XV. Olympiad Helsinki 1952 Football Tournament


Preliminary Round:

15 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Att: 14,000 Ref: Nikolai Latichev (USR) HT: 1-0
HUNGARY 2 (Czibor, Kocsis)
ROMANIA 1 (Suru)
Hungary: Grosics - Dalnoki, Lorant - Lantos, Kovacs, Bozsik - Budai II,
         Kocsis, Hidegkuti, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Romania: Voinescu - Zavoda, Farmati - Calinoiu, Kovacs, Serfozo -
         Paraschiva, Iordache, Ozon, Petschowski, Suru.
  
15 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 7,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 2-0
DENMARK 2 (Poul E.Petersen, Seebach)
GREECE  1 (Emanuilidis)
Denmark: Johansen - P.Petersen, Nielsen - Terkelsen, Andersen, Blicher -
         J.W.Hansen, P.E.Petersen(cap), J.P.Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach.
Greece: Pentzaropoulos - Rosidis, Linoxilakis - Arvanitis, Ioannou, Pulis -
        Emanuilidis, Darivas, Papayeorgiou, Bembis, Drosos.
  
15 July 1952 Lahti
Ref: Karel van der Meer (Ned) HT: 1-1
POLAND 2 (Trampisz, Krasowka)
FRANCE 1 (Leblond)
Poland: Stefaniszyn - Gedlak, Cebula - Banisz, Suszczyk, Mamon - Trampisz,
        Krasowka, Alszer, Cieslik, Wisniewski.
France: Deprez - Bochard, Eloy - Colliot, Druart, Barreau - Persillon,
        Leblond, Oliver, Bohee, Lefevre.
  
15 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: John Best (USA) HT: 5-0
YUGOSLAVIA 10 (Zebec 4, Mitic 3, Vukas 2, Ognjanov)
INDIA       1 (Ahmed Khan)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
            Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
India: B.Anthony - Azizuddin, Ravat - Manna, Lateef, Shunmugham -
       Vankatesh, Sattar, Moinuddin, Ahmed Khan, J.Anthony.
  
16 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 10,000 Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 3-0
ITALY         8 (Gimona 3, Pandolfini 2, Venturi, Fontanesi, Mariani)
UNITED STATES 0
Italy: Bugatti - Rota, Corradi - Neri, Cade, Venturi - Mariani,
       Pandolfini(cap), La Rosa, Gimona, Fontanesi.
USA: Burkhard - Schaller, Keough - Sheppell, Colombo, McHugh - Monsen,
     Souza, Surrock, Mendoza, Cook.

16 July 1952 Kotka
Ref: John O.Nilsson (Swe) HT: 2-2
EGYPT 5 (El Mekkawi, El Dezwi 3, El Far)
CHILE 4 (Vial Blanco 2, Jara Constanzo 2)
Egypt: Hemueda - M.O.Mohamed, Kabil - Rashed, Bastan, Ali - S.Mohamed,
       El Far, El Hamoly, El Dezwi, El Mekkawi.
Chile: Sanchez - Conley, Rojas - Placencia, Aninat, Qezada - Blanco,
       Becker, Herrera, Pillado, Constanzo.

16 July 1952 Lahti 
Ref: Vincenzo Orlandini (Ita) HT: 0-1 (aet)
LUXEMBOURG    5 (Roller 2, Letsch 2, Gales)
GREAT BRITAIN 3 (Robb, Lewis, Slater)
Luxembourg: Lahure - Wagner(cap), Spartz - Jaminet, Reuter, Guth - Muller,
            Roller, Gales, Nurenberg, Letsch.
GB: Bennett - Stratton, Stewart - Saunders, Fuller, Topp - Robb, Slater,
    Lewis, Noble, Hardisty. 

16 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Att: 16,000 Ref: Giorgio Bernardi (Ita) HT: 3-1
BRAZIL      5 (Humberto, Larry 2, Jansen, Vava) 
NETHERLANDS 1 (van Roessel)
Brazil: Carlos Alberto - Valdir, Mauro, Zozimo, Adesio - Edson, Milton -
        Humberto, Larry, Vava, Jansen.
Netherlands: Kraak - Odenthal, Alberts - Wiertz, Terlouw, Biesbrouck(cap) -
             van der Kuil, Bennaars, van Roessel, Mommers, Clavan.

16 July 1952 Kotka
Att: 10,000 Ref: Istvan Zsolt (Hun) HT: 0-0 (aet)
SOVIET UNION 2 (Bobrov, Trofimov)
BULGARIA     1 (Kolev)
Soviet Union: Ivanov - Krizhevski, Bashashkin - Nirkov, A.Petrov, Netto(cap) -
              Trofimov, Teniyaghin, Bobrov, Gogoberidze, A.llyin.
Bulgaria: Sokolov - Vasilev, Manolov - Apostolov, Bojkov(cap), Petkov -
          Milanov, Kolev, Panayotov, Argirov, Yanev.

Austria (walkover vs Saar), Dutch Antilles, Finland, Germany,
Norway (walkover vs Mexico), Sweden and Turkey byes.  
  
First Round:
  
19 July 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 33,053 Ref: William Ling (Eng) HT: 2-3
AUSTRIA 4 (Gollnhuber 2, Grohs, Sturnpf)
FINLAND 3 (Stolpe 2, Rytkonen)
Austria: Nikolai - Kollmann, Krammer - Walter, Wolf, Fendler - Stumpf,
         Hochleitner, Grohs, Feldinger, Gollnhuber.
Finland: Laaksonen - Lindman, Myntti - Asikainen, Valkama, Beijar -
         Vaihela, Rytkonen, Rikberg, Lehtovirta, Stolpe.
     
20 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Ref: Giorgio Bernardi (Ita) HT: 2-0
GERMANY 3 (Schroder 2, Klug)
EGYPT   1 (EI Dezwi) 
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Post - Sommerlatt, Jager, Gleixner - Mauritz,
         Stollenwerk, Schroder, Schafer, Klug.
Egypt: Hemueda - M.O.Moharned, Sedky - Ali, Bastan, Rashed - El Mekkawi,
       El Dezwi, El Hamoly, El Far, S.Mohamed.
       
20 July 1952 Kotka
Att: Not Known Ref: Maryan Macancic (Yug) HT: 1-0
BRAZIL     2 (Larry, Humberto)
LUXEMBOURG 1 (Gales)
Brazil: Carlos Alberto - Valdir, Mauro, Zozimo, Adesio - Edson, Milton -
        Larry, Vava, Humberto, Jansen.
Luxembourg: Lahure - Wagner(cap), Spartz - Jaminet, Reuter, Guth - Muller,
            Roller, Gales, Nurenberg, Letsch.
    
20 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 17,000 Ret: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 3-0
YUGOSLAVIA   5 (Zebec 2, Ognjanov, Mitic, Bobek)
SOVIET UNION 5 (Bobrov 3, Trofimov, Petrov)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkowski, Horvat, Boskov -
            Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Soviet Union: Ivanov - Krizhevski, Bashashkin - Nirkov, Petrov, Netto(cap) -
              Trofimov, Nikolaiev, Bobrov, Mariutin, Beskov.
             
21 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: Karel van der Meer (Ned) HT: 2-0
HUNGARY 3 (P.Palotas 2, Kocsis)
ITALY   0
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lantos - Bozsik, Lorant, Zakarias - Csordas,
         Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Hidegkuti.
Italy: Bugatti - Rota, Corradi - Neri, Azzini, Venturi - Mariani,
       Pandolfini(cap), La Rosa, Gimona, Fontanesi.
          
21 July 1952 Lahti
Ref: Carl Jorgensen (Den) HT: 1-0
TURKEY         2 (Muzaffer, Tekin)
DUTCH ANTILLES 1 (Briezen)
Turkey: Erdogan - Necdet, Ridvan - Mustafa, Basri, Ercument - Vasif, Tekin,
        Muzaffer, Yalcin, Macit.
Dutch Antilles: Hato - De Lannoy, Canword - Matrona, Vlinder(cap), Giribaldi - 
                Heyliger, Brion, Briezen, Krips, Brokke. 

21 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere 
Att: 4,200 Ref: Johan Aksel Alho (Fin) HT: 2-0
SWEDEN 4 (Brodd 2, Rydell, Bengtsson)
NORWAY 1 (Sorensen)
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh -
        Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
Norway: Blohm - Holmberg, Karlsen - Olsen, Svenssen(cap), Spydevold -
        Hvidsten, Thoresen, Sorensen, Johannesen, Dahlen.

21 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Att: 8,000 Ref: Finn Balstad (Nor) HT: 1-0
DENMARK 2 (Seebach, Svend Nielsen)
POLAND  0 
Denmark: Johansen - P.Petersen, S.Nielsen - Terkelsen, Andersen, Blicher(c)
         - J.W.Hansen, P.E.Petersen, J.P.Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach.
Poland: Szymkowiak - Gedlak, Banisz - Mamon, Kaszuba, Bieniek - Sobek,
        Krasowka, Alszer, Cieslik, Wisniewski.

22nd July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 17,000 Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 2-1 Replay
YUGOSLAVIA   3 (Mitic, Bobek-p, Cajkovski) 
SOVIET UNION 1 (Bobrov)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
            Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Soviet Union: Ivanov - Krizhevski, Bashashkin - Nirkov, Petrov, Netto(cap) -
              Trofimov, Nikolaiev, Bobrov, Beskov, Chkuaseli.

Quarter-finals:
            
23 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 10,000 Ref: Vincenzo Orlandini (Ita) HT: 0-1
SWEDEN  3 (Sandberg, Brodd, Rydell)
AUSTRIA 1 (Grohs)
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh -
        Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
Austria: Nikolai - Kollmann, Krammer - Walter, Wolf, Fendler - Stumpf,
         Hochleitner, Grohs, Feldinger, Gollnhuber.
         
24 July 1952 Kotka 
Att: 20,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 2-0
HUNGARY 7 (Kocsis 2, Puskas 2, Palotas, Lantos, Boszik)
TURKEY  1 (Ercument)
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lorant - Boszik, Lantos, Zakarias - Csordas,
         Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Turkey: Erdogan - Necdet, Basri - Ridvan, Mustafa, Ercument - Vasif, Tekin,
        Kamil, Yalcin, Macit.
        
24 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki 
Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 0-1 (aet)   
GERMANY 4 (Zeitler, Schroder 2, Klug)
BRAZIL  2 (Zozimo, Larry)
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Jager - Sommerlatt, Schafer, Post -
         Hinterstocker, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schroder, Klug.
Brazil: Carlos Alberto - Valdir, Mauro, Zozimo, Adesio - Edson, Milton -
        Larry, Humberto, Evaristo, Jansen.
        
25 July  1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 10,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 3-0
YUGOSLAVIA 5 (Cajkovski, Bobek, Zebec, Ognjanov, Vukas)
DENMARK    3 (Lundberg, Seebach, Jens Hansen)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
            Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Denmark: Johansen - P.Petersen, S.Nielsen - Terkelsen, Andersen, Blicher(c)
         - J.W.Hansen, P.E.Petersen, J.P.Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach.
         
Semi-Finals:
        
28 July 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 22,000 Ref: William Ling (Eng) HT: 3-0
HUNGARY 6 (Kocsis 2, Hidegkuti, Puskas, Palotas, Lindh-og)
SWEDEN  0
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lorant - Boszik, Lantos, Zakarias - Hidegkuti,
         Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh -
        Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
              
29 July 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 3-1
YUGOSLAVIA 3 (Mitic 2, Cajkovski)
GERMANY    1 (Stollenwerk) 
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
            Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Jager - Sommerlatt, Schafer, Gleixner -
         Mauritz, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schroder, Ehrmann.
        
Bronze Medal Game
         
1 August 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: Vincenzo Orlandini (Ita) HT: 1-0
SWEDEN  2 (Rydell, Lofgren)
GERMANY 0 
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Ahlund, Gustavsson, Lindh -
        Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Jager - Sommerlatt, Schafer, Post -
         Hinterstocker, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schroder, Ehrmann.
        
FINAL:  

2 August 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki 
Att: 60,000 Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 0-0
HUNGARY    2 (Puskas, Czibor)
YUGOSLAVIA 0
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lorant - Boszik, Lantos, Zakarias - Hidegkuti,
         Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
            Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.

Final Table

Rk  Country         P  W  T  L   F  A  Pts   GAvg
 1  HUNGARY         5  5  0  0  20- 2   10  10.00
 2  Yugoslavia      6  4  1  1  26-13    9   2.00
 3  Sweden          4  3  0  1   9- 8    6   1.13
 4  Germany         4  2  0  2   8- 8    4   1.00
 5  Brazil          3  2  0  1   9- 6    4   1.50
 6  Denmark         3  2  0  1   7- 6    4   1.17
 7  Austria         2  1  0  1   5- 6    2   0.83
 8  Turkey          2  1  0  1   3- 8    2   0.38
 9  Soviet Union    3  1  1  1   8- 9    3   0.89
10  Italy           2  1  0  1   8- 3    2   2.67
11  Luxembourg      2  1  0  1   6- 5    2   1.20
12  Egypt           2  1  0  1   6- 7    2   0.86
13  Poland          2  1  0  1   2- 3    2   0.67
14  Finland         1  0  0  1   3- 4    0   0.75
15  Dutch Antilles  1  0  0  1   1- 2    0   0.50
16  Norway          1  0  0  1   1- 4    0   0.25
17  Chile           1  0  0  1   4- 5    0   0.80  
18  Great Britain   1  0  0  1   3- 5    0   0.60
19  Bulgaria        1  0  0  1   1- 2    0   0.50
19  France          1  0  0  1   1- 2    0   0.50
19  Greece          1  0  0  1   1- 2    0   0.50
19  Romania         1  0  0  1   1- 2    0   0.50
23  Netherlands     1  0  0  1   1- 5    0   0.20 
24  India           1  0  0  1   1-10    0   0.10
25  USA             1  0  0  1   0- 8    0   0.00

Top Scorers

 7 Mitic (Yug), Zebec (Yug)
 6 Kocsis (Hun)
 5 Bobrov (USR)
 4 Palotas (Hun), Puskas (Hun), Schroder (Ger), Larry (Bra), El Dewzi (Egi)
 3 Bobek (Yug), Cajkovsi (Yug), Ognjanov (Yug), Vukas (Yug), Brodd (Swe),
   Rydell (Swe), Seebach (Den), Gimona (Ita)

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