South Korea qualified as hosts
Western Zone (tournament in India)
NB: all matches of 80 minutes, played at Maharaja College Stadium,
Ernakulam, India, in December 1959
5-12 Iran 3-0 Israel
6-12 India 1-0 Pakistan
[Dereyk D'Souza]
8-12 India 1-3 Israel
9-12 Pakistan 4-1 Iran
10-12 Israel 2-0 Pakistan
11-12 India 3-1 Iran
12-12 Israel 1-1 Iran
13-12 India 0-1 Pakistan
15-12 Iran 4-1 Pakistan
16-12 India 1-2 Israel
17-12 Pakistan 2-2 Israel
18-12 India 1-2 Iran
1.ISRAEL 6 3 2 1 10- 8 8
2.Iran 6 3 1 2 12-10 7
3.Pakistan 6 2 1 3 8-10 5
4.India 6 2 0 4 7- 9 4
Central Zone (Tournament at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore)
Cambodia withdrew on 23-2-59. Thailand had withdrawn earlier.
Burma withdrew on 4-5-59.
Indonesia declined to participate due to an AFC membership dispute.
9- 5-59 Singapore 1-4 South Vietnam
11- 5-59 Singapore 2-5 Malaysia (crowd 3400)
13- 5-59 South Vietnam 1-0 Malaysia
1.SOUTH VIETNAM 2 2 0 0 5- 1 4
2.Malaysia 2 1 0 1 5- 3 2
3.Singapore 2 0 0 2 3- 9 0
Post-tournament friendlies:
In Singapore:
14- 5-59 Malaya & Singapore combined 0-2 South Vietnam
In Kuala Lumpur:
17- 5-59 Malayan Youths 0-2 South Vietnam
18- 5-59 Malaya XI 3-3 South Vietnam
Note: the Malaya XI team included two Singaporean players who were
ineligible for the Malaya national team.
Eastern Zone (Tournament at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines)
29- 3-59 Philippines 0-7 Hong Kong
31- 3-59 Philippines 4-7 Taiwan
3- 4-59 Taiwan 7-4 Hong Kong (crowd 22000)
1.TAIWAN 2 2 0 0 14- 8 4
2.Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 11- 7 2
3.Philippines 2 0 0 2 4-14 0
South Korea 1-0 Taiwan Israel 5-1 South Vietnam Taiwan 0-1 Israel South Korea 5-1 South Vietnam South Vietnam 1-3 Taiwan South Korea 3-0 Israel 1.South Korea 3 3 0 0 9- 1 6 2.Israel 3 2 0 1 6- 4 4 3.Taiwan 3 1 0 2 3- 3 2 4.South Vietnam 3 0 0 3 3-13 0
Thanks to Yaniv Bleicher for match dates qualifying tournament in India
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Authors: Bojan Jovanovic, Neil Morrison,
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