XII. World University Championships 1954 (Budapest)

NB: this tournament was not considered part of the biannual World Youth and Students
    Festival series, but the 12th edition of the World University Championships (after
    the 11th in 1951 in Ost-Berlin, also the third World Youth and Students Festival).

Group A
[Jul 31]
Hungary         3-0 (0-0) Scotland
[Aug 2]
Hungary         5-0 (2-0) Egypt
[Aug 4]
Hungary        12-0 (7-0) Uruguay
[Aug 5]
Egypt           3-3 (2-0) Scotland
[Aug 6]
Scotland        5-1 (3-1) Uruguay
[Aug 7]
Egypt          10-1 (4-0) Uruguay
NB: Uruguay arrived late

 1.Hungary               3  3  0  0  20- 0  6
 2.Egypt                 3  1  1  1  13- 9  3 (g.a. 1.444)
 3.Scotland              3  1  1  1   8- 7  3 (g.a. 1.143)
 4.Uruguay               3  0  0  3   2-27  0

Group B
[Aug 1]
Romania         8-0 (6-0) North Korea
Czechoslov.   13-0 (10-0) Belgium
[Aug 3]
Czechoslovakia  8-0 (5-0) North Korea
[Aug 4]
Romania        12-0 (4-0) Belgium
[Aug 5]
Romania         2-0 (1-0) Czechoslovakia
[Aug 6]
North Korea    10-1 (4-0) Belgium

 1.Romania               3  3  0  0  22- 0  6
 2.Czechoslovakia        3  2  0  1  21- 2  4
 3.North Korea           3  1  0  2  10-17  2
 4.Belgium               3  0  0  3   1-35  0

Seventh Place Match [Aug 8; att: 3,500, Szeged]
Uruguay         3-2 (0-0) Belgium
  [Pereira, Penades, Altmann; Verlinden, Defays]
  [Uruguay: Buttier, Rodríguez, Gardiol, Siage, Novas, Almirati (Pereira), Arbeleche
            (Altmann), Penades, Goyoage, Rivero, Sanseveiro
   Belgium: Derijk, Verlinden, De Clerq I, Damont, Defays, De Clerq II, Dochain, Eloy,
            Germeaux, Debelle, Wydooghe;
   ref: Foór; Jurka, Tárkány]

Fifth Place Match [Aug 8; att: 7,000, Pécs]
North Korea     4-1 (1-0) Scotland
  [Ju Jung Ho, Cho Beng Sop 22, Kim Gang Sop, Cho Beng Sop;, Prentice]
  [North Korea: Kim Hong Zib, Gang Hong Chol, Kim Ung So, Ri Jong Bok, Meng Re Hon,
                Ri Gang Jol, Kim Gang Sop, Ri Nung Ze, Cho Beng Sop, Ri Song U, Ju Jung Ho
   Scotland: Coussin, Duthue, Morisson, Sweeney, Donnachie, Church, Ballantyne, Gibroy,
             Prentice, Morton, Travers;
   ref: Karas (Czechoslovakia); Páidi, Somogyi (Hungary)]

Third Place Match [Aug 8; att: 20,000, Debrecen]
Czechoslovakia  5-0 (0-0) Egypt
  [Hlavaček 49, Crlik 51, Pazdera 70, Valášek 76, 83]
  [Czechoslovakia: Belus, Mraz, Belak, Hrabovsky, Nedvidik, Papez, Hlavaček, Pazdera,
                   Crlik, Kačanyi, Konik (Valášek 73);
   Egypt: Katu, Lafy, Shavarby, Mamduh, Kabel, Taha, Badran, Wagih, Ridah, Moharam, Agha;
   ref: Bokor; Posa, Sipos (Hungary)]

Final [Aug 8; att: 75,000, Népstadion, Budapest]
Romania         1-0 (1-0) Hungary
  [Ene 8]
  [Romania: Torna, Ivanescu, Androvitz, Dumitrescu, Hidisan, Peretz, Girleanu, Dumitri,
            Ene, Neagu, Dragoman;
   Hungary: Gulyás, Rajna, Kárpáti, Várhidi, Szojka, Kotász, Samus (26’ Machos),
            Csordás, Mátrai, Kovács, Fenyvesi;
   ref: Reinhardt (East Germany); Schulder (Romania), Fehérvár Hungary)]

1953

1955

World Youth Students and Festival 1947-1968

About this document

Sources: "Népsport»", Budapest, August 1954; "Szolnok Megyei Néplap", Szolnok, August 1954; "Rúde Právo", Prague, August 1954

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

Author: Giovanni Armillotta
Last updated: 28 Oct 2021