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1914 FIFA World Cup
Tournament details
Host country England
Dates April 5-25
Teams 16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 6 (in London, Manchester, Brighton, Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Nottingham host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Denmark Denmark (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of England England
Third place Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
Fourth place Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 95 (2.97 per match)
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy 1910
Flag of the Netherlands 1922

The 1914 FIFA World Cup was the 3rd FIFA World Cup and it would be the last before WW1 would break out.

Background[]

After the failure of the 1910 FIFA World Cup, FIFA elected to go back to the group stage format that had been successful in the 1906 edition. The hosting duties would then go to England who was the founding nation of modern football. The competition would have 16 teams competing in the World Cup for the first time which they would be split into four groups of four, with the top two going through to the knockout stage.

Qualification[]

For the first time in history, qualification had to be used to determent who would qualify through to the World Cup as the 20 teams that joined FIFA tried to qualify through to the World Cup. The top 12 teams automatically went through to the World Cup while the bottom four teams had to enter playoffs for the renaming four spots. The four teams to qualify were Scotland, Norway, Chile and Italy. For Chile and Italy, this would be the debut World Cup tournament for those teams.

Playoffs[]

5 December 1913
Scotland Flag of Scotland 1-0 Flag of Wales 2 Wales
Mercer Goal 68'
Wrexham


2 December 1913
Norway Flag of Norway 2-2 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Aas Goal 49'60' Öhman Goal 17'
Wiberg Goal 33'
Oslo


9 December 1913
Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg 0-1 Flag of Norway Norway
Andersen Goal 66'
Helsinki


7 December 1913
Russia File:Flag of Russia (1696-1917).svg 1-2 Flag of Chile Chile
Vorontsov Goal 23' Salazar Goal 39'56'
Moscow


8 December 1913
Italy Flag of Italy (1861-1946) 7-0 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg
Berardo Goal 5'23'77'
Rampini Goal 44'61'
Milano Goal 12'
De Vecchi Goal 39'
Turin

Group Stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
Flag of England England 3 3 0 0 9 2 4.5 6
Flag of Switzerland  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 4
Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 1 0 2 6 6 1 2
Flag of Chile Chile 3 0 0 3 0 9 0 0
5 April 1914
England Flag of England 4-2 Flag of Sweden Sweden
Fleming Goal 12', Goal 34', Goal 78'
Latheron Goal 45'
Carlsson Goal 59'
Bergström Goal 89'



5 April 1914
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland 2-0 Flag of Chile Chile
Collet Goal 38'
Wyss Goal 75'



9 April 1914
Chile Flag of Chile 0-4 Flag of England England
Holley Goal 25', Goal 84'
Latherton Goal 44', Goal 75'



9 April 1914
Sweden Flag of Sweden 1-2 Flag of Switzerland  Switzerland
Börjesson Goal 25' Wyss Goal 4'
Weiss Goal 56'


Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 4
Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium 3 1 2 0 4 3 1.33 4
Flag of Scotland Scotland 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 3
File:Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg Hungary 3 0 1 2 0 3 0 1

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 3 3 0 0 11 1 11 6
Flag of Norway Norway 3 2 0 1 6 6 1 4
File:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany 3 1 0 2 1 7 0.14 2
Flag of Austria Austria 3 0 0 3 2 6 0.33 0

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 5
Flag of France France 3 2 0 1 5 4 1.25 4
Flag of Argentina Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 2 1.5 3
St Patrick's saltire Ireland 3 0 0 3 2 8 0.25 0

Knockout Stage[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
April 18 - London        
 Flag of England England  2
April 21 - Birmingham
 Flag of France France  1  
 Flag of England England  2
April 19 - Manchester
   Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium  0  
 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands  0
April 25 - London
 Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium  1 (aet)  
 Flag of England England  2
April 18 - Birmingham
   Flag of Denmark Denmark  4 (aet)
 Flag of Denmark Denmark  4
April 22 - Manchester
 Flag of Norway Norway  3  
 Flag of Denmark Denmark  3 Third place
April 19 - Middlesbrough
   Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Italy  2  
 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Italy  2  Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium  0
 Flag of Switzerland  Switzerland  1    Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Italy  1
April 24 - Middlesbrough


Quarter Finals[]

Semi Finals[]

Third Place Playoff[]

Final[]

Tournament team rankings[]

R Team G P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Flag of Denmark Denmark B 6 3 3 0 15 9 +6 9
2 Flag of England England A 6 5 1 0 15 7 +8 11
3 Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Italy D 6 4 1 1 11 6 +5 9
4 Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium B 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 5
Eliminated in the quarter finals
5 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands C 4 3 1 0 11 2 +9 6
6 Flag of Switzerland  Switzerland A 4 2 0 2 5 4 +1 4
7 Flag of France France D 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 4
8 Flag of Norway Norway C 4 2 0 2 9 10 −1 4
Eliminated in the group stage
9 Flag of Argentina Argentina C 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 3
10 Flag of Scotland Scotland B 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
11 Flag of Sweden Sweden A 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 2
12 File:Flag of the German Empire.svg Germany C 3 1 0 2 1 7 −6 2
13 File:Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg Hungary B 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
14 Flag of Austria Austria C 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
15 St Patrick's saltire Ireland D 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
16 Flag of Chile Chile A 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0

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