1964 AFC Asian Cup

1964 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Israel 1964
גביע אסיה בכדורגל 1964
كأس الأمم الآسيوية لكرة القدم 1964
Tournament details
Host country  Israel
Dates 26 May – 3 June
Teams 4
Venue(s) (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Israel (1st title)
Runners-up  India
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place  Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 13 (2.17 per match)
Attendance 99,000 (16,500 per match)
Top scorer(s) Inder Singh
Mordechai Spiegler
(2 goals)
1960
1968

The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the third AFC Asian Cup football tournament. The finals were held in Israel from May 26 to June 3, 1964.

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

Contents

Venues

Ramat Gan Haifa Jaffa Jerusalem
Ramat Gan Stadium Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Bloomfield Stadium Hebrew University Stadium
Capacity: 41,583 Capacity: 14,002 Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 10,000

Qualification

Qualifiers

Squads

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 6
 India 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 4
 South Korea 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 2
 Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
26 May 1964
16:30
Israel  1 – 0  Hong Kong National Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)
Spiegler  76'

27 May 1964
16:30
South Korea  0 – 2  India Municipal Stadium, Haifa
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Davoud Nassiri (Iran)
Appalaraju  2'
I. Singh  57'

29 May 1964
16:00
Israel  2 – 0  India Bloomfield Stadium, Jaffa
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Li Pak Tung (Malaysia)
Spiegler  29' (pen.)
Aharoni  76'

31 May 1964
16:30
South Korea  1 – 0  Hong Kong Hebrew University Stadium, Jerusalem
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pisit Ngarampanich (Thailand)
Bae Keum-Soo  74'

2 June 1964
16:30
India  3 – 1  Hong Kong Bloomfield Stadium, Jaffa
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)
I. Singh  45'
Samajapati  60'
Goswami  77'
Cheung Yiu Kwok  39'

3 June 1964
16:00
South Korea  1 – 2  Israel Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Davoud Nassiri (Iran)
Huh Yoon-Jung  79' Leon  20'
Tish  38'

Winners

 1964 AFC Asian Cup Winners 

Israel
First title

Goalscorers

2 goals

1 goal

1 goal (cont.)
  • Sukumar Samajapati
  • Yohai Aharoni
  • Moshe Leon
  • Gideon Tish
  • Bae Keum-Soo
  • Huh Yoon-Jung

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