1956 AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup 1956 Asian Cup Hong Kong 19561956年亞洲盃足球賽 HKStadium KOR 1956AsianCup.jpg South Korea, the winner of 1956 AFC Asian Cup, at Hong Kong Stadium Hong Kong 1–15 September 4 1 1 KOR 1949 1 ISR HKG 1955 South Vietnam 6 27 121000 Israel Nahum Stelmach(4 goals) 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.https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2011/01/07/2293901/asian-cup-know-your-history-part-one-1956-1988 Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) | Goal.com www.goal.comhttps://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/afc-asian-cup-1956-hong-kong/final-round/4541/ 1956 AFC Asian Cup 4 December 2021 An unusual ruling meant that all games were 80 minutes long rather than 90, with an extra 30 minutes extra time if the game was drawn at full time (although this did not happen due to bad light).https://www.insideworldfootball.com/asian-cup-1956/ Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1956 13 June 2023 Venues Hong Kong none 300 22.2670 114.1880 Hong Kong bottom Hong Kong Government Stadium Capacity: 28,000 200px Qualification 1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification 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 Previous appearance HKG 1955 * Hosts N/A 0 (debut) VSO Central Zone winners 24 May 1956 0 (debut) KOR 1949 Eastern Zone winners 2 September 1956 0 (debut) ISR Western Zone winners (Automatically qualified since other nations withdrew) 1956 0 (debut) Squads 1956 AFC Asian Cup squads Results All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8) main WDL Group A Q y 2 KOR KOR 1949 ISR ISR HKG HKG 1955 VSO VSO 2 1 0 9 6 2 0 1 6 5 0 2 1 6 7 H 0 1 2 6 9 gold C Champions Silver R Runners-up #c96 3rd Third place #F8F9FA 4th Fourth place complete RSSSF 1 September 1956 17:45 HKG 1955 2–3 ISR Au Chi Yin zh 區志賢 12 66 Glazer 37 76Stelmach 74 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 30,000 Harold Arthur Sheppard (England) 6 September 1956 18:00 KOR 1949 2–2 HKG 1955 Kim Ji-sung 45Sung Nak-woon 62 Tang Yee Kit zh 鄧宜杰 10Ko Po Keung zh 高保強 25 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 30,000 Reuven Priesner (Israel) 8 September 1956 17:45 ISR 1–2 KOR 1949 Stelmach 71 Woo Sang-kwon 53Sung Nak-woon 65 Government Stadium, Hong Kong 20,000 Trương Văn Ký (South Vietnam) 9 September 1956 17:45 VSO 2–2 HKG 1955 Trần Văn Nhung 30 Lê Hữu Đức 64 Chu Wing Wah zh 朱榮華 59 pen. Lau Chi Lam zh 劉志霖 79 Government Stadium, Hong kong 30,000 Sung Hee-do (South Korea) 12 September 1956 18:00 ISR 2–1 VSO Stelmach 14 27 Trần Văn Nhung 58 Government Stadium, Hong kong 15,000 Richard Tucker (Hong Kong) 15 September 1956 17:45 KOR 1949 5–3 VSO Sung Nak-woon 5 Woo Sang-kwon 41 pen. 58 Choi Jung-min 57 66 Nguyễn Văn Cụt 20 pen. Lê Hữu Đức 51 63 Government Stadium, Hong kong 11,000 Fred Minta (Hong Kong) 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 ISR Nahum Stelmach 3 goals 18em KOR 1949 Sung Nak-woon KOR 1949 Woo Sang-kwon SVM Lê Hữu Đức 2 goals 18em HKG 1955 Au Chi Yin zh 區志賢 ISR Yehoshua Glazer KOR 1949 Choi Chung-min SVM Trần Văn Nhung 1 goal 18em HKG 1955 Chu Wing Wah zh 朱榮華 HKG 1955 Ko Po Keung zh 高保強 HKG 1955 Lau Chi Lam zh 劉志霖 HKG 1955 Tang Yee Kit zh 鄧宜杰 KOR 1949 Kim Ji-sung SVM Nguyễn Văn Cụt References Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF. 1956 Asian Cup Asian Cup Category:1956–57 in Hong Kong football 1956 Category:September 1956 sports events in Asia Category:September 1956 in Hong Kong