| Date | 5 December 1956 — 16:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria | |
| Referee | Bob Mann |  GBR |
| Linesman | Ron Wright |  AUS |
| Linesman | Charles Wensveen |  INA |
| Attendance | 42,000 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 2 | 0 | 0 | AET |
| – | Bulgaria |  BUL | 1 | 0 | 0 | AET |
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Extra-time #1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 11 | Boris Tatushin | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 14 | Sergey Salnikov | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Eduard Streltsov | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 16 | Valentin Ivanov | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 18 | Vladimir Ryzhkin | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Anatoly Bashashkin | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 8 | Igor Netto | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 7 | Aleksey Paramonov | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 5 | Mikhail Ogonkov | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Nikolay Tishchenko | 0 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Lev Yashin | 0 | – | |||
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | AET | ||||
| Coach | Gavriil Kachalin | AET | |||||
Bulgaria| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Extra-time #1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 6 | Dimitar Milanov | 0 | – | 2 | ||
| Forward | 19 | Georgi Dimitrov | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 12 | Panayot Panayotov | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Ivan Kolev | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 1 | Krum Yanev | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 18 | Nikola Kovachev | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 20 | Stefan Bozhkov | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 13 | Manol Manolov | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 11 | Kiril Rakarov | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 10 | Milcho Goranov | 0 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 5 | Georgi Spirov Naydenov | 0 | – | |||
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | AET | ||||
| Coach | Stoyan Ormandzhiev | AET | |||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 (3) | Ivan Kolev | | 0-1 | ||
| 112 (4) | Eduard Streltsov | | 1-1 | ||
| 116 (4) | Boris Tatushin | | 2-1 |
