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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: France
Dates: 4-June-1938 to 19-June-1938
Teams: 16
Tournament stats

Stages:
Round 1: 16 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • Austria had officially qualified for the tournament but because of the Anschluss in April 1938, (Germany annexed Austria), could not attend.

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 Italy 2051 11 5 +6 UEFA
    2 Hungary 1921 15 5 +10 UEFA
    3 Brazil 1908 14 11 +3 CONMEBOL
    4 Sweden 1652 11 9 +2 UEFA
    5 Cuba 1546 5 12 -7 CONCACAF
    5 Czechoslovakia 1802 5 3 +2 UEFA
    5 France 1624 4 4 0 UEFA
    5 Switzerland 1668 5 5 0 UEFA
    9 Austria 1000 0 0 0 UEFA
    9 Belgium 1565 1 3 -2 UEFA
    9 Dutch East Indies 1467 0 6 -6 AFC
    9 Germany 1836 3 5 -2 UEFA
    9 Netherlands 1709 0 3 -3 UEFA
    9 Norway 1730 1 2 -1 UEFA
    9 Poland 1633 5 6 -1 UEFA
    9 Romania 1559 4 5 -1 UEFA
    Top goal scorers:

    • 7 goals Leônidas
    • 5 goals Béla Sárosi
    • 5 goals Gyula Zsengellér
    • 5 goals Silvio Piola
    • 4 goals Ernst Wilimowski
    • 4 goals Gino Colaussi
    • 3 goals André Abegglen
    • 3 goals Arne Nyberg
    • 3 goals Gustav Wetterström
    • 3 goals Harry Andersson
    • 3 goals Héctor Socorro
    • 3 goals Perácio
    • 3 goals Romeu
    • 2 goals Jean Nicolas
    • 2 goals Oldrich Nejedlý
    • 2 goals Pál Titkos
    • 2 goals Stefan Dobay
    • 1 goal Alfred Bickel
    • 1 goal Arne Brustad
    • 1 goal Émile Veinante
    • 1 goal Eugen Walaschek
    • 1 goal Fryderyk Scherfke
    • 1 goal Géza Toldi
    • 1 goal Giuseppe Meazza
    • 1 goal Henri Isemborghs
    • 1 goal Iuliu Baratky
    • 1 goal José Magriñá
    • 1 goal Josef Gauchel
    • 1 goal Josef Koštálek
    • 1 goal Josef Zeman
    • 1 goal Oscar Heisserer
    • 1 goal Pietro Ferraris
    • 1 goal Roberto
    • 1 goal Silviu Bindea
    • 1 goal Sven Jonasson
    • 1 goal Tomás Fernández
    • 1 goal Tore Keller
    • 1 goal Vilmos Kohut
    • 1 goal Vlastimil Kopecký
    • 1 goal Wilhelm Hahnemann


    Own goal scorers:

    • 1 goal Ernst Lörtscher
    • 1 goal Sven Jacobsson