1957 Merdeka Tournament

1957 Merdeka Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Federation of Malaya
Dates 31 August – 7 September
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Hong Kong (1st title)
Runners-up  Indonesia
Third place  South Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 28 (4.67 per match)

The first edition of the Merdeka Tournament was held in August and September 1957 in Malaya (now Malaysia). It was won by Hong Kong. Singapore won a consolation tournament for teams that did not qualify for the final round.

1957 Merdeka Tournament Squads

1957 Merdeka Tournament Squads

First round

A series of knockout ties was held to determine which teams would compete in the second round. The match between South Vietnam and Singapore required a replay as the score was level at the end of the first match.


31 August
Hong Kong  6 – 2  Cambodia
Lau Kwok Dai  28'
Chow Man Chi  32'
Lau Yen  35' (pen)
Kwok Yau  64'
Mok Chun Wah  64'
Ho Ying Fan  69' 		Nguon Ban  22'
Cham Rong  71'
Merdeka Stadium

31 August
South Vietnam  5 (aet) 5 Singapore
Duc  5'  8'  31'  92'
Ho  29' 		Peter Corthine  13'  17'
Hatch  57'  61'
Arthur Koh  95'
Merdeka Stadium

31 August
Indonesia  4 – 0  Thailand
Omo S.  5'  12'  33'  68'
Merdeka Stadium

1 September
Malaya  5 – 2 Burma Burma
Kong Leong  19'
Abdul Ghani Minhat  23' Govindarajoo  25'
Wai Hong  37'
Rahim Omar  47' 		Yaui Do  33'
Vernon Styles  42'
Merdeka Stadium

First Round Replay

1 September
South Vietnam  2 – 1 Singapore
Tu  48'
Don  51' 		Peter Corthine  85'
Merdeka Stadium

Second round

The winning teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another. The team finishing top of the group was the tournament winner.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Hong Kong 5321085+3
 Indonesia 4320185+3
 South Vietnam 2310267−1
 Malaya 13012611−5


2 September
Hong Kong  2 – 1  Indonesia
Kwok Tai  42'
Szeto Man  53' 		Endang Witarsa  20'
Merdeka Stadium
Attendance: 15.000

3 September
Malaya  1 – 4  South Vietnam
Abdul Ghani Minhat  12' Kane  2'  55'
Duc  54'  62'
Merdeka Stadium

4 September
Malaya  3 – 3  Hong Kong
Abdul Ghani Minhat  26'  33'
Cheok Foo  79' (pen) 		Lau Kwok-Dai  10'  23'
Szeto Man  30'
Merdeka Stadium

5 September
Indonesia  3 – 1  South Vietnam
Phwa Sian Liong  10'
Omo Suratmo  17'
Saari  50' 		Don  78'
Merdeka Stadium

7 September
Malaya  2 – 4  Indonesia
Abdul Ghani Minhat  18'  40' Jasrin Jusron  32'  70'
Saari  55'  63'
Merdeka Stadium

7 September
Hong Kong  3 – 1  South Vietnam
Lau Yee  16'
Ho Ying Fan  37'
Lau Kwok Dai  58' 		own goal  85'
Merdeka Stadium

Consolation Tournament

The losing teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another as a consolation tournament. The team finishing top of the group was the winner of this tournament.

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|- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD |- bgcolor=#ccffcc |align="left"| Singapore |5||3||2||1||0||10||3||+7 |- |align="left"|Burma Burma |4||3||2||0||1||9||5||+4 |- |align="left"| Thailand |2||3||1||0||2||5||11||−6 |- |align="left"| Cambodia |1||3||0||1||2||1||6||−5 |}


1 September
Thailand  3 – 0  Cambodia
Sophon  13'
Prasun  47'  57'
Merdeka Stadium

3 September
Singapore 6 – 0  Thailand
Peter Corthine  12'  60'
Arthur Koh  61'  68'
Ibrahim Mansoor  65'
Hatch  70'
Merdeka Stadium

3 September
Burma Burma 2 – 0  Cambodia
Maung Maung  65'
Pe-khin  75'
Merdeka Stadium

5 September
Singapore 1 – 1  Cambodia
Corthine  61' Tuy  66'
Merdeka Stadium

5 September
Burma Burma 5 – 2  Thailand
Samuel Gordon  27'
Vernon Styles  32'
Tun Kyi  40'  72'
own goal  49' 		Santan  10'  50'
Merdeka Stadium

7 September
Singapore 3 – 2 Burma Burma
Peter Corthine  9'
Hatch  22'
Ibrahim Hassan  34' 		Suk Bahadur  42'  66'
Merdeka Stadium

Goalscorers

7 goals
  • Peter Corthine
6 goals
5 goals
  • Indonesia Omo Suratmo
  • Hong Kong Lau Kwok Dai


Notes


1. One source (P.S.S.I, "Kenang-Kenangan P.S.S.I. 50th 19 April 1930 - 19 April 1980", 1980.) report this match as a 4-2 victory to Malaya.