1980 AFC Asian Cup

1980 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Kuwait 1980 كأس الأمم الآسيوية لكرة القدم 1980
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	15–30 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (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.

Qualification

Main article: 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification

• Kuwait qualified automatically as host
• Iran qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

• Bangladesh
• China PR
• Malaysia
• North Korea
• Qatar
• South Korea
• Syria
• United Arab Emirates

Venues

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
Kuwait City
Capacity: 22,000

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8	6
North Korea	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
China PR	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

16 September 1980	North Korea	3 – 2	Bangladesh	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Choi Jae-Pil  44', 45' Kim Jong-Man  90'		Chunnu  60' (pen.) Salahuddin  88'

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17 September 1980	Iran	0 – 0	Syria	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 15,000

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18 September 1980	North Korea	2 – 1	China PR	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Kim Bok-Man  20'		Li Fubao  7'

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19 September 1980	Bangladesh	0 – 1	Syria	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
			Keshek  7'

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20 September 1980	China PR	2 – 2	Iran	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 10,000
	Chen Jingang  74' Cai Jinbiao  89'		Alidousti  35' Fariba  70'

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22 September 1980	Bangladesh	0 – 7	Iran	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 2,000
			Fariba  11', 34', 80', 82' Roshan  21' Barzegari  27', 87'

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23 September 1980	Syria	1 – 0	China PR	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Keshek  86'

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24 September 1980	Iran	3 – 2	North Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)
	Alidousti  27' Danaeifard  57' Fariba  60'		Hwang Sang-Hoi  68' Pak Jong-Hun  90'

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25 September 1980	China PR	6 – 0	Bangladesh	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Shen Xiangfu Xu Yonglai

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26 September 1980	North Korea	2 – 1	Syria	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Kuwait	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5
Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
Qatar	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
United Arab Emirates	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1

15 September 1980	United Arab Emirates	1 – 1	Kuwait	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 20,000
	Chombi  35'		Al-Houti  19'

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16 September 1980 18:30	South Korea	1 – 1	Malaysia	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sudarso Hardjowasito (Indonesia)
	Choi Soon-Ho  69'		Hamzah  90'

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17 September 1980	Qatar	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Muftah  50', 60'		Al-Hajri  58'

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18 September 1980	Kuwait	3 – 1	Malaysia	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 20,000
	Kamel  20' Yaqoub  53' (pen.), 77' (pen.)		Hamzah  44'

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19 September 1980 18:30	Qatar	0 – 2	South Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Referee: Vichai Charupunt (Thailand)
			Lee Jung-Il  7' Choi Soon-Ho  21'

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20 September 1980	Malaysia	2 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Alif  32' Bahari  89'

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21 September 1980 16:30	Kuwait	0 – 3	South Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)
			Hwang Seok-Keun  47' Choi Soon-Ho  71', 78'

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23 September 1980	Malaysia	1 – 1	Qatar	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Bahari

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24 September 1980 18:30	South Korea	4 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Referee: Melvyn Victor D’Souza (India)
	Choi Soon-Ho  26', 53', 78' (pen.) Jung Hae-Won  84'		Chombi  79'

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25 September 1980	Kuwait	4 – 0	Qatar	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 20,000
	Al-Dakhil  32', 57' Yaqoub  50' (pen.) Al-Anberi  66'

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

28 September 1980	Iran	1 – 2	Kuwait	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kok Lee (Singapore)
	Faraki  90'		Yaqoub  63' Al-Dakhil  85'

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28 September 1980 19:30	South Korea	2 – 1	North Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)
	Choi Jong-Duk  80' Jung Hae-Won  89'		Pak Jong-Hun  19' (pen.)

Third place play-off

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

Final

30 September 1980 18:30	Kuwait	3 – 0	South Korea	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sudarso Hardjowasito (Indonesia)
	Al-Houti  8' Al-Dakhil  34', 69'

Awards

Winners

1980 AFC Asian Cup Winners
Kuwait First title

All-Star Team

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Nasser Hejazi	Naeem Saad Soh Chin Aun Mahboub Juma'a Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Abdolreza Barzegari Saad Al-Houti Lee Young-Moo	Choi Soon-Ho Faisal Al-Dakhil Jasem Yaqoub

Final positions

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

References

• South Korea International Matches
• Kuwait Football Association
• All-Star Team News Straits Times, 2 October 1980, Page 27

External links

• Details at RSSSF