The 1981

King's Cup King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King's Cup (Bahrain), the premier national knockout football tournament * King's ...

was held from 9 to 24 November 1981 in Thailand.

Overview

Most of the matches were held in the

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, and for the first time in the tournament some of the preliminary matches were held outside the capital, in

Chonburi Chonburi (, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi District, Mueang Chonburi, the List of municipalities in Thailand, seventh-largest city in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Ba ...

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and

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. Group 1 comprised several national teams, including

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

which entered with a similar squad in the 1981 Merdeka Tournament,

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

which returned to international football after several years of inactivity,

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

, and

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

with a young squad captained by R. Arumugam. China was represented by the

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team, while Indonesia entered their provincial champions

Semarang Semarang (Javanese script, Javanese: , ''Kutha Semarang'') is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Netherlands, Dutch Dutch East Indies, colonial era, and is still an important regio ...

. The match between Malaysia and Semarang was abandoned after 15 minutes due to heavy rain with the score at nil. Group 2 comprised

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, along with the representative sides

North Korean Army The Korean People's Army (KPA; ) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Ground Force, the Naval Force, the Air Force, the St ...

Polonia Warszawa Polonia Warsaw (, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing sports club in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contrac ...

, South Korea Army, Wollongong from

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, and Thailand B.

Group stage

Group 1

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Group 2

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

First legs

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Second legs

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Third place play-off

Final

Winner

References

Kings Cup, 1982 King's Cup

1980s in sport in Bangkok

External links

* Abbink, Dinant; Garin, Erik
"King's Cup 1981 (Bangkok, Thailand)".
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