1956 AFC Asian Cup
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| Asian Cup Hong Kong 1956 1956年亞洲盃足球賽 | |
|---|---|
| File:HKStadium KOR 1956AsianCup.jpg South Korea, the winner of 1956 AFC Asian Cup, at Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Hong Kong |
| Dates | 1–15 September |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel |
| Third place | File:Flag of Hong Kong 1955.svg Hong Kong |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 27 (4.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 136,000 (22,667 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Israel Nahum Stelmach (4 goals) |
1960 → | |
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The 1956 AFC Asian Cup was the inaugural AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial continental association football competition introduced and organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 15 September 1956 as a four-team round-robin competition with no final. It was won by South Korea.[1][2] An unusual ruling meant that all games were 80 minutes long, with an extra 30 minutes extra time if the game was drawn at full time (although this didn’t happen due to bad light).[3]
Venues
| Hong Kong | |
|---|---|
| Government Stadium | |
| Capacity: 28,000 | |
| File:Hong Kong Stadium.JPG |
Qualification
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Hong Kong 1955.svg Hong Kong | Hosts | N/A | 0 (debut) |
| File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam | Central Zone winners | 24 May 1956 | 0 (debut) |
| File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea | Eastern Zone winners | 2 September 1956 | 0 (debut) |
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | Western Zone winners (Automatically qualified since other nations withdrew) | 1956 | 0 (debut) |
Squads
Results
All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 | Champions |
| 2 | File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Runners-up |
| 3 | File:Flag of Hong Kong 1955.svg Hong Kong (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | Third place |
| 4 | File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 1 | Fourth place |
| Israel File:Flag of Israel.svg | 2–1 | File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Stelmach File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 27' | Trần Văn Tổng File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' |
Winners
| AFC Asian Cup 1956 winners |
|---|
| File:Flag of South Korea (1949–1984).svg South Korea First title |
Goalscorers
With four goals, Nahum Stelmach is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 27 goals were scored by 15 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. 4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References
- ↑ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ↑ "1956 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1956". Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF.