Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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In the football tournament at the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, the gold medal was won by Belgium while Spain won the silver. 14 teams entered the competition which was organized on a knockout basis. 12 teams entered the first round, with the 6 winners joining the host nation, Belgium, and France, in the quarter-finals. Czechoslovakia cruised to the final, inflicting heavy defeats on Yugoslavia, Norway, and France. Belgium beat a talented Spain and then Holland on their way to the final.
The final stages of the tournament decended into farce. Belgium won the gold medal by default after Czechoslovakia walked off in protest during the final, unhappy with the performance of the English referee, John Lewis. As a result they were disqualified and a second consolation tournament was organised to decide the silver and bronze medallists. However beaten semi-finalists, France, had already returned home, so the beaten quarter-finalists played-off for the right to play the other beaten semi-finalist, Holland. Spain emerged triumphant overcoming Sweden 2-1 , Italy 2-0 and then Holland 3-1 in the silver medal final.
Results
Gold Medal Tournament
| First Round | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | align=center | |||
| 0 | Yugoslavia | Bosuil, Antwerp (att. 600) | ||||
| Janda 3, Vanik 3, Sedlacek | (3 | align=center | ||||
| 0) | ||||||
| Aug 28 | Great Britain | 1 | align=center | |||
| 3 | Norway | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp (att. 5,000) | ||||
| Nicholas | (1 | align=center | ||||
| 1) | Gundersen 2, Wilhelms | |||||
| Aug 28 | Egypt | 1 | align=center | |||
| 2 | Italy | La Gantoise, Ghent (att. 2,000) | ||||
| Zaki Osman | (0 | align=center | ||||
| 1) | Balonceri, Brezzi | |||||
| Aug 28 | Luxembourg | 0 | align=center | |||
| 3 | Netherlands | La Butte, Brussels (att. 3,000) | ||||
| (0 | align=center | |||||
| 1) | Groosjohan 2, Jaap Bulder | |||||
| Aug 28 | Greece | 0 | align=center | |||
| 9 | Sweden | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp (att. 5,000) | ||||
| (0 | align=center | |||||
| 6) | Karlsson 5, Olsson 2, Wicksell, Dahl | |||||
| Aug 28 | Denmark | 0 | align=center | |||
| 1 | Spain | La Butte, Brussels (att. 3,000) | ||||
| (0 | align=center | |||||
| 0) | Patricio | |||||
| Quarter Finals | ||||||
| Aug 29 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | align=center | |||
| 0 | Norway | La Butte, Brussels (att. 4,000) | ||||
| Janda 3, Vanik | (2 | align=center | ||||
| 0) | ||||||
| Aug 29 | France | 3 | align=center | |||
| 1 | Italy | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp (att. 10,000) | ||||
| Bard 2, Boyer | (2 | align=center | ||||
| 1) | Brezzi | |||||
| Aug 29 | Netherlands | 5 | align=center | |||
| 4 | Sweden | Bosuil, Antwerp (att. 5,000) | ||||
| Groosjohan 2, Jaap Builder 2, de Natris | (2 | align=center | ||||
| 3) | Karlsson 2, Olsson, Dahl | |||||
| Aug 29 | Belgium | 3 | align=center | |||
| 1 | Spain | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp (att. 18,000) | ||||
| Coppee 3 | (1 | align=center | ||||
| 0) | Arrate | |||||
| Semi Finals | ||||||
| Aug 31 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | align=center | |||
| 1 | France | Olympic Stadium (att. 12,000) | ||||
| Mazal 3, Steiner | (1 | align=center | ||||
| 0) | Boyer | |||||
| Aug 31 | Belgium | 3 | align=center | |||
| 0 | Netherlands | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp (att. 22,000) | ||||
| Larnoe, Van Hege, Bragard | (0 | align=center | ||||
| 0) | ||||||
| Final | ||||||
| Sep 2 | Belgium | 2 | align=center | |||
| 0 | Czechoslovakia | Olympic Stadium, Antwerp (att. 35,000) | ||||
| Coppee, Larnoe | (2 | align=center | ||||
| 0) | ||||||
Gold Medallists
- Jan De Bie
- Armand Swartenbroeks
- Oscar Verbeeck
- Joseph Musch
- Emile Hanse
- André Fierens
- Louis Van Hege
- Henri Larnoe
- Mathieu Bragard
- Robert Coppee
- Désiré Bastin
- Félix Balyu
- Fernand Nisot
- Georges Hebdin
Silver Medallists
- Ricardo Zamora
- Pedro Vallana Jeanguenat
- Mariano Arrarate
- Juan Artola
- Agustín Sancho
- Ramón Equiazábal
- Francisco Pagazaurtunduo
- Félix Sesúmaga
- Patricio Arabolaza
- Rafael Moreno
- Domingo Acedo
- José María Belauste
- Josep Samitier
- Luis Otero
- Joaquín Vázquez
- Sabino Bilbao
- Ramón "Moncho" Gil
- Silverio Izaguirre
References
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