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{{Short description|1930 football tournament in Switzerland}}
{{Other uses|Nations Cup (disambiguation){{!}}Nations Cup}}
{{Infobox football tournament
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| image              = Coupe_des_Nations_1930.jpg              
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| organiser            = {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Servette FC]]
| title                = 
| founded              = 1930
| abolished            = {{start date and age|1930}}
| region               = Europe
| number of teams      = 10
| qualifier for        = 
| related comps        = [[Small Club World Cup]]
| domestic cup         = 
| confed cup           = 
| current champions    = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[Újpest FC|Újpest]]
| most successful club = 
| top scorer           = 
| broadcasters         = 
| motto                = 
| website              = 
| current              = 
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}}
'''Coupe des Nations 1930''' ({{langx|en|Cup of Nations}}) was a football tournament in the summer of 1930 in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]], organized by local club [[Servette FC]]. Servette had just won the Swiss championship, and organized this event as a counterpoint to the first [[1930 FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup]] held at the same time in [[Uruguay]], to which only few European countries (Belgium, France, Romania and Yugoslavia) sent a team. The tournament also marked the inauguration of the [[Charmilles Stadium|Stade des Charmilles]].<ref name=rsssf/>

Some people regard this competition as a predecessor of [[UEFA Champions League]], since it was the first organized competition for the national champion teams in Europe. The champions of all major European football nations of the pre-war years were invited, except for the British [[Home Nations]], who were withdrawn from FIFA at the time.

The competition was won by [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Újpest FC]] who scored 16 goals and conceded only 1 in 4 games. After winning the Coupe des Nations trophy, Újpest declared themselves 'Champion of the Champions'.<ref name=rsssf>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/coupedesnations30.html Coupe des Nations 1930] by Bart Ceulemans and Michiel Zandbelt on the RSSSF</ref>

In later years several attempts were made to create a tournament for the Champions of Europe. North-Italian cities were planning to host the competition in 1931, but it was abandoned due to financial reasons.<ref>[[Nemzeti Sport]], July 9, 1930, page 3.</ref> Finally in 1937, during the [[Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937)|Paris Expo]] a tournament was held as a successor of the Geneva tournament, but only two champion teams accepted the invitation.<ref name="RSSSF">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/colonialexpo37.html RSSSF - Tournoi International de l'Expo Universelle de Paris 1937].</ref> After the tournament [[Zürich]], as the host of the [[Schweizerische Landesausstellung (1939)|1939 Expo]] and [[Rome]], the [[Esposizione universale (1942)|1942 host]] made attempts to create the tournament, but both city's attempts failed.<ref>[[Nemzeti Sport]], August 1, 1937, page 1.</ref> The next time that the major European champions were called together was after the 1954 creation of [[UEFA]] who started the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in 1955.

==Participants==
* {{flagicon|Austria}} '''[[First Vienna FC]]'''        (cup winners 1929 and 1930; 3rd in league 1928/29)
* {{flagicon|France}} '''[[FC Sète 34|FC Sète]]'''         (cup winners 1929/30)
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} '''[[Bologna FC|AGC Bologna]]'''            (national champions 1928/29)
* {{flagicon|Netherlands}} '''[[Go Ahead Eagles|Go Ahead]]'''         (national champions 1929/30)
* {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} '''[[Real Unión|Real Unión Irún]]'''        (cup winners 1927; 6th in league 1929/30)
* {{flagicon|Switzerland}} '''[[Servette FC]]'''       (national champions 1929/30)
* {{flagicon|Belgium}} '''[[Cercle Brugge|R. CS Brugeois]]'''       (national champions 1929/30)
* {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} '''[[Slavia Prague]]'''       (national champions 1929/30)
* {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[SpVgg Fürth]]'''       (national champions 1929)
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} '''[[Újpest FC]]'''       (national champions 1929/30 and Mitropa Cup winner 1929)

''Notes:''
* Apparently Real Unión Irún were announced as Spanish champions 1929, which is most certainly wrong (they were 9th in the league 1928/29 and eliminated in the 1/16 finals of the domestic cup).
* Both Bologna and Irún had been allowed to field some players not signed with the club.
* The Greek and Norwegian FAs sent protest letters because their champions had not been invited.
* The tournament was supposed to have 12 participants, but [[Sheffield Wednesday]], the English champions, were not invited because they were withdrawn from FIFA, and [[S.L. Benfica]], the Portuguese champions, rejected the invitation.
*Bologna arrived too late at the tournament, so the match versus Go Ahead was after the first game of the quarterfinals. The loser of the match received a bye to the next round.

==First round==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse;" width=50%
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! align=left|Date!!align=right|Team #1 !! Result !! align=left|Team #2 
|- 
|align=left|28 June||align=right|[[Servette FC|Servette]] {{flagicon|Switzerland}}|| align="center" |0 – 7|| {{flagicon|Austria}} '''[[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]]'''
|- 
|align=left|29 June||align=right|[[FC Sete|Séte]] {{flagicon|France}} || align=center|3 – 4 ([[Extra time|aet]])|| {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[SpVgg Fürth|Fürth]]'''
|- 
|align=left|29 June||align=right|'''[[SK Slavia Praha|Slavia]]''' {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || align=center|4 – 2|| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Cercle Brugge]]
|- 
|align=left|30 June||align=right|'''[[Újpest FC|Újpest]]''' {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} || align=center|3 – 1|| {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} [[Real Unión|Irún]]
|- 
|align=left|2 July||align=right|[[Go Ahead Eagles|Go Ahead]] {{flagicon|Netherlands}} || align=center|0 – 4|| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} '''[[Bologna FC|Bologna]]'''
|}

==Consolation round (losers first round)==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse;" width=50%
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! align=left|Date!!align=right|Team #1 !! Result !! align=left|Team #2 
|- 
|align=left|1 July||align=right|'''[[Servette FC|Servette]]''' {{flagicon|Switzerland}} || align=center|2 – 1|| {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Cercle Brugge]]
|- 
|align=left|1 July||align=right|'''[[Real Unión|Irún]]''' {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} || align=center|5 – 1 || {{flagicon|France}} [[FC Sete|Sète]]
|}

''(Losing teams eliminated, winners progress to quarterfinals)''

==Quarter-finals==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse;" width=50%
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! align=left|Date!!align=right|Team #1 !! Result !! align=left|Team #2 
|- 
|align=left|2 July||align=right|'''[[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]]''' {{flagicon|Austria}} || align=center|7 – 1|| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[SpVgg Fürth|Fürth]]
|- 
|align=left|3 July||align=right|[[Go Ahead Eagles|Go Ahead]] {{flagicon|Netherlands}} || align=center|0 – 7 || {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} '''[[Újpest FC|Újpest]]'''
|- 
|align=left|3 July||align=right|[[Real Unión|Irún]] {{flagicon|Spain|1874}} || align=center|1 – 2|| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} '''[[SK Slavia Praha|Slavia]]'''
|- 
|align=left|4 July||align=right|'''[[Servette FC|Servette]]''' {{flagicon|Switzerland}} || align=center|4 – 1|| {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} [[Bologna FC|Bologna]]
|}

==Semi-finals==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse;" width=50%
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! align=left|Date!!align=right|Team #1 !! Result !! align=left|Team #2 
|- 
|align=left|5 July||align=right|'''[[Újpest FC|Újpest]]''' {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} || align=center|3 – 0|| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Servette FC|Servette]]
|- 
|align=left|5 July||align=right|[[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]] {{flagicon|Austria}} || align=center|1 – 3 || {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} '''[[SK Slavia Praha|Slavia]]'''
|}

==Third place match==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse;" width=50%
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! align=left|Date!!align=right|Team #1 !! Result !! align=left|Team #2 
|- 
|align=left|6 July||align=right|'''[[First Vienna FC|First Vienna]]''' {{flagicon|Austria}} || align=center|5 – 1|| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Servette FC|Servette]]
|}

==Final==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse: collapse;" width=50%
|- bgcolor="efefef"
! align=left|Date!!align=right|Team #1 !! Result !! align=left|Team #2 
|- 
|align=left|6 July||align=right|'''[[Újpest FC|Újpest]]''' {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} || align=center|3 – 0|| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[SK Slavia Praha|Slavia]]
|}

===Match details===
{{football box
|date = 6 July 1930 
|event = Coupe des Nations Final
|team1 = [[Újpest FC|Újpest]] {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{flagicon|TCH}} [[SK Slavia Prague|Slavia Prague]]
|goals1 = János Köves {{goal|25||64||77}}
|goals2 =
|report = [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/coupedesnations30.html Report]
|stadium = [[Charmilles Stadium|Stade des Charmilles]]
|location = [[Geneva]]
|attendance = 22,000
|referee = [[Stanley Rous]] (England)
}}
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{{Football kit
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{| style="font-size:90%; margin:0.2em auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[János Aknai]]
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Gyula Dudás
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[József Fogl|József Fogl III]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Ferenc Borsányi
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[Béla Volentik]]
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} János Víg
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|ROM}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[Albert Ströck]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|ROM}} {{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[István Avar]] 
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} János Köves
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[Illés Spitz]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} [[Gábor P. Szabó]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Hungary}} Lajos Bányai
|}
{{col-2}}
{| style=font-size:90% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center
|colspan="4"| 
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[František Plánička]]
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} Adolf Fiala
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} Antonín Novák
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Vodička]]
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Adolf Šimperský]]
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} Václav Šubrt
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[František Junek]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} Jindřich Šoltys
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[František Svoboda]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Antonín Puč]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|TCH}} Václav Bára 
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jake Madden|John William Madden]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==Final classification==
* 1. Újpest
* 2. Slavia
* 3. First Vienna
* 4. Servette
* 5–8. Irún, Bologna, Fürth and Go Ahead
* 9–10. Cercle Brugge and Sète

==See also ==
*[[Tournoi international de l'Exposition Universelle de Paris]] 

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Friendly association football tournaments in Switzerland}}
{{Friendly association football tournaments in Europe}}
{{SK Slavia Prague}}

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[[Category:1929–30 in European football]]
[[Category:Servette FC]]
[[Category:International club association football competitions hosted by Switzerland]]
[[Category:1929–30 in Swiss football]]