1956 AFC Asian Cup
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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
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| Government Stadium | |
| Capacity: 28,000 | |
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Qualification
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| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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| Template:Fb | Template:Sort | Template:N/A | 0 (debut) |
| Template:Fb | Central Zone winners | 24 May 1956 | 0 (debut) |
| Template:Fb | Eastern Zone winners | 2 September 1956 | 0 (debut) |
| Template:Fb | Western Zone winners (Automatically qualified since other nations withdrew) | 1956 | 0 (debut) |
Squads
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Results
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Winners
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
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- Template:Flagicon Yehoshua Glazer
- Template:Flagicon Choi Chung-min
- Template:Flagicon Trần Văn Tổng
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References
- Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF.
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- 1956 AFC Asian Cup
- AFC Asian Cup tournaments
- 1956 in AFC football
- 1956–57 in Hong Kong football
- International association football competitions hosted by Hong Kong
- September 1956 sports events in Asia
- Hong Kong–South Korea relations
- Israel–South Korea relations
- Israel–Vietnam relations
- South Korea–South Vietnam relations
- South Vietnam national football team