Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a stamp of the Netherlands
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Dates27 May – 13 June 1928
Teams17 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uruguay (2nd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Italy
Fourth place Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored128 (5.82 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Domingo Tarasconi
(11 goals)
1924
1936

Football was one of the tournaments at the 1928 Summer Olympics. It was won by Uruguay against Argentina, and was the last Olympic football tournament before the inception of the FIFA World Cup, which was held for the first time in 1930. This edition and the 1924 Olympics are the only 2 tournaments before the World Cup that count as senior world titles due to allowing professional players and featuring a country from every continent besides Australia for the first time. [1]

  1. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20070202034147/http://www.fifa.com/en/history/history/0%2C1283%2C4%2C00.html. Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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