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Football tournament season
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)
← 19471973–76 →

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. It was Poland and Czechoslovakia's first and only participation in the tournament, which was not completed. Hungary was leading the table at the time it was abandoned.

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:

Matches

 Bulgaria1–1 Poland
Stankov 18' Report Parpan 23'
Yunak Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)
 Poland3–1 Czech Republic
Cieślik 7'
Gracz 15'
Spodzieja 83'		 Report Kokštejn 58'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, WarsawAttendance: 40,000Referee: Nikolay Latyshev (Soviet Union)
 Romania0–1 Albania
Report Mirashi 63'
Stadionul Giulești, BucharestAttendance: 20,000Referee: Todor Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
 Albania0–0 Hungary
Report
Qemal Stafa Stadium, TiranaAttendance: 20,000Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)
 Hungary2–1 Czechoslovakia
Egresi 16'
Deák 73'		 Report Schubert 81'
Üllői út, BudapestAttendance: 32,000Referee: Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)

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

 Hungary9–0 Romania
Mészáros 30', 46'
Egresi 43', 61', 72'
Puskás 58', 82'
Kocsis 67', 85'		 Report
Megyeri úti Stadion, ÚjpestAttendance: 45,000Referee: Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia)
 Romania3–2 Bulgaria
Farkaș 22', 71' (pen.)
Dumitrescu 78'		 Report Argirov 14'
Tsvetkov 21'
Stadionul Giulești, BucharestAttendance: 20,000Referee: Szigeti György (Hungary)
 Yugoslavia0–0 Albania
Report
Stadion Beogradski S.K., BelgradeAttendance: 25,000Referee: Nikola Gelev (Bulgaria)
 Bulgaria1–3 Yugoslavia
Argirov 32' Report Wölfl 41'
Mitić 54'
Čajkovski 72'
Yunak Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
 Romania2–1 Czechoslovakia
Iordache 22'
Bartha 90' (pen.)		 Report Menclík 77'
Stadionul Giulești, BucharestAttendance: 20,000Referee: Maksymilian Schneider (Poland)
 Poland0–1 Yugoslavia
Report Mitić 24'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, WarsawAttendance: 38,000Referee: Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia)
 Bulgaria1–0 Czechoslovakia
Milev 37' Report
Yunak Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 30,000Referee: Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
 Poland2–6 Hungary
Kohut 37'
Cieślik 68'		 Report Bozsik 20'
Hidegkuti 25', 81'
Szusza 29'
Deák 69'
Tóth 72'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, WarsawAttendance: 40,000Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Poland0–0 Romania
Report
Stadion Ruchu, ChorzówAttendance: 50,000Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Romania1–5 Hungary
Pecsovszky 77' Report Puskás 44', 64', 83'
Deák 49', 68'
Stadionul Republicii, BucharestAttendance: 40,000Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
 Bulgaria1–0 Hungary
Milanov 15' Report
Yunak Stadium, SofiaAttendance: 35,000Referee: 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.

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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