1954 World Cup Final
The Wankdorf Stadium held the final
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| Event | 1954 FIFA World Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 4 July 1954 | ||||||
| Venue | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern | ||||||
| Referee | William Ling (England) | ||||||
| Attendance | 64,000 | ||||||
The 1954 FIFA World Cup Final was the final match of the 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth World Cup in FIFA history. The game was played at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, Switzerland, on 4 July 1954, and saw West Germany beat the heavily favoured Golden Team of Hungary 3–2.
The 1954 final is widely considered one of the greatest matches in World Cup history, and also one of its most unexpected upsets. Beyond football, some historians ascribe the match a lasting impact on both German and Hungarian post-World War II history — contributing in West Germany to a sense of regained international recognition after the lost Second World War and denazification, and in Hungary to discontent with the communist-authoritarian regime in the run-up to the 1956 Hungarian revolution. In Germany, the 1954 final is known as the Miracle of Bern (German: Wunder von Bern).
The win earned Germany its first of thus far four World Cup titles, with the other titles to follow in 1974, 1990, and 2014 (as West Germany in 1954, 1974, and 1990, as Germany in 2014). For Hungary, the second place in 1954 remains the best World Cup result to date, jointly with finishing runners-up in 1938. The 1954 tournament is the only FIFA World Cup thus far in which two teams from Central Europe contested the final - with another Central European team, that of Austria, finishing third in the competition.
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