1957 Merdeka Tournament

The first edition of the Merdeka Tournament was held in August and September 1957 in Malaya (now Malaysia). It was won by Hong Kong League XI.[nb 1] Singapore won a consolation tournament for teams that did not qualify for the final round.

1957 Merdeka Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFederation of Malaya
Dates31 August – 7 September
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Hong Kong (1st title)
Runners-up Indonesia
Third place South Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per match)

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.

Hong Kong League XI 6–2 Cambodia
Law Kwok Tai  28'
Chow Man Chi (鄒文治)  32'
Lau Yee  35' (pen)
Kwok Yau (郭有)  64'
Mok Chun Wah  64'
Ho Ying Fan  69'		 Nguon Ban  22'
Cham Rong  71'
South Vietnam 5–5 (a.e.t.) Singapore
Duc  5'  8'  31'  92'
Ho  29'		 Peter Corthine  13'  17'
Hatch  57'  61'
Arthur Koh  95'
Indonesia 4–0 Thailand
Omo S.  5'  12'  33'  68'
Malaya 5–2 Burma
Kong Leong  19'
Abdul Ghani Minhat  23' Govindarajoo  25'
Wai Hong  37'
Rahim Omar  47'		 Yaui Do  33'
Vernon Styles  42'

First Round Replay

South Vietnam 2–1 Singapore
Tu  48'
Don  51'		 Peter Corthine  85'

Second round

The winning teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another. The team finishing top of the group was the tournament winner.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Hong Kong League XI 5321085+3
 Indonesia 4320185+3
 South Vietnam 2310267−1
 Malaya 13012611−5
Hong Kong League XI 2–1 Indonesia
Law Kwok Tai  42'
Szeto Man  53'		 Aang Witarsa  20'
Attendance: 15.000
Malaya 1–4 South Vietnam
Abdul Ghani Minhat  12' Kane  2'  55'
Duc  54'  62'
Malaya 3–3 Hong Kong League XI
Abdul Ghani Minhat  26'  33'
Cheok Foo  79' (pen)		 Law Kwok Tai  10'  23'
Szeto Man  30'
Indonesia 3–1 South Vietnam
Tee San Liong  10'
Omo Suratmo  17'
Saari  50'		 Don  78'
Malaya 2–4 Indonesia
Abdul Ghani Minhat  18'  40' Jasrin Jusron  32'  70'
Saari  55'  63'
Hong Kong League XI 3–1 South Vietnam
Lau Yee  16'
Szeto Man (司徒文)[nb 2]  37'
Law Kwok Tai  58'		 [3] own goal  85'

Consolation Tournament

The losing teams from the first round played a series of matches against one another as a consolation tournament. The team finishing top of the group was the winner of this tournament.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Singapore 53210103+7
Burma 4320195+4
 Thailand 23102511−6
 Cambodia 1301216−5
Thailand 3–0 Cambodia
Sophon  13'
Prasun  47'  57'
Singapore 6–0 Thailand
Peter Corthine  12'  60'
Arthur Koh  61'  68'
Ibrahim Mansoor  65'
Hatch  70'
Burma 2–0 Cambodia
Maung Maung  65'
Pe-khin  75'
Singapore 1–1 Cambodia
Corthine  61' Tuy  66'
Burma 5–2 Thailand
Samuel Gordon  27'
Vernon Styles  32'
Tun Kyi  40'  72'
own goal  49'		 Santan  10'  50'
Singapore 3–2 Burma
Peter Corthine  9'
Hatch  22'
Ibrahim Hassan  34'		 Suk Bahadur  42'  66'

Goalscorers
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