1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

Fussball-Weltmeisterschaft Schweiz 1954 (German) Championnat du Monde de Football Suisse 1954 (French) Campionato mondiale di calcio Svizzera 1954 (Italian) Campiunadis mundials da ballape Svizra 1954 (Romansh)
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	16 June – 4 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	West Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	Austria
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	140 (5.38 per match)
Attendance	768,607 (29,562 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sándor Kocsis (11 goals)
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The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was selected as the host country in July 1946.^[1] At the tournament, several all-time records for goal-scoring were set, including the highest average number of goals scored per game. The tournament was won by West Germany, who defeated tournament favourites Hungary 3–2 in the final for their first World Cup title. Uruguay the defending champions were eliminated by Hungary and would lose to Austria in the third-place match.

The highest scoring match of a World cup happened in the Quarterfinals of this tournament, when Austria defeated hosts Switzerland 7-5. The 12 goals of that match has never been surpassed in a World Cup since.