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Water Polo, Men

Date	25 July – 2 August 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Uimastadion, Helsinki
Participants	191 from 21 countries
Format	Preliminary single-elimination tournament qualifying, followed by several series of round-robin pools.

There were problems right from the start of the 1952 water polo tournament. Originally, some of the first round matches were to be played in open seawater venues at Uunisaari and Humallahti. However, this had to be abandoned because the water temperature was too cold to allow competition at those venues. The change required that all the matches had to be re-scheduled and shifted to the outdoor fresh-water Olympic Swim Stadium, Helsingin Uimastadion.

The Netherlands had won the 1950 European Championship, after having placed fourth at the 1948 Olympics. Italy was the defending Olympic Champion, with the always strong Hungarians back. The first round groups were won by Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Belgium. The Netherlands placed second to Yugoslavia in Group C, and would be eliminated in the semi-finals, eventually placing fifth. But it was controversial. In the semis, the Dutch team defeated the Yugoslavs, 3-2. However, Yugoslavia protested some referee’s decisions and the match was replayed, with Yugoslavia winning that match, 2-1, eliminating the Netherlands.

This original match was set up for a problem from the start. The referee was Belgian Fons Delahaye, a veteran who had officiated at the 1928 Olympics. Before the match, Yugoslavia requested of FINA that he be removed, concerned that he would be biased towards the Dutch, but this was not done. After the Yugoslav protest, the issue was heard by the FINA Water Polo Board, led by Dutchman Jans de Vries, who abstained from the meeting because it involved the Netherlands. The Board recommended to the Jury d’Appèl that the protest be denied, but the Jury d’Appèl decided otherwise and upheld the protest, requiring the match to be played again with another referee. The Dutch team considered withdrawing and returning home, but eventually elected to stay and play.

The final round came down to Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, and the United States. Hungary and Yugoslavia won both their matches in the round, and their semi-final tie was carried over, giving them identical final round records of two wins and one tie, but Hungary won the gold medal on goal differential, Yugoslavia taking silver. This would be the first of many Olympics in which Hungary and Yugoslavia would prove to be the two strongest teams in the world. They repeated their 1-2 finish in 1956, with Hungary winning medals through 1980 in a stretch of winning water polo medals at 12 consecutive Olympics, and Yugoslavia winning Olympic medals in 1964, 1968, 1980, 1984, and 1988, with gold medals in 1968, 1984, and 1988.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals	Goals
1	–	Hungary	HUN	8	6	2	0	14	53-16	–	Gold
	568	László Jeney		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	569	Róbert Antal		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	570	Dezső Gyarmati		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7
	571	György Vízvári		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	572	Dezső Fábián		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	573	Kálmán Markovits		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3
	574	György Kárpáti		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	4
	575	Miklós Martin		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	5
	576	István Szívós, Sr.		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	16
	577	Antal Bolvári		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	1
	578	István Hasznos		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	7
	–	Dezső Lemhényi		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	5
	–	Károly Szittya		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	5
Coach		Béla Rajki-Reich
2	–	Yugoslavia	YUG	9	6	2	1	14	44-16	–	Silver
	303	Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	304	Ivo Štakula		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	305	Veljko Bakašun		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	306	Ivo Kurtini		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	5		1
	307	Boško Vuksanović		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	308	Zdravko Ježić		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	309	Lovro Radonić		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	1
	311	Vladimir Ivković		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	312	Marko Brajnović		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Juraj Amšel DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Dragoslav Šiljak DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Božo Grkinić
3	–	Italy	ITA	8	6	0	2	12	43-21	–	Bronze
	237	Raffaello Gambino		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	238	Cesare Rubini		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	239	Maurizio Mannelli		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	240	Geminio Ognio		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	241	Gildo Arena		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	242	Renato De Sanzuane		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	243	Carlo Peretti		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	244	Renato Traiola		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	245	Enzo Polito		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	246	Salvatore Gionta		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	247	Lucio Ceccarini		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Mario Majoni
4	–	United States	USA	9	5	0	4	10	35-31	–
	620	Harry Bisbey		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	621	Marvin Burns		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		2
	622	Bill Dornblaser		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		3
	623	Bob Hughes		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	6		4
	624	Edward Jaworski		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	626	Bill Kooistra		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	7		5
	627	Norman Lake		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	628	Jim Norris		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	629	Jack Spargo		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	4		6
	630	Pete Stange		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Robert Koehler DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Urho Eino Saari
5	–	Netherlands	NED	9	7	1	1	15	43-20	–
	149	Cor Braasem		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	4		7
	150	Max van Gelder		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	151	Gerrit Bijlsma		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	3		8
	152	Nijs Korevaar		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	3		9
	153	Joop Cabout		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	2		10
	154	Ruud van Feggelen		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	22		11
	155	Frits Smol		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	8		12
	–	Joop de Gans DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Gaston Finee DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Nico Luchs DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Jos Sievers DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Frans Kuijper
6	–	Belgium	BEL	8	4	1	3	9	27-27	–
	45	André Laurent		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	46	Joseph Reynders		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	47	Theo Desmet		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	48	Marcel Heyninck		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		13
	49	Georges Leenheere		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	50	François Maesschalck		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	51	Fons Martin		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	52	Roland Sierens		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	53	Jozef Smits		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	54	Johan Van Den Steen		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		14
	–	Frans Van Wetteren DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
7	–	Soviet Union	URS	9	4	2	3	10	38-25	–
	378	Boris Goykhman		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	379	Yevgeny Semyonov		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	2
	380	Anatoly Yegorov		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		15
	381	Lev Kokorin		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	382	P'et're Mshvenieradze		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	5		16
	384	Yury Teplov		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	385	Aleksandr Liferenko		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	388	Vitaly Ushakov		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Valentin Prokopov		9	–	–	–	–	–-–	2		17
	–	Yury Shlyapin		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Vadim Bubok DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Igor Libelzh DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Nikolay Prostyakov DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Vladimir Kuznetsov
8	–	Spain	ESP	8	3	0	5	6	25-31	–
	113	Ricardo Conde		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	114	Roberto Queralt		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	116	Juan Luis Abellán		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	117	Josep Bazán		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	118	Leandro Ribera Abad		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	119	Antonio Subirana		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	120	Agustín Mestres		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		18
	122	Francisco Castillo		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Amadeo Durán DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Enrique Granados DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Juan Serrat DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Bandy Zolyomy
=9	–	Great Britain	GBR	4	1	1	2	3	13-18	–
	203	Ian Johnson		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	204	Gerry Worsell		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	205	Jack Jones		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	206	Charlie Brand		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	207	Jack Ferguson		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	208	Terry Miller		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	3		19
	209	Ron Turner		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	210	David Murray		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	211	Stan Hawkins		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Bill Lovely
=9	–	Egypt	EGY	4	2	0	2	4	17-14	–
	94	Abdel Aziz El-Shafei		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	102	Taha El-Gamal		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	103	Samir Gharbo		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	105	Ahmed Fouad Nessim		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	106	Galal Abou El-Kheir		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	107	Abdel Aziz Khalifa		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	108	Omar Sabry		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	109	Salah Sha'rawi		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Dorri Abdel Kader		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Jack Hakim		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	S. E. H. Ali DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Muhammad Kamal Ayoub DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	S. M. A. Sherif DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Alexander Frenzvi
=9	–	Sweden	SWE	4	2	0	2	4	14-19	–
	470	Rune Källqvist		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	471	Stig Johansson		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	472	Roland Spångberg		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	3		20
	473	Erik Holm		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	474	Åke Julin		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		21
	475	Bo Larsson		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		22
	476	Arne Jutner		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	477	Hans Hellbrand		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	1		23
	–	Bo Lexander DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Rune Öberg DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Pål Pålsson DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Stig Lindahl
=9	–	South Africa	RSA	5	2	0	3	4	19-15	–
	130	William Aucamp		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	132	Des Cohen		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	133	Gerald Goddard		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	134	Douglas Melville		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	135	Ron Meredith		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	136	Johnnie van Gent		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	137	Dennis Pappas		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	138	Solly Yach		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Frank Butler DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=13	–	Austria	AUT	5	1	1	3	3	14-19	–
	258	Jörg Reichel		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	260	Julius Depaoli		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	261	Anton Kunz		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	262	Johann Liebenberger		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	263	Erich Bohuslav		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	264	Rudolf Styskalik		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	265	Heinz Krumpfholz		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	266	Hellmut Theimer		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	267	Ernst Endl		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	268	Franz Zigon		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	August Gebhard DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=13	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	4	1	0	3	2	13-24	–
	495	Günter Heine		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	496	Paul Uellendahl		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	497	Ferdinand Panke		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	1
	498	Erich Sauermann		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	499	Philipp Dotzer		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	500	Emil Bildstein		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	501	Heinz Zander		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	502	Willi Sturm		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	503	Wilfried Bode		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	1
	–	Bernhard Baier DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Hans Schulze DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=13	–	Argentina	ARG	3	0	0	3	0	6-25	–
	7	Luis Díez		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	8	Ladislao Szabo		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	9	Mario Sebastián		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	3		24
	11	Carlos Visentín		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	13	Luis Normandín		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	15	Marcelo Visentín		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	16	Osvaldo Codaro		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Luis González DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Norberto Marino DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Rubén Maidana DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=13	–	Brazil	BRA	5	1	0	4	2	15-23	–
	78	Claudino Castro		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	79	Daniel Sili		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	80	Douglas Lima		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	81	Edson Perri		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	82	Henrique Melman		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	83	João Havelange		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	84	Leo Rossi		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	85	Lúcio Figueirêdo		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	86	Márvio dos Santos		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	87	Samuel Schemberg		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	88	Sérgio Rodrígues		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=17	–	Australia	AUS	2	0	0	2	0	2-16	–
	26	Frank Jordan		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	27	Peter Bennett		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	29	Malcolm Hastie		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	31	Doug Laing		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	33	Ray Smee		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	35	Bill Orchard		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	36	Jake Foster		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Tony Fenech DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Colin French DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Jimmy O'Doherty DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Keith Whitehead DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Oszkár Csuvik
=17	–	India	IND	2	0	0	2	0	1-28	–
	174	Isaac Mansoor		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	175	Sachin Nag		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	176	Bijoy Barman		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	178	Ran Chandnani		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	182	Birendra Basak		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	184	Sambhu Saha		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	185	Kedar Shah		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	186	David Sopher		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Jehangir Naigamwalla		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Kanti Shah		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Adi Bharucha DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Manu Chatterjee DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=17	–	Mexico	MEX	2	0	0	2	0	4-17	–
	343	Manuel Castro		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	344	Juan Trejo		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	345	Otilio Olguín		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	346	Arturo Coste		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	347	Gustavo Olguín		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	351	José Olguín		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	352	Modesto Martínez		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Francisco Zendejas DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Víctor Menéndez DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Rodrigo Santoyo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=17	–	Portugal	POR	2	0	0	2	0	2-16	–
	409	Máximo Couto		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	410	Rodrigo Bessone Basto Júnior		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	411	Armando Moutinho		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	412	Francisco Alves		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	413	Óscar Cabral		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	414	José Manuel Correia		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	415	João Franco do Vale		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	417	Fernando Madeira		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	418	Eduardo Barbeiro		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Guilherme Patrone DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Eurico Surgey DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
=17	–	Romania	ROU	2	0	0	2	0	7-14	–
	451	Zoltan Hospodar		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	1
	452	Adalbert Iordache		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	453	Octavian Iosim		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	454	Atila Kelemen		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	1
	455	Zoltan Norman		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	456	Arcadie Sarcadi		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	457	Francisc Șimon		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	2
	458	Gavrila Törok		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	3
	–	Gyula Deac DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	Iosif Novac DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
	–	M. Tarnoveanu DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–
Coach		Gavrila Törok

Qualifying Round

Date	25 – 26 July 1952
Format	Single-elimination.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	2	16-1
2	Egypt	EGY	1	0	2	10-0
3	Hungary	HUN	1	0	2	13-4
4	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	0	2	10-2
=5	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1	0	2	8-4
=5	Sweden	SWE	1	0	2	5-1
=7	Belgium	BEL	1	0	2	6-5
=7	Spain	ESP	1	0	2	3-2
=7	Great Britain	GBR	1	0	2	4-3
=7	Netherlands	NED	1	0	2	3-2
11	Soviet Union	URS	1	1	2	14-3
12	Austria	AUT	1	1	2	9-4
13	South Africa	RSA	1	1	2	9-6
14	Brazil	BRA	1	1	2	8-5
15	United States	USA	1	1	2	7-8
16	Romania	ROU	0	2	0	7-14
17	Mexico	MEX	0	2	0	4-17
=18	Australia	AUS	0	2	0	2-16
=18	Portugal	POR	0	2	0	2-16
20	India	IND	0	2	0	1-28

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Hungary	HUN	13 – 4	Mexico	MEX
Match #2	25 Jul	Egypt	EGY	10 – 0	Portugal	POR
Match #3	25 Jul	Unified Team of Germany	GER	8 – 4	Romania	ROU
Match #4	25 Jul	Belgium	BEL	6 – 5	South Africa	RSA
Match #5	25 Jul	Yugoslavia	YUG	10 – 2	Australia	AUS
Match #6	25 Jul	Italy	ITA	16 – 1	India	IND
Match #7	25 Jul	Spain	ESP	3 – 2	Brazil	BRA
Match #8	25 Jul	Great Britain	GBR	4 – 3	Austria	AUT
Match #9	25 Jul	Sweden	SWE	5 – 1	United States	USA
Match #10	25 Jul	Netherlands	NED	3 – 2	Soviet Union	URS
Match #11	25 Jul	Argentina	ARG				bye
Match #12	26 Jul	Austria	AUT	6 – 0	Australia	AUS
Match #13	26 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	12 – 0	India	IND
Match #14	26 Jul	South Africa	RSA	4 – 0	Mexico	MEX
Match #15	26 Jul	Brazil	BRA	6 – 2	Portugal	POR
Match #16	26 Jul	United States	USA	6 – 3	Romania	ROU

Preliminary Round

Date	26 July – 1 August 1952

Group A

Date	26 – 29 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	3	0	0	6	17-8
2	United States	USA	2	0	1	4	16-9
3	Great Britain	GBR	0	1	2	1	9-15
4	Austria	AUT	0	1	2	1	5-15

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Italy	ITA	4 – 3	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	27 Jul	Italy	ITA	8 – 1	Austria	AUT
Match #3	27 Jul	United States	USA	8 – 3	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	28 Jul	Italy	ITA	5 – 4	United States	USA
Match #5	28 Jul	Austria	AUT	3 – 3	Great Britain	GBR
Match #6	29 Jul	United States	USA	4 – 1	Austria	AUT

Group B

Date	26 – 29 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	6	23-4
2	Soviet Union	URS	2	1	4	12-9
3	Egypt	EGY	1	2	2	7-14
4	Unified Team of Germany	GER	0	3	0	5-20

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Hungary	HUN	9 – 0	Egypt	EGY
Match #2	27 Jul	Hungary	HUN	5 – 3	Soviet Union	URS
Match #3	27 Jul	Egypt	EGY	5 – 2	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #4	28 Jul	Hungary	HUN	9 – 1	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #5	28 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	3 – 2	Egypt	EGY
Match #6	29 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	6 – 2	Unified Team of Germany	GER

Group C

Date	26 July – 1 August 1952
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Yugoslavia	YUG	3	1	6	22-6
2	Netherlands	NED	3	1	6	20-8
3	Sweden	SWE	1	2	2	9-18
4	Argentina	ARG	0	3	0	6-25

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Netherlands	NED	9 – 3	Argentina	ARG
Match #2	27 Jul	Yugoslavia	YUG	9 – 1	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	27 Jul	Netherlands	NED	7 – 1	Sweden	SWE
Match #4	28 Jul	Sweden	SWE	7 – 2	Argentina	ARG
Match #5	28 Jul	Netherlands 25	NED	3 – 2	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #6	29 Jul	Yugoslavia	YUG	9 – 1	Sweden	SWE
Match #7	01 Aug	Yugoslavia 26	YUG	2 – 1	Netherlands	NED

Group D

Date	26 – 29 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Belgium	BEL	3	0	6	12-5
2	Spain	ESP	2	1	4	13-10
3	South Africa	RSA	1	2	2	10-9
4	Brazil	BRA	0	3	0	7-18

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Belgium	BEL	5 – 4	Spain	ESP
Match #2	27 Jul	Belgium	BEL	3 – 1	Brazil	BRA
Match #3	27 Jul	Spain	ESP	3 – 1	South Africa	RSA
Match #4	28 Jul	Belgium	BEL	4 – 0	South Africa	RSA
Match #5	28 Jul	Spain	ESP	6 – 4	Brazil	BRA
Match #6	29 Jul	South Africa	RSA	9 – 2	Brazil	BRA

Semi-Finals

Date	30 – 31 July 1952

Group A

Date	30 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	3	0	6	12-6	27
2	United States	USA	2	1	4	14-11	28
3	Belgium	BEL	1	2	2	8-13	29
4	Spain	ESP	0	3	0	9-13	30

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	5 – 1	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	2 – 1	Spain	ESP
Match #3	30 Jul	United States	USA	4 – 2	Belgium	BEL
Match #4	30 Jul	United States	USA	6 – 4	Spain	ESP

Group B

Date	30 – 31 July 1952
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	1	2	0	4	11-9	31
2	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	2	0	4	7-6	32
3	Netherlands	NED	1	1	1	3	9-8	33
4	Soviet Union	URS	0	1	2	1	8-12	34

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Yugoslavia	YUG	2 – 2	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	30 Jul	Netherlands	NED	4 – 4	Hungary	HUN
Match #3	30 Jul	Soviet Union	URS	3 – 3	Yugoslavia	YUG
Match #4	31 Jul	Netherlands	NED	4 – 2	Soviet Union	URS

Classification Round 5-8

Date	1 – 2 August 1952
Format	Classification matches.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Netherlands	NED	3	0	0	6	16-6	35
2	Belgium	BEL	1	1	1	3	11-12	36
3	Soviet Union	URS	1	1	1	3	9-10	37
4	Spain	ESP	0	0	3	0	8-16	38

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Netherlands	NED	5 – 3	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	01 Aug	Soviet Union	URS	4 – 3	Spain	ESP
Match #3	02 Aug	Netherlands	NED	7 – 1	Spain	ESP
Match #4	02 Aug	Soviet Union	URS	3 – 3	Belgium	BEL

Final Round

Date	1 – 2 August 1952
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0	5	13-4	39
2	Yugoslavia	YUG	2	1	0	5	9-5	40
3	Italy	ITA	1	0	2	2	8-14	41
4	United States	USA	0	0	3	0	6-13	42

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Hungary	HUN	7 – 2	Italy	ITA
Match #2	01 Aug	Yugoslavia	YUG	4 – 2	United States	USA
Match #3	02 Aug	Hungary	HUN	4 – 0	United States	USA
Match #4	02 Aug	Yugoslavia	YUG	3 – 1	Italy	ITA