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 |
.png){kind=small} 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' |
31 August |
| South Vietnam |
5 (aet) 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| Duc 5' 8' 31' 92' Ho 29' |
Peter Corthine 13' 17' Hatch 57' 61' Arthur Koh 95' |
1 September |
Malaya  |
5 – 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} Burma |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kwok Tai 42' Szeto Man 53' |
Aang Witarsa 20' |
Merdeka Stadium Attendance: 15.000 |
4 September |
| Malaya |
3 – 3 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Corthine 12' 60' Arthur Koh 61' 68' Ibrahim Mansoor 65' Hatch 70' |
5 September |
| Burma |
5 – 2 | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Gordon 27' Vernon Styles 32' Tun Kyi 40' 72' own goal 49' |
Santan 10' 50' |
7 September |
| Singapore |
3 – 2 | Burma |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Corthine 9' Hatch 22' Ibrahim Hassan 34' |
Suk Bahadur 42' 66' |
Goalscorers
Notes
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