Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Great Britain (3rd title) | |
| Runners-up |  Denmark |
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| Third place |  Netherlands |
| Fourth place |  Finland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 17 |
| Goals scored | 96 (5.65 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Gottfried Fuchs (10 goals) |
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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] It was the fourth time that football was on the Olympic schedule.
The
Seven teams were eliminated in two rounds ending with the quarterfinal matches, 30 June, and these teams played off in a consolation tournament from 1 July to 5 July, comprising six matches at the same three stadiums. Hungary won the consolation tournament.
Competition schedule
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Venues
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| Stockholm Olympic Stadium |
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| Capacity: 33,000 | ||
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| Råsunda IP | ||
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| Tranebergs Idrottsplats | ||
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Participants
The tournament saw a record 14 teams enter, all of them from Europe: however, the entry of Bohemia was rejected as their association had been voted out of FIFA in 1908, while Belgium withdrew two weeks before the draw due to a lack of players being available to travel. Subsequently, France withdrew three days after the draw: their opponents, Norway, were awarded a 2–0 victory.
A total of 135+28 footballers from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:[note 1]
Austria (11+4) part of Austria-Hungary
Denmark (15)
Finland (13) part of Russian Empire
Germany (11+11)
Great Britain (14) team played all matches as England
Hungary (11+3) part of Austria-Hungary
Italy (12+2)
Netherlands (15)
Norway (11+1)- Russian Empire (11+4)
Sweden (11+3)
Course of the tournament
In the first round of the tournament, the hosts from Sweden went out in the opening match against the Netherlands. Fighting back from a 1–3 deficit with half an hour to go, Sweden only lost 4–3 on a goal scored by Dutch player
In the second round, Finland won again, this time beating Russia, who had received a
In the semi-final round, Walden scored all four goals as Great Britain defeated Finland 4–0. In the other semi-final Denmark beat the Netherlands 4–1; the Dutch consolation goal put behind goalkeeper
A consolation tournament ran conjunctively with the tournament proper paired the losers of the first and second rounds, and was eventually won by Hungary,[5] although no medals were awarded for the top three finishers in that tournament.[3]
German player Gottfried Fuchs equalled the record for most goals in an international (set by Dane Sophus Nielsen in the 1908 Olympics) with 10 goals for Germany against Russia; this record stood until 2001.
Bracket
Great Britain | 7 | |||||||
 Hungary | 0 | |||||||
| 2 July – Great Britain | 4 | |||||||
| 29 June – Stockholm | ||||||||
| Finland | 0 | |||||||
 a.e.t. ) | 3 | |||||||
| Finland | 2 | |||||||
| Russia | 1 | |||||||
| 4 July – Great Britain | 4 | |||||||
| Denmark | 2 | |||||||
| 30 June – Stockholm | ||||||||
| Denmark | 7 | |||||||
| 29 June | ||||||||
 Norway | 0 | |||||||
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Norway | 2 | |||||||
| 2 July – Stockholm | ||||||||
 France | 0 | |||||||
| Denmark | 4 | |||||||
| 29 June – Stockholm | ||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | a.e.t. ) | 4 | |||||
| Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 9 | |||||
| 29 June – Stockholm | ||||||||
 Austria | 1 | Finland | 0 | |||||
| Austria | 5 | |||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||
Match details
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
| Denmark | 4–1 | Netherlands |
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Olsen  14', 87' Jørgensen 7' P. Nielsen 37' |
Report | H. Hansen 85' (og) |
Bronze Medal match
| Netherlands | 9–0 | Finland |
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| Vos 29', 43', 46', 74', 78' van der Sluis 24', 57' de Groot 28', 86' |
Report |
Final
Great Britain  | 4–2 | Denmark |
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| Hoare 22', 41', Walden 10'Berry 43' |
Report | Olsen 27', 81' |
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Final summary
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Great Britain
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 6 |
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Denmark
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 4 |
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Netherlands
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 6 |
| 4 | Finland
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 4 |
| 5 | Austria
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 2 |
| 6 | Russia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
| 7 | Hungary
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| 8 | Norway
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| 9 |  Sweden
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
| 10 | Italy
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 0 |
| 11 | Germany
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Medallists
The database of the International Olympic Committee lists only the eleven players as medalists for each nation, who played in the first match for their nation.[6] The following list contains these eleven players, as well as all other players who made at least one appearance for their team during the tournament.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Consolation tournament
First round
| Germany | 16–0 | Russia |
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| Fuchs 2', 9', 21', 28', 34', 46', 51', 55', 65', 69' Förderer 6', 27', 53', 66'Burger 30' Oberle 58' |
Report |
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
- 10 goals
Gottfried Fuchs (Germany)
- 9 goals
Harold Walden (Great Britain)
- 8 goals
Jan Vos (Netherlands)
- 7 goals
Anthon Olsen (Denmark)
- 5 goals
- Fritz Förderer (Germany)
- 4 goals
Imre Schlosser (Hungary)
- 3 goals
Leopold Grundwald (Austria)- Nico Bouvy (Netherlands)
- 2 goals
- Robert Merz (Austria)
- Alois Müller (Austria)
- Sophus Nielsen (Denmark)
Jarl Öhman (Finland)- Bror Wiberg (Finland)
- Gordon Hoare (Great Britain)
- Vivian Woodward (Great Britain)
Franco Bontadini (Italy)- Huug de Groot (Netherlands)
- Jan van der Sluis (Netherlands)
- Iwar Swensson(Sweden)
- 1 goal
- Robert Cimera (Austria)
- Ludwig Hussak (Austria)
- Leopold Neubauer (Austria)
- Jan Studnicka (Austria)
- Leopold Studnicka(Austria)
- Poul Nielsen (Denmark)
- Emil Jørgensen (Denmark)
- Nils Middelboe (Denmark)
- Vilhelm Wolfhagen (Denmark)
- Eino Soinio (Finland)
- Karl Burger (Germany)
- Adolf Jäger (Germany)
- Emil Oberle (Germany)
- Arthur Berry (Great Britain)
- Mihály Pataki (Hungary)
- Sándor Bodnár (Hungary)
- Felice Berardo (Italy)
- Enrico Sardi (Italy)
- Caesar ten Cate (Netherlands)
- Vasily Butusov (Russian Empire)
Erik Börjesson (Sweden)
- Own goals
- Harald Hansen (Denmark; playing against Netherlands)
- Jalmari Holopainen (Finland; playing against Great Britain)
Notes
- ^ 135 players took part in the main tournament, and another 28 players only played in the consolation tournament. Also there are 33 reserve players known, which are not included.
References
- ^ "Football at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Britain's Olympic past". Barber, David; The Football Association, 3 March 2004. Retrieved on 24 November 2008.
- ^ a b Stockholm, 1912 on FIFA.com
- ^ Games of the V. Olympiad at the RSSSF
- ^ 1912 Stockholm on the IFFHS (archived, 9 May 2011)
- ^ International Olympic Committee medal database
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