# 1954 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 1954 FIFA World Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. The knockout stage began on 26 June with the quarter-finals and ended on 4 July 1954 with the final match, held at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern. The top two teams from each group (eight in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third place play-off also was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.
West Germany won the final 3–2 against Hungary for their first World Cup title.
All times listed are local time.

## Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| 1 | Brazil | Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Hungary | West Germany |
| 3 | Uruguay | Austria |
| 4 | England | Switzerland |

## Bracket

For each of the first two quarter-finals, one team progressing from group 1 was drawn against one team progressing from group 2. For the remaining two quarter-finals, this procedure was repeated for groups 3 and 4.
For the semi-finals, a further draw was held, with each semi-final featuring one team from groups 1–2 against one team from groups 3–4.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 27 June – Geneva | 27 June – Geneva | | | |
| West Germany | 2 | | | |
| West Germany | 2 | 30 June – Basel | 30 June – Basel | | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 30 June – Basel | 30 June – Basel | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | West Germany | 6 | |
| 26 June – Lausanne | 26 June – Lausanne | | West Germany | 6 | |
| 26 June – Lausanne | 26 June – Lausanne | Austria | 1 | |
| Austria | 7 | Austria | 1 | |
| Austria | 7 | | | | 4 July – Bern | 4 July – Bern |
| Switzerland | 5 | | | | 4 July – Bern | 4 July – Bern |
| Switzerland | 5 | | | | West Germany | 3 |
| 27 June – Bern | 27 June – Bern | | | | | West Germany | 3 |
| 27 June – Bern | 27 June – Bern | | | | Hungary | 2 |
| Hungary | 4 | | | | Hungary | 2 |
| Hungary | 4 | 30 June – Lausanne | 30 June – Lausanne | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | 30 June – Lausanne | 30 June – Lausanne | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | Hungary (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | |
| 26 June – Basel | 26 June – Basel | | Hungary (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | |
| 26 June – Basel | 26 June – Basel | Uruguay | 2 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Uruguay | 4 | Uruguay | 2 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Uruguay | 4 | | | | 3 July – Zürich | 3 July – Zürich |
| England | 2 | | | | 3 July – Zürich | 3 July – Zürich |
| England | 2 | | | | Austria | 3 |
| | | | | | Uruguay | 1 |

## Quarter-finals
### Austria vs Switzerland

| GK | 1 | Kurt Schmied |
| DF | 2 | Gerhard Hanappi |
| DF | 4 | Leopold Barschandt |
| DF | 5 | Ernst Ocwirk (c) |
| MF | 3 | Ernst Happel |
| MF | 6 | Karl Koller |
| MF | 10 | Erich Probst |
| FW | 9 | Theodor Wagner |
| FW | 11 | Alfred Körner |
| FW | 21 | Ernst Stojaspal |
| FW | 7 | Robert Körner |
| Manager: ||
| Walter Nausch ||
Eugene Parlier :
| DF | 7 | André Neury |
| DF | 14 | Willy Kernen |
| DF | 10 | Oliver Eggimann |
| MF | 4 | Roger Bocquet (c) |
| MF | 9 | Charles Casali |
| FW | 15 | Charles Antenen |
| FW | 22 | Roger Vonlanthen |
| FW | 18 | Josef Hügi |
| FW | 16 | Robert Ballaman |
| FW | 17 | Jacques Fatton |
| Manager: |||
| Karl Rappan ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
* Manuel Asensi (Spain)

### Uruguay vs England

| GK | 1 | Roque Máspoli |
| RB | 4 | Rodríguez Andrade |
| CB | 2 | José Santamaría |
| CB | 3 | William Martínez |
| LWB | 17 | Luis Cruz |
| CH | 5 | Obdulio Varela (c) |
| OR | 7 | Julio Abbadie |
| IR | 19 | Javier Ambrois |
| CF | 9 | Oscar Míguez |
| IL | 10 | Juan Schiaffino |
| OL | 11 | Carlos Borges |
| Manager: |||
| Juan López |||
| GK | 1 | Gil Merrick |
| RB | 2 | Ron Staniforth |
| LB | 3 | Roger Byrne |
| RH | 14 | Bill McGarry |
| CH | 4 | Billy Wright (c) |
| LH | 6 | Jimmy Dickinson |
| OR | 7 | Stanley Matthews |
| IR | 8 | Ivor Broadis |
| CF | 9 | Nat Lofthouse |
| IL | 15 | Dennis Wilshaw |
| OL | 11 | Tom Finney |
| Manager: ||
| Walter Winterbottom ||

### West Germany vs Yugoslavia

| GK | 1 | Toni Turek |
| RB | 2 | Fritz Laband |
| CH | 10 | Werner Liebrich |
| LB | 3 | Werner Kohlmeyer |
| RH | 6 | Horst Eckel |
| LH | 8 | Karl Mai |
| OR | 12 | Helmut Rahn |
| IR | 13 | Max Morlock |
| CF | 15 | Ottmar Walter |
| IL | 16 | Fritz Walter (c) |
| OL | 20 | Hans Schäfer |
| Manager: ||
| Sepp Herberger ||
| GK | 1 | Vladimir Beara |
| RB | 2 | Branko Stanković |
| CH | 5 | Ivica Horvat |
| LB | 3 | Tomislav Crnković |
| RH | 4 | Zlatko Čajkovski |
| LH | 6 | Vujadin Boškov |
| FW | 18 | Miloš Milutinović |
| IF | 8 | Rajko Mitić (c) |
| CF | 9 | Bernard Vukas |
| IF | 10 | Stjepan Bobek |
| FW | 11 | Branko Zebec |
| Manager: ||
| Aleksandar Tirnanić ||

### Hungary vs Brazil

| GK | 1 | Gyula Grosics |
| RB | 2 | Jenő Buzánszky |
| CH | 3 | Gyula Lóránt |
| LB | 4 | Mihály Lantos |
| RH | 5 | József Bozsik (c) | 71' |
| LH | 6 | József Zakariás |
| OR | 7 | József Tóth |
| IR | 8 | Sándor Kocsis |
| SS | 9 | Nándor Hidegkuti |
| IL | 11 | Zoltán Czibor |
| OL | 20 | Mihály Tóth |
| Manager: ||
| Gusztáv Sebes ||
| GK | 1 | Castilho |
| RB | 2 | Djalma Santos |
| CH | 5 | Pinheiro |
| LB | 3 | Nílton Santos | 71' |
| RH | 4 | Brandãozinho |
| LH | 6 | Bauer (c) |
| OR | 7 | Julinho |
| IR | 8 | Didi |
| CF | 19 | Índio |
| IL | 18 | Humberto | 79' |
| OL | 17 | Maurinho |
| Manager: ||
| Zezé Moreira ||
* Assistant referees:
* William Ling
* Raymon Wyssling

## Semi-finals
### West Germany vs Austria

| GK | 1 | Toni Turek |
| RB | 7 | Josef Posipal |
| CH | 10 | Werner Liebrich |
| LB | 3 | Werner Kohlmeyer |
| RH | 6 | Horst Eckel |
| LH | 8 | Karl Mai |
| OR | 12 | Helmut Rahn |
| IR | 13 | Max Morlock |
| CF | 15 | Ottmar Walter |
| IL | 16 | Fritz Walter (c) |
| OL | 20 | Hans Schäfer |
| Manager: ||
| Sepp Herberger ||
| GK | 16 | Walter Zeman |
| DF | 2 | Gerhard Hanappi |
| DF | 3 | Ernst Happel |
| MF | 8 | Walter Schleger |
| MF | 5 | Ernst Ocwirk (c) |
| MF | 6 | Karl Koller |
| FW | 7 | Robert Körner |
| FW | 9 | Theodor Wagner |
| FW | 21 | Ernst Stojaspal |
| FW | 10 | Erich Probst |
| FW | 11 | Alfred Körner |
| Manager: ||
| Walter Nausch ||

### Hungary vs Uruguay

| GK | 1 | Gyula Grosics |
| RB | 2 | Jenő Buzánszky |
| CH | 3 | Gyula Lóránt |
| LB | 4 | Mihály Lantos |
| RH | 5 | József Bozsik (c) |
| LH | 6 | József Zakariás |
| OR | 16 | László Budai |
| IR | 8 | Sándor Kocsis |
| CF | 19 | Péter Palotás |
| IL | 9 | Nándor Hidegkuti |
| OL | 11 | Zoltán Czibor |
| Manager: ||
| Gusztáv Sebes ||
| GK | 1 | Roque Máspoli |
| RB | 4 | Rodríguez Andrade |
| CB | 2 | José Santamaría |
| CB | 3 | William Martínez (c) |
| LWB | 17 | Luis Cruz |
| CH | 16 | Néstor Carballo |
| OR | 18 | Rafael Souto |
| IR | 19 | Javier Ambrois |
| CF | 8 | Juan Hohberg |
| IL | 10 | Juan Schiaffino |
| OL | 11 | Carlos Borges |
| Manager: ||
| Juan López ||

## Third place play-off

| GK | 1 | Kurt Schmied |
| DF | 2 | Gerhard Hanappi |
| DF | 4 | Leopold Barschandt |
| MF | 13 | Walter Kollmann |
| MF | 5 | Ernst Ocwirk (c) |
| MF | 6 | Karl Koller |
| FW | 7 | Robert Körner |
| FW | 9 | Theodor Wagner |
| FW | 10 | Erich Probst |
| FW | 19 | Robert Dienst |
| FW | 21 | Ernst Stojaspal |
| Manager: ||
| Walter Nausch ||
| GK | 1 | Roque Máspoli |
| RB | 4 | Rodríguez Andrade |
| CB | 2 | José Santamaría |
| CB | 3 | William Martínez (c) |
| LWB | 17 | Luis Cruz |
| CH | 16 | Néstor Carballo |
| OR | 7 | Julio Abbadie |
| IR | 20 | Omar Méndez |
| CF | 8 | Juan Hohberg |
| IL | 10 | Juan Schiaffino |
| OL | 11 | Carlos Borges |
| Manager: ||
| Juan López ||

## Final

| West Germany | Hungary |
| GK | 1 | Toni Turek |
| RB | 7 | Josef Posipal |
| CB | 10 | Werner Liebrich |
| LB | 3 | Werner Kohlmeyer |
| RH | 6 | Horst Eckel |
| LH | 8 | Karl Mai |
| OR | 12 | Helmut Rahn |
| IR | 13 | Max Morlock |
| CF | 15 | Ottmar Walter |
| IL | 16 | Fritz Walter (c) |
| OL | 20 | Hans Schäfer |
| Manager: ||
| Sepp Herberger ||
| GK | 1 | Gyula Grosics |
| RB | 2 | Jenő Buzánszky |
| CB | 3 | Gyula Lóránt |
| LB | 4 | Mihály Lantos |
| RH | 5 | József Bozsik |
| LH | 6 | József Zakariás |
| SS | 9 | Nándor Hidegkuti |
| OR | 11 | Zoltán Czibor |
| IR | 8 | Sándor Kocsis |
| IL | 10 | Ferenc Puskás (c) |
| OL | 20 | Mihály Tóth |
| Manager: ||
| Gusztáv Sebes ||
* Assistant referees:
* Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
* Sandy Griffiths (Wales)