1970 King's Cup

1970 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates9–20 November
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSouth Korea South Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Malaysia
Fourth place Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored64 (3.2 per match)
← 1969
1971 →

The 1970 King's Cup were held from November 8 to November 20, 1970, in Bangkok. This was the third edition of the international football competition. South Korea were set to defend the title they won in 1969 and in the final they would take the title as they defeated Thailand in the final.[1]

This edition was increased to 9 teams.

The Groups

  • One group of four teams. One group of five
  • Winners and runner up qualifies for the semi-finals.
Group A Group B

 South Korea
 Hong Kong
 Laos
 Singapore
 Thailand (host country)

 Indonesia
 Malaysia
South Vietnam South Vietnam
 Cambodia

Fixtures and results

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 4 3 1 0 11 0 +11 7
 Thailand 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Hong Kong 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 2
 Laos 4 1 0 3 5 9 −4 2
 Singapore 4 1 0 3 2 10 −8 2
Source: RSSSF
Laos 0–1 Thailand
Pallop Maklamthong 24'
Hong Kong 0–1 Singapore
Matthew Chin 48'
Singapore 1–3 Thailand
South Korea 3–0 Hong Kong
South Korea 4–0 Laos
Hong Kong 1–2 Thailand
Laos 3–0 Singapore
South Korea 0–0 Thailand
South Korea 4–0 Singapore
Hong Kong 4–2 Laos

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Indonesia 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 6
 Malaysia 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 3
 Cambodia 3 0 2 1 4 7 −3 2
South Vietnam South Vietnam 3 0 1 2 6 9 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
Cambodia 1–1 Malaysia
Doeour Sokhom 88' Shaharuddin Abdullah 24'
Indonesia 5–3South Vietnam South Vietnam
Waskito 5', 12', 70'
Abdul Kadir 59', 63'		 Cu Sinh 42'
Tran Tiet Van 88'
 ? ?'
Indonesia 3–0 Malaysia
Abdul Kadir 13', 33'
Iswadi Idris 17'
Cambodia 2–2South Vietnam South Vietnam
Malaysia 2–1South Vietnam South Vietnam
Ali Bakar 22'
Shukor Salleh 63'		 Le Van Sang 30'
Cambodia 2–4 Indonesia
Doeur Sokhom 58'
Sieng Tara 88'		 Soetjipto Soentoro 10'
Waskito 34', 55'
Iswadi Idris 49'

Semi-finals

South Korea 2–0 Malaysia
Park Yi-chun 80'
Kim Ki-bok 87'
Attendance: 30,000
Indonesia 1–2 Thailand
Attendance: 30,000

3rd-place match

Malaysia 3–1 Indonesia
S. Abdullah 19' (pen.), 23' (pen.), 75' ? ?'

Final

Thailand 0–1 South Korea
Park Yi-chun 80'
Attendance: 50,000

Winner

 1970 King's Cup champion 

South Korea
2nd title

References

  1. ^ "King's Cup 1970 (Bangkok, Thailand)". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2017.