# Football at the 1954 Asian Games

Football at the 1954 Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines from 1 to 8 May 1954. All matches took place at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, and were of 80 minutes duration.

## Venues

* Manila
* Rizal Memorial Stadium
* Capacity: 12,873

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Republic of China Chan Fai-hung Chou Wen-chi Chu Chin-ching Chu Wing-keung Hau Ching-to Hau Yung-sang Ho Ying-fan Hsu Wei-po King Loh-sung Lau Yee Lee Tai-fai Li Chun-fat Lo Ching-hsiang Mok Chun-wah Ng Kee-cheung Pau King-yin Szeto Man Tang Sum Teng Sheung Tse Tsu-kuo Yen Shih-hsin Yiu Cheuk-yin | South Korea Choi Chung-min Choi Kwang-seok Chu Yung-kwang Chung Kook-chin Chung Nam-sik Ham Heung-chul Han Chang-wha Hong Deok-young Kang Chang-gi Kim Ji-sung Lee Sang-yi Li Jong-kap Min Byung-dae Park Il-kap Park Kyu-chung Sung Nak-woon | Burma Seaton Aukim Ba Kyu Perry Dwe Samuel Gordon Hla Maung Htoowa Dwe Kyaw Zaw Pe Myint Maung Aung Sein Myint Sein Pe Douglas Steward Thein Aung Tin Kyi Tun Aung Robert Yin Gyaw Suk Bahadur |

## Draw

The draw was held one day before the event.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Republic of China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 4 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Philippines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Burma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 2 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 4 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 |

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |

### Knockout round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 7 May | 7 May |
| Republic of China | 4 |
| Republic of China | 4 | 8 May | 8 May |
| Indonesia | 2 | 8 May | 8 May |
| Indonesia | 2 | Republic of China | 5 |
| 7 May | 7 May | | Republic of China | 5 |
| 7 May | 7 May | South Korea | 2 |
| Burma | 2 | South Korea | 2 |
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 | | |
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 8 May | 8 May |
| | | Indonesia | 4 |
| | | Burma | 5 |

#### Semifinals

* South Korea advanced to the final due to their superior overall goal-average (1.857 to 1.25).

#### Gold medal match
## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Republic of China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 8 |
| | South Korea | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 4 |
| | Burma | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 4 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 2 |
| 7 | Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | India | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| 9 | Singapore | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 |
| 10 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 |
| 11 | Philippines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |