Host country Israel Champions Israel (1st title) Fourth place Hong Kong Dates 26 May 1964 – 3 Jun 1964 Attendance 99,000 | Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities) Runners-up India Matches played 6 Teams 4 Goals scored 13 | |
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Champion Israel national football team Third place South Korea national football team Similar 1956 AFC Asian Cup, 1968 AFC Asian Cup, 1972 AFC Asian Cup, 1980 AFC Asian Cup, 1976 AFC Asian Cup | ||
The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the third AFC Asian Cup football tournament. The finals were held in Israel from May 26 to June 3, 1964.
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The tournament used a round-robin system with the winners from the West, Central 1 and 2 and East Asia zones and the team from the host nation (Israel) competing for the title. 11 of the 16 nations withdrew including Iran and Japan with the result that only one zone (combined Central 1 and 2) played any qualifying matches and the 'winners' of 2 zones and host Israel qualifed uncontested. In this diminished competition Israel won the title with three wins.
Qualification
Scorers
With two goals, Inder Singh and Mordechai Spiegler were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 13 goals were scored by 11 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.