1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification for the 1960 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 10 teams in three zones with the winners of each zone joining South Korea in the final tournament.^[1]

1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	29 March – 18 December 1959
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	79 (4.39 per match)
Attendance	349,806 (19,434 per match)
← 1956 1964 →

Zones

Central zone	Eastern zone	Western zone
Burma *  Cambodia *  Indonesia **  Malaya  Singapore  South Vietnam  Thailand *	Hong Kong  Japan *  Philippines  Republic of China	Afghanistan *  Ceylon *  India  Iran  Israel    Nepal *  Pakistan

• * Withdrew
• **  Indonesia declined to participate due to an AFC membership dispute.^[2]

Central zone

All matches held in Singapore.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Vietnam	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	4	1960 AFC Asian Cup
2	Malaya	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	2
3	Singapore	2	0	0	2	3	9	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 May 1959

20:00

Singapore	1–4	South Vietnam

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

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11 May 1959

20:00

Singapore	2–5	Malaya

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

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13 May 1959

20:00

South Vietnam	1–0	Malaya
Ha Tam 4'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 9,806

Eastern zone

All matches held in Philippines.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of China	2	2	0	0	14	8	+6	4
Hong Kong	2	1	0	1	11	7	+4	2
Philippines	2	0	0	2	4	14	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 March 1959

Philippines	0–7	Hong Kong
		Lau Chi Lam Ho Cheung Yau Lau Kai Cheung Leung Wai Hung

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 10,000

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31 March 1959

Philippines	4–7	Republic of China

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 12,000

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3 April 1959

Republic of China	7–4	Hong Kong

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 22,000

Western zone

All matches held in India.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Israel	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	8
Iran	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	7
Pakistan	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	5
India	6	2	0	4	7	9	−2	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 December 1959

Israel	0–3	Iran
		Hajari 49' Barmaki 59' Dehdari 65'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: P. Chakravarthy (India)

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7 December 1959

India	1–0	Pakistan
D'Souza 40'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 30,000

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8 December 1959

India	1–3	Israel
Devdas 60'		R. Levi 35', 43', 53'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 30,000

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9 December 1959

Pakistan	4–1	Iran
Umer 21', 35', 37' Faqir 28'		Haji Mokhtar

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 15,000

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10 December 1959

Israel	2–0	Pakistan
R. Levi 55' Stelmach 65'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: P. Chakravarthy (India)

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11 December 1959

India	3–1	Iran
Goswami 64' Khan 66' (pen.) Balaram 80'		Dehdari 62'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Rahman (Pakistan)

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12 December 1959

Israel	1–1	Iran
Menchel 9'		Hajari 49'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: P. Chakravarthy (India)

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13 December 1959

India	0–1	Pakistan
		Abdullah 13'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 30,000

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14 December 1959

Iran	4–1	Pakistan
Hajari Jamali		Qayyum

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 16,000

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16 December 1959

India	1–2	Israel
Rehmatullah 19'		Stelmach 11' R. Levi 75'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Natarajan (Malaya)

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17 December 1959

Pakistan	2–2	Israel
Umer 49' Ghafoor 57'		Menchel 60' Ratzabi 68'

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: A. N. Jayaraman (India)

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18 December 1959

India	1–2	Iran
Khan 64'		Dehdari

Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi

Attendance: 25,000

Qualified teams

  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)