1957 Merdeka Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Federation of Malaya |
Dates | 31 August – 7 September |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Third place |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 28 (4.67 per match) |
The first edition of the Merdeka Tournament was held in August and September 1957 in Malaya (now Malaysia). It was won by Hong Kong. Singapore won a consolation tournament for teams that did not qualify for the final round.
1957 Merdeka Tournament Squads
1957 Merdeka Tournament Squads
First round
A series of knockout ties was held to determine which teams would compete in the second round. The match between South Vietnam and Singapore required a replay as the score was level at the end of the first match.
31 August |
Hong Kong ![]() |
6 – 2 | ![]() |
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Lau Kwok Dai ![]() Chow Man Chi ![]() Lau Yen ![]() Kwok Yau ![]() Mok Chun Wah ![]() Ho Ying Fan ![]() |
Nguon Ban ![]() Cham Rong ![]() |
31 August |
South Vietnam ![]() |
5 (aet) 5 | ![]() |
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Duc ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ho ![]() |
Peter Corthine ![]() ![]() Hatch ![]() ![]() Arthur Koh ![]() |
1 September |
Malaya ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
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Kong Leong ![]() Abdul Ghani Minhat ![]() ![]() Wai Hong ![]() Rahim Omar ![]() |
Yaui Do ![]() Vernon Styles ![]() |
First Round Replay
Second round
The winning teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another. The team finishing top of the group was the tournament winner.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 |
2 September |
Hong Kong ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Kwok Tai ![]() Szeto Man ![]() |
Aang Witarsa ![]() |
Merdeka Stadium Attendance: 15.000 |
4 September |
Malaya ![]() |
3 – 3 | ![]() |
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Abdul Ghani Minhat ![]() ![]() Cheok Foo ![]() |
Lau Kwok-Dai ![]() ![]() Szeto Man ![]() |
Consolation Tournament
The losing teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another as a consolation tournament. The team finishing top of the group was the winner of this tournament.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align="left"| Singapore
|5||3||2||1||0||10||3||+7
|-
|align="left"|
Burma
|4||3||2||0||1||9||5||+4
|-
|align="left"|
Thailand
|2||3||1||0||2||5||11||−6
|-
|align="left"|
Cambodia
|1||3||0||1||2||1||6||−5
|}
3 September |
Singapore ![]() |
6 – 0 | ![]() |
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Peter Corthine ![]() ![]() Arthur Koh ![]() ![]() Ibrahim Mansoor ![]() Hatch ![]() |
5 September |
Burma ![]() |
5 – 2 | ![]() |
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Samuel Gordon ![]() Vernon Styles ![]() Tun Kyi ![]() ![]() own goal ![]() |
Santan ![]() ![]() |
7 September |
Singapore ![]() |
3 – 2 | ![]() |
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Peter Corthine ![]() Hatch ![]() Ibrahim Hassan ![]() |
Suk Bahadur ![]() ![]() |
Goalscorers
Notes
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