Football at the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Moscow |
Dates | 2 August – 16 August |
Teams | 18 |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Moscow (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Georgian SSR |
Third place | Ukrainian SSR |
Fourth place | Leningrad |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 37 |
Goals scored | 134 (3.62 per match) |
The football tournament at the 1956 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR was a preparatory competition for the Soviet Union national football team for the upcoming 1956 Summer Olympics. The competition took place on August 2 – 16, 1956 as part of the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.
Competition[]
Main tournament[]
Qualification round[]
- Latvia - Azerbaijan 1:5
- Estonia - Lithuania 0:1
Round of 16[]
- Armenia - Tajikistan 3:0
- Belarus - Kyrgyzstan 1:0
- Azerbaijan - Karelia 5:1
- Georgia - Moldova 4:0
- Russia - Uzbekistan 3:1
- Leningrad - Turkmenistan 2:0
- Ukraine - Kazakhstan 2:1
- Moscow - Lithuania 2:0
Quarterfinals[]
- Russia - Leningrad 0:2
- Georgia - Armenia 4:2
- Ukraine - Azerbaijan 4:1
- Moscow - Belarus 5:1
Semifinals[]
- Georgia - Ukraine 3:1
- Moscow - Leningrad 3:2
Final[]
- Moscow - Georgia 2:1
For 3rd place[]
- Ukraine - Leningrad 2:1
Consolation tournament for quarterfinalists[]
Semifinals[]
- Azerbaijan - Armenia 0:3
- Russia - Belarus 4:2
For 7th place[]
- Azerbaijan - Belarus 0:2
For 5th place[]
- Armenia - Russia 2:1
Consolation tournament[]
Quarterfinals[]
- Latvia - Kazakhstan 2:1
- Moldova - Tajikistan 6:0
- Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan 3:0
- Estonia - Kyrgyzstan 2:1
- Karelia - bye
- Lithuania - bye
Semifinals[]
- Karelia - Latvia 0:5
- Moldova - Uzbekistan 4:3
- Estonia - Lithuania 0:2
For 10th place[]
- Moldova - Lithuania 4:1
For 9th place[]
- Latvia - Moldova 2:1
For 12th place[]
- Uzbekistan - Karelia 2:1
- Uzbekistan - Estonia 2:0
Tournament for losing teams[]
Semifinals[]
- Kazakhstan - Tajikistan 3:0
- Turkmenistan - Kyrgyzstan 0:1
For 15th place[]
- Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan 2:1
For 17th place[]
- Tajikistan - Turkmenistan 2:3
External links[]
- First Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR (I СПАРТАКИАДА НАРОДОВ СССР 1956 года ). Vladimir Glubokov website.
- 1956 season at FootballFacts.ru
Categories:
- Football at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
- 1956 in Soviet football