Liga Bulgaria 1944

						Round 1

Note: The teams shown in first place were hosts in the first legs.

Shipchenski sokol (Varna) - ZhSK (Varna)                 1:0; 1:0
Orel-Chegan 30 (Vratsa) - Knyaz Simeon Tarnovski (Pavl)  3:3; 3:4 *
ZhSK (Plovdiv) - Botev (Plovdiv)                         3:1; 2:2
Botev (Yambol) - ZhSK (Stara Zagora)                     5:1; 3:2 *
Slavia (Dupnitsa) - Makedonska slava (Gorna Dzhumaya)    4:2; 4:4
Levski (Dobrich) - Vihar (Silistra)                      2:1; 3:0 awd
Momchil yunak (Kavala) - Bulgaria (Haskovo)              1:1; 3:0 awd *
Levski (Sofia) - Slavia (Sofia)                          4:3; 1:0
Benkovski (Sofia) - AS 23 (Sofia)                        3:1; 7:1
Han Kubrat (Popovo)                                      bye
Dobrudzha (Ruse)                                         bye
Etar (Tarnovo)                                           bye
SP 39 (Pleven)                                           bye
Viktoria 23 (Vidin)                                      bye
Makedonia (Skopie)                                       bye
ZhSK (Skopie)                                            bye
Levski (Burgas)                                          bye

* - Knyaz Simeon Tarnovski, Botev (Yambol) and Momchil yunak probably
withdrew from further participation, with ZhSK (Stara Zagora) and Bulgaria
(Haskovo) taking the places in the next round of Botev and Momchil yunak
respectively, while Orel-Chegan 30 probably didn't want to continue
participation either.

Round 2 (1/8 finals)

Viktoria 23 (Vidin) - Levski (Sofia)                     2:9; 0:3 awd *
Benkovski (Sofia) - Slavia (Dupnitsa)                    6:0; 3:0
SP 39 (Pleven) - Etar (Tarnovo)                          3:0; 2:3
Makedonia (Skopie) - ZhSK (Skopie)                       0:1; ?:? **
ZhSK (Plovdiv) - Bulgaria (Haskovo)                      4:3; ?:? **
ZhSK (Stara Zagora) - Levski (Burgas)                    0:2; 0:3 awd
Levski (Dobrich) - Shipchenski sokol (Varna)             2:1; 1:2; 0:3 awd
Dobrudzha (Ruse) - Han Kubrat (Popovo)                   0:5; 0:3 awd

* - at least one of the pairs (Viktoria 23 - Levski), and probably more,
played both legs at a single venue.
** - results from the second legs unknown.

Round 3 (1/4 finals)

Benkovski (Sofia) - Han Kubrat (Popovo)                  npd; npd *
Shipchenski sokol (Varna) - Levski (Sofia)               npd; npd *
Levski (Burgas) - Bulgaria (Haskovo)                     npd; npd *
SP 39 (Pleven) - Makedonia (Skopie)                      npd; npd *

* - with the 1/8 finals taking place in late August, the draw for the
1/4 finals was made, but the matches were never played because of the
establishment of communist rule on 9 September 1944 and the initial chaos
that ensued.



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