The 1954 Football World Cup Final was the final match of the 1954 World Cup. It was contested by West Germany and Hungary in Bern, Switzerland on July 4, 1954. West Germany won 3-2. The Hungarians were favourites to win - they which had been unbeaten for over four years - and so the game is considered one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. In Germany it is referred to as Das Wunder von Bern ("The Miracle of Bern"), and is the subject of a 2003 film, The Miracle of Bern. The 1954 Football World Cup was held in Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Miracle of Bern (German Das Wunder von Bern) is both a film by Sönke Wortmann and the event which it describes - Germanys win against Hungary in the 1954 World Cup in Bern, Switzerland. ...

During the group stage of the tournament, the Germans, who did not field their best line-up, lost 8-3 to Hungary. The Hungarian side included world-renowned players such as Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor, and Sándor Kocsis, and the previous year had beaten England 6-3 in a match at Wembley, and again 7-1 in Budapest just before the World Cup started. Ferenc Puskás (Hungarian: Puskás Ferenc, surname first) (born April 2, 1927 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football player, nicknamed Puskás Öcsi (öcsi means little brother). Puskas is a Real Madrid legend. ... Sándor Kocsis (born September 21, 1929 in Budapest; died July 22, 1979) was a Hungarian football striker, who ranks fourth all-time with 75 international goals (in only 68 caps). ... First International Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 11 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... England v Hungary (1953) refers to the first time the England football team were beaten at home by continental opposition1. ... Budapest seen from north. ...

In the final, the Hungarians went into the lead as expected early on, when Ferenc Puskás scored in the 6th minute. Zoltán Czibor scored in the 8th minute to make the score 2-0 to Hungary, and a victory for Hungary began to look a formality. However, the tables quickly turned as West Germany managed to equalise thanks to goals by Max Morlock (10th minute) and Helmut Rahn (19th minute). In the 84th minute, Rahn scored again to put Germany ahead. In the last minutes of the game, the Hungarians did everything they could; they even scored a goal, but it was disallowed because it was offside. Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss (The Boss), (born 16th August 1929 in Essen; died 14th August 2003) was a German football player. ... In association football (soccer), offside is covered by Law 11 of the Laws of the Game. ...

The unexpected win evoked a wave of elation in West Germany, and even today the game is considered one of the most important sports events of German history. Some scholars such as the political scientist Arthur Heinrich or the historian Joachim Fest considered it the birth of post-war Germany. In the radio report, the German fans can be clearly heard singing the first verse of the Deutschlandlied, the German national anthem, although actually it was only allowed to sing the third verse (the first being too nationalist). Herbert Zimmermann immortalised the last few moments of the game with his famous, emotional commentary "...Halten Sie mich für verrückt, halten Sie mich für übergeschnappt..." (You can think I'm mad, you can think I've lost it) The history of Germany is, in places, extremely complicated and depends much on how one defines Germany. ... Joachim C. Fest (born December 8, 1926 in Berlin) is a German journalist and author, best known in English-speaking countries for his biography of Adolf Hitler. ... After the beginning of the Cold War, following Germanys defeat in World War II, Germany was split for about 40 years, representing the focus of the two global blocks in the east and west. ... Das Lied der Deutschen (The Song of the Germans) or Das Deutschlandlied (The Song of Germany) has since 1922 been the national anthem of Germany. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their states official national song. ... // Nationalism is an ideology which holds that the nation, ethnicity or national identity is a fundamental unit of human social life, and makes certain political claims based on that belief, above all the claim that the nation is the only legitimate basis for the state and that each nation is... Herbert Zimmermann (1917 - December 16, 1966) was a popular German football commentator. ...

In Hungary, whose team had lost for the first time in 4½ years, rioting began shortly after the game. Players were interrogated and harassed by the Communist regime. Some players who returned from Switzerland in German Mercedes Benzes were threatened with torture and accused of having been paid to lose deliberately; some of their relatives lost their jobs. Communism refers to a theoretical system of social organization and a political movement based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Mercedes-Benz is a German brand of automobiles, buses, coaches and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler company (formerly known as Daimler-Benz), commonly known as Mercedes. ...

Teams

West Germany

• 1 Toni Turek (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
• 7 Jupp Posipal (Hamburger SV)
• 3 Werner Kohlmeyer (1.FC Kaiserslautern)
• 6 Horst Eckel (1.FC Kaiserslautern)
• 10 Werner Liebrich (1.FC Kaiserslautern)
• 8 Karl Mai (SpVgg Fürtp)
• 12 Helmut Rahn (Rot-Weiß Essen)
• 13 Max Morlock (1.FC Nürnberg)
• 15 Ottmar Walter (1.FC Kaiserslautern)
• 16 Fritz Walter (1.FC Kaiserslautern)
• 20 Hans Schäfer (1.FC Köln)

Trainer: Sepp Herberger Toni Turek, really Anton Turek, (*January 18, 1919 in Duisburg - † May 11, 1984 in Neuss) was a German Football goalkeeper. ... Helmut Rahn, known as Der Boss (The Boss), (born 16th August 1929 in Essen; died 14th August 2003) was a German football player. ... Fritz Walter (October 31, 1920 - June 17, 2002) was one of the most popular German football players. ... Josef Sepp Herberger (born 28 March 1897 in Mannheim, Germany, died 28 April 1977 in Weinheim, Germany) was a German football player and manager. ...

Hungary

• 1 Gyula Grosics (Honvéd Budapest)
• 2 Jenő Buzánszky (Dorogoi Bányasz)
• 3 Gyula Lóránt (Honvéd Budapest)
• 4 Mihály Lantos (MTK Budapest)
• 20 Mihály Toth (Ujpest Budapest)
• 5 József Bozsik (Honvéd Budapest)
• 6 József Zakariás (MTK Budapest)
• 9 Nándor Hidegkuti (MTK Budapest)
• 10 Ferenc Puskás (Honvéd Budapest)
• 11 Zoltán Czibor (Honvéd Budapest)
• 8 Sándor Kocsis (Honvéd Budapest)

Trainer: Gusztáv Sebes József Bozsik (November 28, 1925 in Kispest (now a district of Budapest) - May 31, 1978 in Budapest) was a Hungarian footballer. ... Nándor Hidegkuti - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Ferenc Puskás (Hungarian: Puskás Ferenc, surname first) (born April 2, 1927 in Budapest) was a Hungarian football player, nicknamed Puskás Öcsi (öcsi means little brother). Puskas is a Real Madrid legend. ... Sándor Kocsis (born September 21, 1929 in Budapest; died July 22, 1979) was a Hungarian football striker, who ranks fourth all-time with 75 international goals (in only 68 caps). ... Gusztáv Sebes (June 21, 1906 – January 30, 1986) is a famous Hungarian football (soccer) coach. ...