Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament was a repechage tournament contested by the seven losing teams of the first two rounds of the main tournament. Six teams played the first round in a single-elimination format, while Hungary entered directly to the semifinals.^[1]

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Consolation tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	1 – 5 July 1912
Teams	7
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Austria
Third place	(none)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	31 (5.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gottfried Fuchs (10 goals)

Hungary won the tournament after beating Austria 3–0 in the final.^[2]

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
					Hungary	3
					Germany	1
	Germany	16
	Russia	0
									Hungary	3
									Austria	0
	Austria	1
	Norway	0
					Austria	5
					Italy	1
	Italy	1
	Sweden	0

First round

Austria vs Norway

July 1, 1912

First round

Austria	1–0	Norway
Neubauer   2'	Report

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Traneberg

Attendance: 150

Referee: Per Sjöblom (Sweden)

Austria

Norway

GK Josef Kaltenbrunner DF Ladislaus Kurpiel DF Karl Braunsteiner DF Franz Weber (capt.) DF Josef Brandstätter MF Robert Cimera MF Alois Müller MF Gustav Blaha FW Robert Merz FW Leopold Grundwald FW Leopold Neubauer Manager:   ÖFB Committee

GK Ingolf Pedersen DF Per Skou DF Einar Friis Baastad MF Harald Johansen MF Charles Herlofson (capt.) MF Sverre Jensen FW Henry Reinholdt FW Kristian Krefting FW Hans Endrerud FW Rolf Maartmann FW Erling Maartmann Manager:   James Vincent Hayes

Germany vs Russia

July 1, 1912

First round

Germany	16–0	Russia
Fuchs   2', 9', 21', 28', 34', 46', 51', 55', 65', 69' Förderer   6', 27', 53', 66' Burger   30' Oberle   58'	Report

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)

Germany

Russia

GK Adolf Werner DF Hans Reese DF Walter Hempel MF Karl Burger MF Josef Glaser MF Camillo Ugi (capt.) FW Karl Uhle FW Fritz Förderer FW Gottfried Fuchs FW Emil Oberle FW Otto Thiel Manager:   DFB Committee

GK Lev Favorsky DF Pyotr Sokolov DF Fyodor Rimsha MF Aleksei Uversky MF Nikita Khromov MF Mikhail Yakovlev FW Mikhail Smirnov FW Grigori Nikitin FW Vasily Butusov (capt.) FW Vasily Zhitarev FW Sergei Filippov Manager:   Robert Fulda and Georgy Dyuperron

Italy vs Sweden

July 1, 1912

First round

Italy	1–0	Sweden
Bontadini   15'	Report

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

Italy

Sweden

GK Piero Campelli DF Renzo de Vecchi DF Modesto Valle MF Angelo Binaschi MF Giuseppe Milano (capt.) MF Pietro Leone FW Franco Bontadini FW Felice Berardo FW Enrico Sardi FW Luigi Barbesino FW Edoardo Mariani Manager:   Vittorio Pozzo

GK Josef Börjesson DF Erik Bergström DF Konrad Törnqvist MF Ragnar Wicksell MF Götrik Frykman MF Karl Gustafsson FW Herman Myhrberg (capt.) FW Ivar Swensson FW Erik Börjesson FW Eric Dahlström FW Karl Ansén Manager:   John Ohlson

Semi finals

Hungary vs Germany

July 3, 1912

Semifinal

Hungary	3–1	Germany
Schlosser   3', 39', 82'		Förderer   56'

Råsunda IP, Solna

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Christiaan Groothoff (Netherlands)

Hungary

Germany

GK László Domonkos DF Gyula Rumbold DF Imre Payer MF Antal Vágó (c) MF Kálmán Szury MF Zoltán Blum FW Béla Sebestyén FW Sándor Bodnár FW Miklós Fekete FW Imre Schlosser FW Gáspár Borbás Manager:   Ede Herczog

GK Adolf Werner DF Helmut Röpnack DF Ernst Hollstein MF Georg Krogmann MF Camillo Ugi (c) MF Hermann Bosch FW Karl Wegele FW Fritz Förderer FW Gottfried Fuchs FW Julius Hirsch FW Emil Oberle Manager:   DFB Committee

Austria vs Italy

July 3, 1912

Semifinal

Austria	5–1	Italy
Müller   30' Grundwald   40', 89' Hussak   49' Studnicka   65'		Berardo   81'

Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

Austria

Italy

GK Josef Kaltenbrunner DF Karl Braunsteiner DF Bernhard Graubart MF Franz Weber MF Josef Brandstätter MF Robert Cimera FW Ludwig Hussak (c) FW Alois Müller FW Johann Studnicka FW Leopold Neubauer FW Leopold Grundwald Manager:   ÖFB Committee

GK Piero Campelli DF Renzo de Vecchi DF Modesto Valle MF Angelo Binaschi MF Giuseppe Milano (c) MF Pietro Leone FW Enea Zuffi FW Franco Bontadini FW Felice Berardo FW Luigi Barbesino FW Edoardo Mariani Manager:   Vittorio Pozzo

Final

1912 Consolation Tournament Final

5 July 1912

19:00

Hungary	3–0	Austria
Schlosser   32' Pataki   63' Bodnar   72'	Report

Tranebergs Idrottsplats, Stockholm

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands)

Hungary

Austria

GK László Domonkos DF Gyula Rumbold DF Imre Payer MF Gyula Bíró MF Antal Vágó (capt.) MF Zoltán Blum FW Béla Sebestyén FW Sándor Bodnár FW Mihály Pataki FW Imre Schlosser FW Gáspár Borbás Manager:   Ede Herczog

GK Josef Kaltenbrunner DF Bernhard Graubart DF Ladislaus Kurpiel MF Josef Brandstätter MF Karl Braunsteiner MF Robert Cimera FW Ludwig Hussak (capt.) FW Alois Müller FW Robert Merz FW Leopold Neubauer FW Leopold Grundwald Manager:   ÖFB Committee

Final summary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	2	2	0	0	0	7	−7	4
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Germany	2	1	0	1	17	3	+14	2
4	Italy	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	2
5	Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
6	Norway	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
7	Russia	1	0	0	1	0	16	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

References

1. Consolation Tournament by Karel Stokkermans on the RSSSF
2. on FIFA website