1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the third edition of the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament held in Calcutta, India. India won the tournament for a third time.^[1]

1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	18–26 December 1954
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	India (3rd title)
Runners-up	Ceylon
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	17 (2.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Puran Bahadur Thapa (4 goals)
← 1953 1955 →

Squads

Ceylon[1]	India[1]	Pakistan[2]
Peter Ranasinghe (captain) M. Sheriff J. A. G. Wilson O. K. Khan A. C. M. Junaid M. B. Saldin T. Meedin K. A. Premadasa M. I. M. Laheer T. S. Jayman M. Sainoon Tom Marikar Deen Andrew Fernando N. B. Hemachandra Tom Ossen A. R. Jailabdeen Karunapala Fernando	Sailen Manna (captain) Sanat Sett Sanjeeva Uchil Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din Sheikh Abdul Latif Pearl G. R. Gokul Chandan Singh Rawat Prakash Singh Muhammad Noor Pansanttom Venkatesh Syed Moinuddin G. Y. S. Laiq Samar Banerjee Mohammad Abdus Sattar Ahmed Khan Puran Bahadur Thapa Jaganathan Anthony Patrick Neville D'Souza	Jamil Akhtar (captain) Fazalur Rehman Lt. Mazhar Siddique Riasat Ali M.A. Malik Nazir Hussain Niaz Ali Nabi Chowdhury Dad Mohammad Ghulam Mohyuddin Akbar Jan Moideen Kutty Mohammad Amin Masood Fakhri Ghulam Rabbani Ata

Points Tables

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	India	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Champions
2	Ceylon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
4	Burma	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: RSSSF

Matches

India	1–1	Ceylon
Noor	Report	Fernando

18 December 1954 (1954-12-18)

Calcutta FC Ground

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Pakistan	1–1	Burma
Fakhri	Report	Sein Pe

19 December 1954 (1954-12-19)

Calcutta FC Ground

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Pakistan	2–1	Ceylon
Jamil Amin	Report	M. Sainoon

21 December 1954 (1954-12-21)

Calcutta FC Ground

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India	2–1	Burma
Thapa Patrick	Report	Samuel

23 December 1954 (1954-12-23)

Calcutta FC Ground

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Ceylon	2–1	Burma
Deen Fernando	Report	Htoo Wa

25 December 1954 (1954-12-25)

Calcutta FC Ground

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India	3–1	Pakistan
Thapa ?', ?', ?'	Report	Fakhri

26 December 1954 (1954-12-26)

Calcutta FC Ground

Attendance: 100,000

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

4 goals

• Puran Bahadur Thapa

2 goals

• Andrew Fernando
• Masood Fakhri

1 goal

• Muhammad Noor
• Sein Pe
• Jamil Akhtar
• Mohammad Amin
• M. Sainoon
• Anthony Patrick
• Gordon Samuel
• Tom Marikar Deen
• M. Sainoon