Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Denmark Finland Norway Sweden |
Dates | 22 June 1952 – 16 October 1955 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sweden (4th title) |
Runners-up | Norway |
Third place | Denmark |
Fourth place | Finland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 105 (4.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Nils-Åke Sandell (10 goals) |
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.
Sweden | 4-3 | Denmark |
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Bengtsson 5' Brodd 8' Sandell 19', 76' |
Report |
Rasmussen 52' Petersen 59' Seebach 77' |
Norway | 7-2 | Finland |
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Thoresen 18', 55' Kristiansen 36', 47', 75' Sørensen 70', 85' |
Report |
Lehtovirta 16' Rikberg 80' |
Finland | 1-8 | Sweden |
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Råberg 10', 48', 58' Persson 24', 50', 83' Sandin 25' Sandberg 70' |
Report | Pelkonen 51' |
Denmark | 6-1 | Finland |
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Hansen 11', 36' Petersen 25' Sørensen 32' Nielsen 50', 61' |
Report | Køppen 40' ( o.g.) |
Finland | 1-10 | Sweden |
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Lahtinen 40' | Report |
Hamrin 6', 71', 80' Eklund 7', 30', 48' Thillberg 16', 59' J. Eriksson 18', 21' |
Sweden | 5-2 | Denmark |
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J. Eriksson 9' Sandell 12', 38', 60' K. Hansen 36' ( o.g.) |
Report |
Hansen 6' Sørensen 17' |
'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 | Sweden | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 14 | +30 | 20 |
2 | Norway | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 16 |
3 | Denmark | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 26 | –3 | 9 |
4 | Finland | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 53 | –40 | 3 |
1952–55 Nordic Football Championship winners |
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Sweden Fourth title |
There were 105 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.38 goals per match.
10 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
3 own goals