= Merdeka Tournament 1978 # Date Wed Jul 12 - Sat Jul 29 1978 (17d) # Teams 8 # Matches 29 Wed Jul 12 Malaysia 1-3 South Korea @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thu Jul 13 Indonesia 1-0 Syria @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Iraq 0-0 Japan @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Fri Jul 14 Malaysia 6-0 Singapore @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea 3-0 Thailand @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sat Jul 15 Indonesia 2-1 Japan @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Iraq 2-1 Syria @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sun Jul 16 Malaysia 2-0 Thailand @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea 2-0 Singapore @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia 1-0 Indonesia @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mon Jul 17 Indonesia 0-4 Iraq @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Japan 3-2 Syria @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tue Jul 18 Malaysia 1-2 Iraq @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore 1-2 Thailand @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wed Jul 19 Japan 0-4 South Korea @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thu Jul 20 Iraq 3-0 Singapore @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Syria 1-3 Thailand @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Fri Jul 21 Malaysia 4-1 Japan @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sat Jul 22 Indonesia 0-3 Thailand @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Iraq 0-2 South Korea @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sun Jul 23 Japan 1-2 Singapore @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia 5-2 Syria @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mon Jul 24 Iraq 1-0 Thailand @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tue Jul 25 Indonesia 0-2 South Korea @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore 4-1 Syria @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wed Jul 26 Japan 4-0 Thailand @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thu Jul 27 Indonesia 0-0 Singapore @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia South Korea 2-0 Syria @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sat Jul 29 Iraq 0-2 South Korea @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia