Cuba at the FIFA World Cup

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This is a record of Cuba's results at the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.[1]

Cuba has appeared in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion, in 1938.[2]

Record at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Italy 1934 Did not qualify
France 1938 Quarter-finals 8th 3 1 1 1 5 12
Brazil 1950 Did not qualify
Switzerland 1954 Entry not accepted[3]
Sweden 1958 Did not enter
Chile 1962
England 1966 Did not qualify
Mexico 1970 Entry not accepted[3]
West Germany 1974 Did not enter
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify
Spain 1982
Mexico 1986 Did not enter
Italy 1990 Did not qualify
United States 1994 Withdrew
France 1998 Did not qualify
South Korea Japan 2002
Germany 2006
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018
Qatar 2022
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total Quarter-finals 1/22 3 1 1 1 5 12
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

By match

World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Cuba scorers
1938 Round of 16  Romania
a.e.t.
)
D Toulouse H. Socorro (2), J. Magriñá
 Romania 2–1 W Toulouse H. Socorro, T. Fernández
Quarter-finals  Sweden 0–8 L Antibes

Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals scored Goals conceded
 Romania 1 1 0 2 5 4
 Sweden 0 0 1 1 0 8

Cuba at 1938 FIFA World Cup

Head coach: José Tapia

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
- 4FW Juan Alonzo 1911 Cuba Fortuna Havana
- 3MF Joaquín Arias (1914-11-12)12 November 1914 (aged 23) Cuba Juventud Asturiana
- 1GK Juan Ayra (1911-06-23)23 June 1911 (aged 26) Cuba CD Centro Gallego
- 2DF Jacinto Barquín (1915-09-03)3 September 1915 (aged 22) Cuba CD Puentes Grandes
- 3MF
Pedro Berges
1906 Cuba Iberia Havana
- 1GK Benito Carvajales 1913 Cuba Juventud Asturiana
- 2DF Manuel Chorens (1916-01-22)22 January 1916 (aged 22) Cuba CD Centro Gallego
- 4FW Tomás Fernández 1915 Cuba CD Centro Gallego
- 4FW Pedro Ferrer 1908 Cuba Iberia Havana
- 3MF
Arturo Garcelan
Cuba Juventud Asturiana
- 4FW José Magriñá (1917-12-14)14 December 1917 (aged 20) Cuba CD Centro Gallego
* 4FW Carlos Oliveira Cuba Hispano America
- 3MF José Antonio Rodríguez Cuba CD Centro Gallego
- 4FW Héctor Socorro (1912-06-26)26 June 1912 (aged 25) Cuba CD Puentes Grandes
- 4FW Mario Sosa 1910 Cuba Iberia Havana
- 4FW Juan Tuñas (1917-02-01)1 February 1917 (aged 21) Cuba Juventud Asturiana

First round

a.e.t.)
 Romania
Socorro 44'
Fernández 87'
Tuñas 117'
Report
Dobay
105'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (Italy)

First round replay

Cuba 2–1 Romania
Socorro 51'
Oliveira 57'
Report
Dobay
35'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)

Quarter-final

Sweden 8–0 Cuba
Keller 9', 80', 81'[4][5][6]
Wetterström 32', 37', 44'[7]
Nyberg 84'
H. Andersson 90'[8]
Report

Record players

Eight players were fielded in all three matches in 1938, making them record World Cup players for Cuba.

Rank Player Matches
1 Joaquín Arias 3
Jacinto Barquín 3
Pedro Berges
3
Manuel Chorens 3
Tomás Fernández 3
José Rodríguez 3
Héctor Socorro 3
Juan Tuñas 3

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals
1 Héctor Socorro 2
2 Tomás Fernández 1
Carlos Oliveira 1
Juan Tuñas 1

See also

References

  1. ^ 2006 FIFA World Cup TV Coverage Archived June 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (PDF), FIFA.com. Retrieved on June 6, 2007.
  2. ^ "World Cup History 1938 World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b "History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. ^ RSSSF credits the goal in the 9th minute to Harry Andersson
  5. ^ RSSSF credits goal in the 80th minute as coming in the 60th minute.
  6. ^ RSSSF credits goal in the 81st minute to Harry Andersson in the 61st minute.
  7. ^ RSSSF credits the goal in the 32nd minute as coming in the 22nd minute.
  8. ^ RSSSF credits this goal as coming in the 89th minute.

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