Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Denmark Finland Norway Sweden |
Dates | 12 June 1948 – 21 October 1951 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 89 (3.71 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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.
Finland ![]() | 2-2 | ![]() |
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Lehtovirta ![]() Rytkönen ![]() |
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Tapper ![]() Mårtensson ![]() |
Norway ![]() | 0-2 | ![]() |
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Reckendorff ![]() J. Hansen ![]() |
Sweden ![]() | 8-1 | ![]() |
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Jönsson ![]() Rydell ![]() Palmér ![]() Jacobsson ![]() |
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Vaihela ![]() |
Denmark ![]() | 1-0 | ![]() |
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Staalgaard ![]() |
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Sweden ![]() | 3-4 | ![]() |
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Rydell ![]() Lind ![]() |
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Karlsen ![]() Dahlen ![]() Bredesen ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 16 |
2 | ![]() |
12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 14 |
3 | ![]() |
12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 24 | –1 | 13 |
4 | ![]() |
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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