| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| ← 1937–47 1952–55 → | |
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
1948
| Denmark | 1-2 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
Jensen  24' |
Report | Sørdahl 37', 50' |
| Finland | 0-3 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Report | J. Hansen 11' (pen.) Christiansen 56'Lyngsaa 88' |
| Norway | 2-0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Sørensen 2', 50' |
Report |
| Finland | 2-2 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Lehtovirta 37' Rytkönen 43' |
Report | Tapper 36' (pen.) Mårtensson 70' |
| Norway | 3-5 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Dahlen 11' Thoresen 33'Sørdahl 84' |
Report | Nordahl 24', 44', 62', 74', 80' |
| Sweden | 1-0 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Liedholm 23' |
Report |
1949
| Finland | 1-1 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Vaihela 33' |
Report | Sørensen 89' |
| Norway | 0-2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Reckendorff 28' J. Hansen 84' |
| Denmark | 0-2 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Asikainen 14' Rytkönen 25' |
| Sweden | 8-1 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Jönsson 7', 9', 17' Rydell 24', 75', 83'Palmér 41'Jacobsson 89' |
Report | Vaihela 4' |
| Sweden | 3-3 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Lindskog 60' Jeppson 76'Simonsson 79' |
Report | Bredesen 15', 89' Hennum 75' |
| Denmark | 3-2 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Petersen 62' J. Hansen 65'E. Hansen 85' (pen.) |
Report | Jeppson 27' Mellberg 79' |
1950
| Denmark | 4-0 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Petersen 21' E. Hansen 38'J. Hansen 48'Jensen 58' |
Report |
| Finland | 1-2 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Asikainen 72' |
Report | Petersen 20' Seebach 73' |
| Norway | 4-1 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Bredesen 10' Andersen 50', 52'Thoresen 81' |
Report | Lilja 87' |
| Finland | 0-1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rosén 82' |
| Norway | 1-3 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Karlsen 88' (pen.) |
Report | Jönsson 53', 79' Palmér 55' |
| Sweden | 4-0 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Granqvist 28' Jönsson 29'Bengtsson 36'Ek 39' |
Report |
1951
| Finland | 1-1 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Vaihela 41' |
Report | Bredesen 64' |
| Sweden | 3-2 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Lundqvist 33', 70' Eriksson 88' |
Report | Vaihela 11' Lehtovirta 29' |
| Norway | 2-0 | Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Thoresen 26' Jørgensen 40' (o.g.) |
Report |
| Denmark | 1-0 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Staalgaard 39' |
Report |
| Sweden | 3-4 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Rydell 13', 52' Lind 23' (pen.) |
Report | Karlsen 5' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Dahlen 6'Bredesen 64' |
| Denmark | 3-1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen 25' Lundberg 34'Staalgaard 35' |
Report | Jönsson 72' |
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
- Edvin Hansen
- Jens Peder Hansen
- Hilmar Staalgaard
- Poul Erik Petersen
- Yrjö Asikainen
- Gunnar Dahlen
- Villy Andersen
- Arne Lundqvist
- Hasse Jeppson
- Karl-Erik Palmér
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.
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