Studenten Weltspiele (Wien) and Jeux Universitaires Internationaux (Monte Carlo) 1939

I Studenten Weltspiele 1939

NB: held Aug 20-27 in Wien (in German "Reich" after the "Anschluß"); held in
    opposition to the event organised by the Confédération Internationale des
    Etudiants; participants: Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary,
    Italy, Japan, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Yugoslavia;
    sports: athletics, basketball, boxing, diving, fencing, field hockey,
    football, gliding, handball, military sports, rowing, rugby, swimming,
    tennis, volleyball, waterpolo.

[Aug 21]
Germany         2-1 (1-1) Hungary
  [Epp 8, Hack 74; Tihanyi 32]
  [Germany: Scheithe, Althof, Katzer, Schädler, Hoffmann, Simon, Schneider II,
            Hack, Epp, Baumann, Dauda;
   Hungary: Zentay, Gymesi, Antal, Pazmandy, Kovacs I, Csonka, Magyar, Kovacs II,
            Tihanyi, Vraga, Erdös II]
Italy           w/o       Latvia

[Aug 23]
Italy           4-2 (2-2) Hungary
  [Frossi 3, 61, Raf Vallone 32,  Pernigo 58; Pazmandy 16, Kovacs II 25]
  [Italy: Venturini, Piazza, Tamietti, Piazza, Baldo, Puppo, Candiani, Scarabello,
          Pernigo, Raf Vallone, Frossi;
   Hungary: Zentay, Gymesi, Antal, Colosy, Kovacs I, Csonka, Magyar, Kovacs II,
            Kolocsay, Pazmandy, Erdös II]
Germany         w/o       Latvia

[Aug 26]
Germany         3-0 (2-0) Italy  
  [Dauda 35pen, Schneider II 44, Hack 86]
  [Germany: Scheithe, Katzer, Althof, Schäddler, Hoffmann, Simon, Schneider II,
            Hack, Epp, Baumann, Dauda;
   Italy: Venturini, Tamietti, Piazza, Baldo, Puppo, Capocasale, Frossi, Raf Vallone,
          Pernigo, Scarabello, Candiani]
Hungary         w/o       Latvia

 1.Germany               2  2  0  0   5- 1  4
 2.Italy                 2  1  0  1   4- 5  2
 3.Hungary               2  0  0  2   3- 6  0
 -.Latvia                withdrew

Sources: "La Stampa", Torino, August 1939, "Il Littoriale", Roma, August 1939,
         Austria Soccer

VIII Jeux Universitaires Internationaux 1939

NB: held Aug 20-27 in Monte Carlo (Monaco); organised by the Confédération
    Internationale des Etudiants; participants: Albania (athletes who opposed
    the Italian occupation of their country), Belgium, Brazil, Ceylon (British,
    S.A. Edwards represented Ceylon but was from England), Czechoslovakia,
    Denmark, Egypt, England (United Kingdom, Helene Mayer represented England
    but was from Germany), Estonia, France, Finland, India (British), Latvia,
    Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine (UK mandate), Poland,
    Scotland (United Kingdom), Sweden, Switzerland, United States of America,
    Wales (United Kingdom), Yugoslavia; sports: athletics, basketball, boxing,
    diving, fencing, football, shooting, swimming, tennis, waterpolo.

First Tournament

NB: Yugoslavia had registered but did not show.

[Aug 20]
France          2-3       Belgium   
[Aug 21]
Luxembourg      4-2       Belgium
[Aug 22]
France          2-0       Luxembourg

 1.France                2  1  0  1   4- 3  2  [g.a.: 1.33]
 2.Luxembourg            2  1  0  1   4- 4  2  [g.a.: 1.00]
 3.Belgium               2  1  0  1   5- 6  2  [g.a.: 0.83]

France: Pépin, Lena, Coard, Martinelli, Samuel, Marin, Vives, Robles, Bernard,
        Marcaggi, Lichtenstein.

NB: on Aug 23, Yugoslavia unexpectedly arrived; the organisers decided to cancel
    the first tournament and stage it again; France withdrew out of protest.

Second Tournament

Semifinals [Aug 26]
Yugoslavia      8-0       Luxembourg
France          o/w       Belgium   

Final [Aug 27]
Belgium         2-1       Yugoslavia

Belgium: Massa, Lambert, Villers, Haazen, Deroeck, Gaucqui, Lecat, d'Aubioul,
         Kuppers, Plenneveaux, Fabry.

Sources: "Le Figaro", August 1939, "Journal de Monaco", Bulletin Officiel de la
         Principauté, August 1939

Jeux Mondiaux Universitaires 1924-1955

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Prepared and maintained by Giovanni Armillotta for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Giovanni Armillotta
Last updated: 21 Oct 2021