| Football at the 1951 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | National Stadium |
| Date | 5–10 March |
| Nations | 6 |
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]
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]
All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 March | ||||||||||
 Iran | 2 | |||||||||
| 7–8 March | ||||||||||
 Burma | 0 | |||||||||
| Iran (r) | 0 (3) | |||||||||
 Japan | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| 10 March | ||||||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 March | ||||||||||
 India | 1 | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
| 7 March | ||||||||||
 Indonesia | 0 | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
 Afghanistan | 0 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
| 9 March | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | 0 | |||||||||
| Iran | 2–0 | Burma |
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Alavinejad  17'Kouzehkanani 60' | Report |
| Japan | 2–0 | Afghanistan |
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| Iwatani 40', 45' | Report |
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Chairuddin Siregar (INA) (against IND)| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| 5 | Burma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
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