1956_AFC_Asian_Cup_qualification

1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates	17 March – 24 May 1956
Teams	19 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	35 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdul Ghani Minhat (10 Goals)
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1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification

International football competition

The qualification for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 19 teams separated in three zones.^[1] The winner of each zone would join hosts Hong Kong in the final tournament. Qualification was done on a two-legged format, home and away games.

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"Singapore to Meet Indonesia in Asian Soccer Tourney". The Straits Times. 14 June 1955. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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"Ghani Gets 7 in Rout of Cambodia". The Straits Times. 18 March 1956. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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"Vietnam move into third round on 3-all draw". The Straits Times. 25 May 1956. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

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Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thailand		Bye
Singapore	w/o	Indonesia
South Vietnam		Bye
Malaya	11–5	Cambodia	9–2	2–3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Thailand	w/o	Indonesia
South Vietnam	7–3	Malaya	4–0	3–3

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2
Philippines		Bye
South Korea		Bye
North Borneo		Bye
Japan	w/o	Republic of China

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Philippines	0–5	South Korea	0–2	0–3
North Borneo	w/o	Republic of China

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2
India	w/o	Iran
Burma	w/o	Nepal
Ceylon	w/o	Afghanistan
Pakistan	w/o	Israel

1956_AFC_Asian_Cup_qualification

1956 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Central zone

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Third round

Eastern zone

First round

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Third round

First leg

Second leg

Western zone

First round

Second round

Third round

Qualified teams

Goal scorers

References

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on
Hong Kong	Hosts	7 June 1955
Israel	Western Zone winners (Qualified by default after all the other nations withdrew)	April 1956
South Vietnam	Central Zone winners	24 May 1956
South Korea	Eastern Zone winners	2 September 1956