1954 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC – Group 13)
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After India and Vietnam had their entries rejected, the three teams in this group played against each other once. The group winner South Korea qualified for the fifth FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland. Republic of China withdrew the qualification.
Group 13[]
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| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||
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| 1 | South Korea
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | X | 5:1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Japan
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 1 | 2:2 | X | – | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| – | Republic of China
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | X | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Japan vs South Korea[]
| Japan | 1–5 | South Korea |
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Ken Naganuma  16' |
Chung Nam-sik 22', 83' Choi Kwang Suk 34'Choi Chung-min 68', 87' |
Referee: Haran (Hong Kong)
South Korea vs Japan[]
| South Korea | 2–2 | Japan |
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| Chung Nam-sik 24' Choi Chung-min 43' |
Toshio Iwatani 17', 61' |
Referee: Haran (Hong Kong)
External links[]
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- 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
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- 1954 in Asian football
- 1954 in Japanese football
- South Korea at the 1954 FIFA World Cup
- 1954 in Taiwanese sport