1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament

The 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the first edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation.[1] Originally it was meant to be eight teams in the competition but after the Indian and Iranian teams withdrew, the six domestic champions competed in a knockout tournament to determine the first Asian champion. Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. from Israel became the first champions of Asia after defeating Selangor FA from Malaysia 2–1 in the final at Bangkok, one of only 2 teams to win their continent's main club competition while only playing 1 game (The other being Adelaide City, who won the 1987 Oceania Club Championship.)

1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament
Hapoel Tel Aviv players with the trophy in 1967
Tournament details
Dates6 May – 19 December 1967
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st title)
Runners-up Selangor FA
Third place Korea Tungsten Company
Fourth place Bangkok Bank FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored11 (1.22 per match)

Result

First Round
  • Indian and Iranian representatives withdrew.
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Selangor FA 2–1 Vietnam Customs 0–01 2–12
South China 1–2 Bangkok Bank FC 1–03 0–24
Korea Tungsten Company bye
Hapoel Tel Aviv bye

1: Match was played on 6 May.
2: Match was played on 3 June.
3: Match was played on 18 May.
4: Match was played on 27 May.

Second Round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Selangor FA 1–0 Bangkok Bank FC 1–01 0–02
Korea Tungsten Company bye
Hapoel Tel Aviv bye

1: Match was played on 15 July.
2: Match was played on 29 July.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Korea Tungsten Company 0–1 Selangor FA 0–01 0–12
Hapoel Tel Aviv bye

1: Match was played on 16 September.
2: Match was played on 21 October.

Final
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2–1 Selangor FA
Dani Borsuk 70'
Yaakov Rachminovich 75' (pen.)		 Aslim 50'
Attendance: 12,000

References
  1. "History of the Asian Club Championship". Asian Football. 9 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 1997. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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