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1950 FIFA World Cup final round

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ989777 ↗
Source-derived summary

The final round of the 1950 FIFA World Cup took place from 9 to 16 July 1950. The final round consisted of Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay. The winners of the final round were declared winners of the World Cup.

Uruguay won the tournament, defeating hosts Brazil in the decisive match for their second World Cup title.

Qualified teams

The top placed team from each of the four groups qualified for the final round.

Standings

Matches

All times listed are local time.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “1950 FIFA World Cup final round” is open-knowledge reference entry. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through FIFA, World and final, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1950—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, FIFA, World and final is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “1950 FIFA World Cup final round” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.