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
Dates4 April – 7 November 1948
Teams8
Matches played16
Goals scored50 (3.13 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Ferenc Puskás (5 goals)
← 1947

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[lower-alpha 1] 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]

Topscorers
Player Goals
Ferenc Puskas
5
Ferenc Deak
4
Béla Egresi
3

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

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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