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'1953 |
| 14.06.1953 |
Czechoslovakia |
Romania |
2 - 0 (0-0) |
q. WC 1954 |
28.06.1953 |
Romania |
Bulgaria |
3 - 1 (2-0) |
q. WC 1954 |
| 11.10.1953 |
Bulgaria |
Romania |
1 - 2 (1-1) |
q. WC 1954 |
25.10.1953 |
Romania |
Czechoslovakia |
0 - 1 (0-1) |
q. WC 1954 |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1954 - Group 8 (123) |
| Date: |
14 June 1953 |
| Kick-off: |
17:00 |
| Stadium: |
"Strachov" |
| City: |
Praha |
| Referee: |
Pósa János (Hungary) |
| Assistants: |
Waldemar Schultz (East Germany), Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia) |
| Attendance: |
50.000 |
| |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
2 - 0
(45' 0-0)
|
R O M A N I A |
|
| Karol Borhy |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
Gheorghe Popescu |
| Imrich Stacho |
- |
- |
Ion Voinescu |
| František Šafránek |
- |
- |
Gheorghe Băcuț |
| Ján Karel |
- |
- |
Alexandru Apolzan |
| Ladislav Novák (C) |
- |
- |
Zoltan Farmati |
| Jiøí Trnka |
- |
- |
Valeriu Călinoiu |
| František Ipser |
- |
- |
Gavril Serfözö |
| Bozhin Laskov |
- |
- |
Tudor Paraschiva |
| Ladislav Pøáda |
- |
- |
Nicolae Dumitru |
| Emil Pažický |
- |
- |
Gheorghe Vaczi |
| Jaroslav Borovička |

46' |
- |
Iosif Petschovski
(C) |
| František Vlk |
- |
46'  |
Ștefan Filotti |
| Josef Crha |

46'' |
46'  |
Eugen Iordache |
| Emil Pažický |

54' |
1 - 0 |
- |
| František Vlk |

69' |
2 - 0 |
- |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1954 - Group 8 (124) |
| Date: |
28 June 1953 |
| Kick-off: |
17:45 |
| Stadium: |
"Republicii" |
| City: |
București |
| Referee: |
Waldemar Schultz (East Germany) |
| Assistants: |
István Zsolt (Hungary), Oregon Alexandrovicz
(Poland) |
| Attendance: |
45.000 |
| |
R O M A N I A |
3 - 1
(45' 2-0)
|
B U L G A R I A |
|
| Gheorghe Popescu |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
Stoyan Ormandzhiev |
Ion Voinescu |
- |
- |
Apostol Sokolov |
Vasile Zavoda |
- |
- |
Kiril Rakarov |
Alexandru Apolzan
(C) |
- |
- |
Manol Manolov |
Zoltan Farmati |
- |
- |
Boris Apostolov |
Valeriu Călinoiu |
- |
- |
Stefan Bozhkov (C) |
Gavril Serfözö |
- |
- |
Atanas Tsanov |
Iosif Szökö |
- |
- |
Dimitar Milanov |
Nicolae Dumitru |
- |
- |
Ivan Kolev |
Alexandru Ene |
- |
- |
Panayot Panayotov |
Iosif Petschovski |
- |
46'  |
Petar Argirov |
Iuliu Kiss |
- |
- |
Dobromir Tashkov |
- |
- |
46'  |
Krum Yanev |
| Iosif Petschovski |

20' |
1 - 0 |
- |
| Iosif Petschovski (pen) |

30' |
2 - 0 |
- |
| |
2 - 1 |

53' |
Dobromir Tashkov |
| Alexandru Ene |

82' |
3 - 1 |
- |
 |
'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1954 - Group 8 (125) |
| Date: |
11 October 1953 |
| Stadium: |
"Vasil Levski " |
| City: |
Sofia |
| Referee: |
Andor Dorogi (Hungary) |
| Assistants: |
Reinhardt (East Germany), Oregon Alexandrowicz (Poland)
|
| Attendance: |
40.000 |
| |
B U L G A R I A |
1 - 2
(45' 1-1)
|
R O M A N I A |
|
| Stoyan Ormandzhiev |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
Gheorghe Popescu |
Apostol Sokolov |
- |
- |
Costică Toma |
Kiril Rakarov |
- |
- |
Adalbert Androvits |
Manol Manolov |
- |
- |
Alexandru Apolzan |
Boris Apostolov |
- |
- |
Iosif Szökö |
Stefan Bozhkov (C) |
- |
- |
Valeriu Călinoiu |
Gavril Stoyanov |
- |
- |
Gheorghe Băcuț |
Krum Yanev |
- |
46'  |
Titus Ozon |
Georgi Dimitrov |
- |
- |
Iosif Petschovski
(C) |
Dobromir Tashkov |
- |
- |
Alexandru Ene |
Ivan Kolev |
- |
- |
Gavril Serfözö |
Petar Argirov |
- |
- |
Ioan Suru |
- |
- |
46'  |
Ștefan Onisie |
| - |
0 - 1 |

27' |
Gavril Serfözö |
| Ivan Kolev |

28' |
1 - 1 |
- |
| - |
1 - 2 |

52' |
Valeriu Călinoiu |
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'Qualification for FIFA World Cup 1954 - Group 8 (126) |
| Date: |
25 October 1953 |
| Stadium: |
"23 August" |
| City: |
București |
| Referee: |
Gerhard Schultz (East Germany) |
| Assistants: |
Alf Cober (Poland), Constantin Mitran (Romania)
|
| Attendance: |
100.000 |
| |
R O M A N I A |
0 - 1
(45' 0-1)
|
CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
|
| Ștefan Dobay |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
( 1-3-2-5 ) |
Karol Borhy |
| Florea Birtașu |
- |
85'  |
Bøetislav Dolejší |
| Adalbert Androvits |
- |
- |
Jiøí Hledík |
| Alexandru Aplozan (C) |
- |
- |
Ladislav Novák (C) |
| Iosif Szökö |
- |
- |
Jiøí Trnka |
| Ștefan Onisie |
- |
- |
Tadeáš Kraus |
| Gheorghe Băcuț |

76' |
- |
Jan Hertl |
| Iosif Petschovski |
- |
- |
Otto Hemele |
| Valeriu Călinoiu |
- |
- |
Ladislav Kačáni |
| Alexandru Ene |
- |
- |
Josef Crha |
| Gavril Serfözö |
- |
80'  |
František Vlk |
| Ioan Suru |
- |
- |
František Šafránek |
| Nicolae Dumitru |

76' |
80'  |
Anton Moravčík |
| - |
- |
85'  |
Imrich Stacho |
| - |
0 - 1 |
 29' |
(pen) Frantisek Safranek |
| Valeriu Călinoiu |
90'  |
- |
- |
| Qualification for World Cup 1953 - Group 8 |
Pd |
W |
D |
L |
F - A |
Pts |
| 1. |
Czechoslovakia [Q] |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
5 - 1 |
7 |
| 2. |
Romania |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
5 - 5 |
4 |
| 3. |
Bulgaria |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 - 7 |
1 |
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Czechoslovakia reached the group stage of the final tournament, where were eliminated by Uruguay and Austria, who reached the semifinals and played the 3rd final place match won by Austria. |
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