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{{Infobox football tournament season
{{more footnotes|date=October 2012}}
| title = Balkan and Central European Championship

| year = 1948
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.
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| dates = 4 April – 7 November 1948
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| matches = 16
| goals = 50
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| top_goal_scorer = {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Puskás]] (5 goals)
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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/>
== 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 ==
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==Matches==
{{footballbox
|date = 4 April 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6529 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 = T. Stankov {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = [[Tadeusz Parpan|T. Parpan]] {{goal|23}}
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Miljenko Podubsky (Yugoslavia) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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|G. Cieślik]] {{goal|7}}<br />M. Gracz {{goal|15}}<br />H. Spodzieja {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = V. Kokštejn {{goal|58}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Nikolay Latyshev]] (Soviet Union) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 23 May 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|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]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Béla Egresi|B. Egresi]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|F. Deák]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2 = [[Julius Schubert|J. Schubert]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Stadion Albert Flórián|Üllői út]], [[Budapest]]
|attendance = 32,000
|referee = Marijan Matančić (Yugoslavia) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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|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}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Szusza Ferenc Stadion|Megyeri úti Stadion]], [[Újpest]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = Antun Mlinarić (Yugoslavia) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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|1946}}
|goals1 = [[Iuliu Farkaș|I. Farkaș]] {{goal|22}}, {{goal|71|pen.}}<br />[[Nicolae Dumitrescu|N. Dumitrescu]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Petar Argirov|P. Argirov]] {{goal|14}}<br />B. Tsvetkov {{goal|21}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Szigeti György (Hungary) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 4 July 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|score = 1 – 3
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6554 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YUG}}
|goals1 = [[Petar Argirov|P. Argirov]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2 = [[Franjo Wölfl|F. Wölfl]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Rajko Mitić|R. Mitić]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Željko Čajkovski|Ž.Čajkovski]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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|E. Iordache]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Carol Bartha|C. Bartha]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|goals2 = O. Menclík {{goal|77}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu (1939)|Stadionul Giulești]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = Maksymilian Schneider (Poland) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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|R. Mitić]] {{goal|24}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 38,000
|referee = Jozef Nemčovský (Czechoslovakia) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 29 August 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6551 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CSK}}
|goals1 = [[Krum Milev|K. Milev]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Yunak Stadium]], [[Sofia]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Constantin Iliescu (Romania) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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|Józef Kohut]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Gerard Cieślik|G. 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}}
|stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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) }}
----
{{footballbox
|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|J. Pecsovszky]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Ferenc Puskás|F. Puskás]] {{goal|44}}, {{goal|64}} {{goal|83}}<br />[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|F. Deák]] {{goal|49}}, {{goal|68}}
|stadium = [[Stadionul Republicii]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia) }}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 7 November 1948
|time =
|team1 = {{fb|BUL|1946}}
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6472 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|goals1 = [[Dimitar Milanov|D. 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|1946}}
* 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/>


==Notes==
Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.
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=== 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.
* [https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlCh-n List of matches: Balkan and Central European Championship 1948] at EU-Football.info


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Revision as of 09:42, 22 April 2020

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 6 4 1 1 22 5 +17 9
 Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
 Bulgaria 5 2 1 2 6 7 −1 5
 Romania 6 2 1 3 6 18 −12 5
 Albania 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 4
 Poland 5 1 2 2 6 9 −3 4
 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 . Mirashi 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 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]

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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