1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification

AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup
1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates29 March – 18 December 1959
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored79 (4.39 per match)
Attendance349,806 (19,434 per match)
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1964 →

The qualification for the 1960 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 10 teams in three zones with the winners of each zone joining South Korea in the final tournament.[1]

Zones

Central zone Eastern zone Western zone

 Burma *
 Cambodia *
 Indonesia **
 Malaya
 Singapore
 South Vietnam
 Thailand *

 Hong Kong
 Japan *
 Philippines
 Republic of China

 Afghanistan *
 Ceylon *
 India
 Iran
 Israel
   Nepal *
 Pakistan

  • * Withdrew
  • **  Indonesia declined to participate due to an AFC membership dispute.[2]

Central zone

All matches held in Singapore.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Vietnam 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 4
 Malaya 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 2
 Singapore 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
Singapore 2–5 Malaya
South Vietnam 1–0 Malaya
Ha Tam 4'
Attendance: 9,806

Eastern zone

All matches held in Philippines.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of China 2 2 0 0 14 8 +6 4
 Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 11 7 +4 2
 Philippines 2 0 0 2 4 14 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
Philippines 4–7 Republic of China
Attendance: 12,000
Republic of China 7–4 Hong Kong
Attendance: 22,000

Western zone

All matches held in India.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Israel 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 8
 Iran 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 7
 Pakistan 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 5
 India 6 2 0 4 7 9 −2 4
Source: [citation needed]
Israel 0–3 Iran
Hajari 49'
Barmaki 59'
Dehdari 65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: P. Chakravarthy (India)
India 1–0 Pakistan
D'Souza
Attendance: 30,000
India 1–3 Israel
Devdas 60' R. Levi 35', 43', 53'
Attendance: 30,000
Pakistan 4–1 Iran
Umer
Faqir 		Haji Mokhtar
Attendance: 15,000
Israel 2–0 Pakistan
R. Levi 55'
Stelmach 65'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: P. Chakravarthy (India)
India 3–1 Iran
Goswami 64'
Khan 66' (pen.)
Balaram 80'		 Dehdari 62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Rahman (Pakistan)
Israel 1–1 Iran
Menchel 9' Hajari 49'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: P. Chakravarthy (India)
India 0–1 Pakistan
Abdullah 13'
Attendance: 30,000
Iran 4–1 Pakistan
Hajari
Jamali 		Qayyum
Attendance: 16,000
India 1–2 Israel
Rehmatullah 19' Stelmach 11'
R. Levi 75'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Natarajan (Malaya)
Pakistan 2–2 Israel
Umer 49'
Ghafoor 57'		 Menchel 60'
Ratzabi 68'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: A. N. Jayaraman (India)
India 1–2 Iran
Khan 64' Dehdari
Attendance: 25,000

Qualified teams

  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Withdrew before playing any matches
  Did not enter
  Not an AFC member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 South Korea Hosts N/A 1 (1956)
 South Vietnam Central Zone winners 13 May 1959 1 (1956)
 Republic of China Eastern zone winners 3 April 1959 0 (debut)
 Israel Western Zone winners 17 December 1959 1 (1956)

References

  1. ^ "Asian Nations Cup 1960". Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong off to 7–1 Win in Asian Cup". Reuters. The Straits Times. 30 March 1959. Retrieved 16 July 2012.