Mihály Iváncsics (1893–1968) was an international

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referee in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a linesman in the 1934 FIFA World Cup Final, played between

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and

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. Iváncsics, a contemporary of fellow Hungarian referees Gabor Boronkay, Josef Gero and Paul von Hertzka, had already gained vast experience as an international referee in the 1920s, taking charge of matches as far back as 1926 between Italy and

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. He accepted the appointment to the

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match in 1929, just after the

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. He refereed into the 1930s and was selected to attend the

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, where he was the only Hungarian referee at the tournament. In the tournament he officiated in four matches, two of which comprised the controversial

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v Italy quarter-final in which he ran the line to both Louis Baert and Rene Mercet. His appointment to the final that year may well have been as a result of the politics arising out of that quarter-final. He was an active international referee during the Second World War, and was appointed to the May 1940 fixture between Italy and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Iváncsics, Mihály FIFA World Cup finals match officials Hungarian football referees 1893 births 1968 deaths