1957 Merdeka Tournament
Tournament details | |
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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 |
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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' |
31 August |
South Vietnam | 5 (aet) 5 | Singapore |
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Duc 5' 8' 31' 92' Ho 29' |
Peter Corthine 13' 17' Hatch 57' 61' Arthur Koh 95' |
1 September |
Malaya | 5 – 2 | Burma |
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Kong Leong 19' Abdul Ghani Minhat 23' Govindarajoo 25' Wai Hong 37' Rahim Omar 47' |
Yaui Do 33' Vernon Styles 42' |
First Round Replay
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 |
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Hong Kong | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
Indonesia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
South Vietnam | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 |
Malaya | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 |
2 September |
Hong Kong | 2 – 1 | Indonesia |
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Kwok Tai 42' Szeto Man 53' |
Aang Witarsa 20' |
Merdeka Stadium Attendance: 15.000 |
4 September |
Malaya | 3 – 3 | Hong Kong |
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Abdul Ghani Minhat 26' 33' Cheok Foo 79' (pen) |
Lau Kwok-Dai 10' 23' Szeto Man 30' |
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 |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 |}
3 September |
Singapore | 6 – 0 | Thailand |
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Peter Corthine 12' 60' Arthur Koh 61' 68' Ibrahim Mansoor 65' Hatch 70' |
5 September |
Burma | 5 – 2 | Thailand |
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Samuel Gordon 27' Vernon Styles 32' Tun Kyi 40' 72' own goal 49' |
Santan 10' 50' |
7 September |
Singapore | 3 – 2 | Burma |
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Peter Corthine 9' Hatch 22' Ibrahim Hassan 34' |
Suk Bahadur 42' 66' |
Goalscorers
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