This cup was originally conceived by the legendary Austrian Hugo Meisl and was played between the 5 most powerful central european nations: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy and Switzerland, and in the last edition Yugoslavia. It was contested 6 times but in one of them it was not finished. Played as a league on a home and away basis, it usually took more than two years to complete, the last two postwar editions, took more than five years to finish. It was discontinued in 1960, when the European Championship started.
Year Winner Runners-up 1927-30 ITALY Austria and Czechoslovakia (tied) 1931-32 AUSTRIA Italy 1933-35 ITALY Austria 1936-37 Not Finished 1948-53 HUNGARY Czechoslovakia 1954-60 CZECHOSLOVAKIA Hungary
Country Wins 2nd 3rd Italy 2 1 Austria 1 2 2 Czechoslovakia 1 2 Hungary 1 1 2
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