1934 FIFA World Cup final

1934 FIFA World Cup final

Event	1934 FIFA World Cup
Italy Czechoslovakia 2 1
After extra time
Date	10 June 1934
Venue	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome
Referee	Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Attendance	55,000

The 1934 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. It was played between Italy and Czechoslovakia. It was played on 10 June 1934 at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome, Italy.

The last surviving player from that final was Czechoslovak goalkeeper František Plánička who died on 20 July 1996 at the age of 92.

Route to the final

Italy		Round	Czechoslovakia
Opponent	Result	Final tournament	Opponent	Result
United States	7–1	Preliminary round	Romania	2–1
Spain	1–1 (1–0)	Quarter-finals	Switzerland	3–2
Austria	1–0	Semifinals	Germany	3–1

Match

Details

10 June 1934

17:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

Italy	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Czechoslovakia
Orsi  81' Schiavio  95'	Report	Puč  71'

Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

Italy

Czechoslovakia

GK Gianpiero Combi (c) RB Eraldo Monzeglio LB Luigi Allemandi RH Attilio Ferraris CH Luis Monti LH Luigi Bertolini OR Enrique Guaita IR Giuseppe Meazza IL Giovanni Ferrari OL Raimundo Orsi CF Angelo Schiavio Manager: Vittorio Pozzo

GK František Plánička (c) RB Josef Čtyřoký LB Ladislav Ženíšek RH Rudolf Krčil CH Štefan Čambal LH Josef Košťálek OR Antonín Puč IR Oldřich Nejedlý IL František Svoboda OL František Junek CF Jiří Sobotka Manager: Karel Petrů

Assistant referees: Louis Baert (Belgium) Mihály Ivanicsics (Hungary)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. No substitutions permitted.

Other websites

• 1934 FIFA World Cup Final at Planet World Cup