Games of the IV. Olympiad

Football Tournament

(London, England, October 19 - 24, 1908)

FIRST ROUND

Hungary and Bohemia withdrew.
Netherlands (who were to play Hungary) and France A (who were to play Bohemia)
had a walkover.

London
Great Britain   12-1 Sweden

London
Denmark          9-0 France B

SEMIFINALS

London
Great Britain    4-0 Netherlands

London
Denmark         17-1 France A

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE

London
Netherlands      2-0 Sweden 

Sweden get to play as France A refused.

FINAL

London, October 24, 1908
Great Britain    2-0 Denmark
Great Britain: Harold Bailey - William Corbett, Herbert Smith - Kenneth
               Hunt, Frederick Chapman, Robert Hawkes - Arthur Berry,
               Vivian Woodward, Hubert Stapley, Claude Purnell, Harold Hardman.
Denmark: L Drescher - C Buchwald, H Hansen - H Bohr, K Middelboe, N
         Middelboe - O Nielsen-Noerland, A Lindgren, S Nielsen, V Wolfhagen,
         B Rasmussen.

Referee: Lewis (England)
Attendance: 8,000

Scorers: 20' Chapman 1-0; 46' Woodward 2-0.

Top scorers: Sophus Nielsen (Denmark) 11 goals
             V Wolfhagen (Denmark)     8 goals

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About this document

Prepared and maintained by Lars Aarhus for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Lars Aarhus
Last updated: 26 Jun 2008