Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands Antilles competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Caribbean nation, then a colonial territory of the Netherlands, was represented by their association football team.

Netherlands Antilles at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAHO
NOCNederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité
Websitewww.sports.an (in English)
in Helsinki
Competitors11 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2012)
 Aruba (2016–)
 Netherlands (2016–)

Football
Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands Antilles national football team was one of 25 teams entered in the tournament. They lost their first round match to Turkey and were eliminated from the tournament.

Squad
  1. Ergilio Hato (gk)
  2. Pedro Matrona
  3. Wilfred de Lanoi
  4. Wilhelm Canword
  5. Guillermo Giribaldi
  6. Edmundo Vlinder
  7. Adriaan Brokke
  8. Jorge Brion
  9. Juan Briezen
  10. Willys Heyliger
  11. Guillermo Krips
Match results
Turkey 2–1 Netherlands Antilles
Muzaffer Tokac  9'
Tekin Bilge  76' (pen.)		 (Report) Jan Briezen  79'
Attendance: 3696
Referee: Carl Jorgensen (Denmark)

References
  • (ed.) Kolkka, Sulo (1955). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF). Helsinki: Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Retrieved 2009-03-05.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Kubatko, Justin. "Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
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