Name for two tournaments, including other sports besides football, between mostly communist states. The first was organised in Indonesia following a scandal around the 1962 Asian Games there, for which Taiwan and Israel were refused visa, which led to an indefinite suspension of Indonesia from the IOC. The second edition was restricted to Asia after the qualifying tournament in North Korea 1965 (in which Guinea participated), with Africa organising the first African Games in 1965; consequently, that second tournament was named 'First Asian GANEFO'; a second Asian GANEFO never happened.
Year Winners Runners-Up Venue 1963 United Arab R. North Korea Jakarta, Indonesia 1966 North Korea China Phnom Penh, Cambodia
November 1963 in Jakarta (Indonesia)
First Round:
Group A
North Korea 14-0 Somalia
Uruguay Univ. 9-0 Somalia
North Korea 4-0 Uruguay Univ.
1.North Korea 2 2 0 0 18- 0 4
2.Uruguay Univ. 2 1 0 1 9- 4 2
3.Somalia 2 0 0 2 0-23 0
Group B
China PR 3-1 Mali
Indonesia 3-2 Mali [14 Nov]
China PR 1-1 Indonesia [16 Nov]
1.China PR 2 1 1 0 4- 2 3
2.Indonesia 2 1 1 0 4- 3 3
3.Mali 2 0 0 2 6- 6 0
Group C
Argentina Univ. 3-1 Saudi Arabia
1.Argentina Univ. 1 1 0 0 3- 1 2
2.Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 1- 3 0
Algeria withdrew
Bolivia withdrew
Group D
UAR 4-1 North Vietnam
Chile Univ. 4-2 Laos
UAR 6-0 Chile Univ.
North Vietnam 4-2 Chile Univ.
UAR 15-0 Laos
North Vietnam 9-1 Laos
1.UAR 3 3 0 0 25- 1 6
2.North Vietnam 3 2 0 1 14- 7 4
3.Chile Univ. 3 1 0 2 6-10 2
4.Laos 3 0 0 3 3-28 0
Quarterfinals
Vietnam 6-1 Argentina Univ.
UAR 7-0 Saudi Arabia
Uruguay Univ. 2-1 China
North Korea 5-1 Indonesia [18 Nov]
Semifinals
North Korea 2-0 North Vietnam
UAR 5-1 Uruguay Univ.
Third place match
Uruguay Univ. 2-2 North Vietnam [Uruguay on coin toss]
Final
UAR 1-1 North Korea [UAR on coin toss]
NB: the union of Egypt and Syria (1958-61) in the United Arab Republic was
dissolved by the time of the Games but Egypt kept the name for some more
years. Argentina and Uruguay were represented by University teams.
Topscorer : Badawi Abdelfattah (UAR)
UAR squad :
Goalkeepers: Abdelsattar (Sekka Hadid)
Said El Galb
Deffenders: Ali Mahmoud (Taiaran)
Khairi Hosni (Tersana)
Said Aboul Nour (Ahly)
Talaat Fawaz (Ittihad Alex)
Ahmed Saleh (Ittihad Alex)
Mahmoud Hassanein (Zamalek)
Midfielders: Samir Qotb (Zamalek)
Ahmed Abaza (Ittihad Alex)
Forwards: Badawi Abdelfattah (Baharya)
Zoqlot
Abdou Nosehi (Zamalek)
Mohamed Shahin (Masry)
Helmi Souliman (Ahly)
Mohamed Gaber (Ittihad Alex)
Karam (Sekka Hadid)
Hafez Ghobashi (Ittihad Alex)
ElSayed Nosseir
Coach: Kamal ElShiwi
1st Asian GANEFO 1966
Qualifying Competition (in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 1-11, 1965)
North Korea 3-0 China
North Korea 1-0 North Vietnam
North Korea 3-0 Guinea
North Korea 3-0 Indonesia
North Korea 4-0 Cambodia
China 3-0 Indonesia
China 3-1 Cambodia
China 2-0 Guinea
China 3-3 North Vietnam
North Vietnam 2-1 Guinea
North Vietnam 1-2 Indonesia
North Vietnam 1-1 Cambodia
Guinea 3-1 Indonesia
Guinea 2-1 Cambodia
Indonesia 0-0 Cambodia
Final Table
1.North Korea 5 5 0 0 14- 0 10
2.China 5 3 1 1 11- 7 7
3.North Vietnam 5 1 2 2 7- 8 4
4.Guinea 5 2 0 3 6- 9 4
5.Indonesia 5 1 1 3 3-10 3
6.Cambodia 5 0 2 3 3-10 2
Top-3 qualified.
NB: possibly there also was a West Asian qualifying group; in any case
(North?) Yemen (presumably, as South Yemen was still a British
protectorate at the time) and Palestine entered the final tournament.
Final Tournament (in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 25-December 6, 1966)
NB: Cambodia apparently qualified as hosts
North Korea 2-1 China
North Korea 3-1 North Vietnam
North Korea 2-0 Cambodia
North Korea 5-1 Palestine
North Korea 14-0 Yemen
China 2-0 North Vietnam
China 4-0 Cambodia
China 7-0 Palestine
China 6-0 Yemen
North Vietnam 2-2 Cambodia
North Vietnam 4-0 Palestine
North Vietnam 9-0 Yemen
Cambodia 4-0 Palestine
Cambodia 8-0 Yemen
Palestine 5-3 Yemen
Final Table
1.North Korea 5 5 0 0 26- 3 15
2.China 5 4 0 1 20- 2 13
3.North Vietnam 5 2 1 2 16- 7 10
4.Cambodia 5 2 1 2 14- 8 10
5.Palestine 5 1 0 4 6-23 7
6.Yemen 5 0 0 5 3-42 5 [presumably Yemen AR or North Yemen]
NB: 3-2-1 points system
Partial source: ytyz.8u8.com (Chinese website)
Thanks to Pieter Veroeveren; 1963 data thanks to Khaled Abul-Oyoun (abuloyoun@yahoo.com)
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