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Italy qualified as holders, Brazil qualified as hosts.
01/10/1949 Northern_Ireland 2 - 8 Scotland (0-5)
15/10/1949 Wales 1 - 4 England (0-3)
09/11/1949 Scotland 2 - 0 Wales (1-0)
16/11/1949 England 9 - 2 Northern_Ireland (4-0)
08/03/1950 Wales 0 - 0 Northern_Ireland (0-0)
15/04/1950 Scotland 0 - 1 England (0-0)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 ENGLAND 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 6 100.0
2 SCOTLAND 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 4 66.7
3 Wales 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 1 16.7
4 Northern_Ireland 3 0 1 2 4 17 -13 1 16.7
England qualified, Scotland qualified but withdrew.
20/11/1949 Turkey 7 - 0 Syria (3-0)
Turkey qualified as Syria refused to play return game, but then withdrew, Austria withdrew.
21/08/1949 Yugoslavia 6 - 0 Israel (4-0)
18/09/1949 Israel 2 - 5 Yugoslavia (0-3)
09/10/1949 Yugoslavia 1 - 1 France (1-0)
30/10/1949 France 1 - 1 Yugoslavia (1-1)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 13 4 +9 6 75.0
2 France 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 50.0
3 Israel 2 0 0 2 2 11 -9 0 0.0
11/12/1949 Yugoslavia 3 - 2 France (1-1) * AET (FT: 2-2) Playoff
Yugoslavia qualified. France were offered place in finals but declined.
26/06/1949 Switzerland 5 - 2 Luxembourg (3-1) 18/09/1949 Luxembourg 2 - 3 Switzerland (2-1)
Swtizerland qualified, Belgium withdrew.
02/06/1949 Sweden 3 - 1 Ireland (2-1)
08/09/1949 Ireland 3 - 0 Finland (2-0)
09/10/1949 Finland 1 - 1 Ireland (0-0)
13/11/1949 Ireland 1 - 3 Sweden (0-2)
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 SWEDEN 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4 100.0
2 Ireland 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 3 37.5
3 Finland 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1 25.0
02/04/1950 Spain 5 - 1 Portugal (3-1) 09/04/1950 Portugal 2 - 2 Spain (0-1)
Spain qualified. Portugal were offered place in finals but declined.
26/02/1950 Bolivia 2 - 0 Chile 12/03/1950 Chile 5 - 0 Bolivia
Not sure if above matches were actually played as part of World Cup qualifying campaign.
Bolivia and Chile qualified, Argentina withdrew.
Uruguay and Paraguay qualified, Ecuador and Peru withdrew.
04/09/1949 Mexico 6 - 0 U.S.A.
11/09/1949 Mexico 2 - 0 Cuba
14/09/1949 Cuba 1 - 1 U.S.A.
18/09/1949 Mexico 6 - 2 U.S.A.
21/09/1949 U.S.A. 5 - 2 Cuba
25/09/1949 Cuba 0 - 3 Mexico
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS %
1 MEXICO 4 4 0 0 17 2 +15 8 100.0
2 U.S.A. 4 1 1 2 8 15 -7 3 37.5
3 Cuba 4 0 1 3 3 11 -8 1 12.5
Burma, Indonesia and Philippines withdrew. India qualified but withdrew.
Team P W D L GF GA GDIF PTS % 1 Mexico 4 4 0 0 17 2 +15 8 100.0 2 Yugoslavia 5 3 2 0 16 6 +10 8 80.0 3 England 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 6 100.0 4 Scotland 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 4 66.7 5 Chile 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 4 100.0 6 Switzerland 2 2 0 0 8 4 +4 4 100.0 7 Sweden 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4 100.0 8 Spain 2 1 1 0 7 3 +4 3 75.0 9 Ireland 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 3 37.5 10 U.S.A. 4 1 1 2 8 15 -7 3 37.5 11 Turkey 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 2 100.0 12 France 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2 33.3 13 Finland 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3 1 25.0 14 Portugal 2 0 1 1 3 7 -4 1 25.0 15 Wales 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5 1 16.7 16 Cuba 4 0 1 3 3 11 -8 1 12.5 17 Northern_Ireland 3 0 1 2 4 17 -13 1 16.7 18 Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 4 8 -4 0 0.0 19 Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0 7 -7 0 0.0 20 Syria 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0 0.0 21 Israel 2 0 0 2 2 11 -9 0 0.0
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