Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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| Men's football at the Games of the IV Olympiad |
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||
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| Dates | October 19–20 (quarterfinals) October 22 (semifinals) October 23 (bronze match) October 24 (final) |
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| Competitors | 72 from 5 nations | ||||||
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, an official football tournament between national representative selections was contested for the first time: football at the two previous games had been played between club teams. Eight teams entered (including two from France), although Hungary and Bohemia withdrew before the start. Denmark's Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17-1 win against France. Great Britain won the gold. Also representing the Danish team was the famous mathematician Harald Bohr.
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[edit] Medal table
| Position | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  Denmark (DEN) |
0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 |  Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 0 | 1 |
| — |  France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 0 |
 Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 0 | 0 | |
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's tournament | Great Britain |
Denmark |
Netherlands |
[edit] Squads
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Main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads
[edit] Final tournament
[edit] Results
[edit] Quarter-finals
| 19 October 1908 |
Netherlands |
w/o |  Hungary |
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| 19 October 1908 |
Denmark |
9–0 | France B |
White City Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Thomas Kyle (Great Britain) |
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N. Middelboe  10', 49'Wolfhagen 15', 17', 67', 72'Bohr 25', 47'S. Nielsen 78' |
| 20 October 1908 |
France A |
w/o |  Bohemia |
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| 20 October 1908 |
Great Britain |
12–1 | Sweden |
White City Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ibbotson (Great Britain) |
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| Stapley 15', ??' Woodward ??', ??'Berry ??'Chapman ??'Purnell ??', ??', ??', ??'Hawkes ??', ??' |
Bergström 65' |
[edit] Semi-finals
| 22 October 1908 |
Great Britain |
4–0 | Netherlands |
White City, London Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Howcroft (Great Britain) |
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| Stapley 37', 60', 64', 75' |
| 22 October 1908 |
Denmark |
17–1 | France A |
White City, London Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Campbell (Great Britain) |
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| S.Nielsen 3', 4', 6', 39', 46', 48', 52', 64', 66', 76' Lindgren 18', 37'Wolfhagen 60', 72', 82', 89'N.Middelboe 68' |
Sartorius 16' |
[edit] Bronze medal match
The French were so shocked by their humiliating 17-1 defeat against Denmark that they declined to play for the bronze medal; therefore, the Netherlands played Sweden for third place.[1]
| 23 October 1908 |
Netherlands |
2–0[2] | Sweden |
White City, London Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Pearson (Great Britain).[3] |
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| Reeman 6' Snethlage 58' |
[edit] Gold medal match
| 24 October 1908 |
Great Britain |
2–0 | Denmark |
White City, London Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Lewis (Great Britain) |
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| Chapman 20' Woodward 46' |
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Scoring
15 footballers scored over the course of the tournament. Nielsen, with 10 goals in one game and 11 over the full event, set a pair of daunting records.
| Place | Name | Nation | Goals |
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| 1 | Sophus Nielsen | Denmark |
11 |
| 2 | Vilhelm Wolffhagen | Denmark |
8 |
| 3 | Harold Stapley | Great Britain |
6 |
| 4 | Clyde Purnell | Great Britain |
4 |
| 5 | Nils Middelboe | Denmark |
3 |
| Vivian Woodward | Great Britain |
3 | |
| 7 | Harald Bohr | Denmark |
2 |
| Frederick Chapman | Great Britain |
2 | |
| Robert Hawkes | Great Britain |
2 | |
| August Lindgren | Denmark |
2 | |
| 11 | Gustaf Bergström | Sweden |
1 |
| Arthur Berry | Great Britain |
1 | |
| Jops Reeman | Netherlands |
1 | |
| Émile Sartorius | France |
1 | |
| Edu Snethlage | Netherlands |
1 |
[edit] Goalkeeping
| Place | Name | Nation | Goals allowed | Games | GAA |
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| 1 | Horace Bailey | Great Britain |
1 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 2 | Ludvig Drescher | Denmark |
3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 3 | Reinier Beeuwkes | Netherlands |
4 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 4 | Oskar Bengtsson | Sweden |
14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 5 | Fernand Desrousseaux | France |
9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| 6 | Maurice Tillette | France |
17 | 1 | 17.00 |
[edit] Sources
- ^ IFFHS
- ^ The official report states that the score was 2-1. http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1908/1908.pdf "Holland and Sweden also played for the consolation stakes, and Holland scored two goals to one from Sweden, who were rather unlucky in not getting a second."
- ^ "Netherlands 2 Sweden 0 (Match summary)". www.footballdatabase.eu. 23 October 1908. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.coupe.pays-bas.suede.43730.en.html. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Football 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/foo1908.html. Retrieved 2 May 2006.
- Reyes, Macario (2001). "IV. Olympiad London 1908 Football Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1908f.html. Retrieved 2 May 2006.
- "Olympic Tournament, 1908 London". IFFHS. http://www.iffhs.de/?35bb6b28a76055ae1817f7370eff3702bb0a09. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
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