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 with Asian Club trophy (1967).jpg
Hapoel Tel Aviv players with the trophy in 1967
Tournament details
Dates6 May – 19 December 1967
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsIsrael Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st title)
Runners-upMalaysia Selangor FA
Third placeSouth Korea Korea Tungsten Company
Fourth placeThailand Bangkok Bank
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored11 (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 FA 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).

ResultEdit

First roundEdit

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Selangor FA   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.

Vietnam Customs  1–2  Selangor FA

South China  1–0  Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Bank  2–0  South China

Second roundEdit

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Selangor FA   1–0   Bangkok Bank 1–0 0–0
Korea Tungsten Company   bye
Hapoel Tel Aviv   bye
Selangor FA  1–0  Bangkok Bank
Mydin   70'
Bangkok Bank  0–0  Selangor FA

Semi-finalsEdit

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Korea Tungsten Company   0–1   Selangor FA 0–01 0–12
Hapoel Tel Aviv   w/o1   Indian Railways

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

FinalEdit

Hapoel Tel Aviv  2–1  Selangor FA
Salim   54'
Attendance: 12,000

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "History of the Asian Club Championship". Asian Football. 9 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 1997. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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