1968 King's Cup
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) |
1969 → |
International football competition
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
Thailand ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Sahas Pornsawan ![]() Niwat Srisawat ![]() |
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 2 |
![]() | 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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 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
Indonesia ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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Jacob Sihasale ![]() Soetjipto ![]() Mulyadi ![]() | Zulkifli Norbit ![]() |
3rd-place match
Final
Indonesia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Soetjipto Soentoro ![]() |
Winner
1968 King's Cup champion |
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![]() Indonesia 1st title |
References
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King's Cup