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1948 Balkan Cup

The 1948 Balkan Cup, officially called the Balkan and Central European Championship, was played between April and November 1948 between Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia.[1][2] It was Poland and Czechoslovakia's first and only participation in the tournament, which was not completed.[1] Hungary was leading the table at the time it was abandoned.[1][2]

1948 Balkan and Central European Championship
Tournament details
Dates4 April – 7 November 1948
Teams7
Defending champions Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored48 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Hungary Ferenc Puskás (5 goals)
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Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Hungary 6 4 1 1 22 5 +17 9
2   Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
3   Bulgaria 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1 5
4   Romania 6 2 1 3 6 18 −12 5
5   Albania 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
6   Poland 5 1 2 2 6 9 −3 4
7   Czechoslovakia 4 0 0 4 3 8 −5 0
Source: [2]

Matches edit

  Bulgaria1–1  Poland
Stankov   18' Report Parpan   23'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)
  Poland3–1  Czech Republic
Cieślik   7'
Gracz   15'
Spodzieja   83'		 Report Kokštejn   58'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
  Romania0–1  Albania
Report Mirashi   63'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Todor Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
  Albania0–0  Hungary
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)
  Hungary2–1  Czechoslovakia
Egresi   16'
Deák   73'		 Report Schubert   81'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)

This match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the 1948–53 Central European International Cup.[1]

  Hungary9–0  Romania
Mészáros   30', 46'
Egresi   43', 61', 72'
Puskás   58', 82'
Kocsis   67', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia)
  Romania3–2  Bulgaria
Farkaș   22', 71' (pen.)
Dumitrescu   78'		 Report Argirov   14'
Tsvetkov   21'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Szigeti György (Hungary)
  Yugoslavia0–0  Albania
Report
Stadion Beogradski S.K., Belgrade
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Nikola Gelev (Bulgaria)
  Bulgaria1–3  Yugoslavia
Argirov   32' Report Wölfl   41'
Mitić   54'
Čajkovski   72'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
  Romania2–1  Czechoslovakia
Iordache   22'
Bartha   90' (pen.)		 Report Menclík   77'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Maksymilian Schneider (Poland)
  Poland0–1  Yugoslavia
Report Mitić   24'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia)
  Bulgaria1–0  Czechoslovakia
Milev   37' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
  Poland2–6  Hungary
Kohut   37'
Cieślik   68'		 Report Bozsik   20'
Hidegkuti   25', 81'
Szusza   29'
Deák   69'
Tóth   72'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
  Poland0–0  Romania
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
  Romania1–5  Hungary
Pecsovszky   77' Report Puskás   44', 64', 83'
Deák   49', 68'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
  Bulgaria1–0  Hungary
Milanov   15' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)

Matches not played edit

(note: it is uncertain which teams were meant to at home and which away)

Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.[1][2]

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 48 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "Balkan Cup (for Nations)". RSSF.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Balkan and Central European Championship 1948". EU-football.info. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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