1982 Merlion Cup

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1982 Merlion Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySingapore
Dates5–17 October 1982
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Indonesia
Fourth place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored40 (3.08 per match)
1983

The 1982 Merlion Cup is the inaugural edition of the invitational football tournament. Matches were held at the former Singapore National Stadium held from 5–17 October 1982.[1]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Semifinal
2  Malaysia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
3  Singapore 3 1 0 2 7 3 +4 2
4  Brunei 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]


Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Australia 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4 Semifinal
2  Indonesia 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
3  Thailand 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:[citation needed]
Thailand 0–4 Australia
Report O'Connor
Cole
Kosmina
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)


Indonesia 0–2 Australia
Report Mitchell 73', 77'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

Final round[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Australia 5–0 Malaysia
Katholos 19', 37'
Kosmina 56'
O'Connor 64'
Cole
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Third place play-off[edit]

Final[edit]

Australia 3–2 South Korea
O'Connor 17'
Mitchell 34'
Christopoulos 61'
Report Oh Suk-jae 59'
Park Chang-seun 83'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)

Awards[edit]

 1982 Merlion Cup champions 

Australia

First title

References[edit]

  1. ^ Erik, Garin; Morrison, Neil; Jovanovic, Bojan. "Merlion Cup 1982". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2016.