The first round results were:
Pool A
Brazil 4 Mexico 0
Yugoslavia 3 Switzerland 0
Brazil 2 Switzerland 2
Yugoslavia 4 Mexico 1
Brazil 2 Yugoslavia 0
Switzerland 2 Mexico 1
Pool B
England 2 Chile 0
Spain 3 United States 1
England 0 United States 1
Spain 2 Chile 0
England 0 Spain 1
Chile 5 United States 2
Pool C
Sweden 3 Italy 2
Sweden 2 Paraguay 2
Italy 2 Paraguay 0
Pool D
Uruguay 8 Bolivia 0
| Pool A |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Brazil |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
5 |
| Yugoslavia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
| Switzerland |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
| Mexico |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
| Pool B |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Spain |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
| England |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Chile |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
| United States |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
| Pool C |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Sweden |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
| Italy |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| Paraguay |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
| Pool C |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Uruguay |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
| Bolivia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Final round:
Uruguay 2 Spain 2
Brazil 7 Sweden 1
Uruguay 3 Sweden 2
Brazil 6 Spain 1
Sweden 3 Spain 1
Uruguay 2 Brazil 1 (wrongly identified as the final).
World Cup Final
Rio de Janeiro, 17 July 1950.
Attendance: 199, 854
Uruguay: Maspoli, Gonzales, Tejera, Gambetta, Varela,
Andrade, Ghiggia, Perez,
Miguez, Schiaffino and Moran.
Scorers: Schiaffino and Ghiggia.
Brazil: Barbosa, Augusto, Juvenal, Bauer, Danilo,
Bigode, Friaca, Zizinho,
Ademir, Jair and Chico.
Scorer: Friaca
Referee: George Reader (England).
NOTES
Leading goalscorers:
Ademir Marques de Menezes (Brazil) 7
Basora (Spain) 5
Schiaffino (Uruguay) 5
Chico (Brazil) 4
Zarra (Spain) 4
Miguez (Uruguay) 4
Ghiggia (Uruguay) 4
Total goals scored 88
Number of matches 22
An average of 4.00 goals per game
