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On 26 June 1954, in a quarterfinal match of the
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, Switzerland. The 12 goals scored in the match set a World Cup record, unequalled to date, for the highest scoring match ever. The match is known by its German name, ''Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne'' (roughly translated to "The heat battle of Lausanne"), due to the high temperature that it was played under, 40 °C (104 °F).


Match chronicle

Switzerland, the tournament hosts, took a notable lead early on. In four minutes, the Swiss scored three goals:
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Robert Ballaman opened the score at the 16th minute, followed quickly by two goals by
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. Austria then became the first team in World Cup history to recover from a 3–0 deficit, scoring 5 goals in the remainder of the first half; Theodor Wagner initiated the Austrian response at the 25th minute; forward Alfred KörnerAccording to the officia
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, Robert Körner scored the second and fifth Austrian goals, but most sources not related to FIFA, including
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, state that Robert's younger brother, Alfred Körner, Alfred, scored those goals. The RSSSF page also states that Alfred Körner took and missed a
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in the 42nd minute. drew the score to 2–3 one minute later, and another minute later Wagner equalized to 3–3. Austria had tied the score in three minutes. In 11 minutes, between the 16th and the 27th minutes, six goals were scored, three by each team. At the 32nd minute,
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gave Austria the lead; Körner added his second, making the score 5–3. Ballaman scored again for Switzerland at the 39th minute. The first half thus ended 5–4 in favour of Austria, being the highest scoring half in World Cup history, even after inside left Körner had missed a
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in the 42nd minute.World Cup 1954 full details
– by Gwidon S. Naskrent et al.,
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. Retrieved 8 December 2006. Nine minutes into the second half, Wagner put Austria up 6–4 with his third goal, recording the seventh
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of the 1954 World Cup (''See List of World Cup hat-tricks''). Hügi would then emulate the feat, scoring his third at the 58th minute. Switzerland was not able to equalize, and Erich Probst made it 7–5 to end the scoring at the 76th minute. According to
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, the extreme heat adversely affected SwitzerlandWorld Cup Switzerland 1954 overview – "Did you know?"
– fifaworldcup.yahoo.com –
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. Retrieved 8 December 2006. after they led the match 3–0 at one point. Other sources add that at first, Switzerland had been able to take advantage of the temperature, when Austrian
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suffered from
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early in the match, quickly allowing the first three Swiss goals, before being assisted by the Austrian masseur while in play.


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References and footnotes

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