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1 February – The United Kingdom recognises the Soviet Union. [6] 5 February – The hourly Greenwich Time Signal from Royal Greenwich Observatory is broadcast for the first time. [2] 18 February – Commissioning of HMS Hermes (95), the Royal Navy's first purpose-designed aircraft carrier. 28 March – First BBC broadcast from Plymouth ...
The berths for the inaugural 1930 tournament were filled by invitation only. The 1934 one was the first one to have an actual qualifying phase.The first ever World Cup qualifying match was played on 11 June 1933, when Sweden defeated Estonia 6–2 in Stockholm, and the first goal was scored 7 minutes into the game, with some sources [1] attributing it to Swedish captain Knut Kroon while others ...
England finished first in their World Cup qualifying group with eight wins and two draws, scoring 18 goals and conceding just three. [220] At the World Cup, England were drawn in a group with Belgium, Tunisia and Panama. [221] [222] They began by beating Tunisia 2–1, with two goals from their captain Harry Kane, including a stoppage-time ...
England's World Cup record; First match England 2–0 Chile (25 June 1950; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Biggest win England 6–1 Panama (24 June 2018; Nizhny Novgorod, Russia) Biggest defeat Germany 4–1 England (27 June 2010; Bloemfontein, South Africa) Best result Champions at the 1966 World Cup Worst result Group stage in 1950, 1958 and 2014
First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign Stan Mortensen, 15 October 1949, 4–1 vs. Wales Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup finals Tom Finney, 36 years, 64 days, 8 June 1958, 2–2 vs. Soviet Union Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup finals Michael Owen, 18 years, 190 days, 22 June 1998, 1–2 vs. Romania Oldest goalscorer in a World Cup ...
The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. Four days later, the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the U.S. in the Americans' 3–0 win against Paraguay. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo to become the first nation to win a ...
1924 British Home Championship (October 20, 1923 – April 12, 1924) Wales Olympic Games in Paris, France (May 25 – June 9, 1924) Uruguay Switzerland Sweden 1924-28 Nordic Football Championship (June 15, 1924 – October 7, 1928) 1924: (June 15 – September 21, 1924)
The FIFA Confederations Cup was a tournament held one year before the World Cup at the World Cup host nation(s) as a dress rehearsal for the upcoming World Cup. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships, along with the FIFA World Cup champion and the host country. [ 57 ]