Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 28 September.
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 | Israel |
Runners-up | South Africa |
Third place | Great Britain |
Fourth place | France |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 17 |
Goals scored | 83 (4.88 per match) |
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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Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
21 September 1953 | |||
Israel | 3–1 | Great Britain | Maccabi Ground, Rehovot |
Switzerland | 5–1 | Finland | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
22 September 1953 | |||
Israel | 5–0 | Finland | Municipal Stadium, Haifa |
Great Britain | 1–0 | Switzerland | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
23 September 1953 | |||
Israel | 2–0 | Switzerland | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Great Britain | 4–0 | Finland | Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba |
Group B edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
21 September 1953 | |||
South Africa | 6–2 | France | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
22 September 1953 | |||
France | 3–1 | United States | YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem |
23 September 1953 | |||
South Africa | 3–2 | United States | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Final round edit
5th-7th places group edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
27 September 1953 | |||
Switzerland | 4–2 | Finland | Maccabi Ground, Rehovot |
28 September 1953 | |||
Switzerland | 1–1 | United States | YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem |
29 September 1953 | |||
United States | w/o | Finland |
Medals group edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
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Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 |
South Africa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 |
France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
25 September 1953 | |||
Israel | 5–0 | France | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
South Africa | 2–1 | Great Britain | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
27 September 1953 | |||
Israel | 4–0 | South Africa | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
Great Britain | 6–2 | France | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
28 September 1953 | |||
Israel | 8–1 | Great Britain | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv |
South Africa | 3–1 | France | 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)