1957 Merdeka Tournament
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First round
A series of knockout ties was held to determine which teams would compete in the second round. The match between South Vietnam and Singapore required a replay as the score was level at the end of the first match.
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First Round Replay
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Second round
The winning teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another. The team finishing top of the group was the tournament winner.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
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| Template:Flagicon Hong Kong League XI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | Champions |
| File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | |
| File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |
| File:Flag of Malaya (1950–1963).svg Malaya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 1 |
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Consolation Tournament
The losing teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another as a consolation tournament. The team finishing top of the group was the winner of this tournament.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 |
| Template:Flagicon Burma | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
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Goalscorers
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Notes
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- ↑ Most of the members of Hong Kong team, except Mok Chun Wa, were actually from Eastern Sports Club, which the football club was playing friendly matches in the Asia-Pacific. Most of the players of the teams (9 out of 14) such as Mok, Ho Ying Fun, Law Kwok Tai, were in fact ineligible to Hong Kong, as they were the representatives of Republic of China (Taiwan) in official competition, despite all either born or based in Hong Kong.[1] HKFA invited Eastern and other players to form a scratch team for the competition.[2]
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1. One source (P.S.S.I, "Kenang-Kenangan P.S.S.I. 50th 19 April 1930 – 19 April 1980", 1980.) report this match as a 4–2 victory to Malaya.
References
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