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1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 2
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Main article: 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Belgium qualified for the fifth FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland.
Table and Matches
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BEL | SWE | FIN | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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| 1. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | **7** | X | **2:0** | 2:2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | **3** | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 2. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | **3** | 2:3 | X | **4:0** | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | **2** | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 3. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -6 | **2** | 2:4 | 3:3 | X | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | **1** | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Anoul
Selmosson Straetmans Lemberechts
Lahtinen Rikberg Persson
Sandell Sandin
Vaihela
Mees
Belgium qualified.
Team stats
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Head coach: ENG Bill Gormlie (first and second match); SCO Doug Livingstone (third and fourth match)
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||
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| played | Sub off | Sub on | FIN | SWE | FIN | SWE | Club | |||||
| FW | Léopold Anoul | August 19, 1922 | 4 | 2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL FC Liégeois |
| MF | Fernand Blaise | February 7, 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | - | - | BEL Standard Liège |
| FW | Mathieu Bollen | December 31, 1928 | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | BEL Waterschei Thor |
| MF | Louis Carré | January 7, 1925 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL FC Liégeois |
| FW | Henri Coppens | April 29, 1930 | 4 | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL Beerschot VAV |
| GK | François Daenen | August 18, 1919 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | 90 | B | BEL FC Tilleur |
| DF | Henri Dirickx | July 7, 1927 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | B | 90 | BEL Union Saint-Gilloise |
| DF | Marcel Dries | September 19, 1929 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | 90 | B | BEL Berchem Sport |
| GK | Léopold Gernaey | February 25, 1927 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | B | 90 | BEL AS Oostende |
| MF | Joseph Givard | May 7, 1923 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | BEL Standard Liège |
| FW | Augustin Janssens | September 24, 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | BEL Union Saint-Gilloise |
| FW | Victor Lemberechts | May 18, 1924 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | - | - | BEL KV Mechelen |
| MF | Robert Maertens | January 24, 1930 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL FC Antwerp |
| MF | Victor Mees | January 27, 1927 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL FC Antwerp |
| FW | Joseph Mermans | February 16, 1922 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | B | B | BEL RSC Anderlecht |
| GK | Armand Seghers | June 21, 1926 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | B | - | - | BEL AA Gent |
| FW | Jean Straetmans | June 13, 1930 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | B | 90 | - | - | BEL White Star AC |
| DF | Alfons Van Brandt | June 24, 1927 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | BEL Lierse SK |
| FW | Fernand Van Gestel | January 20, 1930 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 90 | 90 | BEL Lyra TSV |
| MF | Robert Van Kerkhoven | October 1, 1924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | B | B | B | B | BEL Daring Bruxelles |
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Head coach: SWE Putte Kock
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Head coach: FIN Aatos Lehtonen
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Games | |||||||||
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| played | Goals | Minutes | ||||||||||
| played | Sub off | Sub on | BEL | SWE | SWE | BEL | Club | |||||
| FW | Rainer Forss | October 20, 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FIN Pyrkivä Turku |
| FW | Matti Hiltunen | January 26, 1933 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | FIN Koparit |
| GK | Matti Jokinen | November 8, 1928 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | FIN Vasa IFK |
| GK | Aarre Klinga | March 20, 1930 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | FIN KIF Helsinki |
| DF | Pekka Kupiainen | November 25, 1929 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FIN KTP Kotka |
| FW | Olavi Lahtinen | January 5, 1929 | 4 | 1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN HJK Helsinki |
| MF | Martti Laitinen | August 2, 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | FIN Helsingin Ponnistus |
| MF | Lauri Lehtinen | August 19, 1927 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FIN HJK Helsinki |
| FW | Kalevi Lehtovirta | February 20, 1928 | 4 | 3 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN/2 TPS Turku |
| DF | Åke Lindman | January 11, 1928 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN/2 HIFK |
| DF | Kurt Martin | March 13, 1923 | 4 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN Vasa IFK |
| FW | Stig-Göran Myntti | August 6, 1925 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 90 | - | FIN Vasa IFK |
| DF | Sulo Parkkinen | April 24, 1930 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - | FIN KTP Kotka |
| MF | Seppo Pelkonen | March 13, 1930 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN KuPS |
| DF | Aimo Pulkkinen | June 14, 1928 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | - | FIN FC Haka |
| FW | Nils Rikberg | March 29, 1928 | 3 | 1 | 270 | 0 | 0 | - | 90 | 90 | 90 | FIN/2 ÅIFK Turku |
| GK | Mauno Rintanen | November 28, 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FIN HJK Helsinki |
| FW | Aulis Rytkönen | January 5, 1929 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FRA Toulouse FC |
| DF | Reino Suojanen | September 3, 1925 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 90 | FIN Pyrkivä Turku |
| FW | Jorma Vaihela | September 30, 1925 | 2 | 1 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 90 | FIN RU-38 Pori |
References
- The number indicates the league the team played in that year.
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