1960 AFC Asian Cup

The 1960 AFC Asian Cup was the 2nd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by South Korea from 14 October to 23 October 1960. The final tournament was organised on a round robin basis, and host country South Korea won with a perfect record of three wins.^[1][2][3]

1960 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Korea 1960 1960년 AFC 아시안컵
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	14–23 October
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Israel
Third place	Republic of China
Fourth place	South Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	19 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cho Yoon-ok (4 goals)
← 1956 1964 →

As in the 1st edition of the competition, the tournament kept the unusual arrangement of 80 minutes games.^[4]

Venues

Seoul	Seoul
	Hyochang Stadium
	Capacity: 15,194

Qualification

Main article: 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification

  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Withdrew before playing any matches

  Did not enter

  Not an AFC member

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
South Korea	Hosts	N/A	1 (1956)
South Vietnam	Central Zone winners	13 May 1959	1 (1956)
Republic of China	Eastern zone winners	3 April 1959	0 (debut)
Israel	Western Zone winners	17 December 1959	1 (1956)

Squads

Main article: 1960 AFC Asian Cup squads

Results

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Champions
2	Israel	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	4	Runners-up
3	Republic of China	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	2	Third place
4	South Vietnam	3	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0	Fourth place

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

14 October 1960 (1960-10-14)

15:15

South Korea	5–1	South Vietnam
Cho Yoon-ok 15', 71' Woo Sang-kwon 27' Choi Chung-min 47' Moon Jung-sik 56'		Nguyễn Văn Tư 70'

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 30,000

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16 October 1960 (1960-10-16)

15:00

Republic of China	2–0	South Vietnam
Luk Man Wai 51' Yiu Cheuk Yin

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

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17 October 1960 (1960-10-17)

15:00

South Korea	3–0	Israel
Cho Yoon-ok 17', 60' Woo Sang-kwon 30'

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)

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19 October 1960 (1960-10-19)

15:00

South Vietnam	1–5	Israel
Trần Văn Nhung 68' (pen.)		R. Levi 13' Stelmach 18' S. Levi 25' Menchel 32' Aharonskind 70'

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 15,000

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21 October 1960 (1960-10-21)

15:00

South Korea	1–0	Republic of China
Moon Jung-sik 54'

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

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23 October 1960 (1960-10-23)

15:00

Israel	1–0	Republic of China
S. Levi 72'

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)

Winners

1960 AFC Asian Cup winners
South Korea Second title

Goalscorers

With four goals, Cho Yoon-Ok is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 13 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

• Cho Yoon-ok

2 goals

• Shlomo Levi
• Moon Jung-sik
• Woo Sang-kwon

1 goal

• Amnon Aharonskind
• Rafi Levi
• Avraham Menchel
• Nahum Stelmach
• Luk Man Wai
• Yiu Cheuk Yin
• Choi Chung-min
• Nguyễn Văn Tú
• Trần Văn Nhung