The football tournament of the 1948 Summer Olympics was won by Sweden.This remains Sweden's only international title at a senior male football level and was the first international appearance of the trio that would later be known as Gre-No-Li dominating the Italian League at Milan in the 1950s.
It was the first international football tournament ever to be broadcast on television, with the semi-finals, final and bronze medal play-off all being broadcast live in full on the BBC Television Service. Interesting to look at the VENUES.
In the first round, Sweden played against Austria. The Austrian team had qualified without their professional players, which was a surprise since the Austrian league had many professional players who were allowed to play in the tournament. The match was played at White Hart Lane and Sweden won 3–0. In the second game, Sweden played against Korea and won 12–0, one of the two largest margin wins Sweden has ever had. In the semi-final Sweden met their archrivals, Denmark beating them 4–2.
The final was played at legendary Wembley Stadium in London. The attendance was around 40,000 people which was high for a football game in those days. Sweden took on Yugoslavia in the final and won 3–1, with goals by Gunnar Gren (24', 67'), Stejphan Brubeck (42') and Gunnar Nordhal (48'). This was Sweden's first championship win in any international football tournament.
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||
 Yugoslavia | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Luxembourg | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Turkey | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Republic of China | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Great Britain | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Great Britain (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Great Britain | 1 | |||||||||||||
 France | 0 | |||||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||||||
 India | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Austria | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 12 | |||||||||||||
 South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Mexico | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Denmark | 2 | Bronze Medal match | ||||||||||||
| Denmark (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Egypt | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Denmark | 5 | Great Britain | 3 | |||||||||||
 Italy | 3 | Denmark | 5 | |||||||||||
| Italy | 9 | |||||||||||||
 United States | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sweden | Yugoslavia | Denmark |
| Luxembourg | 6–0 |  Afghanistan |
|---|---|---|
Gales  6', 79'Kettel 40'Schammel 41'Paulus 62', 80' | Report |
| Netherlands | 3–1 |  Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Wilkes 1', 74' Roosenburg 11' | Report | Smith[3] 52' |
| Yugoslavia | 6–1 | Luxembourg |
|---|---|---|
| Stanković 57' Mihajlović 61'Že. Čajkovski 65', 70'Mitić 74'Bobek 87' | Report | Schammel 10' |
| Great Britain | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| McBain 22' Hardisty 58'Kelleher 77'McIlvenny 111' | Report | Appel 20', 63' Wilkes 81' |
| Turkey | 4–0 |  Republic of China |
|---|---|---|
| Kılıç 18', 61' Saygun 72'Küçükandonyadis 87' | Report |
| Sweden | 3–0 | Austria |
|---|---|---|
| G. Nordahl 2', 10' Rosen 71' | Report |
| South Korea | 5–3 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Choi Seong-gon 13' Bae Jeong-ho 30'Chung Kook-chin 63', 66'Chung Nam-sik 87' | Report | Cárdenas 23' Figueroa 85'Ruiz 89' |
| Italy | 9–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Pernigo 2', 57', 88', 90' Stellin 25' (pen.)Turconi 46'Cavigioli 72', 87'Caprile 90' | Report |
| Yugoslavia | 3–1 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Že. Čajkovski 21' Bobek 60'Wölfl 80' | Report | Gulesin 33' |
| Sweden | 12–0 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Liedholm 11', 62' G. Nordahl 25', 40', 78', 80'Gren 27'Carlsson 61', 64', 82'Rosén 72', 85' | Report |
| Great Britain | 1–0 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Hardisty 29' | Report |
| Great Britain | 1–3 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Donovan 20' | Report | Bobek 19' Wölfl 24'Mitić 48' |
| Great Britain | 3–5 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Aitken 5' Hardisty 33'Amor 63' (pen.) | Report | Præst 12', 49' John Hansen 16', 77'J. Sørensen 41' |
| Sweden | 3–1 | Yugoslavia |
|---|---|---|
| Gren 24' 67' (pen.) G. Nordahl 48' | Report | Bobek 42' Attendance: 60,000 Referee: William Ling (England) |
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