1956 AFC Asian Cup
Appearance
Asian Cup Hong Kong 1956 1956年亞洲盃足球賽 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Hong Kong |
Dates | 1–15 September |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 27 (4.5 per match) |
Attendance | 136,000 (22,667 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
The 1956 AFC Asian Cup was the first AFC Asian Cup, held every four years and organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 15 September 1956. It was won by South Korea.[1][2]
Venues
Hong Kong | |
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Government Stadium | |
Capacity: 28,000 | |
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Qualification
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/1956_AFC_Asian_Cup_qualification.png/300px-1956_AFC_Asian_Cup_qualification.png)
Qualified
Did not qualify
Withdrew before playing any matches
Did not enter
Not an AFC member
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on |
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Hosts | |
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Central Zone winners | 24 May 1956 |
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Eastern Zone winners | 2 September 1956 |
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Western Zone winners (Automatically qualified since other nations withdrew) | 1956 |
Squads
Results
All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 |
South Korea ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kim Ji-sung ![]() Choi Kwang-seok ![]() |
Tang Yee Kit [zh] ![]() Ko Po Keung [zh] ![]() |
Attendance: 25,000
Israel ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Stelmach ![]() |
Woo Sang-kwon ![]() Sung Nak-woon ![]() |
South Vietnam ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Trần Văn Tổng ![]() Lê Hữu Đức ![]() |
Chu Wing Wah [zh] ![]() Lau Chi Lam [zh] ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000
Israel ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Stelmach ![]() |
Trần Văn Tổng ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 5–3 | ![]() |
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Sung Nak-woon ![]() Woo Sang-kwon ![]() Choi Chung-min ![]() |
Trải Văn Đào ![]() Lê Hữu Đức ![]() |
Attendance: 13,000
Winners
AFC Asian Cup 1956 Winners |
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![]() South Korea First title |
Goalscorers
With four goals, Nahum Stelmach is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 27 goals were scored by 15 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
- ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "1956 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF.