Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Olympic football tournament was won by Italy. They were the favourites to win, having won the FIFA World Cup in 1934. The host nation, Germany, were also one of the favourites at the start of the competition. They had only lost at home once in three years. However, they were beaten in the quarter-finals. The bronze- and gold-medal games were watched by a combined total of 195,000 people.

Men's football
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
DatesAug 3-15
Medalists
 Italy national football team
 Italy
 Austria national football team
 Austria
 Norway national football team
 Norway
«19281948»
A ball of the competitions is on display at the German Leather Museum

Medalists
 Italy
Bruno Venturini
Alfredo Foni
Pietro Rava
Giuseppe Baldo
Achille Piccini
Ugo Locatelli
Annibale Frossi
Libero Marchini
Luigi Scarabello
Carlo Biagi
Giulio Cappelli
Sergio Bertoni
Alfonso Negro
Francesco Gabriotti		  Austria
Franz Fuchsberger
Max Hofmeister
Eduard Kainberger
Karl Kainberger
Martin Kargl
Josef Kitzmüller
Anton Krenn
Ernst Künz
Adolf Laudon
Franz Mandl
Klement Steinmetz
Karl Wahlmüller
Walter Werginz		  Norway
Henry Johansen
Fredrik Horn
Nils Eriksen
Frithjof Ulleberg
Jørgen Juve
Rolf Holmberg
Sverre Hansen
Magnar Isaksen
Alf Martinsen
Reidar Kvammen
Arne Brustad
Øivind Holmsen
Odd Frantzen
Magdalon Monsen

First round
Italy 1–0 United States
Frossi  58' Report
Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Carl Weingartner (GER)

Attendance: 9.000
Norway 4–0 Turkey
Martinsen  30'  70'
Brustad  53'
Kvammen  80'		 Report
Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Giuseppe Scarpi (ITA)

Attendance: 8.000
Empire of Japan 3–2 Sweden
Kamo  49'
Ukon  62'
Matsunaga  85'		 Report Persson  24'  37'
Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Wilhelm Peters (GER)

Attendance: 5.000
Germany 9–0 Luxembourg
Urban  16'  54'  75'
Simetsreiter  32'  48'  74'
Gauchel  49'  89'
Elbern  76'		 Report
Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)

Attendance: 12.000
Poland 3–0 Hungary
Gad  12'  27'
Wodarz  88'		 Report
Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Raffaele Scorzoni (ITA)

Attendance: 5.000
Austria 3–1 Egypt
Steinmetz  4'  65'
Laudon  7'		 Report Sakr  85'
Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Arthur James Jewell (GBR)

Attendance: 6.000
Peru 7–3 Finland
Fernández  17'  33'  47'  49'  70'
Villanueva  21'  67'		 Report Kanerva  42' (pen.)
Grönlund  75'
Larvo  80'
Berlin Hertha-BSC-Platz

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

Attendance: 2.500
Great Britain 2–0 Republic of China
Doods  55'
Finch  65'		 Report
Mommsenstadion, Berlin
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Helmut Fink (GER)

Quarter finals
Italy 8–0 Empire of Japan
Frossi  14'  75'  80'
Biagi  32'  57'  81'  82'
Cappelli  89'		 Report
Berlin Mommsenstadion

Referee: Otto Ohlsson (SWE)

Attendance: 8.000
Germany 0–2 Norway
Report Isaksen  7'  83'
Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)

Attendance: 55.000
Poland 5–4 Great Britain
Gad  33'
Wodarz  43'  48'  53'
Piec  56'		 Report Clements  26'
Shearer  71'
Joy  78'  80'
Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rudolf Eklow (SWE)

Attendance: 6.000
Peru 4–2 (a.e.t.) 1 Austria
Alcade  75'
Villanueva  81'  117'
Fernández  119'		 Report Wergin  23'
Steinmetz  37'
Berlin Hertha-BSC Platz

Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (NOR)

Attendance: 5.000

Replay

Peru 0–2 2 Austria
Berlin Poststadion

Referee: Rinaldo Barlassina (ITA)

Attendance: 0

1 Due to a pitch invasion, the match was declared null and void. It was ordered to be replayed on August 10. Peru did not accept this decision and withdrew from the tournament.

Semi finals
Italy 2–1 (a.e.t.) Norway
Negro  15'
Frossi  96'		 Report Brustad  58'
Attendance: 95.000
Referee: Pál von Hertzka (HUN)
Austria 3–1 Poland
Kainberger  14'
Laudon  55'
Mandl  88'		 Report Gad  73'
Attendance: 82.000
Referee: Arthur Willoughby Barton (GBR)

Bronze medal match
Norway 3–2 Poland
Brustad  15'  21'  84' Report Wodarz  5'
Peterek  24' (pen.)
Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Referee: Alfred Birlem (GER)

Attendance: 95.000

The Final (Gold medal match)
Italy 2–1 (a.e.t.) Austria
Frossi  70'  92' Report Kainberger  79'
Berlin Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Referee: Peco Bauwens (GER)

Attendance: 85.000

Bracket
Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
3 August – Berlin            
   Italy  1
7 August – Berlin
   United States  0  
   Italy  8
4 August – Berlin
     Japan  0  
   Japan  3
10 August – Berlin
   Sweden  2  
   Italy (AET)  2
3 August – Berlin
     Norway  1  
   Norway  4
7 August – Berlin
   Turkey  0  
   Norway  2
4 August – Berlin
     Germany  0  
   Germany  9
15 August – Berlin
   Luxembourg  0  
   Italy (AET)  2
5 August – Berlin
     Austria  1
   Austria  3
8 August – Berlin
   Egypt  1  
   Austria  2
6 August – Berlin
     Peru  02  
   Peru  7
11 August – Berlin
   Finland  3  
   Austria  3
5 August – Berlin
     Poland  1   Third place
   Poland  3
8 August – Berlin 13 August – Berlin
   Hungary  0  
   Poland  5    Norway  3
6 August – Berlin
     Great Britain  4      Poland  2
   Great Britain  2
   Republic of China  0  

2Awarded.

Final ranking
  1.  Italy
  2.  Austria
  3.  Norway
  4.  Poland
  5.  Peru
  6.  Great Britain
  7.  Germany
  8.  Japan
  9.  China PR
  10.  Finland
  11.  Egypt
  12.  Hungary
  13.  Luxembourg
  14.  Sweden
  15.  Turkey
  16.  United States

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