1973–76 Balkan Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 18 April 1973 – 28 November 1976 |
Teams | 4 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 25 (4.17 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 1973–76 Balkan Cup was the 11th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece.[1][2] The tournament was won by Bulgaria over Romania via the away goal rule, the score being 3–3 in the two legs of the final.[1][2] The top goalscorer was Cemil Turan from Turkey with 4 goals.[1][2]
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Turkey ![]() | 6–7 | ![]() | 5–2 | 1–5 |
Romania ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() | 3–1 | 1–1 |
First leg
[edit]Second leg
[edit]Final
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bulgaria ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–3 |
First leg
[edit]Second leg
[edit]Romania ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Report |
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Winner
[edit]1973-76 Balkan Cup |
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![]() Bulgaria Third title |
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 25 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Nikos Kovis (against Bulgaria)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Balkan Cup (for Nations)". RSSF.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Balkan Cup 1973–76". EU-football.info. Retrieved 23 April 2020.