1934 Italy Trivia

1. Which country won the 1934 FIFA World Cup?

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Italy

Italy beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the Final, while Germany finished third, defeating Austria 3-2 in the Third-Place Playoff.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: There was no Group Stage

This was the first (but not last) FIFA World Cup to not have a Group Stage. The whole tournament was a knockout affair.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: 8

In a strange twist, the Italians even agreed to host (and run) the tournament at a loss, if necessary. However, the tournament didn't have any major financial trouble thanks to Mussolini's patronage.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Oldøich Nejedlý

Nejedlý of Czechoslovakia finished the tournament with 5 goals in 4 matches, most notably a hat-trick in their 3-1 semi-final win over Germany. German Edmund Conen bagged 4 goals, including a hat-trick of his own in Germany's First Round win over Belgium by a score of 5-2. Angelo Schiavio from Italy also got 4, also scoring a hat-trick in the First Round, when Italy annihilated USA 7-1. Brazilian Leônidas scored Brazil's only goal in the tournament, as the South Americans crashed out in the First Round, losing 3-1 to Spain.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Italy and USA

On 27th May 1934, all First Round matches were held simultaneously, and the encounter between Italy and USA in Rome ended with an emphatic 7-1 win to the host side. Germany and Belgium was a First Round match and it was held in Florence. It was also high-scoring, producing a scoreline of 5-2 to Germany. France was eliminated in Turin in the First Round by Austria (extra-time was required to get the final score of 3-2), and therefore never met eventual third-placed Germany. Egypt was eliminated in Naples in the First Round, 4-2 by Hungary. England was not eligible to play due to not being a part of FIFA at the time.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Italy

Italy bombed their way through USA, Spain (albeit after a replay), Austria and eventually Czechoslavakia in the final (after extra-time). Brazil failed to progress past the First Round when they lost 3-1 to Spain in Genoa. Germany lost out 3-1 to Czechoslovakia in the semi-final in Rome, but defeated Austria 3-2 in Naples to get third-place. The final in Rome ended 2-1 to Italy over Czechoslovakia after extra-time.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: Hugo Meisl

In a warm up match held at Turin the previous February, the Austrians had actually beaten the Italians 4-2. Sindelar ("The Man of Paper"), and Smistik were the star players for the 1934 Austrian World Cup team.

From Quiz Italy: World Cup 1934

Answer: 7-1

The hosts Italy easily won their preliminary match (first round) to advance to the quarterfinals, defeating USA 7 goals to 1. This was the highest scoring match in the first round. All eight teams which progressed to the next round were from Europe.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: 0

Argentina were drawn into a qualifying group with Chile, but Chile's withdrawal from the World Cup meant Argentina qualified automatically without playing any games. The same occurred for Brazil with Peru's withdrawal.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: 3

Two hat-tricks were scored in the First Round by Italy's Angelo Schiavio against USA and by Germany's Edmund Conen against Belgium. The other was scored in Czechoslavakia's 3-1 semi-final win over Germany by Oldrich Nejedly.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: Final

He scored the winning goal for Italy in the Final. The only goal for the Americans was scored by Donelli, who incidentally, was the only non-Italian player who stayed back after the finals to play for an Italian club.

From Quiz Italy: World Cup 1934

Answer: 2-1

The first match ended 1-1 aet on 31st May 31 1934. The second match ended 1-0 in Italy's favour on 1st June 1 1934.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Leopold Kielholz

Kielholz bagged 3 goals in Switzerland's two games in the tournament, scoring two in their 3-2 win over the Netherlands in the First Round, and one in their 3-2 quarter-final loss to Czechoslovakia. Abegglen and Jäggi both scored a goal each for Switzerland; the nation's other two goals in the tournament. Horvath was Austrian, and was their top scorer, with two goals.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Oldrich Nejedly with 5

Oldrich Nejedly bagged a semi-final hat-trick against Germany. One in the quarterfinal 3-2 success over Switzerland in Turin, and one in the First Round 2-1 win over Romania in Trieste. German Edmund Conen scored 4 (his hat-trick against Belgium in the First Round in Florence, and 1 in the third-place match against Austria in Rome). Italian Angelo Schiavio also scored 4 gaols (his First Round hat-trick against USA, and the goal that won the FIFA World Cup for Italy that year against Czechoslovakia in extra-time). Mustafa Mansour was Egypt's goalkeeper that let in four goals against Hungary to see Egypt exit the World Cup after just 1 game.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: Dr. Georges Sarosi (Hungary)

In a unique similarity, Conen (just like Schiavio) scored a hat-trick in the first round match (against the Belgians), and then scored another goal in the match for third place (Germany's last match of the 1934 World Cup). Nejedly (Czechoslovakia), scored in all the rounds of the World Cup except the Final.

From Quiz Italy: World Cup 1934

Answer: Benito Mussolini

Czechoslovakia defeated Switzerland 3:2 in Stadio Benito Mussolini (named after Italy's fascist ruler) in Turin on 31st May 1934.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: 3

Austria v France in the First Round ended 1-1 at 90 minutes, and a thrilling half hour of extra time produced an eventual score of 3-2 for the Austrians. the quarter-final match Italy v Spain ended 1-1 at full-time and after extra time, so the game was replayed, and Italy won that game 1-0. The Final also went to extra time, after a 1-1 score, and Italy's Angelo Schiavio bagged a 95th minute winner to seal it for the hosts.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: 1

Holland only lasted one match as they were eliminated in the First Round in Milan by Switzerland 3-2. Kick Smit was quite a profilic scorer for Holland as he scored 26 goals in 29 appearances for the national team. Smit scored one of Holland's goals in that game.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: De Brito

The goals were scored by Iraragorri (Penalty) and Langara (2) for Spain, while Silva scored the lone goal for the Brazilians. All the goals came in the first half itself.

From Quiz Italy: World Cup 1934

Answer: 1-0

Czechoslovakia beat Germany to play the final against hosts Italy.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Egypt

Egypt qualified out of a group against Palestine, but were knocked out in the First Round 4-2 by Hungary. They would not qualify for another FIFA World Cup Finals until 1990, when the tournament was once again hosted by Italy. Cameroon didn't qualify for a finals tournament until 1982, while Nigeria had to wait until 1994, and Ghana got their first qualification in 2006.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Ricardo Zamora

Spain may not have made it past the quarterfinals, but Ricado Zamora only let in 2 goals (although they only actually played 2 games) and performed magnificently. Giampiero Combi was Italy's goalkeeper, Renatio Bizzozero was in the Swiss squad as a goalkeeper, and Frantisek Planicka was Czechoslovakia's inspirational keeper and captain.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: 2

Déjà vu... The referee Mercet was later suspended by his own association for his inept ability. Italy won the match by the solitary goal (It was 1-1 in the first match).

From Quiz Italy: World Cup 1934

Answer: 1-0

Italy beat Austria 1-0 in the semi-final played in Milan's San Siro stadium.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: 8

The stadiums were in: Turin, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Rome and Trieste. This was a huge increase from the 1930 tournament, where only 3 stadiums were used, all of them in Uruguay's capital Montevideo.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Josef Silny

Josef Silny was playing for AC Nimes. He played in one match in the tournament in the First Round against Romania. Frantisek Planicka was their captain and goalkeeper and played the whole tournament. Oldrich Nejedly obviously was their prolific striker. Antonin Puc scored two goals in the tournament, 1 against Romania in the First Round, and what looked to be the winning goal for Czechoslovakia in the final before Raimundo Orsi equalised and then Angelo Schiavio won the game for Italy.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: Eklind

Eklind was from Sweden. Langenus was the referee of the 1930 World Cup. Langenus was quite critical of the 1934 World Cup; he called it the 'greatest Sporting Fiasco ever', in respect to the Italian 'tactics'.

From Quiz Italy: World Cup 1934

Answer: Germany & G

Germany defeated Austria 3-2 in Naples on 7th June 1934 to clinch third place at the World Cup.

From Quiz 1934 FIFA World Cup

Answer: Swedish

There was some speculation as to whether Ivan Eklind's impartiality was swayed by Benito Mussolini in the favour of Italy.

From Quiz Tales of World Cup: 1934

Answer: Orsi

Another similarity was the almost identical nature of Orsi's goal in the final and Noack's goal in the semi-final (both against the Czech's goalkeeper Planicka). It is said Orsi spent the next day (after the World Cup final), trying to hit a similar goal on an empty goal post. None of them went in. Anyway, he scored when it mattered the most, and soon the match was into extra time, where Schiavio's goal won the Cup for the Italians

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