Football at the 1957 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1957 Maccabiah Games

Tournament details
Host country	Israel
Dates	16 September – 23 September
Teams	3
Venue(s)	6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Israel
Runners-up	Great Britain
Third place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	56 (9.33 per match)

Football at the 1957 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 16 September.

The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 3 countries participated, United Kingdom, France and Israel. The tournament was won by Israel.

Format

The three teams played each other twice in various venues in Israel, for a total of 4 matches for each team.

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Israel	4	3	1	0	31	4	7
Great Britain	4	2	1	1	23	12	5
France	4	0	0	4	2	40	0

16 September 1957
Great Britain	11–1[1]	France	Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba
17 September 1957
Israel	8–0[2]	Great Britain	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
18 September 1957
Israel	10–1[3]	France	YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
20 September 1957
Great Britain	9–0[4]	France	Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
22 September 1957
Israel	10–0[5]	France	Maccabi Jaffa Ground, Jaffa
23 September 1957
Great Britain	3–3[6]	Israel	Hapoel Ground, Jaffa

References

1. Maccabiah News Herut, 17 September 1957, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
2. Maccabiah News Herut, 18 September 1957, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
3. Maccabiah News Herut, 19 September 1957, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
4. England – France 9:0 in Football Herut, 22 September 1957 Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
5. American Volk Won 200m Butterfly Minutes After Swimming 1500m Herut, 23 September 1957, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)
6. Swimming Contests Are Over Herut, 24 September 1957, Historical Jewish Press (Hebrew)