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)
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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.

Qualification

Main article: 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

Venues

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

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 1976 AFC Asian Cup 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

3 June 1976	Kuwait	2 – 0	Malaysia	Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz
	Al-Anberi  10' Al-Dakhil  42'

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5 June 1976	China PR	1 – 1	Malaysia	Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz
	Wang Jilian  58'		Dahari  50'

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

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

4 June 1976	Iran	2 – 0	Iraq	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)
	Nouraei  45' Roshan  58'

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

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8 June 1976	Iran	8 – 0	South Yemen	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Akram Ul Haq (India)
	Azizi  17', 73' Nouraei  40', 42' Khorshidi  45' Mazloumi  63', 74', 80'

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

11 June 1976	Kuwait	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Iraq	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 60,000
	Ibrahim  11' Kamel  77', 100'		Abdul-Jalil  46' Hassan  85'

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11 June 1976	Iran	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	China PR	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Asami (Japan)
	Khorshidi  100' Roshan  119'

Third place play-off

13 June 1976	Iraq	0 – 1	China PR	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
			He Jia  61'

Final

13 June 1976	Kuwait	0 – 1	Iran	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
			Parvin  71'

Winners

1976 AFC Asian Cup Winners
Iran Third title

Scorers

3 goals

• Gholam Hossein Mazloumi

• Nasser Nouraei

• Fathi Kamel

2 goals

• Alireza Azizi

• Alireza Khorshidi

• Hassan Roshan

1 goal

• He Jia
• Wang Jilian
• Ali Parvin
• Sabah Abdul-Jalil

• Falah Hassan
• Kadhim Waal
• Abdulaziz Al-Anberi

• Faisal Al-Dakhil
• Farooq Ibrahim
• Mokhtar Dahari

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

External links

• Details at RSSSF