1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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The qualification for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 19 teams separated in three zones.^[1] 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.

Central zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thailand		Bye
Singapore	w/o	Indonesia
South Vietnam		Bye
Malaya	11–5	Cambodia	9–2	2–3

First leg

Malaya  v  Cambodia

17 March 1956

Malaya	9 – 2	Cambodia
Ghani  14', 25', 30', 35', 40', 45', 48' Pang Siang Hock  20', 49'		Tuy  70' Reith  71'

TPCA stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Second leg

Cambodia  v  Malaya

24 April 1956

Cambodia	3 – 2	Malaya

Phnom Penh

Malaya won 11–5 on aggregate.^[2]

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thailand	w/o	Indonesia
South Vietnam	7–3	Malaya	4–0	3–3

First leg

South Vietnam  v  Malaya

3 May 1956

South Vietnam	4 – 0	Malaya

Saigon

Second leg

Malaya  v  South Vietnam

24 May 1956

Malaya	3 – 3	South Vietnam
Ghani  55', 80' Pang Siang Hock  83'		Nguyễn Văn Tu  24' Trần Văn Nhung  74', 88'

Princes Road Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Greg de Silva (Malaya)

South Vietnam won 7–3 on aggregate.^[3]

Third round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Indonesia	w/o	South Vietnam

Eastern zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Philippines		Bye
South Korea		Bye
North Borneo		Bye
Japan	w/o	Republic of China

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Philippines	0–5	South Korea	0–2	0–3
North Borneo	w/o	Republic of China

First leg

Philippines  v  South Korea

25 February 1956

Philippines	0 – 2	South Korea

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Second leg

South Korea  v  Philippines

21 April 1956

South Korea	3 – 0	Philippines

Seoul Attendance: 40,000

South Korea won 5–0 on aggregate.

Third round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
South Korea	4–1	Republic of China	2–0	2–1

First leg

South Korea  v  Republic of China

26 August 1956

South Korea	2 – 0	Republic of China

Seoul

Second leg

Republic of China  v  South Korea

2 September 1956

Republic of China	1 – 2	South Korea

Taipei

South Korea won 4–1 on aggregate.

Western zone

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
India	w/o	Iran
Burma	w/o	Nepal
Ceylon	w/o	Afghanistan
Pakistan	w/o	Israel

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	n/a
Afghanistan	w/o	Israel

Third round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye	w/o	Israel

References

1. "Singapore to Meet Indonesia in Asian Soccer Tourney". The Straits Times. 14 June 1955. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
2. "Ghani Gets 7 in Rout of Cambodia". The Straits Times. 18 March 1956. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
3. "Vietnam move into third round on 3-all draw". The Straits Times. 25 May 1956. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

• Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1956". RSSSF.