World Cup History [1] Test | Soccer

Answer: host: Uruguay, winner: Uruguay

Yes, Uruguay hosted and won the World Cup. But why in South America was the tournament hosted so far away from Europe? The reason was that Uruguay were the reigning Olympic champions, which made them the 'unofficial' World Champions at the time. 1930 was also a special year for Uruguay, that year being the 100th year of independence, so having the first tournament there was only fair.

It was so far away from Europe that only 13 teams entered.

Answer: Italy

Again the host country won the competition. 36 teams entered this time, an improvement from the 1930 World Cup. The runners-up were Czechoslovakia, third place Germany, and fourth place Austria.

Answer: No

The host country (France) did not win the trophy. The winners were in fact Italy, for the 2nd year running. Hungary missed out and came 2nd, and the not so mighty (at the time) Brazil came 3rd.

Answer: Uruguay

Uruguay 1st, Brazil 2nd, Sweden 3rd, and Spain 4th.

Answer: No

The whole competition was played on a league basis. The four winners of the 1st round groups went into another league, with the top team making the title. It was pure coincidence that the final game was between Uruguay and Brazil, and this was the deciding game.

Answer: host: Switzerland, winner: West Germany

West Germany won this championship, and Hungary once again came so close, but only managed a runner-up spot. Austria came 3rd and Uruguay came 4th. Scotland qualified for the fist time, and ended up losing their only 2 games 1-0 to Austria, and 7-0 to Uruguay.

Answer: Brazil

This was the 1st time that Brazil had ever won the trophy, and were the first team to win the Cup on a different continent to their own. They played 16 games and won all but one. They drew 0-0 with England in the 1st round, but England didn't beat anybody else so they went out. This World Cup also introduced the 17 year old Pele.

Answer: Yes

England did better than normal in this World Cup, and went out 3-1 in the Quarter finals to the eventual winners.

Answer: England

It started off bad for England, in the very 1st game they had a terrible 0-0 draw against Uruguay. They won their next 2 group matches, 2-0 against Mexico and France. In the Quarters they beat Argentina 1-0, and in the semi-final they won 2-1 against Portugal.

Answer: 4-2, yes

England were 2-1 up with seconds to go, but then West Germany equalized to take it into extra-time. Geoff Hurst then hit the bar, but the linesman insisted when the ball bounced, it went over the line. Then in the last seconds, Hurst blasted it into the net completing his hat-trick.