1956 AFC Asian Cup


The 1956 AFC Asian Cup was the inaugural AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial continental association football competition introduced and organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 15 September 1956 as a four-team round-robin competition with no final. It was won by South Korea.
An unusual ruling meant that all games were 80 minutes long, with an extra 30 minutes extra time if the game was drawn at full time.

Qualification

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearance
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Central Zone winners24 May 19560
Eastern Zone winners2 September 19560
Western Zone winners 19560

Results

All times are Hong Kong Time

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Goalscorers

With four goals, Nahum Stelmach is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 27 goals were scored by 15 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal