Merdeka Tournament 1968 (Malaysia)


Matches played at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, unless 
specified otherwise below.

Group A
 9- 8-1968 Japan B          2-1 Singapore
10- 8-1968 Westn. Australia 3-0 South Korea
11- 8-1968 Indonesia        7-0 Japan B            [at Ipoh]
11- 8-1968 Taiwan           2-0 Singapore          [at Ipoh]
12- 8-1968 South Korea      3-2 Singapore          [at Ipoh]
12- 8-1968 Indonesia        4-5 Western Australia  [at Ipoh]
14- 8-1968 South Korea      2-1 Taiwan
14- 8-1968 Westn. Australia 0-1 Japan B
15- 8-1968 Indonesia        4-0 Singapore
15- 8-1968 Westn. Australia 3-2 Taiwan
17- 8-1968 Indonesia        4-2 South Korea        [at Ipoh]
17- 8-1968 Japan B          1-0 Taiwan             [at Ipoh]
18- 8-1968 South Korea      2-0 Japan B            [at Ipoh]
18- 8-1968 Westn. Australia 4-4 Singapore          [at Ipoh]
19- 8-1968 Indonesia       10-1 Taiwan

 1.INDONESIA        5  4  0  1 29- 8  8
 2.WESTN. AUSTRALIA 5  3  1  1 15-11  7  [Australian representative side]
 3.South Korea      5  3  0  2  9-10  6
 4.Japan B          5  3  0  2  4-10  6
 5.Taiwan           5  1  0  4  6-16  2
 6.Singapore        5  0  1  4  7-15  1

Group B
 9- 8-1968 Malaysia         1-1 Hongkong
10- 8-1968 Burma            3-0 South Vietnam
11- 8-1968 Thailand         0-0 Hongkong
11- 8-1968 Malaysia         2-1 India
12- 8-1968 India            3-2 South Vietnam
12- 8-1968 Burma            3-0 Hongkong
14- 8-1968 Burma            0-0 Thailand        [at Ipoh]
14- 8-1968 Malaysia         4-0 South Vietnam   [at Ipoh]
15- 8-1968 India            1-1 Hongkong        [at Ipoh]
15- 8-1968 Thailand         2-3 South Vietnam   [at Ipoh]
17- 8-1968 Malaysia         4-1 Thailand
17- 8-1968 India            3-1 Burma
18- 8-1968 South Vietnam    3-1 Hongkong
18- 8-1968 Malaysia         1-1 Burma
19- 8-1968 India            0-1 Thailand

 1.MALAYSIA         5  3  2  0 12- 4  8
 2.BURMA            5  2  2  1  8- 4  6
 3.India            5  2  1  2  8- 7  5
 4.Thailand         5  1  2  2  4- 7  4
 5.South Vietnam    5  2  0  3  8-13  4
 6.Hongkong         5  0  3  2  3- 8  3

Semifinals (places 1-4)
21- 8-1968 Indonesia        1-2 Burma
22- 8-1968 Malaysia         4-3 Western Australia

Semifinals (places 5-8)
21- 8-1968 South Korea      2-1 Thailand
22- 8-1968 India            1-0 Japan B

Seventh Place Match
25- 8-1968 Japan B          2-1 Thailand

Fifth Place Match
24- 8-1968 South Korea      1-0 India

Third Place Match
24- 8-1968 Westn. Australia 3-1 Indonesia

Final
25- 8-1968 Malaysia         3-0 Burma


Post-tournament friendlies:
26- 8  George Town   Penang   5-3  Western Australia
27- 8  Alor Setar    Kedah     -   Western Australia

NB: also see Singapore Festival 1968



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Source: Straits Times

Thanks to Bojan Jovanovic and "Tanaka"

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 6 Nov 2009

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