1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament

1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	9–21 September 1978
Teams	15
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up	Washington Diplomats
Third place	Korea Republic B
Fourth place	FAR Rabat
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	104 (3.59 per match)

1978 President's Cup was the eighth competition of President's Cup. The competition was held from 9 September 1978 to 21 September 1978. The tournament was won by Korea Republic for the fifth time, who defeated Washington Diplomats in the final.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	5
Washington Diplomats	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
Malaysia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
Bahrain	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

9 September 1978

15:30 UTC+9

South Korea	3 – 2	Washington Diplomats
Kim Jae-Han 30', 81' Kim Sung-Nam 67'		Irwin 26' Graydon 48' (pen.)

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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9 September 1978

15:30 UTC+9

Malaysia	2 – 1	Bahrain

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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11 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

Washington Diplomats	3 – 2	Bahrain

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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11 September 1978

19: 45 UTC+9

South Korea	2 – 2	Malaysia
Kim Jae-Han 67', 77'		Fakril Ibny 9' Hamudon Abdula 47'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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13 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

Malaysia	0 – 2	Washington Diplomats

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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13 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

South Korea	3 – 1	Bahrain
Huh Jung-Moo 23' Lee Young-Moo 28' Kim Sung-Nam 64'		Shuware 15'

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
PAS Tehran	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6
FAR Rabat	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
Eintracht Frankfurt	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

11 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	2 – 1	New Zealand

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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11 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

Eintracht Frankfurt	1 – 1	FAR Rabat

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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13 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

New Zealand	0 – 3	FAR Rabat

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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13 September 1978

19:45 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	3 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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15 September 1978

18:00 UTC+9

New Zealand	3 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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15 September 1978

19:45 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	2 – 0	FAR Rabat

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	4
USA Olympic	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	2
Lebanon	2	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0

10 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Lebanon	1 – 7	Mexico
Kapila 15'		Morales 20' Sanches 32' Monte

Jeonju Stadium, Jeonju

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12 September 1978

15:00 UTC+9

Mexico	2 – 0	USA Olympic

Gwangju Stadium, Gwangju

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14 September 1978

19:00 UTC+9

Lebanon	1 – 6	USA Olympic

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
São Paulo U-21	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	6
Korea Republic B	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	3
Thailand	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2
Indonesia	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

10 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Indonesia	0 – 2	Thailand

Jeonju Stadium, Jeonju

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10 September 1978

15:00 UTC+9

Korea Republic B	0 – 4	São Paulo U-21
		Ricardo 4' Carlos 44', 88' Tadei 58'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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12 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

São Paulo U-21	2 – 0	Thailand
Roberto 31' Tadei 39'

Jeonju Stadium, Jeonju

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12 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Korea Republic B	1 – 1	Indonesia
Park Chang-Sun 14'		Ismanto 28'

Jeonju Stadium, Jeonju

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14 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

São Paulo U-21	3 – 0	Indonesia

Gwangju Stadium, Gwangju

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14 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

Korea Republic B	4 – 2	Thailand
Park Min-Jae 15', 33', 45'		Bunsel 10'

Gwangju Stadium, Gwangju

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Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 September - Seoul
	South Korea	4
					19 September - Seoul
	USA Olympic	1
					South Korea	1
	17 September - Seoul
					Korea Republic B	0
	PAS Tehran	1
									21 September - Seoul
	Korea Republic B	2
									South Korea	6
	16 September - Seoul
									Washington Diplomats	2
	Mexico	0
					19 September - Seoul
	Washington Diplomats	3
					Washington Diplomats	3
	17 September - Seoul
					FAR Rabat	1			Third place
	São Paulo U-21	0
									21 September - Seoul
	FAR Rabat	1
									Korea Republic B	2
									FAR Rabat	1

Quarter-finals

16 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

Mexico	0 – 3	Washington Diplomats

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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16 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

South Korea	4 – 1	USA Olympic
Cha Bum-Kun Kim Gang-Nam		Garcia

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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17 September 1978

14:00 UTC+9

PAS Tehran	1 – 2	Korea Republic B
Fariba 37'		Oh Seok-Jae 14' Park Chang-Sun 83'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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17 September 1978

15:45 UTC+9

São Paulo U-21	0 – 1	FAR Rabat
		Khalidlarbi 71'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Semi-finals

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19 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

South Korea	1 – 0	Korea Republic B
Kim Jae-Han 26'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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19 September 1978

18:45 UTC+9

Washington Diplomats	3 – 1	FAR Rabat
Child 55', 86' Graydon 90'		Dris 29' (pen.)

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Third place match

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21 September 1978

17:00 UTC+9

Korea Republic B	2 – 1	FAR Rabat
Park Chang-Sun		?

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Final

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21 September 1978

18:45 UTC+9

South Korea	6 – 2	Washington Diplomats
Cho Kwang-Rae 1' Huh Jung-Moo 17' Kim Jae-Han 30', 48' Park Sang-In 67' Shin Hyun-Ho 75'		Bakic 53' stokes 90'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Winner

President's Cup 1978 Winners
Korea Republic 5th Title

References

• President's Cup 1978 at RSSSF.com
• The Dong-a Ilbo Article
• Kyunghyang Sinmun Article