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Football At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two stages, the first single elimination tournament and then group stage. RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around ... .
First round Second round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Qualified teams The following four teams from Europe qualified for the final tournament. : |
Football At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
The European section of the 1968 Summer Olympics football qualification acted as qualifiers for the 1968 Summer Olympics football tournament held in Mexico, for football teams from Europe. Four slots in the final tournament were available for European teams. Format Four groups of five teams compete in a home-and-away knockout stage. The winners of each group qualifies for the Summer Olympics football finals. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Qualified teams The following four teams from Europe qualified for the final tournament. :1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year. :2 Includes all participations by a competing nation at the Summer Olympics (clubs representing nations, olympic teams, full national teams, etc.). References {{Qualification for the 1968 Summer Olympics Football tournament Europe 1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1936 Summer Olympics
Association football, Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics was won by Italy national football team, Italy. This was the first Olympic football tournament after its prestige had been lessened by the 1930 FIFA World Cup, 1930 introduction of the FIFA World Cup, World Cup and its absence from the 1932 Summer Olympics, 1932 Olympics. Venues Squads * Medalists Final tournament The Italians, winners against the Austrians at the 1934 World Cup now found the Olympic side, with ten changes, a completely different proposition. The Italy national football team, Azzurri included players such as Alfredo Foni, Pietro Rava and Ugo Locatelli, who would all play in their World Cup victory in Paris two years later. That they eventually prevailed was due to two incidents: the first when their bespectacled forward Frossi scored, the second when Weingartner, the German referee, was literally restrained from sending off Archille Piccini after fouling two Americans. Italian players held both his a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
The Men's European Football Qualifiers for the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two stages, the first single elimination tournament and then group stage. RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around ... .
First round Second round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Qualified teams The following four teams from Europe qualified for the final tournament. : |
Football At The 1948 Summer Olympics
The Association football, football tournament of the 1948 Summer Olympics was won by Sweden men's national football team, Sweden. This remains Sweden's only international title at a senior male football level and was the first international appearance of the trio that would later be known as Gre-No-Li dominating the Serie A, Italian league at A.C. Milan in the 1950s. It was the first international football tournament ever to be broadcast on television, with the semi-finals, final and bronze medal play-off all being broadcast live in full on the BBC One, BBC Television Service. Venues Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Squads Final tournament The tournament began on 26 July 1948 with a preliminary round of two matches: Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg defeating Afghanistan national football team, Afghanistan 6–0 and the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands beating Ireland national football team (FAI), Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1920 Summer Olympics
Football was one of the 154 events at the 1920 Summer Olympics, held in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the fifth time association football was on the Olympic schedule. The tournament expanded to 15 countries, including a non-European nation (Egypt) for the first time.Olympic Football Tournament, Antwerp 1920 – Overview on FIFA.com As these were the first Olympics after World War I, the football teams representing the were not invited (, |
Football At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the fourth time that association football, football was on the Olympic schedule. Great Britain national football team, Great Britain"Britain's Olympic past" Barber, David; The Football Association, 3 March 2004. Retrieved on 24 November 2008. won the gold medals, representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (whom the IOC credits). Replicating the 1908 tournament, Denmark national football team, Denmark won silver medals and the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands won bronze medals. The Swedish Football Association ran the tournament, just as the English The Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1908 Summer Olympics
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. 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). 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 schedule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1960 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics was held from 26 August to 10 September in 1960 throughout Italy. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from four continental confederations. Starting with this edition, the competition's format was changed: rather than a knockout tournament like in the previous Olympic Games, the 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament, in a similar format to that instituted in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, which persists to the present day. At the end of the group stage, the first-ranked teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, and culminating with the gold medal match in Rome on 10 September 1960. Competition schedule The match schedule of the tournament. Venues Medalists Teams Qualification Africa (2) * * Asia (2) * * Americas (3) * * * Europe (8) * * * * * * (hosts) * * Middle East (1) * Squads First round Group 1 ---- ---- Gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1924 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the Football at the Summer Olympics, football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic Games held in Paris. This was the first official open FIFA World Championship in history, allowing professional player participation for the first time. The tournament expanded to 22 countries from four confederations for the first time, with African side Egypt (as was the case in the Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics, previous edition), Turkey national football team, Turkey which is partly in Asia, Uruguay national football team, Uruguay representing CONMEBOL, South America and the United States men's national soccer team, United States representing North America. Uruguay made a memorable debut, going undefeated and winning the gold medal. This earned them the first of the Four stars above Uruguay's football crest, four stars above their crest. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's European Qualifiers
The European Qualifiers for men's football competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics to be held in Monreal. Beside the already qualified Poland as the holders, the European countries obtained 4 additional spots in the Olympic football tournament. These four spots were contested by 20 countries. This qualification competition was split in two parts. Four countries were selected to bypass the first round among which were: France, Iceland, Austria and Turkey. The 16 other countries were paired in 8 play-off matchups, winners of which would advance to the second round. In the second round the eight teams were joined with the four teams that received bye in the first round and placed in 4 groups of 3. All groups used the double round-robin format to determine a group winner which would qualify for each of the European 4 spots. First round Second round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Notes References External links Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - European Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football At The 1964 Summer Olympics
The Association football, football competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics started on 11 October and ended on 23 October. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. The tournament features 14 men's national teams from six continental confederations. The 14 teams are drawn into two groups of four and two groups of three and each group plays a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at the National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958), Olympic Stadium on 23 October 1964. There was also three consolation matches played by losing quarter-finalists. The winner of these matches placed fifth in the tournament. Qualification Regional qualifying tournaments were held. During the 1964 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament among South American national teams, a Estadio Nacional disaster, riot in Lima during the decisive Peru nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football At The 1956 Summer Olympics
The association football tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics was won by the Soviet Union. Defending champions Hungary were forced to withdraw due to the Soviet invasion of their country. This was the first Olympic football tournament where all the medalists were communist countries, with Yugoslavia and Bulgaria took silver and bronze respectively. Background Following five withdrawals, the tournament featured three Eastern Bloc teams and four from Asia. The other sides included in the draw were the United States, the United Team of Germany (which was ''de facto'' West Germany), Great Britain and the hosts Australia, competing in their first Olympic football tournament. The tendency of Eastern bloc countries to provide state-funding for their athletes put Western amateurs at a significant disadvantage. As a result, all Olympic football tournaments 1952 onwards were dominated by the Soviet Union and its satellites. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
