1948 Balkan Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 4 April – 7 November 1948 |
Teams | 7 |
Defending champions | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 48 (3 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | ![]() |
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]
Final standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 5 |
5 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Source: [2]
Matches
[edit]This match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the 1948–53 Central European International Cup.[1]
![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Mitić ![]() |
![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Milev ![]() |
Report |
![]() | 2–6 | ![]() |
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Kohut ![]() Cieślik ![]() |
Report | Bozsik ![]() Hidegkuti ![]() Szusza ![]() Deák ![]() Tóth ![]() |
Matches not played
[edit](note: it is uncertain which teams were meant to at home and which away)
Yugoslavia v.
Hungary
Yugoslavia v.
Romania
Albania v.
Bulgaria
Albania v.
Poland
Albania v.
Czechoslovakia
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
Pal Mirashi
Borislav Tsvetkov
Dimitar Milanov
Krum Milev
Trendafil Stankov
Franjo Wölfl
Željko Čajkovski
Józef Kohut
Henryk Spodzieja
Mieczysław Gracz
Tadeusz Parpan
Ferenc Szusza
József Bozsik
Mátyás Tóth
Julius Schubert
Oldřich Menclík
Václav Kokštejn
Nicolae Dumitrescu
Eugen Iordache
Carol Bartha
József Pecsovszky
References
[edit]Categories:
- Balkan Cup
- 1948–49 in European football
- 1947–48 in European football
- 1948–49 in Romanian football
- 1947–48 in Romanian football
- 1948–49 in Bulgarian football
- 1947–48 in Bulgarian football
- 1948–49 in Yugoslav football
- 1947–48 in Yugoslav football
- 1948–49 in Hungarian football
- 1947–48 in Hungarian football
- 1948–49 in Czechoslovak football
- 1947–48 in Czechoslovak football
- 1948 in Polish football
- 1948 in Albanian football