Merdeka Tournament 1974

Merdeka Tournament 1974 (Malaysia)


All matches played at Stadium Perak, Ipoh.
Burma, South Vietnam, and Kuwait declined invitations.

South Korea did not field their strongest team, and their match are not regarded 
as full internationals for their association.


Group Allocation Matches
23- 7 Malaysia         1-0 South Korea
        [Syed Ahmad 27']
24- 7 Hongkong         2-2 Indonesia  [2-5 pen]
        [Chung Chor-Wai 9', Yu Kwok-Kit 21' / Yunardi 47', Wibisono 53']
24- 7 India            4-2 Thailand   [2-1 HT]
        [Magan Singh x3, Bernard Pereira / Prapon, Niwatana Sesawadi pen]
Singapore received a bye.


Group A
25- 7 Malaysia         4-1 India
        [Syed Ahmed 5', Mohammed Bakar 16' 34', Wong Choon-Wah 65' / Magan Singh 70']
27- 7 Malaysia         1-0 Hongkong
        [Mokhtar Dahari 86']
29- 7 India            2-2 Hongkong
        [Magan Singh 26', Manjeet Singh 75' / Yu Kwok-Kit 34' 55']

 1.MALAYSIA         2  2  0  0  5- 1  4
 2.HONGKONG         2  0  1  1  2- 3  1
 3.India            2  0  1  1  3- 6  1


Group B
26- 7 South Korea      1-0 Singapore
        [Lee Young-Moo 28']
26- 7 Thailand         2-1 Indonesia
        [Niwatana 67', Prapon 88' / Andilala 90']
28- 7 Indonesia        5-0 Singapore
        [Nobon 6', Andilala 24', Wibisono 54' 56', Abdul Kadir 85']
28- 7 South Korea      1-1 Thailand
        [Kang Tee-Yun 30' / Pairit 17']
30- 7 South Korea      0-0 Indonesia              
30- 7 Thailand         1-1 Singapore
        [Manus 4' / Zainal Abideen 2']

 1.SOUTH KOREA      3  1  2  0  2- 1  4
 2.THAILAND         3  1  2  0  4- 3  4
 3.Indonesia        3  1  1  1  6- 2  3
 4.Singapore        3  0  1  2  1- 7  1


Semifinals
 1- 8 Malaysia         3-2 Thailand
        [Mohammed Bakar 9', Mokhtar Dahari 45' pen, Syed Ahmed 88' / Songthai 10', Namat Abdullah OG]
 2- 8 South Korea      0-0 Hongkong   [AET, 8-7 pen]

Fifth Place Match
 1- 8 Indonesia        0-0 India      [4-2 pen]

Third Place Match
 4- 8 Hongkong         1-0 Thailand
        [Leung Kan-Fat 30']

Final [Aug 4]
 4- 8 Malaysia         1-0 South Korea
        [Mokhtar Dahari 84']
        [Malaysia: Lim Fung Kee, Namat Abdullah [c], Wong Voon Leong, Soh Chin Aun, Shukor Salleh,
                   Santokh Singh (Wan Zawawi), Mohamed Bakar, Syed Ahmad, Mokhtar Dahari,
                   Shaharuddin Abdullah, Wong Choon Wah.]
        [South Korea: Kim Jin-Bok, Choi Chong-Duk, Hong Sung-Ho, Park Sung-Hwa, Lee Choong-Hwee [c],
                      Park Sang-In, Kang Tae-Hyun, Lee Cha-Man, Yoo Dong-Chun (Baek Choong-Chul),
                      Lee Young-Moo, Park Chang-Sun.]
        [Referee: Lee Kan-Chee (Hong Kong).]
        [Linesmen: L.N. Ghosh (India), Nobnom (Thailand).]


Post-Merdeka match:
Interport Aw Hoe Cup, National Stadium, Singapore
 7- 8 Singapore        0-1 Hong Kong
        [Yu Kwok-Kit 25' pen]
Overview File
1973
1975
About this document

Sources: Straits Times, New Straits Times
Thanks: "Tanaka"
Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 31 Mar 2011