The 1982 King's Cup was held from 1 to 17 May 1982 in Bangkok. Nine teams from eight nations participated.

1982 King's Cup
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates1–17 May
Teams9
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Thailand (4th title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third placeThailand Thailand B
Fourth place Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored72 (2.57 per match)
1981
1983

Round 1 edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Tianjin 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 6
  Thailand 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 6
  Singapore 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 6
    Nepal 4 1 0 3 2 9 −7 2
  Philippines 4 0 0 4 0 6 −6 0
Source: RSSSF
Tianjin  4–0    Nepal
Thailand  1–1  Singapore
Prapan Premsiri   5' Malek Awab   11'

Nepal    1–0  Philippines
Ganesh Thapa   13'

Tianjin  1–1  Singapore
Zhang Guilai   33' Malek Awab   28'

Thailand  2–0  Philippines

Singapore  2–0    Nepal
Fandi Ahmad   35', 84'

Singapore  1–0  Philippines
Au-Yeong Pak Kuan   80' (pen.)

Tianjin  1–1Thailand  
Wang Qunfa   36' Piyapong Pue-on   70'

Tianjin  2–0  Philippines
Chen Xibo   5'
Zuo Shusheng   30'

Thailand  3–1    Nepal
Piyapong Pue-on   13'
Chalor Hongkajohn   17', 40'
Ganesh Thapa   56'

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 6
  Thailand B 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 4
  Niac Mitra 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
  Malaysia All-Stars 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: RSSSF

Note: Malaysia's team was also reported as Kelantan by a Thai source.


Niac Mitra  1–1  Malaysia All-Stars

Thailand B  2–2  Niac Mitra

South Korea  5–0  Malaysia All-Stars
Chung Hae-won  
Byun Byung-joo  
Choi Soon-ho  
Lee Kang-jo  
Lee Tae-ho  

South Korea  1–0  Niac Mitra
Kwon Oh-son   66'

Thailand B  3–0  Malaysia All-Stars
Alongkote Benjapark   39'
Narong Ajarayudht   52'
Athaporn Pansook   88'

Round 2 edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Singapore 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
  Thailand B 2 0 2 0 2 3 −1 2
  Tianjin 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source: RSSSF
Thailand B  1–1  Tianjin
Boonnum Suksawat   4' Han Yuhuan   7'

Singapore  2–1  Tianjin
Malek Awab   30'
Fandi Ahmad   69'
Chen Xibo   24'

Singapore  1–1  Thailand B
Fandi Ahmad   41' ?   33'

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4
  Thailand 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2
  Niac Mitra 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Source: RSSSF
Thailand  0–3  South Korea
Hwang Seok-keun   18'
Chung Hae-won   38'
Lee Tae-ho   68' (pen.)


Thailand  3–1  Niac Mitra

Knockout stage edit

Semi-finals edit

First legs edit

Thailand  1–0  Singapore
Chalor Hongkajohn   74'

Thailand B  0–1  South Korea

Second legs edit

Thailand  2–2  Singapore

Thailand B  1–3  South Korea
Choi Soon-ho  
Lee Kang-jo    

Third place play-off edit

Thailand B  2–2  Singapore
Penalties
3–2

Note: No extra time was played. The score is also reported as 0–0, 5–4 on penalty shoot-out.

Final edit

Thailand  0–0 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Penalties
4–3

References edit