Football at the 1962 Asian Games – Men

Men's football
at the 1962 Asian Games
Venue3
Date25 August – 4 September
Medalists
gold medal  India
silver medal  South Korea
bronze medal  Malaya
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Football at the 1962 Asian Games on a stamp of Indonesia

Football at the 1962 Asian Games was held at the Tebet football pitch, Ikada Stadium, and Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia from 25 August to 4 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 India
D. M. K. Afzal
Tulsidas Balaram
Pradip Kumar Banerjee
Pradyut Barman
O. Chandrasekhar Menon
Ram Bahadur Chhetri
D. Ethiraj
Fortunato Franco
Arun Ghosh
Chuni Goswami
Yousuf Khan
Arumai Nayagam
Jarnail Singh
Trilok Singh
Prasanta Sinha
Peter Thangaraj 		 South Korea
Cha Tae-sung
Cha Yong-man
Cho Nam-soo
Cho Yoon-ok
Chung Soon-chun
Chung Yeong-hwan
Ham Heung-chul
Jang Ji-eon
Jang Suk-woo
Kim Chan-ki
Kim Doo-sun
Kim Duk-joong
Kim Hong-bok
Lee Hyun
Moon Jung-sik
Park Kyung-hwa
Park Seung-ok
Son Kyung-ho 		 Malaya
Kamaruddin Ahmad
Mahat Ambu
Boey Chong Liam
Roslan Buang
Richard Choe
Robert Choe
Edwin Dutton
Foo Fook Choon
Stanley Gabrielle
M. Govindarajoo
Tunku Ismail
Arthur Koh
Sexton Lourdes
Abdul Ghani Minhat
Ibrahim Mydin
Ahmad Nazari
Abdullah Yeop Noordin
I. J. Singh
Yee Seng Choy

Draw

The original draw for football competition was held on 14 August 1962.[2]

Burma withdrew after the draw, while Israel and Taiwan withdrew after Indonesian immigration officials refused to issue visas for their delegations. The revised draw took place on 24 August 1962.[3]

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1962 Asian Games – Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
 South Vietnam 3 2 0 1 9 1 9.000 4
 Malaya 3 2 0 1 18 6 3.000 4
 Indonesia 3 2 0 1 9 3 3.000 4
 Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 27 0.037 0
Source: RSSSF
Indonesia 1–0 South Vietnam
Malaya 15–1 Philippines
Indonesia 6–0 Philippines
Indonesia 2–3 Malaya
Timisela 11', 79' Report Ghani 7'
Gabrielle 58'
Koh 65'
Attendance: 40,000
South Vietnam 3–0 Malaya
South Vietnam 6–0 Philippines
  • Malaya won a draw for second place against Indonesia on 30 August 1962, necessary as they were both equal on points and goal average.

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 6 2 3.000 6
 India 3 2 0 1 6 3 2.000 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 0.750 2
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 10 0.400 0
Source: RSSSF
Japan 3–1 Thailand
India 0–2 South Korea
Chung Soon-choon 30'
Cha Tae-sung
Attendance: 95,000[4]
South Korea 3–2 Thailand
Thailand 1–4 India
Report Banerjee
Goswami
Balaram
India 2–0 Japan
Banerjee 54'
Balaram 70'		 Report
South Korea 1–0 Japan

Knockout round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
1 September 1962
 
 
 South Vietnam2
 
4 September 1962
 
 India3
 
 India2
 
1 September 1962
 
 South Korea1
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 Malaya1
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
3 September 196
 
 
 South Vietnam1
 
 
 Malaya4

Semifinals

South Vietnam 2–3 India
Phan Dương Cẩm 52' (pen.)
Đỗ Thới Vinh 64'		 Report Goswami 13', 75'
J. Singh 41'
South Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) Malaya

Bronze medal match

South Vietnam 1–4 Malaya

Gold medal match

India 2–1 South Korea
P. K. Banerjee 17'
J. Singh 20'		 Cha Tae-sung 23'
Attendance: 100,000[5]
Referee: J. Ferguson (Singapore)[5]

Final standing

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India 5 4 0 1 11 6 +5 8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Malaya 5 3 0 2 23 9 +14 6
4  South Vietnam 5 2 0 3 12 8 +4 4
5  Indonesia 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 4
6  Japan 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 2
7  Thailand 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
8  Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 27 −26 0
Source: RSSSF

References

  1. ^ "1962 Asian Games Football:fifamuseum.com". Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Draw Raises Malayan Hopes of Top 4 Placing". The Straits Times. 16 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Provision for Taiwan, Israel in Soccer Draw". The Indian Express. 25 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Though Beaten In Soccer, India Can Still Make In Last 4". The Indian Express. 28 August 1962. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. ^ a b "India Emerge Asian Games Football Champions". The Indian Express. 5 September 1962.