The 1955 Colombo Cup was the last edition of the Colombo Cup to take place. It was held in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and won by India for a record 4th time.[1]

1955 Colombo Cup
Tournament details
Host countryEast Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Dates17 – 24 December 1955
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions India (4th title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Third place Burma
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored30 (5 per match)
1954

Points Table

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(C) refers to champions

Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   India (C) 3 3 0 0 11 6 +5 6
2   Pakistan 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 4
3   Burma 3 1 0 2 7 10 -3 2
4   Ceylon 3 0 0 3 5 9 -4 0

Matches

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All the results are based on data from rsssf

Pakistan  4–2  Burma
Qayyum   ?', ?' (pen.), ?' (pen.)
Jamil  
Report Suk Bahadur  
Kyaw Zan  

India  4–3  Ceylon
Banerjee   ?', ?'
Mewalal  
Sattar  
Report Ranasinghe   ?', ?' (pen.)
Fernando  

India  5–2  Burma
Banerjee   ?', ?'
D'Souza   ?', ?'
Kempaiah  
Report Suk Bahadur  
Aung Shein  

Pakistan  2–1  Ceylon
Fakhri   ?', ?' Report Ranasinghe  

Burma  3–1  Ceylon
Suk Bahadur   ?', ?' (pen.)
Aung Myint  
Report Sainoon  

Pakistan  1–2  India
Fakhri   Report Banerjee  
D'Souza  

References

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  1. ^ Morrison, Neil (1999). "Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955: 1955 (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.