1950 FIFA World Cup qualification#Group 2

The 10 groups had different rules, as follows:

• Group 1 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
• Groups 2, 3 and 4 had 3 teams each. The strongest team of each group was seeded. There would be two rounds of play:
• First Round: The seeded team received a bye and advanced to final round directly. The 2 unseeded teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to final round.
• Final Round: The seeded team played against the winner of the First Round on a home-and-away basis. The winner would qualify.
• Group 5 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
• Group 6 had 2 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify.
• Group 7 had 3 teams. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
• Group 8 had 4 teams. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
• Group 9 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
• Group 10 had 4 teams. The group winner would qualify.

{{See also|1949–50 British Home Championship}}

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Pearson {{goal|33||68}}

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|location = Manchester, England

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|referee = Mervyn Griffiths (Wales)

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England qualified. Scotland also qualified, but declined to participate.

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Syria withdrew, and remaining match was not played.

Turkey advanced to the Final Round.

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Austria withdrew, so Turkey qualified automatically. But Turkey later also withdrew, and FIFA offered the place to Portugal, the runner-up of Group 6, but they declined. FIFA decided not to allow anyone else to qualify, leaving the World Cup two teams short.https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37364595/a-tournament-unlike-other

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Yugoslavia advanced to the Final Round.

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|date = 30 October 1949

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|score = 1–1

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|goals1 = Baillot {{goal|8}}

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|location = Paris, France

|stadium = Stade Olympique de Colombes

|attendance = 53,569

|referee = Peter Scherz (Swiss)

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France 2–2 Yugoslavia on aggregate, and a play-off on neutral ground was played to decide who would qualify.

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Yugoslavia qualified while France were also offered a place by FIFA. France initially accepted, but later declined.

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|location = Zürich, Switzerland

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|date = 18 September 1949

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|referee = Pierre Theunen (Belgium)

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Switzerland advanced to the Final Round.

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Belgium withdrew, so Switzerland qualified automatically.

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Jeppson {{goal|37}}
Liedholm {{goal|69}}

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|date = 8 September 1949

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL|name=Ireland (FAI)}}

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|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}

|goals1 = Gavin {{goal|35}}
Martin {{goal|44|pen.|68}}

|location = Dublin, Ireland

|stadium = Dalymount Park

|attendance = 36,000

|referee = W.H.E. Evan (England)

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|date = 9 October 1949

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

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|score = 1–1

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|location = Helsinki, Finland

|stadium = Olympiastadion

|attendance = 13,437

|referee = Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

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|date = 13 November 1949

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|score = 1–3

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|goals1 = Martin {{goal|61|pen.}}

|goals2 = Palmér {{goal|4||40||68}}

|location = Dublin, Ireland

|stadium = Dalymount Park

|attendance = 43,000

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Sweden qualified. Finland withdrew before the group was completed. Ireland (FAI) were subsequently invited to enter competition but declined the opportunity because of travelling costs.[http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/invitation-to-world-cup-turned-down-477575.html Invitation to World Cup turned down] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430160741/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/invitation-to-world-cup-turned-down-477575.html |date=30 April 2011 }} www.independent.ie, February 22, 2004

Sweden beat Finland 8–1 on 2 October 1949 in Malmö.{{cite web|url=http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1950/QUALIFYI.HTM#M4|title=WORLD CUP 1950|website=allworldcup.narod.ru|access-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010070142/http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1950/QUALIFYI.HTM|archive-date=10 October 2006|url-status=live}} However, FIFA's website does not include this match in the list of matches or in the group standings.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil1950/groups/preliminaries/europe/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908052831/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil1950/groups/preliminaries/europe/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 8, 2015|title=1950 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Groups|website=FIFA.com|access-date=3 August 2018}} RSSSF's website lists the match with the note "Sweden played B-team", and does not provide group standings.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50q.html|title=World Cup 1950 Qualifying|website=RSSSF|access-date=3 August 2018}}

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|date = 9 April 1950

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|goals1 = Travassos {{goal|51}}
Correia {{goal|53}}

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Gaínza {{goal|82}}

|location = Lisbon, Portugal

|stadium = Jamor

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|referee = Jack Mowat (Scotland)

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Spain qualified. Portugal were also invited to take part but they declined.

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Argentina withdrew, so Bolivia and Chile qualified automatically.Lisi, C. A. (2015:47). A History of the World Cup: 1930-2014. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

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Ecuador and Peru withdrew, so Uruguay and Paraguay qualified automatically.Lisi, C. A. (2015:47). A History of the World Cup: 1930-2014. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

{{See also|1949 NAFC Championship}}

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|date = 11 September 1949

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|goals1 = Luna {{goal|26}}
Casarín {{goal|57}}

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|stadium = Estadio de los Deportes

|attendance = 60,000

|referee = Prudencio García (United States)

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|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}

|goals1 = Gómez {{goal|28}}

|goals2 = Wallace {{goal|23}}

|location = Mexico City, Mexico

|stadium = Estadio de los Deportes

|attendance = 8,000

}}

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{{football box

|date = 18 September 1949

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

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-usa-18-september-1949-225734/

|score = 6–2

|team2 = {{fb|USA|1912}}

|goals1 = Ortiz {{goal|14}}
Casarín {{goal|23||41||76}}
de la Fuente {{goal|47}}
Ochoa {{goal|89}}

|goals2 = Souza {{goal|52}}
Wattman {{goal|90}}

|location = Mexico City, Mexico

|stadium = Estadio de los Deportes

|attendance = 30,000

|referee = José Tapia (Cuba)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 21 September 1949

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

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/usa-v-cuba-21-september-1949-225736/

|score = 5–2

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

|goals1 = Bahr {{goal|16}}
Souza {{goal|23}}
Matevich {{goal|30||35}}
Wallace {{goal|48}}

|goals2 = Barquín {{goal|42}}
Veiga {{goal|50}}

|location = Mexico City, Mexico

|stadium = Estadio de los Deportes

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = José Tapia (Cuba)

}}

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{{football box

|date = 25 September 1949

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

|report = https://www.11v11.com/matches/mexico-v-cuba-25-september-1949-225738/

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|CUB}}

|goals1 = Naranjo {{goal|44||88}}
Flores {{goal|58}}

|location = Mexico City, Mexico

|stadium = Estadio de los Deportes

|attendance = 35,000

|referee = Prudencio García (United States)

}}

Mexico and the United States qualified.

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|team3=IDN|name_IDN={{fb|IDN}}

|team4=PHI|name_PHI={{fb|PHI|1936}}

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|pos_IDN=3

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Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines all withdrew before the draw, so India qualified automatically. But India later also withdrew "because of the expense of travelling such a long way to play,"{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10200154 |title=World Cup: US v England match recalls 1950 upset |work=BBC |date=2 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923101550/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10200154 |archive-date=23 September 2013 |url-status=live }} and the AIFF wanted to concentrate on the 1952 Olympics.{{cite news|last1=Cronin|first1=Brian|title=Did India withdraw from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot?|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/07/did-india-withdraw-from-the-1950-world-cup-because-they-were-not-allowed-to-play-barefoot.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723055108/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/07/did-india-withdraw-from-the-1950-world-cup-because-they-were-not-allowed-to-play-barefoot.html|archive-date=23 July 2011|url-status=live}} Although according to some reports, it was caused by a FIFA ruling that players were not allowed to play barefoot.[http://www1.sportschau.de/sportschau_specials/fussball/wm2014/wm_historie/index_29.html WM 1950 | Brasilien | sportschau.de] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110013353/http://www1.sportschau.de/sportschau_specials/fussball/wm2014/wm_historie/index_29.html |date=10 January 2013 }} FIFA decided not to invite anyone else, leaving the World Cup three teams short.

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• {{fb|IND}}, {{fb|SCO}} and {{fb|TUR}} withdrew after qualifying.
• (H) – qualified automatically as hosts
• (C) – qualified automatically as defending champions

;4 goals

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• {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Rowley
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Horacio Casarín
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Luis de la Fuente
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Željko Čajkovski

{{div col end}}

;3 goals

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• {{flagicon|ENG}} Jackie Milburn
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Stan Mortensen
• {{flagicon|IRE|1783}} Sammy Smyth
• {{flagicon|IRL}} Con Martin
• {{flagicon|SCO}} Henry Morris
• {{flagicon|SPA|1945}} Telmo Zarra
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Karl-Erik Palmér
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Jacques Fatton
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Fahrettin Cansever
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Stjepan Bobek
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Milutin Pajević

{{div col end}}

;2 goals

{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}

• {{flagicon|ENG}} Stan Pearson
• {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Henri Baillot
• {{flagicon|ISR}} Yehoshua Glazer
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Antonio Flores
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Luis Luna
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} José Naranjo
• {{flagicon|SCO}} William Waddell
• {{flagicon|SUI}} René Maillard
• {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Pete Matevich
• {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Souza
• {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Wallace
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Prvoslav Mihajlović
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Marko Valok

{{div col end}}

;1 goal

{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}

• {{flagicon|CUB}} Jacinto Barquín
• {{flagicon|CUB}} José Gómez
• {{flagicon|CUB}} Santiago Veiga
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Roy Bentley
• {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Froggatt
• {{flagicon|FIN}} Jorma Vaihela
• {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Jean Luciano
• {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} Marius Walter
• {{flagicon|IRE|1783}} Bobby Brennan
• {{flagicon|IRL}} Peter Farrell
• {{flagicon|IRL}} Johnny Gavin
• {{flagicon|IRL}} Davy Walsh
• {{flagicon|LUX}} Jim Kremer
• {{flagicon|LUX}} Armand Müller
• {{flagicon|LUX}} Michel Reuter
• {{flagicon|LUX}} Camille Wagner
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Mario Ochoa
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Héctor Ortiz
• {{flagicon|MEX|1934}} Carlos Septién
• {{flagicon|POR}} Fernando Cabrita
• {{flagicon|POR}} António Jesus Correia
• {{flagicon|POR}} José Travassos
• {{flagicon|SCO}} Alec Linwood
• {{flagicon|SCO}} Jimmy Mason
• {{flagicon|SCO}} John McPhail
• {{flagicon|SCO}} Lawrie Reilly
• {{flagicon|SCO}} Billy Steel
• {{flagicon|SPA|1945}} Estanislau Basora
• {{flagicon|SPA|1945}} Agustín Gaínza
• {{flagicon|SPA|1945}} Luis Molowny
• {{flagicon|SPA|1945}} José Luis Panizo
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Sune Anderson
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Hasse Jeppson
• {{flagicon|SWE}} Nils Liedholm
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Kiki Antenen
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Robert Ballaman
• {{flagicon|SUI}} Hans-Peter Friedländer
• {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Walter Bahr
• {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ben Wattman
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Bülent Eken
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Erol Keskin
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Gündüz Kılıç
• {{flagicon|TUR}} Lefter Kücükandonyadis
• {{flagicon|WAL|1807}} Mal Griffiths
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Zlatko Čajkovski
• {{flagicon|YUG}} Božidar Senčar

{{div col end}}

• At the start of 1950 there were, in effect, two Ireland teams, chosen by two rival associations. Both associations, the Northern Ireland-based IFA and the Republic of Ireland-based FAI claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and selected players from the whole island. As a result, several notable Irish players from this era played for both teams. Four players – Tom Aherne, Reg Ryan, Davy Walsh and Con Martin – actually played for both the FAI XI and the IFA XI in these qualifying rounds. FIFA intervened, after complaints from the FAI,{{cite book | last = Ryan | first = Sean | title = The Boys in Green: the FAI international story | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | year = 1997 | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 1-85158-939-2}} pp. 50. and subsequently restricted players' eligibility based on the political border. In 1953 FIFA ruled neither team could be referred to as Ireland, decreeing that the FAI team be officially designated as the Republic of Ireland, while the IFA team was to become Northern Ireland.
• For the third qualifying tournament in a row, the South American teams qualified automatically after withdrawals. In Group 7, Bolivia and Chile did play two matches between them, but they were not classified as official World Cup qualifiers by FIFA.
• Burma, the Philippines and Indonesia all withdrew, so India qualified automatically. However, India withdrew later because of "disagreements over team selection and insufficient practice time.". India had never been able to qualify for the World Cup before and have never been able to do since then, which means they are the only team to have qualified for the World Cup and that never played a World Cup match.
• Germany and Japan were both banned because of their actions during World War II, Italy, despite originally being a member of the Axis powers, was allowed to participate because its government was overthrown in 1943 and the new government sided with the Allies.

{{Reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150204033114/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/brazil1950/groups/index.html#qualifier-groups FIFA World Cup Official Site – 1950 World Cup Qualification]
• [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/50q.html RSSSF – 1950 World Cup Qualification]
• [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/1950/QUALIFYI.HTM All World Cup – 1950 World Cup Qualification]

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