The competition is named after the Merdeka (=Independence) Stadium in Malaysia. An annual tournament from 1957 to 1988, it has been held only nine times between 1989 and 2014.
Year Winners 1957 Hongkong 1958 Malaya 1959 Malaya 1960 Malaya and South Korea (shared) 1961 Indonesia 1962 Indonesia 1963 Taiwan 1964 Burma 1965 South Korea and Taiwan (shared) 1966 South Vietnam 1967 South Korea and Burma (shared) 1968 Malaysia 1969 Indonesia 1970 South Korea 1971 Burma 1972 South Korea 1973 Malaysia 1974 Malaysia 1975 South Korea 1976 Malaysia 1977 South Korea 1978 South Korea 1979 South Korea and Malaysia (shared) 1980 Morocco 1981 Iraq 1982 Santa Catarina 1983 Selección de Primera B (Argentina) 1984 South Korea 1985 South Korea 1986 Malaysia 1987 Czechoslovakia Olympic 1988 Hamburger SV 1991 Admira Wacker (Austria) 1993 Malaysia 1995 Iraq 2000 New Zealand 2001 Uzbekistan 2006 Myanmar 2007 Malaysia U-23 2008 Vietnam U-23 2013 Malaysia U-23 NB: not played in missing years Number of Wins (41 editions, 45 wins) 11 South Korea (4 shared) 10 Malaysia (2 shared) 4 Myanmar (1 shared) [includes Burma] 3 Indonesia 2 Iraq Malaysia U-23 Taiwan (1 shared) 1 Admira Wacker (Austria) Czechoslovakia Olympic Hamburger SV Hongkong Morocco New Zealand Santa Catarina Selección de Primera B (Argentina) South Vietnam Uzbekistan Vietnam U-23
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