1948 Balkan Cup

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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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
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. ^ 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.