The 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the first edition of the annual Asian club

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competition hosted by the

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. Six teams, as their respective country's domestic champions, competed in a knockout tournament to determine the first Asian champion: the Iranian FA did not send a team, while India's representative, Indian Railways, withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs.

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from Israel became the inaugural champions of Asia after defeating

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from Malaysia 2–1 in the final at

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, becoming one of only two teams in history to win their continent's main club competition while only playing one match (the other was

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, who won the

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Result

First Round

1: Match was played on 6 May.
2: Match was played on 3 June.
3: Match was played on 18 May.
4: Match was played on 27 May.
5: Hapoel were drawn against the representative of Iran, but the Iranian FA did not send a team.

Second Round

1: Match was played on 15 July.
2: Match was played on 29 July.

Semi-finals

1: Match was played on 16 September.
2: Match was played on 21 October.
3: Hapoel were drawn against Indian Railways, who withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs.

Final

References

External links

Asian Club Competitions 1967
at RSSSF.com {{1967 in Asian Football (AFC) 1

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