Football at the 1950 Maccabiah Games

Football at the 1950 Maccabiah GamesTournament details

Host country| Israel
Dates| 28 September – 6 October
Teams| 5
Venue(s)| 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions|  Israel
Runners-up|  South Africa
Third place|  Great Britain
Fourth place|   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 10
Goals scored| 62 (6.2 per match)

International football competition

Football at the 1950 Maccabiah Games was the football tournament held as part of the 1950 Maccabiah Games. It was held in several stadiums in Israel and began on 28 September.

The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 5 countries participated, after a team from the Netherlands withdrew.[1] The tournament was won by Israel.[2]

## Format

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The five teams played each other once in various venues in Israel, for a total of 4 matches for each team.

## Results

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts

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Israel | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8
South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5
Great Britain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4
Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 3
France | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 0
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28 September 1950
Israel  | 9–1 |   Switzerland | YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
South Africa  | 6–1 |  Great Britain | Maccabi Ground. Rehovot
1 October 1950
South Africa  | 3–3 |   Switzerland | Hapoel Ground, Petah Tikva
Israel  | 2–1 |  Great Britain | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
2 October 1950
South Africa  | 8–1 |  France | Maccabi Ground, Netanya
4 October 1950
Great Britain  | 3–2 |   Switzerland | Maccabi Ground, Rehovot
Israel  | 5–2 |  France | Kiryat Haim Stadium, Haifa
5 October 1950
Great Britain  | 2–0 |  France | YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
Israel  | 2–1 |  South Africa | Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
6 October 1950
Switzerland  | 5–4 |  France | Maccabi Ground, Netanya

## References

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1. ^ Israel Had Beaten Switzerland 9:1 Herut, 1 October 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
2. ^ Israel the Football Champion Herut, 8 October 1950, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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