The 1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the 2nd edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...
.
Ten domestic league champions from ten countries competed in the tournament. The tournament was held in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
,
Thailand
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and ten clubs were split in two groups of five. The group winners and the runners up advanced to semifinals.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...
(ISR) defeated Korean club
Yangzee FC
Yangzee Football Club ( ko, 양지 축구단) was a South Korean football club.
Yangzee was a special football club to aim anti-communism, and was founded by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) on 29 March 1967, after the North Korea na ...
(KOR) and became the second Israeli club to win the competition.
Group Stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Third Place Match
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Final
References
External links
*Mulcahy, Enda; Karsdorp, Dirk
"Asian Club Competitions 1968/69" RSSSF.
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Asian Club Tournament
1969
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International club association football competitions hosted by Thailand