1957 Merdeka Tournament

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1957 Merdeka Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFederation of Malaya
Dates31 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 played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per match)
1958 →

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.

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'
South Vietnam 5 (aet) 5 Singapore
Duc 5' 8' 31' 92'
Ho 29'		 Peter Corthine 13' 17'
Hatch 57' 61'
Arthur Koh 95'
Indonesia 4 – 0 Thailand
Omo S. 5' 12' 33' 68'
Malaya 5 – 2Myanmar 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

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

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
Hong Kong 2 – 1 Indonesia
Kwok Tai 42'
Szeto Man 53'		 Aang Witarsa 20'
Attendance: 15.000
Malaya 1 – 4 South Vietnam
Abdul Ghani Minhat 12' Kane 2' 55'
Duc 54' 62'
Malaya 3 – 3 Hong Kong
Abdul Ghani Minhat 26' 33'
Cheok Foo 79' (pen)		 Lau Kwok-Dai 10' 23'
Szeto Man 30'
Indonesia 3 – 1 South Vietnam
Tee San Liong 10'
Omo Suratmo 17'
Saari 50'		 Don 78'
Malaya 2 – 4 Indonesia
Abdul Ghani Minhat 18' 40' Jasrin Jusron 32' 70'
Saari 55' 63'
Hong Kong 3 – 1 South Vietnam
Lau Yee 16'
Ho Ying Fan 37'
Lau Kwok Dai 58'		 own goal 85'

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.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Singapore 5 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7
Myanmar Burma 4 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4
 Thailand 2 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6
 Cambodia 1 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5
Thailand 3 – 0 Cambodia
Sophon 13'
Prasun 47' 57'
Singapore 6 – 0 Thailand
Peter Corthine 12' 60'
Arthur Koh 61' 68'
Ibrahim Mansoor 65'
Hatch 70'
Burma Myanmar2 – 0 Cambodia
Maung Maung 65'
Pe-khin 75'
Singapore 1 – 1 Cambodia
Corthine 61' Tuy 66'
Burma Myanmar5 – 2 Thailand
Samuel Gordon 27'
Vernon Styles 32'
Tun Kyi 40' 72'
own goal 49'		 Santan 10' 50'
Singapore 3 – 2Myanmar Burma
Peter Corthine 9'
Hatch 22'
Ibrahim Hassan 34'		 Suk Bahadur 42' 66'

Goalscorers

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