Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
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
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
Group A
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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
5th-7th places group
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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
- 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 Davar, 30 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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