Afghanistan competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, sending a total of 31 competitors, which consisted of the men's field hockey and football teams. This is the highest number of athletes that Afghanistan has ever sent to a Summer Olympic Games.

Afghanistan's football tournament began on 26 July at Brighton's Goldstone Ground with a preliminary round match against Luxembourg, with Afghanistan losing 0–6. This resulted in Afghanistan's failure to qualify to the first round of the tournament.

Out of three group stage matches, Afghanistan's field hockey team won 1 match, drew 1 match and lost 1 match, resulting in placing third of four competing teams, with a sum of 3 points. Afghanistan began their first of three group stage matches on 3 August, which ended in a 2–0 win for the country. However, in their final group match, Afghanistan faced Great Britain, who were playing on home ground, Afghanistan lost by 8 goals, scoring no goals themselves. Afghanistan then finished its second match on 5 August, against Switzerland, which ended as a draw (1 goal to each team). Therefore, Afghanistan did not proceed to the semi-finals, finishing third in Group B.

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Manager: Shahzada Muhammad Yusuf Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals Mohammad Attai ? 3 ? G.Jagi ? 2 ? Mohammad Khogaini ? 3 ? Bakhteyar Gulam Mangalalso competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1928 ? 3 1 Ahmed Jahan Nuristani ? 3 ? Abdul Kadir Nuristani 1925 ? 3 ? Din Mohammad Nuristani 1928 ? 3 ? Jahan Gulam Nuristani 1925 ? 2 ? Mohammad Amin Nuristani 1928 ? 2 ? Mohammad Jahan Nuristani ? 1 ? Mohammad Kadir Nuristani 1925 ? 3 ? Ahmad Tajik ? 1 Khan Nasrullah Totakhail 1925 ? 3 ? Ahmad Yusufzai ? 1 ?

Group B RankTeamPldWDLGFGAPts 1.32101905 X0:08:011:02.3120424 0:0X1:13:13.3111393 0:81:1X2:04.30031160 0:111:30:2X

Football

Squad Head coach: ? Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red GK Abdul Ghafoor Assar ? Mahmoudiyeh F.C. 1 0 90 - - - DF Mohamed Ibrahim Gharzai ? 1 0 90 - - - DF Mohammad Sarwar Yousafzai ? 1 0 90 - - - MF Abdul Shacour Azimi 1923 ? 1 0 90 - - - MF Yar Mohammed Barakzai 1923 ? 1 0 90 - - - MF Abdul Ahad Kharot 1926 ? Mahmoudiyeh F.C. 1 0 90 - - - FW Mohammad Anwar Afzal 1926 ? 1 0 90 - - - FW Abdul Ghani Assar 1923 ? Mahmoudiyeh F.C. 1 0 90 - - - FW Mohamed Anwar Kharot ? 1 0 90 - - - FW Abdul Hamid Tajik 1923 ? 1 0 90 - - - FW Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai ? 1 0 90 - - -- Stand-by players - A.W.Aitimadi ? Mahmoudiyeh F.C. 0 0 0 - - - M.M.Azami ? 0 0 0 - - - A.S.Mohamedzai ? 0 0 0 - - - M.U.Sadat ? 0 0 0 - - - M.I.Tokhi ? 0 0 0 - - -

Match

Notes and references

See also

Afghanistan at the Olympics Sport in Afghanistan