The final team of the 1954 Fifactian Cup in Switzerland was the host Switzerland, the defending champion Uruguay, South Korea, Hungary, Belgium, Scotland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, France, Italy, Turkey, the Federal Republic of Germany, Yugoslavia, England, Brazil and Mexico.
Due to the strange format of the last World Cup without a knockout round, the format of this World Cup has been adjusted again. The 16 teams were still divided into 4 groups, with the top two teams qualifying for a knockout round until the final winner was decided. At first glance, it looks similar to the current format, but this World Cup also has its own peculiarities, that is, each group has two seeded teams, and there is no competition between the two seeded teams in the group stage, and there is no competition between the other two teams. So the group stage seems to have only two rounds, why does it seem that there are only two rounds? Because this tournament does not eliminate regular-time draws, if the teams draw within ninety minutes of the group stage, they need to play extra time. If there is a situation of the same point in the group stage, one more extra game is required.
Although the format is also quite strange, it does not affect that this is a wonderful World Cup. The tournament was contested from 16 June to 4 July 1954. The tournament opened with Yugoslavia in the first group against France, one of the seeded teams in this group. But they lost 0-1 to Yugoslavia, and the goal was Milos Milutinovic, who is not very familiar, he is the brother of former Chinese national team coach Bola Milutinovic and the top scorer of the first Champions League.
Milos Milutinovic
Brazil, another seeded team in the group, beat Mexico 5-0, with Brazilian star Didi scoring his first World Cup goal. In the second round of the group stage, the two teams that won in the first round met, and as a result, with Yugoslavia leading by one goal, Didi scored the equaliser, and the two teams had to enter extra time after a 90-minute draw, but both teams failed to achieve in overtime, each taking one point, which made France's 3-2 win over Mexico meaningless, and Brazil joined Yugoslavia to advance.
Didi
The two teams that have participated in the World Cup for the first time, South Korea and Turkey, are in the second group, and they are undoubtedly unfortunate, not that this group has the Federal Republic of Germany, but Hungary. How terrifying is this Hungarian race? Beginning in May 1950, Hungary remained unbeaten in 31 matches in all competitions, and in 1953, england was 6:3 at home, breaking the myth of England's (1863-1953) ninety years of unbeaten home games against teams outside England. Puskas and Kochis are both fearsome superstars.
Such a team who touched them who was unlucky, the South Koreans became the first unlucky egg, they lost 0:9 to their opponents, Puskas scored twice, and Kochis scored a hat-trick. In the other match, the Federal Republic of Germany beat the seeded team Turkey 4-1.
Puskas
Cochis
In the second round of the group stage, the Federal Republic of Germany will encounter Hungary, knowing that Hungary is superior, the Federal Republic of Germany chose to give up the strategy, and finally they lost to Hungary 8:3, Kochis scored four goals again, Puskas scored a goal, and midfielder Nandor Hidegutti also scored twice, scoring 17 in two games, this terrible offensive ability is beyond expectation. The South Korean lost 0:7 to Turkey and swallowed 16 goals in the group stage. The federal republic of Germany and Turkey, which scored the same point, launched a play-off match, and as a result, the federal republic of Germany, which had been rested in the previous round, was full of firepower and swept Turkey 7:2 to advance.
Nandor Hidegutti
The third group match was uneventful, with two seeded teams Uruguay and Austria having a clear advantage, uruguay beating Czechoslovakia 2-0 and Scotland 7-0. Austria beat Scotland 1-0 and Czechoslovakia 5-0 to advance with Uruguay.
In the fourth group, host Switzerland beat Italy 2:1 in the first round, England drew 3:3 with Belgium, and tied 1:1 in extra time, and finally took one point each 4:4. In the second round, England 2:0 Switzerland, successfully qualified for the first place in the group, Italy defeated Belgium 4:1, and Switzerland scored the same points, and the two sides had to play play-offs. As a result, host Switzerland beat Italy 4-1 to qualify.
At this point, the group stage of this World Cup is all over, and the scoring drama staged in turns makes people look forward to the upcoming knockout rounds.