# 1977 Merdeka Tournament > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1977_Merdeka_Tournament > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1977_Merdeka_Tournament.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Merdeka_Tournament > Source revision: 1308357546 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International football competition This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "1977 Merdeka Tournament" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2020) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "1977 Merdeka Tournament" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1977 Merdeka Tournament Tournament details Host country Malaysia Teams 7 (from 1 confederation) Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions South Korea (1st title) Runners-up Iraq Tournament statistics Matches played 14 ← 1976 1978 → International football competition The **1977 [Merdeka Tournament](/source/Merdeka_Tournament)** was held from 16 July to 31 July 1977 in [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia). ## Matches Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 South Korea 6 4 2 0 19 4 +15 10 Final 2 Iraq 6 3 3 0 11 1 +10 9 3 Malaysia 6 3 3 0 11 3 +8 9 4 Libya 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 5 5 Burma 6 1 2 3 5 11 −6 4 6 Thailand 6 1 2 3 5 15 −10 4 7 Indonesia 6 0 1 5 3 18 −15 1 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 16 July 1977 Malaysia 1–0 Burma Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 17 July 1977 Iraq 2–0 Indonesia Saeed 8' Abdul-Zahra 47' Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 17 July 1977 South Korea 4–0 Libya Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 18 July 1977 Malaysia 3–0 Thailand Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 19 July 1977 Burma 1–1 Indonesia Tin Win 44' Report Yopi Soununu 38' [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 19 July 1977 Iraq 0–0 Libya Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 20 July 1977 South Korea 4–1 Thailand Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 21 July 1977 Iraq 3–0 Burma Alwan 39', 72', 88' Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 21 July 1977 Malaysia 1–1 Libya Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 22 July 1977 South Korea 5–1 Indonesia Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 23 July 1977 Libya 2–2 Thailand Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 23 July 1977 Malaysia 0–0 Iraq Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 24 July 1977 South Korea 4–0 Burma Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 25 July 1977 Iraq 5–0 Thailand Saeed 6' Alwan 30', 59' Tingsapat 84' (o.g.) Tantadilok 87' (o.g.) Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 25 July 1977 Libya 4–0 Indonesia Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 26 July 1977 South Korea 1–1 Malaysia Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 27 July 1977 Indonesia 0–1 Thailand Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 27 July 1977 Burma 3–1 Libya Tin Win 14', 41' Sein Win Lay 29' Report Mohamed Gihani 58' [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 28 July 1977 Iraq 1–1 South Korea Saeed 63' Report Jae-Han 36' [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 29 July 1977 Burma 1–1 Thailand Kyi Lwin 89' Report Somporn Janyavisut 40' [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) 29 July 1977 Malaysia 5–1 Indonesia Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) ### Final 31 July 1977 South Korea 1–0 Iraq Bum-kun 61' Report [Merdeka Stadium](/source/Stadium_Merdeka), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) ## References - Morrison, Neil; Saaid, Hamdan. ["Merdeka Tournament 1977 (Malaysia)".](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka77.html) *RSSSF.com* v t e Merdeka Tournament Seasons 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1993 1995 2000 2001 2006 2007 2008 2013 2023 2024 History Trophy List of finals Final referees Winning managers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1977 Merdeka Tournament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Merdeka_Tournament) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Merdeka_Tournament?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.