1940 Mitropa Cup

The 1940 Mitropa Cup was the 14th edition of the Mitropa Cup and the last season played before the competition was interrupted by the Second World War. The competition would be resumed after the war under the name Zentropa Cup but by that time it was overshadowed by the newly formed European Cup[1] which included teams from all parts of Europe. Last season's champions Újpest were eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the competition. This edition is notable for being the first edition in which a team from Romania reached the final. Rapid București of Romania beat Hungária FC MTK Budapest of Hungary in the quarterfinals and got past Građanski of Yugoslavia in the semi-finals to get to the finals in which they were to play Ferencváros. The final was cancelled due to the Second World War.

1940 Mitropa Cup
Tournament details
Dates17 June – 10 July 1940
Teams8
Final positions
Championsnone
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Top scorer(s)Hungary György Sárosi (5 goals)

Eight teams participated in the competition with Hungary and Yugoslavia each sending three teams and Romania sending two. However Czechoslovakia and Italy did not participate because of the war.

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hungária MTK Hungary 1–5 Romania Rapid București 1–2 0–3
Beogradski SK Kingdom of Yugoslavia 4–0 Romania Venus București 1–0 3–0
Slavija Kingdom of Yugoslavia 4–11 Hungary Ferencváros 3–0 1–11
Građanski Kingdom of Yugoslavia 5–0 Hungary Újpest 4–0 1–0

Semifinals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Građanski Kingdom of Yugoslavia 0–0a Romania Rapid București 0–0 0–0
Beogradski SK Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1–2 Hungary Ferencváros 1–0 0–2

Play-off
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Građanski Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1–1b Romania Rapid București
  • a Match decided by play off.
  • b Match decided by coin toss.

Finals

The final between Rapid București and Ferencváros was scheduled to take place in July 1940. However, due to the events of World War II it was cancelled.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Hungary György Sárosi Hungary Ferencváros 9
2 Hungary Károly Finta Hungary Ferencváros 4
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Vilim Šipoš Romania Rapid București
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Zvonimir Cimermančić Kingdom of Yugoslavia Građanski

Notes
  1. Dunmore 2011, p. 180

References

Dunmore, Thomas (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press.

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