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Finland - Helsinki - 25 July 1952 - 2 August 1952

Winner : Hungary

First Round (Finland - Helsinki - 25/07/1952)

25 July 1952
	Netherlands	3 - 2	U.S.S.R.
	Spain	3 - 2	Brazil
	Great Britain	4 - 3	Austria
	Sweden	5 - 1	United States
	Belgium	6 - 5	South Africa
	Germany	8 - 4	Romania
	Egypt	10 - 0	Portugal
	Yugoslavia	10 - 2	Australia
	Hungary	13 - 4	Mexico
	Italy	16 - 1	India

Detail of the results

Second Round (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952)

26 July 1952
	South Africa	4 - 0	Mexico
	Austria	6 - 0	Australia
	Brazil	6 - 2	Portugal
	United States	6 - 3	Romania
	U.S.S.R.	12 - 0	India

Detail of the results

Group A (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 29/07/1952)

Classification

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Italy	6	3	3	0	0	17	8	+9
2	United States	4	3	2	0	1	16	9	+7
3	Great Britain	1	3	0	1	2	9	15	-6
4	Austria	1	3	0	1	2	5	15	-10

Last matches

26 July 1952
	Italy	4 - 3	Great Britain
27 July 1952
	Italy	8 - 1	Austria
	United States	8 - 3	Great Britain
28 July 1952
	Great Britain	3 - 3	Austria
	Italy	5 - 4	United States
29 July 1952
	United States	4 - 1	Austria

Detail of the results

Group B (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 29/07/1952)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Hungary	6	3	3	0	23	4	+19
2	U.S.S.R.	4	3	2	1	12	9	+3
3	Egypt	2	3	1	2	7	14	-7
4	Germany	0	3	0	3	5	20	-15

Last matches

26 July 1952
	Hungary	9 - 0	Egypt
27 July 1952
	Egypt	5 - 2	Germany
	Hungary	5 - 3	U.S.S.R.
28 July 1952
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 2	Egypt
	Hungary	9 - 1	Germany
29 July 1952
	U.S.S.R.	6 - 2	Germany

Detail of the results

Group C (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 01/08/1952)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Yugoslavia	6	3	3	0	20	3	+17
2	Netherlands	4	3	2	1	17	6	+11
3	Sweden	2	3	1	2	9	18	-9
4	Argentina	0	3	0	3	6	25	-19

Last matches

26 July 1952
	Netherlands	9 - 3	Argentina
27 July 1952
	Netherlands	7 - 1	Sweden
	Yugoslavia	9 - 1	Argentina
28 July 1952
	Sweden	7 - 2	Argentina
29 July 1952
	Yugoslavia	9 - 1	Sweden
1 August 1952
	Yugoslavia	2 - 1	Netherlands

Detail of the results

Group D (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 29/07/1952)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Belgium	6	3	3	0	12	5	+7
2	Spain	4	3	2	1	13	10	+3
3	South Africa	2	3	1	2	10	9	+1
4	Brazil	0	3	0	3	7	18	-11

Last matches

26 July 1952
	Belgium	5 - 4	Spain
27 July 1952
	Spain	3 - 1	South Africa
	Belgium	3 - 1	Brazil
28 July 1952
	Belgium	4 - 0	South Africa
	Spain	6 - 4	Brazil
29 July 1952
	South Africa	9 - 2	Brazil

Detail of the results

1/2 Finals - Group E (Finland - Helsinki - 30/07/1952 - 31/07/1952)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Italy	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5
2	United States	4	2	2	0	10	6	+4
3	Spain	0	2	0	2	5	8	-3
4	Belgium	0	2	0	2	3	9	-6

Last matches

30 July 1952
	Italy	2 - 1	Spain
	United States	4 - 2	Belgium
31 July 1952
	Italy	5 - 1	Belgium
	United States	6 - 4	Spain

Detail of the results

1/2 Finals - Group F (Finland - Helsinki - 30/07/1952 - 31/07/1952)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Netherlands	5	3	2	1	0	11	8	+3
2	Hungary	2	2	0	2	0	6	6	0
3	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	2	0	5	5	0
4	U.S.S.R.	1	3	0	1	2	7	10	-3

Last matches

30 July 1952
	Yugoslavia	3 - 3	U.S.S.R.
	Hungary	4 - 4	Netherlands
31 July 1952
	Hungary	2 - 2	Yugoslavia
	Netherlands	4 - 2	U.S.S.R.

Detail of the results

Final round - Places 5-8 (Finland - Helsinki - 01/08/1952 - 02/08/1952)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Netherlands	6	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9
2	U.S.S.R.	3	3	1	1	1	9	9	0
3	Belgium	1	2	0	1	1	6	8	-2
4	Spain	0	2	0	0	2	4	11	-7

Last matches

1 August 1952
	U.S.S.R.	4 - 3	Spain
	Netherlands	5 - 3	Belgium
2 August 1952
	U.S.S.R.	3 - 3	Belgium
	Netherlands	7 - 1	Spain

Detail of the results

Final round - Places 1-4 (Finland - Helsinki - 01/08/1952 - 02/08/1952)

Standing

	Team	Pts	MP	W	L	GF	GA	diff
1	Hungary	4	2	2	0	11	2	+9
2	Yugoslavia	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4
3	United States	0	2	0	2	2	8	-6
4	Italy	0	2	0	2	3	10	-7

Last matches

1 August 1952
	Yugoslavia	4 - 2	United States
	Hungary	7 - 2	Italy
2 August 1952
	Yugoslavia	3 - 1	Italy
	Hungary	4 - 0	United States

Detail of the results

Statistics

General statistics
- Number of events : 10
- Number of rounds : 10
- Matches : 55
- Home victories : 50 (91 %)
- Away victories : 0 (0 %)
- Drawn matches : 5 (9 %)
- Best round in points : 1st (430 points)
- Average points per match : 7.82
- Average points scored at home : 5.84
- Scoring average: away games : 1.98
- Total number of points : 430
- Average points per round : 43
Various statistics

Wins
1 Hungary 6

2 Italy 6

3 Netherlands 6

4 Yugoslavia 6

5 United States 5

6 Belgium 4

Drawn matches
1 Hungary 2

2 U.S.S.R. 2

3 Yugoslavia 2

4 Austria 1

5 Belgium 1

6 Great Britain 1

Losses
1 Spain 5

2 Brazil 4

3 United States 4

4 Argentina 3

5 Austria 3

6 Belgium 3

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Winner : Hungary

Final standings

First Round (Finland - Helsinki - 25/07/1952)

25 July 1952

Second Round (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952)

26 July 1952

Group A (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 29/07/1952)

Classification

Last matches

26 July 1952

27 July 1952

28 July 1952

29 July 1952

Group B (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 29/07/1952)

Standing

Last matches

26 July 1952

27 July 1952

28 July 1952

29 July 1952

Group C (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 01/08/1952)

Standing

Last matches

26 July 1952

27 July 1952

28 July 1952

29 July 1952

1 August 1952

Group D (Finland - Helsinki - 26/07/1952 - 29/07/1952)

Standing

Last matches

26 July 1952

27 July 1952

28 July 1952

29 July 1952

1/2 Finals - Group E (Finland - Helsinki - 30/07/1952 - 31/07/1952)

Standing

Last matches

30 July 1952

31 July 1952

1/2 Finals - Group F (Finland - Helsinki - 30/07/1952 - 31/07/1952)

Standing

Last matches

30 July 1952

31 July 1952

Final round - Places 5-8 (Finland - Helsinki - 01/08/1952 - 02/08/1952)

Standing

Last matches

1 August 1952

2 August 1952

Final round - Places 1-4 (Finland - Helsinki - 01/08/1952 - 02/08/1952)

Standing

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1 August 1952

2 August 1952

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