Merlion Cup

The Merlion Cup is an invitational football tournament that was held in Singapore annually from 1982-1986, in 1992 and in 2009. Participants included full national sides, Olympic sides, Invitational XI's and club teams. After the 1986 tournament, four Canadian players (Igor Vrablic, Hector Marinaro, David Norman and Chris Chueden) were suspended after a match-fixing scandal.

1982

• winner:  Australia
• 2nd: Korea Republic "B", 3rd: Indonesia, 4th: Malaysia
• other participants: Singapore, Brunei, Thailand

1983

• winner:  Australia
• 2nd: Singapore, 3rd: China, 4th: South Korea 1988 Olympic Team
• other participants: Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand B, Singapore B

1984

• winner:  Iraq
• 2nd: Korea Republic U-23, semifinalists: Australia XI, Netherlands XI
• other participants: Argentina XI, Chile XI, Singapore, Indonesia

1985

• winner: Joint Champions:Singapore & Yugoslavia Olympic Team
• Semifinalists: Eintracht Frankfurt, Malaysia
• other participants: Malaysia, Indonesia B, Brunei

1986

• winner:  China PR
• 2nd: North Korea, 3rd: Canada, 4th: Singapore
• other participants: Indonesia, Malaysia

1992

• winner:  South Korea "B"
• 2nd: China, semifinalists: Singapore, Lokomotiv Moskva
• other participants: FC Nitra, Poland Olympic team, Thailand Olympic team, Malaysia

2009

• Winner: Liverpool F.C.
• 2nd: Singapore

External links

• RSSSF archive - includes details of all matches