1948 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES Matches are sorted by continent, and then chronologically; if both teams were from the same continent, the match is listed in the section for that continent. If the teams were from different continents, the match is listed in the 'Intercontinental' section. Also, there is a section of unofficial international matches, named 'Other Matches'. Tournaments (with link to relevant RSSSF page): Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Adam Shield 1948 (Faroe Islands, 29/07/1948) Amateur Triangular Tournament 1948 (England, 26/03/1948 - 29/03/1948) Balkan and Central European Championship 1948 (04/04/1948 - 07/11/1948) Bolivarian Games 1947-1948 (Peru, 26/12/1947 - 06/01/1948) British Championship 1947-1948 (04/10/1947 - 10/04/1948) British Championship 1948-1949 (09/10/1948 - 09/04/1949) CCCF Championship 1948 (Guatemala, 29/02/1948 - 21/03/1948) Copa Rio Branco 1948 (Uruguay, 04/04/1948 - 11/04/1948) Coupe des Caraibes 1948 (??/09/1948 - 20/12/1948) Dr. Gerő Cup 1948-1953 (21/04/1948 - 13/12/1953) Gossage Cup 1948 (Uganda, ??/??/1948 - ??/??/1948) Nordic Championship 1948-1951 (12/06/1948 - 21/10/1951) Olympic Games 1948 (England, 31/07/1948 - 13/08/1948) Prudent Cup 1948 (St. Vincent/Gren, ??/??/1948 - ??/??/1948) Triangulaire 1948 (Mauritius, ??/??/1948 - ??/??/1948)
INTERCONTINENTAL Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1948 Wales Amateur - India 26/07/1948 Brighton Luxembourg 6-0 Afghanistan Olympics 31/07/1948 London Denmark 3-1 Egypt Olympics AET 31/07/1948 London France Olympic 2-1 India Olympics 02/08/1948 London South Korea 5-3 Mexico Olympics 02/08/1948 Brentford Italy 9-0 USA Olympic Olympics 02/08/1948 London Turkey 4-0 China Olympics 05/08/1948 London Sweden 12-0 South Korea Olympics 06/08/1948 Oslo Norway 11-0 USA 11/08/1948 Belfast N. Ireland XI 5-0 USA 26/09/1948 New York USA Olympic 3-1 Israel 28/10/1948 Amjadiah Iran 1-1 Turkey XI 24/12/1948 Cairo Egypt 1-1 Norway
AFRICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1948 Southern Rhodesia 4-0 Northern Rhodesia ??/??/1948 Belgian Congo 2-3 Northern Rhodesia ??/??/1948 Kampala Uganda 2-1 Kenya Gossage ??/??/1948 Mauritius 5-1 Reunion Triangulaire ??/??/1948 Madagascar 2-1 Reunion Triangulaire ??/??/1948 Mauritius 4-1 Madagascar Triangulaire 01/06/1948 French Somaliland 1-2 Ethiopia
ASIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes None
EUROPE Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 22/02/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-0 Belgium B 10/03/1948 Wrexham Wales 2-0 Northern Ireland British 47-48 14/03/1948 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1 Netherlands 21/03/1948 Madrid Spain 2-0 Portugal 26/03/1948 Ilford England Amateur 2-1 Luxembourg Amateur Tri. 27/03/1948 Ilford Netherlands Amat. 1-0 Luxembourg Amateur Tri. 04/04/1948 Sofiya Bulgaria 1-1 Poland Balkan CE 04/04/1948 Paris France 1-3 Italy 10/04/1948 Glasgow Scotland 0-2 England British 47-48 18/04/1948 Warszawa Poland 3-1 Czechoslovakia Balkan CE 18/04/1948 Wien Austria 3-1 Switzerland 18/04/1948 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-2 Belgium 18/04/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-4 Czechoslovakia B 21/04/1948 Budapest Hungary 7-4 Switzerland Dr. Gerő 23/04/1948 Athinai Greece 1-3 Turkey 26/04/1948 Athinai Greece XI 2-5 Turkey 28/04/1948 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 Belgium 02/05/1948 Wien Austria 3-2 Hungary Dr. Gerő 02/05/1948 Bucureşti Romania 0-1 Albania Balkan CE 02/05/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-7 Austria B 06/05/1948 Liège Belgium B 1-0 Luxembourg 16/05/1948 Torino Italy 0-4 England 17/05/1948 Bern Switzerland 2-1 Scotland 23/05/1948 Budapest Hungary 2-1 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő / BCE 23/05/1948 Tiranë Albania 0-0 Hungary Balkan CE 23/05/1948 Paris France 3-0 Scotland 23/05/1948 Oeiras Portugal 2-0 Ireland 26/05/1948 Oslo Norway 1-2 Netherlands 30/05/1948 Barcelona Spain 2-1 Ireland 30/05/1948 İstanbul Turkey 0-1 Austria 06/06/1948 Budapest Hungary 9-0 Romania Balkan CE 06/06/1948 Bruxelles-Ville Belgium 4-2 France 09/06/1948 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-0 Sweden 12/06/1948 København Denmark 1-2 Norway Nordic 12/06/1948 Praha Czechoslovakia 0-4 France 15/06/1948 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Denmark Nordic 20/06/1948 Bucureşti Romania 3-2 Bulgaria Balkan CE 20/06/1948 Zürich Switzerland 3-3 Spain 26/06/1948 København Denmark 8-0 Poland 27/06/1948 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-0 Albania Balkan CE 02/07/1948 Reykjavík Iceland 2-0 Finland 04/07/1948 Sofiya Bulgaria 1-3 Yugoslavia Balkan CE 04/07/1948 Bucureşti Romania 2-1 Czechoslovakia Balkan CE 11/07/1948 Stockholm Sweden 3-2 Austria 18/07/1948 Saint-Quentin France Amateur 4-1 Luxembourg 26/07/1948 Portsmouth Netherlands 3-1 Ireland Olympic Olympics 31/07/1948 London Yugoslavia 6-1 Luxembourg Olympics 31/07/1948 London United Kingdom Ol. 4-3 Netherlands Olympics AET 02/08/1948 London Sweden 3-0 Austria Olympics 05/08/1948 London Denmark 5-3 Italy Olympics 05/08/1948 London Yugoslavia 3-1 Turkey Olympics 10/08/1948 London Sweden 4-2 Denmark Olympics 11/08/1948 London United Kingdom Ol. 1-3 Yugoslavia Olympics 13/08/1948 London United Kingdom Ol. 3-5 Denmark Olympics 13/08/1948 London Sweden 3-1 Yugoslavia Olympics 25/08/1948 Warszawa Poland 0-1 Yugoslavia Balkan CE 29/08/1948 Sofiya Bulgaria 1-0 Czechoslovakia Balkan CE 05/09/1948 Oslo Norway 2-0 Finland Nordic 19/09/1948 Warszawa Poland 2-6 Hungary Balkan CE 19/09/1948 Helsinki Finland 2-2 Sweden Nordic 19/09/1948 Oslo Norway 3-5 Sweden Nordic 19/09/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2 Switzerland B 26/09/1948 København Denmark 0-0 England 03/10/1948 Budapest Hungary 2-1 Austria 09/10/1948 Belfast Northern Ireland 2-6 England British 48-49 10/10/1948 Basel Switzerland 1-1 Czechoslovakia Dr. Gerő 10/10/1948 Chorzów Poland 0-0 Romania Balkan CE 10/10/1948 Stockholm Sweden 1-0 Denmark Nordic 17/10/1948 Paris France 3-3 Belgium 17/10/1948 Warszawa Poland 1-0 Finland 23/10/1948 Cardiff Wales 1-3 Scotland British 48-49 24/10/1948 Bucureşti Romania 1-5 Hungary Balkan CE 31/10/1948 Bratislava Czechoslovakia 3-1 Austria Dr. Gerő 07/11/1948 Sofiya Bulgaria 1-0 Hungary Balkan CE 10/11/1948 Birmingham England 1-0 Wales British 48-49 14/11/1948 Wien Austria 2-1 Sweden 17/11/1948 Glasgow Scotland 3-2 Northern Ireland British 48-49 21/11/1948 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1 Netherlands 21/11/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-7 Belgium B 28/11/1948 İstanbul Turkey 2-1 Greece 02/12/1948 London England 6-0 Switzerland 05/12/1948 Dublin Ireland 0-1 Switzerland
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1948 Kingstown St. Vincent/Gren 1-1 Trinidad/Tobago XI Prudent ??/??/1948 Kingstown St. Vincent/Gren 2-2 Trinidad/Tobago XI Prudent ??/??/1948 Kingstown St. Vincent/Gren 1-2 Trinidad/Tobago XI Prudent ??/??/1948 Paramaribo Dutch Guiana 1-0 Trinidad/Tobago ??/??/1948 Paramaribo Dutch Guiana 0-0 Trinidad/Tobago ??/??/1948 Paramaribo Dutch Guiana 0-2 Trinidad/Tobago ??/??/1948 Trinidad/Tobago 2-2 Haiti ??/??/1948 Trinidad/Tobago 3-2 Haiti ??/??/1948 Trinidad/Tobago 0-5 Haiti ??/??/1948 Jamaica 3-1 Trinidad/Tobago ??/??/1948 Jamaica 1-2 Trinidad/Tobago 29/02/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Costa Rica 3-1 El Salvador CCCF 01/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Costa Rica 7-0 Panama CCCF 02/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 3-0 El Salvador CCCF 03/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Costa Rica CCCF 04/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Netherlands Antil. 3-1 Panama CCCF 05/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 2-2 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 06/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Costa Rica 2-1 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 07/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Panama 2-1 El Salvador CCCF 09/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 4-3 Panama CCCF 09/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala El Salvador 1-0 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 10/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Costa Rica 3-1 Panama CCCF 11/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala El Salvador 2-0 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 13/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 El Salvador CCCF 14/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Panama 5-2 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 16/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Panama 2-0 El Salvador CCCF 17/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 3-2 Costa Rica CCCF 18/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Costa Rica 6-0 El Salvador CCCF 18/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 2-2 Netherlands Antil. CCCF 20/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Netherlands Antil. 4-1 Costa Rica CCCF 21/03/1948 Cd. de Guatemala Guatemala 4-5 Panama CCCF 09/06/1948 Kingston Jamaica 3-0 Cuba 12/06/1948 Kingston Jamaica 1-1 Cuba ??/09/1948 Fort-de-France Martinique 5-0 Dominica Caraibes ??/10/1948 Dutch Guiana 3-0 British Guiana Caraibes ??/10/1948 French Guiana 3-2 British Guiana Caraibes ??/10/1948 Dutch Guiana 4-2 French Guiana Caraibes 09/10/1948 Kingston Jamaica 1-0 Haiti 11/10/1948 Kingston Jamaica 3-0 Haiti 13/10/1948 Kingston Jamaica 1-2 Haiti 24/10/1948 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 Haiti 27/10/1948 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 4-0 Haiti 30/10/1948 Port of Spain Trinidad/Tobago 4-0 Haiti 16/12/1948 Basse-Terre Martinique 6-0 Dominica Caraibes 16/12/1948 Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe 1-0 Haiti Caraibes 18/12/1948 Basse-Terre Martinique 4-3 Dutch Guiana Caraibes or 3-2 ? 18/12/1948 Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe 7-2 French Guiana Caraibes 20/12/1948 Pointe-à-Pitre Guadeloupe 3-0 Martinique Caraibes
OCEANIA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes 14/08/1948 Wellington New Zealand 0-6 Australia 28/08/1948 Christchurch New Zealand 0-7 Australia 04/09/1948 Wellington New Zealand 0-4 Australia 11/09/1948 Auckland New Zealand 1-8 Australia
SOUTH AMERICA Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/01/1948 Lima Peru XI 1-0 Bolivia Bolivarian 03/01/1948 Lima Peru XI 1-0 Venezuela Bolivarian 05/01/1948 Lima Venezuela 2-2 Bolivia Bolivarian 04/04/1948 Montevideo Uruguay 1-1 Brazil Rio Branco 11/04/1948 Montevideo Uruguay 4-2 Brazil Rio Branco 18/05/1948 Uruguay 0-1 Argentina 25/05/1948 Argentina 0-2 Uruguay
OTHER MATCHES Tournaments | Intercontinental | Africa | Asia | Europe | North and Central America and Caribbean |
Oceania | South America | Other Matches. Details. Date Venue Team 1 Score Team 2 Competition Notes ??/??/1948 Ciudad de México Mexico 0-3 CA Independiente ??/??/1948 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-5 CA Independiente ??/??/1948 Katanga XI 3-3 Northern Rhodesia 09/05/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-0 Alsace ??/07/1948 (England) USA - Luxembourg (result was a draw) ??/07/1948 (England) Royal Air Force - USA (result was a draw) 27/07/1948 London China 3-2 USA 29/07/1948 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 4-1 Shetland Islands Adam Shield 03/08/1948 Hamilton South Auckland 1-6 Australia or 0-6 ? 04/08/1948 AFC Ajax 2-2 Dutch Guiana 07/08/1948 Auckland Auckland XI 0-5 Australia 11/08/1948 Palmerston N. Is. Minor A. XI 1-6 Australia 14/08/1948 AFC Ajax 1-5 India 18/08/1948 Christchurch Canterbury XI 1-3 Australia 21/08/1948 Timaru S. Is. Minor A. XI 0-11 Australia 25/08/1948 Dunedin Otago XI 0-6 Australia 01/09/1948 Wellington Wellington XI 1-7 Australia 08/09/1948 Rotorua Rotorua 0-13 Australia 13/09/1948 Auckland Auckland XI 0-8 Australia 07/10/1948 USA Military XI 0-9 Israel 14/10/1948 Philadelphia USA XI 4-1 Israel 17/10/1948 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 2-2 Alsace 17/10/1948 New York American League XI 3-2 Israel 24/10/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 2-1 Zuid Nederland 01/12/1948 İstanbul XI 1-2 Greece