Czech international football had endured a 12 year hiatus following Bohemia's loss of international status in 1908.
The 3 players who featured in the tournament but not in the final itself were : Miroslav Pospíšil, Antonín Perner (v Yugoslavia)& Jan Plaček (v France). They were all Sparta Prague players.
The new Czechoslovakian team made their international bow at the 1920 Olympics, although the core of the squad had competed in the 1919 Inter Allied Games.
On 28th August 1920 Czechoslovakia made their international debut- beating Yugoslavia 7-0 ( scorers: Vanik (3), Janda (3) , Sedláček).
The following day Janda scored another hattrick as Norway were beaten 4-0.
In the semi final (31.08.20) France were beaten 4-1. On this occasion Otakar Škvajn was the hattrick scorer.
On 28th August 1920 Czechoslovakia made their international debut- beating Yugoslavia 7-0 ( scorers: Vanik (3), Janda (3) , Sedláček).
The following day Janda scored another hattrick as Norway were beaten 4-0.
In the semi final (31.08.20) France were beaten 4-1. On this occasion Otakar Škvajn was the hattrick scorer.
The stage was set then, for Czechoslovakia to be effectively crowned World Champions in their 4th competitive international match.
GK | Rudolf Klapka | Viktoria Žižkov |
FB | Antonin Hojer | Sparta |
FB | Karel Steiner | Viktoria Žižkov |
HB | František Kolenatý | Sparta |
HB | Karel Pešek (C) | Sparta |
HB | Emil Seifert | Viktoria Žižkov |
F | Josef Sedláček | Sparta |
F | Antonín Janda | Sparta |
F | Václav Pilát | Sparta |
F | Jan Vaník | Slavia |
F | Otakar Škvajn | Sparta |
