Wednesday, September 10, 2008

THE 1954 WORLD CUP IN SWITZERLAND.

The host for the 1954 world cup was Switzerland.
The world cup was held from June 16 th to July 4th.
There were a total of 16 teams from 4 confederations.
There were 6 venues in 6 cities, in the host country.
There were a total of 26 matches played.
There were a total of 140 goals scored at an average of 5.4, per match.
The Attendance for the tournament was 889,500.And at an average of 32,211 per match.
The golden shoe went to Sander Kocsis of Hungary he scored a total of eleven goals., 11 goals.
The winner of the world cup was West Germany , their first cup. They also won in 1974, and 1990.
The runners up was Hungry.
Austria came third.
And Uruguay came fourth.
Group H saw for the first time all four countries from one continent. They were England, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. the host all in one group.
All were sure that Hungary ,and Puskas would lift the world cup but it was the West German captain who lifte the cup . In the match called the battle of Berne..
In the quarter finals between Austria and Switzerland saw a total of twelve goals being scored it ended 7-5.. This is still a record now teams score two or three goals and are satisfied with it.
Uruguay 4and England 2.
Hungary scored 4 goals and Brazil scored 2 goals.
West Germany scored 2 goals. and Yugoslavia -0.
In the Semi finals. Uruguay 2 , Hungary -4, goals.
West Germany 6 goals. Austria 1 goal.
Third Place Uruguay 1- goal. Austria 3 goals.
The Final West Germany 3 goals and Hungary 2 goals.

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