Cuba’s Only World Cup Win

from OTD: Your Daily Dose of Soccer History · host 17 Laws Guy

OTD E0221 — 09 Jun 1938: Cuba beat Romania 2–1 in Toulouse in a WorldCup replay, recordingthe only World Cup finals win in Cuban football history. This episode traces pre-Castro Cuba, Havana’s immigrant football clubs, José Tapia, Héctor Socorro, José Magriñá, Tomás Fernández, the chaos of 1938 qualification, Cuba’s quarter-final run, the 8–0 loss to Sweden, and the long interrupted story of Cuban football since. Ideas: [email protected]

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