Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games explained

Country:	Israel
Dates:	21 – 30 September
Num Teams:	7
Venues:	5
Cities:	5
Matches:	17
Goals:	83

Football at the 1953 Maccabiah Games was held in several stadiums in Israel starting on 28 September.

The competition was open for men's teams only. Teams from 7 countries participated. The tournament was won by the defending champions, Israel.^[1]

As part of the closing ceremony, the host and winner, Israel, played an exhibition match against a selected team from the other competing nations. The match, that was played over two halves of 20 minutes, ended goalless.^[2]

Format

The seven teams were divided into two group, each team playing the others once. The top two qualified for the medals group, while the rest played for the 5th-7th places.

Preliminary round

Group A

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	3	3	0	0	10	1	6
	3	2	0	1	6	3	4
	3	1	0	2	5	4	2
	3	0	0	3	1	14	0

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21 September 1953
	3–1		Maccabi Ground, Rehovot
	5–1		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
22 September 1953
	5–0		Municipal Stadium, Haifa
	1–0		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
23 September 1953
	2–0		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
	4–0		Hapoel Ground, Kfar Saba

Group B

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	2	2	0	0	9	4	4
	2	1	0	1	5	7	2
	2	0	0	2	3	6	0

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21 September 1953
	6–2		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
22 September 1953
	3–1		YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
23 September 1953
	3–2		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv

Final round

5th-7th places group

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	2	1	1	0	4	1	3
	2	1	1	0	5	3	3
	2	0	0	2	2	7	0

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27 September 1953
	4–2		Maccabi Ground, Rehovot
28 September 1953
	1–1		YMCA Stadium, Jerusalem
29 September 1953
	w/o

Medals group

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	3	3	0	0	17	1	6
	3	2	0	1	5	6	4
	3	1	0	2	8	12	2
	3	0	0	3	3	14	0

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25 September 1953
	5–0		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
	2–1		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
27 September 1953
	4–0		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
	6–2		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
28 September 1953
	8–1		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv
	3–1		Basa Stadium, Tel Aviv

Notes and References

1. http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_Heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?parm=iGz03w8ubWMcUJ7uM5KJBguq8z2msuB7rznKR%2F%2FOVSnbnWOtfKNE7%2FY57MrdNE71Yw%3D%3D&mode=image&href=HRT%2f1953%2f09%2f28&page=4&rtl=true Israel – South Africa 4:0 in Football
2. http://jhpress.nli.org.il/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TAUHe&BaseHref=DAV/1953/09/30&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00114&ViewMode=HTML 60 Thousand Spectators at the Fourth Maccabiah Closing Ceremony