Reliving the Biggest Stage in Football: The First Six World Cups

The series Reliving The Biggest Stage of Football comes to a little break before summarizing the later World Cups.

So what did we learn from the first six World Cups?

To read about my full summary of the first six World Cups, click the following links:

World Cup 1930 Uruguay

World Cup 1934 Italy

World Cup 1938 France

World Cup 1950 Brazil

World Cup 1954 Switzerland

World Cup 1958 Sweden

Here are the stats from the first six World Cups:

The Winners:

Uruguay (1930 & 1950), Italy (1934 & 1938), West Germany (1954), Brazil (1958).

Goals:

578 goals scored from the first six tournaments from 126 matches. Twenty-three hat-tricks scored in the process.

The Top Scorers:

Guillermo Stábile of Argentina in 1930 (8 goals), Oldřich Nejedlý of Czechoslovakia in 1934 (5 goals), Leônidas da Silva of Brazil in 1938 (7 goals), Ademir of Brazil in 1950 (8 goals), Sándor Kocsis of Hungary in 1954 (11 goals), Just Fontaine of France in 1958 (13 goals)

Biggest Win:

Hungary 9-0 over Korea Republic in the group stage of  the 1954 World Cup.

Highest Number of Goals Scored in A Match:

Eleven goals, when Hungary defeated West Germany in the group stage of the 1954 World Cup.

Appearances:

6-Brazil; 5-France; 4-Mexico, Yugoslavia, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Germany (2 as West Germany) Sweden; 3-Argentina, Uruguay, Romania, USA, Paraguay, Austria, England, Scotland; 2-Chile, Bolivia, Spain, Netherlands; 1-Peru, Egypt, Norway, Poland, Dutch East Indies, Cuba, Turkey, Korea Republic, Northern Ireland, Wales, USSR.

The Greats (Personal Choice):

Pedro Cea (Uruguay), Guillermo Stábile (Argentina), Angelo Schiavio (Italy), Giuseppe Meazza (Italy), Edmund Conen (Germany), Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia), Leônidas da Silva (Brazil), Ademir (Brazil), Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay), Raymond Kopa (France), Didi (Brazil), Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Max Morlock (West Germany), Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Ferenc Puskás (Hungary), Zoltán Czibor (Hungary), Vavá (Brazil), Pelé (Brazil), Just Fontaine (France).

That basically summed up the first six World Cups. Be sure to follow the next twelve World Cups on Reliving The Biggest Stage of Football and find out more about the likes of Gerd Müller, Sir Bobby Moore, Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Eusébio, Mario Kempes and many more.