1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament

1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament
Hapoel Tel Aviv players with the trophy in 1967
Tournament details
Dates6 May – 19 December 1967
Teams7 (6 competed)
Final positions
ChampionsIsrael Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st title)
Runners-upMalaysia Selangor
Third placeSouth Korea Korea Tungsten Company
Fourth placeThailand Bangkok Bank
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored11 (1.22 per match)
1969

The 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the first edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation.[1]

Six teams, as their respective country's domestic champions, competed in a knockout tournament to determine the first Asian champion: the Iranian FA did not send a team, while India's representative, Indian Railways, withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs.

Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. from Israel became the inaugural champions of Asia after defeating Selangor from Malaysia 2–1 in the final at Bangkok, becoming one of only two teams in history to win their continent's main club competition while only playing one match (the other was Adelaide City, who won the 1987 Oceania Club Championship).

  1. ^ "History of the Asian Club Championship". Asian Football. 9 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 April 1997. Retrieved 26 July 2021.