Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates21 – 30 September
Teams7
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Israel
Runners-up South Africa
Third place Great Britain
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored83 (4.88 per match)

Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 28 September.

The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 7 countries participated. The tournament was won by the defending champions, Israel.[1]

As part of the closing ceremony, the host and winner, Israel, played an exhibition match against a selected team from the other competing nations. The match, that was played over two halves of 20 minutes, ended goalless.[2]

Format

The seven teams were divided into two group, each team playing the others once. The top two qualified for the medals group, while the rest played for the 5th-7th places.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 33001016
 Great Britain 3201634
  Switzerland 3102542
 Finland 30031140
21 September 1953
Israel 3–1 Great BritainMaccabi Ground, Rehovot
Switzerland 5–1 FinlandBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
22 September 1953
Israel 5–0 FinlandMunicipal Stadium, Haifa
Great Britain 1–0  SwitzerlandBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
23 September 1953
Israel 2–0  SwitzerlandBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Great Britain 4–0 FinlandHapoel Ground, Kfar Saba

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 South Africa 2200944
 France 2101572
 United States 2002360
21 September 1953
South Africa 6–2 FranceBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
22 September 1953
France 3–1 United StatesYMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
23 September 1953
South Africa 3–2 United StatesBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv

Final round

5th-7th places group

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 United States 2110413
  Switzerland 2110533
 Finland 2002270
27 September 1953
Switzerland 4–2 FinlandMaccabi Ground, Rehovot
28 September 1953
Switzerland 1–1 United StatesYMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
29 September 1953
United States w/o Finland

Medals group

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Israel 33001716
 South Africa 3201564
 Great Britain 31028122
 France 30033140
25 September 1953
Israel 5–0 FranceBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
South Africa 2–1Great Britain Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
27 September 1953
Israel 4–0 South AfricaBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
Great Britain 6–2 FranceBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
28 September 1953
Israel 8–1 Great BritainBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv
South Africa 3–1 FranceBasa Stadium, Tel Aviv

References

  1. Israel – South Africa 4:0 in Football Herut, 28 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. 60 Thousand Spectators at the Fourth Maccabiah Closing Ceremony Davar, 30 September 1953, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)


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