[1][2][3] In the following tournaments the system saw significant changes, with teams playing each other only once, and instead of taking three years to complete it was shortened to just a single week.

Greece dropped out of the tournament the same year, and was replaced by Albania, who went on to win the 1946 edition by defeating Romania 1–0 in the final game.

[1][11] In 1948 the Balkan Cup was expanded to seven teams with Poland and Czechoslovakia joining the tournament.

Because of the expansions, the 1947 and 1948 tournaments were officially renamed Balkan and Central European Championship.

[1][13] In 1977 the second edition of the revived tournament was launched, this time consisting of five teams with Yugoslavia returning to take part.