The Italian squad with their coach Vittorio Pozzo before the globe final against geographic area at the Stadio Nazionale del P.N.F. in Rome, June 10, 1934Italy won the second tourney, however wherever were defensive champions Uruguay?Hosts capture trophy once holders' no-showThe Azzurri were nominative to host the tournament by the FIFA congress in October 1932. And it'd be the primary tourney that groups would have to be compelled to qualify.After simply thirteen sides took half four years earlier within the debut tournament in South America, thirty two groups entered the 1934 competition and, once qualification, sixteen earned their right to contend for the globe title.
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