1954 Colombo Cup

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1954 Colombo Cup was the third edition of the Colombo Cup held in Calcutta, India. India won the tournament for a third time.[1]

1954 Colombo Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates18–26 December 1954
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions India (3rd title)
Runners-up Ceylon
Third place Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored17 (2.83 per match)
1953
1955

Squads edit

Ceylon[1] India[1]
  • Peter Ranasinghe (captain)
  • M. Sheriff
  • J. A. G. Wilson
  • O. K. Khan
  • A. C. M. Junaid
  • M. B. Saldin
  • T. Meedin
  • K. A. Premadasa
  • M. I. M. Laheer
  • T. S. Jayman
  • M. Sainoon
  • Tom Marikar Deen
  • Andrew Fernando
  • N. B. Hemachandra
  • Tom Ossen
  • A. R. Jailabdeen
  • Karunapala Fernando

Points Tables edit

(C) refers to Champions

Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   India (C) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
2   Ceylon 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3   Pakistan 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 3
4   Burma 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1

Matches edit

All the results are based on data from rsssf

India  1–1  Ceylon
Noor   Report Fernando  

Pakistan  1–1  Burma
Fakhri   Report Sein Pe  

Pakistan  2–1  Ceylon
Jamil  
Amin  
Report M. Sainoon  

India  2–1  Burma
Thapa  
Patrick  
Report Samuel  

Ceylon  2–1  Burma
Deen  
Fernando  
Report Htoo Wa  

India  3–1  Pakistan
Thapa   ?', ?', ?' Report Fakhri  
Attendance: 100,000

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament 1954 (Calcutta, India)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.