1952 Summer Olympics / Football

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Football at the
1952 Summer Olympics
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venue FinlandFinland Helsinki , Kotka , Lahti , Tampere , Turku
Competition venue Olympic Stadium , Töölön Pallokenttä , Urheilukeskus , Lahden kisapuisto , Tampereen stadium , Kupittaan jalkapallo stadium
Teams 25th
Nations 25th
Athletes 294 (294 Mars symbol (male))
date July 15 to August 2, 1952
decisions 1
London 1948

A football competition was held at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki . In addition to Helsinki with the Olympic Stadium ( Helsingin olympiastadion ) and the Töölön Pallokenttä , the venues were Urheilukeskus in Kotka, Lahti with the Lahden kisapuisto , the Tampereen stadium in Tampere and the Kupittaan jalkapallo stadium in Turku.

Hungary was the first to be won by an Eastern European team whose dominance determined the Olympic football tournaments until 1980. Germany reached the semifinals for the first time thanks to the German amateur team supervised by national coach Sepp Herberger at an Olympic soccer tournament, but was eliminated there against the Yugoslavs, who thus reached the final like four years earlier. In the quarter-finals they won 4-2 after extra time against Brazil in an important football tournament until the 2014 World Cup. In the game for third place, the German team lost to defending champions Sweden, whose squad included five players from the 1950 World Cup .

The sensation in this tournament was Luxembourg's victory over the British team 5-3 after extra time. Luxembourg was then eliminated in the round of 16 against Brazil.

The hosts Finland were eliminated in the round of 16 against Austria.

Many of the Hungarian team's players also made it to the final of the 1954 World Cup two years later . None of the German players was in the 54 World Cup squad, but Georg Stollenwerk was part of the 58 World Cup squad and in 1958 played all six World Cup games for the German team.

The tournament

Olympic football tournament 1952
Olympic rings Soccer
Number of nations 25th
Olympic champion Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary (1st title)
venue Helsinki ( Kotka , Lahti ,
Tampere , Turku )
Opening game July 15, 1952
Endgame 2nd August 1952
Games 26th
Gates 135  (⌀: 5.19 per game)
spectator 338,253  (⌀: 13,010 per game)
Top scorer YugoslavYugoslav Branko Zebec (7 goals)
Warnings (⌀: 0.12 per game)
References (⌀: 0.04 per game)
Finnish surcharge

Preliminary round

July 15, 1952 in Turku / 10,588 spectators
Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary - Romania 1948Romania Romania 2: 1 (1: 0)
July 15, 1952 in Tampere / 4,372 spectators
DenmarkDenmark Denmark - Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece 2: 1 (2: 0)
July 15, 1952 in Lahti / 3,752 spectators
Poland 1944Poland Poland - France 1946Fourth French Republic France 2: 1 (1: 1)
July 15, 1952 in Helsinki (Pallokenttä) / 10,000 spectators
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia - IndiaIndia India 10: 1 (5: 0)
July 15, 1952 in Kotka / 10,637 spectators
Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union - Bulgaria 1948Bulgaria Bulgaria 2: 1 a.d. (0: 0)
July 16, 1952 in Tampere / 15,342 spectators
ItalyItaly Italy - United States 48United States United States 8: 0 (3: 0)
July 16, 1952 in Kotka / 5,354 spectators
Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt - ChileChile Chile 5: 4 (2: 2)
July 16, 1952 in Turku / 9,685 spectators
Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil - NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5: 1 (3: 1)
July 16, 1952 in Lahti / 3,656 spectators
LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg - United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 5: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)
Goal scorers : 1: 1/3: 1/4: 1 Roller (60. Min./95./97.), 2: 1 Léon Letsch (91.), 5: 2 Gales (102.) LuxembourgLuxembourg

Round of 16

July 19, 1952 in Helsinki (Olympic Stadium) / 33,053 spectators
AustriaAustria Austria - FinlandFinland Finland 4: 3 (2: 3)
Goal scorers : 1: 0/2: 1 Gollnhuber (8th min., E / 30th), 3: 3 Stump (59th), 4: 3 Grohs (79th) AustriaAustria
July 20, 1952 in Turku / 6,813 spectators
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany - Egypt 1922Egypt Egypt 3: 1 (2: 0)
Goal scorers : 1: 0 Klug (33.min.) , 2: 0/3: 0 Schröder (38./61.) Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany
July 20, 1952 in Kotka / 6,776 spectators
Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil - LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 2: 1 (1: 0)
Goalscorer : 1: 2 Gales (86th min.) LuxembourgLuxembourg
July 20, 1952 in Tampere / 17,000 spectators
YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia - Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union 5: 5 n.V. (5: 5, 3: 0)
July 22, 1952 in Tampere / 16,916 spectators
Replay: 3: 1 (2: 1)
July 21, 1952 in Turku / 6,024 spectators
DenmarkDenmark Denmark - Poland 1944Poland Poland 2: 0 (1: 0)
July 21, 1952 in Helsinki (Pallokenttä) / 13,870 spectators
Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary - ItalyItaly Italy 3: 0 (2: 0)
July 21, 1952 in Lahti / 3,696 spectators
TurkeyTurkey Turkey - NetherlandsNetherlands (AHO) Netherlands Antilles 2: 1 (1: 0)
July 21, 1952 in Tampere / 4,072 spectators
SwedenSweden Sweden - NorwayNorway Norway 4: 1 (2: 0)

Quarter finals

July 23, 1952 in Helsinki (Pallokenttä) / 12,564 spectators
SwedenSweden Sweden - AustriaAustria Austria 3: 1 (0: 1)
Goalscorer : 1-0 Grohs (40th Min.) AustriaAustria
July 24, 1952 in Kotka / 4,743 spectators
Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary - TurkeyTurkey Turkey 7: 1 (2: 0)
July 24, 1952 in Helsinki (Pallokenttä) / 11,451 spectators
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany - Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 4: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 1)
Goal scorers : 1: 2/3: 2 Schröder (75th Min./96th), 2: 2 Klug (89th), 4: 2 Zeitler (120th) Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany
July 25, 1952 in Helsinki (Pallokenttä) / 11,456 spectators
YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia - DenmarkDenmark Denmark 5: 3 (3: 0)

Semifinals

July 28, 1952 in Helsinki (Olympic Stadium) / 39,471 spectators
Hungary 1949Hungary Hungary - SwedenSweden Sweden 6: 0 (3: 0)
July 29, 1952 in Helsinki (Olympic Stadium) / 25,821 spectators
YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia - Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany 3: 1 (3: 1)
Goalscorer : 1: 1 Stollenwerk (12th min.) Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany

Bronze game

Sweden Germany
SwedenSweden
Game for the bronze medal
August 1, 1952 in Helsinki (Olympic Stadium)
Result: 2: 0 (1: 0)
Spectators: 28,470
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini ( Italy ) ItalyItaly 
GermanyGermany


Kalle Svensson - Lennart Samuelsson , Erik Nilsson - Olle Åhlund , Bengt Gustavsson , Gösta Lindh - Sylve Bengtsson , Gösta Löfgren , Ingvar Rydell , Yngve Brodd , Gösta Sandberg
Trainer: Rudolf Kock
Rudolf Schönbeck - Hans Eberle , Alfred Post - Kurt Sommerlatt , Herbert Jäger , Ludwig Hinterstocker - Johann Zeitler , Georg Stollenwerk , Willi Schröder , Herbert Schäfer , Kurt Ehrmann
Trainer: Sepp Herberger
goal1-0 Rydell (11th)
goal2-0 Löfgren (86th)

final

Hungary Yugoslavia
HungaryHungary
final
August 2, 1952 in Helsinki (Olympic Stadium)
Result: 2: 0 (0: 0)
Spectators: 58,553
Referee: Arthur Ellis ( England ) EnglandEngland 
YugoslaviaYugoslavia


Gyula Grosics - Jenő Buzánszky , Mihály Lantos - József Zakariás , Gyula Lóránt , József Bozsik - Nándor Hidegkuti , Sándor Kocsis , Zoltán Czibor , Ferenc Puskáás , Péter Palotásv Trainers: Gusztáás(C)Captain of the crew
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
goal1-0 Puskás (70th)
goal2-0 Czibor (88th)

Medal ranks

rank Medalist
Gold Hungary
Hungary 1949Hungary
József Bozsik , László Budai , Jenő Buzánszky , Lajos Csordás , Zoltán Czibor , Jeno Dalnoki , Gyula Grosics (TW), Nándor Hidegkuti , Sandor Kocsis , Imre Kovács , Mihály Lantos , Gyula Lóránt , Péter Palotás , Ferenc Puskas , Jozsef Zakariás
Coach: Gusztáv Sebes
Silver Yugoslavia
YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Vladimir Beara (TW), Stjepan Bobek , Vujadin Boškov , Tomislav Crnković , Zlatko Čajkovski , Ivica Horvat , Rajko Mitić , Tihomir Ognjanov , Branko Stanković , Bernard Vukas , Branko Zebec
Trainer: Milorad Arsenijević
Bronze Sweden
SwedenSweden
Olof Ahlund , Sylve Bengtsson , Yngve Brodd , Bengt Gustavsson , Holger Hansson , Gösta Lindh , Gösta Löfgren , Erik Nilsson , Ingvar Rydell , Gösta Sandberg , Lennart Samuelsson , Karl Svensson (TW)
Trainer: Rudolf Kock
Fourth place BR Germany
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany
Hans Eberle , Erich Gleixner , Kurt Ehrmann , Ludwig Hinterstocker , Herbert Jäger , Karl Klug , Matthias Mauritz , Alfred Post , Herbert Schäfer , Rudolf Schönbeck (TW), Willi Schröder , Kurt Sommerlatt , Georg Stollenwerk , Johann Zeitler
Trainer: Sepp Herberger

Best goal scorers

rank player Gates
1 YugoslavYugoslav Branko Zebec 7th
2 HungarianHungarian Sándor Kocsis 6th
YugoslavYugoslav Rajko Mitic 6th
4th from the Soviet Unionfrom the Soviet Union Vsevolod Bobrov 5
5 EgyptiansEgyptians El-Sayed El-Dhizui 4th
BrazilianBrazilian Larry 4th
HungarianHungarian Péter Palotás 4th
GermanGerman Willi Schröder 4th
HungarianHungarian Ferenc Puskás 4th
YugoslavYugoslav Tihomir Ognjanov 4th
...
18th GermanGerman Karl Klug 2
...
30th GermanGerman Johann Zeitler 1
GermanGerman Georg Stollenwerk 1

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