1980 AFC Asian Cup

1980 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Kuwait 1980
كأس الأمم الآسيوية لكرة القدم 1980
Tournament details
Host country  Kuwait
Dates 15 September – 30 September
Teams 10
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Kuwait (1st title)
Runners-up  South Korea
Third place  Iran
Fourth place  North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 76 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Behtash Fariba
Choi Soon-Ho (7 goals)
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The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the seventh edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football championship of Asia (AFC). It was hosted by Kuwait between September 15 and 30. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Kuwait won their first championship, beating Korea Republic in the final 3-0. Midway through the tournament Iraq invaded Iran. Kuwaiti television supported the attack and aired propaganda in favor of the Iraqis. This led to a very poor atmosphere in the Iranian camp, especially for Hassan Roshan whose brother was killed in the attacks and was one of the main reasons the team fell apart late in the tournament.

Contents

Qualification

Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

Venues

Sabah Al Salem Stadium Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
Kuwait City Kuwait City
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 21,500

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 6 4 2 2 0 12 4 +8
 North Korea 6 4 3 0 1 9 7 +2
 Syria 5 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1
 China PR 3 4 1 1 2 9 5 +4
 Bangladesh 0 4 0 0 4 2 17 −15
1980-09-16
 North Korea  3 – 2  Bangladesh
1980-09-17
 Iran  0 – 0  Syria Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 15,000
1980-09-18
 North Korea  2 – 1  China PR
1980-09-19
 Bangladesh  0 – 1  Syria
1980-09-20
 China PR  2 – 2  Iran Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 10,000
Chen Jingang  74'
Chi Shangbin  89'		 Alidousti  35'
Fariba  70'
1980-09-21
 Syria  1 – 2  North Korea
1980-09-22
 Bangladesh  0 – 7  Iran Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 2,000
Fariba  11', 34', 80', 82'
Roshan  21'
Barzegari  27', 87'
1980-09-23
 Syria  1 – 0  China PR
1980-09-24
 Iran  3 – 2  North Korea Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén (Mexico)
Alidousti  27'
Danaeifard  57'
Fariba  60'		 Kim Bok-Man  68', 86'
1980-09-25
 China PR  6 – 0  Bangladesh

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 7 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8
 Kuwait 5 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3
 Malaysia 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 0
 Qatar 3 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5
 United Arab Emirates 1 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6
1980-09-15
 United Arab Emirates  1 – 1  Kuwait
Chombi Al-Houti
1980-09-16
18:30
 Malaysia  1 – 1  South Korea Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 5,000
Abdul Ali  90' Choi Soon-Ho  68'
1980-09-17
 Qatar  2 – 1  United Arab Emirates
Al-Hajri
1980-09-18
 Kuwait  3 – 1  Malaysia
Kamel  20'
Jasem Yacob  53' (pen.), 77' (pen.)		 Zulkifli Hamzah  44'
1980-09-19
18:30
 Qatar  0 – 2  South Korea Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Lee Jung-Il  4'
Choi Soon-Ho  21'
1980-09-20
 United Arab Emirates  0 – 2  Malaysia
Alif  32'
Bahari  89'
1980-09-21
16:30
 South Korea  3 – 0  Kuwait Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 15,000
Hwang Seok-Keun  47'
Choi Soon-Ho  71', 78'
1980-09-22
 Malaysia  1 – 1  Qatar
1980-09-24
18:30
 South Korea  4 – 1  United Arab Emirates Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Choi Soon-Ho  26', 53', 78' (pen.)
Jung Hae-Won  84'		 Chombi  79'
1980-09-25
 Kuwait  4 – 0  Qatar
Al-Dakhil
Jasem Yacob
Al-Anberi

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
September 28 - Kuwait
  Iran  1  
  Kuwait  2  
 
September 30 - Kuwait
      Kuwait  3
    South Korea  0
Third place
September 28 - Kuwait September 29 - Kuwait
  South Korea  2   Iran  3
  North Korea  1     North Korea  0

Semi-finals

1980-09-28
 Iran  1 – 2  Kuwait Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kok Lee (Singapore)
Faraki  90' Jasem Yacob  63'
Al-Dakhil  85'
1980-09-28
19:30
 South Korea  2 – 1  North Korea Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Jung Hae-Won  80', 89' Park Jong-Hon  19' (pen.)

Third place play-off

1980-09-29
 Iran  3 – 0  North Korea Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén (Mexico)
Fariba  49'
Faraki  66', 76'

Final

1980-09-30
18:30
 Kuwait  3 – 0  South Korea Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 25,000
Al-Houti  7'
Al-Dakhil  30', 67'

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 1980 Winners 

Kuwait
First title

Statistics

Top scoring teams

16 goals:

13 goals:

12 goals:

10 goals:

9 goals:

5 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1  Kuwait 6 4 1 1 13 6 +7 9 75.0%
2  South Korea 6 4 1 1 12 6 +6 9 75.0%
3  Iran 6 3 2 1 16 5 +11 8 66.7%
4  North Korea 6 3 0 3 10 12 −2 6 50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
5  Syria 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5 62.5%
6  Malaysia 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4 50.0%
7  China PR 4 1 1 2 9 5 +4 3 37.5%
8  Qatar 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 3 37.5%
9  United Arab Emirates 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1 12.5%
10  Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 2 17 −15 0 0.0%

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