The 1973–76

Balkan Cup The Balkan Cup 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. Overview The first edition featured Romania, ...

was the 11th

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tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. The tournament was won by Bulgaria over Romania via the away goal rule, the score being 3–3 in the two legs of the final. The top goalscorer was

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from Turkey with 4 goals.

Bracket

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

First leg

Second leg

Winner

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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