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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Federation of Malaya |
Dates | 31 August – 7 September |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 28 (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 | ![]() |
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Law Kwok Tai ![]() Chow Man Chi (鄒文治) ![]() Lau Yee ![]() Kwok Yau (郭有) ![]() Mok Chun Wah ![]() Ho Ying Fan ![]() |
Nguon Ban ![]() Cham Rong ![]() |
South Vietnam ![]() | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Duc ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ho ![]() |
Peter Corthine ![]() ![]() Hatch ![]() ![]() Arthur Koh ![]() |
Malaya ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() |
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Kong Leong ![]() Abdul Ghani Minhat ![]() ![]() Wai Hong ![]() Rahim Omar ![]() |
Yaui Do ![]() Vernon Styles ![]() |
First Round Replay
South Vietnam ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Tu ![]() Don ![]() |
Peter Corthine ![]() |
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 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 |
Hong Kong League XI ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() |
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Law Kwok Tai ![]() Szeto Man ![]() |
Aang Witarsa ![]() |
Malaya ![]() | 1 – 4 | ![]() |
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Abdul Ghani Minhat ![]() |
Kane ![]() ![]() Duc ![]() ![]() |
Malaya ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() |
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Abdul Ghani Minhat ![]() ![]() Cheok Foo ![]() |
Law Kwok Tai ![]() ![]() Szeto Man ![]() |
Indonesia ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
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Tee San Liong ![]() Omo Suratmo ![]() Saari ![]() |
Don ![]() |
Malaya ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() |
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Abdul Ghani Minhat ![]() ![]() |
Jasrin Jusron ![]() ![]() Saari ![]() ![]() |
Hong Kong League XI ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
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Lau Yee ![]() Szeto Man (司徒文)[nb 2] ![]() Law Kwok Tai ![]() |
[3] | own goal ![]() |
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 |
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5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 |
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 |
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
Singapore ![]() | 6 – 0 | ![]() |
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Peter Corthine ![]() ![]() Arthur Koh ![]() ![]() Ibrahim Mansoor ![]() Hatch ![]() |
Burma ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() |
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Maung Maung ![]() Pe-khin ![]() |
Burma ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() |
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Samuel Gordon ![]() Vernon Styles ![]() Tun Kyi ![]() ![]() own goal ![]() |
Santan ![]() ![]() |
Singapore ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
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Peter Corthine ![]() Hatch ![]() Ibrahim Hassan ![]() |
Suk Bahadur ![]() ![]() |
Goalscorers
Notes
1. One source (P.S.S.I, "Kenang-Kenangan P.S.S.I. 50th 19 April 1930 - 19 April 1980", 1980.) report this match as a 4-2 victory to Malaya. References
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