1952 Colombo Cup

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1952 Colombo Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Ceylon
Dates	9–23 March 1952
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	India (1st title)  Pakistan (1st title)
Third place	Burma  Ceylon
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The 1952 Colombo Cup was the first edition of the Colombo Cup held in Colombo, Ceylon. India and Pakistan were declared as the joint winners.^[1]

Details[]

Date	Matches
9 March 1952	Ceylon 0 - 3  India
16 March 1952	India 4 - 0  Burma
18 March 1952	Ceylon 0 - 2  Pakistan
20 March 1952	Pakistan 1 - 0  Burma
22 March 1952	Burma cancelled*  Ceylon
23 March 1952	India 0 - 0  Pakistan

• cancelled due to the death of Ceylon's Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake

Points Table[]

(C) refers to champions

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	India (C)	3	2	1	0	7	0	5
2	Pakistan (C)	3	2	1	0	3	0	5
3	Burma	2	0	0	2	0	5	0
4	Ceylon	2	0	0	2	0	5	0

Notes: The competition rules stated that, in the event of a tie on points, goal average would be the tiebreaker. However, the organising committee took the view that goal average could not be considered, since neither India nor Pakistan had conceded any goals, and consequently it was decided that the trophy should be shared. Pakistan won a coin toss to decide which country would receive the trophy for the first six months.

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