| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  United Kingdom |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hungary (1st Title) |
| Runners-up |  Illyria |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 47 (2.61 per match) |
← 1934 1948 → | |
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the fourth FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in the United Kingdom 20 July to 30 August 1926. FIFA, football's international governing body, selected the U.K. as host nations. Four venues were used; Wembley, Hampdem Park, Cooke Park and Racecourse Ground. This was the first tournament hosted by many nations so it was agree that Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland would be in the same part of the bracket.
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| July 24 | ||||||||||||||
 England
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| August 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Hungary
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary
|
4 | |||||||||||||
| July 26 | ||||||||||||||
 Italy
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Italy
|
5 | |||||||||||||
 Scotland
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| July 29 | ||||||||||||||
 Ireland
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| August 14 | ||||||||||||||
 Wales
|
1 | |||||||||||||
 France
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| August 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ireland
|
1 | |||||||||||||
 Brazil
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| France
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| August 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Soviet Union
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| August 16 | ||||||||||||||
 Mexico
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Illyria
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| August 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Mexico
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Illyria
|
4 | |||||||||||||
 Uruguay
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| August 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||||||
 Turkey
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| August 18 | ||||||||||||||
 Patagonia
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Patagonia
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| August 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Belgium
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium
|
3 | |||||||||||||
 Netherlands
|
0 | |||||||||||||