1964 AFC Asian Cup

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1964 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Israel 1964
גביע אסיה בכדורגל 1964
Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - The Asian Cup.jpg
Israel holds the Asian Cup after winning it
Tournament details
Host countryIsrael
Dates26 May – 3 June
Teams4
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Israel.svg  Israel (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of India.svg  India
Third placeFlag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
Fourth placeFlag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored13 (2.17 per match)
Attendance99,000 (16,500 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of India.svg Inder Singh
Flag of Israel.svg Mordechai Spiegler
(2 goals each)
1960
1968

The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). [1] The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964.

Contents

The tournament used a round-robin system which had to be increased in size to five teams, with the winners from the Western, Central 1 and 2 and Eastern zones, as well as the host nation (Israel) competing for the title. [2] Eleven of the 17 nations withdrew from qualification [fn 1] resulting in only one zone (a combined Central 1 and 2) playing any qualifying matches. The two remaining teams from the Western and Eastern zones respectively qualified uncontested.

The final tournament was subsequently a four-team competition, the same format as previous editions, with Israel winning the title with a perfect record of three wins. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] In keeping with previous editions of the tournament, all the matches were only 80 minutes in duration. [2]

Venues

Ramat Gan Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan Stadium Bloomfield Stadium
Capacity: 51,000Capacity: 22,000
Lev Yashin, fails to stop a goal during the soccer match agains Israel, 1958 D448-092.jpg Daniel Borsuk 1965-02-03.jpg
Haifa Jerusalem
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium Hebrew University Stadium
Capacity: 17,000Capacity: 16,000
Kiryat Eliezer stadium 50's.jpg Maats University Stadium 2.jpg

Qualification

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Qualified
Did not qualify
Withdrew before playing any matches
Did not enter
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  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Withdrew before playing any matches
  Did not enter
  Not an AFC member
TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearance
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel HostsN/A2 (1956, 1960)
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Central Zone winners14 December 19631 (1956)
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified)19632 (1956, 1960)
Flag of India.svg  India Western Zone winners (automatically qualified)19630 (debut)

Squads

Results

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (H)330051+46Champions
2Flag of India.svg  India 320153+24Runners-up
3Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 31022422Third place
4Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 30031540Fourth place
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Note: All the games lasted 80 minutes.


Israel  Flag of Israel.svg1–0Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Spiegler Soccerball shade.svg76'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg0–2Flag of India.svg  India
Appalraju Soccerball shade.svg2'
I. Singh Soccerball shade.svg57'
Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Davoud Nassiri (Iran)

Israel  Flag of Israel.svg2–0Flag of India.svg  India
Spiegler Soccerball shade.svg29' (pen.)
Aharoni Soccerball shade.svg76'
Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Li Pak Tung (Malaysia)

South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg1–0Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Park Seung-ok Soccerball shade.svg74'
Hebrew University Stadium, Jerusalem
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pisit Ngarampanich (Thailand)

India  Flag of India.svg3–1Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
I. Singh Soccerball shade.svg45'
Samajapati Soccerball shade.svg60'
Goswami Soccerball shade.svg77'
Cheung Yiu Kwok Soccerball shade.svg39'
Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)

South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg1–2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Lee Soon-myung Soccerball shade.svg79' Leon Soccerball shade.svg20'
Tish Soccerball shade.svg38'
Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Davoud Nassiri (Iran)

Winners

 1964 AFC Asian Cup winners 
Flag of Israel.svg
Israel

First title

Goalscorers

Israeli teammates (Mordechai Spiegler in the middle) holding the 1964 AFC Asian Cup after beating South Korea in the final round Israel soccer team holding Asian cup 1964a.jpg
Israeli teammates (Mordechai Spiegler in the middle) holding the 1964 AFC Asian Cup after beating South Korea in the final round

With two goals, Inder Singh and Mordechai Spiegler were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 13 goals were scored by 11 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

2 goals
1 goal

Notes

  1. Nations that withdrew: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of China, and Singapore.

References

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