The event and its record
Hungary won the second Balkan Team Championship at Sofia in November 1947, beating Bulgaria and Romania by 6½–1½ and Yugoslavia by 5–3. The four national teams played a single round robin over eight boards.
Hungary finished on eighteen board points, Yugoslavia thirteen, and Bulgaria and Romania 8½ each. Bulgaria won their direct match to finish ahead on match points. All forty-eight games are available.
The preserved sources and later tables differ in some pairings, round order and first-name expansions. The archive retains its original pairings and recorded names; an explicit historical reconciliation identifies several of these pairings as the originals. Individual game days are unknown and remain partial dates.
Final standings
All forty-eight games are available. The archive preserves the source’s original pairings, partial dates and board labels, including differences from later normalized tables.
| # | Team | Points | MP | Match record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 18 | 6 | +3 =0 -0 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 13 | 4 | +2 =0 -1 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 8½ | 2 | +1 =0 -2 |
| 4 | Romania | 8½ | 0 | +0 =0 -3 |
Cross Table
| Rank | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 5 | 6½ | 6½ | |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 5½ | 4½ | |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 1½ | 2½ | 4½ | |
| 4 | Romania | 1½ | 3½ | 3½ |
Each cell shows the row team's board (game) points in its match against the column team, out of the boards played. ● = same team. Ranking is by total board points; match points (2 for a match win, 1 for a draw) are the secondary column.