| Date | 20 July 1952 — 19:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Ratinan Stadion, Tampere | |
| Referee | Arthur Ellis |  GBR |
| Linesman | Johan Alho |  FIN |
| Linesman | Folke Nyberg | FIN |
| Attendance | 17,000 |
| Number | Competitor | NOC | Goals | Half #1 | Half #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Soviet Union |  URS | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| – | Yugoslavia |  YUG | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Soviet Union| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Extra-time #1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 10 | Fridrikh Maryutin | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 17 | Konstantin Beskov | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 8 | Valentin Nikolayev | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Vasily Trofimov | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Vsevolod Bobrov | 3 | – | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Aleksandr Petrov | 1 | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Igor Netto | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Yury Nyrkov | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Anatoly Bashashkin | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Konstantin Kryzhevsky | 0 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Leonid Ivanov | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Coach | Boris Arkadyev | ||||||
Yugoslavia| Pos | Number | Competitor | Goals | Extra-time #1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | 8 | Rajko Mitić | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 10 | Stjepan Bobek | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 9 | Bernard Vukas | 0 | – | |||
| Forward | 7 | Tihomir Ognjanov | 1 | – | |||
| Forward | 11 | Branko Zebec | 2 | – | |||
| Midfield | 4 | Zlatko Čajkovski | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 5 | Ivica Horvat | 0 | – | |||
| Midfield | 6 | Vujadin Boškov | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 2 | Branko Stanković | 0 | – | |||
| Defense | 3 | Tomislav Crnković | 0 | – | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1 | Vladimir Beara | – | – | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Coach | Mikica Arsenijević | ||||||
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 (1) | Rajko Mitić | | 1-0 | ||
| 33 (1) | Tihomir Ognjanov | | 2-0 | ||
| 44 (1) | Branko Zebec | | 3-0 | ||
| 46 (2) | Stjepan Bobek | | 4-0 | ||
| 53 (2) | Vsevolod Bobrov | | 4-1 | ||
| 59 (2) | Branko Zebec | | 5-1 | ||
| 75 (2) | Vasily Trofimov | | 5-2 | ||
| 77 (2) | Vsevolod Bobrov | | 5-3 | ||
| 87 (2) | Vsevolod Bobrov | | 5-4 | ||
| 89 (2) | Aleksandr Petrov | | 5-5 |
