1934 FIFA World Cup Final facts for kids

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1934 FIFA World Cup Final
Event	1934 FIFA World Cup
	After extra time
Date	10 June 1934
Venue	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome
Referee	Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Attendance	55,000
	← 1930 1938 →

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	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
	Orsi 81' Schiavio 95'	Report	Puč 71'

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.