1948 Balkan Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 4 April – 7 November 1948 |
Teams | 7 |
Defending champions | Hungary |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 48 (3 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Ferenc Puskás (5 goals) |
← 1947 1973–76 → |
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 |
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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 |
Matches
Bulgaria | 1–1 | Poland |
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Stankov 18' | Report | Parpan 23' |
Poland | 3–1 | Czech Republic |
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Cieślik 7' Gracz 15' Spodzieja 83' | Report | Kokštejn 58' |
Hungary | 2–1 | Czechoslovakia |
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Egresi 16' Deák 73' | Report | Schubert 81' |
This match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the 1948–53 Central European International Cup.[1]
Yugoslavia | 0–0 | Albania |
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Report |
Romania | 2–1 | Czechoslovakia |
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Iordache 22' Bartha 90' (pen.) | Report | Menclík 77' |
Poland | 0–1 | Yugoslavia |
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Report | Mitić 24' |
Bulgaria | 1–0 | Czechoslovakia |
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Milev 37' | Report |
Poland | 2–6 | Hungary |
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Kohut 37' Cieślik 68' | Report | Bozsik 20' Hidegkuti 25', 81' Szusza 29' Deák 69' Tóth 72' |
Romania | 1–5 | Hungary |
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Pecsovszky 77' | Report | Puskás 44', 64', 83' Deák 49', 68' |
Matches not played
(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
Goalscorers
There were 48 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
- Ferenc Deák
- Béla Egresi
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
- ^ a b c d e "Balkan Cup (for Nations)". RSSF.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Balkan and Central European Championship 1948". EU-football.info. Retrieved 22 April 2020.