The knockout stage of the 1954 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. The knockout stage began on 26 June with the quarter-finals and ended on 4 July 1954 with the final match, held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The top two teams from each group (eight in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A match for third place also was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.
West Germany won the final 3–2 against Hungary for their first World Cup title.
Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
Group Winners Runners-up 1 2 3 4
Bracket
For each of the first two quarter-finals, one team progressing from group 1 was drawn against one team progressing from group 2. For the remaining two quarter-finals, this procedure was repeated for groups 3 and 4.
For the semi-finals, a further draw was held, with each semi-final featuring one team from groups 1–2 against one team from groups 3–4.
Quarter-finals
Austria vs Switzerland
Uruguay vs England
GK 1 Roque Máspoli RB 4 Rodríguez Andrade CB 2 José Santamaría CB 3 William Martínez LWB 17 Luis Cruz CH 5 Obdulio Varela (c) OR 7 Julio Abbadie IR 19 Javier Ambrois CF 9 Oscar Míguez IL 10 Juan Schiaffino OL 11 Carlos BorgesManager: Juan López
GK 1 Gil Merrick RB 2 Ron Staniforth LB 3 Roger Byrne RH 14 Bill McGarry CH 4 Billy Wright (c) LH 6 Jimmy Dickinson OR 7 Stanley Matthews IR 8 Ivor Broadis CF 9 Nat Lofthouse IL 15 Dennis Wilshaw OL 11 Tom FinneyManager: Walter Winterbottom
West Germany vs Yugoslavia
GK 1 Toni TurekRB 2 Fritz LabandCH 10Werner LiebrichLB 3 Werner KohlmeyerRH 6 Horst EckelLH 8 Karl MaiOR 12Helmut RahnIR 13Max MorlockCF 15Ottmar WalterIL 16Fritz Walter (c)OL 20Hans SchäferManager: Sepp Herberger
GK 1 Vladimir Beara RB 2 Branko Stanković CH 5 Ivica Horvat LB 3 Tomislav Crnković RH 4 Zlatko Čajkovski LH 6 Vujadin Boškov FW 18 Miloš Milutinović IF 8 Rajko Mitić (c) CF 9 Bernard Vukas IF 10 Stjepan Bobek FW 11 Branko ZebecManager: Aleksandar Tirnanić
Hungary vs Brazil
Semi-finals
West Germany vs Austria
GK 1 Toni TurekRB 7 Josef PosipalCH 10Werner LiebrichLB 3 Werner KohlmeyerRH 6 Horst EckelLH 8 Karl MaiOR 12Helmut RahnIR 13Max MorlockCF 15Ottmar WalterIL 16Fritz Walter (c)OL 20Hans SchäferManager: Sepp Herberger
GK 16 Walter Zeman DF 2 Gerhard Hanappi DF 3 Ernst Happel MF 8 Walter Schleger MF 5 Ernst Ocwirk (c) MF 6 Karl Koller FW 7 Robert Körner FW 9 Theodor Wagner FW 21 Ernst Stojaspal FW 10 Erich Probst FW 11 Alfred KörnerManager: Walter Nausch
Hungary vs Uruguay
GK 1 Gyula Grosics RB 2 Jenő Buzánszky CH 3 Gyula Lóránt LB 4 Mihály Lantos RH 5 József Bozsik (c) LH 6 József Zakariás OR 16 László Budai IR 8 Sándor Kocsis CF 19 Péter Palotás IL 9 Nándor Hidegkuti OL 11 Zoltán CziborManager: Gusztáv Sebes
GK 1 Roque Máspoli RB 4 Rodríguez Andrade CB 2 José Santamaría CB 3 William Martínez (c) LWB 17 Luis Cruz CH 16 Néstor Carballo OR 18 Rafael Souto IR 19 Javier Ambrois CF 8 Juan Hohberg IL 10 Juan Schiaffino OL 11 Carlos BorgesManager: Juan López
Match for third place
GK 1 Kurt Schmied DF 2 Gerhard Hanappi DF 4 Leopold Barschandt MF 13 Walter Kollmann MF 5 Ernst Ocwirk (c) MF 6 Karl Koller FW 7 Robert Körner FW 9 Theodor Wagner FW 10 Erich Probst FW 19 Robert Dienst FW 21 Ernst StojaspalManager: Walter Nausch
GK 1 Roque Máspoli RB 4 Rodríguez Andrade CB 2 José Santamaría CB 3 William Martínez (c) LWB 17 Luis Cruz CH 16 Néstor Carballo OR 7 Julio Abbadie IR 20 Omar Méndez CF 8 Juan Hohberg IL 10 Juan Schiaffino OL 11 Carlos BorgesManager: Juan López
Final
References
Match reports
Bibliography
External links 1954 FIFA World Cup archive