1971 President's Cup Football Tournament

1971 President's Cup Football Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	2–15 May 1971
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	South Korea &  Burma (shared) (1st title)
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	64 (3.76 per match)

1971 President's Cup was the first competition of President's Cup. The competition was held from 2 May 1971 to 15 May 1971. Korea Republic and Burma played out a 0–0 draw and shared the trophy.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	6
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	4
Thailand	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	2
Khmer Republic	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	0

South Korea  v  Thailand

2 May 1971 15:00 (UTC+9)

South Korea	1 – 0	Thailand
Park Li-Cheon  73'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Malaysia  v  Khmer

3 May 1971 18:00 (UTC+9)

Malaysia	3 – 1	Khmer

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Thailand  v  Khmer

5 May 1971 19:50 (UTC+9)

Thailand	4 – 3	Khmer

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

South Korea  v  Malaysia

6 May 1971 19:50 (UTC+9)

South Korea	5 – 1	Malaysia
Chung Kang-Ji  15', 37' Park Li-Cheon  22' Kim Ki-Bok  44' Chung Kyu-Poong  64'		?  48'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Thailand  v  Malaysia

8 May 1971 15:00 (UTC+9)

Thailand	1 – 4	Malaysia
		Wong Choon Wah  12'  58' Chan Kok Leong  50' Namat Abdullah  72'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

South Korea  v  Khmer

9 May 1971 16:50 (UTC+9)

South Korea	2 – 0	Khmer

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burma	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	6
Indonesia	3	2	0	1	12	5	+7	4
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	2
South Vietnam	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Indonesia  v  South Vietnam

2 May 1971 16:30 (UTC+9)

Indonesia	9 – 1	South Vietnam
?

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Burma  v  Hong Kong

3 May 1971 19:50 (UTC+9)

Burma	2 – 0	Hong Kong

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Hong Kong  v  Indonesia

5 May 1971 18:00 (UTC+9)

Hong Kong	1 – 2	Indonesia
		?

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

South Vietnam  v  Burma

6 May 1971 18:00 (UTC+9)

South Vietnam	0 – 2	Burma

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Burma  v  Indonesia

8 May 1971 16:50 (UTC+9)

Burma	3 – 1	Indonesia
Aye Maung  70' Win Maung  56' (pen)  87'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Hong Kong  v  South Vietnam

9 May 1971 15:00 (UTC+9)

Hong Kong	2 – 0	South Vietnam

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 11
	South Korea	3
	Indonesia	0
					May 13 & May 15 (re-match)
					South Korea	0000
					Burma	0000
					Third place
	May 11			May 13
	Burma	6		Indonesia	4
	Malaysia	1			Malaysia	2

Semi-finals

South Korea  v  Indonesia

11 May 1971

South Korea	3 – 0	Indonesia
Chung Kyu-Poong  12', 66' Lee Hoi-Taek  31'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Burma  v  Malaysia

11 May 1971

Burma	6 – 1	Malaysia

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Third place match

Indonesia  v  Malaysia

13 May 1971 17:00 (UTC+9)

Indonesia	4 – 2	Malaysia

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Final

South Korea  v  Burma

13 May 1971 18:50 (UTC+9)

South Korea	0 – 0	Burma

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Re-match

South Korea  v  Burma

15 May 1971 15:00 (UTC+9)

South Korea	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Burma

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

Winner

President's Cup 1971 Winners
Korea Republic 1st Title	Burma 1st Title
shared title

References

• President's Cup 1971 at RSSSF.com
• The Dong-a Ilbo Article
• Kyunghyang Sinmun Article