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 Seoul Hyochang Stadium Capacity: 15,194
Qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance Central Zone winners 13 May 1959 Eastern zone winners 3 April 1959 0 (debut) Western Zone winners 17 December 1959
Squads
Results All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)
Over 100,000 people surrounded the stadium in the build up to this match. The crowd stormed through the gates despite mounted police. It is estimated that more than 60,000 people crammed inside the stadium. Around 30 people were injured in the overcrowding, and one young boy died. During the match the referee had to suspend play several times because the crowd spilled over onto the playing field.
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
External links Jovanoic, Bojan; Morrison, Neil; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1960". RSSSF.