Czech Republic at the FIFA World Cup

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 1930Did Not Enter-------
Italy 1934Final2430196
France 1938Quarter-Finals5311153
Brazil 1950Did Not Enter-------
Switzerland 1954Round 114200207
Sweden 1958Round 19411296
Chile 1962Final2631277
England 1966Did Not Qualify-------
Mexico 1970Round 115300327
West Germany 1974Did Not Qualify-------
Argentina 1978Did Not Qualify-------
Spain 1982Round 119302124
Mexico 1986Did Not Qualify-------
Italy 1990Quarter-Finals65302105
United States 1994Did Not Qualify-------
Total8/152 Finals30115144445

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
1934Round 1 Romania2–1Puč, Nejedlý
Quarter-Final  Switzerland3–2Svoboda, Sobotka, Nejedlý
Semi-Final Germany3–1Nejedlý (3)
Final Italy1–2 (AET)Puč
1938Round 1 Netherlands3–0 (AET)Košťálek, Nejedlý, Zeman
Quarter-Final Brazil1–1 (AET)Nejedlý
Quarter-Final (replay) Brazil1–2Kopecký
1954Group 3 Uruguay0–2
Group 3 Austria0–5
1958Group 1 Northern Ireland0–1
Group 1 West Germany2–2Dvořák, Zikán
Group 1 Argentina6–1Dvořák, Zikán (2), Feureisl, Hovorka (2)
1962Group C Spain1–0Štibrányi
Group C Brazil0–0
Group C Mexico1–3Mašek
Quarter-Final Hungary1–0Scherer
Semi-Final Yugoslavia3–1Kadraba, Scherer (2)
Final Brazil1–3Masopust
1970Group 3 Brazil1–4Petráš
Group 3 Romania1–2Petráš
Group 3 England1–0
1982Group 4 Kuwait1–1Panenka
Group 4 England0–2
Group 4 France1–1Panenka
1990Group A United States5–1Skuhravý (2), Bílek, Hašek, Luhový
Group A Austria1–0Bílek
Group A Italy0–2
Round of 16 Costa Rica4–1Skuhravý (3), Kubík
Quarter-Final West Germany0–1

As Czech Republic

Year Round Against Score Scorers
2006Group E United States3–0Koller, Rosický (2)
Group E Ghana0–2
Group E Italy0–2

Top goalscorers

Oldřich Nejedlý was Czechoslovakia/ Czech Republic's all-time top scorer at the World Cup.
No. Name Goals World Cups
1Oldřich Nejedlý71934 and 1938
2Tomáš Skuhravý51990
3 Zdeněk Zikán31958
Adolf Scherer31962
5 Antonín Puč21934
Milan Dvořák21958
Václav Hovorka21958
Ladislav Petráš21970
Antonín Panenka21982
Michal Bílek21990
Tomáš Rosický22006

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on 6 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Czech Republic - Brazil". FIFA.com.
  3. ↑ "Czech Republic - Germany". FIFA.com.
  4. ↑ "Czech Republic - Italy". FIFA.com.

External links

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