The 1982 Merlion Cup is the inaugural edition of the invitational football tournament. Matches were held at the former Singapore National Stadium held from 5–17 October 1982.[1]

1982 Merlion Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySingapore
Dates5–17 October 1982
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Indonesia
Fourth place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored40 (3.08 per match)
1983

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   South Korea 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Semifinal
2   Malaysia 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
3   Singapore 3 1 0 2 7 3 +4 2
4   Brunei 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]


Malaysia  4–0  Brunei
Report

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Australia 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4 Semifinal
2   Indonesia 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
3   Thailand 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [citation needed]
Thailand  0–4  Australia
Report O'Connor  
Cole  
Kosmina    
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)


Indonesia  0–2  Australia
Report Mitchell   73', 77'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

Final round edit

Semifinals edit

Australia  5–0  Malaysia
Katholos   19', 37'
Kosmina   56'
O'Connor   64'
Cole  
Report
Attendance: 12,000

Third place play-off edit

Final edit

Australia  3–2  South Korea
O'Connor   17'
Mitchell   34'
Christopoulos   61'
Report Oh Suk-jae   59'
Park Chang-seun   83'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)

Awards edit

 1982 Merlion Cup champions 
 
Australia

First title

References edit

  1. ^ Erik, Garin; Morrison, Neil; Jovanovic, Bojan. "Merlion Cup 1982". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2016.