AFC Asian Qualifiers
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AFC Asian Cup

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 1–4 South Vietnam
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 0–7 Hong Kong
Lau Chi Lam
Ho Cheung Yau
Lau Kai Cheung
Leung Wai Hung
Attendance: 10,000
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 		Khan
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.