1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification

1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification 17 March – 24 May 1956 19 1 8 36 1960 The qualification for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 19 teams separated in three zones.http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550614.2.157.aspx Singapore to Meet Indonesia in Asian Soccer Tourney 14 June 1955 The Straits Times 15 July 2012 31 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130131034337/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19550614.2.157.aspx 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. 3 Central zone First round South Vietnam and Thailand received a bye to the second round. SIN colonial-1952 w/o INA Malaya 11–5 CAM 9–2 2–3 |} First leg 17 March 1956 Malaya 9–2 CAM Ghani 14 25 30 35 40 45 48Siang Hock 20 49 Nguon Tuy 70Reith 71 Princes Road Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 4,000 Greg de Silva (Singapore) Second leg 24 April 1956 CAM 3–2 Malaya Lung 35 78Nguon Tuy 65 Ghani 20 ? 45 o.g. Lambert Stadium, Phnom Penh Trương Văn Ký (South Vietnam) Malaya won 11–5 on aggregate.http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19560318.2.120.aspx Ghani Gets 7 in Rout of Cambodia 18 March 1956 The Straits Times 15 July 2012 14 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130814151204/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19560318.2.120.aspx dead Second round THA w/o IDN VSO 7–3 Malaya 4–0 3–3 |} First leg 3 May 1956 VSO 4–0 Malaya Đỗ Quang Thách 17 57Lê Hữu Đức 30Nguyễn Văn Tư 65 Republic Stadium, Saigon 20,000 Eng Ly Bean (Cambodia) Second leg 24 May 1956 Malaya 3–3 VSO Ghani 55 80Siang Hock 83 Nguyễn Văn Tư 24Trần Văn Nhung 74 88 Princes Road Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 7,500 Greg de Silva (Malaya) South Vietnam won 7–3 on aggregate.http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19560525.2.160.aspx Vietnam move into third round on 3-all draw 25 May 1956 The Straits Times 15 July 2012 31 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130131034342/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19560525.2.160.aspx dead Third round INA w/o South Vietnam |} South Vietnam qualified for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup. Eastern zone Philippines, South Korea and North Borneo received a bye to the second round. First round JPN 1870 w/o ROC |} Second round PHI 1936 0–5 KOR 1949 0–2 0–3 North Borneo w/o ROC |} First leg 25 February 1956 PHI 1936 0–2 KOR 1949 Sung Nak-woon 53Choi Jung-min 56 Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila 8,000 Johnny Cuatico (Philippines) Second leg 21 April 1956 KOR 1949 3–0 PHI 1936 Kim Hong-woo 5 62Woo Sang-kwon 59 Seoul Stadium, Seoul 40,000 Lee Yong-il (South Korea) South Korea won 5–0 on aggregate. Third round KOR 1949 4–1 ROC 2–0 2–1 |} First leg 26 August 1956 KOR 1949 2–0 Republic of China Choi Jung-min 23Kim Dong-keun 78 Seoul Stadium, Seoul 35,000 Kim Duk-joon (South Korea) Second leg 2 September 1956 Republic of China 1–2 KOR 1949 Chu Wing-keung 20 Woo Sang-kwon 66 pen.Kim Dong-keun 79 Municipal Stadium, Taipei 20,000 Richard Tucker (Hong Kong) South Korea won 4–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup. Western zone First round IND w/o IRI 1925 Burma 1948 w/o NEP old Ceylon 1951 w/o AFG 1930 PAK w/o ISR |} Second round n/a AFG 1930 w/o ISR |} Third round Bye w/o ISR |} Israel qualified for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup. Qualified teams thumb|300px|#0000FF Qualified #ff0000 Did not qualify #800000 Withdrew before playing any matches #c3c3c3 Did not enter #000000 Not an AFC member Team Qualified as Qualified on HKG 1955 * Hosts 7 June 1955 ISR Western Zone winners (Automatically qualified) April 1956 SVM Central Zone winners 24 May 1956 KOR 1949 Eastern Zone winners 2 September 1956 Goalscorers 36 8. Malaya Abdul Ghani Minhat Malaya Pang Siang Hock CAM Nguon Tuy CAM Lung KOR 1949 Choi Jung-min KOR 1949 Woo Sang-kwon KOR 1949 Kim Hong-woo KOR 1949 Kim Dong-keun SVM Trần Văn Nhung SVM Đỗ Quang Thách SVM Nguyễn Văn Tư CAM Reith Peon KOR 1949 Sung Nak-woon SVM Lê Hữu Đức Republic of China Chu Wing-keung References Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF. Category:AFC Asian Cup qualification Afc Asian Cup Qualification, 1956 Afc Asian Cup Qualification, 1956 Afc Asian Cup Qualification, 1956 Afc Asian Cup Qualification, 1956 Afc Asian Cup Qualification, 1956 Q Category:March 1956 in Asia Category:April 1956 in Asia Category:May 1956 in Asia