1976 AFC Asian Cup
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1976 AFC Asian Cup Asian Cup Iran 1976 |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Iran |
Dates | June |
Teams | 6 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Iran (3rd title) |
Second place | Kuwait |
Third place | China PR |
Fourth place | Iraq |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 25 (2.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Naser Nouraei Gholam Hossein Mazloomi Fathi Kamel (3 goals) |
Best player | Ali Parvin |
The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the sixth edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football (soccer) championship of Asia (AFC). It was hosted by Iran. The field of six teams was split into two groups of three. Iran won their third title in a row, beating Kuwait in the final 1-0.
[edit] Qualification
- qualified automatically as host
- China PR
- Iraq
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
- South Yemen
- Korea DPR- withdrew
- Saudi Arabia- withdrew
- Thailand- withdrew
[edit] Squads
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For more details on this topic, see 1976 AFC Asian Cup squads.
[edit] First round
[edit] Group A
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
China PR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
June 3, 1976 | Kuwait | 2–0 |
Malaysia | Tabriz |
Al-Anberi 10' Al-Dakhil 42' |
June 5, 1976 | China PR | 1–1 |
Malaysia | Tabriz |
Wang 58' | Dahari 50' |
June 7, 1976 | Kuwait | 1–0 |
China PR | Tabriz |
Kamel 1' |
[edit] Group B
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |
Iraq | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
South Yemen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
June 3, 1976 | 2–0 |
Iraq | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran | |
Noorei 45' Rowshan 58' |
June 5, 1976 | Iraq | 1–0 |
South Yemen | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
Waal 84' |
June 7, 1976 | 8–0 |
South Yemen | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran | |
Azizi 17', 73' Noorei 40', 42' Khorshidi 45' Mazloomi 63', 74', 80' |
[edit] Final Tournament
[edit] Semi finals
June 10, 1976 | 2–0 (AET) |
China PR | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran | |
Khorshidi 100' Rowshan 119' |
June 10, 1976 | Kuwait | 3–2 (AET) |
Iraq | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
Ibrahim 11' Kamel 77', 85' |
Abdul Jalil 46' Hassan 85' |
[edit] 3rd/4th Playoff
June 13, 1976 | China PR | 1–0 |
Iraq | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran |
Hu 61' |
[edit] Final
June 13, 1976 | 1–0 |
Kuwait | Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran | |
Parvin 71' |
[edit] Knockout Map
Semi finals | Final | ||||||
June 10 - Tehran | |||||||
Kuwait | 3 | ||||||
Iraq | 2 | ||||||
June 13 - Tehran | |||||||
1 | |||||||
Kuwait | 0 | ||||||
Third place | |||||||
June 10 - Tehran | June 12 - Tehran | ||||||
2 | China PR | 1 | |||||
China PR | 0 | Iraq | 0 |
[edit] Winners
AFC Asian Cup 1976 Winners |
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Iran Third title |
[edit] External links
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