:Football at the 1951 Asian Games
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox sports competition event
| event = Football
| games = 1951 Asian Games
| image = Football pictogram.svg
| image_size = 100px
| venue = National Stadium
| date = 5–10 March
| competitors =
| nations = 6
| prev =
| next = 1954
}}
Football at the 1951 Asian Games was held in New Delhi, India from 5 to 11 March 1951. In this tournament, six teams played in the men's competition. The pitch dimensions were 110 by 65 yards slightly narrower than permitted by international regulations but FIFA had been notified this in advance and sanctioned the tournament.{{cite web|url= https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames51.html|title= Football at the 1951 Asian Games: RSSSF.com|access-date= 30 March 2021|archive-date= 29 June 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629223813/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/asgames51.html|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1951asiangames.html|title=Indian football team at 1951 Asian Games|access-date=30 March 2021|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021124205/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1951asiangames.html|url-status=live}}
Medalists
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
| Men {{DetailsLink|Football at the 1951 Asian Games – Men}} |{{flagIOC2|IND|1951 Asian Games}} |valign=top|{{flagIOC2|IRN|1951 Asian Games}} |valign=top|{{flagIOC2|JPN|1951 Asian Games}} |
Draw
The draw for the Games was held on 25 February 1951 at a conference chaired by Guru Dutt Sondhi, who headed an executive committee for the purpose, in New Delhi. Japan and Afghanistan received byes in the first round; the former would play the winner of Iran v. Burma and the latter to play the winner of India v. Indonesia games. It was also announced that the matches would be played in two halves of 30 minutes each with a 5-minute interval, and a 15 minute extra-time with a 1-minute interval, when a result is not produced in regulation time.{{cite news |title=Football Draw for Asian Games |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wgNFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3757%2C1401078 |work=The Indian Express |date=27 February 1951 |page=4 |access-date=16 February 2021 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007151044/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wgNFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3757%2C1401078 |url-status=live }}
Squads
{{main|Football at the 1951 Asian Games – Squads}}
Results
All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)
{{#invoke:RoundN|N8
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=yes
|RD1=Quarter-finals
|RD2=Semi-finals
|RD3=Final
|Consol=3rd place match
|skipmatch2=yes
|skipmatch4=yes
|5 March|{{fb|IRN|1925}}|2|{{fb|Burma|1948}}|0
| |{{fb|JPN|1947}}| |Bye|
|5 March|{{fb|IND}}|3|{{fb|INA}}|0
| |{{fb|AFG|1930}}| |Bye|
|7–8 March|{{fb|IRN|1925}} (r)|0 (3)|{{fb|JPN|1947}}|0 (2)
|7 March|{{fb|IND}}|3|{{fb|AFG|1930}}|0
|10 March|{{fb|IRN|1925}}|0|{{fb|IND}}|1
|9 March|{{fb|JPN|1947}}|2|{{fb|AFG|1930}}|0
}}
=Quarter-finals=
{{footballbox
|date= 5 March
|time = 15:00
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN|1925}}
|score= 2–0
|report= [https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=12 Report]
|team2={{fb|Burma|1948}}
|goals1= Alavinejad {{goal|17}}
Kouzehkanani {{goal|60}}
|goals2=
|stadium=National Stadium, New Delhi
|referee=
}}
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{{footballbox
|date= 5 March
|time = 16:15
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score= 3–0
|report=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames51.html
|team2={{fb|INA}}
|goals1= Mewalal {{goal|27}}
Siregar {{goal|42|o.g.}}
Venkatesh {{goal|45}}
|goals2=
|stadium=National Stadium, New Delhi
|referee= }}
=Semi-finals=
{{footballbox
|date= 7 March
|time = 15:00
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN|1925}}
|score= 0–0
|report= [https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=13 Report]
|aet=yes
|team2={{fb|JPN|1947}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=National Stadium, New Delhi
|referee= }}
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{{footballbox
|date= 7 March
|time = 16:15
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score= 3–0
|report=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames51.html
|team2={{fb|AFG|1930}}
|goals1= Venkatesh {{goal|10}}
Mewalal {{goal|16}}
Nandy {{goal|55}}
|goals2=
|stadium=National Stadium, New Delhi
|referee= }}
----
;Replay
{{footballbox
|date= 8 March
|time = 15:00
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN|1925}}
|score= 3–2
|report= [https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=14 Report]
|team2={{fb|JPN|1947}}
|goals1= Masoud-Ansari {{goal|21||42}}
Boroumand {{goal|58}}
|goals2= Tokita {{goal|40}}
Ninomiya {{goal|50}}
|stadium=National Stadium, New Delhi
|referee= }}
=Bronze medal match=
{{footballbox
|date= 9 March
|time = 17:00
|team1={{fb-rt|JPN|1947}}
|score= 2–0
|report= [http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/19510309/ Report]
|team2={{fb|AFG|1930}}
|goals1= Iwatani {{goal|40||45}}
|goals2=
|stadium=National Stadium, New Delhi
|referee= }}
=Gold medal match=
{{footballbox
|date= 10 March
|time = 17:00
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN|1925}}
|score= 0–1
|report = [https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=15 Report]
|team2={{fb|IND}}
|goals1=
|goals2= Mewalal {{goal|34}}
|stadium=National Stadium, New Delhi
|referee= }}
Goalscorers
{{Goalscorers
|3 goals=
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Sheoo Mewalal|IND|1951 Asian Games}}
|2 goals=
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Pansanttom Venkatesh|IND|1951 Asian Games}}
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Mehdi Masoud-Ansari|IRN|1951 Asian Games}}
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Toshio Iwatani|JPN|1951 Asian Games}}
|1 goal=
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Santosh Nandy|IND|1951 Asian Games}}
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Nader Afshar Alavinejad|IRN|1951 Asian Games}}
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Masoud Boroumand|IRN|1951 Asian Games}}
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Parviz Kouzehkanani|IRN|1951 Asian Games}}
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Hirokazu Ninomiya|JPN|1951 Asian Games}}
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Masanori Tokita|JPN|1951 Asian Games}}
|1 own goal=
- {{flagIOC2athlete|Chairuddin Siregar|INA|1951 Asian Games}} ({{small|against IND}})
}}
Final standing
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=40|Rank !width=180|Team !width=30|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} !width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | ||||||||
| {{Gold1}}
| align=left|{{fb|IND}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
| {{Silver2}}
| align=left|{{fb|IRN|1925}} | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
| {{Bronze3}}
| align=left|{{fb|JPN|1947}} | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 4
| align=left|{{fb|AFG|1930}} | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| 5
| align=left|{{fb|Burma|1948}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| 6
| align=left|{{fb|INA}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
References
{{reflist}}
Further reading
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/kaler-khela/2014/09/19/130495|title=এশিয়ান গেমস অনেক দূরে চলে গেছে|website=kalerkantho.com|publisher=কালের কণ্ঠ|location=Dhaka|trans-title=The Asian Games going far away|date=19 September 2014|access-date=13 February 2023|archive-date=13 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213074614/https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/kaler-khela/2014/09/19/130495}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100808200345/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1951/BDCE27/BDCE27r.pdf Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi]
{{Events at the 1951 Asian Games}}
{{Asian Games Football}}
{{1951 in Japanese football}}