The 1967 Asian Champion Club Tournament was the first edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation.
Six teams, as their respective country's domestic champions, competed in a knockout tournament to determine the first Asian champion: the Iranian FA did not send a team, while India's representative, Indian Railways, withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs.
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. from Israel became the inaugural champions of Asia after defeating Selangor from Malaysia 2âÂÂ1 in the final at Bangkok, becoming one of only two teams in history to win their continent's main club competition while only playing one match (the other was Adelaide City, who won the 1987 Oceania Club Championship).
⢠Indian Railways - 1964âÂÂ65 Santosh Trophy champions
⢠Shahin Tehran - 1965âÂÂ66 Tehran Province League champions (strongest league before the inauguration of the Local League, first Iranian national championship)
<sup>1</sup> Hapoel were drawn against the representative of Iran, but the Iranian FA did not send a team.
<sup>1</sup> Hapoel were drawn against Indian Railways, who withdrew before the tournament due to excessive travel costs.