Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates24 November – 8 December
Teams11
Final positions
Champions Soviet Union (1st title)
Runners-up Yugoslavia
Third place Bulgaria
Fourth place India
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored53 (4.42 per match)
Attendance194,333 (16,194 per match)
Top scorer(s) Neville D'Souza
Todor Veselinović
Dimitar Milanov
(4 goals each)[1]

1956 Football at the Summer Olympics was held in Australia from 24 November to 8 December.

Results

First round

Soviet Union 2–1 Germany
Isayev  23'
Streltsov  86'		 Report Habig  89'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Robert Mann (Great Britain)
Great Britain 9–0 Thailand
Twissell  12'  20'
Lewis  21' (p.k.)
Laybourne  30'  82'  85'
Bromilow  75'  78'
Topp  90'		 Report
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
Australia 2–0 Japan
McMillan  26' (p.k.)
Loughran  61'		 Report
Attendance: 3,568
Referee: Reginald Lund (New Zealand)

Quarter-finals

Yugoslavia 9–1 United States
Veselinović  10'  84'  90'
Antić  12'  73'
Mujić  16'  35'  56'
Papec  20'		 Report Zerhusen  42'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,292
Referee: Maurice Swain (New Zealand)
Soviet Union 0–0 (a.e.t.) Indonesia
Report
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 3,228
Soviet Union 4–0 Indonesia
Salnikov  17'  59'
Ivanov  19'
Netto  43'		 Report
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 6,735
Referee: Reginald Lund (New Zealand)
Bulgaria 6–1 Great Britain
Dimitrov  6'
Kolev  40'  85'
Milanov  45'  75'  80'		 Report Lewis  30'
Attendance: 6,748
Referee: Ron Wright (Australia)
Australia 2–4 India
Morrow  17'  41' Report D'Souza  9'  33'  50'
Kittu  80'
Attendance: 7,413
Referee: Chris Wensveen (Indonesia)

Semi-finals

Yugoslavia 4–1 India
Papec  54'  65'
Veselinović  57'
Salam  78' (o.g.)		 Report D'Souza  52'
Attendance: 16,626
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
Soviet Union 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bulgaria
Streltsov  112'
Tatushin  116'		 Report Kolev  95'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 21,079
Referee: Robert Mann (Great Britain)

Bronze Medal match

Bulgaria 3–0 India
Diev  37'  60'
Milanov  42'		 Report
Attendance: 21,236
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)

Gold Medal match

Soviet Union 1–0 Yugoslavia
Ilyin  48' Report
Attendance: 86,716
Referee: Ron Wright (Australia)

References

  1. ↑ Olympic Football Tournament Melbourne 1956 – Top goalscoring players. FIFA.com

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