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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

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. The top two teams from each group (eight in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a

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style tournament. A third place play-off also was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

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won the final 3–2 against

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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.

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

Austria vs Switzerland

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Uruguay vs England

West Germany vs Yugoslavia

Hungary vs Brazil

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Semi-finals

West Germany vs Austria

Hungary vs Uruguay

Third place play-off

Final

References

Bibliography

External links

1954 FIFA World Cup archive
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