# 1982 Merlion Cup

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1982 Merlion Cup Tournament details Host country Singapore Dates 5–17 October 1982 Teams 7 (from 2 confederations) Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Australia (1st title) Runners-up South Korea Third place Indonesia Fourth place Malaysia Tournament statistics Matches played 13 Goals scored 40 (3.08 per match) 1983 →

International football competition

The **1982 [Merlion Cup](/source/Merlion_Cup)** is the inaugural edition of the invitational football tournament. Matches were held at the former [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) held from 5–17 October 1982.[1]

## Group stage

### Group A

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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

5 October 1982

Singapore 0–1 Malaysia Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

5 October 1982

South Korea 4–1 Brunei Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

7 October 1982

South Korea 3–1 Malaysia Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

7 October 1982

Singapore 7–0 Brunei Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

10 October 1982

Malaysia 4–0 Brunei Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

10 October 1982

Singapore 0–2 South Korea Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

### Group B

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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

6 October 1982

Thailand 0–4 Australia Report O'Connor Cole Kosmina

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: N Chandra ([Singapore](/source/Football_Association_of_Singapore))

9 October 1982

Indonesia 0–0 Thailand Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

11 October 1982

Indonesia 0–2 Australia Report Mitchell 73', 77'

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Lee Kok Leong ([Singapore](/source/Football_Association_of_Singapore))

## Final round

### Semifinals

13 October 1982

South Korea 1–0 Indonesia Report

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

14 October 1982

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

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

Attendance: 12,000

### Third place play-off

17 October 1982

Indonesia 0–0 (a.e.t.) Malaysia Report Penalties 4–3

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

### Final

17 October 1982

Australia 3–2 South Korea O'Connor 17' Mitchell 34' Christopoulos 61' Report Oh Suk-jae 59' Park Chang-seun 83'

[Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore)

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: N Chandra ([Singapore](/source/Football_Association_of_Singapore))

## Awards

1982 Merlion Cup champions Australia First title

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-merlioncup1982_1-0)** Erik, Garin; Morrison, Neil; Jovanovic, Bojan. ["Merlion Cup 1982"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merlion82.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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