Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 20 November – 2 December |
Teams | 6 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 46 (3.54 per match) |
The 1968 King's Cup finals were held from November 20 to December 2, 1968, in Bangkok. This was the first edition of the international football competition.
The tournament featured a Group Allocation stage, that was used as a draw mechanism for the group stages. The top two in each three team group advanced to the semi-finals.
Indonesia won the tournament defeating Burma in the final.[1] The hosts Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and Singapore were the other teams to play in this tournament.
Fixtures and results
[edit]Group allocation stage
[edit]Thailand ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Sahas Pornsawan ![]() Niwat Srisawat ![]() |
Malaysia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Abdul Kadir ![]() |
Group 1
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Laos ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Wong Fook Yoong ![]() Thanabalan ![]() Wong Choon Wah ![]() M. Chandran ![]() |
Group 2
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Indonesia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Soetjipto Soentoro ![]() Abdul Kadir ![]() |
Tin Aung Moe ![]() |
Singapore ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Abdul Kadir ![]() Soetjipto ![]() Waskito ![]() Iswadi Idris ![]() |
Semi-finals
[edit]Indonesia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Jacob Sihasale ![]() Soetjipto ![]() Mulyadi ![]() |
Zulkifli Norbit ![]() |
3rd-place match
[edit]Final
[edit]Indonesia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Soetjipto Soentoro ![]() |
Winner
[edit]1968 King's Cup champion |
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![]() Indonesia 1st title |
References
[edit]- ^ "King's Cup 1968 (Bangkok, Thailand)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 August 2017.