Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
at the
1954 Asian Games was held in
Manila
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
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Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
from 1 to 8 May 1954. All matches took place at the
Rizal Memorial Stadium
The Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium (simply known as the Rizal Memorial Stadium; officially the Simeon Toribio Track Stadium) is the main stadium of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. It served as the main stadi ...
, and were of 80 minutes duration.
Venues
Medalists
Draw
The draw was held one day before the event.
;Group A
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;Group B
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;Group C
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;Group D
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Squads
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout round
Semifinals
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* South Korea advanced to the final due to their superior overall goal-average (1.857 to 1.25).
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
References
* Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil
"Asian Games 1954" RSSSF.
{{1954 in Japanese football
1954 Asian Games events
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
Asia Games
1954 Asian Games