1956–59 Nordic Football Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Denmark Finland Norway Sweden |
Dates | 10 June 1956 – 18 October 1959 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 110 (4.58 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (7 goals) |
← 1952–55 1960–63 → |
International football competition
The 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship was the seventh tournament staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its fifth Nordic Championship win.
Results
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1956
Sweden ![]() | 1-1 | ![]() |
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Löfgren ![]() | Report | J. P. Hansen ![]() |
1957
Denmark ![]() | 1-2 | ![]() |
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J. P. Hansen ![]() | Report | Källgren ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 0-4 | ![]() |
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Report | Kristiansen ![]() Kristoffersen ![]() Hennum ![]() |
Norway ![]() | 2-2 | ![]() |
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Kristoffersen ![]() | Report | Pedersen ![]() Kjær ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 5-2 | ![]() |
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Simonsson ![]() Sandberg ![]() Ekström ![]() Gren ![]() | Report | Hennum ![]() Thoresen ![]() |
1958
Denmark ![]() | 1-2 | ![]() |
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P. Pedersen ![]() | Report | Borgen ![]() A. Pedersen ![]() |
Finland ![]() | 1-7 | ![]() |
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Korpela ![]() | Report | Börjesson ![]() Jonsson ![]() Källgren ![]() Simonsson ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 4-4 | ![]() |
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Berndtsson ![]() Börjesson ![]() Gren ![]() | Report | Mdsen ![]() Enoksen ![]() Sørensen ![]() |
1959
Norway ![]() | 2-4 | ![]() |
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A. Sørensen ![]() Kristiansen ![]() | Report | Nielsen ![]() Enoksen ![]() Pedersen ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 6-2 | ![]() |
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Simonsson ![]() Berndtsson ![]() Börjesson ![]() Thillberg ![]() | Report | Backe ![]() Hennum ![]() |
Table
'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 | ![]() | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 17 | +28 | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 44 | –36 | 1 |
Winners
1956–59 Nordic Football Championship winners |
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![]() Sweden Fifth title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 110 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.58 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
John Kramer
Peder Kjær
Finn Hansen
Ove Bech Nielsen
Jørgen Hansen
Knud Lundberg
Jørn Sørensen
Olavi Lahtinen
Kai Pahlman
Unto Nevalainen
Olli Forsgren
Matti Sundelin
Kauko Korpela
Nils-Åke Sandell
Lennart Backman
Henry Thillberg
Åge Sørensen
Arne Høivik
Harry Kure
Gunnar Dybwad
Rolf Bjørn Backe
Gunnar Thoresen
Ragnar Larsen
See also
Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup
References
- ^ "Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959 results". football.eu. Retrieved 21 May 2022.