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

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 North Korea
 Shared gold  China
 South Korea

Draw

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

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1978 Asian Games – Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

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
China 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Qatar 2–2 Saudi Arabia
China 0–2 Iraq
China 3–0 Qatar
Iraq 1–1 Saudi Arabia

Group B

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 0–3 North Korea
Burma 1–2 Thailand
North Korea 3–0 Thailand

Group C

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 D

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

Semifinals

Group 1

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
Iraq 0–1 North Korea
Kuwait 6–1 India
North Korea 2–2 Kuwait
India 0–3 Iraq
North Korea 3–1 India
Iraq 3–0 Kuwait

Group 2

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
Thailand 2–1 Malaysia
South Korea 3–1 Thailand
Malaysia 1–7 China
South Korea 1–0 Malaysia
China 4–1 Thailand

Final round

Bronze medal match

Iraq 0–1 China

Gold medal match

North Korea 0–0 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Title shared

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  North Korea 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 10
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 7 6 1 0 15 3 +12 13
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

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