The 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the first edition of the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament held in Colombo, Ceylon. India and Pakistan were declared as the joint winners.

Overview

The 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the inaugural edition of the competition. It was held at the Colombo Oval in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), with the opening ceremony officiated by Sir Alan Rose.

The tournament took place from March 9 to March 23, featuring four national teams: Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan. Matches lasted 60 minutes.

As the competition ended without a clear winner, a coin toss was used to decide which team would hold the trophy for the first six months. Pakistan won the toss and was awarded the trophy. However, the Indian team protested, arguing that they had scored more goals over the course of the tournament and therefore deserved to be declared the winners.

Squads Ceylon Burma PakistanCoach: Neville Abeygunawardena

E. A. Parker T. H. B. Munna T. H. Noor (captain) T. H. Soono E. Ramasamy Basheer Ahmed K. Poddiappuhamy Andrew Fernando J. Howell G. Lyall J. Kitchener K. Sugathapala Tom Ossen K. S. Richard C. S. Richard Subood Jabir Naylor Veeriah KrishnarajahCoach: U. Maung Maung Gai

Saw Myat Zin Hla Maung Maung Thaung Saw Tha Din Ronny D'Mello Tin Lay Hla Kyaing Ba Kyu Khin Maung Aye C. Anderson Aung Shein Chan Sein Gordon Samuel Sein Hine Pe Khin Htoo Wa Aung Khin Kyaw Sein R. Gale Tun SheinCoach: Mohammad Shahjahan

Abdul Wahid Durrani (captain) Moideen Kutty Jamil Akhtar Sumbal Khan Ibrar Hussain Bali Ahmed Ali Phullo Taj Mohammad Jr. A. Hannan Masood Fakhri Ghulam Muhammad Abdul Majid H. Hassan Niaz Ali Muhammad Ramzan Sr. Shafi Muhammad Abdul Ghani Ismail Jan Muhammad Ramzan Jr.

Results

Notes: The competition rules stated that, in the event of a tie on points, goal average would be the tiebreaker. However, the organising committee took the view that goal average could not be considered, since neither India nor Pakistan had conceded any goals, and consequently it was decided that the trophy should be shared. Pakistan won a coin toss to decide which country would receive the trophy for the first six months.

Matches

cancelled due to the death of Ceylon's Prime Minister Mr. Don Stephen Senanayake.

Statistics

Goalscorers

References