Games of the XV. Olympiad

Football Tournament

(Helsinki, Finland, July 15 - August 2, 1952)


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PRELIMINARY ROUND

Bye: Austria, Dutch West Indies, Finland, Norway, Sweden,
     Turkey, West Germany.

Hungary          2-1 Romania

Italy            8-0 USA

Egypt            5-4 Chile

Brazil           5-1 Netherlands

Luxembourg       5-3 Great Britain

Denmark          2-1 Greece

Poland           2-1 France

Soviet Union     2-1 Bulgaria

Yugoslavia      10-1 India

FIRST ROUND

Hungary          3-0 Italy

Turkey           2-1 Dutch West Indies

Sweden           4-1 Norway

Austria          4-3 Finland

West Germany     3-1 Egypt

Brazil           2-1 Luxembourg

Denmark          2-0 Poland

Yugoslavia       5-5 Soviet Union
(replay)
Yugoslavia       3-1 Soviet Union

SECOND ROUND

Hungary          7-1 Turkey

Sweden           3-1 Austria

West Germany     4-2 Brazil

Yugoslavia       5-3 Denmark

SEMIFINALS

Hungary          6-0 Sweden

Yugoslavia       3-1 West Germany

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

Sweden           2-0 West Germany

FINAL

Helsinki, August 2, 1952
Hungary          2-0 Yugoslavia
Hungary: Gyula Grosics - Jenoe Buzanszky, Mihaly Lantos - Joszef Bozsik, 
         Gyula Lorant, Jozsef Zakarias - Nandor Hidegkuti, Sandor Kocsis,
         Peter Palotas, Ferenc Puskas, Zoltan Czibor.
Yugoslavia: V Beara - B Stankovic, T Crnkovic - Zlatko Cajkovski, I Horvat - 
            V Boskov, V Ognjanov, R Mitic, B Vukas, S Bobek, B Zebec.

Referee: Ellis (England)
Attendance: 60,000

Scorers: 25' Puskas 1-0; 88' Czibor 2-0.

Top scorers: Rajko Mitic (Yugoslavia)  7 goals
             Branco Zebec (Yugoslavia) 7 goals

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