Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Netherlands Antilles at the Olympic Games
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	11 in 1 sport
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
Winter Games
1988 1992 1994–2010
Other related appearances
Independent Olympic Athletes (2012) Aruba (2016–) Netherlands (2016–)

The Netherlands Antilles competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Caribbean nation, then a colonial territory of the Netherlands, was represented by their association football team.

Football

The Netherlands Antilles national football team was one of 25 teams entered in the tournament. They lost their first round match to Turkey and were eliminated from the tournament.

Squad

1. Ergilio Hato (gk)
3. Pedro Matrona
4. Wilfred de Lanoi
6. Wilhelm Canword
7. Guillermo Giribaldi
8. Edmundo Vlinder
12. Adriaan Brokke
14. Jorge Brion
15. Juan Briezen
17. Willys Heyliger
20. Guillermo Krips

Match results

Turkey  v Netherlands Antilles

21 July 12:00

Turkey	2–1	Netherlands Antilles
Muzaffer Tokac  9' Tekin Bilge  76' (pen.)	(Report)	Jan Briezen  79'

Lahti Attendance: 3696 Referee: Carl Jorgensen (Denmark)

References

• (ed.) Kolkka, Sulo (1955). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (PDF). Helsinki: Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
• Kubatko, Justin. "Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.