Games of the XV. Olympiad

Football Tournament

(Helsinki, Finland, July 15 - August 2, 1952)


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PRELIMINARY ROUND

Bye: Austria (after withdrawal Saar), Dutch Antilles, Finland,
     Norway (after withdrawal Mexico), Sweden, Turkey, West Germany.

Hungary          2-1 Romania

Italy            8-0 USA

Egypt            5-4 Chile

Brazil           5-1 Netherlands

Luxembourg       5-3 Great Britain

Denmark          2-1 Greece

Poland           2-1 France

Soviet Union     2-1 Bulgaria

Yugoslavia      10-1 India

FIRST ROUND

Hungary          3-0 Italy

Turkey           2-1 Dutch Antilles

Sweden           4-1 Norway

Austria          4-3 Finland

West Germany     3-1 Egypt

Brazil           2-1 Luxembourg

Denmark          2-0 Poland

Yugoslavia       5-5 Soviet Union
(replay)
Yugoslavia       3-1 Soviet Union

SECOND ROUND

Hungary          7-1 Turkey

Sweden           3-1 Austria

West Germany     4-2 Brazil

Yugoslavia       5-3 Denmark

SEMIFINALS

Hungary          6-0 Sweden

Yugoslavia       3-1 West Germany

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

Sweden           2-0 West Germany

FINAL

Helsinki, August 2, 1952
Hungary          2-0 Yugoslavia
Hungary: Gyula Grosics - Jenő Buzánszky, Mihály Lantos - József Bozsik, 
         Gyula Lóránt, József Zakariás - Nándor Hidegkuti, Sándor Kocsis,
         Péter Palotás, Ferenc Puskás, Zoltán Czibor.
Yugoslavia: Vladimir Beara - Branko Stanković, Tomislav Crnković - Zlatko Čajkovski,
            Ivica Horvat - Vujadin Boškov, Tihomir Ognjanov, Rajko Mitić, Bernard Vukas, 
            Stjepan Bobek, Branko Zebec.

Referee: Ellis (England)
Attendance: 60,000

Scorers: 70' Puskás 1-0; 88' Czibor 2-0.

Top scorers: Rajko Mitić (Yugoslavia)  7 goals
             Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia) 7 goals


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