Tournament details | |
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Country | Bulgaria |
Venue(s) | Levski Stadium & Yunak Stadium, Sofia |
Dates | 16–24 June 1935 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Yugoslavia (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Bulgaria |
Third place | Greece |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 30 (5 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | Ljubomir Angelov (6 goals) |
The 1935 Balkan Cup was the sixth Balkan Cup football tournament. The national teams of Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania took part and Yugoslavia won it. [1] At the end of the tournament, Yugoslavia were declared winners because of their better goal average (the standard tie-breaker at the time); Bulgaria protested, stating that if the match between Yugoslavia and Romania had finished regularly, the former's goal record might have changed, but after a one-year procedure, the protest was rejected and Yugoslavia remained winners. [1] The host of the tournament was Bulgaria. [2] [3] The top goal scorer was Ljubomir Angelov from Bulgaria with 6 goals in the form of two hat-tricks.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Yugoslavia (C) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2.750 | 5 | Winners |
2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2.400 | 5 | |
3 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 0.385 | 1 | |
4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.250 | 1 |
Romania | 0–2 | Yugoslavia |
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Report | Marjanović 33' Sekulić 56' |
Match abandoned at 0–2 in the 78th minute due to a thunderstorm [1]
Greece | 1–6 | Yugoslavia |
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Baltasis 49' | Report | Živković 31', 70' Marjanović 33' Vujadinović 49' Glišović 81', 83' |
Bulgaria | 3–3 | Yugoslavia |
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Angelov 25', 28', 66' | Report | Marjanović 2' Vujadinović 19', 75' |
1935 Balkan Cup |
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Yugoslavia Second title |
There were 30 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.
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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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1 own goal
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