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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 
| year = 1964
| other_titles = Asian Cup Israel 1964<br />גביע אסיה בכדורגל 1964
| image = Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - The Asian Cup.jpg
| size = 180px
| caption = [[Israel national football team|Israel]] holds the Asian Cup after winning it
| country = Israel
| dates = 26 May – 3 June
| num_teams = 4
| confederations = 
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = ISR
| count = 1
| second = IND
| third = KOR
| third-flagvar = 1949
| fourth = HKG
| fourth-flagvar = 1959
| matches = 6
| goals = 13
| attendance = 99000
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]]<br />{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Mordechai Spiegler]]<br />(2 goals each)
| player = 
| updated = 
| prevseason = [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]]
| nextseason = [[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]]
}}

The '''1964 AFC Asian Cup''' was the 3rd edition of the men's [[AFC Asian Cup]], a quadrennial international [[association football|football]] tournament organised by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2011/01/07/2293901/asian-cup-know-your-history-part-one-1956-1988 |title=Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956–1988) |publisher=Goal.com |date=2011-01-07 |access-date=2015-05-03 |archive-date=2019-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531055150/https://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2011/01/07/2293901/asian-cup-know-your-history-part-one-1956-1988 |url-status=live }}</ref> The finals were held in [[Israel]] from 26 May to 3 June 1964.

The tournament used a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] system which had to be increased in size to five teams, with the winners from the Western, Central 1 and 2 and Eastern zones, as well as the host nation (Israel) competing for the title.<ref Name="insideworldfootball">{{cite web|url=https://www.insideworldfootball.com/asian-cup-1964/|title=Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1964|access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> Eleven of the 17 nations withdrew from qualification{{refn|group=fn|Nations that withdrew: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of China, and Singapore.}} resulting in only one zone (a combined Central 1 and 2) playing any qualifying matches. The two remaining teams from the Western and Eastern zones respectively qualified uncontested. 

The final tournament was subsequently a four-team competition, the same format as previous editions, with [[Israel national football team|Israel]] winning the title with a perfect record of three wins.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Matt |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-israel-feature-idUKKBN0EF0PQ20140604 |title=Amnesia, not admiration for Israel's 1964 heroes |publisher=Uk.reuters.com |date=2014-06-04 |access-date=2015-05-03 |archive-date=2015-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221214345/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-israel-feature-idUKKBN0EF0PQ20140604 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dann |first=Uzi |url=https://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.638575 |title=Israel erased from Asian Cup history video - World - Israel News |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=2015-01-22 |access-date=2015-05-03 |archive-date=2015-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420123019/http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.638575 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Michael Safi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/22/israel-omission-from-asian-cup-video-embarrasses-asian-football-confederation |title=Israel omitted from Asian Cup video history &#124; Football |newspaper=The Guardian |date=22 January 2015 |publisher=Theguardian.com |access-date=2015-05-03 |archive-date=2015-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326124142/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/22/israel-omission-from-asian-cup-video-embarrasses-asian-football-confederation |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishnews.net.au/israel-wiped-from-afc-story/39488 |title=Israel wiped from AFC history &#124; The Australian Jewish News |publisher=Jewishnews.net.au |date=2015-01-16 |access-date=2015-05-03 |archive-date=2015-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421084034/http://www.jewishnews.net.au/israel-wiped-from-afc-story/39488 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Dominic Bossi |url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/winners-and-losers-of-the-2015-asian-cup-20150130-131rgl.html |title=Winners and losers of the 2015 Asian Cup |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=2015-01-30 |access-date=2015-05-03 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213074738/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/winners-and-losers-of-the-2015-asian-cup-20150130-131rgl.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/football-israels-forgotten-heroes-who-brought-asian-cup-in-1964/articleshow/36068192.cms |title=Football: Israel's forgottten heroes who brought Asian Cup in 1964 - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2014-06-04 |access-date=2015-05-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.totalfootballmag.com/features/columnists/asian-eye-indian-football-still-finding-its-feet/|title=Asian Eye – Indian football still finding its feet :: Total Football Magazine – Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Non-League News|publisher=Total Football Magazine|website=totalfootballmag.com|access-date=3 May 2015|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213074737/http://www.totalfootballmag.com/features/columnists/asian-eye-indian-football-still-finding-its-feet/|first=Tim|last=Alper}}</ref> In keeping with previous editions of the tournament, all the matches were only 80 minutes in duration.<ref Name="insideworldfootball"/>

==Venues==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Ramat Gan]]
! rowspan="8" |{{location map+ |Israel|float=none |width=300 |caption= |places=
{{location map~ |Israel |lat=32.0833 |long=34.8167 |label=[[Ramat Gan]] |position=top }}
{{location map~ |Israel |lat=32.8167 |long=34.9833 |label=[[Haifa]] |position=top }}
{{location map~ |Israel |lat=32.0500 |long=34.7500 |label=[[Tel Aviv]] |position=bottom }}
{{location map~ |Israel |lat=31.7833 |long=35.2167 |label=[[Jerusalem]] |position=right }}
}}
! [[Tel Aviv]]
|-
| [[Ramat Gan Stadium]]
| [[Bloomfield Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''51,000'''
| Capacity: '''22,000'''
|-
| [[File:Lev Yashin, fails to stop a goal during the soccer match agains Israel, 1958 D448-092.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Daniel Borsuk 1965-02-03.jpg|200px]]
|-
![[Haifa]]
![[Jerusalem]]
|-
|[[Kiryat Eliezer Stadium]]
|[[Hebrew University Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: '''17,000'''
|Capacity: '''16,000'''
|-
|[[File:Kiryat Eliezer stadium 50's.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Maats University Stadium 2.jpg|200px]]
|}

== Qualification ==
{{main|1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification}}

[[File:1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification.png|thumb|300px|{{Legend|#0000FF|Qualified}} {{Legend|#ff0000|Did not qualify}} {{Legend|#800000|Withdrew before playing any matches}} {{Legend|#c3c3c3|Did not enter}} {{Legend|#000000|Not an AFC member}}]]

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! Previous appearance
|-
| {{fb|ISR}} || {{Sort|*|Hosts}} || {{N/A|N/A}} || {{sort|02|2 ([[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]], [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]])}}
|-
| {{fb|HKG|1959}} || [[1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Central zone|Central Zone]] winners || 14 December 1963 || {{sort|01|1 ([[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]])}}
|-
| {{fb|KOR|1949}} || [[1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Eastern Zone|Eastern zone]] winners (automatically qualified) || 1963 || {{sort|02|2 ([[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]], [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]]) }}
|-
| {{fb|IND}} || [[1964 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Western zone|Western Zone]] winners (automatically qualified) || 1963 || 0 (debut)
|}

== Squads ==
{{main|1964 AFC Asian Cup squads}}

==Results==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=y
|winpoints=2

|team1=ISR|name_ISR={{fb|ISR}}
|team2=IND|name_IND={{fb|IND}}
|team3=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|KOR|1949}}
|team4=HKG|name_HKG={{fb|HKG|1959}}
|win_ISR=3|draw_ISR=0|loss_ISR=0|gf_ISR=5|ga_ISR=1|status_ISR=H
|win_IND=2|draw_IND=0|loss_IND=1|gf_IND=5|ga_IND=3
|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=0|loss_KOR=2|gf_KOR=2|ga_KOR=4
|win_HKG=0|draw_HKG=0|loss_HKG=3|gf_HKG=1|ga_HKG=5

|col_C=gold|result1=C|text_C=Champions
|col_R=Silver|result2=R|text_R=Runners-up
|col_3rd=#c96|result3=3rd|text_3rd=Third place
|col_4th=#F8F9FA|result4=4th|text_4th=Fourth place
|update=complete|source={{url|http://www.rsssf.com/tables/64asch.html|RSSSF}}
}}</onlyinclude>

'''Note''': All the games lasted 80 minutes.


{{football box
|date=26 May 1964
|time=16:30
|team1={{fb-rt|ISR}}
|score= 1–0
|report =
|team2={{fb|Hong Kong|1959}}
|goals1= [[Mordechai Spiegler|Spiegler]] {{goal|76}}
|goals2=
|stadium = [[Ramat Gan Stadium]], [[Ramat Gan]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=Patrick Nice ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=27 May 1964
|time=16:30
|team1={{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score= 0–2
|report =
|team2={{fb|IND}}
|goals1=
|goals2= [[K. Appalaraju|Appalraju]] {{goal|2}} <br /> [[Inder Singh (footballer)|I. Singh]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Kiryat Eliezer Stadium]], [[Haifa]]
|attendance=7,000
|referee=Davoud Nassiri ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=29 May 1964
|time=16:00
|team1={{fb-rt|ISR}}
|score= 2–0
|report =
|team2={{fb|IND}}
|goals1= [[Mordechai Spiegler|Spiegler]] {{goal|29|pen.}}<br /> [[Yohai Aharoni|Aharoni]] {{goal|76}}
|goals2=
|stadium = [[Bloomfield Stadium]], [[Tel Aviv]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=Li Pak Tung ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=30 May 1964
|time=16:30
|team1={{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score= 1–0
|report =
|team2={{fb|Hong Kong|1959}}
|goals1= [[Park Seung-ok]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=
|stadium = [[Hebrew University Stadium]], [[Jerusalem]]
|attendance=7,000
|referee=Pisit Ngarampanich ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=2 June 1964
|time=16:30
|team1={{fb-rt|IND}}
|score= 3–1
|report =
|team2={{fb|Hong Kong|1959}}
|goals1= [[Inder Singh (footballer)|I. Singh]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[Sukumar Samajpati|Samajapati]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Chuni Goswami|Goswami]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2= [[Cheung Yiu Kwok]] {{goal|39}}
|stadium = [[Bloomfield Stadium]], [[Tel Aviv]]
|attendance=5,000
|referee=Patrick Nice ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date=3 June 1964
|time=16:00
|team1={{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
|score= 1–2
|report =
|team2={{fb|ISR}}
|goals1= [[Lee Soon-myung]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2= [[Moshe Leon|Leon]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Gideon Tish|Tish]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium = [[Ramat Gan Stadium]], [[Ramat Gan]]
|attendance=35,000
|referee=Davoud Nassiri ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}

==Winners==
{{winners|fb|1964 AFC Asian Cup winners|Israel|First}}

== Goalscorers ==
[[File:Israel_soccer_team_holding_Asian_cup_1964a.jpg|thumb|[[Israel_national_football_team|Israeli]] teammates ([[Mordechai Spiegler]] in the middle) holding the 1964 [[AFC Asian Cup]] after beating [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] in the final round|306x306px]]
With two goals, Inder Singh and Mordechai Spiegler were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 13 goals were scored by 11 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]]
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Mordechai Spiegler]]
{{colend}}

;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|HKG|1959}} Cheung Yiu Kwok
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[K. Appalaraju]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Chuni Goswami]]
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sukumar Samajpati]]
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Yohai Aharoni]]
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Moshe Leon]]
* {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Gideon Tish]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Park Seoung-ok
* {{flagicon|KOR|1949}} Lee Soon-Myung
{{colend}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=fn}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722134250/http://k.daum.net/qna/openknowledge/view.html?qid=2es7u Korean scorers] {{in lang|ko}} (archived 22 July 2011)
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/64asch.html Details] at the [[RSSSF]]

{{1964 AFC Asian Cup finalists}}
{{AFC Asian Cup}}

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