1956 AFC Asian Cup

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The 1956 AFC Asian Cup is the inaugural tournament of AFC Asian Cup. The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from September 1 to September 15, 1956. It was won by Korea Republic.

Contents 1 Qualifying Round 1.1 Group 1 1.2 Group 2 1.2.1 Preliminary Round 1.2.2 Final Round 1.3 Group 3 1.3.1 Preliminary Round 1.3.2 Final Round 2 Final tournament

[edit] Qualifying Round

[edit] Group 1

Israel qualified automatically after Afghanistan and Pakistan withdrew.

[edit] Group 2

[edit] Preliminary Round

March 17, 1956

Malaya

9–2

Cambodia

Kuala Lumpur

April 24, 1956

Cambodia

3–3

Malaya

Phnom Penh

Malaya qualified to the final round with 12–4 on aggregate

[edit] Final Round

May 3, 1956

Republic of Vietnam

4–0

Malaya

Saigon

May 24, 1956

Malaya

3–2

Republic of Vietnam

Kuala Lumpur

Republic of Vietnam qualified from group 2 with 7–3 on aggregate

[edit] Group 3

[edit] Preliminary Round

February 25, 1956

Philippines

0–2

Korea Republic

Manila

April 21, 1956

Korea Republic

3–0

Philippines

Seoul

Korea Republic qualified to the final round with 5–0 on aggregate

[edit] Final Round

August 26, 1956

Korea Republic

2–0

Taiwan

Seoul

September 2, 1956

Taiwan

1–2

Korea Republic

Taipei

Korea Republic qualified from group 3 with 4–1 on aggregate

[edit] Final tournament

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Korea Republic	5	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3
Israel	4	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Hong Kong	2	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1
Republic of Vietnam	1	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3

September 1, 1956

Israel

3–2

Hong Kong

September 6, 1956

Korea Republic

2–2

Hong Kong

September 8, 1956

Korea Republic

2–1

Israel

September 9, 1956

Republic of Vietnam

2–2

Hong Kong

September 12, 1956

Israel

2–1

Republic of Vietnam

September 15, 1956

Korea Republic

5–3

Republic of Vietnam

1956 AFC Asian Cup Winners
Korea Republic First title

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