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1948–51 Nordic Football Championship

The 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship was the fifth Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its third Nordic Championship win. The tournament was arranged by the Danish Football Association and the trophy was named DBU's Vase.

1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesDenmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Dates12 June 1948 – 21 October 1951
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Norway
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored89 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Egon Jönsson (7 goals)

The tournament had three occasions of a team playing two games on the same day, including two times for Sweden and one time for Denmark.

Results edit

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1948 edit

Denmark  1-2  Norway
Jensen   24' Report Sørdahl   37', 50'
Attendance: 41,000
Finland  0-3  Denmark
Report J. Hansen   11' (pen.)
Christiansen   56'
Lyngsaa   88'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Norway  2-0  Finland
Sørensen   2', 50' Report
Attendance: 24,349
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Finland  2-2  Sweden
Lehtovirta   37'
Rytkönen   43'		 Report Tapper   36' (pen.)
Mårtensson   70'
Attendance: 15,407
Norway  3-5  Sweden
Dahlen   11'
Thoresen   33'
Sørdahl   84'		 Report Nordahl   24', 44', 62', 74', 80'
Attendance: 35,306
Sweden  1-0  Denmark
Liedholm   23' Report
Attendance: 37,801

1949 edit

Finland  1-1  Norway
Vaihela   33' Report Sørensen   89'
Attendance: 11,264
Norway  0-2  Denmark
Report Reckendorff   28'
J. Hansen   84'
Attendance: 38,085
Referee: Karni Wolf (Finland)
Denmark  0-2  Finland
Report Asikainen   14'
Rytkönen   25'
Attendance: 25,700
Sweden  8-1  Finland
Jönsson   7', 9', 17'
Rydell   24', 75', 83'
Palmér   41'
Jacobsson   89'		 Report Vaihela   4'
Attendance: 18,247
Sweden  3-3  Norway
Lindskog   60'
Jeppson   76'
Simonsson   79'		 Report Bredesen   15', 89'
Hennum   75'
Attendance: 37,750
Denmark  3-2  Sweden
Petersen   62'
J. Hansen   65'
E. Hansen   85' (pen.)		 Report Jeppson   27'
Mellberg   79'
Attendance: 25,700

1950 edit

Denmark  4-0  Norway
Petersen   21'
E. Hansen   38'
J. Hansen   48'
Jensen   58'		 Report
Attendance: 35,500
Finland  1-2  Denmark
Asikainen   72' Report Petersen   20'
Seebach   73'
Attendance: 20,062
Norway  4-1  Finland
Bredesen   10'
Andersen   50', 52'
Thoresen   81'		 Report Lilja   87'
Attendance: 28,935
Finland  0-1  Sweden
Report Rosén   82'
Attendance: 25,784
Norway  1-3  Sweden
Karlsen   88' (pen.) Report Jönsson   53', 79'
Palmér   55'
Attendance: 35,552
Sweden  4-0  Denmark
Granqvist   28'
Jönsson   29'
Bengtsson   36'
Ek   39'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000

1951 edit

Finland  1-1  Norway
Vaihela   41' Report Bredesen   64'
Attendance: 22,415
Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)
Sweden  3-2  Finland
Lundqvist   33', 70'
Eriksson   88'		 Report Vaihela   11'
Lehtovirta   29'
Attendance: 19,202
Norway  2-0  Denmark
Thoresen   26'
Jørgensen   40' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)
Denmark  1-0  Finland
Staalgaard   39' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Sweden  3-4  Norway
Rydell   13', 52'
Lind   23' (pen.)		 Report Karlsen   5' (pen.), 71' (pen.)
Dahlen   6'
Bredesen   64'
Attendance: 29,790
Denmark  3-1  Sweden
Rasmussen   25'
Lundberg   34'
Staalgaard   35'		 Report Jönsson   72'
Attendance: 41,000

Table edit

The table is compiled by awarding two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Sweden 12 7 2 3 36 22 +14 16
2   Denmark 12 7 0 5 19 15 +4 14
3   Norway 12 5 3 4 23 24 –1 13
4   Finland 12 1 3 8 11 28 –17 5

Winners edit

 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship winners 
 
Sweden
Third title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 89 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also edit

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

References edit

  1. ^ "Nordic Championships 1948-51".

Sources edit

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