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1948–51 Nordic Football Championship

1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesDenmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Dates12 June 1948 – 21 October 1951
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-up Denmark
Third place Norway
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored89 (3.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Egon Jönsson (7 goals)

The 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship was the fifth Nordic Football Championship staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and 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

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1948

Denmark 1-2 Norway
Jensen 24' Report Sørdahl 37', 50'
Attendance: 41,000
Finland 0-3 Denmark
Report J. Hansen 11' (pen.)
Christiansen 56'
Lyngsaa 88'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Norway 2-0 Finland
Sørensen 2', 50' Report
Attendance: 24,349
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Finland 2-2 Sweden
Lehtovirta 37'
Rytkönen 43'		 Report Tapper 36' (pen.)
Mårtensson 70'
Attendance: 15,407
Norway 3-5 Sweden
Dahlen 11'
Thoresen 33'
Sørdahl 84'		 Report Nordahl 24', 44', 62', 74', 80'
Attendance: 35,306
Sweden 1-0 Denmark
Liedholm 23' Report
Attendance: 37,801

1949

Finland 1-1 Norway
Vaihela 33' Report Sørensen 89'
Attendance: 11,264
Norway 0-2 Denmark
Report Reckendorff 28'
J. Hansen 84'
Attendance: 38,085
Referee: Karni Wolf (Finland)
Denmark 0-2 Finland
Report Asikainen 14'
Rytkönen 25'
Attendance: 25,700
Sweden 8-1 Finland
Jönsson 7', 9', 17'
Rydell 24', 75', 83'
Palmér 41'
Jacobsson 89'		 Report Vaihela 4'
Attendance: 18,247
Sweden 3-3 Norway
Lindskog 60'
Jeppson 76'
Simonsson 79'		 Report Bredesen 15', 89'
Hennum 75'
Attendance: 37,750
Denmark 3-2 Sweden
Petersen 62'
J. Hansen 65'
E. Hansen 85' (pen.)		 Report Jeppson 27'
Mellberg 79'
Attendance: 25,700

1950

Denmark 4-0 Norway
Petersen 21'
E. Hansen 38'
J. Hansen 48'
Jensen 58'		 Report
Attendance: 35,500
Finland 1-2 Denmark
Asikainen 72' Report Petersen 20'
Seebach 73'
Attendance: 20,062
Norway 4-1 Finland
Bredesen 10'
Andersen 50', 52'
Thoresen 81'		 Report Lilja 87'
Attendance: 28,935
Finland 0-1 Sweden
Report Rosén 82'
Attendance: 25,784
Norway 1-3 Sweden
Karlsen 88' (pen.) Report Jönsson 53', 79'
Palmér 55'
Attendance: 35,552
Sweden 4-0 Denmark
Granqvist 28'
Jönsson 29'
Bengtsson 36'
Ek 39'		 Report
Attendance: 38,000

1951

Finland 1-1 Norway
Vaihela 41' Report Bredesen 64'
Attendance: 22,415
Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)
Sweden 3-2 Finland
Lundqvist 33', 70'
Eriksson 88'		 Report Vaihela 11'
Lehtovirta 29'
Attendance: 19,202
Norway 2-0 Denmark
Thoresen 26'
Jørgensen 40' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)
Denmark 1-0 Finland
Staalgaard 39' Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)
Sweden 3-4 Norway
Rydell 13', 52'
Lind 23' (pen.)		 Report Karlsen 5' (pen.), 71' (pen.)
Dahlen 6'
Bredesen 64'
Attendance: 29,790
Denmark 3-1 Sweden
Rasmussen 25'
Lundberg 34'
Staalgaard 35'		 Report Jönsson 72'
Attendance: 41,000

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
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 

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

1 own goal

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

References

  1. ^ "Nordic Championships 1948-51".

Sources

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948%E2%80%9351_Nordic_Football_Championship