Czech Republic at the FIFA World Cup

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This is a record of the Czech Republic's results at the FIFA World Cup, including those of Czechoslovakia which is considered as the Czech Republic's predecessor by FIFA. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]

Czechoslovakia have been one of the better performing national teams in the history of the World Cup, having ended twice as runners-up, in 1934 and in 1962. Between 1930 and 1994 they qualified for 8 out of 13 World Cups they played qualifiers for, and did not enter in two other World Cups.

After the political split-up into Czech Republic and Slovakia, the official successor football team Czech Republic has been less successful at the World Cup than Czechoslovakia, qualifying only for one out of five tournaments (the 2006 FIFA World Cup) without surviving the group phase. The Czech failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, having ended third in their continental qualifying group.

Throughout the World Cup history, Brazil became the team's historical rival. The two countries have met each other five times but the Czechs (always as Czechoslovakia) never managed to win, with three victories for the Brazilian side and two draws.[2] Two other historical opponents in the finals were (West) Germany and Italy with three encounters each: Czechoslovakia won, drew and lost once against the Germans[3] and the matches against Italy all ended in a defeat.[4]

Records

Already in their first World Cup participation in 1934, Czechoslovakia (white) reached the final where they lost the title to Italy (blue)

As Czechoslovakia

     Champions       Runners-up       Third place

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Italy 1934 Final 2 4 3 0 1 9 6
France 1938 Quarter-Finals 5 3 1 1 1 5 3
Brazil 1950 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Switzerland 1954 Round 1 14 2 0 0 2 0 7
Sweden 1958 Round 1 9 4 1 1 2 9 6
Chile 1962 Final 2 6 3 1 2 7 7
England 1966 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Mexico 1970 Round 1 15 3 0 0 3 2 7
West Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Argentina 1978 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Spain 1982 Round 1 19 3 0 2 1 2 4
Mexico 1986 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Italy 1990 Quarter-Finals 6 5 3 0 2 10 5
United States 1994 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Total 8/15 2 Finals 30 11 5 14 44 45

As Czech Republic

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D * L GF GA
France 1998 Did Not Qualify
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006 Group Stage 20th 3 1 0 2 3 4
South Africa 2010 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018 To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total 1/5 3 1 0 2 3 4

By match

As Czechoslovakia

Year Round Against Score Scorers
1934 Round 1  Romania 2–1 Puč, Nejedlý
Quarter-Final   Switzerland 3–2 Svoboda, Sobotka, Nejedlý
Semi-Final  Germany 3–1 Nejedlý (3)
Final  Italy 1–2 (AET) Puč
1938 Round 1  Netherlands 3–0 (AET) Košťálek, Nejedlý, Zeman
Quarter-Final  Brazil 1–1 (AET) Nejedlý
Quarter-Final (replay)  Brazil 1–2 Kopecký
1954 Group 3  Uruguay 0–2
Group 3  Austria 0–5
1958 Group 1  Northern Ireland 0–1
Group 1  West Germany 2–2 Dvořák, Zikán
Group 1  Argentina 6–1 Dvořák, Zikán (2), Feureisl, Hovorka (2)
1962 Group C 23x15px Spain 1–0 Štibrányi
Group C  Brazil 0–0
Group C  Mexico 1–3 Mašek
Quarter-Final  Hungary 1–0 Scherer
Semi-Final  Yugoslavia 3–1 Kadraba, Scherer (2)
Final  Brazil 1–3 Masopust
1970 Group 3  Brazil 1–4 Petráš
Group 3  Romania 1–2 Petráš
Group 3  England 1–0
1982 Group 4  Kuwait 1–1 Panenka
Group 4  England 0–2
Group 4  France 1–1 Panenka
1990 Group A  United States 5–1 Skuhravý (2), Bílek, Hašek, Luhový
Group A  Austria 1–0 Bílek
Group A  Italy 0–2
Round of 16  Costa Rica 4–1 Skuhravý (3), Kubík
Quarter-Final  West Germany 0–1

As Czech Republic

Year Round Against Score Scorers
2006 Group E  United States 3–0 Koller, Rosický (2)
Group E  Ghana 0–2
Group E  Italy 0–2

Top goalscorers

Oldřich Nejedlý was Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic's all-time top scorer at the World Cup.
No. Name Goals World Cups
1 Oldřich Nejedlý 7 1934 and 1938
2 Tomáš Skuhravý 5 1990
3 Zdeněk Zikán 3 1958
Adolf Scherer 3 1962
5 Antonín Puč 2 1934
Milan Dvořák 2 1958
Václav Hovorka 2 1958
Ladislav Petráš 2 1970
Antonín Panenka 2 1982
Michal Bílek 2 1990
Tomáš Rosický 2 2006

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on 6 June 2007.
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