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Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

Field	Value
name	Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament
organiser	Ceylon Football Association
founded
abolished
teams	4
most successful team	(4 titles)

The Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was an annual football tournament first held in Colombo, Ceylon. It was also alternatively known as Colombo Cup. Established in 1952 by the Ceylon Football Association as a part of the Colombo Fair, the national sides of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) and Burma played each other in a round robin tournament. The tournament was last played in 1955. In 1953 it was hosted in Rangoon, Burma, in 1954 at Calcutta, India, and finally at Dacca, East Pakistan.

Background

Burma]] (in dark shirt) during the [[1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

Established in 1952 by the Ceylon Football Association as a part of the Colombo Exhibition, it was Initially scheduled for March 1952 to coincide with princess Elizabeth II visit to Ceylon, the event was canceled due to the death of King George VI, which led to the cancellation of her visit.

The trophy awarded to the winner of the tournament was called the Colombo Cup. The competition featured four countries from the former British Raj: Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan. It was commonly referred to as the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament or sometimes simply the Quadrangular Tournament.

The success of the 1952 event led the four countries to agree to hold annual tournaments, with each country hosting in turn and additional trophies being awarded alongside the Colombo Cup. For example, the Burma Bowl was introduced in 1953, and the Pakistan Silver Cup in 1955.

However, after the fourth tournament in 1955, plans for the next edition in March 1957 in Ceylon fell through. The Ceylon government withheld funding, and the All-India Football Federation withdrew, arguing that the Olympic Games and the Asian Games already provided enough international competition. In January 1958, there was a proposal for Ceylon and India to continue the Colombo Cup competition alone, but India rejected the idea.

Results

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place		4th place
1952
Details	Colombo, Ceylon
(Trophy shared)	None

1953
Details	Rangoon, Burma
1954
Details	Calcutta, India
1955
Details	Dacca, Pakistan

Stadiums

Year	Stadium	Location
1952	Colombo Oval	Colombo, Ceylon
1953	Aung San Stadium	Rangoon, Burma
1954	Calcutta FC Ground	Calcutta, India
1955	Dacca Stadium	Dacca, East Pakistan

Statistics

Performance by nation

Gold	Silver	Bronze
4 (1952, 1953, 1954*, 1955)
1 (1952)	2 (1953, 1955)	1 (1954)
	1 (1954)	1 (1952)
		3 (1952, 1953, 1954)

:* = host

Top goal scorers by edition

Years	Player(s)	Goals
1952	IND Sheoo Mewalal	4
1953	Burma Samuel Gordon	4
1954	IND Puran Bahadur Thapa	4
1955	IND Pradip Kumar Banerjee	5

References

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(25 October 1953). "Quadrangular Football: India's Win". [[The Indian Express]].

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