Merdeka Tournament (Malaysia)


The competition is named after the Merdeka (=Independence) Stadium in Malaysia. An annual tournament from 1957 to 1988, it has been held only nine times between 1989 and 2014.


Palmares

Year    Winners
1957    Hongkong
1958    Malaya
1959    Malaya
1960    Malaya and South Korea (shared)
1961    Indonesia
1962    Indonesia
1963    Taiwan
1964    Burma
1965    South Korea and Taiwan (shared)
1966    South Vietnam
1967    South Korea and Burma (shared)
1968    Malaysia
1969    Indonesia
1970    South Korea
1971    Burma
1972    South Korea
1973    Malaysia
1974    Malaysia
1975    South Korea
1976    Malaysia
1977    South Korea
1978    South Korea
1979    South Korea and Malaysia (shared)
1980    Morocco
1981    Iraq
1982    Santa Catarina
1983    Selección de Primera B (Argentina)
1984    South Korea
1985    South Korea
1986    Malaysia
1987    Czechoslovakia Olympic
1988    Hamburger SV
1991    Admira Wacker (Austria)
1993    Malaysia
1995    Iraq
2000    New Zealand
2001    Uzbekistan
2006    Myanmar
2007    Malaysia U-23
2008    Vietnam U-23
2013    Malaysia U-23  

NB: not played in missing years

Number of Wins (41 editions, 45 wins)

11 South Korea   (4 shared)

10 Malaysia      (2 shared)

 4 Myanmar       (1 shared) [includes Burma]

 3 Indonesia

 2 Iraq
   Malaysia U-23 
   Taiwan        (1 shared)

 1 Admira Wacker (Austria)
   Czechoslovakia Olympic
   Hamburger SV
   Hongkong     
   Morocco     
   New Zealand
   Santa Catarina
   Selección de Primera B (Argentina)
   South Vietnam     
   Uzbekistan   
   Vietnam U-23


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