1968 King's Cup

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1968 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates20 November – 2 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIndonesia Indonesia (1st title)
Runners-up Burma
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored46 (3.54 per match)

The 1968 King's Cup finals were held from November 20 to December 2, 1968, in Bangkok. This was the first edition of the international football competition.

The tournament featured a Group Allocation stage, that was used as a draw mechanism for the group stages. The top two in each three team group advanced to the semi-finals.

Indonesia won the tournament defeating Burma in the final.[1] The hosts Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and Singapore were the other teams to play in this tournament.

Fixtures and results[]

Group allocation stage[]

Burma 3–0 Laos
Suk Bahadur Goal 35'
Tin Aye Goal 83'
Ye Nyunt Goal 89'
Thailand 3–0 Singapore
Goal 17'
Niwat Srisawat Goal 45', 70'
Malaysia 0–1 Indonesia
Abdul Kadir Goal 85'

Group 1[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 4
 Malaysia 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 2
 Laos 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source:[citation needed]
Thailand 1–0 Laos
Laos 0–5 Malaysia
Goal 27'
Goal 37', 58'
Wong Choon Wah Goal 75'
M. Chandran Goal 84'
Thailand 3–0 Malaysia

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 4
 Burma 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
 Singapore 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source:[citation needed]
Burma 2–0 Singapore
Aye Maung Goal 60'
Goal 72'
Indonesia 3–1 Burma
Soetjipto Soentoro Goal 25'
Abdul Kadir Goal 34' (pen.)		 Tin Aung Moe Goal 13'
Singapore 0–7 Indonesia
Abdul Kadir Goal 5'
Soetjipto Goal 12', 35', 43'
Goal 50'
Iswadi Idris Goal 70', 73'

Semi-Finals[]

Indonesia 6–1 Malaysia
Goal 10', 73'
Soetjipto Goal 12', 40', 64'
Goal 34' (pen.)		 Goal 14'
Thailand 0–2 Burma

3rd Place Match[]

Thailand 6–0 Malaysia

Final[]

Indonesia 1–0 Burma
Soetjipto Soentoro Goal 20'

Winner[]

 1968 King's Cup Champion 

Indonesia
1st title

References[]

  1. ^ "King's Cup 1968 (Bangkok, Thailand)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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