In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “held in israel between may 26 and june 9”. Today it says “the 3rd edition of the men's afc asian cup”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
1964 finals were held in Israel between May 26 and June 9 . The final tournament was held once by the game round robin system, and host nation Israel was won in a complete victory.1
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The finals were held in Israel from May 26 to June 9, 1964.The tournament used a round-robin system, and host nation Israel won the title with a perfect record of three wins.
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The finals were held in Israel from May 26 to June 3, 1964. The tournament used a round-robin system with the winners from the West, Central 1 and 2 and East Asia zones and the team from the host nation (Israel) competing for the title. 11 of the 16 nations withdrew including Iran and Japan with the result that only one zone (combined Central 1 and 2) played any qualifying matches and the 'winners' of 2 zones and host Israel qualifed uncontested.In this diminished competition Israel won the title with three wins.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
International football competition The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup , a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964. The tournament used a round-robin system with the winners from the West, Central 1 and 2 and East Asia zones and the team from the host nation (Israel) competing for the title. 11 of the 16 nations withdrew with the result that only one zone (combined Central 1 and 2) played any qualifying matches and the winners of 2 zones and host Israel qualified uncontested. Israel won the title with three wins. There are <ref group=fn> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
International football competition The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup , a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964. The tournament used a round-robin system which had to be increased in size to five teams, with the winners from the West, Central 1 and 2 and East Asia zones and the team from the host nation (Israel) competing for the title. 11 of the 17 nations withdrew with the result that only one zone (combined Central 1 and 2) played any qualifying matches and the winners of 2 zones and host Israel qualified uncontested. Eventually the tournament was again a four-team competition and Israel won the title with three wins.The games were all set to be 80 minutes long. There are <ref group=fn> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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International football competition The 1964 AFC Asian Cup was the 3rd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup , a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Israel from 26 May to 3 June 1964. The tournament used a round-robin system which had to be increased in size to five teams, with the winners from the Western, Central 1 and 2 and Eastern zones, as well as the host nation (Israel) competing for the title.Eleven of the 17 nations withdrew from qualification resulting in only one zone (a combined Central 1 and 2) playing any qualifying matches.The two remaining teams from the Western and Eastern zones respectively qualified uncontested.The final tournament was subsequently a four-team competition, the same format as previous editions, with Israel winning the title with a perfect record of three wins.In keeping with previous editions of the tournament, all the matches were only 80 minutes in duration. There are <ref group=fn> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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held in israel between may 26 and june 9
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the 3rd edition of the men's afc asian cup
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