Football at the Commonwealth Games (AEWCF)

Football is currently a sport that debuted in the first British Empire Games and will be held at the next British Empire Games in London in four years time.

History

When the FIFA World Rankings was introduced in 1928, the British teams withdrew from competing in the 1930 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and wanted to put football in the British Empire Games. Without competition all four of the British teams entered the first competition with Australia and host nation Canada joining the competition to make it a six team competition. The British teams dominated with the medals being taken by all of them bar Wales who finished in forth place.

The 1934 and 1938 was the same with Scotland finishing on top of the table with the other two medals going to Wales and England with the Irish Free State/Northern Ireland finishing in fourth place. When 1938 came round, New Zealand and Australia joined but was over-run to finish in fifth and sixth.

Champions

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1930	Hamilton, Canada		Scotland	2–1	Irish Free State		England	2–0	Wales
1934	London, England		Scotland	Round Robin	Wales		England	Round Robin	Irish Free State
1938	Sydney, Australia		Scotland	3–2	England		Wales	2–1	Northern Ireland

All-time medal table

Medals table for football at the British Empire Games

Updated after the 1938 British Empire Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Scotland	3	0	0	3
2	England	0	1	2	3
3	Wales	0	1	1	2
4	Irish Free State	0	1	0	1
Total		3	3	3	9

Note: Irish Free State is not in the Empire