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
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
• 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

Further information: 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	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Malaysia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

3 June 1976

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

Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz

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5 June 1976

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

Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz

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7 June 1976

Kuwait	1–0	China
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

4 June 1976

Iran	2–0	Iraq
Nouraei 45' Roshan 58'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

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6 June 1976

Iraq	1–0	South Yemen
Waal 84'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

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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
					13 June–Tehran
	Iraq	2
					Kuwait	0
	11 June–Tehran
					Iran	1
	Iran (a.e.t.)	2
	China	0
					Third place
					13 June–Tehran
					Iraq	0
					's Republic of China.svg|23x15px|border |alt=|link=]] China	1

Semi-finals

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

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11 June 1976

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

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Asami (Japan)

Third place play-off

13 June 1976

Iraq	0–1	China
		He Jia 61'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Final

13 June 1976

Kuwait	0–1	Iran
		Parvin 71'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

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

• Gholam Hossein Mazloumi

• Nasser Nouraei

• Fathi Kameel

2 goals

• Alireza Azizi

• Alireza Khorshidi

• Hassan Roshan

1 goal

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

• Falah Hassan
• Kadhim Waal
• Abdulaziz Al-Anberi

• Faisal Al-Dakhil
• Faruq 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	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