1964 AFC Asian Cup

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1964 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Israel 1964
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Israel Israel
Dates 26 May9 June
Teams
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Israel Israel (1st title)
Second place Flag of India India
Third place Flag of South Korea Korea Republic
Fourth place Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 13  (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Israel Mordechai Spiegler
Flag of India Inder Singh
(2 goals)

The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the third tournament of AFC Asian Cup. The finals were held in Israel from May 26 to June 9, 1964.

The tournament used a round robin system, and host nation Israel won the title with a perfect record of three wins.

Contents

[edit] Qualifying Rounds

  • Flag of India India qualified by default (India were to play with Flag of Iran Iran, Flag of Pakistan Pakistan and a couple of other teams that were to be played either on home and away basis, or a special tournament, but all the teams involved refused to play India due to political reasons at that time and thus India were awarded a place in the Asia Cup Finals).

[edit] Group 1 (tournament in South Vietnam)

 Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 5 3 2 1 0 11 7 +4
Flag of South Vietnam South Vietnam 4 3 2 0 1 9 7 +3
Flag of Federation of Malaya Malaya 2 3 1 0 2 9 10 −1
Flag of Thailand Thailand 1 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5

December 7, 1963

Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 3–3 Flag of Thailand Thailand
South Vietnam Flag of South Vietnam 5–3 Flag of Federation of Malaya Malaya

December 11, 1963

Malaya Flag of Federation of Malaya 3–1 Flag of Thailand Thailand
South Vietnam Flag of South Vietnam 1–4 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong

December 14, 1963

Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 4–3 Flag of Federation of Malaya Malaya
South Vietnam Flag of South Vietnam 3–0 Flag of Thailand Thailand

[edit] Final tournament

[edit] Table

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

[edit] Results

26 May 1964 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong 0–1 Flag of Israel Israel Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
(Report)

27 May 1964 Korea Republic Flag of South Korea 0–2 Flag of India India Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
(Report)

29 May 1964 Israel Flag of Israel 2–0 Flag of India India Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
(Report)

2 June 1964 India Flag of India 3–1 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
(Report)

3 June 1964 Korea Republic Flag of South Korea 1–2 Flag of Israel Israel Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
(Report)

9 June 1964 Korea Republic Flag of South Korea 1–0 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
(Report)

[edit] Winners

 1964 AFC Asian Cup Winners 
Flag of Israel
Israel
First title