Games of the XVI. Olympiad

Football Tournament

(Melbourne, Australia, 24th November - 8th December 1956)

FIRST ROUND

Bye: Bulgaria, Indonesia, India, USA, Yugoslavia.

24/11/1956	Soviet Union	2-1	West Germany

26/11/1956	Great Britain	9-0	Thailand

27/11/1956	Australia	2-0	Japan

SECOND ROUND

28/11/1956	Yugoslavia	9-1	USA

29/11/1956	Soviet Union	0-0	Indonesia [aet]
(replay)
01/12/1956	Soviet Union	4-0	Indonesia

30/11/1956	Bulgaria	6-1	Great Britain

01/12/1956	India		4-2	Australia

SEMI-FINALS

04/12/1956	Yugoslavia	4-1	India

04/12/1956	Soviet Union	2-1	Bulgaria

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

07/12/1956	Bulgaria	3-0	India

FINAL

Melbourne
08/12/1956	Soviet Union	1-0	Yugoslavia
Soviet Union: Yachin - Baschaschkin, Ogognikov - Kuznetsov, Netto,
              Maslenkin - Tatushin, Isaev, Simonian, Salinikov, Ilyin.
Yugoslavia: Radenkovic - Koscak, Radovic - Santek, Spajic, Krstic -
            Sekularac, Antic, Papek, Veselinovic, Mujic.

Referee: Wright (Australia)
Attendance: 120,000

Scorer: 48' Ilyin 1-0.

Top scorers: Todor Veselinovic (Yugoslavia) 4 goals
             Milanov (Bulgaria)             4 goals
             D'Souza (India)                4 goals

Sources:

Sydney Morning Herald (Newspaper)
Personal records of Alan Garside Snr

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Thomas Esamie for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Thomas Esamie
Last updated: 25 Oct 1999