Italy and Czechoslovakia

The second World Cup was held in Europe and in Italy, and for this reason European teams showed more desire to participate in these games. This cup was the first cup where the teams needed to pass the preliminary stage to participate in the final stage of the games.
The number of participating teams in this period was 16 teams, among the 32 present in the preliminary stage, they entered the games. Despite the number of teams compared to the previous period, the matches had fewer spectators.
Unlike the previous season, when most of the teams were from South America, in this season, the majority was with Europeans. Except for 12 European teams, Brazil and Argentina from South America and the United States from North and Central America were among the teams present in this competition. The Egyptian team was the first team from outside these two continents to qualify for the World Cup.
With the elimination of the teams of Brazil, Argentina, America and Egypt in the first round, which was held in the form of 1 elimination, 8 teams made it to the European quarterfinals.
The 2 teams of Italy and Czechoslovakia faced each other in the final, and the result was 1-1 at the end of the regular time, and in the extra time, Italy became the first European winner of the World Cup with 1 goal.