1960 AFC Asian Cup

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The Asian Football Confederation's 1960 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in the Rep. of Korea between October 14 and October 21.

The final tournament was organised on a round robin basis, and host country Rep. of Korea won with a perfect record of three wins.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Qualifying Rounds 2.1 Western Zone 2.1.1 Results 2.2 Central Zone 2.2.1 Results 2.3 Eastern Zone 2.3.1 Results 3 Final Tournament 3.1 Final Results

[edit] Qualification

• Rep. of Korea qualified automatically as hosts and defending champions

The other 3 qualifying teams were:

• Israel
• Rep. of Vietnam
• Taiwan

[edit] Qualifying Rounds

[edit] Western Zone

All matches held in India

December 1, 1959

India

0 - 1

Pakistan

December 5, 1959

Iran

3 - 0

Israel

December 6, 1959

Iran

4 - 1

Pakistan

December 8, 1959

Israel

3 - 1

India

Iran

1 - 3

India

December 10, 1959

Israel

2 - 0

Pakistan

December 12, 1959

Israel

1 - 1

Iran

December 13, 1959

Pakistan

4 - 1

Iran

December 14, 1959

India

1 - 2

Israel

December 15, 1959

India

1 - 2

Iran

December 17, 1959

Pakistan

2 - 2

Israel

[edit] Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Israel	6	3	2	1	10	8	8
Iran	6	3	1	2	12	10	7
Pakistan	5	2	1	2	8	10	5
India	5	1	0	4	7	9	2

Israel qualified from the Western Zone

[edit] Central Zone

All matches held in Singapore

April 15, 1960

Singapore

1 - 4

Rep. of Vietnam

April 18, 1960

Rep. of Vietnam

1 - 0

Malaysia

April 21, 1960

Singapore

2 - 5

Malaysia

[edit] Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Rep. of Vietnam	2	2	0	0	5	1	4
Malaysia	2	1	0	1	5	3	2
Singapore	2	0	0	2	3	9	0

Rep. of Vietnam qualified from the Central Zone

[edit] Eastern Zone

All matches held in Philippines

April 13, 1960

Philippines

4 - 7

Taiwan

April 15, 1960

Philippines

0 - 7

Hong Kong

April 18, 1960

Taiwan

7 - 4

Hong Kong

[edit] Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Taiwan	2	2	0	0	14	8	4
Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	11	7	2
Philippines	2	0	0	2	4	14	0

Taiwan qualified from the Eastern Zone

[edit] Final Tournament

October 14, 1960

Rep. of Korea

5 - 1

Rep. of Vietnam

October 17, 1960

Rep. of Korea

3 - 0

Israel

Taiwan

3 - 1

Rep. of Vietnam

October 19, 1960

Israel

5 - 1

Rep. of Vietnam

October 20, 1960

Israel

1 - 0

Taiwan

October 21, 1960

Rep. of Korea

1 - 0

Taiwan

[edit] Final Results

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Rep. of Korea	3	3	0	0	9	1	6
Israel	3	2	0	1	6	4	4
Taiwan	3	1	0	2	3	3	2
Rep. of Vietnam	3	0	0	3	3	13	0

AFC Asian Cup 1960 Champion: Rep. of Korea

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