England's World Cup Record

Switzerland 1954

Qualifying

England were drawn in Qualifying Group 3 along with Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
(The 1953/54 Home Championship matches doubled as World Cup Qualifiers).
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the Finals.

Qualifying Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Result
03 Oct 1953	Belfast	N. Ireland v Scotland	1-3
10 Oct 1953	Cardiff	Wales v England	1-4
04 Nov 1953	Glasgow	Scotland v Wales	2-2
11 Nov 1953	Liverpool	England v N. Ireland	3-1
31 Mar 1954	Wrexham	Wales v N. Ireland	1-2
03 Apr 1954	Glasgow	Scotland v England	2-4

Standings

Group 3	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	11	4	6
Scotland	3	1	1	1	7	7	3
Northern Ireland	3	1	0	2	4	7	2
Wales	3	0	1	2	4	9	1

England won the group and qualfied for the final tournament.

Final Tournament

England were drawn in Group 4, along with Belgium, Italy and Switzerland.
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the Quarter Finals.

First Round Matches - Group 4

Date	Venue	Match	Result	Att	Referee
17 Jun 1954	Basel	England v Belgium	4-4	29,000	Schmetzer (GER)
17 Jun 1954	Lausanne	Italy v Switzerland	1-2	40,500	Vianna (BRA)
20 Jun 1954	Berne	England v Switzerland	2-0	43,500	Zsolt (HUN)
20 Jun 1954	Lugano	Italy v Belgium	4-1	24,000	Steiner (AUT)

Standings

Group 4	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
England	2	1	1	0	6	4	3
Italy	2	1	0	1	5	3	2
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	2	3	2
Belgium	2	0	1	1	5	8	1

England won the group and advanced to the Quarter Finals.
Italy and Switzerland finished with the same points, a play-off was needed to decide second place.

Play Off Match

Played on a knock-out basis, the match winner advanced from the group.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

23 Jun 1954 Basel Switzerland v Italy 4-1 29,000 Griffiths (WAL)

Quarter Finals

Played on a knock-out basis, the match winner advanced the Semi Finals.

Date Venue Match Result Att Referee

26 Jun 1954 Lausanne Austria v Switzerland 7-5 37,000 Faultless (SCO)

26 Jun 1954 Basel Urugay v England 4-2 28,000 Steiner (AUT)

27 Jun 1954 Geneva W. Germany v Yugoslavia 2-0 19,000 Zsolt (HUN)

27 Jun 1954 Berne Hungary v Brazil 4-2 63,200 Ellis (ENG)

England were eliminated from the competition.