Italy was the first country to win the World Cup after extra time, defeating Czechoslovakia 2–1 in the 1934 final.
The final was played on June 10, 1934, at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome. Czechoslovakia took the lead through Antonín Puč with 19 minutes remaining, but Italy equalised 10 minutes later through Raimundo Orsi. Neither team scored again during the regulation 90 minutes, so the match became the first World Cup final to require extra time.
Five minutes into the additional period, Italian forward Angelo Schiavio scored the winning goal. Italy held on to claim its first World Cup title, with the home crowd celebrating a dramatic comeback in temperatures approaching 40°C.
The tournament’s rules allowed 30 minutes of extra time and called for a replay if the scores were still level. That was different from later World Cups, when penalty shoot-outs eventually became the standard method of deciding tied knockout matches. France, Argentina, and Germany all won World Cup finals after extra time—but only in later editions.