–2

Parc des Princes
quarter-finals · 5 matches
12 June 1938

Brazil v Czechoslovakia

1–1

Stade du Parc Lescure
12 June 1938

Hungary v Switzerland

2–0

Stade Victor Boucquey
12 June 1938

Italy v France

3–1

Stade Olympique de Colombes
12 June 1938

Sweden v Cuba

8–0

Stade du Fort Carré
14 June 1938

Brazil v Czechoslovakia

2–1

Stade du Parc Lescure
semi-finals · 2 matches
16 June 1938

Hungary v Sweden

5–1

Parc des Princes
16 June 1938

Italy v Brazil

2–1

Stade Vélodrome
third-place match · 1 match
19 June 1938

Brazil v Sweden

4–2

Stade du Parc Lescure
final · 1 match
19 June 1938

Italy v Hungary

4–2

Stade Olympique de Colombes