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1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

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1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryEast Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Dates17 – 24 December 1955
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions India (4th title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Third place Burma
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored30 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Pradip Kumar Banerjee (5 goals)
1954

The 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the last edition of the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament to take place. It was held in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and won by India for a record 4th time.[1]

Points Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  India 3 3 0 0 11 6 +5 6 Champions
2  Pakistan 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
3  Burma 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2
4  Ceylon 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: RSSSF

Matches

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All the results are based on data from rsssf

Pakistan 4–2 Burma
Qayyum ?', ?' (pen.), ?' (pen.)
Jamil
Report Suk Bahadur
Kyaw Zan

India 4–3 Ceylon
Banerjee ?', ?'
Mewalal
Sattar
Report Ranasinghe ?', ?' (pen.)
Fernando

India 5–2 Burma
Banerjee ?', ?'
D'Souza ?', ?'
Kempaiah
Report Suk Bahadur
Aung Shein

Pakistan 2–1 Ceylon
Fakhri ?', ?' Report Ranasinghe

Burma 3–1 Ceylon
Suk Bahadur ?', ?' (pen.)
Aung Myint
Report Sainoon

Pakistan 1–2 India
Fakhri Report Banerjee
D'Souza

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 30 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955: 1955 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.