Name for two tournaments, including other sports besides football, between mostly communist states. The first was organised in Indonesia following a scandal around the 1962 Asian Games there, for which Taiwan and Israel were refused visa, which led to an indefinite suspension of Indonesia from the IOC. The second edition was restricted to Asia after the qualifying(?) tournament in North Korea 1965 (in which Guinea participated), with Africa organising the first African Games in 1965; consequently, that second tournament was named 'First Asian GANEFO'; a second Asian GANEFO never happened.
Year Winners Runners-Up Venue
1963 United Arab R. North Korea Jakarta, Indonesia
1965 North Korea China Pyongyang, North Korea
1966 North Korea China Phnom Penh, Cambodia
NB: it is not clear whether the 1965 tournament was a separate, football-only event, or
only a qualifying tournament for 1966.
November 1963 in Jakarta (Indonesia)
First Round:
Group A
North Korea 14-0 Somalia
Uruguay Univ. 9-0 Somalia
North Korea 4-0 Uruguay Univ.
1.North Korea 2 2 0 0 18- 0 4
2.Uruguay Univ. 2 1 0 1 9- 4 2
3.Somalia 2 0 0 2 0-23 0
Group B
China PR 3-1 Mali
Indonesia 3-2 Mali [14 Nov]
China PR 1-1 Indonesia [16 Nov]
1.China PR 2 1 1 0 4- 2 3 [g.a. 2.00]
2.Indonesia 2 1 1 0 4- 3 3 [g.a. 1.33]
3.Mali 2 0 0 2 6- 6 0
Group C
Argentina Univ. 3-1 Saudi Arabia
1.Argentina Univ. 1 1 0 0 3- 1 2
2.Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 1- 3 0
Algeria withdrew
Bolivia withdrew
Group D
UAR 4-1 North Vietnam
Chile Univ. 4-2 Laos
UAR 6-0 Chile Univ.
North Vietnam 4-2 Chile Univ.
UAR 15-0 Laos
North Vietnam 9-1 Laos
1.UAR 3 3 0 0 25- 1 6
2.North Vietnam 3 2 0 1 14- 7 4
3.Chile Univ. 3 1 0 2 6-10 2
4.Laos 3 0 0 3 3-28 0
Quarterfinals
Vietnam 6-1 Argentina Univ.
UAR 7-0 Saudi Arabia
Uruguay Univ. 2-1 China
North Korea 5-1 Indonesia [18 Nov]
Semifinals
North Korea 2-0 North Vietnam
UAR 5-1 Uruguay Univ.
Third Place Match
Uruguay Univ. 2-2 North Vietnam [Uruguay on coin toss]
Final
UAR 1-1 North Korea [UAR on coin toss]
NB: the union of Egypt and Syria (1958-61) in the United Arab Republic was
dissolved by the time of the Games but Egypt kept the name for some more
years. Argentina and Uruguay were represented by University teams.
Topscorer : Badawi Abdelfattah (UAR)
UAR squad :
Goalkeepers: Abdelsattar (Sekka Hadid)
Said El Galb
Deffenders: Ali Mahmoud (Taiaran)
Khairi Hosni (Tersana)
Said Aboul Nour (Ahly)
Talaat Fawaz (Ittihad Alex)
Ahmed Saleh (Ittihad Alex)
Mahmoud Hassanein (Zamalek)
Midfielders: Samir Qotb (Zamalek)
Ahmed Abaza (Ittihad Alex)
Forwards: Badawi Abdelfattah (Baharya)
Zoqlot
Abdou Nosehi (Zamalek)
Mohamed Shahin (Masry)
Helmi Souliman (Ahly)
Mohamed Gaber (Ittihad Alex)
Karam (Sekka Hadid)
Hafez Ghobashi (Ittihad Alex)
ElSayed Nosseir
Coach: Kamal ElShiwi
1965
Held at the Moranbong Stadium in Pyongyang, 1st-10th August 1965. Closing ceremony on 11th August. 1- 8-65 Guinea 2-1 Cambodia 2- 8-65 China 3-0 Indonesia 2- 8-65 North Korea 1-0 North Vietnam 3- 8-65 North Vietnam 1-1 Cambodia 3- 8-65 Guinea 3-1 Indonesia 4- 8-65 North Korea 3-0 China 5- 8-65 North Vietnam 2-1 Guinea 5- 8-65 Indonesia 0-0 Cambodia 6- 8-65 China 3-1 Cambodia 6- 8-65 North Korea 3-0 Guinea 8- 8-65 North Korea 3-0 Indonesia 8- 8-65 China 3-3 North Vietnam 9- 8-65 North Korea 4-0 Cambodia 9- 8-65 China 2-0 Guinea 10- 8-65 North Vietnam 1-2 Indonesia Final Table 1.North Korea 5 5 0 0 14- 0 10 2.China 5 3 1 1 11- 7 7 3.North Vietnam 5 1 2 2 7- 8 4 [g.a. 0.88] 4.Guinea 5 2 0 3 6- 9 4 [g.a. 0.67] 5.Indonesia 5 1 1 3 3-10 3 6.Cambodia 5 0 2 3 3-10 21st Asian GANEFO 1966
The GANEFO were held in Phnom Penh, 25th November to 6th December 1966. 26-11 North Korea 2-0 Cambodia [opening match] 26-11 North Vietnam 9-0 North Yemen 26-11 China 7-0 Palestine 27-11 China 4-0 Cambodia 27-11 North Vietnam 4-0 Palestine 28-11 North Korea 14-0 North Yemen 28-11 China 2-0 North Vietnam 29-11 Cambodia 8-0 North Yemen 29-11 North Korea 5-1 Palestine 30-11 North Vietnam 2-2 Cambodia 30-11 Palestine 5-3 North Yemen 3-12 North Korea 2-1 China 5-12 China 6-0 North Yemen 5-12 Cambodia 4-0 Palestine 6-12 North Korea 3-1 North Vietnam Final Table 1.North Korea 5 5 0 0 26- 3 15 2.China 5 4 0 1 20- 2 13 3.North Vietnam 5 2 1 2 16- 7 10 [g.a. 2.29] 4.Cambodia 5 2 1 2 14- 8 10 [g.a. 1.75] 5.Palestine 5 1 0 4 6-23 7 6.North Yemen 5 0 0 5 3-42 5 NB: 3-2-1 points system
Sources included: ytyz.8u8.com (Chinese website), "The Pyongyang Times", "Realités cambodgiennes", "La Nouvelle Dépêche" (Phnom Penh), "The Straits Times", "La Stampa", and "Tanaka" (Roon Ba)
Thanks to Pieter Veroeveren; 1963 data thanks to Khaled Abul-Oyoun (abuloyoun@yahoo.com); 1966 dates thanks to Giovanni Armillotta
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