The 1960 AFC Asian Cup was the 2nd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by South Korea from 14 October to 23 October 1960. The final tournament was organised on a round robin basis, and host country South Korea won with a perfect record of three wins.

As in the 1st edition of the competition, the tournament kept the unusual arrangement of 80 minutes games.

Venues

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| Hyochang Stadium

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| Capacity: 15,194

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Qualification

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| || Central Zone winners || 13 May 1959 ||

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| || Eastern zone winners || 3 April 1959 || 0 (debut)

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| || Western Zone winners || 17 December 1959 ||

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Squads

Results

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

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Winners

Goalscorers

With four goals, Cho Yoon-Ok is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 13 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals

  • Cho Yoon-ok

2 goals

  • Shlomo Levi
  • Moon Jung-sik
  • Woo Sang-kwon

1 goal

  • Amnon Aharonskind
  • Rafi Levi
  • Avraham Menchel
  • Nahum Stelmach
  • Luk Man Wai
  • Yiu Cheuk Yin
  • Choi Chung-min
  • Nguyễn Văn Tư
  • Trần Văn Nhung

References

  • Jovanoic, Bojan; Morrison, Neil; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1960". RSSSF.