1964 AFC Asian Cup
football tournament
The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd AFC Asian Cup, a football tournament that happens every four years. It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] The tournament was played in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964.
| Asian Cup Israel 1964 גביע אסיה בכדורגל 1964 | |
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_-_The_Asian_Cup.jpg) Israel holds the Asian Cup after winning it | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Israel |
| Dates | 26 May – 3 June |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Israel (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Third place |  South Korea |
| Fourth place |  Hong Kong |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 13 (2.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 99,000 (16,500 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Inder Singh Mordechai Spiegler (2 goals each) |
The tournament was a round-robin. The hosts Israel won every game.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
VenuesEdit
| Ramat Gan | Haifa | Tel Aviv | Jerusalem | |
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| Ramat Gan Stadium | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | Bloomfield Stadium | Hebrew University Stadium | |
| Capacity: 51,000 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
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QualificationEdit
11 out of the 16 nations withdrew from qualifying.[a] That meant South Korea and India automatically qualified.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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| Israel |
Hosts | 2 | |
| Hong Kong |
Central Zone winners | 14 December 1963 | 1 |
| South Korea |
Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 2 |
| India |
Western Zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 0 |
ResultsEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Israel (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Champions |
| 2 | India
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | South Korea
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| South Korea | 0–2 | India |
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| South Korea | 1–0 | Hong Kong |
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| India | 3–1 | Hong Kong |
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| South Korea | 1–2 | Israel |
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WinnersEdit
| 1964 AFC Asian Cup Winners |
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 Israel First title |
ScorersEdit
Israeli teammates (Mordechai Spiegler in the middle) holding the 1964 AFC Asian Cup after beating South Korea in the final round
Inder Singh and Mordechai Spiegler scored the most goals. They each scored 2 goals. 13 goals were scored by 11 different players. There were no own goals.
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Cheung Yiu Kwok
K. Appalaraju- Chuni Goswami
- Sukumar Samajpati
Yohai Aharoni- Moshe Leon
- Gideon Tish
Park Seoung-ok- Lee Soon-Myung
NotesEdit
- ↑ Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of China and Singapore withdrew from qualifying.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ Smith, Matt (2014-06-04). "Amnesia, not admiration for Israel's 1964 heroes | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ Dann, Uzi (2015-01-22). "Israel erased from Asian Cup history video - World - Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ Michael Safi. "Israel omitted from Asian Cup video history | Football". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ "Israel wiped from AFC history | The Australian Jewish News". Jewishnews.net.au. 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ Dominic Bossi (2015-01-30). "Winners and losers of the 2015 Asian Cup". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ "Football: Israel's forgottten heroes who brought Asian Cup in 1964 - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ↑ "Asian Eye - Indian football still finding its feet :: Total Football Magazine - Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Non-League News". Totalfootballmag.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
Other websitesEdit
- Korean scorers (in Korean)
- RSSSF