1948 Balkan Cup

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]

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

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 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 P. Mirashi 63'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Todor Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
 Albania0–0 Hungary
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leo Lemešić (Yugoslavia)
 Hungary2–1[lower-alpha 1] 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]

Top Scorers
Player Team Goals
Ferenc Puskás Hungary5
Ferenc Deák Hungary4
Béla Egresi Hungary4

Notes
  1. This match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the 1948–53 Central European International Cup.[1]

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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