1982 Merlion Cup

The 1982 Merlion Cup is the inaugural edition of the invitational football tournament. Matches were held at the former Singapore National Stadium held from 5–17 October 1982.^[1]

1982 Merlion Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	5–17 October 1982
Teams	7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	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 →

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]}

Singapore	0–1	Malaysia
	Report

5 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

South Korea	4–1	Brunei
	Report

5 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

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South Korea	3–1	Malaysia
	Report

7 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

Singapore	7–0	Brunei
	Report

7 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

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Malaysia	4–0	Brunei
	Report

10 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

Singapore	0–2	South Korea
	Report

10 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

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]}

Thailand	0–4	Australia
	Report	O'Connor Cole Kosmina

6 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)

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Indonesia	0–0	Thailand
	Report

9 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

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

11 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Lee Kok Leong (Singapore)

Final round

Semifinals

South Korea	1–0	Indonesia
	Report

13 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

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

14 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 12,000

Third place play-off

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

17 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

Final

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

17 October 1982

Singapore National Stadium

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: N Chandra (Singapore)

Awards

1982 Merlion Cup champions
Australia First title