1948 Summer Olympics / Football / Games

sport	Soccer
discipline	competition
gender	Men
Attendees	218 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Empire Stadium , Selhurst Park , Highbury , Cricklefield Stadium , Craven Cottage , White Hart Lane , Champion Hill , Green Pond Road , Griffin Park , Goldstone Ground , Fratton Park
Competition phase	July 26th to August 13th 1948
Medalist  Sweden  Yugoslavia  Denmark

This page contains all the matches of the 1948 Olympic football tournament in London with all statistical details.

Preliminary round

Netherlands - Ireland 3: 1 (2: 0)

Netherlands		Ireland
	26 July 1948 at 6:00 p.m. in Portsmouth ( Fratton Park ) Result: 3: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 8,000 Referee: George Reader ( Great Britain )
	Piet Kraak - Johannes van Brun , Henk Schijvenaar - Kees Krijgh , Rinus Terlouw , Arie de Vroet - Cornelis van der Tuijn , Kees Rijvers , André Roosenburg , Faas Wilkes , Abe Lenstra Trainer: Jesse Carver ( Great Britain )	Denis Lawler - Frank Glennon , William Richardson - William Barry , Paddy Kavanagh , William O'Grady - Peter McDonald , Emmet McLoughlin , Desmond Cleary , Brendan O'Kelly , Robert Smith Trainers: John Carey
	1: 0 Wilkes (1st) 2: 0 Roosenburg (11th) 3: 1 Wilkes (74th)	2: 1 O'Kelly (52nd)

Luxembourg - Afghanistan 6: 0 (3: 0)

Luxembourg		Afghanistan
	July 26, 1948 at 6:00 p.m. in Brighton ( Goldstone Ground ) Result: 6: 0 (3: 0) Spectators: 5,000 Referee: AC Williams ( Great Britain )
	Bernard Michaux - Nicolas Pauly , Jean Feller - Raymond Wagner , Victor Feller , Nicolas May - Julien Gales , Jean-Pierre Kremer , Nicolas Kettel , Max Paulus , Fernand Schammel Trainer: Jean-Pierre Hoscheid	Abdul Ghafoor Assar - Mohammad Gharzai , Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai - Abdul Shakur Azimi , Yar Barakzai , Abdul Kharot - Mohammad Kharot , Mohammad Afzal , Abdul Ghani Assar , Abdul Hamid Tajik , Mohammad Yusufzai
	1: 0 Gales (6th) 2: 0 Kettel (40th) 3: 0 Schammel (41st) 4: 0 Paulus (62nd) 5: 0 Gales (79th) 6: 0 Paulus (80th)

Round of 16

Denmark - Egypt 3: 1 a.s. (1: 1, 0: 0)

Denmark		Egypt
	July 31, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Selhurst Park ) Result: 3: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0) Spectators: 12,000 Referee: Stanley Boardman ( Great Britain )
	Eigil Nielsen - Hans Viggo Jensen , Knud Børge Overgaard - Axel Pilmark , Dion Ørnvold , Tage Ivan Jensen - Johannes Plöger , Karl Aage Hansen , Knud Lundberg , John Hansen , Karl Aage Præst Trainer: Robert Mountford ( Great Britain )	Yehia Imam - Abdel Aziz El-Hammami , Fouad Sedki - Helmi El-Maati , Abu Habaga , Hanafi Bastan - El-Sayed El-Dhizui , Mohamed El-Guindi , Ahmed Mekkawi , Abdelkarim Sakr , Hussein Madkour Trainer: Eric Keen ( Great Britain )
	1: 0 K. Hansen (82nd) 2: 1 K. Hansen (95th) 3: 1 Plöger (119th) penalty	1: 1 El-Guindi (83rd)

Great Britain - Netherlands 4: 3 a.d. (3: 3, 1: 1)

Great Britain		Netherlands
	July 31, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Highbury Park ) Result: 4: 3 n.V. (3: 3, 1: 1) Spectators: 21,000 Referee: Valdemar Laursen ( Denmark )
	Ronnie Simpson - Charles Neale , Gwyn Manning - Douglas McBain , Eric Lee , Eric Fright - Thomas Hopper , John Hardisty , Harry McIlvenny , Denis Kelleher , Peter Kippax Trainers: Matt Busby	Piet Kraak - Johannes van Brun , Henk Schijvenaar - Kees Krijgh , Rinus Terlouw , Arie de Vroet - Cornelis van der Tuijn , Kees Rijvers , Bram Appel , Faas Wilkes , Abe Lenstra Trainer: Jesse Carver ( Great Britain )
	1: 1 McBain (22nd) 2: 1 Hardisty (58th) 3: 2 Kelleher (77th) 4: 3 McIlvenny (111th)	0: 1 Appel (9th) 2: 2 Appel (63.) 3: 3 Wilkes (81.)

France - India 2: 1 (1: 0)

France		India
	July 31, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Lynn Road Stadium ) Result: 2: 1 (1: 0) Spectators: 17,000 Referee: Gunnar Dahlner ( Sweden )
	Gaston Rouxel - Charles Rouelle , Bernard Bienvenu - Raymond Krug , Marcel Colau , Gabriel Robert - Joseph Heckel , René Persillon , Jean Palluch , André Strappe , René Courbin	KV Varadaraj - Taj Mohammed , Sailen Manna - Sattar Basheer , Talimeren Ao , Mahabir Prasat - Robi Das , Ramchandra Parab , Sahu Mewalal , Ahmed Muhammad Khan , Sarangapari Raman Trainer: Balaidas Chatterjee
	1-0 Courbin (30th) 2-1 Persillon (89th)	1: 1 Raman (70th)

Yugoslavia - Luxembourg 6: 1 (0: 1)

Yugoslavia		Luxembourg
	July 31, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Craven Cottage ) Result: 6: 1 (0: 1) Spectators: 7,000 Referee: Karel van der Meer ( Netherlands )
	Franjo Šoštarić - Miroslav Brozović , Branko Stanković - Zlatko Čajkovski , Miodrag Jovanović , Aleksandar Atanacković - Prvoslav Mihajlović , Rajko Mitić , Franjo Wölfl , Stjepan Bobek , Željko Čajkovski Trainer: Milorad Arsenijević	Bernard Michaux - Nicolas Pauly , Jean Feller - Remy Wagner , Victor Feller , Nicolas May - Julien Gales , Lucien Konter , Nicolas Kettel , Max Paulus , Fernand Schammel Trainer: Jean-Pierre Hoscheid
	1: 1 Stanković (57.) 2: 1 Mihajlović (61.) 3: 1 Željko Čajkovski (65.) 4: 1 Željko Čajkovski (70.) 5: 1 Mitić (74.) 6: 1 Bobek (87.)	0: 1 Schammel (10.)

Turkey - China 4: 0 (1: 0)

Turkey		China
	August 2, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Green Pond Road ) Result: 4: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 3,000 Referee: Johann Beck ( Austria )
	Cihat Arman - Murat Alyüz , Vedii Tosuncuk - Selahattin Torkal , Bülent Eken , Hüseyin Saygun - Fikret Kırcan , Erol Keskin , Gündüz Kılıç , Lefter Küçükandonyadis , Şükrü Gülesin Trainer: Ulvi Yenal	Zhang Banglun - Xie Jinhong , Jean Feller - Zou Wenzhi , Song Lingsheng , Liu Songsheng - He Yingfen , Zhang Jinhai , Zhu Yonggiang , Hou Rongsheng , Li Dahui Trainer: Li Wei Tong
	1: 0 Kılıç (18th) 2: 0 Kılıç (61.) 3: 0 Saygun (72.) 4: 0 Küçükandonyadis (87.)

Sweden - Austria 3: 0 (2: 0)

Sweden		Austria
	August 2, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( White Hart Lane ) Result: 3: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 9,514 Referee: William Ling ( Great Britain )
	Torsten Lindberg - Knut Nordahl , Erik Nilsson - Birger Rosengren , Bertil Nordahl , Sune Andersson - Kjell Rosén , Gunnar Gren , Gunnar Nordahl , Henry Carlsson , Nils Liedholm Trainer: Rudolf Kock	Franz Pelikan - Karl Kowanz , Ernst Happel - Leopold Mikolasch , Ernst Ocffekt , Siegfried Joksch - Ernst Melchior , Erich Habitzl , Josef Epp , Wilhelm Hahnemann , Alfred Körner Trainer: Eduard Frühwirth
	1: 0 G. Nordahl (2nd) 2: 0 G. Nordahl (10th) 3: 0 Rosén (71.)
	Warning: Rosengren	Warning: Ocffekt expulsion: Kowanz (65.)

Mexico - South Korea 3: 5 (1: 2)

Mexico		South Korea
	August 2, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Champion Hill ) Result: 3: 5 (1: 2) Spectators: 6,500 Referee: Leo Lemesić ( Yugoslavia )
	Francisco Quintero - José Rodríguez Peralta , Jorge Rodríguez Navarro - Carlos Thompson , Fernando Figueroa , Alberto Cordoba - Eduardo Garduño , José Mercado Luna , Raúl Cárdenas , Mario Sánchez , Jorge Ruíz Trainer: Abel Herrera	Hong Deog-yeong - Park Gyu-jeong , Park Dae-jeong - Choi Seong-gon , Kim Gyu-hwan , Min Byeong-dae - Jeong Guk-jin , U Jeong-hwan , Bae Jeong-ho , Jeong Nam-sik , Kim Yong-sik Coach: Lee Young-min
	1: 1 Cárdenas (23rd) 2: 4 Figueroa (85th) 3: 5 Ruiz (89th)	0: 1 Choi (13th) 1: 2 Bae (30th) 1: 3 Jeong Guk-jin (63rd) 1: 4 Jeong Guk-jin (66th) 2: 5 Jeong Nam-sik (87th)

Italy - United States 9: 0 (2: 0)

Italy		United States
	August 2, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Griffin Park ) Result: 9: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Charles de la Salle ( France )
	Giuseppe Casari - Guglielmo Giovannini , Adone Stellin - Cesare Presca , Maino Neri , Giacomo Mari - Emidio Cavigioli , Angelo Turconi , Francesco Pernigo , Valerio Cassani , Emilio Caprile Trainer: Vittorio Pozzo	Archibald Strimel - Joseph Costa , Manuel Martin - Charles Colombo , Joseph Ferreira , Walter Bahr - Raymond Beckman , John Souza , William Bertani , Benjamin McLaughlin , Edward Souza Trainer: Walter Giesler
	1-0 Pernigo (2nd) 2-0 Stellin (25th, penalty) 3-0 Turconi (46th) 4-0 Pernigo (57th) 5-0 Cavigioli (72nd) 6-0 Cavigioli (87th) 7: 0 Pernigo (88.) 8: 0 Caprilo (89.) 9: 0 Pernigo (90.)
	Warning: Giovannini

Quarter finals

Great Britain - France 1: 0 (1: 0)

Great Britain		France
	August 5, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Craven Cottage ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: Karel van der Meer ( Netherlands )
	Kevin McAlinden - Charles Neale , James McColl - Douglas McBain , Eric Lee , Eric Fright - Frank Donovan , John Hardisty , Harry McIlvenny , Denis Kelleher , Peter Kippax Trainers: Matt Busby	Gaston Rouxel - Raymond Krug , Bernard Bienvenu - René Persillon , Marcel Colau , Gabriel Robert - Joseph Heckel , André Strappe , René Hebinger , Jean Palluch , René Courbin
	1-0 Hardisty (29th)

Denmark - Italy 5: 3 (1: 0)

Denmark		Italy
	August 5, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Highbury Park ) Result: 5: 3 (1: 0) Spectators: 25,000 Referee: William Ling ( Great Britain )
	Eigil Nielsen - Hans Viggo Jensen , Knud Børge Overgaard - Axel Pilmark , Dion Ørnvold , Days Ivan Jensen - Johannes Plöger , Karl Aage Hansen , Holger Seebach , John Hansen , Karl Aage Præst Trainer: Robert Mountford ( Great Britain )	Giuseppe Casari - Guglielmo Giovannini , Adone Stellin - Tommaso Maestrelli , Maino Neri , Giacomo Mari - Emidio Cavigioli , Angelo Turconi , Francesco Pernigo , Valerio Cassani , Emilio Caprile Trainer: Vittorio Pozzo
	1: 0 J. Hansen (30.) 2: 1 J. Hansen (53.) 3: 2 J. Hansen (74.) 4: 3 J. Hansen (82.) 5: 3 Plöger (84.)	1: 1 Caprile (50.) 2: 2 Caprile (67.) 3: 3 Pernigo (81.)

Sweden - South Korea 12: 0 (4: 0)

Sweden		South Korea
	August 5, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Selhurst Park ) Result: 12: 0 (4: 0) Spectators: 7,110 Referee: Giuseppe Carpani ( Italy )
	Torsten Lindberg - Börje Leander , Erik Nilsson - Birger Rosengren , Bertil Nordahl , Sune Andersson - Kjell Rosén , Gunnar Gren , Gunnar Nordahl , Henry Carlsson , Nils Liedholm Trainer: Rudolf Kock	Hong Deog-yeong - Park Gyu-jeong , Park Dae-jeong - Choi Seong-gon , Kim Gyu-hwan , Min Byeong-dae - Jeong Guk-jin , U Jeong-hwan , Bae Jeong-ho , Jeong Nam-sik , Kim Yong-sik Coach: Lee Young-min
	1: 0 Liedholm (11th) 2: 0 G. Nordahl (25th) 3: 0 Gren (27th) 4: 0 G. Nordahl (40th) 5: 0 Carlsson (61st) 6: 0 Liehholm (62nd) .) 7: 0 Carlsson (64.) 8: 0 Rosén (72.) 9: 0 G. Nordahl (78.) 10: 0 G. Nordahl (80.) 11: 0 Carlsson (82.) 12: 0 Rosén (85.)

Turkey - Yugoslavia 1: 3 (1: 1)

Turkey		Yugoslavia
	August 5, 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Lynn Road Stadium ) Result: 1: 3 (1: 1) Spectators: 8000 Referee: Victor Sdez ( France )
	Cihat Arman - Murat Alyüz , Vedii Tosuncuk - Naci Özkaya , Bülent Eken , Hüseyin Saygun - Fikret Kırcan , Erol Keskin , Gündüz Kılıç , Lefter Küçükandonyadis , Şükrü Gülesin Trainer: Ulvi Yenal	Franjo Šoštarić - Miroslav Brozović , Branko Stanković - Zlatko Čajkovski , Miodrag Jovanović , Aleksandar Atanacković - Kosta Tomašević , Rajko Mitić , Franjo Wölfl , Stjepan Bobek , Željko Čajkovski Coach: Milorad Arsenijević
	1: 1 Gülesin (33rd)	0: 1 Željko Čajkovski (21st) 1: 2 Bobek (60th) 1: 3 Wölfl (80th)
	Refusals: Eken (80th), Gülesin (85th)

Semifinals

Denmark - Sweden 2: 4 (1: 4)

Denmark		Sweden
	10 August 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Result: 2: 4 (1: 4) Spectators: 20,000 Referee: Stanley Boardman ( Great Britain )
	Eigil Nielsen - Hans Viggo Jensen , Knud Børge Overgaard - Axel Pilmark , Dion Ørnvold , Days Ivan Jensen - Johannes Plöger , Karl Aage Hansen , Holger Seebach , John Hansen , Karl Aage Præst Trainer: Robert Mountford ( Great Britain )	Torsten Lindberg - Börje Leander , Erik Nilsson - Birger Rosengren , Bertil Nordahl , Sune Andersson - Kjell Rosén , Gunnar Gren , Gunnar Nordahl , Henry Carlsson , Nils Liedholm Trainer: Rudolf Kock
	1: 0 Seebach (3rd) 2: 4 J. Hansen (77th)	1: 1 Carlsson (18th) 1: 2 Rosén (31st) 1: 3 Rosén (37th) 1: 4 Carlsson (42nd)

Great Britain - Yugoslavia 1: 3 (1: 2)

Great Britain		Yugoslavia
	11 August 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Result: 1: 3 (1: 2) Spectators: 40,000 Referee: Karel van der Meer ( Netherlands )
	Kevin McAlinden - Charles Neale , James McColl - Douglas McBain , Eric Lee , Eric Fright - Frank Donovan , John Hardisty , Harry McIlvenny , Denis Kelleher , Peter Kippax Trainers: Matt Busby	Franjo Šoštarić - Miroslav Brozović , Branko Stanković - Zlatko Čajkovski , Miodrag Jovanović , Aleksandar Atanacković - Prvoslav Mihajlović , Rajko Mitić , Franjo Wölfl , Stjepan Bobek , Željko Čajkovski Trainer: Milorad Arsenijević
	1: 1 Donovan (20th)	0: 1 Bobek (19th) 1: 2 Wölfl (24th) 1: 3 Mitić (48th)

3rd place match

Denmark - Great Britain 5: 3 (3: 2)

Denmark		Great Britain
	13 August 1948 at 2 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Result: 5: 3 (3: 2) Spectators: 50,000 Referee: Karel van der Meer ( Netherlands )
	Eigil Nielsen - Hans Viggo Jensen , Knud Børge Overgaard - Axel Pilmark , Dion Ørnvold , Tage Ivan Jensen - Johannes Plöger , Knud Lundberg , Jørgen Sørensen , John Hansen , Karl Aage Præst Trainer: Robert Mountford ( Great Britain )	Ronnie Simpson - Charles Neale , Andrew Carmichael - John Hardisty , Eric Lee , Eric Fright - John Boyd , Andrew Aitkew , Harry McIlvenny , Jack Rawlings , William Amor Trainers: Matt Busby
	1: 1 Præst (12th) 2: 1 J. Hansen (16.) 3: 2 Sørensen (41.) 4: 2 Præst (49.) 5: 3 J. Hansen (77.)	0: 1 Aitkew (5th) 2: 2 Hardisty (33rd) 4: 3 Amor (63rd)

final

Sweden - Yugoslavia 3: 1 (1: 1)

Sweden		Yugoslavia
	13 August 1948 at 6:30 p.m. in London ( Wembley Stadium ) Result: 3: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 60,000 Referee: William Ling ( England )
	Torsten Lindberg - Knut Nordahl , Erik Nilsson - Birger Rosengren , Bertil Nordahl , Sune Andersson - Kjell Rosén , Gunnar Gren , Gunnar Nordahl , Henry Carlsson , Nils Liedholm Trainer: Rudolf Kock	Franjo Šoštarić - Miroslav Brozović , Branko Stanković - Zlatko Čajkovski , Miodrag Jovanović , Zvonko Cimermančić - Bernard Vukas , Rajko Mitić , Franjo Wölfl , Stjepan Bobek , Željko Čajkovski Coach: Milorad Arsenijević
	1-0 Gunnar Gren (24th) 2-1 Gunnar Nordahl (48th) 3-1 Gunnar Gren (67th penalty)	1: 1 Stjepan Bobek (42nd)

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