This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-02-12 07:24
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On Feb 12, 1954, Hungary's national soccer team arrived in China, the first international team to visit. The Magical Magyars, as they were called, stayed in the country until March 13. The team finished runners-up in the 1954 World Cup, a tournament they had been hotly tipped to win.
Shortly after the visit, China sent a youth soccer delegation of 15 players to learn soccer skills in Hungary.
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