= Merdeka Tournament 1981

# Date       Sun Aug 30 - Fri Sep 18 1981 (19d)
# Teams      10
# Matches    22

Sun Aug 30
  Malaysia               0-2 Japan                    @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tue Sep 1
  India                  0-0 New Zealand              @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Singapore              1-3 Thailand                 @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Wed Sep 2
  Indonesia              5-2 United Arab Emirates     @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thu Sep 3
  India                  2-3 Japan                    @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fri Sep 4
  South Korea            2-0 Singapore                @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Malaysia               0-1 New Zealand              @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sat Sep 5
  India                  2-0 United Arab Emirates     @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mon Sep 7
  Indonesia              0-0 New Zealand              @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tue Sep 8
  Japan                  3-2 United Arab Emirates     @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Wed Sep 9
  Malaysia               2-0 Indonesia                @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Thu Sep 10
  Iraq                   7-1 Thailand                 @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  New Zealand            0-1 United Arab Emirates     @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fri Sep 11
  India                  1-0 Indonesia                @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sat Sep 12
  Japan                  0-1 New Zealand              @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Malaysia               0-1 United Arab Emirates     @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Sun Sep 13
  Iraq                   1-1 South Korea              @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mon Sep 14
  Indonesia              0-2 Japan                    @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tue Sep 15
  Malaysia               2-2 India                    @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Wed Sep 16
  Iraq                   4-0 Singapore                @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  South Korea            1-1 Thailand                 @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Fri Sep 18
  Iraq                   2-0 Japan                    @ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia