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Tournament details | |
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Host country | East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) |
Dates | 17 – 24 December 1955 |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | India (4th title) |
Runners-up | Pakistan |
Third place | Burma |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 30 (5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Pradip Kumar Banerjee (5 goals) |
← 1954 |
The 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the last edition of the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament to take place. It was held in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and won by India for a record 4th time.
Points Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 6 | Champions |
2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Burma | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 | |
4 | Ceylon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 |
Matches
All the results are based on data from rsssf
Pakistan | 4–2 | Burma |
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Qayyum ?', ?' (pen.), ?' (pen.) Jamil |
Report | Suk Bahadur Kyaw Zan |
India | 4–3 | Ceylon |
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Banerjee ?', ?' Mewalal Sattar |
Report | Ranasinghe ?', ?' (pen.) Fernando |
India | 5–2 | Burma |
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Banerjee ?', ?' D'Souza ?', ?' Kempaiah |
Report | Suk Bahadur Aung Shein |
Pakistan | 2–1 | Ceylon |
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Fakhri ?', ?' | Report | Ranasinghe |
Burma | 3–1 | Ceylon |
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Suk Bahadur ?', ?' (pen.) Aung Myint |
Report | Sainoon |
Pakistan | 1–2 | India |
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Fakhri | Report | Banerjee D'Souza |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 30 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
1 goal
- Jamil Akhtar
- Kiaw Zan
- Sheoo Mewalal
- Mohammad Abdus Sattar
- Andrew Fernando
- Mariappa Kempaiah
- Aung Myint
- Aung Shein
- M. Sainoon
References
- Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955: 1955 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.