1948–51 Nordic Football Championship

1948–51 Nordic Football Championship

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.

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12 June 1948

19:00 (+2:00)

Denmark	1-2	Norway
Jensen 24'	Report	Sørdahl 37', 50'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

15 June 1948

19:00 (+2:00)

Finland	0-3	Denmark
	Report	J. Hansen 11' (pen.) Christiansen 56' Lyngsaa 88'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

5 September 1948

13:15 (+1:00)

Norway	2-0	Finland
Sørensen 2', 50'	Report

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 24,349

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

19 September 1948

14:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	2-2	Sweden
Lehtovirta 37' Rytkönen 43'	Report	Tapper 36' (pen.) Mårtensson 70'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 15,407

Referee: Ludvig Jørkov (Denmark)

19 September 1948

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	3-5	Sweden
Dahlen 11' Thoresen 33' Sørdahl 84'	Report	Nordahl 24', 44', 62', 74', 80'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 35,306

Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark)

10 October 1948

15:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	1-0	Denmark
Liedholm 23'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 37,801

Referee: George Reader (England)

8 June 1949

19:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1-1	Norway
Vaihela 33'	Report	Sørensen 89'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 11,264

Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark)

11 September 1949

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	0-2	Denmark
	Report	Reckendorff 28' J. Hansen 84'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 38,085

Referee: Karni Wolf (Finland)

11 September 1949

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	0-2	Finland
	Report	Asikainen 14' Rytkönen 25'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 25,700

Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

2 October 1949

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	8-1	Finland
Jönsson 7', 9', 17' Rydell 24', 75', 83' Palmér 41' Jacobsson 89'	Report	Vaihela 4'

Malmö IP, Malmö

Attendance: 18,247

Referee: Ludvig Jørkov (Denmark)

2 October 1949

15:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	3-3	Norway
Lindskog 60' Jeppson 76' Simonsson 79'	Report	Bredesen 15', 89' Hennum 75'

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 37,750

Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark)

23 October 1949

13:00 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	3-2	Sweden
Petersen 62' J. Hansen 65' E. Hansen 85' (pen.)	Report	Jeppson 27' Mellberg 79'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 25,700

Referee: Gunnar Dahlner (Sweden)

22 June 1950

19:00 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	4-0	Norway
Petersen 21' E. Hansen 38' J. Hansen 48' Jensen 58'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 35,500

Referee: Thore Sjöberg (Sweden)

27 August 1950

15:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1-2	Denmark
Asikainen 72'	Report	Petersen 20' Seebach 73'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 20,062

Referee: Johan Narvestad (Norway)

10 September 1950

Norway	4-1	Finland
Bredesen 10' Andersen 50', 52' Thoresen 81'	Report	Lilja 87'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 28,935

Referee: Ludvig Jørkov (Denmark)

24 September 1950

14:00 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	0-1	Sweden
	Report	Rosén 82'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 25,784

Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark)

24 September 1950

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	1-3	Sweden
Karlsen 88' (pen.)	Report	Jönsson 53', 79' Palmér 55'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 35,552

Referee: Folke Nyberg (Finland)

15 October 1950

15:00 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	4-0	Denmark
Granqvist 28' Jönsson 29' Bengtsson 36' Ek 39'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Edvin Pedersen (Norway)

16 August 1951

18:30 (UTC+2:00)

Finland	1-1	Norway
Vaihela 41'	Report	Bredesen 64'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 22,415

Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)

2 September 1951

15:00 (UTC+2:00)

Sweden	3-2	Finland
Lundqvist 33', 70' Eriksson 88'	Report	Vaihela 11' Lehtovirta 29'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 19,202

Referee: Johan Narvestad (Norway)

16 September 1951

13:15 (UTC+1:00)

Norway	2-0	Denmark
Thoresen 26' Jørgensen 40' (o.g.)	Report

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: John Nilsson (Sweden)

30 September 1951

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	1-0	Finland
Staalgaard 39'	Report

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Ivan Eklind (Sweden)

30 September 1951

14:30 (UTC+1:00)

Sweden	3-4	Norway
Rydell 13', 52' Lind 23' (pen.)	Report	Karlsen 5' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Dahlen 6' Bredesen 64'

Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg

Attendance: 29,790

Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark)

21 October 1951

13:30 (UTC+1:00)

Denmark	3-1	Sweden
Rasmussen 25' Lundberg 34' Staalgaard 35'	Report	Jönsson 72'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Edvin Pedersen (Norway)

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

1948–51 Nordic Football Championship winners
Sweden Third title

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

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

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• "Landsholdsdatabasen - Kampsøgning" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 2010-02-03.