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{{Infobox football tournament season
{{more footnotes|date=October 2012}}
| title = Balkan and Central European Championship
| year = 1948
| other_titles =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| country =
| dates = 4 April – 7 November 1948
| venue =
| num_teams = 7
| defending_champions = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
| winners =
| count =
| second =
| third =
| matches = 16
| goals = 48
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Puskás]] (5 goals)
| award =
| prev_season = [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]]
| next_season = [[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76]]
| 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. 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.
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/>

== Matches ==
* Bulgaria 1-1 Poland
* Poland 3-1 Czechoslovakia
* Romania 0-1 Albania
* Hungary 2-1 Czechoslovakia
* Albania 0-0 Hungary
* Hungary 9-0 Romania
* Romania 3-2 Bulgaria
* Yugoslavia 0-0 Albania
* Bulgaria 1-3 Yugoslavia
* Romania 2-1 Czechoslovakia
* Poland 0-1 Yugoslavia
* Bulgaria 1-0 Czechoslovakia
* Poland 2-6 Hungary
* Poland 0-0 Romania
* Romania 1-5 Hungary
* Bulgaria 1-0 Hungary


== Final standings ==
== Final standings ==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
{| class="wikitable"
|update=complete
|-
|source=<ref name=EU/>
! Nation !! Pl !! W !! D !! L !! GF !! GA !! GD !! Pts
|res_col_header=Q
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|show_positions=y
| width=200px| {{fb|HUN|1946}} || 6 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 22 || 5 || +17 || 9
|winpoints=2
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| width=200px| {{fb|YUG}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 1 || +3 || 5
|team1=HUN|name_HUN={{fb|HUN|1946}}
|-bgcolor="#ccccff"
|team2=YUG|name_YUG={{fb|YUG}}
| width=200px| {{fb|BUL|1946}} || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 7 || -1 || 5
|team3=BUL|name_BUL={{fb|BUL|1948}}
|-bgcolor="#ccccff"
| width=200px| {{fb|ROU|1948}} || 6 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 6 || 18 || -12 || 5
|team4=ROU|name_ROU={{fb|ROU|1948}}
|team5=ALB|name_ALB={{fb|ALB|1946}}
|-
|team6=POL|name_POL={{fb|POL}}
| width=200px| {{fb|ALB|1946}} || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || +1 || 4
|team7=CSK|name_CSK={{fb|CSK}}
|-
|win_HUN=4|draw_HUN=1|loss_HUN=1|gf_HUN=22|ga_HUN=5
| width=200px| {{fb|POL}} || 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 9 || -3 || 4
|win_YUG=2|draw_YUG=1|loss_YUG=0|gf_YUG=4|ga_YUG=1
|-
|win_BUL=2|draw_BUL=1|loss_BUL=2|gf_BUL=6|ga_BUL=7
| width=200px| {{fb|CSK}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 8 || -5 || 0
|win_ROU=2|draw_ROU=1|loss_ROU=3|gf_ROU=6|ga_ROU=18
|}
|win_ALB=1|draw_ALB=2|loss_ALB=0|gf_ALB=1|ga_ALB=0
|win_POL=1|draw_POL=2|loss_POL=2|gf_POL=6|ga_POL=9
|win_CSK=0|draw_CSK=0|loss_CSK=4|gf_CSK=3|ga_CSK=8
}}

== Matches ==
{{football box
|date = 4 April 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6529 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 = [[Trendafil Stankov|Stankov]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = [[Tadeusz Parpan|Parpan]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 April 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6524 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CZE}}
|goals1 = [[Gerard Cieślik|Cieślik]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Mieczysław Gracz|Gracz]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Henryk Spodzieja|Spodzieja]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Václav Kokštejn|Kokštejn]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Nikolay Latyshev]] (Soviet Union)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 2 May 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6503 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Pal Mirashi|Mirashi]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Todor Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 May 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6505 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Qemal Stafa Stadium]], [[Tirana]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Leo Lemešić]] (Yugoslavia)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 May 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6515 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Béla Egresi|Egresi]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Deák]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = [[Julius Schubert|Schubert]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Stadion Albert Flórián|Üllői út]], [[Budapest]]
|attendance = 32,000
|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
|date = 6 June 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|score = 9–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6491 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|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 =
|stadium = [[Szusza Ferenc Stadion|Megyeri úti Stadion]], [[Újpest]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 June 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6504 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|goals1 = [[Iuliu Farkaș|Farkaș]] {{goal|22||71|pen.}}<br />[[Nicolae Dumitrescu|Dumitrescu]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Petar Argirov|Argirov]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Borislav Tsvetkov|Tsvetkov]] {{goal|21}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Szigeti György (Hungary)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 27 June 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|YUG}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6549 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ALB|1946}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stadion Beogradski S.K., [[Belgrade]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = Nikola Gelev (Bulgaria)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 July 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6554 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 = [[Petar Argirov|Argirov]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2 = [[Franjo Wölfl|Wölfl]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Željko Čajkovski|Čajkovski]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 4 July 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROM}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6555 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Eugen Iordache|Iordache]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Carol Bartha|Bartha]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Oldřich Menclík|Menclík]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Maksymilian Schneider (Poland)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 25 August 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6543 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Rajko Mitić|Mitić]] {{goal|24}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 38,000
|referee = Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 29 August 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6551 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Krum Milev|Milev]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 10 September 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 2–6
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6482 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 = [[Józef Kohut|Kohut]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Gerard Cieślik|Cieślik]] {{goal|68}}
|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]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 10 October 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|POL}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6473 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Stadion Miejski (Chorzów)|Stadion Ruchu]], [[Chorzów]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 October 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|ROU|1948}}
|score = 1–5
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6492 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 = [[József Pecsovszky|Pecsovszky]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Ferenc Puskás|Puskás]] {{goal|44||64||83}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Deák]] {{goal|49||68}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Republicii]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 7 November 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1948}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6472 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 = [[Dimitar Milanov|Milanov]] {{goal|15}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania)
}}


== Matches not played ==
== Matches not played ==
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''(note: it is uncertain which teams were meant to at home and which away)''
''(note: it is uncertain which teams were meant to at home and which away)''


* {{fb|YUG}} v. {{fb|HUN|1946}}
* Yugoslavia v. Hungary
* {{fb|YUG}} v. {{fb|ROU|1948}}
* Yugoslavia v. Romania
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|BUL|1948}}
* Albania v. Bulgaria
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|POL}}
* Albania v. Poland
* {{fb|ALB|1946}} v. {{fb|CSK}}
* Albania v. Czechoslovakia

Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.<ref name=RSSF/><ref name=EU/>

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{{goalscorers
|matches=16|goals=48

|5 goals=
* {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]

|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=
Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.
* {{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]]
* {{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]]
}}


=== References===
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/balkancup.html Balkan Cup (for Nations)] on The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 Oct 2012.


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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

[edit]
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

[edit]
 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

[edit]

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

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

Statistics

[edit]

Goalscorers

[edit]

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

[edit]
  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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