1956 AFC Asian Cup#Results
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC Asian Cup
| year = 1956
| other_titles = Asian Cup Hong Kong 1956
1956年亞洲盃足球賽
| image = HKStadium KOR 1956AsianCup.jpg
| size =
| caption = South Korea, the winner of 1956 AFC Asian Cup, at Hong Kong Stadium
| country = Hong Kong
| dates = 1–15 September
| num_teams = 4
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion = KOR
| champion-flagvar = 1949
| count = 1
| second = ISR
| third = HKG
| third-flagvar = 1955
| fourth = South Vietnam
| matches = 6
| goals = 27
| attendance = 121000
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Israel}} Nahum Stelmach
(4 goals)
| player =
| nextseason = 1960
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2011/01/07/2293901/asian-cup-know-your-history-part-one-1956-1988|title=Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/afc-asian-cup-1956-hong-kong/final-round/4541/|title=1956 AFC Asian Cup|access-date=4 December 2021}}
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).{{cite web|url=https://www.insideworldfootball.com/asian-cup-1956/|title=Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1956|access-date=13 June 2023}}
Venues
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| rowspan=4|{{location map |Hong Kong|float=none |width=300 |caption= |lat=22.2670 |long=114.1880 |label=Hong Kong |position=bottom
}} |
|---|
| Government Stadium |
| Capacity: 28,000 |
| 200px |
Qualification
{{main|1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification}}
File:1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification.png
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| Team
! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! Previous appearance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{fb|HKG|1955}} | {{Sort|*|Hosts}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | 0 (debut) |
| {{fb|VSO}} | Central Zone winners | 24 May 1956 | 0 (debut) |
| {{fb|KOR|1949}} | Eastern Zone winners | 2 September 1956 | 0 (debut) |
| {{fb|ISR}} | Western Zone winners (Automatically qualified since other nations withdrew) | 1956 | 0 (debut) |
Squads
{{main|1956 AFC Asian Cup squads}}
Results
All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)
|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=y
|winpoints=2
|team1=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|KOR|1949}}
|team2=ISR|name_ISR={{fb|ISR}}
|team3=HKG|name_HKG={{fb|HKG|1955}}
|team4=VSO|name_VSO={{fb|VSO}}
|win_KOR=2|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=0|gf_KOR=9|ga_KOR=6
|win_ISR=2|draw_ISR=0|loss_ISR=1|gf_ISR=6|ga_ISR=5
|win_HKG=0|draw_HKG=2|loss_HKG=1|gf_HKG=6|ga_HKG=7|status_HKG=H
|win_VSO=0|draw_VSO=1|loss_VSO=2|gf_VSO=6|ga_VSO=9
|col_C=gold|result1=C|text_C=Champions
|col_R=Silver|result2=R|text_R=Runners-up
|col_3rd=#c96|result3=3rd|text_3rd=Third place
|col_4th=#F8F9FA|result4=4th|text_4th=Fourth place
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/56asch.html RSSSF]
}}
{{football box
|date= 1 September 1956
|time=19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG|1955}}
|score = 2–3
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|ISR}}
|goals1 = {{ill|Au Chi Yin|zh|區志賢|vertical-align=sup}} {{goal|12||66}}
|goals2 = Glazer {{goal|37||76}}
Stelmach {{goal|69}}
|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong kong
|attendance= 15,000
|referee=H.A. Sheppard (England)
}}
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{{football box
|date= 6 September 1956
|time=19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score = 2–2
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|HKG|1955}}
|goals1 = Kim Ji-sung {{goal|45}}
Sung Nak-woon {{goal|62}}
|goals2 = {{ill|Tang Yee Kit|zh|鄧宜杰|vertical-align=sup}} {{goal|10}}
{{ill|Ko Po Keung|zh|高保強|vertical-align=sup}} {{goal|39}}
|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong kong
|attendance= 25,000
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 8 September 1956
|time=19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ISR}}
|score = 1–2
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1949}}
|goals1 = Stelmach {{goal|71}}
|goals2 = Woo Sang-kwon {{goal|52}}
Sung Nak-woon {{goal|64}}
|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong kong
|attendance= 25,000
|referee=Trương Văn Ky (South Vietnam)
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 9 September 1956
|time=19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VSO}}
|score = 2–2
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|HKG|1955}}
|goals1 = Trần Văn Tổng {{goal|30}}
Lê Hữu Đức {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = {{ill|Chu Wing Wah|zh|朱榮華|vertical-align=sup}} {{goal|59|pen.}}
{{ill|Lau Chi Lam|zh|劉志霖|vertical-align=sup}} {{goal|79}}
|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong kong
|attendance= 20,000
|referee=
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 12 September 1956
|time=19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ISR}}
|score = 2–1
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|VSO}}
|goals1 = Stelmach {{goal|14||27}}
|goals2 = Trần Văn Tổng {{goal|58}}
|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong kong
|attendance= 10,000
|referee=Tommy Tucker (England)
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 15 September 1956
|time=19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score = 5–3
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|VSO}}
|goals1 = Sung Nak-woon {{goal|5}}
Woo Sang-kwon {{goal|41|pen.|58}}
Choi Chung-min {{goal|57||66}}
|goals2 = Trải Văn Đào {{goal|20}}
Lê Hữu Đức {{goal|51||63}}
|stadium = Government Stadium, Hong kong
|attendance= 13,000
|referee=
}}
Winners
{{winners|fb|AFC Asian Cup 1956 winners|South Korea|First|1949}}
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
- {{flagicon|ISR}} Nahum Stelmach
3 goals
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- {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Sung Nak-woon
- {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Woo Sang-kwon
- {{flagicon|VSO}} Lê Hữu Đức
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2 goals
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- {{flagicon|HKG|1955}} {{ill|Au Chi Yin|zh|區志賢|vertical-align=sup}}
- {{flagicon|ISR}} Yehoshua Glazer
- {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Choi Chung-min
- {{flagicon|VSO}} Trần Văn Tổng
{{colend}}
1 goal
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- {{flagicon|HKG|1955}} {{ill|Chu Wing Wah|zh|朱榮華|vertical-align=sup}}
- {{flagicon|HKG|1955}} {{ill|Ko Po Keung|zh|高保強|vertical-align=sup}}
- {{flagicon|HKG|1955}} {{ill|Lau Chi Lam|zh|劉志霖|vertical-align=sup}}
- {{flagicon|HKG|1955}} {{ill|Tang Yee Kit|zh|鄧宜杰|vertical-align=sup}}
- {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Kim Ji-sung
- {{flagicon|VSO}} Trải Văn Đào
{{colend}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/56asch.html "Asian Nations Cup 1956".] RSSSF.
{{1956 AFC Asian Cup finalists}}
{{AFC Asian Cup}}
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