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Background |
18 UEFA national teams entered qualification, and seven teams will
qualify for the 1950 World Cup.
A record 34 teams entered, and 25 took part.
The preliminary
draw was conducted in Genève on 15 January 1949. It was decided that
the British Championship of 1949-50 would double as the World Cup
qualifying group for the four home countries. |
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Group 1 |
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Team |
P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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GD
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Pts
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England |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
+11 |
6 |
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Scotland |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
3 |
+7 |
4 |
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Wales |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
-5 |
1 |
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Ireland |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
-13 |
1 |
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Matches |
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1 October 1949 |
Ireland 2 Scotland 8
[0-5]
Windsor
Park, Belfast (56,000) |
Smyth (2)
Morris
(3), Waddell (pen), Steel, Reilly, Mason |
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15 October 1949 |
Wales 1 England 4 [0-3]
Ninian Park, Cardiff
(61,079) |
Griffiths
Mortensen, Milburn (3) |
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9 November 1949 |
Scotland 2 Wales 0
[1-0]
Hampden
Park, Glasgow
(72,381) |
McPhail, Linwood |
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16 November 1949 |
England 9 Ireland 2
[4-0]
Maine Road, Manchester (69,742) |
Rowley (4), Froggatt,
Pearson (2), Mortensen (2)
Smyth, Brennan |
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8 March 1950 |
Wales
0 Ireland 0 [0-0]
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham (30,000) |
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15 April 1950 |
Scotland 0 England 1 [0-0]
Hampden
Park, Glasgow
(133,250) |
Bentley |
ENGLAND QUALIFIED
Scotland also qualified
as runners-up, but refused to go |
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Notes |
It was a
significant moment in the history of Irish football as it was the last
time that the (Northern) Irish Football Association entered a team
featuring players born in both Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Scottish FA insisted that they would only enter the World Cup
Finals if they won their group/ Home Championship outright and even
though they finished second, the Scottish FA declined the opportunity
to travel to the World Cup finals. FIFA subsequently offered their
place to France, the runners-up of Group 3 and the southern version of
Ireland (FAI), the runners-up of Group 5. Both teams also
declined the invitation.
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