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) Ferenc Puskás (5 goals)

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
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

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

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

Statistics

Goalscorers

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