Balkan and Central European Championship | |
Year: | 1948 |
Dates: | 4 April – 7 November 1948 |
Num Teams: | 7 |
Matches: | 16 |
Goals: | 48 |
Scoring Leader: | Ferenc Puskás (5 goals) |
Prev Season: | 1947 |
Next Season: | 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]
----------------This match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the 1948–53 Central European International Cup.[1] --------------------------------------------
(note: it is uncertain which teams were meant to at home and which away)
Aside from these, Hungary played Romania twice.[1] [2]