1968 King's Cup

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1968 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates 20 November – 2 December
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Indonesia Indonesia (1st title)
Runners-up  Burma
Third place  Thailand
Fourth place  Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 46 (3.54 per match)

The 1968 King's Cup finals were held from November 20 to December 2, 1968, in Bangkok. This was the first edition of the international football competition.

The tournament featured a Group Allocation stage, that was used as a draw mechanism for the group stages. The top two in each three team group advanced to the semi-finals.

Indonesia won the tournament defeating Burma in the final. The hosts Thailand, Malaysia, Laos and Singapore were the other teams to play in this tournament.

Fixtures and results

Group Allocation Stage

November 20, 1968
Burma  3 – 0  Laos
Suk Bahadur Goal 35'
Tin Aye Goal 83'
Ye Nyunt Goal 89'

November 20, 1968
Thailand  3 – 0  Singapore
Sahas Pornsawan Goal 17'
Niwat Srisawat Goal 45' Goal 70'

November 21, 1968
Malaysia  0 – 1  Indonesia
Abdul Kadir Goal 85'

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Thailand 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
 Malaysia 2 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
 Laos 0 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6

November 22, 1968
Thailand  1 – 0  Laos

November 24, 1968
Laos  0 – 5  Malaysia
Wong Fook Yoong Goal 27'
Thanabalan Goal 37' Goal 58'
Wong Choon Wah Goal 75'
M. Chandran Goal 84'

November 26, 1968
Thailand  3 – 0  Malaysia

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Indonesia 4 2 2 0 0 10 2 +8
 Burma 2 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
 Singapore 0 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8

November 22, 1968
Burma  2 – 0  Singapore
Aye Maung Goal 60'
Bu Pa Goal 72'

November 24, 1968
Indonesia  3 – 1  Burma
Soetjipto Soentoro Goal 25'
Abdul Kadir Goal 34' (pen) Goal 47'		 Tin Aung Moe Goal 13'

November 26, 1968
Singapore  0 – 7  Indonesia
Abdul Kadir Goal 5'
Soetjipto Goal 12' Goal 35' Goal 43'
Waskito Goal 50'
Iswadi Idris Goal 70' Goal 73'

Semi-Finals

November 28, 1968
Indonesia  6 – 1  Malaysia
Jacob Sihasale Goal 10' Goal 73'
Soetjipto Goal 12' Goal 40' Goal 64'
Mulyadi Goal 34' (pen)		 Zulkifli Norbit Goal 14'

November 29, 1968
Thailand  0 – 2  Burma

3rd Place Match

December 1, 1968
Thailand  6 – 0  Malaysia

Final

December 2, 1968
Indonesia  1 – 0  Burma
Soetjipto Soentoro Goal 20'

Winner

 1968 King's Cup Champion 

Indonesia
1st title
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