| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Brazil |
| Dates | 14 June – 28 June |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina |
| Runners-up | Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 28 (1.87 per match) |
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The 1935 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA every five years. The tournament took place in Brazil from 14 June to 28 June 1935.
After the success of the first tournament in 1930, FIFA decided to expand the tournament to twelve teams from the eight that competed in the previous tournament.
Background[]
The 1935 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup which was created in 1930 with the first tournament being held in England. The following meeting which was held in Italy saw the members of FIFA put a vote of expanding the tournament as some countries felt they were hard done by with nations like Argentina and Hungary missing out on entering the first tournament. With the vote by the FIFA members, it was decided that to expand the tournament to twelve teams with most of the entrants being in Europe.
This meeting also decided on how future tournaments would be decided going forward with qualifying for any nation that wanted to enter with the winner of the previous tournament and the host nation automatically qualifying through. This though wouldn't be the case with Brazil taking both spots. This meant that instead, Italy as the runner-up from the previous tournament would automatically qualify with Brazil. With an expansion in the tournament, this meant that the tournament format had to change. After initial thoughts was for a knockout format, it was decided to have four groups of three teams with only the winner of the group going through.
Participants[]
Qualifying for the 1935 FIFA World Cup began in late 1933 in North America with the first round of qualifying happened over there. During qualifying, the first teams from Oceania qualified with New Holland winning the Australia Cup to book their spot. In the British Isles, England won the British Championship while Austria won the Austria-Hungary Cup ahead of the Hungarians. After qualifying ended, there was six nations that debut in this World Cup: Argentina, Hungary, Mexico, New Holland, Peru and Sweden.
Venues[]
| Curitiba | São Paulo |
| Estádio Couto Pereira | Estádio do Pacaembu |
| Capacity: 70,000 | Capacity: 60,000 |
| Rio de Janeiro | Recife |
|---|---|
| Estádio São Januário | Estádio Ilha do Retiro |
| Capacity: 24,584 | Capacity: 20,000 |
Group Stage[]
Group A[]
Group A featured the defending champion Brazil, Sweden and Hungary with the other two being debutants in the World Cup. The opening match which was played one day before the other matches in the group. The opening match between Brazil and Hungary saw Leônidas scoring both of the goals in the match to claim the first victory of the World Cup. Five days later in Rio the match between Hungary and Sweden ended in a draw with a late goal from Åke Hallman securing a point for Sweden. The final match of the group saw Brazil qualify with the full four points from four with a 3-1 win over Sweden to book a spot in the semis.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
 Sweden |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
 Hungary |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
Group B[]
Group B featured Italy, Egypt and debutantes Peru. The opening match which was played on June 22 saw Italy's player Angelo Schiavio score two goals as the Italians went to take a 3-1 victory over Peru. Four days later, Italy once again went onto the field, this time taking on Egypt with a win meant that they went through to the knockout stage. The first half saw not many chances for either team with the only real opportunity occurring in the 39th minute when Egyptian player, Labib Mahmoud shot just going wide despite beating the keeper. The second half was much the same, but in the 61st minute Angelo Schiavio scored the opener for Italy. Giuseppe Meazza scored a goal, six minutes later to book Italy a spot into the final four. The final match saw Egypt take the two points against Peru with a goal in the second half from Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
 Egypt |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
 Peru |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
Group C[]
Group C was a group which would only go the one direction and that would be English going through to the semi-finals on the back of two wins over New Holland and Mexico who were both playing their first World Cup tournament. In the opening match against New Holland, Jimmy Hampson scored a hat-trick in what would the biggest result in the World Cup as England won 5-0. This would than by followed by a 3-0 victory over Mexico with Cliff Bastin, Jimmy Cunliffe and George Camsell all scoring a goal in that victory. Between those two English games, New Holland recorded the victory in the battle of the new teams with George Smith scoring the only goal of the game in what was a closer affair compared to the other two games.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 England |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 4 |
 New Holland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
 Mexico |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
Group D[]
Group D featured 1930 semi-finalists, Austria and France with Argentina rounding out the three teams that were competing. In the opening match between Austria and France, it was Edmond Delfour that scored the opening goal of the game in the 34th minute to give the French the lead from a free-kick after being taken down outside of the box. Austria would reply in the second half by a goal from Karl Zischek but that would be the result of a draw. The second game, saw debutantes Argentina defeat France with Ernesto Belis scoring both goals in the victory. The final match of the group stage saw another draw but it wasn't without some chances from both sides to try and secure a spot into the knockout stage. For Argentina that would be enough to go through to the semis.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
 Austria |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 France |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
Knockout Stage[]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 4 July – Curitiba | |||||||
| Brazil
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1 | ||||||
| Italy
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0 | ||||||
| 8 July – Curitiba | |||||||
| Brazil
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0 | ||||||
| Argentina
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1 | ||||||
| 4 July – Sao Paulo | |||||||
| Argentina
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2 | ||||||
| England
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0 | ||||||
Semi-finals[]
The semi-finals of the World Cup were played at Curitiba and Sao Pualo. The first semi-final was between Brazil and Italy. In the opening half, the Brazilians held the pressure to the Italians and eventually in the 38th minute, Carvalho Leite scored the goal to give Brazil the lead and what would later be the match. Though that wouldn't be known until the second half where the defense of Brazil really shot down any chances of the Italians qualifying through as they became the first two-time finalists.
In the second semi, Argentina took on England. Compared to the first semi, this match did see some early chances for England but it was Argentina who got the opening goal against the run of play with Roberto Irañeta early in the second half. The English would then concede a second. This time from Ernesto Belis to give Argentina a two goal buffer that would later be enough for the victory and to set up a rival final with Brazil.
Final[]
The final of the second edition of the World Cup saw Brazil take on Argentina at Curitiba in a packed Estádio Couto Pereira with the ground being to over capacity with an attendance of 80,000 people. The final saw a repeat of three Copa America's finals with the last one being back in 1925 where Argentina had defeated Brazil in Peru.
The opening minutes of the match was in favor of the Brazilians with a couple of early chances just missing the net. The first opportunity for Argentina than came in the 21st minute where Alfredo Devincenzi almost score the opening goal but the shot going just wide of the goal and the keeper. Some more chances from both teams with Martim being the best chance for Brazil in the 38th minute. Yet the score remained at nil all at the half.
In the second half, both Brazil and Argentina had the chances to break the dead lock. Luis Izzeta, Carvalho Leite, Roberto Irañeta all having shots to see if they could break it but it wouldn't be the case until ten minutes left of the match. This was due to a play in the Brazilian third, with the opportunity for a goal being taken by Alfredo Devincenzi as he slotted it on the top corner from a free-kick after being brought down on the box by Sylvio Hoffmann. Despite some protests, Swedish referee Ivan Eklind pointed to the spot where it happened and from there Argentina scored and took out their first title.
Aftermath[]
After the single goal win, Argentine manager Manuel Seoane declared that Brazil wouldn't be able to win a World Cup on their home continent, if they couldn't even win at home. To this day, Brazil has not won a World Cup on their home continent with their best performance being a runner up appearance at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.
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