1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament

1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament
Great European football tournament
Tournament details
CountryFrance
Dates25 – 29 May
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Bohemia
Runner-upEngland England AFA
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored11 (3.67 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Bohemia Josef Bělka
(2 goals)
Bohemia Jan Kosek
(2 goals)

The 1911 UIAFA European Football Tournament (French: Grand Tournoi européen de football) was an unofficial European Championship organized by UIAFA (Union Internationale Amateur de Football Association), which was competing with FIFA at the time.[1] The tournament was held within the framework of the 1911 international exhibition of Northern France in Roubaix, France, between 25 and 29 May.[1][2] It was won by the Bohemia national team.[1][3][4][5] Several European national teams participated, thus some historians consider this cup to be the first European international championship in the history of football, although that title can also be attributed to the 1908 Olympic Games.[1] It was held nearly half a century before the first official European Football Championship, which began in 1960, coincidentally also held in France.

  1. ^ a b c d "Grand Tournoi Européen (Roubaix) 1911". RSSSF. 19 September 2023. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Au Stadium de Roubaix" [At the Roubaix Stadium]. L'Auto-Vélo (in French). Vol. 3, no. 867. 18 May 1911. p. 5. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Böhmen - der geheime Europameister" [Bohemia - the secret European champion]. Wiener Zeitung (in German). 9 June 2021. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. ^ Matthieu Delahais (9 April 2020). "Quand Roubaix accueillait le premier championnat d'Europe, en 1911" [When Roubaix hosted the first European Championship, in 1911]. Chroniques bleues (in French). Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "La Semaine Sportive" [Sports Week]. Dunkerque Sports (in French). No. 143. 4 June 1911. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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