1948–51 Nordic Football Championship

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.

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)

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[1] Norway
Jensen  24' Sørdahl  37', 50'
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Dahlner (Sweden)
Finland 0–3[2] Denmark
J. Hansen  11' (pen.)
Christiansen  56'
Lyngsaa  88'
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Eklind (Sweden)
Norway 2–0[3] Finland
Finland 2–2[3] Sweden
Norway 3–5[3] Sweden
Sweden 1–0[4] Denmark
Liedholm  20'
Attendance: 37,801
Referee: Reader (England)

1949
Finland 1–1[3] Norway
Norway 0–2[5] Denmark
Reckendorff  28'
J.P. Hansen  84'
Attendance: 38,085
Referee: Wolf (Finland)
Denmark 0–2[6] Finland
Asikainen  14'
Rytkönen  25'
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Dahlner (Sweden)
Sweden 8–1[3] Finland
Sweden 3–3[3] Norway
Denmark 3–2[7] Sweden
C. Petersen  62'
J.W. Hansen  65'
E. Hansen  85' (pen.)		 Jeppson  27'
Mellberg  79'
Attendance: 25,700
Referee: Dahlner (Sweden)

1950
Denmark 4–0[8] Norway
P.E. Petersen  21'
E. Hansen  38'
J.P. Hansen  48'
Jensen  58'
Attendance: 35,500
Referee: Sjöberg (Sweden)
Finland 1–2[9] Denmark
Asikainen  72' P.E. Petersen  20'
Seebach  73'
Attendance: 20,062
Referee: Narvestad (Norway)
Norway 4–1[3] Finland
Finland 0–1[3] Sweden
Norway 1–3[3] Sweden
Sweden 4–0[10] Denmark
Granqvist  29'
Jönsson  30'
Bengtsson  38'
Ek  40'
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Pedersen (Norway)

1951
Finland 1–1[3] Norway
Sweden 3–2[3] Finland
Norway 2–0[11] Denmark
Thoresen  26'
Jørgensen  40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nilsson (Sweden)
Denmark 1–0[12] Finland
Staalgaard  39'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Eklind (Sweden)
Sweden 3–4[3] Norway
Denmark 3–1[13] Sweden
Rasmussen  25'
Lundberg  34'
Staalgaard  35'		 Jönsson  72'
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: 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
1 Sweden 127233622+1416
2 Denmark 127051915+414
3 Norway 125342324–113
4 Finland 121381128–175

Footnotes
  1. "Danmark - Norge 1 - 2" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  2. "Danmark - Finland 3 - 0" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  3. Aarhus, Lars; Elbech, Søren & Pietarinen, Heikki (1998-03-27). "Nordic Championships 1948-51". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-02-03.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Danmark - Sverige 0 - 1" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  5. "Danmark - Norge 2 - 0" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  6. "Danmark - Finland 0 - 2" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  7. "Danmark - Sverige 3 - 2" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  8. "Danmark - Norge 4 - 0" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  9. "Danmark - Finland 2 - 1" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  10. "Danmark - Sverige 0 - 4" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  11. "Danmark - Norge 0 - 2" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  12. "Danmark - Finland 1 - 0" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
  13. "Danmark - Sverige 3 - 1" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-20.

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