1958 Merdeka Tournament

1958 Merdeka Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Federation of Malaya
Dates	30 August – 4 September
Teams	5
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Malaya (1st title)
Runners-up	Hong Kong
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	38 (3.8 per match)
← 1957 1959 →

The 1958 Merdeka Tournament was the second edition of the annual tournament hosted by Malaya. It took place from August 30 to September 4 with five participating nations.

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
Malaya	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Champions
Hong Kong League XI	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
Indonesia	4	2	0	2	9	6	+3	4
Singapore	4	0	2	2	4	8	−4	2
South Vietnam	4	0	1	3	8	15	−7	1

Results

30 August 1958 (1958-08-30)

Malaya	3–2	Indonesia

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30 August 1958 (1958-08-30)

Singapore	4–4	South Vietnam

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31 August 1958 (1958-08-31)

Hong Kong League XI	5–3	South Vietnam

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31 August 1958 (1958-08-31)

Indonesia	2–0	Singapore

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1 September 1958 (1958-09-01)

Malaya	3–0	Hong Kong League XI

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2 September 1958 (1958-09-02)

Malaya	0–0	Singapore

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2 September 1958 (1958-09-02)

Indonesia	4–1	South Vietnam

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3 September 1958 (1958-09-03)

Hong Kong League XI	2–0	Singapore

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4 September 1958 (1958-09-04)

Malaya	2–0	South Vietnam

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4 September 1958 (1958-09-04)

Hong Kong League XI	2–1	Indonesia

References

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