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1959 Merdeka Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Federation of Malaya
Dates	30 August – 6 September
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Malaya (2nd title)
Runners-up	India
Third place	South Vietnam
Fourth place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	52 (3.71 per match)
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The 1959 Merdeka Tournament was the third edition of the Merdeka Tournament which was an annual tournament hosted in Malaya. It took place from August 30 to September 6 with seven participating nations.

First round

A series of knockout ties was held to determine which teams would compete in the second round. The match between South Vietnam and Singapore required a replay as the score was level at the end of the first match.

South Vietnam	3–2	South Korea

India	2–0	Singapore
Rahmatullah 52' Balaram 61'	Report

Hong Kong	1–1	Japan

Replay

Japan	2–4	Hong Kong

Second round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
Malaya	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	5	Champions
India	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	4
South Vietnam	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2	3
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Malaya	4–3	South Vietnam

India	2–0	Hong Kong
Zulfiqaruddin 8' Kannan 79'	Report

Malaya	1–1	India
Robert Choe 60' (pen.)	Report	Kannan 63'

South Vietnam	4–1	Hong Kong

Malaya	2–1	Hong Kong

South Vietnam	2–2	India
Do Thoi Vinh 20', 53'	Report	Zulfiqaruddin 8' Kannan 56'

Consolation round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
South Korea	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	3
Singapore	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

South Korea	4–1	Singapore

Japan	4–1	Singapore

South Korea	0–0	Japan

Play-off

South Korea	3–1	Japan

References

• 1959 Merdeka Tournament at RSSSF
• Chaudhuri, Arunava (1999). "The Indian Senior Team at the 1959 Merdeka Cup". www.indianfootball.de. IndianFootball. Archived from the original on 8 June 2018. (information given by Jaydeep Basu, Sunil Warrier, and Gautam Roy).

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• 1959 in Asian football
• August 1959 sports events in Asia
• September 1959 sports events in Asia