FIFA World Cup qualification 1953/54

Final table 21 clubs

Computed from the match rows below, three points for a win. Ask the API for it as it stood on any date of the season and you get the table as it actually was that morning, not this one filtered.

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1 FRAFrance 4 4 0 0 +16 12

2 BELBelgium 4 3 1 0 +5 10

3 CZECzechoslovakia 4 3 1 0 +4 10

4 GERGermany 3 2 1 0 +7 7

5 MEXMexico 2 2 0 0 +12 6

6 YUGYugoslavia 2 2 0 0 +2 6

7 ROMRomania 4 2 0 2 0 6

8 AUSAustria 2 1 1 0 +8 4

9 SWESweden 4 1 1 2 +1 4

10 SAASaarland 3 1 1 1 -2 4

11 ROIRep. Of Ireland 3 1 0 2 +1 3

12 ITAItaly 1 1 0 0 +1 3

13 GREGreece 2 1 0 1 0 3

14 NORNorway 4 0 2 2 -5 2

15 FINFinland 4 0 2 2 -6 2

16 BULBulgaria 4 0 1 3 -4 1

17 PORPortugal 2 0 1 1 -8 1

18 EGYEgypt 1 0 0 1 -1 0

19 ISRIsrael 2 0 0 2 -2 0

20 HAIHaiti 2 0 0 2 -12 0

21 LUXLuxembourg 3 0 0 3 -17 0

How the season went

Every figure counted from the matches, not typed in.

Goals per game

3.73

112 goals. 63.3% of matches went over 2.5.

Home advantage

46.7%

Draws 20%, away wins 33.3%.

Half-time lead held

84.2%

From 19 matches where someone led at the break.

1–0 4 · 13.3%

1–2 3 · 10%

0–0 3 · 10%

4–0 2 · 6.7%

2–3 2 · 6.7%

2–0 2 · 6.7%

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The three prices are what the market showed at kickoff. The shortest is highlighted, so you can see at a glance where the market was wrong.

Sunday 27 December 1953

Haiti 0 – 4 Mexico — — —

Thursday 17 December 1953

France 8 – 0 Luxembourg — — —

Sunday 29 November 1953

Portugal 0 – 0 Austria — — —

Wednesday 25 November 1953

France 1 – 0 Rep. Of Ireland — — —

Sunday 22 November 1953

Germany 5 – 1 Norway — — —

Friday 13 November 1953

Egypt 1 – 2 Italy — — —

Sunday 8 November 1953

Yugoslavia 1 – 0 Israel — — —

Saarland 0 – 0 Norway — — —

Czechoslovakia 0 – 0 Bulgaria — — —

Sunday 1 November 1953

Greece 1 – 0 Israel — — —

Wednesday 28 October 1953

Rep. Of Ireland 4 – 0 Luxembourg — — —

Sunday 25 October 1953

Romania 0 – 1 Czechoslovakia — — —

Sunday 11 October 1953

Germany 3 – 0 Saarland — — —

Bulgaria 1 – 2 Romania — — —

Thursday 8 October 1953

Belgium 2 – 0 Sweden — — —

Sunday 4 October 1953

Rep. Of Ireland 3 – 5 France — — —

Sunday 27 September 1953

Austria 9 – 1 Portugal — — —

Wednesday 23 September 1953

Belgium 2 – 2 Finland — — —

Sunday 20 September 1953

Luxembourg 1 – 6 France — — —

Sunday 6 September 1953

Bulgaria 1 – 2 Czechoslovakia — — —

Wednesday 19 August 1953

Norway 1 – 1 Germany — — —

Sunday 16 August 1953

Sweden 4 – 0 Finland — — —

Wednesday 5 August 1953

Finland 3 – 3 Sweden — — —

Sunday 19 July 1953

Mexico 8 – 0 Haiti — — —

Sunday 28 June 1953

Romania 3 – 1 Bulgaria — — —

Wednesday 24 June 1953

Norway 2 – 3 Saarland — — —

Sunday 14 June 1953

Czechoslovakia 2 – 0 Romania — — —

Thursday 28 May 1953

Sweden 2 – 3 Belgium — — —

Monday 25 May 1953

Finland 2 – 4 Belgium — — —

Saturday 9 May 1953

Yugoslavia 1 – 0 Greece — — —

Final table 21 clubs

How the season went

Results 30

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