1972 AFC Asian Cup

1972 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Thailand 1972 เอเชียนคัพ 1972
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	7–19 May
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Khmer Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	38 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossein Kalani (5 goals)
← 1968 1976 →

The Asian Football Confederation's 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Thailand between May 7 and May 19. It was won by Iran.

Qualification

•  Thailand qualified automatically as host.
•  Iran qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 4 qualifying teams were:

•  Khmer Republic
•  Kuwait
•  South Korea (Replaced  Israel who withdrew)
•  Iraq

Venue

Bangkok
National Stadium
Capacity: 26,000

Group allocation matches

• Winners divided over different groups

7 May 1972	South Korea	0 – 0	Iraq	National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 2,000
		Penalties
	Cha Bum-Kun Hwang Jae-Man Park Su-Deok	2 – 4	Aziz Noori Kadhim Fathi

7 May 1972	Iran	2 – 0	Khmer Republic	National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kim Jo-Wong (South Korea)
	Kalani  45' Iranpak  51'

8 May 1972	Thailand	0 – 2	Kuwait	National Stadium, Bangkok
			Khalaf  42' Marzouq  87'

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4
Thailand	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

9 May 1972	Iran	3 – 0	Iraq	National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)
	Kalani  34', 70', 78'

11 May 1972	Thailand	1 – 1	Iraq	National Stadium, Bangkok
			Yousif

13 May 1972	Thailand	2 – 3	Iran	National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Matolzi (Malaysia)
	Pricha  69' Prayon  70'		Jabbari  80', 86', 88'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	2
Khmer Republic	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	2
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	2

10 May 1972	South Korea	4 – 1	Khmer Republic	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Park Su-Deok Lee Hoi-Taek Cha Bum-Kun Park Ee-Chon		Sukhom

12 May 1972	South Korea	1 – 2	Kuwait	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Park Ee-Chon		Sultan Duraiham

14 May 1972	Khmer Republic	4 – 0	Kuwait	National Stadium, Bangkok

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 May – Bangkok
	Iran	2
	Khmer Republic	1
					19 May – Bangkok
					Iran (a.e.t.)	2
					South Korea	1
					Third place
	17 May – Bangkok			19 May – Bangkok
	South Korea (pen.)	1 (2)		Khmer Republic	2 (3)
	Thailand	1 (1)			Thailand (pen.)	2 (5)

Semi-finals

16 May 1972	Iran	2 – 1	Khmer Republic	National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Matolozi (Malaysia)
	Iranpak  13' Ghelichkhani  47'		Selim  18'

17 May 1972	South Korea	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Thailand	National Stadium, Bangkok
	Park Ee-Chon		Tantiyanon  97'
		Penalties
		2 – 1

Third place play-off

19 May 1972	Khmer Republic	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand	National Stadium, Bangkok
		Penalties
		3 – 5

Final

19 May 1972	Iran	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	National Stadium, Bangkok Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)
	Jabbari  48' Kalani  108'		Park Ee-Chon  65'

Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1972 Winners
Iran Second title

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	5	5	0	0	12	4	+8	10
2	South Korea	5	1	2	2	7	6	+1	4
3	Thailand	5	0	3	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Khmer Republic	5	1	1	3	8	10	−2	3
Eliminated in the First Stage
5	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	4
6	Iraq	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

External links

• Details at RSSSF
• FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations

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