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1972 Merdeka Tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Merdeka Tournament |
| year | 1972 |
| country | Malaysia |
| dates | 12 July – 29 July |
| num_teams | 12 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 4 |
| second | Malaysia |
| third | Japan |
| third-flagvar | 1947 |
| fourth_other | MAS Malaysia B |
| matches | 38 |
| goals | 142 |
| prevseason | 1971 |
| nextseason | 1973 |
| third-flagvar = 1947
The 1972 Merdeka Tournament was held from 12 July to 29 July 1972 in Malaysia. Twelve teams from 11 nations participated.
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 10 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 8 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | |
| Burma Burma B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 |
S. Abdullah
Rahim Abdullah
Wong Choon Wah
Namat Abdullah
Dan Phalla Miguel Grame
Kozo Arai
Yasuhiko Okudera
Kunishige Kamamoto
Aritatsu Ogi
Takaji Mori
M. Martinez
I. Lozano
Miguel Crame
S. Abdullah
Sea Cheng Eang
Sok Sun Seah
Doeuk Miladord
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | |
| MAS Malaysia B | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |
Niwat Srisawat
Wong Tak Choi
Cheung Yiu Kwok
Ip Kuk Kwong
Cha Bum-kun
Dollah Kassim
Park Yi-chun
Rada Gopal
Isa Bakar
Wan Hassan
Tumsila
Cha Bum-kun Mahadi Yusoff Saman
Eleventh place
Samat Alipitchay
S. Rajagopal
Ninth place
Nyi Nyi Tun Karno Wahid
Seventh place
Fifth place
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Wong Choon Wah
Soh Chin Aun
Harun Jusoh
Park Yi-chun
Third place
Final
Cha Bum-kun
References
- Morrison, Neil; Jovanovic, Bojan. "Merdeka Tournament 1972 (Malaysia)". RSSSF.com
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