Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Israel |
Dates | 21 – 30 September |
Teams | 7 |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 17 |
Goals scored | 83 (4.88 per match) |
Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 28 September.
The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 7 countries participated. The tournament was won by the defending champions, Israel.[1]
As part of the closing ceremony, the host and winner, Israel, played an exhibition match against a selected team from the other competing nations. The match, that was played over two halves of 20 minutes, ended goalless.[2]
Format
[edit]The seven teams were divided into two group, each team playing the others once. The top two qualified for the medals group, while the rest played for the 5th-7th places.
Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
21 September 1953 | |||
Israel ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
Maccabi Ground, Rehovot |
Switzerland ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
22 September 1953 | |||
Israel ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Municipal Stadium, Haifa |
Great Britain ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
23 September 1953 | |||
Israel ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Great Britain ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
21 September 1953 | |||
South Africa ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
22 September 1953 | |||
France ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem |
23 September 1953 | |||
South Africa ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Final round
[edit]5th-7th places group
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
27 September 1953 | |||
Switzerland ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
Maccabi Ground, Rehovot |
28 September 1953 | |||
Switzerland ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem |
29 September 1953 | |||
United States ![]() |
w/o | ![]() |
Medals group
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
25 September 1953 | |||
Israel ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
South Africa ![]() |
2–1 | Great Britain ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
27 September 1953 | |||
Israel ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Great Britain ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
28 September 1953 | |||
Israel ![]() |
8–1 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
South Africa ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
References
[edit]- ^ Israel – South Africa 4:0 in Football Herut, 28 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
- ^ 60 Thousand Spectators at the Fourth Maccabiah Closing Ceremony[permanent dead link] Davar, 30 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)