1962 Merdeka Tournament

1962 Merdeka Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Federation of Malaya
Dates 8 September 19 September
Teams 9
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Indonesia (2nd title)
Runners-up  Pakistan
Third place  Malaya
Fourth place South Korea South Korea B
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 65 (3.61 per match)

The 1962 Merdeka Tournament was the fifth edition of the annual tournament hosted by Malaya. It took place from September 8 to September 19 with nine participating nations.

Teams

Thailand withdrew on August 31. Israel were originally invited but the invitation was later rescinded on September 3. All participating teams are the national teams except for South Korea. They was represented by a reserve team with some senior players, which flew directly from Seoul. Their senior national team returned home after finishing second in the Asian Games in Jakarta on September 4.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 4400161+158
South Korea South Korea B 430185+36
 South Vietnam 411297+23
 Singapore 411276+13
 Philippines 4004223210

9 September 1962
South Korea B South Korea 3 2  Philippines

11 September 1962
Indonesia  2 0  Singapore
Mariojus  58'
Hengki Timisela  68'

11 September 1962
South Korea B South Korea 3 0  South Vietnam
Kim Sam-Nak  34'
Chun Kang-Moon  65'  80'


13 September 1962
Singapore  5 0  Philippines
Stringfellow  20'  48'  62'
B. Yu  53'
Ariffin  72'

14 September 1962
Indonesia  2 1  South Vietnam
Mubarak  43'
Hengki Timisela  50'
Phan Duong Cam  46' (pen)

15 September 1962
South Korea B South Korea 2 0  Singapore
Lee Young-Keun  13'
Lim Kook-Chan  27'


17 September 1962
South Korea B South Korea 0 3  Indonesia
Hengki Timisela  30'
Marinus Manuhutu  57'
Suidariman  70'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Pakistan 312021+14
 Malaya 312054+14
 Burma 31025502
 Japan 30214622

8 September 1962
Malaya  2 2  Japan
Robert Choe  49' (pen)
Abdul Ghani Minhat  64'
Shigeo Yaegashi  17'
Saburo Kawabuchi  41'

9 September 1962
Pakistan  1 0  Burma

12 September 1962
Pakistan  1 1  Japan
Moosa  29' Shigeo Yaegashi  42'

13 September 1962
Malaya  3 2  Burma
Abdul Ghani Minhat  15'
Abdullah Noordin  53' (pen)
Arthur Koh  67'
Ko Ko  48'  76'

15 September 1962
Burma  2 1  Japan
Saburo Kawabuchi  64'

16 September 1962
Malaya  0 0  Pakistan

Third place play-off

19 September 1962
Malaya  3 1 South Korea South Korea B

Final

19 September 1962
Indonesia  2 1  Pakistan
Solong Hajah  35'
Hengki Timisela  36'
Moosa  28'

References

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