1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Denmark Finland Norway Sweden |
Dates | 12 June 1948 – 21 October 1951 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sweden (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Denmark |
Third place | Norway |
Fourth place | Finland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 89 (3.71 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Egon Jönsson (7 goals) |
The 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship was the fifth
Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its third Nordic Championship win. The tournament was arranged by the Danish Football Association
and the trophy was named DBU's Vase.
The tournament had three occasions of a team playing two games on the same day, including two times for Sweden and one time for Denmark.
Results
1948
Denmark | 1-2 | Norway |
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Jensen 24' | Report | Sørdahl 37', 50' |
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden
)Norway | 2-0 | Finland |
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Sørensen 2', 50' | Report |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 24,349
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden
)Finland | 2-2 | Sweden |
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Lehtovirta 37' Rytkönen 43' |
Report | Tapper 36' (pen.) Mårtensson 70' |
Norway | 3-5 | Sweden |
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Dahlen 11' Thoresen 33' Sørdahl 84' |
Report | Nordahl 24', 44', 62', 74', 80' |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 35,306
Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark
)1949
Norway | 0-2 | Denmark |
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Report | J. Hansen 84' |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 38,085
Referee: Karni Wolf (Finland
)Denmark | 0-2 | Finland |
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Report | Asikainen 14' Rytkönen 25' |
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden
)Sweden | 8-1 | Finland |
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Jönsson 7', 9', 17' Rydell 24', 75', 83' Palmér 41' Jacobsson 89' |
Report | Vaihela 4' |
Denmark | 3-2 | Sweden |
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Petersen 62' J. Hansen 65' E. Hansen 85' (pen.) |
Report | Jeppson 27' Mellberg 79' |
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden
)1950
Denmark | 4-0 | Norway |
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58' | Report |
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 35,500
Referee: Thore Sjöberg (Sweden
)Norway | 4-1 | Finland |
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Bredesen 10' Andersen 50', 52' Thoresen 81' |
Report | Lilja 87' |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 28,935
Referee: Ludvig Jørkov (Denmark
)Norway | 1-3 | Sweden |
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Karlsen 88' (pen.) | Report | Jönsson 53', 79' Palmér 55' |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 35,552
Referee: Folke Nyberg (Finland
)1951
Norway | 2-0 | Denmark |
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Thoresen 26' Jørgensen 40' (o.g.) |
Report |
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden
)Denmark | 1-0 | Finland |
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Staalgaard 39' | Report |
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden
)Sweden | 3-4 | Norway |
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Rydell 13', 52' Lind 23' (pen.) |
Report | Karlsen 5' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Dahlen 6' Bredesen 64' |
Denmark | 3-1 | Sweden |
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Rasmussen 25' Lundberg 34' Staalgaard 35' |
Report | Jönsson 72' |
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Edvin Pedersen (Norway
)Table
The table is compiled by awarding two points for a victory, one point for a draw, and no points for a loss.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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1 | Sweden | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 16 |
2 | Denmark | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 14 |
3 | Norway | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 24 | –1 | 13 |
4 | Finland | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | –17 | 5 |
Winners
1948–51 Nordic Football Championship winners |
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Sweden Third title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 89 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3.71 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Aage Rou Jensen
- Claes Petersen
- Frank Reckendorff
- Kaj Christiansen
- Harald Lyngsaa
- Holger Seebach
- Ivan Jensen
- John Hansen
- Jørgen Wagner Hansen
- Knud Lundberg
- Poul Åge Rasmussen
- Aulis Rytkönen
- Olavi Lilja
- Harald Hennum
- Bror Mellberg
- Börje Tapper
- Gustaf Lind
- Karl Simonsson
- Karl-Alfred Jacobsson
- John Eriksson
- Lennart Lindskog
- Nils Liedholm
- Rune Rosén
- Sture Mårtensson
- Sylve Bengtsson
- Tryggve Granqvist
- Walfrid Ek
1 own goal
- Bendt Jørgensen (against Norway)
See also
Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup
References
Sources
- Aarhus, Lars; Elbech, Søren & Pietarinen, Heikki (1998-03-27). "Nordic Championships 1948-51". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
- "Landsholdsdatabasen - Kampsøgning" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-03.