VII Olympic Football Tournament (London 1948)

(From 26-07-1948 to 13-08-1948)

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PARTICIPANTS (18)

· Host nation: Great Britain.

· Seventeen invited nations: Afghanistan, Austria, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, USA, Yugoslavia.

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· The eighteen participating teams are paired in a first knock-out round (a preliminary round between four drawn teams is played first in order to accommodate the matches of the first round). The winners advance to quarterfinals and further 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.

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

(26-07-1948)

Luxembourg - Afghanistan

6-0

Brighton

Netherlands - Ireland

3-1

Portsmouth

 

 

FIRST ROUND

(31-07-1948)

Yugoslavia - Luxembourg

6-1

London

Denmark - Egypt

3-1 (a.e.t.)

London

Great Britain - Netherlands

4-3 (a.e.t.)

London

France - India

2-1

Ilford

Turkey - China

4-0 (*)

Walthamstow

Sweden - Austria

3-0 (*)

London

Mexico - Korea

3-5 (*)

Dulwich

Italy - USA

9-0 (*)

Brentford

* Games played on 2-08-1948.

 

 

1/4 FINALS

(5-08-1948)

Turkey - Yugoslavia

1-3

Ilford

Sweden - Korea

12-0

London

Great Britain - France

1-0

London

Denmark - Italy

5-3

London

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(10-08-1948)

Denmark - Sweden

2-4

London

Great Britain - Yugoslavia

1-3 (*)

London

* Game played on 11-08-1948.

 

 

PLACES 3 & 4

(13-08-1948)

Denmark - Great Britain

5-3

London

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Empire Stadium (London)

DATE: 13-08-1948 (18:30 h)

ATTENDANCE: 60.000

REFEREE: William Ling (GBR)

GOALS: 1-0 (Gren 24’); 1-1 (Bobek 42’); 2-1 (G. Nordahl 48’); 3-1 (Gren [p.] 67’)

Sverige
Sweden SWE - Yugoslavia YUG
3-1 (1-1)
Југославија

Sweden (coach: George Raynor)

Torsten Lindberg

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Knut Nordahl

Erik Nilsson

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Birger Rosengren (c)

Bertil Nordahl

Sune Andersson

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Kjell Rosén

Gunnar Gren

Gunnar Nordahl

Henry Carlsson

Nils Liedholm

Yugoslavia (coach: Milorad Arsenijević)

Ljubomir Lovrić

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Miroslav Brozović

Branko Stanković

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Zlatko Čajkovski (c)

Miodrag Jovanović

Aleksandar Atanacković

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Zvonko Cimermančić

Rajko Mitić

Stjepan Bobek

Željko Čajkovski

Bernard Vukas

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Sweden SWE

2.

Yugoslavia YUG

3.

Denmark DEN

4.

Great Britain GBR

5.

Italy ITA

6.

Turkey TUR

7.

France FRA

8.

Korea KOR

9.

Luxembourg LUX

10.

Netherlands NED

11.

India IND

12.

Mexico MEX

13.

Egypt EGY

14.

Austria AUT

15.

China CHN

16.

USA USA

17.

Ireland IRL

18.

Afghanistan AFG

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Torsten Lindberg (SWE)

Viggo Jensen (DEN)

Erik Nilsson (SWE)

Birger Rosengren (SWE)

Miodrag Jovanović (YUG)

Giacomo Mari (ITA)

Kjell Rosén (SWE)

Gunnar Gren (SWE)

Gunnar Nordahl (SWE)

John Hansen (DEN)

Željko Čajkovski (YUG)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Gunnar Nordahl (SWE) - 7 goals

 

BEST PLAYER: Gunnar Gren (SWE)

   

 

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