1948 Balkan Cup

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

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 Goal 18' Report T. Parpan Goal 23'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)
 Poland3–1 Czech Republic
G. Cieślik Goal 7'
M. Gracz Goal 15'
H. Spodzieja Goal 83'		 Report V. Kokštejn Goal 58'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
 Romania0–1 Albania
Report P. Mirashi Goal 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 Goal 16'
F. Deák Goal 73'		 Report J. Schubert Goal 81'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)
 Hungary9–0 Romania
J. Mészáros Goal 30', 46'
B. Egresi Goal 43', 61', 72'
F. Puskás Goal 58', 82'
S. Kocsis Goal 67', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia)
 Romania3–2 Bulgaria
I. Farkaș Goal 22', 71' (pen.)
N. Dumitrescu Goal 78'		 Report P. Argirov Goal 14'
B. Tsvetkov Goal 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 Goal 32' Report F. Wölfl Goal 41'
R. Mitić Goal 54'
Ž.Čajkovski Goal 72'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
 Romania2–1 Czechoslovakia
E. Iordache Goal 22'
C. Bartha Goal 90' (pen.)		 Report O. Menclík Goal 77'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Maksymilian Schneider (Poland)
 Poland0–1 Yugoslavia
Report R. Mitić Goal 24'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia)
 Bulgaria1–0 Czechoslovakia
K. Milev Goal 37' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
 Poland2–6 Hungary
Józef Kohut Goal 37'
G. Cieślik Goal 68'		 Report J. Bozsik Goal 20'
N. Hidegkuti Goal 25', 81'
F. Szusza Goal 29'
F. Deák Goal 69'
M. Tóth Goal 72'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Poland0–0 Romania
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Romania1–5 Hungary
J. Pecsovszky Goal 77' Report F. Puskás Goal 44', 64', 83'
F. Deák Goal 49', 68'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Bulgaria1–0 Hungary
D. Milanov Goal 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
Hungary Ferenc Puskas
5
Hungary Ferenc Deak
4
Hungary Béla Egresi
3

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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