1929–32 Nordic Football Championship

1929–32 Nordic Football Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark Finland Norway Sweden
Dates	14 June 1929 – 25 September 1932
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Norway (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	130 (5.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jørgen Juve (17 goals)
← 1924–28 1933–36 →

The 1929–32 Nordic Football Championship was the second Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The tournament was arranged by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) which celebrated its 25th anniversary. The trophy was named the Guldkrus (Golden Cup). A total of 24 matches were played and 130 goals scored giving an average of 5.42 goals per match.

Results

1929

14 June 1929

19:15 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	3-1	Finland
Lundahl File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' (pen.), 44' Holmberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report	Koponen File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 16,982

Referee: Frederik Schieldrop (Norway)

16 June 1929

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	3-2	Denmark
Nilsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Kaufeldt File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Kroon File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Report	Larsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Uldaler File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg

Attendance: 20,553

Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)

18 June 1929

19:30 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	4-0	Finland
Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 15', 73' Andersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Report

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Carl Olsson (Sweden)

23 June 1929

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	2-5	Norway
Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Christophersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' (pen.)	Report	Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 60' Berg-Johannesen File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Andersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 72', 77'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)

29 September 1929

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	2-1	Sweden
Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Gundersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Kroon File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Lauritz Andersen (Denmark)

13 October 1929

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	8-0	Finland
Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 41', 73' Hansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 30', 34' Uldaler File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Eriksen File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Rohde File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Moritz Fuchs (Germany)

1930

1 June 1930

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	6-2	Finland
H. Pettersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 42', 66' M.Pettersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 30', 88'	Report	Saario File:Soccerball shade.svg 76' Åström File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Otto Remke (Denmark)

16 June 1930

19:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1-6	Denmark
Kanerva File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Hansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Kleven File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Uldaler File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 50' Eriksen File:Soccerball shade.svg 60' Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Carl Olsson (Sweden)

22 June 1930

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	6-1	Sweden
Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 65', 88' Eriksen File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Kleven File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Christophersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)	Report	Nilsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Karl Weingärtner (Germany)

6 July 1930

14:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	6-3	Norway
Lundahl File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 13', 48' Kroon File:Soccerball shade.svg 29', 56' Dahl File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 42', 47'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Johannes de Wolf (Netherlands)

21 September 1930

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	1-0	Denmark
Kongsvik File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Harvid Abrahamsson (Sweden)

28 September 1930

13:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	4-4	Sweden
Lehtinen File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 40', 41' Koponen File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'	Report	Karlsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 26', 53', 64' Andersson File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 7,152

Referee: Otto Remke (Denmark)

1931

25 May 1931

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	3-1	Norway
Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 69', 73' Christophersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen.)	Report	Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' (pen.)

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Willy Guyenz (Germany)

28 June 1931

14:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	3-1	Denmark
Gardtman File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Rydell File:Soccerball shade.svg 73', 88' (pen.)	Report	Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Alfred Birlem (Germany)

3 July 1931

19:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	8-2	Finland
Gardtman File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Zetterberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 25', 30', 55' Hansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 65', 73'	Report	Lintamo File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Grönlund File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' (pen.)

Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Otto Remke (Denmark)

6 September 1931

15:15 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	4-4	Norway
Kanerva File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Salin File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Åström File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 75'	Report	A.Børresen File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Johannesen File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' M.Pettersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' L.Børresen File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki

Attendance: 700

Referee: Knut Lensing (Sweden)

27 September 1931

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	2-1	Sweden
Andersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report	Hansson File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 28,208

Referee: Karl Weingärtner (Germany)

11 October 1931

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	2-3	Finland
Uldaler File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Malmgren File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' (o.g.)	Report	Åström File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Strömsten File:Soccerball shade.svg 76', 85'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

1932

10 June 1932

15:30 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1-3	Sweden
Grönlund File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'	Report	Nilsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Gardtman File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Holmberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' (pen.)

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Thoralf Kristiansen (Norway)

17 June 1932

19:30 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	2-1	Finland
Johannesen File:Soccerball shade.svg 20', 51'	Report	Grönlund File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Carl Olsson (Sweden)

19 June 1932

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	3-1	Sweden
Hansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Petersen File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Kroon File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Moritz Fuchs (Germany)

1 July 1932

19:15 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	1-4	Norway
Holmberg File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (pen.)	Report	Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 53' Moe File:Soccerball shade.svg 69', 76'

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 22,108

Referee: Raphaël van Praag (Belgium)

30 August 1932

18:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	4-2	Denmark
Malmgren File:Soccerball shade.svg 26', 55' Lintamo File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 70'	Report	Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 63'

Tölö bollplan, Helsinki

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Elias Englund (Sweden)

25 September 1932

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	1-2	Denmark
Juve File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report	Jørgensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Hansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Reginald Rudd (England)

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	12	8	1	3	35	23	+12	17
2	Sweden	12	6	1	5	35	31	+4	13
3	Denmark	12	6	0	6	37	24	+13	12
4	Finland	12	2	2	8	23	52	–29	6

Winner

1929–32 Nordic Football Championship
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway first title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 130 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match.

17 goals

• Jørgen Juve

15 goals

• Pauli Jørgensen

5 goals

• Henry Hansen
• Knut Kroon
• Harry Lundahl
• Kaj Uldaler

4 goals

• Gunnar Åström
• Sune Zetterberg
• Evert Hansson

3 goals

• Knud Christophersen
• Svend Aage Eriksen
• Ernst Grönlund
• Nuutti Lintamo
• Lauri Lehtinen
• Erling Andersen
• Morten Pettersen
• Finn Johannesen
• Bertil Karlsson
• Rolf Gardtman
• John Nilsson
• Karl Erik Holmberg

2 goals

• Eyolf Kleven
• Olof Strömsten
• Jarl Malmgren
• Aulis Koponen
• William Kanerva
• Sten Moe
• Sven Rydell

1 goal

• Einar Larsen
• Michael Rohde
• Svend Petersen
• Sulo Saario
• Holger Salin
• Kåre Kongsvik
• Leif Børresen
• Harald Pettersen
• Einar Andersen
• Arne Børresen
• Sverre Berg-Johannesen
• Olav Gundersen
• Åke Andersson
• Per Kaufeldt
• Albin Dahl

1 own goal

• Jarl Malmgren (against Denmark)

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

References

• Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Aarhus, Lars; Elbech, Søren; Pietarinen, Heikki (2001-02-06). "Nordic Championships". RSSSF. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
• "Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU. Retrieved 2007-02-25.

External links

• Nordic Championships 1929-32 at RSSSF