Preliminary Round:
15 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Att: 14,000 Ref: Nikolai Latichev (USR) HT: 1-0
HUNGARY 2 (Czibor, Kocsis)
ROMANIA 1 (Suru)
Hungary: Grosics - Dalnoki, Lorant - Lantos, Kovacs, Bozsik - Budai II,
Kocsis, Hidegkuti, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Romania: Voinescu - Zavoda II, Farmati - Calinoiu, Kovacs, Serfozo -
Paraschiva, Iordache, Ozon, Petschovschi(cap), Suru.
15 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 7,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 2-0
DENMARK 2 (Poul E.Petersen, Seebach)
GREECE 1 (Emanuilidis)
Denmark: Johansen - P.Petersen, Nielsen - Terkelsen, Andersen, Blicher -
J.W.Hansen, P.E.Petersen(cap), J.P.Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach.
Greece: Pentzaropoulos - Rosidis, Linoxilakis - Arvanitis, Ioannou, Pulis -
Emanuilidis, Darivas, Papayeorgiou, Bembis, Drosos.
15 July 1952 Lahti
Ref: Karel van der Meer (Ned) HT: 1-1
POLAND 2 (Trampisz, Krasowka)
FRANCE 1 (Leblond)
Poland: Stefaniszyn - Gedlak, Cebula - Banisz, Suszczyk, Mamon - Trampisz,
Krasowka, Alszer, Cieslik, Wisniewski.
France: Deprez - Bochard, Eloy - Colliot, Druart, Barreau - Persillon,
Leblond, Oliver, Bohee, Lefevre.
15 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: John Best (USA) HT: 5-0
YUGOSLAVIA 10 (Zebec 4, Mitic 3, Vukas 2, Ognjanov)
INDIA 1 (Ahmed Khan)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
India: B.Anthony - Azizuddin, Ravat - Manna, Lateef, Shunmugham -
Vankatesh, Sattar, Moinuddin, Ahmed Khan, J.Anthony.
16 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 10,000 Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 3-0
ITALY 8 (Gimona 3, Pandolfini 2, Venturi, Fontanesi, Mariani)
UNITED STATES 0
Italy: Bugatti - Rota, Corradi - Neri, Cade, Venturi - Mariani,
Pandolfini(cap), La Rosa, Gimona, Fontanesi.
USA: Burkhard - Schaller, Keough - Sheppell, Colombo, McHugh - Monsen,
Souza, Surrock, Mendoza, Cook.
16 July 1952 Kotka
Ref: John O.Nilsson (Swe) HT: 2-2
EGYPT 5 (El Mekkawi, El Dezwi 3, El Far)
CHILE 4 (Vial Blanco 2, Jara Constanzo 2)
Egypt: Hemueda - M.O.Mohamed, Kabil - Rashed, Bastan, Ali - S.Mohamed,
El Far, El Hamoly, El Dezwi, El Mekkawi.
Chile: Sanchez - Conley, Rojas - Placencia, Aninat, Qezada - Blanco,
Becker, Herrera, Pillado, Constanzo.
16 July 1952 Lahti
Ref: Vincenzo Orlandini (Ita) HT: 0-1 (aet)
LUXEMBOURG 5 (Roller 2, Letsch 2, Gales)
GREAT BRITAIN 3 (Robb, Lewis, Slater)
Luxembourg: Lahure - Wagner(cap), Spartz - Jaminet, Reuter, Guth - Muller,
Roller, Gales, Nurenberg, Letsch.
GB: Bennett - Stratton, Stewart - Saunders, Fuller, Topp - Robb, Slater,
Lewis, Noble, Hardisty.
16 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Att: 16,000 Ref: Giorgio Bernardi (Ita) HT: 3-1
BRAZIL 5 (Humberto, Larry 2, Jansen, Vava)
NETHERLANDS 1 (van Roessel)
Brazil: Carlos Alberto - Valdir, Mauro, Zozimo, Adesio - Edson, Milton -
Humberto, Larry, Vava, Jansen.
Netherlands: Kraak - Odenthal, Alberts - Wiertz, Terlouw, Biesbrouck(cap) -
van der Kuil, Bennaars, van Roessel, Mommers, Clavan.
16 July 1952 Kotka
Att: 10,000 Ref: Istvan Zsolt (Hun) HT: 0-0 (aet)
SOVIET UNION 2 (Bobrov, Trofimov)
BULGARIA 1 (Kolev)
Soviet Union: Ivanov - Krizhevski, Bashashkin - Nirkov, A.Petrov, Netto(cap) -
Trofimov, Teniyaghin, Bobrov, Gogoberidze, A.llyin.
Bulgaria: Sokolov - Vasilev, Manolov - Apostolov, Bojkov(cap), Petkov -
Milanov, Kolev, Panayotov, Argirov, Yanev.
Austria (walkover vs Saar), Dutch Antilles, Finland, Germany,
Norway (walkover vs Mexico), Sweden and Turkey byes.
First Round:
19 July 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 33,053 Ref: William Ling (Eng) HT: 2-3
AUSTRIA 4 (Gollnhuber 2, Grohs, Sturnpf)
FINLAND 3 (Stolpe 2, Rytkonen)
Austria: Nikolai - Kollmann, Krammer - Walter, Wolf, Fendler - Stumpf,
Hochleitner, Grohs, Feldinger, Gollnhuber.
Finland: Laaksonen - Lindman, Myntti - Asikainen, Valkama, Beijar -
Vaihela, Rytkonen, Rikberg, Lehtovirta, Stolpe.
20 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Ref: Giorgio Bernardi (Ita) HT: 2-0
GERMANY 3 (Schroder 2, Klug)
EGYPT 1 (EI Dezwi)
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Post - Sommerlatt, Jager, Gleixner - Mauritz,
Stollenwerk, Schroder, Schafer, Klug.
Egypt: Hemueda - M.O.Moharned, Sedky - Ali, Bastan, Rashed - El Mekkawi,
El Dezwi, El Hamoly, El Far, S.Mohamed.
20 July 1952 Kotka
Att: Not Known Ref: Maryan Macancic (Yug) HT: 1-0
BRAZIL 2 (Larry, Humberto)
LUXEMBOURG 1 (Gales)
Brazil: Carlos Alberto - Valdir, Mauro, Zozimo, Adesio - Edson, Milton -
Larry, Vava, Humberto, Jansen.
Luxembourg: Lahure - Wagner(cap), Spartz - Jaminet, Reuter, Guth - Muller,
Roller, Gales, Nurenberg, Letsch.
20 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 17,000 Ret: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 3-0
YUGOSLAVIA 5 (Zebec 2, Ognjanov, Mitic, Bobek)
SOVIET UNION 5 (Bobrov 3, Trofimov, Petrov)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkowski, Horvat, Boskov -
Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Soviet Union: Ivanov - Krizhevski, Bashashkin - Nirkov, Petrov, Netto(cap) -
Trofimov, Nikolaiev, Bobrov, Mariutin, Beskov.
21 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: Karel van der Meer (Ned) HT: 2-0
HUNGARY 3 (P.Palotas 2, Kocsis)
ITALY 0
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lantos - Bozsik, Lorant, Zakarias - Csordas,
Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Hidegkuti.
Italy: Bugatti - Rota, Corradi - Neri, Azzini, Venturi - Mariani,
Pandolfini(cap), La Rosa, Gimona, Fontanesi.
21 July 1952 Lahti
Ref: Carl Jorgensen (Den) HT: 1-0
TURKEY 2 (Muzaffer, Tekin)
DUTCH ANTILLES 1 (Briezen)
Turkey: Erdogan - Necdet, Ridvan - Mustafa, Basri, Ercument - Vasif, Tekin,
Muzaffer, Yalcin, Macit.
Dutch Antilles: Hato - De Lannoy, Canword - Matrona, Vlinder(cap), Giribaldi -
Heyliger, Brion, Briezen, Krips, Brokke.
21 July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 4,200 Ref: Johan Aksel Alho (Fin) HT: 2-0
SWEDEN 4 (Brodd 2, Rydell, Bengtsson)
NORWAY 1 (Sorensen)
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh -
Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
Norway: Blohm - Holmberg, Karlsen - Olsen, Svenssen(cap), Spydevold -
Hvidsten, Thoresen, Sorensen, Johannesen, Dahlen.
21 July 1952 Kupittaa, Turku
Att: 8,000 Ref: Finn Balstad (Nor) HT: 1-0
DENMARK 2 (Seebach, Svend Nielsen)
POLAND 0
Denmark: Johansen - P.Petersen, S.Nielsen - Terkelsen, Andersen, Blicher(c)
- J.W.Hansen, P.E.Petersen, J.P.Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach.
Poland: Szymkowiak - Gedlak, Banisz - Mamon, Kaszuba, Bieniek - Sobek,
Krasowka, Alszer, Cieslik, Wisniewski.
First Round Replay:
22nd July 1952 Ratina, Tampere
Att: 17,000 Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 2-1 Replay
YUGOSLAVIA 3 (Mitic, Bobek-p, Cajkovski)
SOVIET UNION 1 (Bobrov)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Soviet Union: Ivanov - Krizhevski, Bashashkin - Nirkov, Petrov, Netto(cap) -
Trofimov, Nikolaiev, Bobrov, Beskov, Chkuaseli.
Quarter-finals:
23 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 10,000 Ref: Vincenzo Orlandini (Ita) HT: 0-1
SWEDEN 3 (Sandberg, Brodd, Rydell)
AUSTRIA 1 (Grohs)
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh -
Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
Austria: Nikolai - Kollmann, Krammer - Walter, Wolf, Fendler - Stumpf,
Hochleitner, Grohs, Feldinger, Gollnhuber.
24 July 1952 Kotka
Att: 20,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 2-0
HUNGARY 7 (Kocsis 2, Puskas 2, Palotas, Lantos, Boszik)
TURKEY 1 (Ercument)
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lorant - Boszik, Lantos, Zakarias - Csordas,
Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Turkey: Erdogan - Necdet, Basri - Ridvan, Mustafa, Ercument - Vasif, Tekin,
Kamil, Yalcin, Macit.
24 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 0-1 (aet)
GERMANY 4 (Zeitler, Schroder 2, Klug)
BRAZIL 2 (Zozimo, Larry)
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Jager - Sommerlatt, Schafer, Post -
Hinterstocker, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schroder, Klug.
Brazil: Carlos Alberto - Valdir, Mauro, Zozimo, Adesio - Edson, Milton -
Larry, Humberto, Evaristo, Jansen.
25 July 1952 Pallokenttä, Helsinki
Att: 10,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 3-0
YUGOSLAVIA 5 (Cajkovski, Bobek, Zebec, Ognjanov, Vukas)
DENMARK 3 (Lundberg, Seebach, Jens Hansen)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Denmark: Johansen - P.Petersen, S.Nielsen - Terkelsen, Andersen, Blicher(c)
- J.W.Hansen, P.E.Petersen, J.P.Hansen, Lundberg, Seebach.
Semi-Finals:
28 July 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 22,000 Ref: William Ling (Eng) HT: 3-0
HUNGARY 6 (Kocsis 2, Hidegkuti, Puskas, Palotas, Lindh-og)
SWEDEN 0
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lorant - Boszik, Lantos, Zakarias - Hidegkuti,
Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Hansson, Gustavsson, Lindh -
Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
29 July 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: Wolf Waldemar Karni (Fin) HT: 3-1
YUGOSLAVIA 3 (Mitic 2, Cajkovski)
GERMANY 1 (Stollenwerk)
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Jager - Sommerlatt, Schafer, Gleixner -
Mauritz, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schroder, Ehrmann.
Bronze Medal Game
1 August 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 20,000 Ref: Vincenzo Orlandini (Ita) HT: 1-0
SWEDEN 2 (Rydell, Lofgren)
GERMANY 0
Sweden: Svensson - Samuelsson, Nilsson(cap) - Ahlund, Gustavsson, Lindh -
Bengtsson, Lofgren, Rydell, Brodd, Sandberg.
Germany: Schonbeck - Eberle, Jager - Sommerlatt, Schafer, Post -
Hinterstocker, Stollenwerk, Zeitler, Schroder, Ehrmann.
FINAL:
2 August 1952 Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Att: 60,000 Ref: Arthur Ellis (Eng) HT: 0-0
HUNGARY 2 (Puskas, Czibor)
YUGOSLAVIA 0
Hungary: Grosics - Buzansky, Lorant - Boszik, Lantos, Zakarias - Hidegkuti,
Kocsis, Palotas, Puskas(cap), Czibor.
Yugoslavia: Beara - Stankovic, Crnkovic - Cajkovski, Horvat, Boskov -
Ognjanov, Mitic, Vukas, Bobek, Zebec.
Rk Country P W T L F A Pts GAvg
1 HUNGARY 5 5 0 0 20- 2 10 10.00
2 Yugoslavia 6 4 1 1 26-13 9 2.00
3 Sweden 4 3 0 1 9- 8 6 1.13
4 Germany 4 2 0 2 8- 8 4 1.00
5 Brazil 3 2 0 1 9- 6 4 1.50
Denmark 3 2 0 1 7- 6 4 1.17
Austria 2 1 0 1 5- 6 2 0.83
Turkey 2 1 0 1 3- 8 2 0.38
9 Soviet Union 3 1 1 1 8- 9 3 0.89
Italy 2 1 0 1 8- 3 2 2.67
Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 6- 5 2 1.20
Egypt 2 1 0 1 6- 7 2 0.86
Poland 2 1 0 1 2- 3 2 0.67
Finland 1 0 0 1 3- 4 0 0.75
Dutch Antilles 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 0.50
Norway 1 0 0 1 1- 4 0 0.25
17 Chile 1 0 0 1 4- 5 0 0.80
Great Britain 1 0 0 1 3- 5 0 0.60
Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 0.50
France 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 0.50
Greece 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 0.50
Romania 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 0.50
Netherlands 1 0 0 1 1- 5 0 0.20
India 1 0 0 1 1-10 0 0.10
USA 1 0 0 1 0- 8 0 0.00
- Mexico withdrew
Saar withdrew
NB: after the medalists, teams are only ranked by the round in which they were eliminated.
7 Mitic (Yug), Zebec (Yug) 6 Kocsis (Hun) 5 Bobrov (USR) 4 Palotas (Hun), Puskas (Hun), Schroder (Ger), Larry (Bra), El Dewzi (Egi) 3 Bobek (Yug), Cajkovski (Yug), Ognjanov (Yug), Vukas (Yug), Brodd (Swe), Rydell (Swe), Seebach (Den), Gimona (Ita)
Thanks to Heikki Pietarinen (hece@yahoo.com) for additions and corrections
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