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Football at the 1978 Asian Games

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Football
at the 1978 Asian Games
Dates10–20 December
Nations14
← 1974
1982 →

Football at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 10 to 20 December 1978.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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 North Korea
An Chang-nam
An Se-uk
Cha Jong-sok
Hong Song-nam
Hwang Sang-hoi
Jon Gwang-hwan
Kim Bok-man
Kim Gang-il
Kim In-chan
Kim Jong-min
Kim Mu-gil
Kim Mun-chol
Myong Dong-chan
Pak Jong-hun
Pak Kyong-won
Ri Chang-ha
Ri Sung-gil
Ri Sung-gun
Shared gold  China
 South Korea

Draw

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The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1974 Asian Games.[1]

Squads

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Results

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaysia 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4
 India 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 2
 Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
India 0–1 Malaysia

Bangladesh 0–1 Malaysia

Bangladesh 0–3 India

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
 China 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Qatar 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Iraq 2–1 Qatar
Subhi 35'
Farhan 90'

China 1–0 Saudi Arabia

Qatar 2–2 Saudi Arabia

China 0–2 Iraq
Saeed 44'
62' (o.g.)

China 3–0 Qatar

Iraq 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Ali 40'

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 6
 Kuwait 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 2
 Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Bahrain 1–5 South Korea

Japan 0–2 Kuwait

Bahrain 0–4 Japan

South Korea 2–0 Kuwait

Japan 1–3 South Korea

Bahrain 0–3 Kuwait

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4
 Thailand 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
 Burma 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Burma 1–2 Thailand

Burma 0–3 North Korea

North Korea 3–0 Thailand

Semifinals

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Group 1

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
 Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 4
 Kuwait 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 3
 India 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
India 1–6 Kuwait

Iraq 0–1 North Korea

Iraq 3–0 Kuwait
Mahmoud 40'
Saeed 55'
Abdul-Sahib 85'

India 1–3 North Korea

India 0–3 Iraq
Mahmoud 20'
Shaker 25'
Saeed 63'

North Korea 2–2 Kuwait

Group 2

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 6
 China 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 4
 Thailand 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 2
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
China 0–1 South Korea

Malaysia 1–2 Thailand

China 4–1 Thailand

Malaysia 0–1 South Korea

China 7–1 Malaysia

South Korea 3–1 Thailand

Final round

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Bronze medal match

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Iraq 0–1 China

Gold medal match

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North Korea 0–0 (a.e.t.) South Korea

Final standing

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Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 7 6 1 0 15 3 +12 13
1st place, gold medalist(s)  North Korea 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 7 5 0 2 16 5 +11 10
4  Iraq 7 4 1 2 11 4 +7 9
5  Kuwait 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 7
6  Thailand 5 2 0 3 6 12 −6 4
7  Malaysia 5 2 0 3 4 10 −6 4
8  India 5 1 0 4 5 13 −8 2
9  Japan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 2
10  Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
11  Qatar 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
12  Burma 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
13  Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
14  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0

References

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  1. ^ "Games Draw". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 August 2014.