Augustin Gustav Krist was the first Czechoslovakia

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n to be appointed to officiate at a FIFA World Cup

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 final match when he was linesman in the 1938 final between Hungary

Hungary national football team

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 and Italy

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 in Paris.

Krist had earlier been the match referee in the game between Cuba

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 and Sweden

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in which Sweden won 8-0. Krist had come to prominence in European football circles in the middle of the 1930s, assuming control in various internationals.