1970 King's Cup

The 1970 King's Cup were held from November 8 to November 20, 1970, in Bangkok. This was the third edition of the international football competition. South Korea were set to defend the title they won in 1969 and in the final they would take the title as they defeated Thailand in the final.

1970 King's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	9–20 November
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Malaysia
Fourth place	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	64 (3.2 per match)
← 1969 1971 →

This edition was increased to 9 teams.

The Groups

• One group of four teams. One group of five
• Winners and runner up qualifies for the semi-finals.

Group A	Group B
South Korea Hong Kong Laos Singapore Thailand (host country)	Indonesia Malaysia South Vietnam Cambodia

Fixtures and results

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	3	1	0	11	0	+11	7
Thailand	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	7
Hong Kong	4	1	0	3	5	8	−3	2
Laos	4	1	0	3	5	9	−4	2
Singapore	4	1	0	3	2	10	−8	2

Source: RSSSF

November 8, 1970

Laos	0–1	Thailand
		Pallop Maklamthong 24'

Bangkok

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November 8, 1970

Hong Kong	0–1	Singapore
		Matthew Chin 48'

Bangkok

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November 10, 1970

Singapore	1–3	Thailand

Bangkok

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November 10, 1970

South Korea	3–0	Hong Kong

Bangkok

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November 12, 1970

South Korea	4–0	Laos

Bangkok

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November 12, 1970

Hong Kong	1–2	Thailand

Bangkok

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November 14, 1970

Laos	3–0	Singapore

Bangkok

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November 14, 1970

South Korea	0–0	Thailand

Bangkok

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November 16, 1970

South Korea	4–0	Singapore

Bangkok

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November 16, 1970

Hong Kong	4–2	Laos

Bangkok

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	6
Malaysia	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	3
Cambodia	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2
South Vietnam	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

November 9, 1970

Cambodia	1–1	Malaysia
Doeour Sokhom 88'		Shaharuddin Abdullah 24'

Bangkok

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November 9, 1970

Indonesia	5–3	South Vietnam
Waskito 5', 12', 70' Abdul Kadir 59', 63'		Cu Sinh 42' Tran Tiet Van 88'  ? ?'

Bangkok

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November 13, 1970

Indonesia	3–0	Malaysia
Abdul Kadir 13', 33' Iswadi Idris 17'

Bangkok

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November 13, 1970

Cambodia	2–2	South Vietnam

Bangkok

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November 15, 1970

Malaysia	2–1	South Vietnam
Ali Bakar 22' Shukor Salleh 63'		Le Van Sang 30'

Bangkok

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November 13, 1970

Cambodia	2–4	Indonesia
Doeur Sokhom 58' Sieng Tara 88'		Soetjipto Soentoro 10' Waskito 34', 55' Iswadi Idris 49'

Bangkok

Semi-finals

November 18, 1970

South Korea	2–0	Malaysia
Park Yi-chun 80' Kim Ki-bok 87'

Bangkok

Attendance: 30,000

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November 18, 1970

Indonesia	1–2	Thailand

Bangkok

Attendance: 30,000

3rd-place match

November 20, 1970

Malaysia	3–1	Indonesia
S. Abdullah 19' (pen.), 23' (pen.), 75'		? ?'

Bangkok

Final

November 20, 1970

Thailand	0–1	South Korea
		Park Yi-chun 80'

Bangkok

Attendance: 50,000

Winner

1970 King's Cup champion
South Korea 2nd title