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.
Tournament details | |
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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) |
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.
Finland | 2-2 | Sweden |
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Lehtovirta 37' Rytkönen 43' | Report | Tapper 36' (pen.) Mårtensson 70' |
Sweden | 8-1 | Finland |
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Jönsson 7', 9', 17' Rydell 24', 75', 83' Palmér 41' Jacobsson 89' | Report | Vaihela 4' |
Sweden | 3-4 | Norway |
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Rydell 13', 52' Lind 23' (pen.) | Report | Karlsen 5' (pen.), 71' (pen.) Dahlen 6' Bredesen 64' |
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 | |
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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 |
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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
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