1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament

The 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the first edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation.^[1]

1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament

Hapoel Tel Aviv players with the trophy in 1967
Tournament details
Dates	6 May – 19 December 1967
Teams	7 (6 competed)
Final positions
Champions	Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st title)
Runners-up	Selangor
Third place	Korea Tungsten Company
Fourth place	Bangkok Bank
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	11 (1.22 per match)
1969 →

Six teams, as their respective country's domestic champions, competed in a knockout tournament to determine the first Asian champion: the Iranian FA did not send a team, while India's representative, Indian Railways, withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs.

Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. from Israel became the inaugural champions of Asia after defeating Selangor from Malaysia 2–1 in the final at Bangkok, becoming one of only two teams in history to win their continent's main club competition while only playing one match (the other was Adelaide City, who won the 1987 Oceania Club Championship).

Teams location

South China

Indian Railways

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Selangor

Korea Tungsten Company

Vietnam Customs

Bangkok Bank

Location of the 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament teams

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Semi-finals						Final
	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	bye
							Hapoel Tel Aviv
							bye
													Hapoel Tel Aviv			w/o
													Indian Railways
							bye
							Indian Railways
	bye
	Indian Railways
																			Hapoel Tel Aviv	2
																			Selangor	1
	Korea Tungsten Company
	bye
							Korea Tungsten Company
							bye
													Korea Tungsten Company	0	0	0
													Selangor	0	1	1
	Selangor	0	2	2
	Vietnam Customs	0	1	1
							Selangor	1	0	1
							Bangkok Bank	0	0	0
	South China	1	0	1
	Bangkok Bank	0	2	2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Selangor	2–1	Vietnam Customs	0–0	2–1
South China	1–2	Bangkok Bank	1–0	0–2
Korea Tungsten Company	bye
Hapoel Tel Aviv	bye1

¹ Hapoel were drawn against the representative of Iran, but the Iranian FA did not send a team.

First leg

6 May 1967

Selangor	0–0	Vietnam Customs

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18 May 1967

South China	1–0	Bangkok Bank
Wong Chi Keung 80'

Hong Kong Government Stadium

Attendance: 8,500

Second leg

27 May 1967

Bangkok Bank	2–0	South China

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3 June 1967

Vietnam Customs	1–2	Selangor

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Selangor	1–0	Bangkok Bank	1–0	0–0
Korea Tungsten Company	bye
Hapoel Tel Aviv	bye

First leg

15 July 1967

Selangor	1–0	Bangkok Bank
Mydin 70'

Second leg

29 July 1967

Bangkok Bank	0–0	Selangor

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Korea Tungsten Company	0–1	Selangor	0–0	0–1
Hapoel Tel Aviv	w/o1	Indian Railways

¹ Hapoel were drawn against Indian Railways, who withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs.

First leg

16 September 1967

Korea Tungsten Company	0–0	Selangor

Hyochang Stadium, Seoul

Second leg

21 October 1967

Selangor	1–0	Korea Tungsten Company
Mydin 12'

Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Final

19 December 1967

15:00

Hapoel Tel Aviv	2–1	Selangor
Chow Kwai Lam 74' (o.g.) Rachminovich 83' (pen.)		Salim 54'

Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 12,000