World Cup 1950 qualifications

World Cup 1950 qualifications

Europe


17 teams entered (including ISR and SYR), ITA exempted as defending champion.
AUT and BEL were withdrew after seeding. TUR withdrew after playing one
match. 7 places in 6 groups, one group of 4 teams (with 2 places), rest -
2-3 teams (exception group 5, where preliminary matches were played).

Group 1 (1949)

01.10. Belfast     NIR-SCO 2:8 (0:3) Smyth (2) - Morris (3), Waddel (2),
                                     Steel, Reilly, Mason (Mortimer ENG)
15.10. Cardiff     WAL-ENG 1:4 (0:3) Griffiths - Milburn (3), Mortensen
                                     (Mowat SCO)
09.11. Glasgow     SCO-WAL 2:0 (1:0) McPhaill, Linwood (Law ENG)
16.11. Manchester  ENG-NIR 9:2 (4:0) Rowley (4), Pearson (2), Mortensen (2),
                                     Froggatt - Smyth, Brennan (Griffiths WAL)
08.03. Wrexham     WAL-NIR 0:0       (Leafe ENG)
15.04. Glasgow     SCO-ENG 0:1 (0:1) (Bentley ENG - agreed)

This group was also the Home (aka British) Championship for the year 1949.

1. ENG^         3  3 0 0  6 14-3
2. SCO^         3  2 0 1  4 10-3
3. NIR          3  0 1 2  1  4-17
4. WAL          3  0 1 2  1  1-6

Group 2 (1949)

1st round

20.11. Ankara      TUR-SYR 7:0 (3:0) Fahrettin 12,16,87, Billem 44, Lefter
                                     66, Erol 67, Gündüz 72 (Gamba ITA)
- the second leg wasn't played

2nd round

AUT withdrew, TUR had a walkover.

Group 3 (1949)

1st round

21.08. Beograd     JUG-ISR 6:0 (4:0) Pajević (3), Sencić, ®.Čajkovski, Bobek
                                     (Galeati ITA)
18.09. Tel Aviv    ISR-JUG 2:5 (0:3) Glazer 65,76 - Valok (2), Bobek,
                                     Zl.Čajkovski, ®.Čajkovski (Künstler CYP)

2nd round

09.10. Beograd     JUG-FRA 1:1 (1:0) ®.Čajkovski 36 - Baillot 55 (van der
                                     Meer HOL)
30.10. Paris       FRA-JUG 1:1 (1:1) Baillot 9 - Bobek 44 (Scherz I SUI)
11.12. Firenze     JUG-FRA 3:2 (1:1,2:2,3:2)
                                     Mihajlović 14,84p, ®.Čajkovski 114 -
                                     Walter 13, Luciani 85 (Galeati ITA)

Group 4 (1949)

1st round

26.06. Zürich      SUI-LUX 5:2 (3:1) Fatton (2), Maillard, Ballaman,
                                     Antenen - C. Wagner, Reuter (Delasalle
                                     FRA)
18.09. Luxembourg  LUX-SUI 2:3 (2:1) Müller, Kremer - Maillard, Oberer,
                                     Fatton (Theusen BEL)

2nd round

BEL withdrew, SUI had a walkover

Group 5 (1949)

02.06. Stockholm   SWE-IRL 3:1 (2:1) S.Andersson 18p, Jepsson 38, Liedholm 69 -
                                     Walsh 9 (Baert BEL)
08.09. Dublin      IRL-FIN 3:0 (2:0) Gavin 36, Martin 44p,68 (Evans ENG)
02.10. Malmö       SWE-FIN 8:1 (5:1) Jonsson 7,9,17, Rydell 24,75,83, Palmer 41, 
                                     Jakobsson 89 - Valhela 4 (Jorkow DEN)
09.10. Helsinki    FIN-IRL 1:1 (0:0) Valhela 89 - Farrell 72 (Bronkhorst HOL)
13.11. Dublin      IRL-SWE 1:3 (0:2) Martin 61p - Palmér 4,40,60 (Ling ENG)

- match FIN-SWE not played; Finland withdrew, FIFA declared their matches 
  friendlies

1. SWE^         2  2 0 0  4  6-2
2. IRL          2  0 0 2  0  2-6
-. FIN          3  0 1 2  1  2-12

Group 6 (1950)

02.04. Madrid      ESP-POR 5:1 (3:1) Zarra (2), Basora, Panizo, Molowny -
                                     Cabrita (Leafe ENG)
09.04. Lisboa      POR-ESP 2:2 (0:1) Travassos, J.Correia - Zarra, Gainza
                                     (Mowat SCO)

South America

8 teams entered, including exempted BRA as host nation. ARG, ECU, PER withdrew, so no matches at all were played in this zone (the third WC qualifications in a row - quite an unusual situation).
Group 7 [Bolivia, Chile] 26.02. La Paz BOL-CHI 2:0 (0:0) Mena 52, Ferrer 64 (Alvarez BOL) As ARG withdrew, CHI and BOL had walkovers and the rest of ther programme was scratched. Group 8 [Uruguay, Paraguay] PER and ECU withdrew, URU and PAR had walkovers.

CONCACAF

3 teams in one group for two places. Two legs played, all matches in Mexico City.
Group 9 (1949) - a tournament in Mexico 04.09. Mexico City MEX - USA 6:0 (3:0) Fuente 38,55,58, N.Flores 20, Luna 37, Septien 85 (Tápia CUB) 11.09. Mexico City MEX - CUB 2:0 (1:0) Luna 26, Casarin 56 (Garcia USA) 14.09. Mexico City CUB - USA 1:1 (1:1) Gomez 28 - Wallace 23 (Nieto Lara MEX) 18.09. Mexico City MEX - USA 6:2 (3:0) Ortiz 15, Casarin 24,40,76, Ochoa 8,59 - Watman 47, Wallace 51 (Tápia CUB) 21.09. Mexico City USA - CUB 5:2 (4:1) Bahr 16, J. Souza 23, Matevich 30,35, Wallace 48 - Barquin 23p, Vampiro 50 (Nieto Lara MEX) 25.09. Mexico City MEX - CUB 3:0 (1:0) Naranjo 42,87, N.Flores 59 (Garcia USA) 1. MEX^ 4 4 0 0 8 17-2 2. USA^ 4 1 1 2 3 8-15 3. CUB 4 0 1 3 1 3-11

Asia

Group 10 4 teams for one place, BUR, INA and FIL withdrew. 1st round (1) BUR withdrew, IND had a walkover. (2) FIL and INA withdrew. 2nd round IND had a walkover.