Back كأس آسيا 1956 Arabic كاس اسيا 1956 ARZ ১৯৫৬ এএফসি এশিয়ান কাপ Bengali/Bangla Mistrovství Asie ve fotbale 1956 Czech Fußball-Asienmeisterschaft 1956 German Copa Asiática 1956 Spanish جام ملتهای آسیا ۱۹۵۶ Persian Jalkapallon Aasian-mestaruuskilpailut 1956 Finnish Coupe d'Asie des nations de football 1956 French גביע אסיה בכדורגל 1956 HE
| Asian Cup Hong Kong 1956 1956年亞洲盃足球賽 | |
|---|---|
 South Korea, the winner of 1956 AFC Asian Cup, at Hong Kong Stadium | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Hong Kong |
| Dates | 1–15 September |
| Teams | 4 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Israel |
| Third place |  Hong Kong |
| Fourth place |  South Vietnam |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 27 (4.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 136,000 (22,667 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Nahum Stelmach (4 goals) |
1960 → | |
The 1956 AFC Asian Cup was the inaugural AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial continental association football competition introduced and organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 15 September 1956 as a four-team round-robin competition with no final. It was won by South Korea.[1][2]
An unusual ruling meant that all games were 80 minutes long, with an extra 30 minutes extra time if the game was drawn at full time (although this didn’t happen due to bad light).[3]
- ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
- ^ "1956 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1956". Retrieved 13 June 2023.