Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
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)

Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 28 September.

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
 Israel 33001016
 Great Britain 3201634
  Switzerland 3102542
 Finland 30031140
21 September 1953
Israel 3–1 Great BritainMaccabi Ground, Rehovot
Switzerland  5–1 FinlandHapoel Ground, Jaffa
22 September 1953
Israel 5–0 FinlandMunicipal Stadium, Haifa
Great Britain 1–0  SwitzerlandHapoel Ground, Jaffa
23 September 1953
Israel 2–0  SwitzerlandHapoel Ground, Jaffa
Great Britain 4–0 FinlandHapoel Ground, Kfar Saba

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 2200944
 France 2101572
 United States 2002360
21 September 1953
South Africa 6–2 FranceHapoel Ground, Jaffa
22 September 1953
France 3–1 United StatesYMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
23 September 1953
South Africa 3–2 United StatesHapoel Ground, Jaffa

Final round

5th-7th places group

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 United States 2110413
  Switzerland 2110533
 Finland 2002270
27 September 1953
Switzerland  4–2 FinlandMaccabi Ground, Rehovot
28 September 1953
Switzerland  1–1 United StatesYMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
29 September 1953
United States w/o Finland

Medals group

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 33001716
 South Africa 3201564
 Great Britain 31028122
 France 30033140
25 September 1953
Israel 5–0 FranceHapoel Ground, Jaffa
South Africa 2–1 FranceHapoel Ground, Jaffa
27 September 1953
Israel 4–0 South AfricaHapoel Ground, Jaffa
Great Britain 6–2 FranceHapoel Ground, Jaffa
28 September 1953
Israel 8–1 Great BritainHapoel Ground, Jaffa
South Africa 3–1 FranceHapoel Ground, Jaffa

References

  1. Israel – South Africa 4:0 in Football Herut, 28 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
  2. 60 Thousand Spectators at the Fourth Maccabiah Closing Ceremony Davar, 30 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)


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