1964 AFC Asian Cup
The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd AFC Asian Cup, a football tournament that happens every four years. It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] The tournament was played in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964.
Asian Cup Israel 1964 גביע אסיה בכדורגל 1964 | |
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![]() Israel holds the Asian Cup after winning it | |
Tournament details | |
Host country | Israel |
Dates | 26 May – 3 June |
Teams | 4 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 13 (2.17 per match) |
Attendance | 99,000 (16,500 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (2 goals each) |
The tournament was a round-robin. The hosts Israel won every game.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Venues
Ramat Gan | Haifa | Tel Aviv | Jerusalem | |
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Ramat Gan Stadium | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium | Bloomfield Stadium | Hebrew University Stadium | |
Capacity: 51,000 | Capacity: 17,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 16,000 | |
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Qualification
11 out of the 16 nations withdrew from qualifying.[lower-alpha 1] That meant South Korea and India automatically qualified.

Qualified
Did not qualify
Withdrew before playing any matches
Did not enter
Not an AFC member
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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![]() | Hosts | 2 | |
![]() | Central Zone winners | 14 December 1963 | 1 |
![]() | Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 2 |
![]() | Western Zone winners (automatically qualified) | 1963 | 0 |
Results
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
South Korea ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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South Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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South Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Winners
1964 AFC Asian Cup Winners |
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![]() Israel First title |
Scorers

Israeli teammates (Mordechai Spiegler in the middle) holding the 1964 AFC Asian Cup after beating South Korea in the final round
Inder Singh and Mordechai Spiegler scored the most goals. They each scored 2 goals. 13 goals were scored by 11 different players. There were no own goals.
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Cheung Yiu Kwok
K. Appalaraju
Chuni Goswami
Sukumar Samajpati
Yohai Aharoni
Moshe Leon
Gideon Tish
Park Seoung-ok
Lee Soon-Myung
Notes
- Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of China and Singapore withdrew from qualifying.
References
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- Dominic Bossi (2015-01-30). "Winners and losers of the 2015 Asian Cup". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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Other websites
- Korean scorers (in Korean)
- RSSSF
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