1947 Balkan Cup

1947 Balkan and Central European Championship

Tournament details
Dates	25 May – 12 October 1947
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	44 (4.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ferenc Deák (5 goals)

The 1947 Balkan Cup, officially called the Balkan and Central European Championship, was played between May and October 1947 between Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary. It was Hungary's first participation in the tournament (hence the name change), in which it won all the matches.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Hungary (C)	4	4	0	0	18	2	9.000	8
2	Yugoslavia	4	3	0	1	11	7	1.571	6
3	Romania	4	2	0	2	8	8	1.000	4
4	Bulgaria	4	1	0	3	5	14	0.357	2
5	Albania	4	0	0	4	2	13	0.154	0

Source: EU.football
(C) Champions

Matches

25 May 1947

Albania	0 – 4	Romania
	Report	Farkaș 29', 69', 79' I. Kovács 48'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kamarás Árpád (Hungary)

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15 June 1947

Bulgaria	2 – 0	Albania
Stankov 1', 20'	Report

Yunak Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)

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22 June 1947

Romania	1 – 3	Yugoslavia
Farkaș 43'	Report	Bobek 38', 52' Jezerkić 40'

Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Molnar Imre (Hungary)

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28 June 1947

Yugoslavia	2 – 3	Hungary
Cimermančić 36' Mihajlović 62'	Report	Szilágyi Gyula 34' Puskás 57' Mike István 83'

JNA Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)

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6 July 1947

Bulgaria	2 – 3	Romania
Stankov 47' V. Yordanov 82'	Report	Băcuț 38' Pecsovszky 59' B. Marian 61'

Yunak Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)

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17 August 1947

Hungary	9 – 0	Bulgaria
Ferenc Deák 15', 34', 52', 79' J. Zsolnai 34' Nagymarosi 48' Hidegkuti 47', 50', 86'	Report

Üllői út, Budapest

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)

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20 August 1947

Hungary	3 – 0	Albania
J. Zsolnai 7' Egresi 25' Ferenc Deák 53'	Report

Üllői út, Budapest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Dimitar Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

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14 September 1947

Albania	2 – 4	Yugoslavia
Boriçi 12' Parapani 64'	Report	Bobek 21' Krnić 27' Mitić 30' Cimermančić 42'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Viktor Vrhovac (Yugoslavia)

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12 October 1947

Romania	0 – 3	Hungary
	Report	Egresi 22' Puskás 38', 83'

Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)

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12 October 1947

Yugoslavia	2 – 1	Bulgaria
Mihajlović 18', 43'	Report	Stankov 12'

NK Zagreb Stadium, Zagreb

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Varga Béla (Hungary)

References

• Balkan Cup (for Nations) on The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 Oct 2012.