Football at the International Workers' Olympiads

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The teams of Germany and Finland entering the field before the final of the 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad in Frankfurt. Germany Finland 1925.jpg
The teams of Germany and Finland entering the field before the final of the 1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad in Frankfurt.

Association football was included in every three editions of International Workers' Summer Olympiads in 1925, 1931 and 1937 as a men's competition sport. Tournaments were played as a single-elimination tournament. Countries were represented by selected teams of their workers' sports associations and the players were mostly amateurs. Exception was the Soviet team in 1937 as it was based mostly on the team of masters of Spartak sports society out of Moscow and participating in the recently established in the Soviet Union competitions of football teams of sports societies, Class A, a predecessor of the Soviet Top League.

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Frankfurt am Main 1925

1925 Workers' Summer Olympiad was held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Participating teams in the football tournament were Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany and Switzerland. [1]

Group stage

Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg beat Flag of France.svg France
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
Belgium Flag of Belgium (civil).svg beat Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 6–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
Finland Flag of Finland.svg 4–2 [2] Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 3–1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main

Semifinals

Germany Flag of Germany.svg 6–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Waldstadion football grounds, Frankfurt am Main

Final

Germany Flag of Germany.svg 2–0 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Waldstadion, Frankfurt am Main
Attendance: 40,000 [3]

Vienna 1931

1931 Workers' Summer Olympiad was held in Vienna, Austria and 16 teams took part at the football tournament. [4] Leading scorer was Erwin Seeler, the father of famous German striker Uwe Seeler. He scored seven goals on a quarterfinal match against Hungary as the German team beat the Hungarians 9–0. [5]

First round

Czechoslovakia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 4–4
(Czechoslovakia qualified after drawing lots)
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 3–0 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
Austria Flag of Austria.svg 5–1 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Hungary Flag of Hungary.svg 3–1 Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Mandatory Palestine
Poland Flag of Poland.svg 1–0 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 8–1 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

Quarterfinals

Belgium Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 5–0 Flag of France.svg France
Austria Flag of Austria.svg 8–1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 9–0 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Poland Flag of Poland.svg 3–2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia

Semifinals

Austria Flag of Austria.svg 3–1 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 4–1 Flag of Poland.svg Poland

Final

Austria Flag of Austria.svg 3–2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 65,000 [4]

Consolation tournament

Norway Flag of Norway.svg 5–0 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Norway Flag of Norway.svg 6–3 Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Norway Flag of Norway.svg 4–0 Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Mandatory Palestine

Antwerp 1937

1937 Workers' Summer Olympiad was held in Antwerp, Belgium. It was a joint event with the Spartakiads. Participating teams came from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Soviet Union, Spanish Republican faction and Switzerland. [6] A delegation from Soviet Union was competing at the Olympiads for the first time. German athletes did not participate since labor sports organisations were disbanded in Germany by the Nazi regime in 1933. The Soviet Union was represented by Spartak Moscow.

Note: the results are not complete.

First round

Spartak Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 8–0 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 3–2 Flag of Finland.svg Finland

Quarterfinals

Spartak Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 7–1 Flag of France.svg France
Norway Flag of Norway.svg 4–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland

Semifinals

Norway Flag of Norway.svg 3–1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia

Final

Spartak Moscow Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 2–0 Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Olympic Stadium, Antwerp
Attendance: 25,000

Consolation tournament

Source: [6]

Finland Flag of Finland.svg 5–0
w.o. (1–1)
Palestine-Mandate-Ensign-1927-1948.svg Mandatory Palestine
England Flag of England.svg 2–1 Flag of Finland.svg Finland

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