1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification
{{Qualification for championships (AFC)}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification
| dates = 17 March – 24 May 1956
| num_teams = 19
| confederations = 1
| matches = 8
| goals = 35
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Abdul Ghani Minhat (10 Goals)
| prevseason =
| nextseason = 1960
}}
The qualification for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 19 teams separated in three zones.{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550614.2.157.aspx|title=Singapore to Meet Indonesia in Asian Soccer Tourney|date=14 June 1955|publisher=The Straits Times|accessdate=15 July 2012|archive-date=31 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131034337/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550614.2.157.aspx|url-status=dead}} 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.
{{TOCLimit|3}}
Central zone
= First round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|THA}} || | Bye || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|SIN|colonial-1952}} || w/o | {{fb|INA}} || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|SVM}} || | Bye || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|Malaya}} || 11–5 | {{fb|CAM}} || 9–2 | 2–3 }}
|}
== First leg ==
{{footballbox|date= 17 March 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Malaya}}
|score = 9–2
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|CAM}}
|goals1 = Ghani {{goal|14||25||30||35||40||45||48}}
Pang Siang Hock {{goal|20||49}}
|goals2 = Nguon Tuy {{goal|70}}
Reith {{goal|71}}
|stadium = Princes Road Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
|attendance= 4,000
|referee= Greg de Silva (Singapore)
}}
== Second leg ==
{{footballbox|date= 24 April 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CAM}}
|score = 3–2
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|Malaya}}
|goals1 = Lung {{goal|35||78}}
Nguon Tuy {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = Ghani {{goal|20}}
? {{goal|45|o.g.}}
|stadium = Phnom Penh
|attendance=
|referee= Trương Văn Ký (South Vietnam)
}}
Malaya won 11–5 on aggregate.{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19560318.2.120.aspx|title=Ghani Gets 7 in Rout of Cambodia|date=18 March 1956|publisher=The Straits Times|accessdate=15 July 2012}}
= Second round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|THA}} || w/o | {{fb|IDN}} || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|VSO}} || 7–3 | {{fb|Malaya}} || 4–0 | 3–3 }}
|}
== First leg ==
{{footballbox|date= 3 May 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VSO}}
|score = 4–0
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|Malaya}}
|goals1 = Đỗ Quang Thách {{goal|17||57}}
Lê Hữu Đức {{goal|30}}
Nguyễn Văn Tư {{goal|65}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stade du Jardin de la Ville Saigon
|attendance= 20,000
|referee= Eng Ly Bean (Cambodia)
}}
== Second leg ==
{{footballbox|date= 24 May 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Malaya}}
|score = 3–3
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|VSO}}
|goals1 = Ghani {{goal|55||80}}
Pang Siang Hock {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = Nguyễn Văn Tu {{goal|24}}
Trần Văn Nhung {{goal|74||88}}
|stadium = Princes Road Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
|attendance= 7,500
|referee= Greg de Silva (Malaya)
}}
South Vietnam won 7–3 on aggregate.{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19560525.2.160.aspx|title=Vietnam move into third round on 3-all draw|date=25 May 1956|publisher=The Straits Times|accessdate=15 July 2012}}
= Third round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|INA}} || w/o | {{fb|South Vietnam}} || | }}
|}
Eastern zone
= First round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|PHI|1936}} || | Bye || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}} || | Bye || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|North Borneo}} || | Bye || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}} || w/o | {{fb|ROC}} || | }}
|}
= Second round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|PHI|1936}} || 0–5 | {{fb|KOR|1949}} || 0–2 | 0–3 }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|North Borneo}} || w/o | {{fb|ROC}} || | }}
|}
== First leg ==
{{footballbox
|date= 25 February 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PHI|1936}}
|score = 0–2
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1949}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Sung Nak-woon {{goal|53}}
Choi Jung-min {{goal|56}}
|stadium = Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila
|attendance= 8,000
|referee= Johnny Cuatico (Philippines)
}}
== Second leg ==
{{footballbox
|date= 21 April 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score = 3–0
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|PHI|1936}}
|goals1 = Kim Hong-woo {{goal|5||62}}
Woo Sang-kwon {{goal|59}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Seoul Stadium, Seoul
|attendance= 40,000
|referee= Lee Yong-il (South Korea)
}}
South Korea won 5–0 on aggregate.
= Third round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}} || 4–1 | {{fb|ROC}} || 2–0 | 2–1 }}
|}
== First leg ==
{{footballbox
|date= 26 August 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score = 2–0
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|Republic of China}}
|goals1 = Choi Jung-min {{goal|23}}
Kim Dong-keun {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Seoul Stadium, Seoul
|attendance= 35,000
|referee= Kim Duk-joon (South Korea)
}}
==Second leg==
{{footballbox
|date= 2 September 1956
|time=
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Republic of China}}
|score = 1–2
|report=
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1949}}
|goals1 = Chu Wing-keung {{goal|20}}
|goals2 = Woo Sang-kwon {{goal|66|pen.}}
Kim Dong-keun {{goal|79}}
|stadium = Municipal Stadium, Taipei
|attendance= 20,000
|referee= Richard Tucker (Hong Kong)
}}
South Korea won 4–1 on aggregate.
Western zone
= First round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|IND}} || w/o | {{fb|IRI|1925}} || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} || w/o | {{fb|NEP|old}} || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|Ceylon|1951}} || w/o | {{fb|AFG|1930}} || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|PAK}} || w/o | {{fb|ISR}} || | }}
|}
= Second round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| || n/a | || | }}
{{TwoLegResult| {{fb-rt|AFG|1930}} || w/o | {{fb|ISR}} || | }}
|}
= Third round =
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult| Bye || w/o | {{fb|ISR}} || | }}
|}
Qualified teams
File:1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification.png
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" | ||
| Team
! Qualified as ! Qualified on | ||
|---|---|---|
| {{fb|HKG|1955}} | {{Sort|*|Hosts}} | 7 June 1955 |
| {{fb|ISR}} | Western Zone winners (Qualified by default after all the other nations withdrew) | April 1956 |
| {{fb|SVM}} | Central Zone winners | 24 May 1956 |
| {{fb|KOR|1949}} | Eastern Zone winners | 2 September 1956 |
Goal scorers
;10 Goals
:*{{flagicon|Malaya}} Abdul Ghani Minhat
;3 Goals
:*{{flagicon|Malaya}} Pang Siang Hock
;2 Goals
:*{{flagicon|SVM}} Trần Văn Nhung
:*{{flagicon|SVM}} Đỗ Quang Thách
:*{{flagicon|SVM}} Nguyễn Văn Tu
:*{{flagicon|CAM}} Nguon Tuy
:*{{flagicon|CAM}} Lung
:*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Choi Jung-min
:*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Woo Sang-kwon
:*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Kim Hong-woo
:*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Kim Dong-keun
;1 Goal
:*{{flagicon|SVM}} Lê Hữu Đức
:*{{flagicon|CAM}} Reith Peon
:*{{flagicon|Republic of China}} Chu Wing-keung
:*{{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Sung Nak-woon
References
{{reflist}}
- Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/56asch.html "Asian Nations Cup 1956".] RSSSF.
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