year winners runners-up venue
1929/31 Romania Yugoslavia home and away matches
1931 Bulgaria Turkey Bulgaria
1932 Bulgaria Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
1933 Romania Yugoslavia Romania
1934/35 Yugoslavia Greece Greece
1935 Bulgaria [*] Yugoslavia Bulgaria
1936 Romania Bulgaria Romania
[*] Bulgaria were declared winners in April 1936; at the tournament itself,
Yugoslavia had been handed the trophy (see explanations below).
year winners runners-up venue 1946 Albania Yugoslavia Albania 1947 Hungary Yugoslavia home and away matches 1948 not finished home and away matches 1973/76 Bulgaria Romania home and away matches 1977/80 Romania Yugoslavia home and away matches
4 Bulgaria Romania 1 Albania Hungary Yugoslavia
6-10-1929 Bucuresti Romania 2-1 Yugoslavia 26- 1-1930 Athinai Greece 2-1 Yugoslavia 25- 5-1930 Bucuresti Romania 8-1 Greece 12-10-1930 Sofia Bulgaria 5-3 Romania 16-11-1930 Sofia Bulgaria 0-3 Yugoslavia 7-12-1930 Athinai Greece 6-1 Bulgaria 15- 3-1931 Beograd Yugoslavia 4-1 Greece 19- 4-1931 Beograd Yugoslavia 1-0 Bulgaria 10- 5-1931 Bucuresti Romania 5-2 Bulgaria 28- 6-1931 Zagreb Yugoslavia 2-4 Romania 25-10-1931 Sofia Bulgaria 2-1 Greece 29-11-1931 Athinai Greece 2-4 Romania 1.Romania 6 5 0 1 26-13 10 2.Yugoslavia 6 3 0 3 12- 9 6 3.Greece 6 2 0 4 13-20 4 4.Bulgaria 6 2 0 4 10-19 4 Topscorers: Bodola and Wetzer (both Romania) 7 goals. Full Details
NB: not considered official by all sources 30- 9-1931 Sofia Bulgaria 5-1 Turkey 2-10-1931 Sofia Turkey 2-0 Yugoslavia 4-10-1931 Sofia Bulgaria 3-2 Yugoslavia 1.Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 8- 3 4 2.Turkey 2 1 0 1 3- 5 2 3.Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 2- 5 0 Topscorer: Panchev (Bulgaria) 3 goals. Full Details
26- 6-1932 Beograd Bulgaria 2-0 Romania 26- 6-1932 Beograd Yugoslavia 7-1 Greece 28- 6-1932 Beograd Romania 3-0 Greece 30- 6-1932 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-3 Bulgaria 2- 7-1932 Beograd Bulgaria 2-0 Greece 3- 7-1932 Beograd Yugoslavia 3-1 Romania 1.Bulgaria 3 3 0 0 7- 2 6 2.Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 12- 5 4 3.Romania 3 1 0 2 4- 5 2 4.Greece 3 0 0 3 1-12 0 Topscorer: Zivkovic (Yugoslavia) 5 goals.
3- 6-1933 Bucuresti Yugoslavia 5-3 Greece 4- 6-1933 Bucuresti Romania 7-0 Bulgaria 6- 6-1933 Bucuresti Romania 1-0 Greece 7- 6-1933 Bucuresti Yugoslavia 4-0 Bulgaria 10- 6-1933 Bucuresti Bulgaria 2-0 Greece 11- 6-1933 Bucuresti Romania 5-0 Yugoslavia 1.Romania 3 3 0 0 13- 0 6 2.Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 9- 8 4 3.Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 2-11 2 4.Greece 3 0 0 3 3- 8 0 Topscorers: Ciolac and Dobay (both Romania) 4 goals.
23-12-1934 Athinai Greece 2-1 Yugoslavia 25-12-1934 Athinai Yugoslavia 4-3 Bulgaria 26-12-1934 Athinai Greece 2-2 Romania 30-12-1934 Athinai Romania 3-2 Bulgaria 1- 1-1935 Athinai Yugoslavia 4-0 Romania 1- 1-1935 Athinai Greece 1-2 Bulgaria 1.Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 9- 5 4 2.Greece 3 1 1 1 5- 5 3 3.Romania 3 1 1 1 5- 8 3 4.Bulgaria 3 1 0 2 7- 8 2 Topscorers: Tirnanic and Tomasevic (both Yugoslavia) 3 goals.
16- 6-1935 Sofia Bulgaria 5-2 Greece
17- 6-1935 Sofia Yugoslavia 2-0 Romania [abandoned at 2-0 in 78' due to
19- 6-1935 Sofia Bulgaria 4-0 Romania a thunderstorm; result stood]
21- 6-1935 Sofia Yugoslavia 6-1 Greece
24- 6-1935 Sofia Bulgaria 3-3 Yugoslavia
24- 6-1935 Sofia Romania 2-2 Greece
Ranking at end of tournament:
1.Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 11- 4 5 [goal average 2.75]
2.Bulgaria 3 2 1 0 12- 5 5 [goal average 2.40]
3.Greece 3 0 1 2 5-13 1 [goal average 0.38]
4.Romania 3 0 1 2 2- 8 1 [goal average 0.25]
NB: at the end of the tournament, Yugoslavia were declared winners because of their
better goal average (the standard tie-breaker at the time) and were handed the
trophy; Bulgaria protested, stating that if the match between Yugoslavia and
Romania had finished regularly, the former's goal record might have changed;
they suggested to play an additional match for the title and the trophy; after
ten months, the Balkan Cup committee ruled such a match should indeed be played,
because the protocols and documents setting down the regulations for the 1935
edition could not be found; Yugoslavia declined to play such a match, stating
they were no longer interested, and, as announced by Octav Luchide (a Romanian
secretary of the Balkan Cup committee), sent the trophy back in May 1936, ten
days before the start of the 1936 edition, played without Yugoslavia; Bulgaria,
as official 1935 winners, thus brought the trophy (which changed hands to the
winners of every new edition) to Romania.
Final Ranking:
1.Bulgaria
2.Yugoslavia
3.Greece
4.Romania
Topscorer: Angulov (Bulgaria) 5 goals.
17- 5-1936 Bucuresti Romania 5-2 Greece 21- 5-1936 Bucuresti Bulgaria 5-4 Greece 24- 5-1936 Bucuresti Romania 4-1 Bulgaria 1.Romania 2 2 0 0 9- 3 4 2.Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 6- 8 2 3.Greece 2 0 0 2 6-10 0 Topscorer: Schwartz (Romania) 4 goals.
7-10-1946 Tiranë Albania 2-3 Yugoslavia
8-10-1946 Tiranë Bulgaria 2-2 Romania
9-10-1946 Tiranë Albania 3-1 Bulgaria
11-10-1946 Tiranë Romania 2-1 Yugoslavia
12-10-1946 Tiranë Yugoslavia 2-1 Bulgaria
13-10-1946 Tiranë Albania 1-0 Romania
1.Albania 3 2 0 1 6- 4 4
2.Yugoslavia 3 2 0 1 6- 5 4
3.Romania 3 1 1 1 4- 4 3
4.Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 4- 7 1
Topscorers: Borici, Teciti (both Albania), Reuter (Romania), Sandic (Yugoslavia)
all 2 goals.
NB: played as Balkan and Central European Championship 25- 5-1947 Tiranë Albania 0-4 Romania 15- 6-1947 Sofia Bulgaria 2-0 Albania 22- 6-1947 Bucuresti Romania 1-3 Yugoslavia 29- 6-1947 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-3 Hungary 6- 7-1947 Sofia Bulgaria 2-3 Romania 17- 8-1947 Budapest Hungary 9-0 Bulgaria 20- 8-1947 Budapest Hungary 3-0 Albania 14- 9-1947 Tiranë Albania 2-4 Yugoslavia 12-10-1947 Zagreb Yugoslavia 2-1 Bulgaria 12-10-1947 Bucuresti Romania 0-3 Hungary 1.Hungary 4 4 0 0 18- 2 8 2.Yugoslavia 4 3 0 1 11- 7 6 3.Romania 4 2 0 2 8- 8 4 4.Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 5-14 2 5.Albania 4 0 0 4 2-13 0 Topscorer: Deák (Hungary) 5 goals.
NB: played as Balkan and Central European Championship
4- 4-1948 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 Poland
18- 4-1948 Warszawa Poland 3-1 Czechoslovakia
2- 5-1948 Bucuresti Romania 0-1 Albania
23- 5-1948 Budapest Hungary 2-1 Czechoslovakia
23- 5-1948 Tiranë Albania 0-0 Hungary
6- 6-1948 Budapest Hungary 9-0 Romania
20- 6-1948 Bucuresti Romania 3-2 Bulgaria
27- 6-1948 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-0 Albania
4- 7-1948 Sofia Bulgaria 1-3 Yugoslavia
4- 7-1948 Bucuresti Romania 2-1 Czechoslovakia
25- 8-1948 Warszawa Poland 0-1 Yugoslavia
29- 8-1948 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 Czechoslovakia
19- 9-1948 Warszawa Poland 2-6 Hungary
10-10-1948 Chorzów Poland 0-0 Romania
24-10-1948 Bucuresti Romania 1-5 Hungary
7-11-1948 Sofia Bulgaria 1-0 Hungary
1.Hungary 6 4 1 1 22- 5 9
2.Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 4- 1 5
3.Romania 6 2 1 3 6-18 5
4.Bulgaria 5 2 1 2 6- 7 5
5.Albania 3 1 2 0 1- 0 4
6.Poland 5 1 2 2 6- 9 4
7.Czechoslovakia 4 0 0 4 3- 8 0
Competition abandoned.
Topscorer: Puskás (Hungary) 5 goals.
NB: the match between Hungary and Czechoslovakia also counted for the
V. Dr. Gerö Cup 1948-1953.
Semifinals
18- 4-1973 Izmir Turkey 5-2 Bulgaria
8- 5-1974 Sofia Bulgaria 5-1 Turkey
Bulgaria qualified 7-6 on aggregate
29- 5-1974 Bucuresti Romania 3-1 Greece
24- 9-1975 Thessaloniki Greece 1-1 Romania
Romania qualified 4-2 on aggregate
Final
12- 5-1976 Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria 1-0 Romania
28-11-1976 Bucuresti Romania 3-2 Bulgaria
Bulgaria win on away goals
Topscorer: Çemil (Turkey) 4 goals.
First Round
Group 1
16- 2-1977 Istanbul Turkey 2-0 Bulgaria
23- 3-1977 Bucuresti Romania 4-0 Turkey
21- 9-1977 Sofia Bulgaria 3-1 Turkey
22- 3-1978 Istanbul Turkey 1-1 Romania
3- 5-1978 Bucuresti Romania 2-0 Bulgaria
31- 5-1978 Sofia Bulgaria 1-1 Romania
1.Romania 4 2 2 0 8- 2 6
2.Bulgaria 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3
3.Turkey 4 1 1 2 4- 8 3
Group 2
16-11-1977 Thessaloniki Greece 0-0 Yugoslavia
15-11-1978 Skopje Yugoslavia 4-1 Greece
Yugoslavia qualified 4-1 on aggregate
Final
30- 3-1980 Beograd Yugoslavia 2-0 Romania
27- 8-1980 Bucuresti Romania 4-1 Yugoslavia
Romania win 4-3 on aggregate
Topscorer: Iordanescu (Romania) 6 goals.
Thanks to Yordan Tsirov, Dragan Tonkov and Ivan Gerjikov for their research into the 1935 controversy (sources included: [Mil 03], [Pop 94], "Sports" (Bulgarian sports periodical) issues 1130 (22 Apr 1936) and 1134 (1 May 1936)).
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