Football at the 1962 Asian Games

Football at the 1962 Asian Games was held at the Tebet football pitch, Ikada Stadium, and Senayan Main Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia from 25 August to 4 September 1962.[1]

Men's football
at the 1962 Asian Games
Venue3
Date25 August – 4 September
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 1958
1966 →
Football at the 1962 Asian Games on a stamp of Indonesia

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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  India
D. M. K. Afzal
Tulsidas Balaram
Pradip Kumar Banerjee
Pradyut Barman
O. Chandrasekhar Menon
Ram Bahadur Chhetri
D. Ethiraj
Fortunato Franco
Arun Ghosh
Chuni Goswami
Yousuf Khan
Arumai Nayagam
Jarnail Singh
Trilok Singh
Prasanta Sinha
Peter Thangaraj
  South Korea
Cha Tae-sung
Cha Yong-man
Cho Nam-soo
Cho Yoon-ok
Chung Soon-chun
Chung Yeong-hwan
Ham Heung-chul
Jang Ji-eon
Jang Suk-woo
Kim Chan-ki
Kim Doo-sun
Kim Duk-joong
Kim Hong-bok
Lee Hyun
Moon Jung-sik
Park Kyung-hwa
Park Seung-ok
Son Kyung-ho
  Malaya
Kamaruddin Ahmad
Mahat Ambu
Boey Chong Liam
Roslan Buang
Richard Choe
Robert Choe
Edwin Dutton
Foo Fook Choon
Stanley Gabrielle
M. Govindarajoo
Tunku Ismail
Arthur Koh
Sexton Lourdes
Abdul Ghani Minhat
Ibrahim Mydin
Ahmad Nazari
Abdullah Yeop Noordin
I. J. Singh
Yee Seng Choy

Draw

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The original draw for football competition was held on 14 August 1962.[2]

Burma withdrew after the draw, while Israel and Taiwan withdrew after Indonesian immigration officials refused to issue visas for their delegations. The revised draw took place on 24 August 1962.[3]

Squads

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Results

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
  South Vietnam 3 2 0 1 9 1 9.000 4
  Malaya 3 2 0 1 18 6 3.000 4
  Indonesia 3 2 0 1 9 3 3.000 4
  Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 27 0.037 0
Source: RSSSF
Indonesia  1–0  South Vietnam

Malaya  15–1  Philippines

Indonesia  6–0  Philippines

Indonesia  2–3  Malaya
Timisela   11', 79' Report Ghani   7'
Gabrielle   58'
Koh   65'
Attendance: 40,000

South Vietnam  3–0  Malaya

South Vietnam  6–0  Philippines
  • Malaya won a draw for second place against Indonesia on 30 August 1962, necessary as they were both equal on points and goal average.

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 6 2 3.000 6
  India 3 2 0 1 6 3 2.000 4
  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 0.750 2
  Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 10 0.400 0
Source: RSSSF
Japan  3–1  Thailand

India  0–2  South Korea
Chung Soon-choon   30'
Cha Tae-sung  
Attendance: 95,000[4]

South Korea  3–2  Thailand

Thailand  1–4  India
Report Banerjee    
Goswami  
Balaram  

India  2–0  Japan
Banerjee   54'
Balaram   70'
Report

South Korea  1–0  Japan

Knockout round

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SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
1 September 1962
 
 
  South Vietnam2
 
4 September 1962
 
  India3
 
  India2
 
1 September 1962
 
  South Korea1
 
  South Korea (a.e.t.)2
 
 
  Malaya1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
3 September 196
 
 
  South Vietnam1
 
 
  Malaya4

Semifinals

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South Vietnam  2–3  India
Phan Duong Cam   52' (pen.)
Do Thol Vinh   64'
Report Goswami   13', 75'
J. Singh   41'

South Korea  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Malaya

Bronze medal match

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South Vietnam  1–4  Malaya

Gold medal match

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India  2–1  South Korea
P. K. Banerjee   17'
J. Singh   20'
Cha Tae-sung   23'
Attendance: 100,000[5]
Referee: J. Ferguson (Singapore)[5]

Final standing

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    India 5 4 0 1 11 6 +5 8
    South Korea 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 8
    Malaya 5 3 0 2 23 9 +14 6
4   South Vietnam 5 2 0 3 12 8 +4 4
5   Indonesia 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 4
6   Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
7   Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
8   Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 27 −26 0
Source: RSSSF

References

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  1. ^ "1962 Asian Games Football:fifamuseum.com". Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Draw Raises Malayan Hopes of Top 4 Placing". The Straits Times. 16 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Provision for Taiwan, Israel in Soccer Draw". The Indian Express. 25 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Though Beaten In Soccer, India Can Still Make In Last 4". The Indian Express. 28 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b "India Emerge Asian Games Football Champions". The Indian Express. 5 September 1962.
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