The competing nations were Romania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Bulgaria.
Albania expressed an interest, but withdrew before the tournament got under way.
During the course of this tournament Romania and Yugoslavia also traveled to the World cup in Uruguay (Yugoslavia finishing in notional third place.).
Romania at the 1930 World Cup
RomaniaThe Romanian football federation had been founded in (1909). They made their international debut in 1922
in the King Alexander Cup (a tournament with Poland and Yugoslavia). Romania also competed in the Paris Olympics of 1924, but lost all 3 of their games. During the first Balkan Cup the team were under the guidance of Constantin 'Costel' Rădulescu, (he was either coach or manager for 42 games from 1923 to 1940).
Yugoslavia at the 1930 World Cup
Yugoslavia
The Football Federation of what was then known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was formed in 1919, and the national team made its entry into the international football arena at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920, losing to Czechoslovakia and Egypt.
The country was renamed Yugoslavia 1929. Yugoslavia reached the semi-final of the 1930 World Cup, where they were beaten 6-1 by Uruguay.
Following the World Cup Blagoje "Moša" Marjanović and Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić (both of BSK) became the country's first professional players.Greece
Greece had been represented at 1920 Olympics, an Izmir dominated side losing their only game 9-0 to Sweden, but did not compete in a full international until 1929. In fact their opening game of the Balkan Cup, a 2-1 win over Yugoslavia, was only their third official international. The Greece team featured 4 brothers, Olympiakos' Ntinos, Georgios, Vassilis and Leonidas Andrianopolous.
Bulgaria
The Bulgarian national football team was formed in 1922. In 1923 The Bulgarian Football Union was formed and the team's first match was held in Vienna in May 1924, a 6–0 defeat by Austria.
06.10.29
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Romania
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2
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1
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Yugoslavia
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Bucharest
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26.01.30
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Greece
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2
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1
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Yugoslavia
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Athens
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25.05.30
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Romania
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8
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1
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Greece
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Bucharest
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12.10.30
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Bulgaria
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5
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3
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Romania
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Sofia
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16.11.30
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Bulgaria
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0
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3
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Yugoslavia
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Sofia
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07.12.30
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Greece
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6
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1
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Bulgaria
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Athens
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15.03.31
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Yugoslavia
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4
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1
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Greece
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Belgrade
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19.04.31
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Yugoslavia
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1
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0
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Bulgaria
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Belgrade
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10.05.31
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Romania
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5
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2
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Bulgaria
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Bucharest
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28.06.31
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Yugoslavia
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2
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4
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Romania
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Zagreb
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25.10.31
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Bulgaria
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2
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1
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Greece
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Sofia
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29.11.31
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Greece
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2
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4
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Romania
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Athens
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P
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W
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D
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L
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F
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A
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Pts
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Romania
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6
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5
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1
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26
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13
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10
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Yugoslavia
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6
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3
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3
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12
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9
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6
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Greece
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6
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2
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4
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13
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20
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4
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Bulgaria
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6
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2
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4
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10
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19
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4
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Iuliu Bodola
The tournament yielded an average of 5+ goals per game, and no draws. Bulgaria (twice, against Yugoslavia) were the only side to fail to score in all of their games. Despite finishing bottom Bulgaria were the only side to beat champions Romania.
Iuliu Bodola and Rudolf Wetzer of Romania were joint top scorers with 7 goals each. Bodola went on to represent Hungary.
