1976 AFC Asian Cup

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1976 AFC Asian Cup Asian Cup Iran 1976
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

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
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'

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June 5, 1976	China PR	1–1	Malaysia	Tabriz
	Wang 58'		Dahari 50'

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June 7, 1976	Kuwait	1–0	China PR	Tabriz
	Kamel 1'

[edit] Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	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'

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June 5, 1976	Iraq	1–0	South Yemen	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
	Waal 84'

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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'

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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
Iran Third title

[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF

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