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| dates = 4 April – 7 November 1948
| dates = 4 April – 7 November 1948
| venue =
| venue =
| num_teams = 8
| num_teams = 7
| defending_champions =
| defending_champions = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
| champions =
| winners =
| count =
| count =
| runner-up =
| second =
| third =
| third =
| matches = 16
| matches = 16
| goals = 50
| goals = 48
| attendance =
| attendance =
| top_goal_scorer = {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Puskás]] (5 goals)
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Puskás]] (5 goals)
| player_label =
| award =
| player =
| prev_season = [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]]
| prevseason = [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]]
| next_season = [[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76]]
| nextseason = [[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76]]
| updated =
| extra_information =
| extra_information =
}}
}}


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.<ref name=RSSF>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/balkancup.html#48|title=Balkan Cup (for Nations)|publisher=RSSF.com|accessdate=22 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlCh-n|title=Balkan and Central European Championship 1948|publisher=EU-football.info|accessdate=22 April 2020}}</ref> It was Poland and Czechoslovakia's first and only participation in the tournament, which was not completed.<ref name=RSSF/> Hungary was leading the table at the time it was abandoned.<ref name=RSSF/><ref name=EU/>
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.<ref name=RSSF>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkancup.html|title=Balkan Cup (for Nations)|publisher=RSSF.com|accessdate=22 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlCh-n|title=Balkan and Central European Championship 1948|publisher=EU-football.info|accessdate=22 April 2020}}</ref> It was Poland and Czechoslovakia's first and only participation in the tournament, which was not completed.<ref name=RSSF/> Hungary was leading the table at the time it was abandoned.<ref name=RSSF/><ref name=EU/>


== Final standings ==
== Final standings ==
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|team1=HUN|name_HUN={{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team1=HUN|name_HUN={{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team2=YUG|name_YUG={{fb|YUG}}
|team2=YUG|name_YUG={{fb|YUG}}
|team3=BUL|name_BUL={{fb|BUL|1946}}
|team3=BUL|name_BUL={{fb|BUL|1948}}
|team4=ROU|name_ROU={{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team4=ROU|name_ROU={{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team5=ALB|name_ALB={{fb|ALB|1946}}
|team5=ALB|name_ALB={{fb|ALB|1946}}
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== Matches ==
== Matches ==
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 4 April 1948
|date = 4 April 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1 – 1
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6529 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6529 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 = T. Stankov {{goal|18}}
|goals1 = [[Trendafil Stankov|Stankov]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = [[Tadeusz Parpan|T. Parpan]] {{goal|23}}
|goals2 = [[Tadeusz Parpan|Parpan]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia) }}
|referee = Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 18 April 1948
|date = 18 April 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 3 – 1
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6524 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6524 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Gerard Cieślik|G. Cieślik]] {{goal|7}}<br />M. Gracz {{goal|15}}<br />H. Spodzieja {{goal|83}}
|goals1 = [[Gerard Cieślik|Cieślik]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Mieczysław Gracz|Gracz]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Henryk Spodzieja|Spodzieja]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = V. Kokštejn {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = [[Václav Kokštejn|Kokštejn]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 40,000
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Nikolay Latyshev]] (Soviet Union) }}
|referee = [[Nikolay Latyshev]] (Soviet Union)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 2 May 1948
|date = 2 May 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|score = 0 – 1
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6503 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6503 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|team2 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|goals1 =
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Pal Mirashi|P. Mirashi]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = [[Pal Mirashi|Mirashi]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Todor Stoyanov (Bulgaria) }}
|referee = Todor Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 23 May 1948
|date = 23 May 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|team1 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|score = 0 – 0
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6505 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6505 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
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|stadium = [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], [[Tirana]]
|stadium = [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], [[Tirana]]
|attendance = 20,000
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Leo Lemešić]] (Yugoslavia) }}
|referee = [[Leo Lemešić]] (Yugoslavia)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 23 May 1948
|date = 23 May 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team1 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|score = 2–1
⚫
|score = 2 – 1{{efn|name="HUNCZE"|This match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the [[1948–53 Central European International Cup]].<ref name=RSSF/>}}
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6515 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6515 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Béla Egresi|B. Egresi]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|F. Deák]] {{goal|73}}
|goals1 = [[Béla Egresi|Egresi]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Deák]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = [[Julius Schubert|J. Schubert]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = [[Julius Schubert|Schubert]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Stadion Albert Flórián|Üllői út]], [[Budapest]]
|stadium = [[Stadion Albert Flórián|Üllői út]], [[Budapest]]
|attendance = 32,000
|attendance = 32,000
|referee = Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia) }}
|referee = Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia)
}}
⚫
This match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the [[1948–53 Central European International Cup]].<ref name=RSSF/>
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 6 June 1948
|date = 6 June 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team1 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|score = 9 – 0
|score = 9–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6491 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6491 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|goals1 = [[József Mészáros|J. Mészáros]] {{goal|30}}, {{goal|46}}<br />[[Béla Egresi|B. Egresi]] {{goal|43}}, {{goal|61}}, {{goal|72}}<br />[[Ferenc Puskás|F. Puskás]] {{goal|58}}, {{goal|82}}<br />[[Sándor Kocsis|S. Kocsis]] {{goal|67}}, {{goal|85}}
|goals1 = [[József Mészáros|Mészáros]] {{goal|30||46}}<br />[[Béla Egresi|Egresi]] {{goal|43||61||72}}<br />[[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] {{goal|58||82}}<br />[[Sándor Kocsis|Kocsis]] {{goal|67||85}}
|goals2 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Szusza Ferenc Stadion|Megyeri úti Stadion]], [[Újpest]]
|stadium = [[Szusza Ferenc Stadion|Megyeri úti Stadion]], [[Újpest]]
|attendance = 45,000
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia) }}
|referee = Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 20 June 1948
|date = 20 June 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|score = 3 – 2
|score = 3–2
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6504 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6504 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|goals1 = [[Iuliu Farkaș|I. Farkaș]] {{goal|22}}, {{goal|71|pen.}}<br />[[Nicolae Dumitrescu|N. Dumitrescu]] {{goal|78}}
|goals1 = [[Iuliu Farkaș|Farkaș]] {{goal|22||71|pen.}}<br />[[Nicolae Dumitrescu|Dumitrescu]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Petar Argirov|P. Argirov]] {{goal|14}}<br />B. Tsvetkov {{goal|21}}
|goals2 = [[Petar Argirov|Argirov]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Borislav Tsvetkov|Tsvetkov]] {{goal|21}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Szigeti György (Hungary) }}
|referee = Szigeti György (Hungary)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 27 June 1948
|date = 27 June 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|YUG}}
|team1 = {{fb|YUG}}
|score = 0 – 0
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6549 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6549 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|team2 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
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|stadium = Stadion Beogradski S.K., [[Belgrade]]
|stadium = Stadion Beogradski S.K., [[Belgrade]]
|attendance = 25,000
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = Nikola Gelev (Bulgaria) }}
|referee = Nikola Gelev (Bulgaria)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 4 July 1948
|date = 4 July 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1 – 3
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6554 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6554 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 = [[Petar Argirov|P. Argirov]] {{goal|32}}
|goals1 = [[Petar Argirov|Argirov]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2 = [[Franjo Wölfl|F. Wölfl]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Rajko Mitić|R. Mitić]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Željko Čajkovski|Ž.Čajkovski]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = [[Franjo Wölfl|Wölfl]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Željko Čajkovski|Čajkovski]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania) }}
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 4 July 1948
|date = 4 July 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROM}}
|team1 = {{fb|ROM}}
|score = 2 – 1
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6555 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6555 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Eugen Iordache|E. Iordache]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Carol Bartha|C. Bartha]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|goals1 = [[Eugen Iordache|Iordache]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Carol Bartha|Bartha]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|goals2 = O. Menclík {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Oldřich Menclík|Menclík]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Maksymilian Schneider (Poland) }}
|referee = Maksymilian Schneider (Poland)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 25 August 1948
|date = 25 August 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 0 – 1
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6543 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6543 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 =
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Rajko Mitić|R. Mitić]] {{goal|24}}
|goals2 = [[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|24}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 38,000
|attendance = 38,000
|referee = Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia) }}
|referee = Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 29 August 1948
|date = 29 August 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1 – 0
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6551 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6551 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Krum Milev|K. Milev]] {{goal|37}}
|goals1 = [[Krum Milev|Milev]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania) }}
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 10 September 1948
|date = 10 September 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 2 – 6
|score = 2–6
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6482 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6482 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 = [[Józef Kohut]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Gerard Cieślik|G. Cieślik]] {{goal|68}}
|goals1 = [[Józef Kohut|Kohut]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Gerard Cieślik|Cieślik]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2 = [[József Bozsik|J. Bozsik]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Nándor Hidegkuti|N. Hidegkuti]] {{goal|25}}, {{goal|81}}<br />[[Ferenc Szusza|F. Szusza]] {{goal|29}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|F. Deák]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Mátyás Tóth|M. Tóth]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = [[József Bozsik|Bozsik]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Nándor Hidegkuti|Hidegkuti]] {{goal|25||81}}<br />[[Ferenc Szusza|Szusza]] {{goal|29}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Deák]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Mátyás Tóth|Tóth]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 40,000
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia) }}
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 10 October 1948
|date = 10 October 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 0 – 0
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6473 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6473 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
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|stadium = [[Stadion Miejski (Chorzów)|Stadion Ruchu]], [[Chorzów]]
|stadium = [[Stadion Miejski (Chorzów)|Stadion Ruchu]], [[Chorzów]]
|attendance = 50,000
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia) }}
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 24 October 1948
|date = 24 October 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|score = 1 – 5
|score = 1–5
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6492 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6492 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 = [[József Pecsovszky|J. Pecsovszky]] {{goal|77}}
|goals1 = [[József Pecsovszky|Pecsovszky]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Ferenc Puskás|F. Puskás]] {{goal|44}}, {{goal|64}} {{goal|83}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|F. Deák]] {{goal|49}}, {{goal|68}}
|goals2 = [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] {{goal|44||64||83}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Deák]] {{goal|49||68}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Republicii]], [[Bucharest]]
|stadium = [[Stadionul Republicii]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 40,000
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia) }}
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
----
{{football box
{{footballbox
|date = 7 November 1948
|date = 7 November 1948
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1 – 0
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6472 Report]
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6472 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 = [[Dimitar Milanov|D. Milanov]] {{goal|15}}
|goals1 = [[Dimitar Milanov|Milanov]] {{goal|15}}
|goals2 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 35,000
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania) }}
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
}}


== Matches not played ==
== Matches not played ==
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* {{fb|YUG}} v. {{fb|HUN|1946}}
* {{fb|YUG}} v. {{fb|HUN|1946}}
* {{fb|YUG}} v. {{fb|ROU|1948}}
* {{fb|YUG}} v. {{fb|ROU|1948}}
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|BUL|1946}}
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|BUL|1948}}
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|POL}}
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|POL}}
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|CSK}}
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|CSK}}
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Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.<ref name=RSSF/><ref name=EU/>
Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.<ref name=RSSF/><ref name=EU/>


== Topscorers ==
==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable"
{{goalscorers
|-
|matches=16|goals=48
!Player
!Goals
|-bgcolor="D0F0C0"
⚫
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ferenc Puskas]]
| <div style="text-align: center;"> 5</div>
|-
⚫
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Ferenc Deak (footballer)|Ferenc Deak]]
| <div style="text-align: center;"> 4</div>
|-
⚫
| {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Béla Egresi]]
| <div style="text-align: center;"> 3</div>
|-
⚫
|}


|5 goals=
== Notes ==
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]
{{reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

|4 goals=
⚫
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Ferenc Deák]]
⚫
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Béla Egresi]]

|2 goals=
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Nándor Hidegkuti]]
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[József Mészáros]]
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Sándor Kocsis]]
* {{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Petar Argirov]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Gerard Cieślik]]
* {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Rajko Mitić]]
* {{flagicon|ROM|1948}} [[Iuliu Farkaș]]

|1 goal=
* {{flagicon|ALB|1946}} [[Pal Mirashi]]
* {{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Borislav Tsvetkov]]
* {{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Dimitar Milanov]]
* {{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Krum Milev]]
* {{flagicon|BUL|1948}} [[Trendafil Stankov]]
* {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Franjo Wölfl]]
* {{flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} [[Željko Čajkovski]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Józef Kohut]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Spodzieja]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Mieczysław Gracz]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Tadeusz Parpan]]
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* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Szusza]]
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[József Bozsik]]
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Mátyás Tóth]]
* {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Julius Schubert]]
* {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Oldřich Menclík]]
* {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Václav Kokštejn]]
* {{flagicon|ROM|1948}} [[Nicolae Dumitrescu]]
* {{flagicon|ROM|1948}} [[Eugen Iordache]]
* {{flagicon|ROM|1948}} [[Carol Bartha]]
* {{flagicon|ROM|1948}} [[József Pecsovszky]]
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}}


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Latest revision as of 03:21, 2 January 2024

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)
← 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

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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

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 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

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(note: it is uncertain which teams were meant to at home and which away)

Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.[1][2]

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

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  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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