1954 Colombo Cup

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1954 Colombo Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates18–26 December 1954
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions India (3rd title)
Runners-up Ceylon
Third place Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored17 (2.83 per match)
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1954 Colombo Cup was the third edition of the Colombo Cup held in Calcutta, India. India won the tournament for a third time.[1]

Squads

Ceylon[1] India[1]
  • Peter Ranasinghe (captain)
  • M. Sheriff
  • J. A. G. Wilson
  • O. K. Khan
  • A. C. M. Junaid
  • M. B. Saldin
  • T. Meedin
  • K. A. Premadasa
  • M. I. M. Laheer
  • T. S. Jayman
  • M. Sainoon
  • Tom Marikar Deen
  • Andrew Fernando
  • N. B. Hemachandra
  • Tom Ossen
  • A. R. Jailabdeen
  • Karunapala Fernando
  • Sailen Manna (captain)
  • Sanat Sett
  • Sanjeeva Uchil
  • Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din
  • Sheikh Abdul Latif
  • Pearl
  • G. R. Gokul
  • Chandan Singh Rawat
  • Prakash Singh
  • Muhammad Noor
  • Pansanttom Venkatesh
  • Syed Moinuddin
  • G. Y. S. Laiq
  • Samar Banerjee
  • Mohammad Abdus Sattar
  • Ahmed Khan
  • Puran Bahadur Thapa
  • Jaganathan
  • Anthony Patrick
  • Neville D'Souza

Points Tables

(C) refers to Champions

Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  India (C) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
2  Ceylon 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3  Pakistan 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 3
4  Burma 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1

Matches

All the results are based on data from rsssf

India 1–1 Ceylon
Noor Report Fernando
Calcutta FC Ground

Pakistan 1–1 Burma
Fakhri Report Sein Pe
Calcutta FC Ground

Pakistan 2–1 Ceylon
Jamil
Amin
Report M. Sainoon
Calcutta FC Ground

India 2–1 Burma
Thapa
Patrick
Report Samuel
Calcutta FC Ground

Ceylon 2–1 Burma
Deen
Fernando
Report Htoo Wa
Calcutta FC Ground

India 3–1 Pakistan
Thapa ?', ?', ?' Report Fakhri
Calcutta FC Ground
Attendance: 100,000

References

  1. ^ a b c Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament 1954 (Calcutta, India)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.