1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament

May 2016 Asian Champion Club Tournament 250px Hapoel Tel Aviv players with the trophy in 1967 1967 6 May – 19 December 1967 7 (6 competed) Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 MAS Selangor KOR 1949 Korea Tungsten Company THA Bangkok Bank 9 11 1969 The 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the first edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation.History of the Asian Club Championship http://www.asian-football.com:80/leagues/clubhist.html Asian Football 9 April 1997 https://web.archive.org/web/19970409161253/http://www.asian-football.com/leagues/clubhist.html 9 April 1997 26 July 2021 dead Six teams, as their respective country's domestic champions, competed in a knockout tournament to determine the first Asian champion: the Iranian FA did not send a team, while India's representative, Indian Railways, withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs. Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. from Israel became the inaugural champions of Asia after defeating Selangor from Malaysia 2–1 in the final at Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, becoming one of only two teams in history to win their continent's main club competition while only playing one match (the other was Adelaide City, who won the 1987 Oceania Club Championship). Participants ParticipantsTeamQualifying methodKOR 1949 Korea Tungsten Company1966 Korean President's Cup championsISR Hapoel Tel Aviv1965–66 Liga Leumit championsMAS Selangor1966 Malaysia Cup championsTHA Bangkok Bank1966 Kor Royal Cup championsHKG 1959 South China1965–66 Hong Kong First Division League championsSVM Vietnam Customs1966–67 South Vietnam Division of Honour champions Withdrawals IND Indian Railways - 1964–65 Santosh Trophy champions IRN 1964 Shahin Tehran - 1965–66 Tehran Province League champions (strongest league before the inauguration of the Local League, first Iranian national championship) Teams location AFC 900 center 8px Location of the 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament teams AFC 22.272778 114.182222 90 South China Red pog.svg right AFC 28.638348 77.216532 90 Indian Railways Red pog.svg right AFC 32.051728 34.761439 90 Hapoel Tel Aviv Red pog.svg right AFC 3.138889 101.700556 90 Selangor Red pog.svg left AFC 37.187222 128.473333 90 Korea Tungsten Company Red pog.svg left AFC 10.760703 106.663331 90 Vietnam Customs Red pog.svg right AFC 13.680362 100.647642 90 Bangkok Bank Red pog.svg left right Bracket 2/2/2/1 y 3 n n y 1 First round Second round Semi-finals Final ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv bye bye IND Indian Railways KOR 1949 Korea Tungsten Company bye MAS Selangor 0 2 2 SVM Vietnam Customs 0 1 1 HKG 1959 South China 1 0 1 THA Bangkok Bank 0 2 2 ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv bye bye IND Indian Railways KOR 1949 Korea Tungsten Company bye MAS Selangor 1 0 1 THA Bangkok Bank 0 0 0 ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv w/o IND Indian Railways KOR 1949 Korea Tungsten Company 0 0 0 MAS Selangor 0 1 1 ISR Hapoel Tel Aviv 2 MAS Selangor 1 First round Selangor MAS 2–1 Vietnam Customs South Vietnam 0–0 2–1 South China HKG 1959 1–2 Bangkok Bank THA 1–0 0–2 Korea Tungsten Company KOR 1949 bye Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR bye1 |} 1 Iran 1964 Imperial of Iran Football Federation did not send a team. First leg 6 May 1967 Selangor Malaysia 0–0 South Vietnam Vietnam Customs https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19670507-1.2.112 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Prida Rodphothong (Thailand) 18 May 1967 South China Hong Kong 1959 1–0 Thailand Bangkok Bank Wong Chi Keung 80 Hong Kong Government Stadium, Hong Kong 8,500 Second leg 27 May 1967 Bangkok Bank Thailand 2–0 Hong Kong 1959 South China Bangkok Bank Ground, Bangkok 3 June 1967 Vietnam Customs South Vietnam 1–2 Malaysia Selangor Thống Nhất Stadium, Saigon Second round Selangor MAS 1–0 Bangkok Bank THA 1–0 0–0 Korea Tungsten Company KOR 1949 bye Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR bye |} First leg 15 July 1967 Selangor Malaysia 1–0 Thailand Bangkok Bank https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19670716-1.2.114 Mydin 70 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Second leg 29 July 1967 Bangkok Bank Thailand 0–0 Malaysia Selangor https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19670731-1.1.18 Bangkok Bank Ground, Bangkok Semi-finals Korea Tungsten Company KOR 1949 0–1 Selangor MAS 0–0 0–1 Hapoel Tel Aviv ISR w/o1 Indian Railways IND |} 1 Hapoel were drawn against India Indian Railways, who withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs. First leg 16 September 1967 Korea Tungsten Company South Korea 0–0 Malaysia Selangor https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19670917-1.1.24 Hyochang Stadium, Seoul 10,000 Second leg 21 October 1967 Selangor Malaysia 1–0 South Korea Korea Tungsten Company https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19671022-1.2.46.16 Mydin 12 Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Final 19 December 1967 15:00 (UTC+8) Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 2–1 Malaysia Selangor Report Borsuk 74 Rachminovich 83 pen. Salim 54 Supachalasai Stadium, Bangkok 12,000 Wanchai Suvaree (Thailand) References External links Asian Club Competitions 1967 at RSSSF.com championsleague 1967 Champion Club Tournament