Colombo Cup

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Colombo Cup
Organising body
Ceylon Football Association
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Abolished1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Number of teams4
Most successful team(s) India (4 titles)

The Colombo Cup was an annual football tournament first held in

Results

Year Host Winner Runner-up 3rd Place 4th place
1952
Details
Ceylon

India

Pakistan (Trophy shared)[3]
None
Ceylon

Burma
None
1953
Details
Burma[4]

India

Pakistan

Burma

Ceylon
1954
Details
Calcutta, India

India

Ceylon

Pakistan

Burma
1955
Details
Dacca, Pakistan

India

Pakistan

Burma

Ceylon

Medal table

Team Gold Silver Bronze
 India 4 (1952, 1953, 1954*, 1955)
 Pakistan 1 (1952) 2 (1953, 1955) 1 (1954)
 Sri Lanka 1 (1954) 1 (1952)
 Burma 3 (1952, 1953, 1954)
* = host

See also

  • Football in Asia

References

  1. ^ "Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952-1955".
  2. ^ "The Indian National Team at the Colombo Cup". www.indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 2003-06-13.
  3. ^ "History in Timeline of Indian Football". All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  4. ^ "Quadrangular Football: India's Win". The Indian Express. Rangoon, Burma. 25 October 1953. p. 9. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.