The 1954 FIFA Football World Championship was hosted by Switzerland. Olympic Champions Hungary, who had dominated the international scene in the  years running up to the tournament, were clear favourites to win the title, and seemed on their way to doing just that despite star-player Ferenc Puskas picking up an injury early on in the tournament. But in a final remembered by Germans as 'the Miracle of Bern', the Hungarians lost to a German team they had defeated 8-3 earlier in the tournament.

Final Hungary 2-3 West Germany 3rd place play-off Uruguay 1-3 Austria Semi-finals
Hungary	4-2	Uruguay	W Germany	6-1	Austria
(a.e.t.)
Quater-finals
Brazil	2-4	Hungary	Yugoslavia	0-2	W Germany
Uruguay	4-2	England	Austria	7-5	Switzerland
Play-offs [1] Switzerland 4-1 Italy West Germany 7-2 Turkey First Round
Pool 1			Pool 2
Brazil 2 1 1 0 6-1 3 Yugoslavia 2 1 1 0 2-1 3 France 2 1 0 1 3-3 2 Mexico 2 0 0 2 2-8 0			Hungary 2 2 0 0 17-3 4 West Germany 2 1 0 1 7-9 2 Turkey 2 1 0 1 8-4 2 South Korea 2 0 0 2 0-16 0
France Brazil Yugoslavia Brazil	3-2 1-1 1-0 5-0	Mexico Yugoslavia France Mexico	Turkey Hungary Hungary W Germany	7-0 8-3 9-0 4-1	South Korea W Germany South Korea Turkey
Pool 3			Pool 4
Uruguay 2 2 0 0 9-0 4 Austria 2 2 0 0 6-0 4 Czechoslow. 2 0 0 2 0-7 0 Scotland 2 0 0 2 0-8 0			England 2 1 1 0 6-4 3 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 2-3 2 Italy 2 1 0 1 5-3 2 Belgium 2 0 1 1 5-8 1
Austria Uruguay Austria Uruguay	5-0 7-0 1-0 2-0	Czechoslow. Scotland Scotland Czechoslow.	England Italy England Switzerland	2-0 4-1 4-4 2-1	Switzerland Belgium Belgium Italy
1950 • FIFA World Cup • 1958

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#01:	With West Germany and Turkey in Group 2 and Switzerland and Italy in Group 4 ending level on points, play-off matches were held to decide who would progress to the quarterfinals.