Merdeka Tournament

Merdeka Tournament or Pestabola Merdeka is a football tournament held in honour of the Malaysian National Day. The competition is named after the Malay word for independence. While the tournament had been held annually from 1957 to 1988, it has been held only 7 times from 1989 to 2007. It is the oldest international football tournament in Asia.

Champions

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score in final	Notes
1957	Hong Kong	Indonesia	2-1	(tournament in group stages)
1958	Malaya	Hong Kong
1959	Malaya	Indonesia	-
1960	South Korea	Malaya	0-0	(trophy shared)
1961	Indonesia	Malaya	2-1
1962	Indonesia	Pakistan	2-1
1963	Taiwan	Japan	-	(tournament in group stages)
1964	Burma	India	1-0
1965	South Korea	Taiwan	1-1	(trophy shared)
1966	South Vietnam	Burma	1-0
1967	South Korea	Burma	0-0	(trophy shared)
1968	Malaysia	Burma	3-0
1969	Indonesia	Malaysia	3-2
1970	South Korea	Burma	1-0
1971	Burma	Indonesia	1-0
1972	South Korea	Malaysia	2-1
1973	Malaysia	Kuwait	3-1
1974	Malaysia	South Korea	1-0
1975	South Korea	Malaysia	1-0
1976	Malaysia	Japan	2-0
1977	South Korea	Iraq	1-0
1978	South Korea	Iraq	2-0
1979	Korea Republic B	Malaysia	0-0	(trophy shared)
1980	Morocco	Malaysia	2-1
1981	Iraq	Sao Paulo XI	1-0
1982	Santa Catarina XI	Ghana	3-0
1983	Buenos Aires XI	Algeria XI	2-1
1984	Korea Republic U-23	Minas Gerais XI	2-0
1985	Korea Republic U-23	America FC Rio de Janeiro	7-4 (aet)
1986	Malaysia	Czechoslovakia XI	3-0
1987	Czechoslovakia Olympic	South Korea	3-2
1988	Hamburger SV	FC Tirol Innsbruck	1-0
1989–1990	(not held)
1991	SK Admira Wacker	China Olympic Team	3-0
1992	(not held)
1993	Malaysia	Korea Republic B	3-1
1994	(not held)
1995	Iraq	Budapesti Vasas SC	2-0
1996–1999	(not held)
2000	New Zealand	Malaysia	2-0
2001	Uzbekistan	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2-1
2002–2005	(not held)
2006	Myanmar	Indonesia	2-1
2007	Malaysia U-23	Myanmar	3-1
2008	Vietnam U-23	Malaysia	0-0	Penalty 6-5
2009	(Cancelled)[1]
2010	(not held)

Teams achievements

Below are the record of teams in Merdeka Tournament competitions (1957–present).

#	Teams	Champions	Runner-ups	Trophy shared	Total
1	Malaysia (including Malaya)	9	8	2	11
2	South Korea	7	3	4	11
3	Myanmar/Burma	3	4	1	4
4	Indonesia	3	4	-	3
5	Iraq	2	2	-	2
6	Vietnam (including  South Vietnam)	2	0	-	2
7	Czechoslovakia	1	1	-	1
8	Taiwan	1	-	1	2
9	SK Admira Wacker	1	-	-	1
9	Buenos Aires XI	1	-	-	1
9	Hamburger SV	1	-	-	1
9	Hong Kong	1	-	-	1
9	Morocco	1	-	-	1
9	New Zealand	1	-	-	1
9	Santa Catarina XI	1	-	-	1
9	Uzbekistan	1	-	-	1
9	Malaysia U-23	1	-	-	1
18	India	-	2	-	(2)
18	Japan	-	2	-	(2)
20	Pakistan	-	1	-	(1)
20	Kuwait	-	1	-	(1)
20	Sao Paulo XI	-	1	-	(1)
20	Ghana	-	1	-	(1)
20	Algeria	-	1	-	(1)
19	Minas Gerais XI	-	1	-	(1)
19	América FC Rio de Janeiro	-	1	-	(1)
19	FC Tirol Innsbruck	-	1	-	(1)
19	China Olympic Team	-	1	-	(1)
19	Budapesti Vasas SC	-	1	-	(1)
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	1	-	(1)

External links

• Merdeka Tournament at RSSF.com website

References

1. ^ http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/member-association-news/309-malaysia/24692-virus-scare-hits-malaysias-merdeka-cup Virus scare hits Malaysia’s Merdeka Cup