Football
Men: World Cup 1938 in France

Qualifying
June 16 (1937)-May 1 (1938):
Europe South America North and Central America Asia

automatic qualified: France (hosts) and Italy (holders)

Europe:

Group 1:

Final Standings:
1. Germany * 3-6 (11-1)
2. Sweden * 3-4 (11-7)
3. Estonia 3-2 (4-11)
4. Finland 3-0 (0-7)

Group 2:
Norway * - Ireland 3-2 3-3

Group 3:
Poland * - Yugoslavia 4-0 0-1

Group 4:
Romania * - Egypt walkover
Group 5:
Switzerland * - Portugal 2-1 (at Milano)

Group 6:

1st Round:
Palestina - Greece * 1-3 0-1

2nd Round:
Hungary * - Greece 11-1 np

Group 7:
Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia * 1-1 0-6
Group 8:

1st Round:
Latvia * - Lithuania 4-2 5-1

2nd Round:
Austria * - Latvia 2-1 np

Group 9:

Final Standings:
1. Netherlands * 2-3 (5-1)
2. Belgium * 2-3 (4-3)
3. Luxemburg 2-0 (2-7)

South America:

Brazil * - Argentina walkover

North and Central America:

1st Round:

Final Standings:
1. Cuba * 0-0
-. Colombia withdrew
-. Costa Rica withdrew
-. Dutch Guyana withdrew
-. El Salvador withdrew
-. Mexico withdrew

2nd Round:
Cuba * - USA walkover

Asia:

Dutch East Indies * - Japan walkover