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The 1954 World Cup hosting duty was decided on 26 July 1946, the same day that Brazil was selected for the 1950 World Cup, in Luxembourg City. On 27 July, the FIFA Congress pushed back the 5th World Cup finals, deciding it should take place in 1954.
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the 5th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the host country in July 1946. [1]
Six venues in six cities (1 venue in each city) hosted the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament's 26 matches. The most used stadium was the St. Jakob stadium in Basel, which hosted 6 matches. The most used stadium was the St. Jakob stadium in Basel, which hosted 6 matches.
2014 FIFA World Cup final (Germany 1–0 Argentina) Wankdorf Stadium: Bern, Switzerland: 1954 FIFA World Cup final (West Germany 3–2 Hungary) Råsunda Stadium: Solna , Sweden: 1958 FIFA World Cup final (Brazil 5–2 Sweden) Estadio Nacional: Santiago, Chile: 1962 FIFA World Cup final (Brazil 3–1 Czechoslovakia) Wembley Stadium: London, England
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
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1948–53 Central European International Cup: 23 May 1954: Switzerland 3–3 Uruguay: Friendly 16 June 1954: Yugoslavia 1–0 France: 1954 FIFA World Cup: 17 June 1954: Switzerland 2–1 Italy: 19 June 1954: Brazil 1–1 Yugoslavia: 26 June 1954: Austria 7–5 Switzerland: 30 June 1954: Hungary 4–2 Uruguay: 24 November 1957: Switzerland 1–4 ...
The stadium saw two more major finals: in 1961, the final of the European Cup was played in the Wankdorf stadium. S.L. Benfica won 3–2 against FC Barcelona on 31 May. In 1989, the stadium was the venue of the final of the Cup Winners' Cup: on 10 May, FC Barcelona won 2–0 against U.C. Sampdoria.