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, 22/09/1948 - 25/09/1948) 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 ??/07/1948 (England) USA Olympic 2-2 Luxembourg 23/07/1948 London China 5-2 USA Olympic 25/07/1948 London China 3-2 USA Olympic 26/07/1948 Brighton Luxembourg 6-0 Afghanistan Olympics 31/07/1948 London Denmark 3-1 Egypt Olympics AET 31/07/1948 Ilford 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 Olympic official for both 11/08/1948 Belfast N. Ireland XI 5-0 USA Olympic official for USA 23/08/1948 Wrexham Wales Amateur 1-4 India 26/08/1948 Swansea Wales Amateur 0-0 India 26/09/1948 New York USA Olympic 3-1 Israel official for Israel 14/10/1948 Philadelphia USA XI 4-1 Israel 24/12/1948 Cairo Egypt 1-1 Norway 26/12/1948 Alexandria Egypt XI 4-4 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 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 22/09/1948 Kampala Kenya 3-1 Zanzibar Gossage 23/09/1948 Kampala Uganda 6-0 Tanganyika Gossage 25/09/1948 Kampala Uganda 2-1 Kenya Gossage
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 21/02/1948 Hong Kong Hong Kong 4-1 Philippines All-Hong Kong vs All-Manila 28/03/1948 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 1-2 Hong Kong All-Saigon vs All-Hong Kong 29/03/1948 Macao Macao 4-2 Hong Kong Or 2-1 on 30/03 ? All-Macao vs All-Hong Kong ??/03/1948 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 7-0 Hong Kong Saigon XI vs All-Hong Kong 24/04/1948 Hong Kong Hong Kong 3-1 China Hong Kong Chinese XI 25/04/1948 Hong Kong Hong Kong 3-7 China Hong Kong Chinese XI 05/05/1948 Manila Philippines 0-4 China All-Manila 15/05/1948 Sài Gòn South Vietnam XI 2-3 China Cochinchina 2nd Division XI 16/05/1948 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 3-3 China Cochinchina 1st Division XI 18/05/1948 Sài Gòn South Vietnam 1-3 China Or 17/05 ? Cochinchina 1st Division XI 22/05/1948 Singapore Singapore 1-0 China Singapore Civilians 03/06/1948 Bombay India 4-0 Afghanistan 20/06/1948 Singapore Singapore 4-2 Malaya All-Singapore vs Malaya Civilians 27/06/1948 Singapore Malaya + Singapore 0-3 China All-Malaya+Singapore 07/07/1948 Singapore Singapore 3-4 China Singapore Civilians 17/07/1948 Calcutta India XI 1-0 China IFA XI 20/08/1948 Bangkok Thailand 1-6 China 24/08/1948 Calcutta India XI 1-1 Burma IFA XI
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 London Netherlands 1-0 Luxembourg Amateur Tri. unofficial 29/03/1948 London England Amateur 2-5 Netherlands Amateur Tri. unofficial 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 Athína Greece 1-3 Turkey 26/04/1948 Athína 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 Ilford Yugoslavia 3-1 Turkey Olympics 10/08/1948 Wembley Sweden 4-2 Denmark Olympics 11/08/1948 Wembley United Kingdom Ol. 1-3 Yugoslavia Olympics 13/08/1948 Wembley United Kingdom Ol. 3-5 Denmark Olympics 13/08/1948 Wembley 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 Curacao 3-1 Panama CCCF 05/03/1948 Cd de Guatemala Guatemala 2-2 Curacao CCCF 06/03/1948 Cd de Guatemala Costa Rica 2-1 Curacao 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 Curacao CCCF 10/03/1948 Cd de Guatemala Costa Rica 3-1 Panama CCCF 11/03/1948 Cd de Guatemala El Salvador 2-0 Curacao CCCF 13/03/1948 Cd de Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 El Salvador CCCF 14/03/1948 Cd de Guatemala Panama 5-2 Curacao 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 Curacao CCCF 20/03/1948 Cd de Guatemala Curacao 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 Katanga XI 3-3 Northern Rhodesia 25/01/1948 Ciudad de México Mexico 1-5 CA Independiente 08/02/1948 Ciudad de México Mexico 0-3 CA Independiente 10/02/1948 Hong Kong Hong Kong 5-1 Shanghai All-Hong Kong vs All-Shanghai 15/02/1948 Madras Bangalore XI 4-1 India 16/02/1948 Madras Madras FA XI 0-9 India 16/02/1948 Caracas Venezuela 6-2 HMS Sheffield 17/02/1948 Madras Travancore XI 1-3 India 19/02/1948 Bangalore Bangalore XI 2-2 India 22/02/1948 Hong Kong Combined Chinese 4-1 Philippines All-Manila 24/02/1948 Hong Kong HK Non-Chinese 6-0 Philippines All-Manila 14/03/1948 Hong Kong China 6-1 HK Non-Chinese Chinese FA vs Hong Kong FA ??/03/1948 Sài Gòn Combined Services 2-5 Hong Kong All-Hong Kong 28/03/1948 Oranjestad Aruba 2-2 La Salle 29/03/1948 Oranjestad Aruba 3-1 La Salle 20/04/1948 Chorzów Silesia 2-1 Czechoslovakia 28/04/1948 Singapore Singapore 2-2 Malayan Chinese 01/05/1948 Manila Manila Chinese XI 0-8 China 02/05/1948 Manila Manila League XI 1-3 China 04/05/1948 Manila Manila Univ. XI 0-4 China 06/05/1948 Manila YCO Athletic Club 0-6 China 08/05/1948 Bangkok Assumption Col. XI 1-10 China 08/05/1948 Calcutta M.Bagan/E.Bengal 2-1 India 09/05/1948 Bangkok Chai Sod 2-2 China 09/05/1948 Singapore Singapore 4-3 East Sumatra 09/05/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-0 Alsace 11/05/1948 Bangkok Phra Nakhon 3-7 China 13/05/1948 Bangkok Bangkok XI 0-5 China 22/05/1948 København Denmark 1-2 Blackpool FC København XI 23/05/1948 Singapore All-Malaya Malays 1-4 China 23/05/1948 Schaffhausen Kant. Schaffhausen 0-6 England 29/05/1948 Batavia SV Jong Ambon 1-5 China 30/05/1948 Batavia Batavia XI 0-3 China 01/06/1948 Batavia UMS 0-1 China 02/06/1948 København Denmark 3-0 Blackpool FC København XI 02/06/1948 Bombay India 3-1 Trades India SC 05/06/1948 Bandoeng UNI/Hercules XI 1-5 China 06/06/1948 Bandoeng Bandoeng XI 0-6 China 07/06/1948 København Denmark 2-2 Portsmouth FC 09/06/1948 Semarang Semarang XI 4-4 China 12/06/1948 Soerabaja Soerabaja XI 0-2 China 13/06/1948 Soerabaja Tiong Hoa 2-2 China 15/06/1948 Makassar CVB 1-7 China 17/06/1948 Makassar Vios 2-1 China 19/06/1948 Makassar Makassar XI 2-5 China 20/06/1948 Makassar MOS 0-4 China 26/06/1948 Singapore Malayan Chinese 0-3 China 30/06/1948 Singapore Combined Services 1-0 China 04/07/1948 Singapore Sing. Sino-Malays 0-2 China 06/07/1948 Hong Kong Combined Chinese 1-5 South Korea 12/07/1948 Calcutta Mohammedan SC 1-3 China 13/07/1948 (England) Departm. Store XI 0-15 India 14/07/1948 Calcutta East Bengal Club 2-0 China 15/07/1948 Calcutta Mohun Bagan AC 0-0 China 16/07/1948 Thames Ditton Metro. Police FC 1-3 India ??/07/1948 (England) Royal Air Force - USA (result was a draw) 24/07/1948 Pinner Pinner FC 1-9 India 26/07/1948 Hayes Hayes FC 1-4 India ??/07/1948 Wood Green Alexandra Park FC 2-8 India 29/07/1948 Tórshavn Faroe Islands 4-1 Shetland Islands Adam Shield 31/07/1948 Wellington New Zealand 6-1 NZ Air Force 03/08/1948 Hamilton South Auckland 1-6 Australia or 0-6 ? 03/08/1948 Manila Philippines 0-5 Shanghai Chinese All-Manila 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 12/08/1948 Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam 2-1 India 14/08/1948 Amsterdam AFC Ajax 1-5 India 16/08/1948 Den Haag VUC (den Haag) 1-0 India 16/08/1948 Bangkok Thailand Chinese 1-8 China 17/08/1948 Bangkok Phra Nakhon 0-5 China 18/08/1948 Christchurch Canterbury XI 1-3 Australia 19/08/1948 Bangkok Chai Sod 2-5 China or 3-5 ? 21/08/1948 Ilford Isthmian League 1-3 India 21/08/1948 Timaru S. Is. Minor A. XI 0-11 Australia 24/08/1948 Bangkok Chai Sod 1-7 China 25/08/1948 Dunedin Otago XI 0-6 Australia 31/08/1948 Sutton Coldfield Boldmere St Mich. 0-1 India 01/09/1948 Wellington Wellington XI 1-7 Australia 02/09/1948 Finchley Athenian League 1-1 India 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 17/10/1948 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg 2-2 Alsace 17/10/1948 New York City American League XI 3-2 Israel 24/10/1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1-2 Zuid Nederland 01/12/1948 İstanbul XI 1-2 Greece