(South) Vietnam Friendly Football Tournaments


The South Vietnam National Day Tournament was also referred to as the South Vietnam Independence Cup, or the Quoc Khanh Cup (Quoc Khanh translates to National Day).

See also the file on the Ho Chi Minh City Cup for tournaments since 1995.


Palmares

South Vietnam National Day Tournament
Year Winners
1961 South Vietnam
1962 South Vietnam
1963   not held
1964   not held
1965 South Vietnam
1966 South Vietnam
1967 Australia
1968   not held
1969   probably not held
1970 South Vietnam
1971 Malaysia
1972 Khmer Republic
1973 Persija (Jakarta)
1974 South Vietnam

Friendship Cup
Year Winners
1970 Australia

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1961

 
in Saigon

21-10-1961  South Vietnam 4-1 Indonesia
23-10-1961  Malaya        3-1 Indonesia
26-10-1961  South Vietnam 1-0 Malaya

 1.South Vietnam   2  2  0  0  5- 1  4
 2.Malaya          2  1  0  1  3- 2  2
 3.Indonesia       2  0  0  2  2- 7  0

Post-tournament exhibition matches:
            South Vietnam All-Stars 2-0 Malaya      (charity match for flood relief)
28-10-1961  South Vietnam Youth     3-1 Indonesia
29-10-1961  South Vietnam Military  1-1 Indonesia

Note: the Indonesian team was the same squad that won the 1961
 Aga Khan Cup in Dacca immediately prior to this tournament, with 
 two additional players (Tan Liong Houw and Henki Timisela) 
 who arrived directly from Jakarta.

Indonesian squad: Tjong, Hardi Purnomo, Ishak Udin, Sonny Sandra,
 Faisal Jusuf, Rasjid Dahlan, Ipong Silalahi, John Simon, Sunarto,
 Muhadi, Manan, Agam, Dirhamsjah, 

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1962

 
in Saigon

Burma withdrew a few days before the event.

Group Stage
25-10-1962  South Vietnam 4-0 Indonesia
27-10-1962  Malaya        4-2 Thailand
28-10-1962  South Vietnam 0-1 Thailand  [abandoned at 63']
  [Following a brawl between the two sets of players, spectators
   came onto the field to attack the Thais. Order restored was 
   after 10 minutes, but the Thais refused to play the remainder
   of the match. It is not clear whether the result stood, or
   whether South Vietnam were given a walkover.]
28-10-1962  Indonesia     2-1 Malaya
30-10-1962  South Vietnam 2-0 Malaya    [Malaya finished third]
30-10-1962  Indonesia     7-0 Thailand

 1.SOUTH VIETNAM   3  2  0  1  6- 1  4
 2.INDONESIA       3  2  0  1  9- 5  4
 3.Malaya          3  1  0  2  5- 6  2
 4.Thailand        3  1  0  2  3-11  2

Final
31-10-1962  South Vietnam 2-0 Indonesia

Exhibition match (not part of the tournament):
31-10-1962  Malaya        1-1 S.Vietnam Police and Youth selection

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1964

 
A tournament was planned, with invitations sent to Malaysia, 
Burma, and Taiwan, but was presumably cancelled.

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1965

 
in Saigon

13-11-1965  South Vietnam 4-0 Thailand
14-11-1965  Malaysia      2-1 Thailand
16-11-1965  South Vietnam 2-2 Malaysia

 1.South Vietnam   2  1  1  0  6- 2  3
 2.Malaysia        2  1  1  0  4- 3  3
 3.Thailand        2  0  0  2  1- 6  0

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1966

 
in Saigon

 1-11-1966  South Vietnam 3-2 Malaysia
 3-11-1966  Malaysia      1-1 Thailand
 5-11-1966  South Vietnam 4-1 Thailand

 1.South Vietnam   2  2  0  0  7- 3  4
 2.Malaysia        2  0  1  1  3- 4  1
 3.Thailand        2  0  1  1  2- 5  1

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1967

 
in Saigon

Section A
 4-11-1967  South Vietnam 2-0 Singapore
 5-11-1967  Australia     5-3 New Zealand
              [Baartz, Warren, Abonyi x3 (1 pen) / Mears,
               Nemet, Shaw]
 7-11-1967  South Vietnam 0-1 Australia
              [Warren]
 8-11-1967  New Zealand   3-1 Singapore
              [Thomas x2, Turner / Rennell OG]
10-11-1967  South Vietnam 5-1 New Zealand
              [? / Shaw]
11-11-1967  Australia     5-1 Singapore
              [Abonyi x3, Warren, Baartz / ? pen]

 1.AUSTRALIA       3  3  0  0 11- 4  6
 2.SOUTH VIETNAM   3  2  0  1  7- 2  4  
 3.New Zealand     3  1  0  2  7-11  2
 4.Singapore       3  0  0  3  2-10  0

Section B
 4-11-1967  Malaysia      3-2 Thailand
              [Lim Kim Lian, Chow Kwai Lam, Abdullah Noordin pen /
               Yanyong x2]
 5-11-1967  South Korea   1-0 Hong Kong U23
 7-11-1967  South Korea   3-1 Thailand
              [Kim Ki-Bok, Chung Byung-Tak, Huh Yoon-Jung / ?]
 8-11-1967  Malaysia      2-0 Hong Kong U23
              [Agus Salim, Lim Kim Lian]
10-11-1967  Thailand      5-1 Hong Kong U23
11-11-1967  South Korea   2-1 Malaysia
              [Kim Ki-Bok x2 / Lim Kim Lian]

 1.SOUTH KOREA     3  3  0  0  6- 2  6
 2.MALAYSIA        3  2  0  1  6- 4  4
 3.Thailand        3  1  0  2  8- 7  2
 4.Hong Kong U23   3  0  0  3  1- 8  0

Semi-Finals
12-11-1967  Australia     1-0 Malaysia      [aet]
              [Baartz]
12-11-1967  South Vietnam 0-3 South Korea
              [Lee Hoi-Taek, Chung Byung-Tak, Huh Yoon-Jung]

Third Place Match
14-11-1967  South Vietnam 4-1 Malaysia

Final
14-11-1967  Australia     3-2 South Korea
              [Vojtek, Warren, Abonyi / Lee Young-Geun,
               Huh Yoon-Jung]

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1969

 
A tournament was planned, with proposed invitations to Australia,
Malaysia, Taiwan, and Thailand.
It is not clear whether or not it was cancelled. The proposed 
dates for the tournament clashed with the Merdeka tournament in 
Malaysia - the Vietnamese unsuccessfully requested that the
Malaysians move the Merdeka back by a few days.

One article, 15th October 1969, states that Singapore's B team 
was preparing for the tournament, and would leave for Saigon 
on 4th November. 

Friendship Cup 1970

 
in Saigon

Note: Burma and Indonesia declined invitations.

23- 4-1970  South Vietnam 1-1 Kowloon Bus Company
25- 4-1970  Australia     6-2 Kowloon Bus Company
26- 4-1970  South Vietnam 0-1 Australia

 1.Australia       2  2  0  0  7- 2  4
 2.South Vietnam   2  0  1  1  1- 2  1
 3.Kowloon B.C.    2  0  1  1  3- 7  1 (Hong Kong)

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1970

 
in Saigon

29-10-1970  South Vietnam 1-1 Malaysia
29-10-1970  Thailand      2-1 Indonesia
31-10-1970  Malaysia      1-4 Thailand
31-10-1970  South Vietnam 3-1 Indonesia
 1-11-1970  South Vietnam 1-0 Thailand
 1-11-1970  Malaysia      3-1 Indonesia

 1.South Vietnam   3  2  1  0  5- 2  5
 2.Thailand        3  2  0  1  6- 3  4
 3.Malaysia        3  1  1  1  5- 6  3
 4.Indonesia       3  0  0  3  3- 8  0

Note: it is possible that the tournament followed the same format
      as in the 1971-73 editions, rather than a simple round-robin
      structure.

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1971

 
in Saigon

Preliminary Round (presumably to decide semifinal pairings)
28-10-1971  Thailand      1-0 Singapore
28-10-1971  South Vietnam 0-1 Malaysia

Semifinals
30-10-1971  Malaysia      1-1 Singapore  [AET, 4-3 pen]
30-10-1971  South Vietnam 3-0 Thailand

Third place match
31-10-1971  Singapore     3-1 Thailand

Final
31-10-1971  South Vietnam 1-1 Malaysia   [AET, 4-4 pen]

Malaysia were declared champions as a gesture of goodwill by the 
Vietnamese. After the five penalties each failed to determine a 
winner, the Vietnamese conceded the game.  The reasons given were
that the crowd had gone beyond control, and that as the Vietnamese
goal had been an deflected own-goal off a Malaysian defender, the
Vietnamese felt the Malaysians deserved the title.

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1972

 
in Saigon

Preliminary round (presumably to decide semifinal pairings)
28-10-1972  Singapore     1-0 Khmer
28-10-1972  South Vietnam 0-0 Malaysia

Semifinals
29-10-1972  Khmer         1-0 Malaysia
29-10-1972  South Vietnam 4-1 Singapore

Third place match
 1-11-1972  Singapore     3-1 Malaysia   [AET]

Final
 1-11-1972  South Vietnam 1-2 Khmer      [AET]

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1973

 
in Saigon

Preliminary Round (presumably to decide semifinal pairings)
 1-11-1973  South Vietnam 1-5 Malaysia
 1-11-1973  Persija       4-0 Singapore

Semifinals
 3-11-1973  Malaysia      2-1 Singapore
 3-11-1973  Persija       4-2 South Vietnam

Third place match
 4-11-1973  South Vietnam 4-2 Singapore

Final
 4-11-1973  Persija       3-2 Malaysia

Vietnam National Day Tournament 1974

 
n Saigon

Group A
 1-11-1974  Laos          0-1 South Vietnam
 2-11-1974  Malaysia      0-0 Laos
 3-11-1974  Malaysia      0-0 Taiwan
 5-11-1974  Laos          1-2 Taiwan
 5-11-1974  Malaysia      0-1 South Vietnam
 7-11-1974  South Vietnam 1-1 Taiwan

 1.SOUTH VIETNAM   3  2  1  0  3- 1  5
 2.TAIWAN          3  1  2  0  3- 2  4
 3.Malaysia        3  0  2  1  0- 1  2
 4.Laos            3  0  1  2  1- 3  1

Group B
 2-11-1974  Persipura     3-1 Khmer
 3-11-1974  Thailand      2-2 Khmer
 7-11-1974  Thailand      1-1 Persipura

 1.PERSIPURA       2  1  1  0  4- 2  3 (Jayapura, Indonesia)
 2.THAILAND        2  0  2  0  3- 3  2
 3.Khmer           2  0  1  1  3- 5  1

Semifinals   
 9-11-1974  South Vietnam 3-2 Thailand
 9-11-1974  Persipura     2-0 Taiwan
   
Third Place Match
10-11-1974  Taiwan        3-2 Thailand

Final
10-11-1974  South Vietnam 2-0 Persipura

 


About this document

Sources included: The Straits Times, [PSS 80], The Age (Melbourne), FIFA bulletin, Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (Malaysian FA), Ligina and http://ozsoccer.thehub.com.au/ark/AusSoc.html

Thanks to Frank Rankmore, Andre Zlotkowski and Martin Arenlind

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison, Barrie Courtney, Erik Garin, Mikael Jönsson, Bojan Jovanovic and Pieter Veroeveren for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Neil Morrison (nfm24@cantab.net), Barrie Courtney (BzCourtney@aol.com), Mark Cruickshank (mcruicmcruic@yahoo.co.uk) Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch), Mikael Jönsson (mikcat@frisurf.no), Bojan Jovanovic (bojan@go.cc) and Pieter Veroeveren (pieter.veroeveren@chello.be)
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