Football at the 1951 Asian Games

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Football
at the 1951 Asian Games
Football pictogram.svg
Venue National Stadium
Date5–10 March
Nations6
1954  

Football at the 1951 Asian Games was held in New Delhi, India from 5 to 11 March 1951. In this tournament, six teams played in the men's competition. The pitch dimensions were 110 by 65 yards slightly narrower than permitted by international regulations but FIFA had been notified this in advance and sanctioned the tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details
Flag of India.svg  India
Berland Anthony
Syed Khwaja Azizuddin
A. M. Bachan
Sunil Chatterjee
Abhoy Ghosh
D. N. Devine Jones
Ahmed Khan
G. Y. S. Laiq
Sheikh Abdul Latif
Loganathan
Sailen Manna
Sheoo Mewalal
Santosh Nandy
Muhammad Noor
Chandan Singh Rawat
P. B. A. Saleh
Mohammad Abdus Sattar
T. Shanmugham
Runu Guha Thakurta
Kenchappa Varadaraj
Thenmaddom Varghese
Pansanttom Venkatesh
State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran
Nader Afshar Alavinejad
Nader Afshar Naderi
Amir Aghahosseini
Mohsen Azad
Mahmoud Bayati
Masoud Boroumand
Amir Eraghi
Hossein Fekri
Aref Gholizadeh
Mansour Hajian
Parviz Kouzehkanani
George Markarian
Mehdi Masoud-Ansari
Mehdi Nassiroghloo
Mahmoud Shakibi
Hossein Soroudi
Ghorban Ali Tari
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Ko Arima
Toshio Iwatani
Taro Kagawa
Takashi Kano
Nobuyuki Kato
Seki Matsunaga
Koji Miyata
Hirokazu Ninomiya
Ken Noritake
Yoshio Okada
Shigeo Sugimoto
Megumu Tamura
Masanori Tokita
Yukio Tsuda

Draw

The draw for the Games was held on 25 February 1951 at a conference chaired by Guru Dutt Sondhi, who headed an executive committee for the purpose, in New Delhi. Japan and Afghanistan received byes in the first round; the former would play the winner of Iran v. Burma and the latter to play the winner of India v. Indonesia games. It was also announced that the matches would be played in two halves of 30 minutes each with a 5-minute interval, and a 15 minute extra-time with a 1-minute interval, when a result is not produced in regulation time. [3]

Squads

Results

All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 March
 
 
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran 2
 
7–8 March
 
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma 0
 
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran (r)0 (3)
 
 
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 0 (2)
 
 
10 March
 
 
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran 0
 
5 March
 
Flag of India.svg  India 1
 
Flag of India.svg  India 3
 
7 March
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0
 
Flag of India.svg  India 3
 
 
Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan 0 3rd place match
 
 
9 March
 
 
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2
 
 
Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan 0
 

Quarter-finals

Iran  State Flag of Iran (1925).svg2–0Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma
Alavinejad Soccerball shade.svg17'
Kouzehkanani Soccerball shade.svg60'
Report

India  Flag of India.svg3–0Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Mewalal Soccerball shade.svg27'
Siregar Soccerball shade.svg42' (o.g.)
Venkatesh Soccerball shade.svg45'
Report

Semi-finals

Iran  State Flag of Iran (1925).svg0–0 (a.e.t.)Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Report


Replay
Iran  State Flag of Iran (1925).svg3–2Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Masoud-Ansari Soccerball shade.svg21', 42'
Boroumand Soccerball shade.svg58'
Report Tokita Soccerball shade.svg40'
Ninomiya Soccerball shade.svg50'

Bronze medal match

Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg2–0Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan
Iwatani Soccerball shade.svg40', 45' Report

Gold medal match

Iran  State Flag of Iran (1925).svg0–1Flag of India.svg  India
Report Mewalal Soccerball shade.svg34'

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final standing

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of India.svg  India 330070+76
Silver medal icon.svgState Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran 421153+25
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 311143+13
4Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan 200205−50
5Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma 100102−20
6Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 100103−30

References

  1. "Football at the 1951 Asian Games: RSSSF.com". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. "Indian football team at 1951 Asian Games". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. "Football Draw for Asian Games". The Indian Express. 27 February 1951. p. 4. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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