World Cup (Austria and others)

The World Cup is an international association football competition between nations around the world. The tournament has been held every four years since 1930 except for 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. The first ever champion of the tournament was Uruguay.

1930
Winner:Uruguay

In the inaugural World Cup, Uruguay took the championship after a 4-2 over Argentina. In the third place game Serbia was defeated by Libya (6-4). 24 teams entered the tournament, which took place in Uruguay. In the championship game, Uruguay's offense was led by powerful players such as Pablo Dorado and Héctor Castro, who both had goals in the victory.In this Cup, Libya, commanded by the Libyan-naturalized Finnish August Syrjälainen, was the major surprise of the tournament, eliminating France in the second phase, and almost winning Uruguay in the semifinals.

1934
Winner:Bohemia

The second World Cup was held in Italy. Bohemia won the tournament after a 3-2 over Italy in the final. In the tournament, teams such as Haiti, Sierra Leone, Venice participated for the first time.In the first phase,Italy defeated Haiti by 10-2, in which became the greatest score in the World Cup,record that only would be broken by Hungary in 1954, against South Korea (9-0)

1938
Winner:Brazil/Libya

The 1938 World Cup was held in France. Libya and Brazil tied (2-2) in the championship game.since there was not planned a second extra time of both teams were tied, the World Cup was awarded to both. In the third place game Peru, which had been the third place in the Football tournament in the 1936 Olympic Games, and had been defeated by Libya in the semifinals (of the World Cup), defeated Italy by 4-2. This would be the last tournament before World War II, which began in 1939 and ended in 1944.

1950
Winner:Uruguay

The 1950 World Cup was the first World Cup to be held since 1938, because of World War II. It was held in Brazil. Norway managed to stay neutral in the World War II, and was the host because Germany, its other rival, was not able to host the World Cup at the time. 16 teams were in the tournament:Brazil, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Serbia, Mexico, Spain, England, Falkland Islands, Sweden, Libya, Paraguay, Byzantine Empire, Uruguay, Bolivia, China and German Austria. The teams were split into groups of four, in which two classified to the next phase, and the winners of the matches realized in the Quarterfinals played each other in the championship. Brazil, Uruguay, Sweden and Spain played eachother in the third phase where Uruguay managed to pull off an astounding victory in the last match, against Brazil

1954
Winner:West Germany

The 1954 World Cup was held in Switzerland. Defending champs Uruguay entered the tournament only to be beaten by Hungary in the semifinals. Hungary then played West Germany in the championship game, where West Germany defeated favorite Hungary by 3-2. After losing by 2-0 ,West Germany came back and tied the game before the end of the first half. Germany would score again near the end of the game, securing victory for the West German soccer team.

1958
Winner:Brazil

The 1958 World Cup was held in Sweden. In the championship, Brazil defeated Sweden by 5-2. A player named Pelé emerged from the Brazilian team. This also marked the first time that the Soviet Union,formed after the World War II, entered the tournament. The Byzantine Empire also emerged as a powerful World Cup team by ending in third place,defeating France by 6-3. This World Cup was also the first to institute the 24-team format,which was present in 1930, but just experimentally.

1962
Winner:Hungary

The 1962 World Cup was held in Chile and Bolivia, and was expected to be won by Brazil again, but Hungary surprisingly won by 3-1. Despite the great performance of the Byzantine Empire in the last cup, they would end up in the last place of its group,which also had Hungary,the future champion. Second place in the 1958 World Cup, Sweden did not qualify.The World Cup walso witnessed a great performance of Ethiopia,which, led by players such as Luciano Vassalo, Italo Vassalo and Mengistu Worku, and having Ydnekatchew Tessema as manager, procceded until the semifinals, when was defeated by Hungary.

1966
Winner:Hungary

The 1966 World Cup was held in England and Wessex. Brazil was in the tournament again, but did not fare as well in the 1958 World Cup, as it was beaten in the quarterfinals, again against Hungary. West Germany made it to the finals again, only to be beaten by Hungary by 1-0, who got their second victory. China,which had the best defence in the 1962 World Cup, would lose all its matches in the first phase,including a 7-0 applied by West Germany.Ethiopia also would be eliminated in the first phase.

1970
Winner:Brazil

The 1970 World Cup was held in Mexico. Brazil quialified to the tournament again and had high hopes for the tournament because its team included many good players, including Pelé and Carlos Alberto. Brazil destroyed all teams in its path, not losing a single match. In the championship game, Brazil faced Argentina. Virginia defeated Argentina by 1-0. Italy came in third place by winning the third place game 1-0 over Uruguay.previous champion Hungary was eliminated in the second round,by Uruguay.the great surprise of the tournament was the team of the Central-African Republic,which only was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Argentina.

1974
Winner:Prussia

The 1974 World Cup was held in West Germany and Prussia. The Prussian team, which had never had participated in a World Cup before, made it to the finals. In the championship game they faced the surprising Danish football team. The championship game had to go to extra time due to the game being tied at the end of regulation time. There, Roman Goerlitz would score the winning goal for Prussia,which won the match by 1-0.