The heat battle of Lausanne (Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne) | |||||||
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Date | 26 June 1954 | ||||||
Venue | La Pontaise, Lausanne | ||||||
Referee | Charlie Faultless (Scotland) | ||||||
Attendance | 35,000 | ||||||
Weather | 40°C (104°F) |
On 26 June 1954, in a quarter-final match of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, Austria beat Switzerland 7–5 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 12 goals scored in the match set a World Cup record, unequalled to date, for the highest scoring match ever. The match is known by its German name, Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne (roughly translated to "The heat battle of Lausanne"), due to the high temperature that it was played under, 40 °C (104 °F).
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