1969 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates19–28 November
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up Indonesia
Third place South Vietnam
Fourth place Laos
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored54 (3.38 per match)

The 1969 King's Cup finals were held from November 19 to November 28, 1969, in Bangkok. This was the second edition of the international football competition. Indonesia were set to defend the championship they won in 1968. In the final, South Korea won the tournament as they defeated the defending champions in the final.[1]

The edition scrapped the Group Allocation stage and was increased to eight teams with seven being national teams and one being a representative side.

The Groups

  • Two groups of four teams.
  • Winners and runner up qualifies for the semi-finals.
Group A Group B

 South Korea
 Laos
 Malaysia
 Thailand (host country)

 Indonesia
 Singapore
South Vietnam South Vietnam
Australia Western Australia

Fixtures and results

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 5
 Laos 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 3
 Thailand 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 2
 Malaysia 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 2
Source: RSSSF
Malaysia 2–2 Thailand

Laos 0–2 South Korea

Laos 4–3 Thailand

South Korea 2–0 Malaysia

South Korea 0–0 Thailand

Laos 1–1 Malaysia
La Mone 82' Namat Abdullah 77'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 4
South Vietnam South Vietnam 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
 Singapore 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 3
Australia Western Australia 3 1 0 2 5 7 2 2
Source: RSSSF
Western Australia Australia1–3South Vietnam South Vietnam
Dick Hobson 54' Quang Kim Phung 5', 29', 65'

Indonesia 2–3 Singapore
Jacob Sihasale 13'
Abdul Kadir 50'
Quah Kim Swee 20', 23'
Rahmat bin Mohawar 62'

Western Australia Australia3–1 Singapore
M. McKinley 42'
M. Subeck 69', 72'
Quah Kim Lye 28'

Indonesia 3–1South Vietnam South Vietnam
Mulyadi 22' (pen.)
Max Timisela 24'
Jacob Sihasale 80'
Quang Kim Phung 35'

Western Australia Australia1–3 Indonesia
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Singapore 1–1South Vietnam South Vietnam
Quah Kim Lye 30' Nguyen Van Ngon 17'

Semi-finals

South Korea 3–0South Vietnam South Vietnam
Chung Kyu-poong 40', 56'
Chung Byung-tak 41'

Indonesia 3–1 Laos
Iswadi Idris 4'
Soetjipto Soentoro 17', 82'

3rd Place Match

Laos 0–7South Vietnam South Vietnam

Final

Indonesia 0–1 South Korea

Winner

 1969 King's Cup champion 

South Korea

1st title

References

  1. "King's Cup 1969 (Bangkok, Thailand)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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