1968 King's Cup

1968 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Thailand
Dates 20 November – 2 December
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Indonesia Indonesia (1st title)
Runners-up  Burma
Third place  Thailand
Fourth place  Malaysia
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

Group Allocation Stage

Burma  3–0  Laos
Suk Bahadur  35'
Tin Aye  83'
Ye Nyunt  89'
Thailand  3–0  Singapore
Sahas Pornsawan  17'
Niwat Srisawat  45', 70'
Malaysia  0–1  Indonesia
Abdul Kadir  85'

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Thailand 4220040+4
 Malaysia 2210153+2
 Laos 0200206−6
Thailand  1–0  Laos
Laos  0–5  Malaysia
Wong Fook Yoong  27'
Thanabalan  37', 58'
Wong Choon Wah  75'
M. Chandran  84'
Thailand  3–0  Malaysia

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Indonesia 42200102+8
 Burma 2210153+2
 Singapore 0200219−8
Burma  2–0  Singapore
Aye Maung  60'
Bu Pa  72'
Indonesia  3–1  Burma
Soetjipto Soentoro  25'
Abdul Kadir  34' (pen.)		 Tin Aung Moe  13'
Singapore  0–7  Indonesia
Abdul Kadir  5'
Soetjipto  12', 35', 43'
Waskito  50'
Iswadi Idris  70', 73'

Semi-Finals

Indonesia  6–1  Malaysia
Jacob Sihasale  10', 73'
Soetjipto  12', 40', 64'
Mulyadi  34' (pen.)		 Zulkifli Norbit  14'
Thailand  0–2  Burma

3rd Place Match

Thailand  6–0  Malaysia

Final

Indonesia  1–0  Burma
Soetjipto Soentoro  20'

Winner

 1968 King's Cup Champion 

Indonesia
1st title

References

  1. ↑ "King's Cup 1968 (Bangkok, Thailand)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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