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FIFA WORLD CUP
FRANCE 1938
Qualification





Qualified teams



  Team Qualified to
Austria 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 8 winners
Belgium 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 9 runners-up
Brazil 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 10 winners
Cuba 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 11 winners
Czechoslovakia 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 7 winners
Dutch East Indies 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 12 winners
Germany 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 1 winners
Hungary 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 6 winners
Netherlands 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 9 winners
Norway 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 2 winners
Poland 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 3 winners
Romania 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 4 winners
Sweden 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 1 runners-up
Switzerland 1938 FIFA World Cup - Group 5 winners
     
France 1938 FIFA World Cup - HOSTS
Italy 1938 FIFA World Cup - CHAMPIONS


Group 1



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Germany 6 3 3 0 0 11 1    
2 Sweden 4 3 2 0 1 11 7    
3 Estonia 2 3 1 0 2 4 11
4 Finland 0 3 0 0 3 0 7
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16/06/1937     Stockholm (SWE) Sweden - Finland 4-0  
20/06/1937     Stockholm (SWE) Sweden - Estonia 7-2  
29/06/1937     Helsinki (FIN) Finland - Germany 0-2  
19/08/1937     Turku (FIN) Finland - Estonia 0-1  
29/08/1937     Kaliningrad (RUS) Germany - Estonia 4-1 Qual. Germany
21/11/1937     Hamburg (GER) Germany - Sweden 5-0 Qual. Sweden


 


Group 2



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Norway 3 2 1 1 0 6 5    
2 Irish Free State 1 2 0 1 1 5 6
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10/10/1937     Oslo (NOR) Norway - Irish Free State 3-2  
07/11/1937     Dublin (IRL) Irish Free State - Norway 3-3 Qual. Norway


 


Group 3


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Poland 2 2 1 0 1 4 1    
2 Yugoslavia 2 2 1 0 1 1 4
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10/10/1937     Warszawa (POL) Poland - Yugoslavia 4-0  
03/04/1938     Beograd (YUG) Yugoslavia - Poland 1-0 Qual. Poland


 


Group 4



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
2 Egypt * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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* Egypt were excluded by FIFA after refusing to play Romania during Ramadan, but organizing a friendly match in the same month


 


Group 5



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Switzerland 2 1 1 0 0 2 1    
2 Portugal 0 1 0 0 1 1 2
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01/05/1938     Milano (ITA) Switzerland - Portugal 2-1 Qual. Switzerland


 


Group 6


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Hungary 2 1 1 0 0 11 1    
2 Greece 4 3 2 0 1 5 12 2nd round
3 British Mandate of Palestine 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 1st round
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1st round            
22/01/1938     Tel Aviv (ISR) British Mandate of Palestine - Greece 1-3  
20/02/1938 Athénai (GRE) Greece - British Mandate of Palestine 1-0 Qual. Greece
Final round            
25/03/1938 Budapest (HUN) Hungary - Greece 11-1 Qual. Hungary


 


Group 7


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Czechoslovakia 3 2 1 1 0 7 1    
2 Bulgaria 1 2 0 1 1 1 7
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07/11/1937     Sofia (BUL) Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia 1-1  
24/04/1938 Praha (TCH) Czechoslovakia - Bulgaria 6-0 Qual. Czechoslovakia


 


Group 8


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Austria 2 1 1 0 0 2 1    
2 Latvia 4 3 2 0 1 10 5 2nd round
3 Lithuania 0 2 0 0 2 3 9 1st round
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1st round            
29/07/1937     Rīga (LVA) Latvia - Lithuania 4-2  
03/09/1937 Kaunas (LTU) Lithuania - Latvia 1-5 Qual. Latvia
Final round            
05/10/1937 Wien (AUT) Austria - Latvia 2-1 Qual. Austria


 


Group 9


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Netherlands 3 2 1 1 0 5 1    
2 Belgium 3 2 1 1 0 4 3    
3 Luxembourg 0 2 0 0 2 2 7
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28/11/1937     Rotterdam (NED) Netherlands - Luxembourg 4-0  
13/03/1938 Luxembourg (LUX) Luxembourg - Belgium 2-3 Qual. Belgium
03/04/1938 Antwerpen (BEL) Belgium - Netherlands 1-1 Qual. Netherlands


 


Group 10



Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
2 Argentina * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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* Argentina withdrew

 


Group 11


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
Colombia * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Costa Rica * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dutch Guyana * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
El Salvador * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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* Colombia, Costa Rica, Dutch Guyana, El Salvador, Mexico and United States withdrew


 


Group 12


Pos Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA    
1 Dutch East Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    
2 Japan * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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* Japan withdrew