オリンピックデータランド

第二次世界大戦のため、1942年と1946年の大会は開催されず。
1942年大会はドイツとブラジルで開催権を争っていたが、ここ2大会はヨーロッパで行われていたため、ブラジルでの実施が内定していた。
それ基づいてこの大会もブラジルでの開催が決まった。

Group A

Brazil		4-0		Mexico
Yugoslavia		3-0		Switzerland
Brazil		2-2		Switzerland
Yugoslavia		4-1		Mexico
Brazil		2-0		Yugoslavia
Switzerland		2-1		Mexico

Rk	Team	NOC	G	W	T	L	FG	AG	Pts
1	Brazil		3	2	1	0	8	2	5
2	Yugoslavia		3	2	0	1	7	3	4
3	Switzerland		3	0	1	2	4	6	1
4	Mexico		3	0	0	3	2	10	0

Group B

England		2-0		Chile
Spain		3-1		United States
Spain		2-0		Chile
United States		1-0		England
Spain		1-0		England
Chile		5-2		United States

Rk	Team	NOC	G	W	T	L	FG	AG	Pts
1	Spain		3	3	0	0	6	1	6
2	England		3	1	0	2	2	2	2
3	Chile		3	1	0	2	5	6	2
4	United States		3	1	0	2	4	8	2

Group C

Sweden		3-2		Italy
Sweden		2-2		Paraguay
Italy		2-0		Paraguay

India withdrew

Rk	Team	NOC	G	W	T	L	FG	AG	Pts
1	Sweden		2	1	1	0	5	4	3
2	Italy		2	1	0	1	4	3	2
3	Paraguay		2	0	1	1	2	4	1

Group D

Uruguay

8-0

Bolivia

Scotland, Turkey withdrew
トルコは南米への渡航費用の問題で辞退した。
スコットランドは予選の順位が1位ではなかったため辞退した。

Rk	Team	NOC	G	W	T	L	FG	AG	Pts
1	Uruguay		1	1	0	0	8	0	2
2	Bolivia		1	0	0	1	0	8	0

Final Pool

Brazil		7-1		Sweden
Spain		2-2		Uruguay
Brazil		6-1		Spain
Uruguay		3-2		Sweden
Sweden		3-1		Spain
Uruguay		2-1		Brazil

Rk	Team	NOC	G	W	T	L	FG	AG	Pts
1	Uruguay		3	2	1	0	7	5	5
2	Brazil		3	2	0	1	14	4	4
3	Sweden		3	1	0	2	6	11	2
4	Spain		3	0	1	2	4	11	1

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予選免除
開催国　ブラジル
前回優勝　イタリア

出場停止　ドイツ、日本

Group 1

Northern Ireland		2-8		Scotland
Wales		1-4		England
Scotland		2-0		Wales
England		9-2		Northern Ireland
Wales		0-0		Northern Ireland
Scotland		0-1		England

Rk	Team	NOC	G	W	T	L	FG	AG	Pts
1	ENGLAND		3	3	0	0	14	3	6
2	SCOTLAND		3	2	0	1	10	3	4
3	Wales		3	0	1	2	1	6	1
4	Northern Ireland		3	0	1	2	4	17	1

England and Scotland qualified.

Group 2
1st Round

Turkey

7-0

Syria

2nd Round
Austria withdrew, so Turkey qualified.

Group 3
1st Round

Yugoslavia		6-0		Israel
Israel		2-5		Yugoslavia

2nd Round

France		1-1		Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia		1-1		France
Yugoslavia		3-2		France

Yugoslavia qualified

Group 4
1st Round

Switzerland		5-2		Luxembourg
Luxembourg		2-3		Switzerland

2nd Round
Belgium withdrew, Switzerland qualified.

Group 5

Sweden		3-1		Ireland
Ireland		3-0		Finland
Sweden		8-1		Finland
Finland		1-1		Ireland
Ireland		1-3		Sweden

Finland withdrew before the group was completed.
Sweden qualified.

Group 6

Spain		5-1		Portugal
Portugal		2-2		Spain

Spain qualified.

Group 7
Argentina withdrew, Chile and Bolivia qualified.

Group 8
Peru and Ecuador withdrew, Uruguay and Paraguay qualified.

Group 9

United States		0-6		Mexico
Mexico		2-0		Cuba
Cuba		1-1		United States
Mexico		6-2		United States
United States		5-2		Cuba
Cuba		0-3		Mexico

Rk	Team	NOC	G	W	T	L	FG	AG	Pts
1	MEXICO		4	4	0	0	17	2	8
2	UNITED STATES		4	1	1	2	8	15	3
3	Cuba		4	0	1	3	3	11	1

Group 10
Burma withdrew, India had a walkover.
Philippines and Indonesia withdrew.

インドはブラジルへの渡航費用の問題で本大会は辞退した。
FIFAは代替チームは決めなかった。