World Cup 1950 Qualifying (original) (raw)
Qualified as hosts: Brazil Qualified as holders: Italy
Group 1 [England]
01.10.49 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-8 Scotland 1.ENGLAND 3 3 0 0 14- 3 6
15.10.49 Cardiff Wales 1-4 England 2.SCOTLAND 3 2 0 1 10- 3 4
09.11.49 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Wales 3.Wales 3 0 1 2 1- 6 1
16.11.49 Manchester England 9-2 Northern Ireland 4.Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 4-17 1
08.03.50 Wrexham Wales 0-0 Northern Ireland [also Home Championship]
15.04.50 Glasgow Scotland 0-1 England
Scotland qualified but declined.
France (eliminated in Group 3) invited, accepted, but withdrew after a protest
against their fixture list during the World Cup was rejected.
Group 2 [none]
1st round
20.11.49 Ankara Turkey 7-0 Syria
2nd round
Austria withdrew, Turkey had a walkover, but withdrew.
Portugal (eliminated in Group 6) invited, but declined.
Group 3 [Yugoslavia]
1st round
21.08.49 Beograd Yugoslavia 6-0 Israel
18.09.49 Tel Aviv Israel 2-5 Yugoslavia
2nd round
09.10.49 Beograd France 1-1 Yugoslavia
30.10.49 Paris Yugoslavia 1-1 France
11.12.49 Firenze Yugoslavia 3-2 France [aet]
France invited to replace Scotland (runners-up Group 1) and accepted but withdrew
after a protest against their fixture list during the World Cup was rejected.
Group 4 [Switzerland]
1st round
26.06.49 Zürich Switzerland 5-2 Luxembourg
18.09.49 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-3 Switzerland
2nd round
Belgium withdrew, Switzerland had a walkover.
Group 5 [Sweden]
02.06.49 Stockholm Sweden 3-1 Ireland
08.09.49 Dublin Ireland 3-0 Finland
02.10.49 Malm� Sweden 8-1 Finland [Sweden played B-team]
09.10.49 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Ireland
13.11.49 Dublin Ireland 1-3 Sweden
Finland withdrew, FIFA declared their matches friendlies.
Group 6 [Spain]
02.04.50 Madrid Spain 5-1 Portugal
09.04.50 Lisboa Portugal 2-2 Spain
Portugal declined a late invitation to replace Turkey (winners Group 2).
Group 7 [Chile, Bolivia] Argentina withdrew, Chile and Bolivia had walkovers.
Group 8 [Uruguay, Paraguay] Peru and Ecuador withdrew, Uruguay and Paraguay had walkovers.
Group 9 [Mexico, USA]
04.09.49 Cd. de Mexico USA 0-6 Mexico 1.MEXICO 4 4 0 0 17- 2 8
11.09.49 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 2-0 Cuba 2.USA 4 1 1 2 8-15 3
14.09.49 Cd. de Mexico Cuba 1-1 USA 3.Cuba 4 0 1 3 3-11 1
18.09.49 Cd. de Mexico Mexico 6-2 USA
21.09.49 Cd. de Mexico USA 5-2 Cuba
25.09.49 Cd. de Mexico Cuba 0-3 Mexico
Group 10 [none] 1st round Burma withdrew, India had a walkover. Philippines and Indonesia withdrew. 2nd round India had a walkover, qualified, but withdrew.
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