1952 Summer Olympics / Football - Semifinals

Games of the semifinals of the 1952 Olympic football tournament .
The winners qualified for the final, the losers played for the bronze medal.
In the event of a tie after extra time, a replay was played.

Hungary - Sweden 6: 0 (3: 0)

Hungary		Sweden
	July 28, 1952 at 7:00 p.m. in Helsinki ( Olympic Stadium ) Spectators: 30,471 Referee: William Ling ( United Kingdom )
	Gyula Grosics - Jenő Buzánszky , Mihály Lantos - József Zakariás , Gyula Lóránt , József Bozsik - Nándor Hidegkuti , Sándor Kocsis , Zoltán Czibor , Ferenc Puskáás , Péter Palotásv Trainers: Gusztáás	Kalle Svensson - Lennart Samuelsson , Erik Nilsson - Holger Hansson , Bengt Gustavsson , Gösta Lindh - Sylve Bengtsson , Gösta Löfgren , Ingvar Rydell , Yngve Brodd , Gösta Sandberg Trainer: Rudolf Kock
	1-0 Puskas (1st) 2-0 Palotás (16th) 3-0 Lindh (36th) Own goal 4-0 Kocsis (65th) 5-0 Hidegkuti (67th) 6-0 Kocsis (69th)

Yugoslavia - Germany 3: 1 (3: 1)

Yugoslavia		Germany
	July 29, 1952 at 7:00 p.m. in Helsinki ( Olympic Stadium ) Spectators: 25,821 Referee: Wolf Karni ( Finland )
	Vladimir Beara - Tomislav Crnković , Branko Stanković - Zlatko Čajkovski , Ivica Horvat , Vujadin Boškov - Tihomir Ognjanov , Rajko Mitić , Bernard Vukas , Stjepan Bobek , Branko Zebec Trainer: Milorad Arsenijević	Rudolf Schönbeck - Hans Eberle , Kurt Sommerlatt - Erich Gleixner , Herbert Jäger , Matthias Mauritz - Johann Zeitler , Georg Stollenwerk , Willi Schröder , Herbert Schäfer , Kurt Ehrmann Trainer: Sepp Herberger
	1-0 Mitić (3rd) 2-1 Mitić (24th) 3-1 Čajkovski (30th)	1: 1 Stollenwerk (12.)

Web links

• SportsReference football semifinals
• Official Report, page 668
• FIFA Archives