1940 Mitropa Cup

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1940 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 June – 10 July 1940
Teams8
Final positions
Championsnone
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Top scorer(s) Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg György Sárosi (5 goals)
1939

The 1940 Mitropa Cup was the 14th edition of the Mitropa Cup and the last season played before the competition was interrupted by the Second World War. The competition would be resumed after the war under the name Zentropa Cup but by that time it was overshadowed by the newly formed European Cup [1] which included teams from all parts of Europe. Last season's champions Újpest were eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the competition. This edition is notable for being the first edition in which a team from Romania reached the final. Rapid București of Romania beat Hungária FC MTK Budapest of Hungary in the quarterfinals and got past Građanski of Yugoslavia in the semi-finals to get to the finals in which they were to play Ferencváros. The final was cancelled due to the Second World War.

Contents

Eight teams participated in the competition with Hungary and Yugoslavia each sending three teams and Romania sending two. However Czechoslovakia and Italy did not participate because of the war.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Hungária MTK Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg 1–5 Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București 1–20–3
Beogradski SK Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg 4–0 Flag of Romania.svg Venus București 1–03–0
Slavija Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg 4–11 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Ferencváros 3–01–11
Građanski Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg 5–0 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Újpest 4–01–0

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Građanski Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg 0–0a Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București 0–00–0
Beogradski SK Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg 1–2 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Ferencváros 1–00–2

Play-off

Team 1 Score Team 2
Građanski Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg 1–1b Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București

Finals

The final between Rapid București and Ferencváros was scheduled to take place in July 1940. However, due to the events of World War II it was cancelled.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg György Sárosi Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Ferencváros 9
2 Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Károly Finta Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Ferencváros 4
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Vilim Šipoš Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Zvonimir Cimermančić Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Građanski

Notes

  1. Dunmore 2011, p. 180

References

Dunmore, Thomas (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press.