Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Netherlands Antilles at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Netherlands Antilles at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the Netherlands
IOC code	AHO
NOC	Nederlands Antilliaans Olympisch Comité
Website	www.sports.an (in English)
in Helsinki
Competitors	11 in 1 sport
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008;
Other related appearances
	Independent Olympic Athletes (2012); Aruba (2016–); Netherlands (2016–)

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

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.

21 July 1952
19:00

Turkey	2–1	Netherlands Antilles
Tokaç 9' Bilge 76' (pen.)	Report	Briezen 79'

Attendance: 3,696

Referee: Carl Jorgensen (DEN)

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Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Netherlands Antilles at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2009-03-05.