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Host · Brazil

1950

1950 FIFA Men's World Cup · 24 June 1950 – 16 July 1950

Champion

Uruguay

OverviewTeamsMatchesTop ScorersAwardsPenalties
The tournament in numbers

Overview

Tournament totals counted from imported source data.

Teams

13 nations qualified for this tournament.

Bolivia

BOL

Brazil

BRA

Chile

CHL

England

ENG

Italy

ITA

Mexico

MEX

Paraguay

PRY

Spain

ESP

Sweden

SWE

Switzerland

CHE

Matches

Every match of the tournament, stage by stage (22 total).

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group stage · 16 matches
24 June 1950

Brazil v Mexico

4–0

Estádio do Maracanã
25 June 1950

Yugoslavia v Switzerland

3–0

Estádio Independência
25 June 1950

England v Chile

2–0

Top Scorers

Leading scorers of the tournament, excluding own goals.

1

AdemirBrazil

9 goals

2

Oscar MíguezUruguay

5 goals

3

ChicoBrazil

4 goals

4

Alcides GhiggiaUruguay

4 goals

5

Estanislau BasoraSpain

4 goals

Honours

Awards

Official tournament awards in the archive.

Bronze BootChicoBrazil
Bronze BootAlcides GhiggiaUruguay
Bronze BootEstanislau BasoraSpain
Bronze BootTelmo ZarraSpain
Golden BootAdemirBrazil
Silver BootOscar MíguezUruguay

Penalty Shootouts

No penalty shootouts

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

13

Teams

22

Matches

88

Goals

0

Cards

0

Substitutions

0

Penalty shootouts

0

Shootout kicks

6

Awards

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

United States

USA

Uruguay

URY

Yugoslavia

YUG
Estádio do Maracanã
25 June 1950

Spain v United States

3–1

Estádio Vila Capanema
25 June 1950

Sweden v Italy

3–2

Estádio do Pacaembu
28 June 1950

Brazil v Switzerland

2–2

Estádio do Pacaembu
28 June 1950

Yugoslavia v Mexico

4–1

Estádio dos Eucaliptos
29 June 1950

Spain v Chile

2–0

Estádio do Maracanã
29 June 1950

United States v England

1–0

Estádio Independência
29 June 1950

Sweden v Paraguay

2–2

Estádio Vila Capanema
1 July 1950

Brazil v Yugoslavia

2–0

Estádio do Maracanã
2 July 1950

Chile v United States

5–2

Estádio Ilha do Retiro
2 July 1950

Spain v England

1–0

Estádio do Maracanã
2 July 1950

Italy v Paraguay

2–0

Estádio do Pacaembu
2 July 1950

Uruguay v Bolivia

8–0

Estádio Independência
2 July 1950

Switzerland v Mexico

2–1

Estádio dos Eucaliptos
final round · 6 matches
9 July 1950

Brazil v Sweden

7–1

Estádio do Maracanã
9 July 1950

Uruguay v Spain

2–2

Estádio do Pacaembu
13 July 1950

Brazil v Spain

6–1

Estádio do Maracanã
13 July 1950

Uruguay v Sweden

3–2

Estádio do Pacaembu
16 July 1950

Sweden v Spain

3–1

Estádio do Pacaembu
16 July 1950

Uruguay v Brazil

2–1

Estádio do Maracanã