1938 FIFA World Cup Final

The Stade Olympique de Colombes held the final

Event

1938 FIFA World Cup

Italy	Hungary

4	2

Date

19 June 1938

Venue

Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

Referee

France)

Attendance

45,000

The 1938 FIFA World Cup Final was the deciding match of the 1938 FIFA World Cup. It was contested by Italy and Hungary. Italy won the game 4-2 to win the last tournament before World War II.

The final itself took place at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris. Vittorio Pozzo's Italian side took the lead early, but Hungary equalised within two minutes. The Italians took the lead again shortly after, and by the end of the first half were leading the Hungarians 3-1. Hungary never really got back into the game. With the final score favouring the Italians 4-2, Italy became the first team to successfully defend the title (and the first team to win the title on foreign soil) and were once more crowned World Cup winners.

The last survivor of the game was Italy's Pietro Rava, who died on 5 November 2006 at the age of 90.^[1]

Match details

19 June 1938
17:00 (WEST)

Italy	4–2	Hungary
Colaussi 6', 35' Piola 16', 82'	Report	Titkos 8' Sárosi 70'

Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: France)

Italy

Hungary



GK		Aldo Olivieri
RB		Alfredo Foni
LB		Pietro Rava
RH		Pietro Serantoni
LH		Ugo Locatelli
CH		Michele Andreolo
IR		Giuseppe Meazza (c)
IL		Giovanni Ferrari
OR		Amedeo Biavati
CF		Silvio Piola
OL		Gino Colaussi
Manager:
Vittorio Pozzo



GK		Antal Szabó
RB		Sándor Bíró
LB		Gyula Polgár
RH		Gyula Lázár
LH		Antal Szalay
CH		György Szűcs
IR		Gyula Zsengellér
IL		Jenő Vincze
OR		Pál Titkos
CF		György Sárosi (c)
OL		Ferenc Sas
Manager:
Alfréd Schaffer

Match rules:

90 minutes
Replay if scores level

References

^ "La Juventus in lutto per Rava" (in Italiano). www.juventus.com -

External links

1938 FIFA World Cup Final planetworldcup.com

1938 FIFA World Cup

First Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final

1938 FIFA World Cup finalists

Champions	Italy

Runners-up	Hungary

Third place	Brazil

Fourth place	Sweden

Eliminated in the quarter-finals	Cuba Czechoslovakia France Switzerland

Eliminated in the first round	Austria Belgium Dutch East Indies Germany Netherlands Norway Poland Romania

FIFA World Cup

Tournaments	Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea/Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 2026

Qualification	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Finals	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Squads	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Seedings	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Broadcasters	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Bids	2014 2018 and 2022 2026 2030

Statistics	All-time table Goalscorers top goalscorers finals goalscorers hat-tricks milestone goals own goals Penalty shoot-outs Player appearances Records Red cards Referees Team appearances Teams with no appearances

Miscellaneous	Awards Balls Broadcasters Economics History Hosts Mascots Official films Official songs Trophy Video games

Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

Italy national football team matches

Summer Olympics Final	1936

FIFA World Cup Finals	1934 1938 1970 1982 1994 2006

UEFA European Championship Finals	1968 2000 2012

Other matches	England 3–2 Italy (1934) Chile 2–0 Italy (1962) Italy 4–3 West Germany (1970) Brazil 2–3 Italy (1982)

Hungary national football team matches

FIFA World Cup Finals	1938 1954

FIFA World Cup play-offs Final	1978

Other matches	Hungary 1–0 Poland (1921) Poland 4–2 Hungary (1939) England 3–6 Hungary (1953) Hungary 7–1 England (1954) Hungary 4–2 Brazil (1954) Hungary 10–1 El Salvador (1982) Ukraine 1–3 Hungary (1992)

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