1976 AFC Asian Cup

1976 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Iran 1976
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	June
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runner-up	Kuwait
Third place	China PR
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	25 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nasser Nouraei Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Fathi Kamel (3 goals)

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

•  Iran qualified automatically as host
•  China PR
•  Iraq
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•  South Yemen
•  Korea DPR- withdrew
•  Saudi Arabia- withdrew
•  Thailand- withdrew

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Kuwait	4	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
China PR	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Malaysia	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2

1976-06-03	Kuwait	2 – 0	Malaysia	Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz
	Al-Anberi  10' Al-Dakhil  42'

1976-06-05	China PR	1 – 1	Malaysia	Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz
	Wang Shangpin  58'		Dahari  50'

1976-06-07	Kuwait	1 – 0	China PR	Bagh Shomal Stadium, Tabriz
	Kamel  1'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	4	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10
Iraq	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
South Yemen	0	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9

1976-06-03	Iran	2 – 0	Iraq	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Marian Raious (Yugoslavia)
	Nouraei  45' Rowshan  58'

1976-06-05	Iraq	1 – 0	South Yemen	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
	Kadhim Waal  84'

1976-06-07	Iran	8 – 0	South Yemen	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Akram Ul Haq (India)
	Azizi  17', 73' Nouraei  40', 42' Khorshidi  45' Mazloumi  63', 74', 80'

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	June 10 - Tehran
	Kuwait (a.e.t.)	3
	Iraq	2
					June 13 - Tehran
					Iran	1
					Kuwait	0
					Third place
	June 10 - Tehran			June 12 - Tehran
	Iran (a.e.t.)	2		Iraq	0
	China PR	0			China PR	1

Semi-finals

1976-06-10	Kuwait	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Iraq	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
	Ibrahim  11' Kamel  77', 100'		Sabah Abdul-Jalil  46' Falah Hassan  85'

1976-06-10	Iran	2 – 0 (a.e.t.)	China PR	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Asami (Japan)
	Khorshidi  100' Rowshan  119'

Third place play-off

1976-06-13	Iraq	0 – 1	China PR	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
			Hu Chaiou  61'

Final

1976-06-13	Iran	1 – 0	Kuwait	Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
	Parvin  71'

Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1976 Winners
Iran Third title

Top scoring teams

External links

• Details at RSSSF

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