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1948 Balkan and Central European Championship
Tournament details
Dates4 April – 7 November 1948
Teams8
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Hungary Ferenc Puskás (5 goals)
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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

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

 Bulgaria1 – 1 Poland
T. Stankov 18' Report T. Parpan 23'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)
 Poland3 – 1 Czech Republic
G. Cieślik 7'
M. Gracz 15'
H. Spodzieja 83'		 Report V. Kokštejn 58'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
 Romania0 – 1 Albania
Report P. Mirashi 63'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Todor Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
 Albania0 – 0 Hungary
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)
 Hungary2 – 1[a] Czechoslovakia
B. Egresi 16'
F. Deák 73'		 Report J. Schubert 81'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)
 Hungary9 – 0 Romania
J. Mészáros 30', 46'
B. Egresi 43', 61', 72'
F. Puskás 58', 82'
S. Kocsis 67', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia)
 Romania3 – 2 Bulgaria
I. Farkaș 22', 71' (pen.)
N. Dumitrescu 78'		 Report P. Argirov 14'
B. 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
P. Argirov 32' Report F. Wölfl 41'
R. Mitić 54'
Ž.Čajkovski 72'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
 Romania2 – 1 Czechoslovakia
E. Iordache 22'
C. Bartha 90' (pen.)		 Report O. Menclík 77'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Maksymilian Schneider (Poland)
 Poland0 – 1 Yugoslavia
Report R. Mitić 24'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia)
 Bulgaria1 – 0 Czechoslovakia
K. Milev 37' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
 Poland2 – 6 Hungary
Józef Kohut 37'
G. Cieślik 68'		 Report J. Bozsik 20'
N. Hidegkuti 25', 81'
F. Szusza 29'
F. Deák 69'
M. Tóth 72'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Poland0 – 0 Romania
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Romania1 – 5 Hungary
J. Pecsovszky 77' Report F. Puskás 44', 64' 83'
F. Deák 49', 68'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Bulgaria1 – 0 Hungary
D. Milanov 15' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)

Matches not played

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

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

Notes

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

References

  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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