Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, an official football tournament between national representative selections was contested for the first time; football had been played between club teams at the Games of 1900 and 1904.<ref>Olympic Football Tournament London 1908, FIFA.com</ref><ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Like the hockey tournament, the rules allowed countries to enter up to four separate teams. Unlike hockey, Scotland, Wales and Ireland did not enter teams. There were eight entries, including two from France (the main team and a B team).<ref>Great Britain's first home Olympic football adventure by Jon Carter on ESPN, 26 July 2012</ref> Hungary and Bohemia both withdrew after the draw and appointment of referees, leaving six teams to contest the tournament.
Great Britain won the gold medal representing the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland), although all the players were from England.
Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen of Denmark set a record by scoring 10 goals in a 17–1 win over France A. The famous mathematician Harald Bohr, brother of the even more famous Niels Bohr, also played for Denmark, who won the silver medal.
Competition scheduleEdit
The match schedule of the tournament.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| R1 | First round | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| 19 Mon | 20 Tue | 21 Wed | 22 Thu | 23 Fri | 24 Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R1 | SF | B | F |
VenueEdit
SquadsEdit
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BracketEdit
<section begin=Bracket />{{#invoke:RoundN|N8 |style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=yes |RD1=First round |RD2=Semi-finals |RD3=Gold medal match |Consol=Bronze medal match |19 October 1908| Template:Fb |9|Template:Fbb|0 || Template:Fb |2| Template:Fb |0 |20 October 1908| Template:Fbo |12| Template:Fb |1 || Template:Fb |2| Template:Fb |0 |22 October 1908| Template:Fb |17| Template:Fb |1 |22 October 1908| Template:Fbo |4| Template:Fb |0 |24 October 1908| Template:Fb |0| Template:Fbo |2 |23 October 1908| Template:Fb |2| Template:Fb |0| }}<section end=Bracket />
TournamentEdit
The matches:<ref>Games of the IV. Olympiad - Football Tournament (London, England, October 19 - 24, 1908) by Lars Aarhus on the RSSSF</ref><ref>Olympic Tournament - 1908 London on IFFHS</ref>
With eight entries, the tournament draw had a full quarterfinal round of four matches.
However, after the draw and appointment of referees, Template:FlagIOC (on 12 October) and Template:FlagIOC (on 14 October) were both forced to withdraw due to financial reasons: their opponents, the Netherlands and France respectively, were awarded a 2–0 victory.
First roundEdit
Semi-finalsEdit
Bronze medal matchEdit
Originally, all six teams eliminated before the final were to participate in a consolation tournament for the bronze medal, with two first-round matches to be played on 21 October between the four quarter-final losers.
After Hungary and Bohemia both withdrew, the first round was scratched on 15 October, with France B and Sweden qualifying for the semi-finals of the consolation tournament.
France B, Sweden, and the two semi-final losers, France and the Netherlands, were scheduled to play the semi-finals on 23 October: the French teams were drawn against each other, and the Netherlands were drawn against Sweden, with the winners playing off in the bronze medal match prior to the gold medal match on 24 October.
However, both French teams had returned home immediately after their crushing defeats to Denmark on 19 October and 22 October: therefore, their semi-final and the 24 October bronze medal match were both scratched, with the Netherlands v Sweden semi-final becoming the bronze medal match.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Gold medal matchEdit
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Medal summaryEdit
Medal tableEdit
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MedalistsEdit
Complete list of medal winners:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
StatisticsEdit
GoalscorersEdit
- 11 goals
- 8 goals
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Template:Flagicon Harald Bohr
- Template:Flagicon August Lindgren
- Template:Flagicon Frederick Chapman
- Template:Flagicon Robert Hawkes
- 1 goal
- Template:Flagicon Émile Sartorius
- Template:Flagicon Arthur Berry
- Template:Flagicon Jops Reeman
- Template:Flagicon Edu Snethlage
- Template:Flagicon Gustaf Bergström
GoalkeepingEdit
| Place | Name | Team | Goals allowed | Games | GAA |
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| 1 | Horace Bailey | Template:Fbo | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 2 | Ludvig Drescher | Template:Fb | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 3 | Reinier Beeuwkes | Template:Fb | 4 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 4 | Oskar Bengtsson | Template:Fb | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 5 | Fernand Desrousseaux | Template:Fbb | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| 6 | Maurice Tillette | Template:Fb | 17 | 1 | 17.00 |
BibliographyEdit
ReferencesEdit
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