1969 King's Cup

1969 King's Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	19 November – 28 November
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	South Vietnam
Fourth place	Laos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	54 (3.38 per match)
← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 King's Cup finals were held from November 19 to November 28, 1969, in Bangkok. This was the second edition of the international football competition. Indonesia were set to defend the championship they won in 1968. In the final, South Korea won the tournament as they defeated the defending champions in the final.^[1]

The edition scrapped the Group Allocation stage and was increased to eight teams with seven being national teams and one being a representative side.

The Groups[]

• Two groups of four teams.
• Winners and runner up qualifies for the semi-finals.

Group A	Group B
South Korea  Laos  Malaysia  Thailand (host country)	Indonesia  Singapore South Vietnam Western Australia

Fixtures and results[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	5
Laos	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	3
Thailand	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
Malaysia	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	4
South Vietnam	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Singapore	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	3
Western Australia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2

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Semi-finals[]

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3rd Place Match[]

Final[]

Winner[]

1969 King's Cup Champion
South Korea 1st title

References[]