| Football at the 1951 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | National Stadium |
| Date | 5–10 March |
| Nations | 6 |
1954 → | |
Football at the1951 Asian Games was held inNew Delhi, India from 5 to 11 March 1951. In this tournament, six teams played in the men's competition. The pitch dimensions were 110 by 65 yards slightly narrower than permitted by international regulations butFIFA had been notified this in advance and sanctioned the tournament.[1][2]
The draw for the Games was held on 25 February 1951 at a conference chaired byGuru Dutt Sondhi, who headed an executive committee for the purpose, in New Delhi. Japan and Afghanistan receivedbyes in the first round; the former would play the winner of Iran v. Burma and the latter to play the winner of India v. Indonesia games. It was also announced that the matches would be played in two halves of 30 minutes each with a 5-minute interval, and a 15 minuteextra-time with a 1-minute interval, when a result is not produced in regulation time.[3]
All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:00)
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 March | ||||||||||
 Iran | 2 | |||||||||
| 7–8 March | ||||||||||
 Burma | 0 | |||||||||
| Iran(r) | 0 (3) | |||||||||
 Japan | 0 (2) | |||||||||
| 10 March | ||||||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 March | ||||||||||
 India | 1 | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
| 7 March | ||||||||||
 Indonesia | 0 | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
 Afghanistan | 0 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
| 9 March | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2–0 | Afghanistan |
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Iwatani 40',45' | Report |
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Chairuddin Siregar (INA) (against IND)| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 | India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 |
 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| 5 | Burma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
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