| | Top level | Event type
Football, Men – Match #1
| Date | 10 August 1948 — 18:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Empire Stadium, Wembley, London | |
| Referee | Stan Boardman |  GBR |
| Linesman | Reg Leafe | GBR |
| Linesman | Marijan Matančić |  YUG |
| Attendance | 20,000 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Sweden |  SWE | 4 | |
| – | Denmark |  DEN | 2 |
Sweden
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | – | Kjell Rosén | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | Gunnar Gren | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | Gunnar Nordahl | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | Henry Carlsson | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | Nils Liedholm | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | – | Birger Rosengren | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | – | Bertil Nordahl | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | – | Sune Andersson | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | – | Erik Nilsson | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | – | Börje Leander | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | – | Torsten Lindberg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Coach | George Raynor | ||||||||||||||||
Denmark
| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Yellow Cards | Red Cards | Penalty Kicks | Shots | Shots on Goal | Corner Kicks | Free Kicks | Offsides | Fouls Committed | After Half 1 | After Half 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | – | Johannes Pløger | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | Carl Aage Præst | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | John Hansen | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | Holger Seebach | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Forward | – | Karl Aage Hansen | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | – | Axel Pilmark | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | – | Dion Ørnvold | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Midfield | – | Ivan Jensen | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | – | Viggo Jensen | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Defense | – | Knud Børge Overgaard | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | – | Eigil Nielsen | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Coach | Reg Mountford | ||||||||||||||||
Goals
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 (1) | John Hansen | | 0-1 | |
| 18 (1) | Henry Carlsson | | 1-1 | |
| 31 (1) | Kjell Rosén | | 2-1 | |
| 37 (1) | Kjell Rosén | | 3-1 | |
| 42 (1) | Henry Carlsson | | 4-1 | |
| 77 (2) | Holger Seebach | | 4-2 |