1952–55 Nordic Football Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Denmark Finland Norway Sweden |
Dates | 22 June 1952 – 16 October 1955 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 105 (4.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (10 goals) |
← 1948–51 1956–59 → |
International football competition
The 1952–55 Nordic Football Championship was the sixth tournament staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its fourth Nordic Championship win.
Results
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1952
Norway ![]() | 7-2 | ![]() |
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Thoresen ![]() Kristiansen ![]() Sørensen ![]() | Report | Lehtovirta ![]() Rikberg ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 1-8 | ![]() |
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Råberg ![]() Persson ![]() Sandin ![]() Sandberg ![]() | Report | Pelkonen ![]() |
Norway ![]() | 1-2 | ![]() |
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Johannessen ![]() Persson ![]() | Report | Jacobsson ![]() |
1953
Denmark ![]() | 6-1 | ![]() |
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Hansen ![]() Petersen ![]() Sørensen ![]() Nielsen ![]() | Report | Køppen ![]() |
1954
Finland ![]() | 1-10 | ![]() |
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Lahtinen ![]() | Report | Hamrin ![]() Eklund ![]() Thillberg ![]() J. Eriksson ![]() |
Norway ![]() | 3-1 | ![]() |
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Dybwad ![]() Johannessen ![]() Hennum ![]() | Report | Hiltunen ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 5-2 | ![]() |
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J. Eriksson ![]() Sandell ![]() K. Hansen ![]() | Report | Hansen ![]() Sørensen ![]() |
1955
Table
'Two points for a victory, one point for a draw, no points for a loss.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 16 |
3 | ![]() | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 26 | –3 | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 53 | –40 | 3 |
Winners
1952–55 Nordic Football Championship winners |
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![]() Sweden Fourth title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 105 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.38 goals per match.
10 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Hasse Persson
John Eriksson
Henry Thillberg
Kurt Hamrin
Gunnar Thoresen
3 goals
Bent Sørensen
Matti Hiltunen
Odd Wang Sørensen
Kjell Kristiansen
Birger Eklund
Lars Råberg
2 goals
1 goal
Knud Lundberg
Jørgen Jacobsen
Poul Åge Rasmussen
Aulis Rytkönen
Kalevi Lehtovirta
Simo Lehmusvirta
Seppo Pelkonen
Stig-Göran Myntti
Tor Jevne
Reidar Sundby
Pål Angell-Hansen
Hans Nordahl
Harry Kure
Arne Kotte
Gunnar Dybwad
Karl-Alfred Jacobsson
Yngve Brodd
Lars Eriksson
Bengt Lindskog
Sylve Bengtsson
3 own goals
Erik Køppen (against Finland)
Kurt Hansen (against Sweden)
Verner Nielsen (against Norway)
See also
- Balkan Cup
- Baltic Cup
- Central European International Cup
- Mediterranean Cup