The first goal of the 1934 World Cup was scored by Belli of Argentina after just three minutes of their match against Sweden in Bologna.
The first African Nation to compete in the World Cup was Egypt. Fawzi scored both their goals in their 2-4 defeat by Hungary in Naples.
The first World Cup tie to go into extra time was between Austria and France when they drew 1-1. Austria’s so called Wunderteam under coach Hugo Meisl, finally emerged winners at 3-2 though they later went down to Italy 0-1 in the semi - finals.
In the final between Italy and Czechs both captians were goal keepers - Giampiero Combi for Italy and Frantisek Planick for the Czechs.