Argentina Outbreak France So Host World Cup 1938

FIFA President Jules Rimet (left) during the 1938 World Cup draw held in France.

Countries in South America especially Argentina upset after France was chosen FIFA as host of the 1938 World Cup .

It happened because FIFA again pointed the country in Europe as the host of the World Cup for the second time in a row after Italy in 1934 .

In fact, previously Argentina has volunteered to be able to hold a four-year tournament it. With the hope of the host will return to South America after from the Blue Continent.

According to Football History reports, Argentina and Uruguay finally boycotted the third World Cup title as a form of their anger. Only Brazil was the representative of Latin America in the tournament, as quoted from abc.net.au.

French President Albert Lebrun shook the Italian and Hungarians ahead of the 1938 World Cup final.

Quoting planetworldcup.com, FIFA has a lot of consideration by choosing France to host the 1938 World Cup.

In addition to the fact that most of the 57 FIFA member countries are from Europe, travel difficulties and problems in the World Cup in South America became one of FIFA's considerations.

Beyond that, the loyalty of Jules Rimet of France as FIFA Chairman also becomes another aspect that benefits the country to host.

In addition to the host controversy, the 1938 World Cup also brought up some new facts in the world's biggest soccer tournament event.

Only Brazil's national team as a representative of South America in the World Cup 1938.

Italy became the defending champion for the first time at the World Cup. After winning in 1934, Italy beat Hungary 4-2 in the final held at the Olympique de Colombes Stadium.

The team from the State of Piza also made a controversy because wearing a black costume in the quarter-final against France. In fact, as a guest supposedly Italian team wearing a white costume, after the French wear blue.

The 1938 World Cup was also the first for Indonesia to use the Dutch East Indies name to perform in major tournaments. On that occasion, Indonesia is the first representative of Asia in the World Cup.

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