Date: 20-06-1954
Stage: first round
Place: BASEL
Running time: 10 min.
Colour: BW
Quality: excellent
Commentary: hungarian
My rating: ***
Notes: Puskas, Hidegkuti, Kocsis, Walter, Rahn
MATCH SUMMARY
Sunday, 20 June 1954, 17:00
St Jakob Park, Basel
Attendance: 53,000
Meteo: Sunny, 27°C
HUNGARY
Gyula Grosics
Jeno Buzanszky
Mihaly Lantos
Gyula Lorant
Jozsef Zakarias
Jozsef Bozsik
Zoltan Czibor
Ferenc Puskás
Nandor Hidegkuti
Sandor Kocsis
Jozsef Toth II
Coach: Gusztav Sebes (HUN)
WEST GERMANY
Heinz Kwiatkowski
Hans Bauer
Horst Eckel
Werner Kohlmeyer
Josef Posipal
Werner Liebrich
Paul Mebus
Alfred Pfaff
Fritz Walter
Richard Herrmann
Helmut Rahn
Coach: Josef Herberger (FRG)
Referee: Bill Ling (ENG)
Goals:
4′, Sandor Kocsis, HUN
17′, Ferenc Puskás, HUN
21′, Sandor Kocsis, HUN
25′, Alfred Pfaff, FRG
52′, Nandor Hidegkuti, HUN
55′, Nandor Hidegkuti, HUN
69′, Sandor Kocsis, HUN
75′, Jozsef Toth II, HUN
78′, Helmut Rahn, FRG
79′, Sandor Kocsis, HUN
84′, Richard Herrmann, FRG
Match overview
Hungary produced a dominant performance in the group stage, dismantling West Germany 8-3 in Basel. Kocsis led the scoring with four goals, while Puskás and Hidegkuti also played key roles in the attacking display. Despite the heavy defeat, Germany would have their revenge later in the tournament.
Trivia
Sandor Kocsis\’s four goals in this match contributed to him finishing as the tournament’s top scorer. Despite the emphatic defeat, West Germany recovered to win the final against Hungary just two weeks later in one of football’s greatest upsets.
