Ivan Eklind

<h2 id="career">Career</h2>
<p>Eklind officiated the <a href="/facts/1934_FIFA_World_Cup/jsfeHNtf">1934 FIFA World Cup</a> semi-final between Italy and <a href="/facts/Austria_national_football_team/VNzq7eCS">Austria</a>, as well as the <a href="/facts/1934_FIFA_World_Cup_final/Ty5DyvHj">final</a> which Italy won 2–1 over <a href="/facts/Czechoslovakia_national_football_team/93jBBW3D">Czechoslovakia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Afterwards he was heavily criticised for having favoured the Italian team with his decisions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> According to Canadian journalist John Molinaro, Eklind was said to have met with the <a href="/facts/Italian_fascism/xkN6bT7a">Italian fascist</a> dictator <a href="/facts/Benito_Mussolini/q8UPaBlm">Benito Mussolini</a> prior to officiating Italy's semi-final and final games.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>Eklind officiated in six World Cup finals matches over three tournaments (1934–1950), as well as becoming one of the assistant referees to <a href="/facts/Louis_Baert/W9WvQy62">Louis Baert</a> in June 1938, including <a href="/facts/Brazil_national_football_team/2wJk8lUD">Brazil</a>'s triumph against <a href="/facts/Poland_national_football_team/hBrcyFUN">Poland</a> in Strasbourg in which 11 goals were scored, and a Group A match at the <a href="/facts/1950_FIFA_World_Cup/927qvnKS">1950 FIFA World Cup</a>. Baert also went on to enjoy an incredibly lengthy international career.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.worldfootball.net/referee_summary/ivan-eklind/">Ivan Eklind</a> at WorldFootball.net</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070311163356/http://worldcup.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?contenutoId=65429">WorldCupGoal</a> at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (archived 2007-03-11)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"International football referee Ivan Eklind". <a href="https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=632" target="_blank">https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=632</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"1934 FIFA World Cup: Italy - Czechoslovakia". FIFA.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022. <a href="https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1934italy/match-center/1134" target="_blank">https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1934italy/match-center/1134</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Jack Dennison (20 January 2013). "Football and Fascism: The 1934 World Cup". goldengenerations.wordpress.com. <a href="https://goldengenerations.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/football-and-fascism-the-1934-world-cup/" target="_blank">https://goldengenerations.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/football-and-fascism-the-1934-world-cup/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Molinaro, John F. (24 November 2009). "1934 World Cup: Italy wins for Il Duce". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2018. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/1934-world-cup-italy-wins-for-il-duce-1.845220" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/1934-world-cup-italy-wins-for-il-duce-1.845220</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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