1934 FIFA World Cup final

Italy are champions
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
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The 1934 FIFA World Cup final was the second edition of the football quadrennial tournament match contested by the men's national teams of FIFA to determine the 1934 FIFA World Cup champions: Italy and Czechoslovakia. It took place on 10 June 1934 at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome, Italy.

After going a goal down, Italy came back to win the match 2–1 despite temperatures approaching 40 °C (104 °F).^[1]

The last surviving player from that final was Czechoslovakia goalkeeper František Plánička who died on 20 July 1996 at the age of 92.^[2]

Background

Uruguay boycotted the 1934 edition due to the lack of European teams in the previous tournament and Argentina was eliminated in the first round of the tournament by Sweden,^[3] assured that a previous team would not be defending their title.

This was the debut for each team in the FIFA World Cup.^[4] This was the eleventh contest between the two teams, their immediate previous match being at the 1933–35 Central European International Cup held in Florence, Italy; Italy prevailed 2–0. This leveled the head-to-head in the World Cup match to three all with four draws.^[5]

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

Summary

Czechoslovakia took the lead with 19 minutes remaining through Antonín Puč. They held the lead for only 10 minutes as Italy drew level through striker Raimundo Orsi. Without any additional goals in regulation, the match was forced to go into the inaugural instance of a World Cup final extra time. Five minutes after the start of extra time, Italy took the lead with a goal from Angelo Schiavio; they held on for the victory.

Details

10 June 1934

15:30 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