Squads for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup played in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
Head coach: 
Tom Sneddon
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Wai Fat Kim (衛佛儉) |  Kowloon Motor Bus FC
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| 13 | 1GK | Cheung Kwun Hing (張觀興) | Kitchee
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| 2 | 2DF | Lee Ping Chiu (李炳照) | Kitchee
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| 3 | 2DF | Szeto Yiu (司徒堯) | Kitchee
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| 4 | 2DF | Lau Chi Ping (劉志炳) | South China AA
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| 19 | 3MF | Luk Tat Hay (陸達熙) | South China AA
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| 16 | 3MF | Ko Po Keung (高保強) | 1930 | Eastern AA
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| 18 | 3MF | Chan Chi Kong (陳志剛) | South China AA
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| 3MF | Arthur George dos Santos | Prisons FC
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| 3MF | R.G. Honniball (韓尼波) | Sing Tao
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| 8 | 4FW | Chu Wing Wah (朱榮華) | South China AA
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| 14 | 4FW | Lau Chi Lam (劉志霖) | Kowloon Motor Bus FC
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| 11 | 4FW | Ho Cheng Yau (何祥友) | 1933 | South China AA
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| 20 | 4FW | Lam Kam Tong (林錦棠) | Kowloon Motor Bus FC
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| 7 | 4FW | Tang Yee Kit (鄧宜杰) | Kitchee
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| 10 | 4FW | Au Chi Yin (區志賢) | Police FC
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| 9 | 4FW | Lau Kai Chiu (劉繼照) | Kitchee
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| 21 | 4FW | Lo Kang Chuen (羅鏡泉) | Sing Tao
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South Vietnam
Head coach: Lê Đức
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Phạm Văn Rạng | 8 January 1934 (aged 22) |  État-Major Général
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| 12 | 1GK | Nguyễn Văn Quí | Police-Sports
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| 2 | 2DF | Dương Văn Quới | Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 3 | 2DF | Nguyễn Vi Nhơn | Police-Sports
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| 15 | 2DF | Nguyễn Văn Cụt | Police-Sports
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| 19 | 2DF | Nguyễn Văn Bộ | Police-Sports
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| 5 | 3MF | Trần Văn Ứng | Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 8 | 3MF | Lê Văn Hồ | Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 10 | 3MF | Nguyễn Như Long | Compagnie Auto
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| 18 | 3MF | Trương Hữu Thọ | Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 4 | 4FW | Lê Hữu Đức (c) | Police-Sports
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| 6 | 4FW | Nguyễn Văn Tư | Police-Sports
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| 7 | 4FW | Tạ Vinh Trạch | État-Major Général
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| 9 | 4FW | Lưu Tấn Ngọc | Police-Sports
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| 11 | 4FW | Trương Văn Được | Police-Sports
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| 13 | 4FW | Trần Văn Nhung | 1933 (aged 22 - 23) | Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 14 | 4FW | Lê Văn Đạt | État-Major Général
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| 16 | 4FW | Đố Quang Thách | 15 January 1928 (aged 28) | Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 17 | 4FW | Võ Tư Trung | Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 23 | 4FW | Đinh Văn Phải | État-Major Général
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South Korea
Head coach: Kim Sung-gan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Ham Heung-chul | (1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25) |  ROK Army OPMG
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| 17 | 1GK | Park Sang-hoon | 1931 | ROK Marine Corps
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| 19 | 4FW | Cha Tae-sung | (1934-10-08)8 October 1934 (aged 21) | ROK Army CIC
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| 3 | 2DF | Park Jae-seung | (1923-04-01)1 April 1923 (aged 33) | ROK Army CIC
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| 8 | 2DF | Seok Jin-doo | ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
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| 25 | 2DF | Son Myung-sub | (1929-05-06)6 May 1929 (aged 27) | ROK Army CIC
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| 4 | 3MF | Kim Dong-geun | (1927-04-14)14 April 1927 (aged 29) | ROK Marine Corps
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| 14 | 3MF | Kim Hong-bok | (1935-03-04)4 March 1935 (aged 21) | Kookmin University
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| 18 | 3MF | Kim Jin-woo | ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
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| 11 | 3MF | Kim Ji-sung | (1924-11-07)7 November 1924 (aged 31) | ROK Army CIC
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| 24 | 3MF | Lee Soo-nam | (1927-02-02)2 February 1927 (aged 29) | ROK Army CIC
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| 15 | 4FW | Sung Nak-woon | (1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25) | ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
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| 21 | 4FW | Choi Kwang-seok | (1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25) | Korea University
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| 10 | 4FW | Choi Chung-min | (1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25) | ROK Army CIC
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| 9 | 4FW | Park Kyung-ho | ROK Army CIC
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| 20 | 3MF | Kim Young-jin | ROK Quartermaster Corps
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| 12 | 4FW | Woo Sang-kwon | (1928-02-02)2 February 1928 (aged 28) | ROK Army OPMG
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Israel
Head coach: 
Jackie Gibbons
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | 1GK | Ya'akov Hodorov | (1927-06-16)16 June 1927 (aged 29) | 12 | 0 |  Hapoel Tel Aviv
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| 19 | 1GK | Ya'akov Vissoker | (1930-09-05)5 September 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 3 | 2DF | David Kremer | (1929-04-06)6 April 1929 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 6 | 2DF | Shaul Matania | (1937-03-08)8 March 1937 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 13 | 2DF | Jerry Haldi | (1935-08-14)14 August 1935 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 17 | 2DF | Binyamin Rabinovich | 1936 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 11 | 3MF | Itzhak Schneor | (1925-12-11)11 December 1925 (aged 30) | 11 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 23 | 3MF | Asher Blut | (1932-01-06)6 January 1932 (aged 24) | 5 | 0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv
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| 8 | 2DF | Zigi Silberstein | 0 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva
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| 9 | 4FW | Yehoshua Glazer | (1927-12-29)29 December 1927 (aged 28) | 11 | 8 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 7 | 4FW | Yosef Mirmovich | (1924-07-24)24 July 1924 (aged 32) | 11 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 18 | 3MF | Nahum Stelmach | (1936-07-19)19 July 1936 (aged 20) | 2 | 1 | Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 14 | 4FW | Boaz Kofman | (1935-03-29)29 March 1935 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 5 | 3MF | Rehavia Rozenboim | (1934-04-29)29 April 1934 (aged 22) | 5 | 0 | Hapoel Tel Aviv
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| 16 | 3MF | Shmuel Israeli | (1928-10-15)15 October 1928 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 20 | 4FW | Eliezer Spiegel | (1922-06-20)20 June 1922 (aged 34) | 2 | 0 | Maccabi Petah Tikva
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