Olympic Football Tournament 1924

IV Olympic Football Tournament (Paris 1924)

(From 25-05-1924 to 9-06-1924)

Olympic Poster

PARTICIPANTS (23)

· Host nation: France.

· Twenty-two invited nations: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Estonia, Hungary, Irish Free State, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (withdrew before the competition), Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, USA, Yugoslavia.

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· Fourteen of the twenty-three participating teams are paired in a first knock-out round (the remaining nine ones are given a bye). The winners advance to a second knock-out round, and further quarterfinals and semifinals. The two surviving teams after this last elimination round qualify for the final, whereas the two semifinal losers play a consolation final for the bronze medal.

FIRST ROUND (25-05-1924)
Italy - Spain	1-0	Paris
Turkey - Czechoslovakia	2-5	Paris
Switzerland - Lithuania	9-0	Paris
USA - Estonia	1-0	Paris
Yugoslavia - Uruguay	0-7 (x)	Paris
Hungary - Poland	5-0 (x)	Paris
Sweden - Portugal	(w.o.) (*)	Paris
BYES: France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Egypt, Irish Free State, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania.
* Portugal withdrew before the competition because the Portuguese Football Federation was unable to gather a representative team for the Olympic Games. (x) Games played on 26-05-1924.

SECOND ROUND (27-05-1924)
France - Latvia	7-0	Paris
Netherlands - Romania	6-0	Paris
Switzerland - Czechoslovakia	1-1 (a.e.t.) (x)	Paris
Bulgaria - Irish Free State	0-1 (x)	Paris
Italy - Luxembourg	2-0 (y)	Paris
Sweden - Belgium	8-1 (y)	Paris
Egypt - Hungary	3-0 (y)	Paris
Uruguay - USA	3-0 (y)	Paris
TIE-BREAK (30-05-1924)
Switzerland - Czechoslovakia	1-0	Paris
(x) Games played on 28-05-1924.　　　　 (y) Games played on 29-05-1924.

1/4 FINALS (1-06-1924)
France - Uruguay	1-5	Paris
Sweden - Egypt	5-0	Paris
Switzerland - Italy	2-1 (x)	Paris
Netherlands - Irish Free State	2-1 (a.e.t.) (x)	Paris
(x) Games played on 2-06-1924.

1/2 FINALS (5-06-1924)
Switzerland - Sweden	2-1	Paris
Netherlands - Uruguay	1-2 (x)	Paris
(x) Game played on 6-06-1924.

PLACES 3 & 4 (8-06-1924)
Netherlands - Sweden	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Paris
TIE-BREAK (9-06-1924)
Netherlands - Sweden	1-3	Paris

FINAL

STADIUM: Stade Olympique de Colombes (Paris)

DATE: 9-06-1924 (16:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 40.522

REFEREE: Marcel Slawick (FRA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Petrone 9’); 2-0 (Cea 65’); 3-0 (Romano 82’)

[Incidents: The Dutch referee Johannes Mutters was originally selected to officiate this match, but Uruguay protested this decision (fearing that their polemic victory against Holland in semifinals would bias him) and a new referee was appointed by drawing his name from a hat.]

Uruguay - Switzerland

3-0 (1-0)

Uruguay (coach: Ernesto Fígoli)

Andrés Mazali

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José Nasazzi (c)

Pedro Arispe

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Leandro Andrade

José Vidal

Alfredo Ghierra

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Santos Urdinarán

Héctor Scarone

Pedro Petrone

Pedro Cea

Ángel Romano

Switzerland (coach: Teddy Duckworth)

Hans Pulver

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Adolphe Reymond

Rudolf Ramseyer

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August Oberhauser

Paul Schmiedlin (c)

Aron Pollitz

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Karl Ehrenbolger

Robert Pache

Walter Dietrich

Max Abegglen

Paul Fässler

FINAL STANDING
1.	Uruguay
2.	Switzerland
3.	Sweden
4.	Netherlands
5.	Italy
6.	France
7.	Irish Free State
8.	Egypt
9.	Czechoslovakia
10.	Hungary
11.	USA
12.	Bulgaria
13.	Luxembourg
14.	Romania
15.	Belgium
16.	Latvia
17.	Spain
18.	Estonia
19.	Turkey
20.	Poland
21.	Yugoslavia
22.	Lithuania