The 1960–61 Balkans Cup was the first edition of the

Balkans Cup The Balkans Cup was an international football competition for clubs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. It was introduced in 1961 and was very popular in the 1960s (the 1967 final attracted 42,000 spectators), being t ...

, a

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competition for representative clubs from the

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states. Yugoslavian runner-up

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chose to play in the first edition of the

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, and no other Yugoslav team replaced them. The tournament was contested by 5 teams and Steagul Roșu Brașov won the trophy.H. Grüne, "Enzyklopädie der europäischen Fussballvereine - die Erstliga-Mannschaften Europas seit 1885", Agon Sportverlag, 1992.

Standings

Matches

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Notes *Note 1: After Steagul Roșu Brașov won the trophy on 15 November 1961,

AEK Athens A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greece, Greek multi-sport club based in Nea ...

withdrew from the tournament.

References

External links

RSSSF Archive → Balkans Cup
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