Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Olympic football tournament was won by Italy. They were the favourites to win, having won the FIFA World Cup in 1934. The host nation, Germany, were also one of the favourites at the start of the competition. They had only lost at home once in three years. However, they were beaten in the quarter-finals. The bronze- and gold-medal games were watched by a combined total of 195,000 people.
Men's football at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |||||||
Dates | Aug 3-15 | ||||||
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Medalists | |||||||
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«1928 | 1948» |
Medalists
Italy Bruno Venturini Alfredo Foni Pietro Rava Giuseppe Baldo Achille Piccini Ugo Locatelli Annibale Frossi Libero Marchini Luigi Scarabello Carlo Biagi Giulio Cappelli Sergio Bertoni Alfonso Negro Francesco Gabriotti |
Austria Franz Fuchsberger Max Hofmeister Eduard Kainberger Karl Kainberger Martin Kargl Josef Kitzmüller Anton Krenn Ernst Künz Adolf Laudon Franz Mandl Klement Steinmetz Karl Wahlmüller Walter Werginz |
Norway Henry Johansen Fredrik Horn Nils Eriksen Frithjof Ulleberg Jørgen Juve Rolf Holmberg Sverre Hansen Magnar Isaksen Alf Martinsen Reidar Kvammen Arne Brustad Øivind Holmsen Odd Frantzen Magdalon Monsen |
First round
Italy | 1–0 | United States |
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Frossi 58' | Report |
Referee: Carl Weingartner (GER)
Norway | 4–0 | Turkey |
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Martinsen 30' 70' Brustad 53' Kvammen 80' |
Report |
Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA)
Empire of Japan | 3–2 | Sweden |
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Kamo 49' Ukon 62' Matsunaga 85' |
Report | Persson 24' 37' |
Referee: Wilhelm Peters (GER)
Germany | 9–0 | Luxembourg |
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Urban 16' 54' 75' Simetsreiter 32' 48' 74' Gauchel 49' 89' Elbern 76' |
Report |
Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)
Poland | 3–0 | Hungary |
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Gad 12' 27' Wodarz 88' |
Report |
Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA)
Austria | 3–1 | Egypt |
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Steinmetz 4' 65' Laudon 7' |
Report | Sakr 85' |
Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR)
Peru | 7–3 | Finland |
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Fernández 17' 33' 47' 49' 70' Villanueva 21' 67' |
Report | Kanerva 42' (pen.) Grönlund 75' Larvo 80' |
Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)
Great Britain | 2–0 | Republic of China |
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Doods 55' Finch 65' |
Report |
Quarter finals
Italy | 8–0 | Empire of Japan |
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Frossi 14' 75' 80' Biagi 32' 57' 81' 82' Cappelli 89' |
Report |
Referee: Otto Ohlsson (SWE)
Germany | 0–2 | Norway |
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Report | Isaksen 7' 83' |
Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)
Poland | 5–4 | Great Britain |
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Gad 33' Wodarz 43' 48' 53' Piec 56' |
Report | Clements 26' Shearer 71' Joy 78' 80' |
Referee: Rudolf Eklow (SWE)
Peru | 4–2 (a.e.t.) 1 | Austria |
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Alcade 75' Villanueva 81' 117' Fernández 119' |
Report | Wergin 23' Steinmetz 37' |
Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR)
Replay
1 Due to a pitch invasion, the match was declared null and void. It was ordered to be replayed on August 10. Peru did not accept this decision and withdrew from the tournament.
Semi finals
Bronze medal match
The Final (Gold medal match)
Italy | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Austria |
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Frossi 70' 92' | Report | Kainberger 79' |
Referee: Peco Bauwens (GER)
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
3 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||
7 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
United States | 0 | |||||||||||||
Italy | 8 | |||||||||||||
4 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||
10 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Sweden | 2 | |||||||||||||
Italy (AET) | 2 | |||||||||||||
3 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Norway | 1 | |||||||||||||
Norway | 4 | |||||||||||||
7 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Turkey | 0 | |||||||||||||
Norway | 2 | |||||||||||||
4 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 9 | |||||||||||||
15 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 0 | |||||||||||||
Italy (AET) | 2 | |||||||||||||
5 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Austria | 1 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 3 | |||||||||||||
8 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Egypt | 1 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Peru | 02 | |||||||||||||
Peru | 7 | |||||||||||||
11 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Finland | 3 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 3 | |||||||||||||
5 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Poland | 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Poland | 3 | |||||||||||||
8 August – Berlin | 13 August – Berlin | |||||||||||||
Hungary | 0 | |||||||||||||
Poland | 5 | Norway | 3 | |||||||||||
6 August – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 4 | Poland | 2 | |||||||||||
Great Britain | 2 | |||||||||||||
Republic of China | 0 | |||||||||||||
2Awarded.
Final ranking
Other websites
- Olympic Football Tournament Berlin 1936 Archived 2017-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Archive