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Belgium earned its 3rd consecutive victory

Belgium vs Czechoslovakia international football match report

Date, kick-off time:	Thursday, 2 September 1920, 17:00 (UTC+01:00)
National teams, score:	Belgium - Czechoslovakia 2:0
Competition:	VII. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1920, Final
Referee:	John Lewis, Blackburn / England
Attendance, venue:	35 000, Olympisch Stadion (Kielstadion), Antwerp
Goals:	1:0 (6') Robert Coppée (pen.), 2:0 (31') Rik Larnoe

Belgium national football team line-up in match Nr.52

Managed by head coach William Maxwell (Scotland)
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Jean De Bie	3	28	RRC Bruxelles, Brussel
Armand Swartenbroeks	13	28	Daring Club de Bruxelles SR, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Oscar Verbeeck	7	29	Union Saint-Gilloise, Vorst
Joseph Musch	18	26	Union Saint-Gilloise, Vorst
Emile Hanse	5	28	Union Saint-Gilloise, Vorst
Dré Fierens	3	22	Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Louis Van Hege	6	31	Union Saint-Gilloise, Vorst
Robert Coppée	6	25	Union Saint-Gilloise, Vorst
Mathieu Bragard	3	25	CS Verviétois, Verviers
Rik Larnoe	2	23	Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
Désiré Bastin	2	20	Royal Antwerp FC, Antwerpen

Czechoslovakia national team line-up in match Nr.10

Managed by selection committee: Josef Fanta
Player	Caps	Age	Club
Rudolf Klapka	4	31	SK Viktoria Žižkov, Praha
Antonín Hojer	4	26	AC Sparta, Praha
Karel Steiner 39' sent off	3	25	SK Viktoria Žižkov, Praha
František Kolenatý	4	20	AC Sparta, Praha
Karel Pešek	4	24	AC Sparta, Praha
Emil Seifert	3	20	SK Viktoria Žižkov, Praha
Josef Sedláček	4	26	AC Sparta, Praha
Antonín Janda	4	27	AC Sparta, Praha
Václav Pilát	3	32	AC Sparta, Praha
Jan Vaník	4	29	SK Slavia, Praha
Otakar Škvajn	4	26	AC Sparta, Praha

Match stats

National team	Players	Average caps	Average age	Clubs	Goals	Cautions	Expulsions
Belgium	11	6.182	26.290	6	2	0	0
Czechoslovakia	11	3.727	26.499	3	0	0	0

Historical data sources

Gazet van Anwerpen (Antwerp), №211, 04.09.1920; Concentra online archief

Lidové noviny (Brno), №450, 10.09.1920; Moravská zemská knihovna

Comments

stringer Scotland - Other notes posted 08.05.2010 22:43:34

Match abandoned in 39 minutes (Czechoslovakia walked off in protest at the refereeing). (link:

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HisHasH Serbia - Other notes posted 25.02.2011 17:31:29

Coach: Josef Fanta
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luciano - posted 08.07.2011 11:55:22

Belgium

luciano - Other notes posted 08.07.2011 11:59:43

Émile Jean Ghislain Hanse cap belgio

Karel Pešek "Káďa" cap. cecoslovacchia

Zsorzsinju Hungary - posted 19.09.2011 11:28:20

Choice of ends before the Olympic final: F. l. t. r. John Lewis (referee), Emile Hanse, Karel Pešek »Káďa« (Czechoslovakia). (link:

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Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted 19.09.2011 11:36:07

Coach/Manager:
Czechoslovakia: John Madden (Scotland) (link:

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Zsorzsinju Hungary - Error report posted 19.09.2011 11:36:52

Expulsions: Karel Steiner (39.)
When Belgium opened the score at 6 minutes, Prague goalkeeper Rudolf Klapka had safely caught the ball, but was knocked down by an onrushing Belgian player and dropped the ball in falling. There was a ceowd and before Klapka could get up again, Belgium tried to score a goal, but a Czechoslovak defender stopped the ball with his hand, whereupon the referee awarded Belgium a penalty. Czechoslovakia protested – not the penalty, but because their goalkeeper had been illegally rushed. The English referee, however, stood by his decision.
* Czechoslovakia refused to accept full-back Karel Steiner being sent off and left the pitch in protest (also because of the fanatic spectators). The match was abandoned at 39 minutes. The IOC then stripped Czechoslovakia of the silver medal. (link:

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sigi Belgium - Other notes posted 26.04.2015 09:45:00

The Belgium team that won the gold medal.
Staand v.l.n.r.: William Maxwell, Armand Swartenbroeks, Andre Fierens, Emile Hanse, Jan De Bie,
Joseph Musch, Oscar Verbeeck
Zittend v.l.n.r.: Louis Van Hege, Robert Coppée, Mathieu Bragard, Rik Larnoe, Désiré Bastin

Belgium vs Czechoslovakia post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
1	1	0	0	2 - 0	2.000

Belgium matches

Previous match:

VII. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1920

Belgium vs Netherlands 3-0

Antwerp, Tuesday 31 August 1920

Next match:

Friendly International

Belgium vs France 3-1

Forest, Sunday 6 March 1921

Belgium national team record

Czechoslovakia matches

Previous match:

VII. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1920

Czechoslovakia vs France 4-1

Antwerp, Tuesday 31 August 1920

Next match:

Friendly International

Czechoslovakia vs Yugoslavia 6-1

Bubeneč, Friday 28 October 1921

Czechoslovakia national team matches

Top Belgium scorers

1. Robert De Veen (1906 - 1913) - 26 goals
2. Fernand Nisot (1912 - 1914) - 10 goals
3. Louis Saeys (1908 - 1913) - 9 goals
... Robert Coppée (1920) - 6 goals
... Rik Larnoe (1920) - 2 goals

(correct as of September 2, 1920)

Belgium national team goal scorers

Brief match report

Thu. 02 Sep 1920
Olympisch Stadion (Kielstadion), Antwerp
Belgium 2-0 Czechoslovakia
Goals: Coppée 6, Larnoe 31

Belgium: De Bie, Swartenbroeks, Verbeeck, Musch, Hanse (c), Fierens, Van Hege, Coppée, Bragard, Larnoe, Bastin. Managed by Maxwell (Scotland).

Czechoslovakia: Klapka, Hojer, Steiner, Kolenatý, Pešek (c), Seifert, Sedláček, Janda, Pilát, Vaník, Škvajn. Managed by selection committee Fanta.
Sent off: Steiner 39.

Att: 35 000
Ref: Lewis (England)