Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics tournament, won by Sweden.[1]

Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryGreat Britain
Dates26 July – 13 August
Teams18 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)13 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored102 (5.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gunnar Nordahl
John Hansen (7 goals)

Venues
Brent Islington Southwark Hammersmith & Fulham
Empire Stadium Arsenal Stadium Champion Hill Craven Cottage
Waltham Forest

London
 

South coast (→)

 Haringey
Green Pond Road White Hart Lane
Hounslow
Griffin Park
Redbridge Brighton
Lynn Road Goldstone Ground
Croydon Portsmouth
Selhurst Park Fratton Park



Squads
Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Final tournament
Indian team at 1948 Olympics, captain T. Ao at the centre of first row, goal scorer S. Raman next to Ao and coach Balaidas Chatterjee to the extreme right.

The tournament began on 26 July 1948 with a preliminary round of two matches: Luxembourg defeating Afghanistan 6–0 and the Netherlands beating Ireland 3–1, with Faas Wilkes scoring two goals for the Dutch. In the first round, which began five days later, the Netherlands played Great Britain at Highbury, Britain prevailing 4–3 after extra time. In goal for Britain was Ronnie Simpson, who would go on to become the oldest Scottish international debutant in history and one of the Lisbon Lions. Yugoslavia (victors over Luxembourg) and Sweden (3–0 winners against Austria) also went through. France eliminated India.

The final match ball.

Sweden's style of play at White Hart Lane attracted much attention. Their forward line contained three exceptional players; one of them Gunnar Gren scored a brace in an easy win. There were two goals, as well, for future FIFA World Cup star Zeljko Cajkovski in Yugoslavia's 6–1 rout of Luxembourg, although they were behind at half-time. South Korea beat Mexico 5–3. Walter Bahr, Ed Souza, Charlie Colombo and John Souza were part of the United States team that lost 9–0 to Italy, conceding five goals at the end of the match when they were down to nine men. They would later participate in the 1950 FIFA World Cup and beat the favourites England in one of the greatest upsets in football history.

In the quarter-finals, Sweden defeated both the South Koreans and the Danes in the semi-final. In the second semi-final, Great Britain played Yugoslavia at Wembley Stadium, going out by three goals to one. 3–1 was also the score in the final in favour of Sweden over Yugoslavia.

Preliminary round
Luxembourg 6–0 Afghanistan
Gales  6', 79'
Kettel  40'
Schammel  41'
Paulus  62', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: A.C. Williams (Great Britain)
Netherlands 3–1 Ireland
Wilkes  1'  74'
Roosenburg  11'		 Report Smith[2]  52'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: George Reader (Great Britain)

First round
Yugoslavia 6–1 Luxembourg
Stanković  57'
Mihajlović  61'
Željko Čajkovski  65'  70'
Mitić  74'
Bobek  87'		 Report Schammel  10'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
Denmark 3–1 (aet) Egypt
K. Hansen  82'  95'
Pløger  119' (pen.)		 Report El Guindy  83'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Stanley Boardman (Great Britain)
Great Britain 4–3 (aet) Netherlands
McBain  22'
Hardisty  58'
Kelleher  77'
McIlvenny  111'		 Report Appel  20'  63'
Wilkes  81'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Vald Laursen (Denmark)
France 2–1 India
Courbin  30'
Persillon  89'		 Report Raman  70'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)
Turkey 4–0 Republic of China
Kılıç  18', 61'
Saygun  72'
Küçükandonyadis  87'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Johann Beck (Austria)
Sweden 3–0 Austria
G. Nordahl  2'  10'
Rosen  71'		 Report
Attendance: 9,514
Referee: William Ling (Great Britain)
South Korea 5–3 Mexico
Choi Song-Gon  13'
Bai Chon-Go  30'
Chung Kook-Chin  63', 66'
Chung Nam-Sik  87'		 Report Cárdenas  23'
Figueroa  85'
Ruiz  89'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Leo Lemesic (Yugoslavia)
Italy 9–0 United States
Pernigo  2', 57', 88', 90'
Stellin  25' (pen.)
Turconi  46'
Cavigioli  72', 87'
Caprile  90'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Charles de la Salle (France)

Quarter-finals
Yugoslavia 3–1 Turkey
Željko Čajkovski  21'
Bobek  60'
Wölfl  80'		 Report Gulesin  33'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Victor Sdez (France)
Sweden 12–0 South Korea
Liedholm  11', 62'
G. Nordahl  25', 40', 78', 80'
Gren  27'
Carlsson  61', 64', 82'
Rosén  72', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 7,110
Referee: Giuseppe Carpani (Italy)
Great Britain 1–0 France
Hardisty  29' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
Denmark 5–3 Italy
John Hansen  30', 53', 74', 82'
Pløger  84'		 Report Cavigioli  49'
Caprile  67'
Pernigo  81'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: William Ling (Great Britain)

Semi-finals
Sweden 4–2 Denmark
Carlsson  18'  42'
Rosén  31'  37'		 Report Seebach  3'
John Hansen  77'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Stanley Boardman (Great Britain)
Great Britain 1–3 Yugoslavia
Donovan  20' Report Bobek  19'
Wölfl  24'
Mitić  48'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)

Bronze medal match
Great Britain 3–5 Denmark
Aitken  5'
Hardisty  33'
Amor  63' (pen.)		 Report Præst  12', 49'
John Hansen  16', 77'
J. Sørensen  41'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)

Gold medal match
Sweden 3–1 Yugoslavia
Gren  24'  67' (pen.)
G. Nordahl  48'		 Report Bobek  42'
Attendance: 60,000

Bracket
Swedish gold medal team
 
First roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
 Yugoslavia6
 
 
 
 Luxembourg1
 
 Yugoslavia3
 
 
 
 Turkey1
 
 Turkey4
 
 
 
 Republic of China0
 
 Yugoslavia3
 
 
 
 Great Britain1
 
 Great Britain (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Great Britain1
 
 
 
 France0
 
 France2
 
 
 
 India1
 
 Yugoslavia1
 
 
 
 Sweden3
 
 Sweden3
 
 
 
 Austria0
 
 Sweden12
 
 
 
 South Korea0
 
 South Korea5
 
 
 
 Mexico3
 
 Sweden4
 
 
 
 Denmark2 Bronze Medal match
 
 Denmark (a.e.t.)3
 
  
 
 Egypt1
 
 Denmark5 Great Britain3
 
 
 
 Italy3  Denmark5
 
 Italy9
 
 
 United States0
 

Medalists
The Irish team
Gold Silver Bronze
 Sweden  Yugoslavia  Denmark
Torsten Lindberg
Karl Svensson
Knut Nordahl
Erik Nilsson
Birger Rosengren
Bertil Nordahl
Sune Andersson
Gunnar Gren
Gunnar Nordahl
Henry Carlsson
Nils Liedholm
Börje Leander		 Franjo Šoštarić
Miroslav Brozović
Branko Stanković
Zlatko Čajkovski
Miodrag Jovanović
Aleksandar Atanacković
Prvoslav Mihajlović
Rajko Mitić
Franjo Wölfl
Stjepan Bobek
Željko Čajkovski
Kosta Tomašević
Ljubomir Lovrić
Zvonimir Cimermančić
Bernard Vukas		 Knud Bastrup-Birk
Hans Colberg
Edvin Hansen
John Hansen
Jørgen W. Hansen
Karl Aage Hansen
Erik Kuld Jensen
Ivan Jensen
Ove Jensen
Hans Viggo Jensen
Per Knudsen
Knud Lundberg
Eigil Nielsen
Knud Børge Overgaard
Poul Petersen
Axel Pilmark
Johannes Pløger
Carl Aage Præst
Holger Seebach
Erling Sørensen
Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
Dion Ørnvold

Statistics

Goalscorers
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "Football at the 1948 London Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. Official Report on Ireland’s Participation XIVth Olympiad August 1948

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