The 1983 President's Cup Football Tournament () was the 13th competition of

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. It was held from 4 to 17 June 1983, and was won by a Dutch club

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for the first time, who defeated

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

in the final.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Controversies

In a group stage match between

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 ...

and

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, a South Korean referee who judged the match was criticized for awarding a controversial penalty to United States. Phisit, Thailand's director and a vice-president of the

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, seriously complained about it.

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

tried to withdraw from the third place play-off after losing to

in the semi-finals, where two Ghanaian players were sent off with displeasure.

References

External links

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