Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Illustration from the Official Report
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	29 June – 4 July 1912
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (3rd title)
Runners-up	Denmark
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	96 (5.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gottfried Fuchs (10 goals)
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Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.^[1] It was the fourth time that football was on the Olympic schedule.

Great Britain^[2] won the gold medals, representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (whom the IOC credits). Replicating the 1908 tournament, Denmark won silver medals and the Netherlands won bronze medals.^[3][4]

The Swedish Football Association ran the tournament, just as the English Football Association had organised the 1908 Olympic football competition in London, England. Three stadiums hosted the eleven matches of the main tournament from 29 June to 4 July 1912. Two were played at Tranebergs Idrottsplats in a suburb of Stockholm, five including the bronze medal match took place at Råsunda Idrottsplats, also outside Stockholm, and four including the final match were held at the Olympiastadion.

Seven teams were eliminated in two rounds ending with the quarterfinal matches, 30 June, and these teams played off in a consolation tournament from 1 July to 5 July, comprising six matches at the same three stadiums. Hungary won the consolation tournament.