1968 AFC Asian Cup

1968 AFC Asian Cup
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۶۸
Tournament details
Host country  Iran
Dates 10 – 19 May
Teams 5
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (1st title)
Runners-up  Burma
Third place  Israel
Fourth place  Republic of China
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 32 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Homayoun Behzadi
Moshe Romano
Giora Spiegel
(4 goals)
1964
1972

The 1968 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Iran between May 10 and May 19. It was organized on a round robin basis, with the home team Iran winning with a perfect record of four wins.

Contents

Qualification

Qualifiers

Squads

Venues

Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 8
 Burma 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 5
 Israel 4 2 0 2 11 5 +6 4
 Republic of China 4 0 2 2 3 10 −7 2
 Hong Kong 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1
10 May 1968
Iran  2 – 0  Hong Kong Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Behzadi  70'
Jabbari  88'

11 May 1968
Republic of China  1 – 1  Burma Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

12 May 1968
Hong Kong  1 – 6  Israel Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Batha Chaterchi (India)
Yuan Kuan Yick  76' Spiegler  9'65'
Spiegel  52'53'
Romano  61'71'

13 May 1968
Iran  4 – 0  Republic of China Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alex Joseph Vaz (India)
Behzadi  31'
Kalani  34'
Eftekhari  51'
Farzami  56'

14 May 1968
Burma  1 – 0  Israel Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Pu Ba  42'

15 May 1968
Hong Kong  1 – 1  Republic of China Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

16 May 1968
Iran  3 – 1  Burma Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Natrajan (India)
Kalani  2'
Eftekhari  60'
Behzadi  71'
Yeni Yot  50'

17 May 1968
Israel  4 – 1  Republic of China Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Narayan Ghosh (India)
Romano  2'60'
Rosenthal  70'
Spiegel  76'
Li Huan-wen  45+1'

18 May 1968
Burma  2 – 0  Hong Kong Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

19 May 1968
Iran  2 – 1  Israel Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alex Joseph Vaz (India)
Behzadi  75'
Ghelichkhani  86'
Spiegel  56'

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 1968 Winners 

Iran
First title

References