Czechoslovakia 1920

Czech international football had endured a 12 year hiatus following Bohemia's loss of international status in 1908.

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.

The stage was set then, for Czechoslovakia to be effectively crowned World Champions in their 4th competitive international match.

Famously, of course, this was not to be the case.

The line up for the final was:

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

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.