1964 AFC Asian Cup
Football tournament in Asia
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The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964.
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| Asian Cup Israel 1964 גביע אסיה בכדורגל 1964 | |
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Israel holds the Asian Cup after winning it | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Israel |
| Dates | 26 May – 3 June |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venues | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Israel (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Third place |  South Korea |
| Fourth place |  Hong Kong |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 13 (2.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 99,000 (16,500 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Inder Singh Mordechai Spiegler (2 goals each) |
← 1960 1968 → | |
The tournament used a round-robin system which had to be increased in size to five teams, with the winners from the Western, Central 1 and 2 and Eastern zones, as well as the host nation (Israel) competing for the title.[2] Eleven of the 17 nations withdrew from qualification[fn 1] resulting in only one zone (a combined Central 1 and 2) playing any qualifying matches. The two remaining teams from the Western and Eastern zones respectively qualified uncontested.
The final tournament was subsequently a four-team competition, the same format as previous editions, with Israel winning the title with a perfect record of three wins.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In keeping with previous editions of the tournament, all the matches were only 80 minutes in duration.[2]
Venues
| Ramat Gan | Tel Aviv | |
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| Ramat Gan Stadium | Bloomfield Stadium | |
| Capacity: 51,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | |
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| Haifa | Jerusalem | |
| Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | Hebrew University Stadium | |
| Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
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Qualification
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | Hosts | N/A | 2 (1956, 1960) |
| Hong Kong | Central Zone winners | 14 December 1963 | 1 (1956) |
| South Korea | Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 2 (1956, 1960) |
| India | Western Zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 0 (debut) |
Squads
Results
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Champions |
| 2 | India |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Runners-up |
| 3 | South Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | Third place |
| 4 | Hong Kong |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | Fourth place |
All times are Israel Standard Time (UTC+2).
| South Korea | 0–2 | India |
|---|---|---|
Appalraju  2' I. Singh 57' |
| South Korea | 1–0 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Park Seung-ok 74' |
| India | 3–1 | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| I. Singh 45' Samajapati 60'Goswami 77' |
Cheung Yiu Kwok 39' |
| South Korea | 1–2 | Israel |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Soon-myung 79' |
Leon 20' Tish 38' |
Winners
| 1964 AFC Asian Cup winners |
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 Israel First title |
Goalscorers
With two goals, Inder Singh and Mordechai Spiegler were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 13 goals were scored by 11 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Cheung Yiu Kwok
K. Appalaraju- Chuni Goswami
- Sukumar Samajpati
Yohai Aharoni- Moshe Leon
- Gideon Tish
Park Seung-ok- Lee Soon-Myung
Notes
- Nations that withdrew: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of China, and Singapore.