1934 FIFA World Cup qualification#Final round

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification

| year =

| alt =

| caption =

| dates = 11 June 1933 – 24 May 1934

| num_teams = 29

| confederations =

| matches = 26

| goals = 141

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Isidro Lángara
{{flagicon|CUB}} Mario López
{{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Dionisio Mejía
(7 goals each)

| prevseason =

| nextseason = 1938

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The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup for which teams had to qualify, after the finalists in the inaugural 1930 World Cup had participated by invitation from FIFA. With 32 teams having entered the 1934 competition, FIFA organized qualification rounds to select 16 teams for the finals.{{Cite web |date=July 2007 |title=History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year) |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615220946/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mcwc/fifaworldcuppreliminaryhistory_byyear__13876.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2010 |access-date=18 June 2018 |website=FIFA.com |publisher=FIFA}} Even Italy, the host of the World Cup, had to earn its spot, the only time this has been the case.{{efn|2010 host South Africa and 2022 host Qatar also participated in the respective World Cup qualification because those tournaments doubled as continental qualifiers, but those teams were guaranteed spots in the World Cups and were only vying for places in the continental finals.}} The previous champion Uruguay refused to defend its title because many European nations had declined to take part in the 1930 World Cup, held in Uruguay.{{Cite web |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2016/07/27/when-the-world-cup-rolled-into-fascist-italy-in-1934/ |title=When the World Cup rolled into fascist Italy in 1934 |last=Hart |first=Jim |date=27 July 2016 |website=These Football Times |language=en |access-date=14 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019111516/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2016/07/27/when-the-world-cup-rolled-into-fascist-italy-in-1934/ |archive-date=19 October 2017 |url-status=live }}

Of the 32 teams which entered,

  • Chile, Peru and Turkey all withdrew before qualifying began.
  • Brazil and Argentina qualified without playing any matches owing to the withdrawal of their opponents.
  • The other 27 teams played at least one qualifying match.
  • Greece, Bulgaria and Poland withdrew partway through the planned schedule of qualifying matches.

The first match, between Sweden and Estonia, took place in Stockholm on 11 June 1933, with Swedish player Knut Kroon scoring the first goal.{{efn|Some sources report it as an own goal by Estonian goalkeeper Evald Tipner instead.}} The last match was played in Rome only three days before the start of the tournament, as late entrant United States beat Mexico to become the final team to qualify.

Format

The 32 teams were divided into 12 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows:

  • Groups 1 to 8 – Europe: 12 places, contested by 21 teams.
  • Groups 9, 10 and 11 – Americas: 3 places, contested by 8 teams.
  • Group 12 – Africa and Asia: 1 place, contested by 3 teams (including Turkey).

The 12 groups had different rules, as follows:

  • Group 1 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner would qualify.
  • Groups 2, 3 and 5 had 2 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify.
  • Group 4 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
  • Groups 6, 7 and 8 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other once. The group winners and runners-up would qualify.
  • Groups 9 and 10 had 2 teams each. The group winners would qualify.
  • Group 11 had 4 teams. There would be three rounds of play:
  • First Round: Haiti played against Cuba thrice. The winner would advance to the Second Round.
  • Second Round: Mexico played against the winner of the First Round thrice at home. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: USA played against the winner of the Second Round in a single match on neutral ground. The winner would qualify.
  • Group 12 had 3 teams. After Turkey withdrew before the matches began, the remaining 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.

Key:

  • Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
  • Teams highlighted in orange qualified for the next phase of their group.

Groups

=Group 1=

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|date = 11 June 1933

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5730 Report]

|score = 6–2

|team2 = {{fb|EST}}

|goals1 = Kroon {{goal|7}}
L. Bunke {{goal|10}}
Ericsson {{goal|13||70}}
T. Bunke {{goal|43}}
Andersson {{goal|79|pen}}

|goals2 = Kass {{goal|47}}
Kuremaa {{goal|61}}

|location = Stockholm, Sweden

|stadium = Stockholm Olympic Stadium

|attendance = 8,123

|referee = Reidar Randers-Johansen (Norway)

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{{Football box

|date = 29 June 1933

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LIT|1918}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5716 Report]

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}

|goals2 = Hansson {{goal|55||65}}

|location = Kaunas, Lithuania

|stadium = Kariuomenės Stadionas

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = August Silber (Estonia)

}}

Estonia v Lithuania was not played since neither team could qualify with a win.{{Cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/competitions/fifa-world-cup/1934/qualifying/ |title=FIFA World Cup, 1934 - qualifying |website=11v11.com |access-date=16 June 2018}}

Sweden qualified.

=Group 2=

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{{Football box

|date = 11 March 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP|1931}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5792 Report]

|score = 9–0

|team2 = {{fb|POR}}

|goals1 = González {{goal|3}}
Lángara {{goal|13||14|pen.|46||71||85}}
Regueiro {{goal|65||70}}
Ventolrà {{goal|68}}

|location = Madrid, Spain

|stadium = Estadio Chamartín

|attendance = 50,000

|referee = Raphaël van Praag (Belgium)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 18 March 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5790 Report]

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|ESP|1931}}

|goals1 = Silva {{goal|10}}

|goals2 = Lángara {{goal|12||25}}

|location = Lisbon, Portugal

|stadium = Estádio do Lumiar

|attendance = 35,000

|referee = Raphaël van Praag (Belgium)

}}

Spain qualified.

=Group 3=

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!width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA|1861}}

|1

100404.002
2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GRE|old}}

|1

001040.000

{{Football box

|date = 25 March 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA|1861}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5786 Report]

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fb|GRE|old}}

|goals1 = Guarisi {{goal|40}}
Meazza {{goal|44||71}}
Ferrari {{goal|69}}

|location = Milan, Italy

|stadium = San Siro

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = René Mercet (Switzerland)

}}

Italy qualified, as Greece declined to play the second match.

=Group 4=

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HUN|1915}}

|2

200824.004
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|2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|AUT}}

|1

100616.002
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BUL}}

|3

0033140.210

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|date = 25 March 1934

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|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5787 Report]

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1915}}

|goals1 = Baikushev {{goal|27}}

|goals2 = Sárosi {{goal|29}}
Szabó {{goal|61|pen.}}
Toldi {{goal|88}}
Markos {{goal|89}}

|location = Sofia, Bulgaria

|stadium = A.S. 23 Stadium

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Denis Xifando (Romania)

}}

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|date = 25 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUT}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5789 Report]

|score = 6–1

|team2 = {{fb|BUL}}

|goals1 = Horvath {{goal|19||22||33}}
Zischek {{goal|59}}
Viertl {{goal|62}}
Sindelar {{goal|67}}

|goals2 = Lozanov {{goal|66}}

|location = Vienna, Austria

|stadium = Praterstadion

|attendance = 25,000

|referee = František Cejnar (Czechoslovakia)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 29 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN|1915}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5813 Report]

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fb|BUL}}

|goals1 = Szabó {{goal|9||58}}
Solti {{goal|60||73}}

|goals2 = Todorov {{goal|61}}

|location = Budapest, Hungary

|stadium = Hungária-körút

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Hans Frankenstein (Austria)

}}

Bulgaria withdrew, and the remaining matches were not played since Hungary and Austria were already assured of the top two spots.

Hungary and Austria qualified.

=Group 5=

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TCH}}

|2

200414.004
2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|POL|1928}}

|2

002140.250

{{Football box

|date = 15 October 1933

|team1 = {{fb-rt|POL|1928}}

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|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fb|TCH}}

|goals1 = Martyna {{goal|52|pen}}

|goals2 = Silný {{goal|33}}
Pelcner {{goal|77}}

|location = Warsaw, Poland

|stadium = Polish Army Stadium

|attendance = 16,000

|referee = Denis Xifando (Romania)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 15 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|TCH}}

|report =

|score = 2–0
awarded{{efn|Poland were unable to travel to Prague for the second match as the Polish government denied the team visas for political reasons. The match was awarded as 2–0 to Czechoslovakia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1934/matches/preliminaries/europe/index.html |title=1934 FIFA World Cup Italy - Qualifiers - Europe |publisher=FIFA.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308172900/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/italy1934/matches/preliminaries/europe/index.html |archive-date=8 March 2018 |url-status = dead|access-date=19 January 2021}}}}

|team2 = {{fb|POL|1928}}

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Czechoslovakia qualified.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/34qual.html |title=World Cup 1934 - Qualifying |website=RSSSF.com |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=16 January 2021}}

=Group 6=

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ROU}}

|2

110431.333
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|2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUI}}

|2

020441.002
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|2

011340.751

{{Football box

|date = 24 September 1933

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5667 Report]

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fb|SUI}}

|goals1 = Kragić {{goal|50}}
Marjanović {{goal|61}}

|goals2 = Frigerio {{goal|76}}
Jäggi {{goal|80}}

|location = Belgrade, Yugoslavia

|stadium = Stadion BSK

|attendance = 17,000

|referee = Alois Beranek (Austria)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 29 October 1933

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SUI}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5693 Report]

|score = 2–2{{efn|FIFA reports a 2–2 draw. According to some sources FIFA later awarded the match as 2–0 to Switzerland as a result of Romania having fielded ineligible player Iuliu Baratky.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/34q.html |title=World Cup 1934 Qualifying|website=RSSSF.com |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |access-date=17 June 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://tdifh.blogspot.com/2015/10/29-october-1933-when-crossing-border.html |title=29 October 1933 – When Crossing The Border Crosses The Line |last=Seal |first=Brian |date=29 May 2015 |website=This Day In Football History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617133332/http://tdifh.blogspot.com/2015/10/29-october-1933-when-crossing-border.html |archive-date=17 June 2018 |url-status = live|access-date=17 June 2018}} Despite this, both Switzerland and Romania still qualified with 3 and 2 points respectively, which keep them in top two of the group.}}

|team2 = {{fb|ROU}}

|goals1 = Hufschmid {{goal|75}}
Hochstrasser {{goal|80|pen.}}

|goals2 = Sepi {{goal|18}}
Dobay {{goal|67}}

|location = Bern, Switzerland

|stadium = Wankdorf Stadion

|attendance = 15,000

|referee = Hans Boekmann (Netherlands)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 29 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|ROU}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5804 Report]

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}

|goals1 = Schwartz {{goal|38}}
Dobay {{goal|74}}

|goals2 = Kragić {{goal|71}}

|location = Bucharest, Romania

|stadium = Stadionul ONEF

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = John Langenus (Belgium)

}}

Romania and Switzerland qualified.

=Group 7=

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|name_NED={{fb|NED}}

|name_BEL={{fb|BEL}}

|name_IRL={{fb|IRL|name=Irish Free State}}

|winpoints=2

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=WC |result2=WC

|col_WC=green1 |text_WC=Final tounament

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{{Football box

|date = 25 February 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Irish Free State}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5796 Report]

|score = 4–4

|team2 = {{fb|BEL}}

|goals1 = Moore {{goal|27||48||56||75}}

|goals2 = Capelle {{goal|15}}
S. Vanden Eynde {{goal|30}}
F. Vanden Eynde {{goal|47||60}}

|location = Dublin, Irish Free State

|stadium = Dalymount Park

|attendance = 28,000

|referee = Thomas Crewe (England)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 8 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|NED}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5781 Report]

|score = 5–2

|team2 = {{fb|Irish Free State}}

|goals1 = Smit {{goal|41||85}}
Bakhuys {{goal|67||78}}
Vente {{goal|83}}

|goals2 = Squires {{goal|44}}
Moore {{goal|57}}

|location = Amsterdam, Netherlands

|stadium = Olympisch Stadion

|attendance = 38,000

|referee = Otto Ohlsson (Sweden)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 29 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5820 Report]

|score = 2–4

|team2 = {{fb|NED}}

|goals1 = Grimmonprez {{goal|51}}
Voorhoof {{goal|71}}

|goals2 = Smit {{goal|60}}
Bakhuys {{goal|62||84}}
Vente {{goal|64}}

|location = Antwerp, Belgium

|stadium = Bosuil Stadion

|attendance = 33,000

|referee = Stanley Rous (England)

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Netherlands and Belgium qualified (Belgium finished above the Irish Free State on goal average).

=Group 8=

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!width=20|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GER|empire}}

|1

100919.002
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|2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA}}

|1

100616.002
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|LUX}}

|2

0022150.130

{{Football box

|date = 11 March 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5793 Report]
[https://www.11v11.com/matches/luxembourg-v-germany-11-march-1934-224352/ Report]

|score = 1–9

|team2 = {{fb|GER|empire}}

|goals1 = Mengel {{goal|27}}

|goals2 = Rasselnberg {{goal|2||35||57||89}}
Wigold {{goal|12}}
Albrecht {{goal|24}}
Hohmann {{goal|30||52||53}}

|location = Luxembourg, Luxembourg

|stadium = Stade Municipal

|attendance = 16,000

|referee = Jan de Wolf (Netherlands)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 15 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5782 Report]

|score = 1–6

|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}

|goals1 = Speicher {{goal|47}}

|goals2 = Aston {{goal|3}}
Nicolas {{goal|26||67||85||89|pen.}}
Liberati {{goal|80}}

|location = Luxembourg, Luxembourg

|stadium = Stade Municipal

|attendance = 18,000

|referee = Marc Turfkruyer (Belgium)

}}

Germany v France was not played since both teams were already assured of the top two spots.

Germany and France qualified.

=Group 9=

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!width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}}

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!width=20|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BRA|1889}}

|colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"|

2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|PER|1825}}

|colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"|Withdrew

Peru withdrew, so Brazil qualified automatically.

=Group 10=

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|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ARG}}

|colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"|

2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CHI}}

|colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"|Withdrew

Chile withdrew, so Argentina qualified automatically.

=Group 11=

==First round==

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|team1=CUB |team2=HAI

|update=complete

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|winpoints=2

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO

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{{Football box

|date = 28 January 1934

|time = 18:00 EST (UTC−05:00)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1859}}

|score = 1–3

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/haiti-v-cuba-28-january-1934-224342/ Report]

|goals1 = St. Fort {{goal|85|pen.}}

|goals2 = López {{goal|20|pen.}}
H. Socorro {{goal|61}}
Martínez {{goal|64}}

|location = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

|stadium = Parc Leconte

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = John Williams (United States)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 1 February 1934

|time = 18:00 EST (UTC−05:00)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1859}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/haiti-v-cuba-01-february-1934-224343/ Report]

|goals1 = St. Fort {{goal|25|pen.}}

|goals2 = López {{goal|85}}

|location = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

|stadium = Parc Leconte

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = John Williams (United States)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 4 February 1934

|time = 18:00 EST (UTC−05:00)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI|1859}}

|score = 0–6

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/haiti-v-cuba-04-february-1934-224344/ Report]

|goals2 = H. Socorro {{goal|5}}
López {{goal|18||86}}
F. Socorro {{goal|37}}
Ferrer {{goal|62}}
Soto {{goal|78}}

|location = Port-au-Prince, Haiti

|stadium = Parc Leconte

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = John Williams (United States)

}}

Cuba advanced to the Second Round.

==Second round==

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|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

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|goals1 = Mejía {{goal|12||14||16}}

|goals2 = López {{goal|40||63}}

|location = Mexico City, Mexico

|stadium = Parque Necaxa

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Edward Donaghy (United States)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 11 March 1934

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|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

|goals1 = Sota {{goal|24}}
Mejía {{goal|31||40||79}}
Rosas {{goal|72}}

|location = Mexico City, Mexico

|stadium = Parque Necaxa

|attendance = 22,000

|referee = Edward Donaghy (United States)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 18 March 1934

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|team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX|1934}}

|score = 4–1

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

|goals1 = Alonso {{goal|32||75}}
Ruvalcaba {{goal|41}}
Marcos {{goal|55}}

|goals2 = López {{goal|15}}

|location = Mexico City, Mexico

|stadium = Parque Necaxa

|attendance = 10,000

|referee = Edward Donaghy (United States)

}}

Mexico advanced to the Final Round.

==Final round==

The match to decide whether the United States or Mexico would qualify was played only three days before the start of the final tournament, as the United States submitted their entry too late. Thus, the match was played in Italy, so that the winner would effectively stay in the country for the tournament.

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{{Football box

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|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/usa-v-mexico-24-may-1934-224387/ Report]

|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA|1912}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fb|MEX|1934}}

|goals1 = Donelli {{goal|28||32||74||87}}

|goals2 = Alonso {{goal|25}}
Mejía {{goal|75}}

|location = Rome, Italy

|stadium = Stadio Nazionale

|attendance = 12,000

|referee = Yossouf Mohammed (Egypt)

}}

United States qualified.

=Group 12=

The Palestine football team consisted exclusively of Jewish and British players.{{Cite news |url=http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/10/24/a-long-wait-for-a-home-game/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025194921/http://blogs.reuters.com/soccer/2008/10/24/a-long-wait-for-a-home-game/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 October 2008 |title=A long wait for a home game |last=Rake |first=Julian |date=24 October 2008 |work=Reuters |access-date=19 June 2018}}

FIFA states, in reference to the 1930s Palestine Mandate team, that the 'Palestine team' that participated in previous competitions in the 1930s was actually the forerunner of today's Israel team, and as such bears no relation to the modern-day Palestine national team.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |title=FIFA Fact Sheet: History of the FIFA World Cup (TM) Preliminary Competition (see page 43) |year=2010 |website=FIFA.com |publisher=FIFA |quote=The modern Palestine, an Arab State, has no connection with the Jewish delegation from Palestine (at the time a British Mandate) who were the first Jewish national team, and as such the forerunner of Israel. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614212731/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/75/fs-201_19a_fwc-prel-history.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2010 |url-status = dead|access-date=9 June 2010}} However, the region currently known as Palestine is considered one of the first Asian teams to compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.{{Cite web |url=http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/teams/team=43989/index.html |title=Palestine (PLE) |website=FIFA.com |publisher=FIFA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110210117/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/teams/team=43989/index.html |archive-date=10 November 2007 |url-status = dead|access-date=23 September 2011 }}

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|win_PAL=0 |draw_PAL=0 |loss_PAL=2 |gf_PAL=2 |ga_PAL=11

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{{Football box

|date = 16 March 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|EGY|1922}}

|score = 7–1

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/egypt-v-palestine-16-march-1934-224355/ Report]
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra-intres30.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|PAL}}

|goals1 = El-Tetsh {{goal|11||35||51}}
Taha {{goal|21||79}}
Latif {{goal|43||87}}

|goals2 = Nudelmann {{goal|61}}

|location = Cairo, Egypt

|stadium = British Army Ground

|referee = Stanley Wells (England)

|attendance = 13,000

}}

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{{Football box

|date = 6 April 1934

|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAL}}

|score = 1–4

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/palestine-v-egypt-06-april-1934-224365/ Report]
[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra-intres30.html Report]

|team2 = {{fb|EGY|1922}}

|goals1 = Sukenik {{goal|54}}

|goals2 = Latif {{goal|2}}
El-Tetsh {{goal|7||22}}
Fawzi {{goal|35}}

|location = Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine

|stadium = Palms Ground

|attendance = 5,000 / 8,000

|referee = Frederick Goodsby (England)

}}

11–2 on aggregate; Egypt qualified.

Qualified teams

Only six of the teams qualifying for the final competition – Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Romania, and the USA – had already attended the World Cup in 1930.

File:Qualification for the 1934 FIFA World Cup.png

File:1934 world cup.png

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width=165|Team

!width=80|Finals Appearance

!width=50|Streak

!width=80|Last Appearance

style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ARG}}

|2nd

21930
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|AUT}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BEL}}

|2nd

21930
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BRA|1889}}

|2nd

21930
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|TCH}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|EGY|1922}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|FRA}}

|2nd

21930
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|GER|empire}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HUN|1915}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ITA|1861}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|NED}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ROU}}

|2nd

21930
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|ESP|1931}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SWE}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SUI}}

|1st

1
style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|USA|1912}}

|2nd

21930

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Goalscorers

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Footnotes

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References

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