1976 AFC Asian Cup

1976 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Iran 1976 جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۷۶
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	3–13 June
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kuwait
Third place	China PR
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	25 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Nasser Nouraei Fathi Kamel (3 goals)

The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the sixth edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football 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.^[1]

Qualification

•  Iran qualified automatically as host
•  China PR
•  Iraq
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•  South Yemen
•  North Korea–withdrew
•  Saudi Arabia–withdrew
•  Thailand–withdrew

Venues

The two host cities, Tehran and Tabriz, with two venues was used for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.

Tabriz	Tehran Tabriz	Tehran
Bagh Shomal Stadium		Aryamehr Stadium
Capacity: 25,000		Capacity: 100,000

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4
China PR	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Malaysia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Kuwait  v  Malaysia

3 June 1976

Kuwait	2–0	Malaysia
Al-Anberi  10' Al-Dakhil  42'

Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz

China PR  v  Malaysia

5 June 1976

China PR	1–1	Malaysia
Wang Jilian  58'		Dahari  50'

Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz

Kuwait  v  China PR

7 June 1976

Kuwait	1–0	China PR
Kameel  1'

Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	4
Iraq	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	2
South Yemen	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Iran  v  Iraq

4 June 1976

Iran	2–0	Iraq
Nouraei  45' Roshan  58'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

Iraq  v  South Yemen

6 June 1976

Iraq	1–0	South Yemen
Waal  84'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Iran  v  South Yemen

8 June 1976

Iran	8–0	South Yemen
Azizi  17', 73' Nouraei  40', 42' Khorshidi  45' Mazloumi  63', 74', 80'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Akram Ul Haq (India)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 June–Tehran
	Kuwait (a.e.t.)	3
	Iraq	2
					13 June–Tehran
					Kuwait	0
					Iran	1
					Third place
	11 June–Tehran			13 June–Tehran
	Iran (a.e.t.)	2		Iraq	0
	China PR	0			China PR	1

Semi-finals

Kuwait  v  Iraq

11 June 1976

Kuwait	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ibrahim  11' Kameel  77', 100'		Abdul-Jaleel  46' Hassan  85'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 60,000

Iran  v  China PR

11 June 1976

Iran	2–0 (a.e.t.)	China PR
Khorshidi  100' Roshan  119'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Asami (Japan)

Third place play-off

Iraq  v  China PR

13 June 1976

Iraq	0–1	China PR
		He Jia  61'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Final

 Iran v Kuwait 

13 June 1976

Iran	1-0	Kuwait
Parvin  71'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

GK Mansour Rashidi D Hassan Nazari D Bijan Zolfagharnasab D Nasrollah Abdollahi D Andranik Eskandarian M Ali Parvin M Parviz Ghelichkhani capt M Ebrahim Qasempour M Alireza Khorshidi F Nasser Nouraei  55' F Hassan Rowshan Substitutions: M Gholam Hossein Mazloumi  55' Manager: Heshmat Mohajerani

GK Ahmed Al Terablousi D Saleh Al Osfour D Abdullah Mayuof D Mahbob Jema D Ebrahim Al Dourahim    capt M Faruq Ibrahim M Sa'ad Al Hoti M Hamd Bou Hamd F Fathi Kameel F Faisal Al-Dakhil F Mohamad Abdullah Substitutions: None Manager: Mario Zagalo

Winners

1976 AFC Asian Cup Winners
Iran Third title

Goalscorers

With three goals, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Nasser Nouraei and Fathi Kameel are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 25 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	4	4	0	0	13	0	+13	8
2	Kuwait	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	China PR	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Iraq	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	2
Eliminated in the First Stage
5	Malaysia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
6	South Yemen	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0

References

External links

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