Football at the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The football tournament at the 1956 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union national football team for the upcoming 1956 Summer Olympics. The competition took place on August 2 – 16, 1956 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

See also: Football at the Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR
1956 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryMoscow
Dates2 August – 16 August
Teams18
Venue(s)5 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsMoscow Moscow (2nd title)
Runners-upGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian SSR
Third placeUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR
Fourth placeSaint Petersburg Leningrad
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored134 (3.62 per match)

Competition

Qualification round
  • Latvia - Azerbaijan 1:5
  • Estonia - Lithuania 0:1

Round of 16
  • Armenia - Tajikistan 3:0
  • Belarus - Kyrgyzstan 1:0
  • Azerbaijan - Karelia 5:1
  • Georgia - Moldova 4:0
  • Russia - Uzbekistan 3:1
  • Leningrad - Turkmenistan 2:0
  • Ukraine - Kazakhstan 2:1
  • Moscow - Lithuania 2:0

Quarterfinals
  • Russia - Leningrad 0:2
  • Georgia - Armenia 4:2
  • Ukraine - Azerbaijan 4:1
  • Moscow - Belarus 5:1

Semifinals
  • Georgia - Ukraine 3:1
  • Moscow - Leningrad 3:2

Final
  • Moscow - Georgia 2:1

For 3rd place
  • Ukraine - Leningrad 2:1

Semifinals
  • Azerbaijan - Armenia 0:3
  • Russia - Belarus 4:2

For 7th place
  • Azerbaijan - Belarus 0:2

For 5th place
  • Armenia - Russia 2:1

Quarterfinals
  • Latvia - Kazakhstan 2:1
  • Moldova - Tajikistan 6:0
  • Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan 3:0
  • Estonia - Kyrgyzstan 2:1
  • Karelia - bye
  • Lithuania - bye

Semifinals
  • Karelia - Latvia 0:5
  • Moldova - Uzbekistan 4:3
  • Estonia - Lithuania 0:2

For 10th place
  • Moldova - Lithuania 4:1

For 9th place
  • Latvia - Moldova 2:1

For 12th place
  • Uzbekistan - Karelia 2:1
  • Uzbekistan - Estonia 2:0

Semifinals
  • Kazakhstan - Tajikistan 3:0
  • Turkmenistan - Kyrgyzstan 0:1

For 15th place
  • Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan 2:1

For 17th place
  • Tajikistan - Turkmenistan 2:3
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