Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Netherlands Antilles at the Olympic Games
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Competitors	11 in 1 sport
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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The Netherlands Antilles competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. The Caribbean nation, then a colonial territory of the Netherlands, was represented by their association football team.

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Netherlands Antilles national football team was one of 25 teams entered in the tournament. They lost their first round match to Turkey and were eliminated from the tournament.

Squad

1. Ergilio Hato (gk)
3. Pedro Matrona
4. Wilfred de Lanoi
6. Wilhelm Canword
7. Guillermo Giribaldi
8. Edmundo Vlinder
12. Adriaan Brokke
14. Jorge Brion
15. Juan Briezen
17. Willys Heyliger
20. Guillermo Krips

Match results

21 July 12:00	Turkey	2–1	Netherlands Antilles	Lahti Attendance: 3696 Referee: Carl Jorgensen (Denmark)
	Muzaffer Tokac  9' Tekin Bilge  76' (pen.)	(Report)	Jan Briezen  79'

References

• (ed.) Kolkka, Sulo (1955) (PDF). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Helsinki: Organising Committee for the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-05. 
• Kubatko, Justin. "Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AHO/summer/1952/. Retrieved 2009-03-05.