1956 AFC Asian Cup

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.

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).

Results
All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)

Goalscorers
With four goals, Nahum Stelmach is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 27 goals were scored by 15 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals 3 goals
 * 🇮🇱 Nahum Stelmach


 * 🇰🇷 Sung Nak-woon
 * 🇰🇷 Woo Sang-kwon
 * Lê Hữu Đức

2 goals


 * 🇭🇰 Au Chi Yin
 * 🇮🇱 Yehoshua Glazer
 * 🇰🇷 Choi Chung-min
 * Trần Văn Tổng

1 goal


 * 🇭🇰 Chu Wing Wah
 * 🇭🇰 Ko Po Keung
 * 🇭🇰 Lau Chi Lam
 * 🇭🇰 Tang Yee Kit
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Ji-sung
 * Trải Văn Đào