Trivia Question 2

[mr2aw11]

The footy geek in the office got this before the question had even finished:

Which two teams in this year's WC consist solely of players from their own domestic league?

[benaldo]

Italy ?

[Eric Mc]

Italy and Saudi Arabia (according to Motty the other night).

[Raify]

Question 2:

In the 1938 World Cup, how did Sweden beat Austria (in the first round), without kicking a ball?

[The Wiz]

Yep .. and if Motty said it its got to be right!!

[mr2aw11]

Eric Mc said:

Italy and Saudi Arabia (according to Motty the other night).

Correct - I guess there's advantages to not turning the BBC games audio options to R5 - I wasn't aware Motty had said that, don't think I would've posed the question if I knew. Ho hum...

[matt.m]

answer to ques 2 - austria didnt field a team as they were annexed by germany who promptly fielded 8 of the austrian team. ( I now hope thats right)

[Eric Mc]

Did Austria withdraw because of the Aunchluss with Germany (just a guess)?

[Raify]

Eric Mc said:

Did Austria withdraw because of the Aunchluss with Germany (just a guess)?

Good guess. Austria withdrew after being annexed.