1959 Merdeka Tournament

1958 Merdeka Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Federation of Malaya
Dates	30 August – 6 September
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Malaya (2nd title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	South Vietnam
Fourth place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	52 (3.71 per match)
	← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 Merdeka Tournament was the third edition of the Merdeka Tournament which was an annual tournament hosted in Malaya. It took place from August 30 to September 6 with seven participating nations.

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.

30 August

South Vietnam	3–2	South Korea

Merdeka Stadium

31 August

India	2–0	Singapore

Merdeka Stadium

31 August

Hong Kong League XI	1–1	Japan

Merdeka Stadium

Replay

2 September

Japan	2–4	Hong Kong League XI

Merdeka Stadium

Consolation round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
South Korea	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
Singapore	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

2 September 1959

South Korea	4–1	Singapore

3 September 1959

Japan	4–1	Singapore

5 September 1959

South Korea	0–0	Japan

Replay

6 September 1959

South Korea	3–1	Japan

Second round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaya	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5
India	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
South Vietnam	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	3
Hong Kong League XI	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

2 September 1958

Malaya	4–3	South Vietnam

3 September 1958

India	2–0	Hong Kong League XI

4 September 1958

Malaya	1–1	India

5 September 1958

South Vietnam	4–1	Hong Kong League XI

6 September 1958

Malaya	2–1	Hong Kong League XI

6 September 1958

India	2–2	South Vietnam

References

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