Merdeka Tournament 1966 (Malaysia)

Group Allocation Matches
Malaysia         5-2 South Vietnam
Burma            2-2 Singapore
India            2-0 Hongkong                 [Aug 13]
South Korea      2-0 Japan                    [Aug 13]
Taiwan           2-1 Thailand

Group 1
South Vietnam    2-1 Singapore
South Vietnam    2-0 Japan                    [also reported 4-0]     
South Vietnam    3-0 Taiwan
Singapore        0-1 Japan
Singapore        4-1 Taiwan
Japan            5-2 Taiwan
India            1-0 Taiwan                   [Aug 17]
India            3-0 Japan                    [Aug 20]
India            1-0 South Vietnam            [Aug 23]
India            0-1 Singapore                [Aug 25]

 1.SOUTH VIETNAM    4  3  0  1  7- 2  6
 2.India            4  3  0  1  5- 1  6
 3.Singapore        4  2  0  2  6- 3  4
 4.Japan            4  2  0  2  6- 7  4
 5.Taiwan           4  0  0  4  3-13  0

Group 2
Burma            2-0 South Korea
Malaysia         0-0 Burma
Burma            3-0 Thailand
Burma            2-0 Hongkong      
Malaysia         1-2 South Korea
South Korea      2-1 Thailand
South Korea      1-0 Hongkong      
Malaysia         0-0 Thailand
Malaysia         1-0 Hongkong      
Thailand         2-2 Hongkong      

 1.BURMA            4  3  1  0  7- 0  7
 2.South Korea      4  3  0  1  5- 4  6
 3.Malaysia         4  1  2  1  2- 2  4
 4.Thailand         4  0  2  2  3- 7  2
 5.Hongkong         4  0  1  3  2- 6  1

Third Place Match [Aug 27]
India            1-0 South Korea

Final [Merdeka stadium]
South Vietnam    1-0 Burma
  [Van Chieu 71] 
  [Ref: Oei Poh Hwa (Malaysia); att: 30,000]
South Vietnam: Lam Hong Chau, Lai Van Ngon, Duong Cam, Van Co, Huynh Tam Lam,
               Ngoc Thanh, Tran Chanh, Thoi Vinh, Van Chieu, Van Duc, 
               Nguyen Van Ngon. 
Burma: Tin Aung, Than Lwin, Maung Maung, Soe Myint, Ohn Kywe, Suk Bahadur, 
       Aye Maung, Hia Htay, Han Thein, Aung Khin, Ba Pu. 

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