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Olympic Football Tournament London 1908

  • Teams: 6
  • When: 19 October 1908 to 24 October 1908
  • Final:
  • Matches: 6
  • Goals Scored: 48 (average 8.0 per match)
  • Attendance: 20000 (average 3333)
      • Winner: Great Britain
      • Runners-Up: Denmark
      • Third: Netherlands
      • Fourth: Sweden

    Overview

    London, 1908
    After tries in Athens (1896), Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904), the first official Olympic Football Tournament was held in London as host Great Britain won the first of two consecutive gold medals. Eight teams entered the competition -- two from France and one each from Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary and Bohemia, although the latter two later withdrew.

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