Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Illustration from the Official Report
Tournament details
Host countrySweden
Dates29 June – 4 July
Teams11
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Great Britain (3rd title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Netherlands
Fourth placeRussian Empire Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored93 (8.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)German Empire 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 tournament was contested between 11 nations, all of them from Europe, with Great Britain[2] winning the gold medals (the IOC accredits Great Britain and Ireland with the medal). Replicating the 1908 tournament, Denmark won silver medals and the Netherlands won bronze medals.[3][4]

Just as the Football Association had organised the 1908 Olympic football competition in London, the Swedish Football Association ran the 1912 event.

The games took place in three different stadiums from June 29 to July 5, 1912. From the eleven games of the main tournament, two were played at Tranebergs Idrottsplats in a suburb of Stockholm, five games including the bronze medal match took place at Råsunda Idrottsplats also outside Stockholm, while four games including the final were held at the Olympiastadion.

Venues

Stockholm
Stockholm Olympic Stadium


Stockholm area with location in Sweden inserted

Capacity: 33,000
Råsunda IP
Capacity: —
Tranebergs Idrottsplats
Capacity: —

Participants

Main article: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

The tournament attracted a record 11 entries, all of them from Europe: The Football Association entered a Great Britain national amateur team to represent the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

France and Belgium also entered, but they withdrew shortly before the draw was made, while the entry of Bohemia was rejected, as only nations or associations affiliated to FIFA were allowed to enter the competition.

A total of 135+28 footballers from 11 nations competed at the Stockholm Games:[note 1]

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 Jan Vos in the extra time of the English referee. At Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Austrian football pioneer Hugo Meisl was the referee as Finland beat Italy also in extra time.

In the second round, Finland won again, this time beating Russia, who had received a bye in the first round. By this stage, the Great Britain team entered the contest, drawn to play against Hungary at Olympiastadion. Great Britain was captained by Vivian Woodward, a record-scoring centre-forward from Chelsea, who had formed part of Great Britain's gold medal winning side of the 1908 Summer Olympics. Led by forward Harold Walden, who scored six goals, Great Britain defeated Hungary with 7-0.

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 Sophus Hansen by Danish defender Harald Hansen. For the second successive time, the final would pair Great Britain with Denmark, and like in 1908, the team representing Great Britain would win gold medals, although this game would be closer than the 4-2 score-line suggested. With no rule allowing substitutions, Denmark played with one player less from the 30th minute of the game, when Charles Buchwald was injured.

A consolation tournament run, 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.[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, a record that stood until 2001.

Bracket

 
First roundSecond roundSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Great Britain
 
June 30 - Olympiastadion
 
 bye
 
  Great Britain 7
 
 
 
  Hungary 0
 
  Hungary
 
July 2 - Olympiastadion
 
 bye
 
  Great Britain 4
 
June 29 - Tranebergs Idrottsplats
 
  Finland 0
 
  Italy 2
 
June 30 - Tranebergs Idrottsplats
 
  Finland (a.e.t.)3
 
  Finland 2
 
 
 
  Russia 1
 
  Russia
 
July 4 - Olympiastadion
 
 bye
 
  Great Britain 4
 
 
 
  Denmark 2
 
  Denmark
 
June 30 - Råsunda Idrottsplats
 
 bye
 
  Denmark 7
 
 
 
  Norway 0
 
  Norway
 
July 2 - Olympiastadion
 
 bye
 
  Denmark 4
 
June 29 - Olympiastadion
 
  Netherlands 1 Third place
 
  Netherlands (a.e.t.)4
 
June 30 - Råsunda IdrottsplatsJuly 4 - Råsunda Idrottsplats
 
  Sweden 3
 
  Netherlands 3  Netherlands 9
 
June 29 - Råsunda Idrottsplats
 
  Austria 1  Finland 0
 
  Austria 5
 
 
  Germany 1
 

Match details

Main article: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Matches

First round

Finland 3–2 (a.e.t.) Italy
Öhman 2'
E. Soinio 40'
Wiberg 105'		 Report Bontadini 10'
Sardi 25'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Hugo Meisl (Austria)
Austria 5–1 Germany
Merz 75', 81'
Studnicka 58'
Neubauer 62'
Cimera 89'		 Report Jäger 35'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Humbert Willing (Netherlands)
Sweden 3–4 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Swensson 3', 80'
E. Börjesson 62' (pen)		 Report Bouvy 28', 52'
Vos 43', 91'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: George Wagstaffe (England)

Quarter-finals

Finland 2–1 Russia
Wiberg 30'
Öhman 80'		 Report Butusov 72'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Per Sjoblom (Sweden)
Great Britain 7–0 Hungary
Walden 21', 23', 49', 53', 55', 85'
Woodward 45'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)
Denmark 7–0 Norway
Olsen 4', 70', 88'
S. Nielsen 60', 85'
Wolfhagen 25'
Middelboe 37'		 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ruben Gelbord (Sweden)
Netherlands 3–1 Austria
Bouvy 8'
ten Cate 12'
Vos 30'		 Report Müller 41'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: David Philip (Scotland)

Semi-finals

Great Britain 4–0 Finland
Holopainen 2' (og)
Walden 7', 77'
Woodward 82'		 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ruben Gelbord (Sweden)
Denmark 4–1 Netherlands
Olsen 14', 87'
Jørgensen 7'
P. Nielsen 37'		 Report H. Hansen 85' (og)
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ede Herczog (Hungary)

Bronze Medal match

Netherlands 9–0 Finland
Vos 29', 43', 46', 74', 78'
van der Sluis 24', 57'
de Groot 28', 86'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Per Sjoblom (Sweden)

Final

Great Britain 4–2 Denmark
Hoare 22', 41',
Walden 10'
Berry 43'		 Report Olsen 27', 81'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)

Final summary

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Great Britain 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 6
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 4
 Netherlands 4 3 0 1 17 8 +9 6
4  Finland 4 2 0 2 5 16 -11 4
5  Austria 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 2
6  Russia 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7  Hungary 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0
8  Norway 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7 0
9  Sweden 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
10  Italy 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
11  Germany 1 0 0 1 1 5 -6 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.

(Left): Great Britain, Gold Medal; (right): Denmark team, Silver Medal winner
The Netherlands team, Bronze Medal
Gold Silver Bronze
 Great Britain
Arthur Berry
Ronald Brebner
Thomas Burn
Joseph Dines
Edward Hanney
Gordon Hoare
Arthur Knight
Henry Littlewort
Douglas McWhirter
Ivan Sharpe
Harold Stamper
Harold Walden
Vivian Woodward
Gordon Wright 		 Denmark
Paul Berth
Charles Buchwald
Hjalmar Christoffersen
Harald Hansen
Sophus Hansen
Emil Jørgensen
Ivar Lykke
Nils Middelboe
Oskar Nielsen
Poul Nielsen
Sophus Nielsen
Anthon Olsen
Axel Petersen
Axel Thufason
Vilhelm Wolfhagen 		 Netherlands
Piet Bouman
Joop Boutmy
Nico Bouvy
Huug de Groot
Bok de Korver
Nico de Wolf
Constant Feith
Ge Fortgens
Just Göbel
Dirk Lotsy
Caesar ten Cate
Jan van Breda Kolff
Jan van der Sluis
Jan Vos
David Wijnveldt

Consolation tournament

Main article: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Consolation tournament

First round

Austria 1–0 Norway
Neubauer 2' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Per Sjoblom (Sweden)
Germany 16–0 Russia
Fuchs 2', 9', 21', 28', 34', 46', 51', 55', 65', 69'
Förderer 6', 27', 53', 66'
Burger 30'
Oberle 58'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)
Italy 1–0 Sweden
Bontadini 30' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

Semi-finals

Hungary 3–1 Germany
Schlosser 3', 39', 82' Report Förderer 56'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)
Austria 5–1 Italy
Müller 30'
Grundwald 40', 89'
Hussak 49'
Studnicka 65'		 Report Berardo 81'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

Final

Hungary 3–0 Austria
Schlosser 32'
Pataki 63'
Bodnar 72'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

Statistics

Goalscorers

German player Gottfried Fuchs was the topscorer of the tournament with 10 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ "Football at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Britain's Olympic past". Barber, David; The Football Association, 3 March 2004. Retrieved on 2008-11-24.
  3. ^ a b Stockholm, 1912 on FIFA.com
  4. ^ Games of the V. Olympiad at the RSSSF
  5. ^ 1912 Stockolm on the IFFHS (archived, 9 May 2011)
  6. ^ International Olympic Committee medal database
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