Team line-ups for the 1954 Chess Olympiad

The tables show the line-up of the teams at the 1954 Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam . The 26 participating teams initially played in four preliminary round groups. The best three teams from each group made it to the A-final. All other teams contested the B final. Each team consisted of four regular players and a maximum of two substitute players. In the tables, the final position is given for each team, next to it is the final tournament reached. The team balances are listed separately for the preliminary and final round, whereas the individual balances of the players are shown in the sum of both tournament phases. For the placement of the teams, the board points were the priority.

Teams

1. Soviet Union

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
1 (A)	Soviet Union	04th	1	0	16.5	9
		10	1	0	34	21st
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Mikhail Botvinnik	06th	5	0	8.5	11
2	Vasily Smyslow	06th	6th	0	9	12
3	David Bronstein	07th	7th	0	10.5	14th
4th	Paul Keres	13	1	0	13.5	14th
R.	Efim Geller	04th	2	1	5	7th
R.	Alexander Kotow	04th	0	2	4th	6th

2. Argentina

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
2 (A)	Argentina	3	2	0	14th	8th
		8th	1	2	27	17th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Miguel Najdorf	7th	7th	1	10.5	15th
2	Julio Bolbochan	8th	7th	0	11.5	15th
3	Óscar Panno	3	7th	3	6.5	13
4th	Carlos Guimard	3	2	1	4th	6th
R.	Héctor Rossetto	3	3	2	4.5	8th
R.	Herman Pilnik	3	2	2	4th	7th

3. Yugoslavia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
3 (A)	Yugoslavia	4th	1	1	14th	9
		7th	2	2	26.5	16
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Vasja Pirc	3	9	1	7.5	13
2	Svetozar Gligorić	4th	8th	2	8th	14th
3	Petar Trifunović	3	8th	1	7th	12
4th	Braslav Rabar	1	4th	3	3	8th
R.	Andrija Fuderer	6th	5	1	8.5	12
R.	Aleksandar Matanović	5	3	1	6.5	9

4. Czechoslovakia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
4 (A)	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	13.5	8th
		5	3	3	24.5	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Luděk Pachman	5	9	1	9.5	15th
2	Miroslav Filip	7th	7th	1	10.5	15th
3	František Zita	1	8th	1	5	10
4th	Jaroslav Šajtar	2	9	2	6.5	13
R.	Jiří Fichtl	2	4th	1	4th	7th
R.	Maximilián Ujtelky	2	1	1	2.5	4th

5. Germany

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
5 (A)	BR Germany	4th	1	1	16.5	9
		5	1	5	23.5	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Wolfgang Unzicker	7th	7th	2	10.5	16
2	Lothar Schmid	6th	3	4th	7.5	13
3	Gerhard Pfeiffer	4th	4th	3	6th	11
4th	Ludwig Rellstab	2	2	2	3	6th
R.	Klaus Darga	3	5	3	5.5	11
R.	Egon Joppen	5	5	1	7.5	11

6. Hungary

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
6 (A)	Hungary	05	0	1	18th	10
		03	6th	2	23	12
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	László Szabó	05	7th	4th	8.5	16
2	Gyula Kluger	06th	4th	5	8th	15th
3	Gedeon Barcza	10	5	1	12.5	16
4th	Béla Sándor	01	4th	1	3	6th
R.	Ernő Gereben	06th	6th	3	9	15th

7. Israel

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
7 (A)	Israel	5	0	1	16	10
		5	2	4th	22nd	12
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Josef Porath	1	7th	7th	4.5	15th
2	Moshe Czerniak	7th	5	3	9.5	15th
3	Menachem Oren	7th	3	2	8.5	12
4th	Izak Aloni	9	5	3	11.5	17th
R.	Israel Yosef Kniazer	0	8th	1	4th	9

8. Netherlands

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
8 (A)	Netherlands	4th	1	0	13	9
		4th	2	5	21st	10
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Max Euwe	4th	7th	2	7.5	13
2	Johannes Hendrikus Donner	5	6th	3	8th	14th
3	Nicolaas Cortlever	1	4th	3	3	8th
4th	Lodewijk Prins	6th	2	5	7th	13
R.	Haije Kramer	2	5	1	4.5	8th
R.	Theo van Scheltinga	2	4th	2	4th	8th

9. England

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
9 (A)	England	3	0	3	13.5	6th
		3	1	7th	17th	7th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander	4th	7th	4th	7.5	15th
2	Jonathan Penrose	5	4th	6th	7th	15th
3	Harry Golombek	1	8th	3	5	12
4th	Robert Graham Wade	4th	4th	4th	6th	12
R.	Leonard Barden	1	2	4th	2	7th
R.	Peter Hugh Clarke	2	2	3	3	7th

10. Bulgaria

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
10 (A)	Bulgaria	3	2	0	13.5	8th
		2	2	7th	17th	6th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Nikolay Minev	4th	4th	5	6th	13
2	Oleg Nejkirch	1	4th	2	3	7th
3	Zdrawko Milew	2	5	5	4.5	12
4th	Alexandar Tsvetkov	2	7th	2	5.5	11
R.	Milko Bobozov	4th	4th	2	6th	10
R.	Radko Bobekov	5	1	5	5.5	11

11. Sweden

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
11 (A)	Sweden	3	2	1	14th	8th
		1	3	7th	15th	5
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Gideon Ståhlberg	4th	8th	3	8th	15th
2	Erik Lundin	4th	6th	5	7th	15th
3	Gosta Stoltz	0	2	0	1	2
4th	Bengt Hörberg	4th	3	7th	5.5	14th
R.	Zandor Nilsson	5	2	6th	6th	13
R.	Royal Goode	0	3	6th	1.5	9

12. Iceland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
12 (A)	Iceland	3	0	2	11	6th
		0	2	9	13.5	2
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Friðrik Ólafsson	3	8th	3	7th	14th
2	Guðmundur Guðmundsson	2	6th	5	5	13
3	Guðmundur Pálmason	2	4th	3	4th	9
4th	Guðmundur Ágústsson	0	8th	5	4th	13
R.	Ingi Randver Jóhannsson	2	4th	7th	4th	13
R.	Guðmundur Arnlaugsson	0	1	1	0.5	2

13. Switzerland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
13 (B)	Switzerland	03	0	3	13.5	6th
		11	1	1	37	23
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Josef Kupper	08th	4th	2	10	14th
2	Max blue	06th	2	5	7th	13
3	Erwin Nievergelt	08th	0	4th	8th	12
4th	Edwin Bhend	09	2	2	10	13
R.	Otto Zimmermann	03	6th	2	6th	11
R.	Edgar Walther	08th	3	2	9.5	13

14. Canada

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
14 (B)	Canada	02	0	3	10	4th
		09	3	1	36	21st
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Daniel Abraham Yanofsky	06th	6th	5	9	17th
2	Frank Ross Anderson	13	2	2	14th	17th
3	Paul Vaitonis	06th	5	3	8.5	14th
4th	Fedir Bohatyrchuk	07th	3	5	8.5	15th
R.	Maurice Fox	05	1	2	5.5	8th
R.	Nathan Joseph Divinsky	00	1	0	0.5	1

15. Austria

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
15 (B)	Austria	02	0	3	9.5	4th
		10	1	2	36	21st
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Karl Robatsch	09	3	4th	10.5	16
2	Alfred Beni	08th	5	3	10.5	16
3	Alexander Prameshuber	04th	5	4th	6.5	13
4th	Josef Lokvenc	05	8th	1	9	14th
R.	Zoltan Kovács	07th	4th	2	9	13

16. Denmark

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
16 (B)	Denmark	01	2	3	11.5	4th
		07th	4th	2	34.5	18th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Bent Larsen	11	5	3	13.5	19th
2	Axel Nielsen	04th	5	5	6.5	14th
3	Palle Nielsen	10	3	3	11.5	16
4th	E. Verner Nielsen	03	1	1	3.5	5
R.	Harald Enevoldsen	02	4th	3	4th	9
R.	Børge Andersen	06th	2	5	7th	13

17. Italy

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
17 (B)	Italy	3	1	04th	7.5	2
		5	3	05	28.5	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Enrico Paoli	5	2	10	6th	17th
2	Giogio Porreca	7th	3	07th	8.5	17th
3	Federico Norcia	1	3	03	2.5	7th
4th	Francesco Scafarelli	9	7th	01	12.5	17th
R.	Ugo Calà	2	9	03	6.5	14th

18. Colombia

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
18 (B)	Colombia	3	1	2	12.5	7th
		7th	2	4th	27.5	16
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Miguel Cuéllar Gacharná	8th	4th	6th	10	18th
2	Boris de Greiff	8th	4th	6th	10	18th
3	Luis Augusto Sánchez	5	9	4th	9.5	18th
4th	Carmelo Rivera	5	9	4th	9.5	18th
R.	Humberto Tejada	0	0	2	0	2
R.	G. Hernandez	0	2	0	1	2

19. Belgium

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
19 (B)	Belgium	2	00	4th	9	4th
		4th	05	4th	27	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Albéric O'Kelly de Galway	6th	07th	3	9.5	16
2	Arthur Dunkelblum	3	12	3	9	18th
3	Jozef Gobert	1	03	4th	2.5	8th
4th	Robert Lemaire	9	02	7th	10	18th
R.	Alfons Franck	0	02	4th	1	6th
R.	Georges Thibaut	2	04th	4th	4th	10

20. Finland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
20 (B)	Finland	1	00	4th	5.5	2
		6th	01	6th	26.5	13
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Toivo Salo	1	03	7th	2.5	11
2	Jorma Vesterinen	3	10	5	8th	18th
3	Olav Katajisto	5	05	5	8th	16
4th	Jalo Aatos Fred	2	11	3	7.5	16
R.	Matti Rantanen	5	02	4th	6th	11

21. France

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
21 (B)	France	1	1	4th	9.5	3
		6th	0	7th	26th	12
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Ossip Bernstein	5	5	5	7.5	15th
2	Maurice Raizman	5	5	6th	7.5	16
3	André Thiellement	2	2	5	3	9
4th	Volf Bergraser	1	6th	6th	4th	13
R.	Georges Noradounguian	2	6th	4th	5	12
R.	Sylvain Burstein	6th	5	0	8.5	11

22. Saarland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
22 (B)	Saarland	1	1	5	8th	3
		3	3	7th	24	9
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Otto Benkner	8th	4th	4th	10	16
2	Gerhard Lorson	3	7th	8th	6.5	18th
3	Walter Morena	2	3	8th	3.5	13
4th	Otto Kastel	4th	0	8th	4th	12
R.	Ernst Weichselbaumer	5	4th	5	7th	14th
R.	Adolf Haas	0	2	1	1	3

23. Norway

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
23 (B)	Norway	2	1	3	11	5
		5	1	7th	22nd	11
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Otto Morcken	2	5	6th	4.5	13
2	Aage Vestøl	7th	6th	2	10	15th
3	Per Lindblom	2	3	6th	3.5	11
4th	Thor Støre	4th	2	7th	5	13
R.	Odd flater	3	6th	4th	6th	13
R.	Wilhelm Ramm	2	4th	5	4th	11

24. Greece

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
24 (B)	Greece	0	0	05	4.5	0
		3	2	08th	21st	8th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Dimitrios Parliaros	0	6th	12	3	18th
2	Ioannis Anagnostou	3	7th	08th	6.5	18th
3	Panagiotis Panagopoulos	5	7th	06th	8.5	18th
4th	Paulos Papapavlou	3	9	06th	7.5	18th

25. Ireland

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
25 (B)	Ireland	0	0	05	1.5	0
		2	0	11	11	4th
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Brian Patrick Reilly	1	3	05	2.5	9
2	Terry Kelly	0	3	14th	1.5	17th
3	Vincent Maher	4th	1	11	4.5	16
4th	James Walsh	1	4th	11	3	16
R.	William Nash	0	2	10	1	12
R.	Enda Rohan	0	0	02	0	2

26. Luxembourg

space	country	G	R.	V	Brettp.	Team p.
26 (B)	Luxembourg	0	0	06th	1	0
		0	0	13	7th	0
board	player	G	R.	V	Points	Lots
1	Charles Doerner	2	3	04th	3.5	9
2	Aloyse Ney	1	2	14th	2	17th
3	Georges Philippe	0	0	11	0	11
4th	Lucien Schneider	0	2	03	1	5
R.	Pierre Kremer	1	0	16	1	17th
R.	J. Jerolim	0	1	16	0.5	17th

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