1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Appearance
AFC Asian Qualifiers |
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 17 March – 24 May 1956 |
Teams | 19 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 8 |
Goals scored | 35 (4.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
The qualification for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 19 teams separated in three zones.[1] The winner of each zone would join hosts Hong Kong in the final tournament. Qualification was done on a two-legged format, home and away games.
Central zone[edit]
First round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Thailand |
Bye | |||
Singapore |
w/o | |||
South Vietnam |
Bye | |||
Malaya |
11–5 | 9–2 | 2–3 |
First leg[edit]
Malaya | 9–2 | |
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Ghani Pang Siang Hock |
Nguon Tuy Reith |
Second leg[edit]
Cambodia | 3–2 | |
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Lung Nguon Tuy |
Ghani ? |
Referee: Trương Văn Ký (South Vietnam)
Malaya won 11–5 on aggregate.[2]
Second round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Thailand |
w/o | |||
South Vietnam |
7–3 | 4–0 | 3–3 |
First leg[edit]
South Vietnam | 4–0 | |
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Đỗ Quang Thách Lê Hữu Đức Nguyễn Văn Tư |
Second leg[edit]
Malaya | 3–3 | |
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Ghani Pang Siang Hock |
Nguyễn Văn Tu Trần Văn Nhung |
South Vietnam won 7–3 on aggregate.[3]
Third round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Indonesia |
w/o |
Eastern zone[edit]
First round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Philippines |
Bye | |||
South Korea |
Bye | |||
North Borneo |
Bye | |||
Japan |
w/o |
Second round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Philippines |
0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
North Borneo |
w/o |
First leg[edit]
Philippines | 0–2 | |
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Sung Nak-woon Choi Jung-min |
Second leg[edit]
South Korea | 3–0 | |
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Kim Hong-woo Woo Sang-kwon |
South Korea won 5–0 on aggregate.
Third round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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South Korea |
4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
First leg[edit]
South Korea | 2–0 | |
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Choi Jung-min Kim Dong-keun |
Second leg[edit]
Republic of China | 1–2 | |
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Chu Wing-keung |
Woo Sang-kwon Kim Dong-keun |
South Korea won 4–1 on aggregate.
Western zone[edit]
First round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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India |
w/o | |||
Burma |
w/o | |||
Ceylon |
w/o | |||
Pakistan |
w/o |
Second round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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n/a | ||||
Afghanistan |
w/o |
Third round[edit]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bye | w/o |
Qualified teams[edit]
Qualified
Did not qualify
Withdrew before playing any matches
Did not enter
Not an AFC member
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on |
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Hosts | 7 June 1955 | |
Western Zone winners (Qualified by default after all the other nations withdrew) | April 1956 | |
Central Zone winners | 24 May 1956 | |
Eastern Zone winners | 2 September 1956 |
Goal scorers[edit]
- 10 Goals
- 2 Goals
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Trần Văn Nhung
Đỗ Quang Thách
Nguyễn Văn Tu
Nguon Tuy
Lung
Choi Jung-min
Woo Sang-kwon
Kim Hong-woo
Kim Dong-keun
- 1 Goal
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Lê Hữu Đức
Reith Peon
Chu Wing-keung
Sung Nak-woon
References[edit]
- ^ "Singapore to Meet Indonesia in Asian Soccer Tourney". The Straits Times. 14 June 1955. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Ghani Gets 7 in Rout of Cambodia". The Straits Times. 18 March 1956. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ^ "Vietnam move into third round on 3-all draw". The Straits Times. 25 May 1956. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF.