The 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the first edition of the

Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament 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 n ...

held in

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. India and Pakistan were declared as the joint winners.

Overview

The[1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament/''Colombo Cup'' was the first

, The tournament took place at the Colombo Oval. The Opening Ceremony was performed by Sir Alan Rose. The Matches took place between 9th March to the 23rd of March, The teams consisted of Burma,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, and

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. Pakistan were declared as winners by a coin toss and held the trophy for the first 6 months, The Indian team protested about Pakistan winning the Trophy and felt that they should have won due to the fact that they had scored more goals in the Tournament.https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=tocy19520324-01.1.12&srpos=9&e=-------en-25-tocy-1--img-txIN-+India+Pakistan+football+Quadrangular+----1952-----

Results

Notes: The competition rules stated that, in the event of a tie on points, goal average would be the tiebreaker. However, the organising committee took the view that goal average could not be considered, since neither India nor Pakistan had conceded any goals, and consequently it was decided that the trophy should be shared. Pakistan won a coin toss to decide which country would receive the trophy for the first six months.

Matches

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D. S. Senanayake Don Stephen Senanayake (; ; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon, having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment ...

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