1953 World Men's Military Cup
Appearance
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Turkey |
City | Ankara & Istanbul |
Dates | 14–23 March |
Teams | 7 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Belgium (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Turkey |
Third place | Greece |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 34 (3.4 per match) |
← 1959 1961 → |
The 1953 World Men's Military Cup was the 8th edition of the World Military Cup, the football military championship of the world. It was hosted by Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey. The format of competition was a championship in the final tournament.[1][2][3]
Qualified teams
[edit]Venues
[edit]Ankara | Istanbul | |
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19 Mayıs Stadium | Mithatpaşa Stadium | |
Capacity: 19,219 | Capacity: ? | |
Results
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Belgium | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
Belgium | 1 − 1 | Netherlands |
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Vliers 54' | Report | Bennaars 4' |
Italy | 5 − 3 | Netherlands |
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Gianmarinaro 4' Bettini 14' Marra 16' Savioni 64', 70' |
Report | Vergouwen 50' Bennaars 75' Louer 87' |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
Egypt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
France | 5 − 2 | Egypt |
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Ludo 9', 17' Piantoni 18' Leblond 22' Marcel 55' (pen.) |
Report | ? 27' Saad Rashed 73' |
Greece | 2 − 0 | Egypt |
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Assimakopoulos 15' Petropoulos 43' |
Report |
Final Group
[edit]Turkey qualified directly for the final group as a host country.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Belgium | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
Turkey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
Belgium | 1 − 0 | Greece |
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Van Gestel 75' | Report |
Referee: Jan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Memorial match
[edit]This match played for the victims of the earthquake of 18 March 1953 in the Çanakkale peninsula region.
Champion
[edit]1953 World Military Cup winners |
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Belgium Second title |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1953 World Military Cup - rsssf.com