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{{About|the defunct regional football competition contested by national teams of Balkan countries|the club version|Balkans Cup|the youth version|Balkan Youth Championship}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = Balkan Cup
| image                = Wildfires_Balkans_July_2007-NASA.jpg
| imagesize            =
| caption              = The Balkan region of Europe, seen from space
| organiser            = 
| founded              = 1929
| abolished            = 1980
| region               = [[Balkans]] ([[UEFA]])
| number of teams      = 3 to 7 teams
| current champions    = {{fb|ROU}}
| most successful team = {{fb|ROU}} (4 titles)
}}

The '''Balkan Cup''' (officially ''Coupe Balkanique de Football'')<ref>[https://www.sportsmemories.be/Book.aspx?id=30602 sportsmemories.be]</ref>{{efn|
*{{Langx|sq|Kupa e Ballkanit}}
*{{Langx|bg|Балканска национална купа|Balkanska nacionalna kupa}}
*{{Langx|el|Βαλκανικό Κύπελλο Εθνών Ποδοσφαίρου|Valkanikó Kýpello Ethnón Podosfaírou}}
*{{Langx|hr|Kup Balkana za nogometne reprezentacije}}
*{{Langx|hu|Labdarúgó-Balkán-bajnokság}}
*{{Langx|pl|Puchar bałkański w piłce nożnej}}
*{{Langx|ro|Cupa Balcanilor}}
*{{Langx|sr|Балкански куп у фудбалу за репрезентације|Balkanski kup u fudbalu za reprezentacije}}
*{{Langx|tr|Balkan Kupası}}}} was an international [[association football]] competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from the [[Balkans]] region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles.<ref name=rsssf>{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkancup.html|work=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|author=Guy De Dekker and Karel Stokkermans |date=23 November 2006|access-date=18 March 2013 |title=Balkan Cup (for Nations)}}</ref>

==Overview==
The first edition featured [[Romania national football team|Romania]], [[Greece national football team|Greece]], [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] and [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] and was played over three years from 1929 to 1931.<ref name=rsssf/> All teams played each other twice, home and away, and were awarded 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw, with final ranking table determining the winner. Romania won the first title with a game in hand after beating Yugoslavia 4–2.<ref name=rsssf/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-1|title=Balkan Cup 1931|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5560|title=Yugoslavia - Romania 2:4|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref>

In the following tournaments the system saw significant changes, with teams playing each other only once, and instead of taking three years to complete it was shortened to just a single week. From 1932 to 1936 the competition was played every year with the same four teams until the outbreak of [[World War II]].<ref name=rsssf/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-2|title=Balkan Cup 1932|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-3|title=Balkan Cup 1933|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-4|title=Balkan Cup 1934–35|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-5|title=Balkan Cup 1935|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref>

After a seven-year hiatus due to World War II, the competition was revived in 1946. Greece dropped out of the tournament the same year, and was replaced by [[Albania national football team|Albania]], who went on to win the 1946 edition by defeating Romania 1–0 in the final game.<ref name=rsssf/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlCh-1|title=Balkan Cup 1946|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6350|title=Albania - Romania 1:0|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> In 1947 [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] entered the tournament and won it in its first attempt.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=EU1947>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlCh-2|title=Balkan Cup 1947|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> Hungary were a world footballing power at the time and proved this with a 9–0 thrashing against Bulgaria.<ref name=rsssf/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6408|title=Hungary - Bulgaria 9:0|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> In 1948 the Balkan Cup was expanded to seven teams with [[Poland national football team|Poland]] and [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] joining the tournament.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=EU1948>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlCh-n|title=Balkan Cup 1948|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> However, the 1948 edition was never completed for unknown reasons.{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} Hungary were topping the group at the time of its cancellation. Because of the expansions, the 1947 and 1948 tournaments were officially renamed '''Balkan and Central European Championship'''.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=EU1947/><ref name=EU1948/>

The competition was not played again until 1973 when a round robin group system was replaced by a knockout system with semi-finals and finals, played over three years. This time only four countries took part – Romania, Bulgaria, [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] and Greece. Bulgaria won the final on away goals against Romania in 1976.<ref name=rsssf/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-7|title=Balkan Cup 1973–76|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> In 1977 the second edition of the revived tournament was launched, this time consisting of five teams with Yugoslavia returning to take part. Romania went on to win the last edition in 1980 by beating Yugoslavia 4–1 at home in the final.<ref name=rsssf/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=BlC-8|title=Balkan Cup 1977–80|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=7637|title=Romania - Yugoslavia 4:1|publisher=EU-football.info|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref>

==Winners==
Source:<ref name=rsssf/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=40|#
!rowspan=2 width=70|Season
!rowspan=2 width=150|Champions <small>(titles)</small>
!rowspan=2 width=150|Runners-up
!rowspan=2 width=150|Third place
!colspan=2|Top scorer(s)
|-
!width=220|Player(s) <small>(Country)</small>
!Goals
|-
|align=center|1
|align=center|[[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929–31]]
|{{Fb|Romania}} <small>(1)</small>
|{{Fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|{{Fb|Greece|old}}
|[[Iuliu Bodola]] <small>(Romania)</small><br />[[Rudolf Wetzer]] <small>(Romania)</small>
|{{center|7}}
|-
|align=center|2
|align=center|[[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]]
|{{Fb|Bulgaria}} <small>(1)</small> ‡
|{{Fb|Turkey}} 
|{{Fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|[[Asen Panchev]] <small>(Bulgaria)</small>
|{{center|3}}
|-
|align=center|3
|align=center|[[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]]
|{{Fb|Bulgaria}} <small>(2)</small>
|{{Fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} ‡
|{{Fb|Romania}}
|[[Aleksandar Živković (footballer, born 1912)|Aleksandar Živković]] <small>(Yugoslavia)</small>
|{{center|5}}
|-
|align=center|4
|align=center|[[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]]
|{{Fb|Romania}} <small>(2)</small> ‡
|{{Fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|{{Fb|Bulgaria}}
|[[Gheorghe Ciolac]] <small>(Romania)</small><br />[[Ștefan Dobay]] <small>(Romania)</small>
|{{center|4}}
|-
|align=center|5
|align=center|[[1934–35 Balkan Cup|1934–35]]
|{{Fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} <small>(1)</small> 
|{{Fb|Greece|old}} ‡
|{{Fb|Romania}}
|[[Aleksandar Tirnanić]] <small>(Yugoslavia)</small><br />[[Aleksandar Tomašević]] <small>(Yugoslavia)</small>
|{{center|3}}
|-
|align=center|6
|align=center|[[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]]
|{{Fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} <small>(2)</small> 
|{{Fb|Bulgaria}} ‡
|{{Fb|Greece|old}}
|[[Ljubomir Angelov]] <small>(Bulgaria)</small>
|{{center|6}}
|-
|align=center|7
|align=center|[[1936 Balkan Cup|1936]]
|{{Fb|Romania}} <small>(3)</small> ‡
|{{Fb|Bulgaria}}
|{{Fb|Greece|old}}
|[[Sándor Schwartz]] <small>(Romania)</small>
|{{center|4}}
|- style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:2pt;"
||||||||||||||
|-
|align=center|8
|align=center|[[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]]
|{{Fb|Albania|1946}} <small>(1)</small> ‡
|{{Fb|Yugoslavia}}
|{{Fb|Romania}}
|[[Loro Boriçi]] <small>(Albania)</small><br />[[Qamil Teliti]] <small>(Albania)</small><br />[[Nicolae Reuter]] <small>(Romania)</small><br />[[Božidar Sandić]] <small>(Yugoslavia)</small>
|{{center|2}}
|-
|align=center|9
|align=center|[[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]]
|{{Fb|Hungary|1946}} <small>(1)</small> 
|{{Fb|Yugoslavia}}
|{{Fb|Romania}}
|[[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Ferenc Deák]] <small>(Hungary)</small>
|{{center|5}}
|-
|align=center|10
|align=center|[[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]]
|colspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE| {{center|''Competition abandoned in November 1948<br />after 16 matches played with Hungary on top of the table.''}}
|[[Ferenc Puskás]] <small>(Hungary)</small>
|{{center|5}}
|- style="background-color:#AAAAAA; line-height:2pt;"
||||||||||||||
|-
|align=center|11
|align=center|[[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76]]
|{{Fb|Bulgaria|1971}} <small>(3)</small>
|{{Fb|Romania|1965}}
|{{N/A}} {{GRE}} / {{TUR}}
|[[Cemil Turan]] <small>(Turkey)</small>
|{{center|4}}
|-
|align=center|12
|align=center|[[1977–80 Balkan Cup|1977–80]]
|{{Fb|Romania|1965}} <small>(4)</small>
|{{Fb|Yugoslavia}}
|{{N/A}} {{GRE}} / {{BUL}}
|[[Anghel Iordănescu]] <small>(Romania)</small>
|{{center|6}}
|}

==Medals (1929-1980)==
Exclude [[1948 Balkan Cup]]. Exclude semifinal losers in [[1973–76 Balkan Cup]] and [[1977–80 Balkan Cup]].

{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_ROU = 4 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 4
 | gold_BUL = 3 | silver_BUL = 2 | bronze_BUL = 1
 | gold_YUG = 2 | silver_YUG = 6 | bronze_YUG = 1
 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 3
 | gold_TUR = 0 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 0
 | gold_ALB = 1 | silver_ALB = 0 | bronze_ALB = 0
 | gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 0
}}

==All-time top goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Name
!Team
!Goals
!Tournament(s)
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Iuliu Bodola]]
|align="left"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|15
|1929-31(7), 1932(1), 1933(2), 1934-35(2), 1935(1), 1936(2)
|-
|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ljubomir Angelov]]
|align="left"|[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
|14
|1929-31(1), 1931(1), 1932(2), 1934-35(2), 1935(6), 1936(2)
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} [[Aleksandar Živković (footballer, born 1912)|Aleksandar Živković]]
|align="left"|[[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
|rowspan="2"|10
|1932(5), 1933(3), 1935(2)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Asen Panchev]]
|align="left"|[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
|1929-31(1), 1931(3), 1932(2), 1934-35(2), 1936(2)
|-
|rowspan="4"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Deak (footballer)|Ferenc Deak]]
|align="left"|[[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]
|rowspan="4"|9
|1947(5) and 1948(4)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} [[Blagoje Marjanović]]
|align="left"|[[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]
|1929-31(4), 1931(1), 1934-35(1) and 1935(3)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Gheorghe Ciolac]]
|align="left"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|1929-31(1), 1932(1), 1933(4), 1934-35(2), 1936(1)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Asen Peshev]]
|align="left"|[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
|1929-31(3), 1931(1), 1932(2), 1934-35(1), 1935(2)
|-
|rowspan="4"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Ferenc Puskas]]
|align="left"|[[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]
|rowspan="4"|8
|1947(3) and 1948(5)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Romania|1965}} [[Anghel Iordanescu]]
|align="left"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|1973-76(2) and 1977-80(6)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ștefan Dobay]]
|align="left"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|1929-31(1), 1933(4), 1934-35(1), 1936(2)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Mihail Lozanov]]
|align="left"|[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]
|1929-31(1), 1931(2), 1932(1), 1934-35(1), 1935(2), 1936(1)
|-
|rowspan="2"|13
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Rudolf Wetzer]]
|align="left"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|rowspan="2"|7
|1929-31(7)
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GRE|old}} [[Kostas Choumis]]
|align="left"|[[Greece national football team|Greece]]
|1934-35(1), 1935(4), 1936(2)
|}

==Managers with most wins==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Manager
!Wins
!Editions
!Notes
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Constantin Rădulescu (footballer, born 1896)|Constantin Rădulescu]]
|3
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929–1931]], [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]], [[1936 Balkan Cup|1936]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Rădulescu won 3 titles with Romania
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Otto Faist]]
|2
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]], [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Otto Faist won 2 titles with Bulgaria 
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Romania|1965}} [[Ştefan Kovács]]
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1977–80 Balkan Cup|1977–80]]
|
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BUL|1971}} [[Stoyan Ormandzhiev]]
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1973–76 Balkan Cup|1973–76]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Ormandzhiev took over from [[Hristo Mladenov]] in 1974
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Ljubiša Broćić]]
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Broćić won it with Albania 
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} [[Boško Simonović]]
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Simonović won it with Yugoslavia
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} [[Ivo Šuste]]<br>{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} [[Mata Miodragović]]<br>{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}} [[Petar Pleše]]
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1934–35 Balkan Cup|1934–35]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Šuste, Miodragović, Pleše were joint managers
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN|1946}} [[Tibor Gallowich]]
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]]
|style="text-align: left;"|Gallowich was also Hungary's manager in the abandoned [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948 edition]]
|-
|}

==Titles by national team==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:35%;"
|-
! style="width:15%;"| Country
! style="width:10%;"| Winners
! style="width:10%;"| Runners-up
|-
| {{flagicon|ROM}} '''[[Romania national football team|Romania]]'''
| {{center|'''4'''}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
| {{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]'''
| {{center|'''3'''}}
| {{center|2}}
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} '''[[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]'''
| {{center|'''2'''}}
| {{center|6}}
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN|1946}} '''[[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]'''
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|–}}
|-
| {{flagicon|ALB|1946}} '''[[Albania national football team|Albania]]'''
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|–}}
|-
| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} '''[[Greece national football team|Greece]]'''
| {{center|'''–'''}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} '''[[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]'''
| {{center|'''–'''}}
| {{center|1}}
|-
|}

==Participations==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:80%;"
|-
! style="width:20%;"| Country
! style="width:10%;"| No
! style="width:150%;"| Editions
|-
| {{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]]'''
| {{center|'''12'''}}
| [[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929-1931]], [[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]], [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]], [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]], [[1934–35 Balkan Cup|1934-35]], [[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]], [[1936 Balkan Cup|1936]], [[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]], [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]], [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]], [[1973-76 Balkan Cup|1973-76]], [[1977-80 Balkan Cup|1977-80]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ROM}} '''[[Romania national football team|Romania]]'''
| {{center|'''11'''}}
| [[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929-1931]], [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]], [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]], [[1934–35 Balkan Cup|1934-35]], [[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]], [[1936 Balkan Cup|1936]], [[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]], [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]], [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]], [[1973-76 Balkan Cup|1973-76]], [[1977-80 Balkan Cup|1977-80]]
|-
| {{flagicon|YUG}} '''[[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]'''
| {{center|'''10'''}}
| [[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929-1931]], [[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]], [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]], [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]], [[1934–35 Balkan Cup|1934-35]], [[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]], [[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]], [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]], [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]], [[1977-80 Balkan Cup|1977-80]]
|-
| {{flagicon|GRE|old}} '''[[Greece national football team|Greece]]'''
| {{center|'''8'''}}
| [[1929–31 Balkan Cup|1929-1931]], [[1932 Balkan Cup|1932]], [[1933 Balkan Cup|1933]], [[1934–35 Balkan Cup|1934-35]], [[1935 Balkan Cup|1935]], [[1936 Balkan Cup|1936]], [[1973-76 Balkan Cup|1973-76]], [[1977-80 Balkan Cup|1977-80]]
|-
| {{flagicon|TUR}} '''[[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]'''
| {{center|'''3'''}}
| [[1931 Balkan Cup|1931]], [[1973-76 Balkan Cup|1973-76]], [[1977-80 Balkan Cup|1977-80]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Albania|1946}} '''[[Albania national football team|Albania]]'''
| {{center|'''3'''}}
| [[1946 Balkan Cup|1946]], [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]], [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]]
|-
| {{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Hungary national football team|Hungary]]'''
| {{center|'''2'''}}
| [[1947 Balkan Cup|1947]], [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Poland}} '''[[Poland national football team|Poland]]'''
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]]
|-
| {{flagicon| Czechoslovakia}} '''[[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]]'''
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| [[1948 Balkan Cup|1948]]
|-
|}

==Hat-tricks==
Since the first official tournament in [[1929-31 Balkan Cup|1929–31]], 17 hat-tricks have been scored in over 50 matches of the 12 editions of the tournament. The first hat-trick was scored by [[Rudolf Wetzer]] of [[Romania national football team|Romania]], playing against [[Greece national football team|Greece]] on 25 May 1930; and the last was by [[Anghel Iordănescu]] 50 years later, on 27 August 1980, when he netted a hat-trick for Romania in the second leg of the [[1977-80 Balkan Cup#final|1977–80 final]] in a 4-1 win over [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]. The record number of hat-tricks in a single Balkan Cup is four, during the inaugural edition. The only player to have scored more than one hat-trick is [[Ljubomir Angelov]], both at the [[1935 Balkan Cup]], in which he was the top goal scorer with those 6 goals. The record for the most goals scored in a single Balkan Cup game is 5, which has been achieved once: by Rudolf Wetzer when he scored 5 for Romania in a 8-1 win over Greece. Romania also holds the record for most hat-tricks scored with 5, being closely followed by [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] and Yugoslavia with 4 each. Bulgaria and Greece jointly hold the record for most hat-tricks conceded with 6 each, which means that only 5 hat-tricks have been scored against a team other than Bulgaria and Greece.

===List===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Balkan Cup hat-tricks
|-
!scope=col| #
!scope=col| Player
!scope=col| {{abbr|G|Number of goals (if more than 3)}}
!scope=col| Time of goals
!scope=col| For
!scope=col class="unsortable"| Goals
!scope=col| Result<!-- Note: the sort order is: 1st, margin of victory m; 2nd, goals scored s; coded as {{ntsh|m.s}} -->
!scope=col| Against
!scope=col| Tournament
!scope=col| Date
!scope=col class="unsortable"| FIFA<br>report
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|1}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Wetzer, Rudolf"| [[Rudolf Wetzer]]
|align="center"| 5
| {{Nts|8}}', 34', 75', 76', 80'
|{{fb|ROM}}
|'''1'''–1, '''2'''–1, '''5'''–1, '''6'''–1, '''8'''–1
|align=center| {{ntsh|8.1}} [[1929-31 Balkan Cup#Romania vs Greece|8–1]]
|{{fb|GRE|old}}
|rowspan=4| [[1929-31 Balkan Cup]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1930|5|25}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5497 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|2}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Tsolinas, Antonis"| [[Antonis Tsolinas]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{Nts|4}}', 50', 51', 60'
|{{fb|GRE|old}}
|'''1'''–0, '''4'''–0, '''5'''–0, '''6'''–0
|align=center| {{ntsh|6.1}} [[1929-31 Balkan Cup#Greece vs Bulgaria|6–1]]
|{{fb|BUL}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1930|12|7}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5439 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|3}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Tomasevic, Aleksandar"| [[Aleksandar Tomašević]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|38}}', 75', 83'
|{{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|'''2'''–0, '''3'''–1, '''4'''–1
|align=center| {{ntsh|4.1}} [[1929-31 Balkan Cup#Yugoslavia vs Greece|4–1]]
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|GRE|old}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1931|3|15}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5553 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|4}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Bodola, Iuliu"| [[Iuliu Bodola]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|13}}', 18', 84'
|{{fb|ROM}}
|'''1'''–0, '''2'''–0, '''4'''–2
|align=center| {{ntsh|4.2}} [[1929-31 Balkan Cup#Romania vs Greece|4–2]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1931|11|29}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5532 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|5}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Kodrnja, Slavko"| [[Slavko Kodrnja]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|12}}', 20', 72'
|{{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|'''1'''–1, '''2'''–1, '''4'''–2
|align=center| {{ntsh|3.5}} [[1933 Balkan Cup#Yugoslavia vs Greece|5–3]]
|rowspan=3| [[1933 Balkan Cup]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1933|6|3}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5735 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|6}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Ciolac, Gheorghe"| [[Gheorghe Ciolac]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|57}}', 61', 66'
|{{fb|ROM}}
|'''3'''–0, '''4'''–0, '''6'''–0
|align=center| {{ntsh|7.0}} [[1933 Balkan Cup#Romania vs Bulgaria|7–0]]
|rowspan=2| {{fb|BUL}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1933|6|4}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5737 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|7}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Kokotović, Mirko"| [[Mirko Kokotović]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|10}}', 54', 75'
|{{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|'''1'''–0, '''3'''–0, '''4'''–0
|align=center| {{ntsh|0.4}} [[1933 Balkan Cup#Yugoslavia vs Bulgaria|4–0]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1933|6|7}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5727 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|8}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Angelov, Ljubomir"| [[Ljubomir Angelov]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|26}}', 28', 63'
|rowspan=2| {{fb|BUL}}
|'''2'''–1, '''3'''–1, '''4'''–1
|align=center| {{ntsh|5.2}} [[1935 Balkan Cup#Bulgaria vs Greece|5–2]]
|{{fb|GRE|old}}
|rowspan=2| [[1935 Balkan Cup]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1935|6|16}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5894 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|9}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Angelov, Ljubomir"| [[Ljubomir Angelov]] (2)
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|25}}', 28', 66'
|'''1'''–2, '''2'''–2, '''3'''–2
|align=center| {{ntsh|3.3}} [[1935 Balkan Cup#Bulgaria vs Yugoslavia|3–3]]
|{{fb|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1935|6|24}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5888 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|10}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Farkaș, Iuliu"| [[Iuliu Farkaș]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|29}}', 69', 79'
|{{fb|ROM}}
|'''1'''–0, '''3'''–0, '''4'''–0
|align=center| {{ntsh|4.0}} [[1947 Balkan Cup#Romania vs Albania|4–0]]
|{{fb|ALB|1946}}
|rowspan=3| [[1947 Balkan Cup]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1947|5|25}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6442 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|11}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Deák, Ferenc"| [[Ferenc Deák (footballer)|Ferenc Deák]]
|align="center"| 4
| {{Nts|15}}', 34', 52', 79'
|rowspan=2| {{fb|HUN|1946}}
|'''1'''–0, '''2'''–0, '''7'''–0, '''8'''–0
|align=center| {{ntsh|9.0}} [[1947 Balkan Cup#Hungary vs Bulgaria|9–0]]
|rowspan=2| {{fb|BUL}}
|rowspan=2| {{dts|format=dmy|1947|8|17}}
|rowspan=2| [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6408 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|12}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Hidegkuti, Nándor"| [[Nándor Hidegkuti]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|47}}', 50', 86'
|'''4'''–0, '''6'''–0, '''9'''–0
|align=center| {{ntsh|9.0}} [[1947 Balkan Cup#Hungary vs Bulgaria|9–0]]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|13}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Egresi, Béla"| [[Béla Egresi]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|43}}', 61', 72'
|{{fb|HUN|1946}}
|'''2'''–0, '''5'''–0, '''7'''–0
|align=center| {{ntsh|9.0}} [[1948 Balkan Cup#Hungary vs Romania|9–0]]
|{{fb|ROM|1948}}
|rowspan=2| [[1948 Balkan Cup]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1948|6|6}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6491 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|14}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Puskás, Ferenc"| [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|44}}', 64', 83'
|{{fb|HUN|1946}}
|'''1'''–0, '''3'''–0, '''5'''–1
|align=center| {{ntsh|1.5}} [[1948 Balkan Cup#Hungary vs Romania|5–1]]
|{{fb|ROM|1948}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1948|10|24}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=6492 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|15}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Turan, Cemil"| [[Cemil Turan]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|47}}', 66', 86'
|{{fb|TUR}}
|'''2'''–1, '''4'''–2, '''5'''–2
|align=center| {{ntsh|5.2}} [[1973-76 Balkan Cup#Turkey vs Bulgaria|5–2]]
|{{fb|BUL|1971}}
|[[1973-76 Balkan Cup]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1973|04|18}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11980 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|16}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Halilhodžić, Vahid"| [[Vahid Halilhodžić]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|33}}', 58', 84'([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]].)
|{{fb|YUG}}
|'''1'''–1, '''3'''–1, '''4'''–1
|align=center| {{ntsh|4.1}} [[1977-80 Balkan Cup#Turkey vs Greece|4–1]]
|{{fb|GRE}}
|rowspan=2| [[1977-80 Balkan Cup]]
|{{dts|format=dmy|1978|11|15}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=12811 Report]
|-
|align="right"| {{nts|17}}.
!scope=row data-sort-value="Iordănescu, Anghel"| [[Anghel Iordănescu]]
|align="center"| 3
| {{Nts|21}}', 55'([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]].), 79'([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]].)
|{{fb|ROM|1965}}
|'''1'''–0, '''3'''–0, '''4'''–1
|align=center| {{ntsh|4.1}} [[1977-80 Balkan Cup#Romania vs Yugoslavia|4–1]]
|{{fb|YUG}}
|{{dts|format=dmy|1980|08|27}}
|[https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=7637 Report]
|-
|}
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==See also==
* [[Balkans Cup]]
* [[Balkan Youth Championship]]
* [[Central European International Cup]]
* [[Central European Football League]]
* [[Mitropa Cup]]
* [[Latin Cup]]
* [[Mediterranean Cup (men's football)|Mediterranean Cup]]
* [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] [[Memorial Cup]]
* [[Balkans Cup (rugby league)]]
* Balkan Boxing Championship
* Balkan Kickboxing Championship
* Balkan Wrestling Championship
* Balkan Swimming Championship
* Balkan Bodybuilding Championship
* Balkan Chess Championship
* [[UEFA Euro 2024 Group F]] - Record Discipline Cards

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkancup.html RSSSF]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkan-u23.html RSSSF Balkan U23]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkan-u18.html RSSSF Balkan U18]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkan-u1517.html RSSSF Balkan U15/17]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/intland-youth.html RSSSF Intland Youth]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/balkan-club.html Balkan Club]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesj/joeg-intres-intro.html Joeg Intes Intro]
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwed-4nat-u17.html RSSSF U17]

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