1980 AFC Asian Cup

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1980 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Kuwait 1980
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	15 September – 30 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (1st title)
Runner-up	Korea Republic
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Korea DPR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	76 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Behtash Fariba Choi Soon-Ho (7 goals)

The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the seventh edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football championship of Asia (AFC). It was hosted by Kuwait between September 15 and 30. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Kuwait won their first championship, beating Korea Republic in the final 3-0. Midway through the tournament Iraq invaded Iran. Kuwaiti television supported the attack and aired propaganda in favor of the Iraqis. This led to a very poor atmosphere in the Iranian camp, especially for Hassan Rowshan whose brother was killed in the attacks and was one of the main reasons the team fell apart late in the tournament.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Group stage 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Knockout stage 3.1 Semi-finals 3.2 Third place play-off 3.3 Final 4 Winners 5 Top scoring teams 6 External links

[edit] Qualification

•  Kuwait qualified automatically as host
•  Iran qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

•  Bangladesh
•  China PR
•  Malaysia
•  Korea DPR
•  Qatar
•  Korea Republic
•  Syria
•  United Arab Emirates

[edit] Group stage

In the following tables:

• Pts = total points accumulated
• Pld = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• GD = goal difference (GF−GA)

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	6	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8
Korea DPR	6	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2
Syria	5	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1
China PR	3	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4
Bangladesh	0	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15

1980-09-16	Korea DPR	3 – 2	Bangladesh

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1980-09-17	Iran	0 – 0	Syria	Al-Arabi Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 15,000

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1980-09-18	Korea DPR	2 – 1	China PR

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1980-09-19	Bangladesh	0 – 1	Syria

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1980-09-20	China PR	2 – 2	Iran	Al-Arabi Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 10,000
	Chen Jingang  74' Chi Shangbin  89'		Alidousti  35' Fariba  70'

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1980-09-21	Syria	1 – 2	Korea DPR

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1980-09-22	Bangladesh	0 – 7	Iran	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 2,000
			Fariba  11'  34'  80'  82' Rowshan  21' Barzegari  27'  87'

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1980-09-23	Syria	1 – 0	China PR

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1980-09-24	Iran	3 – 2	Korea DPR	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén (Mexico)
	Alidousti  27' Danaeifard  57' Fariba  60'		Kim Bok-Man  68'  86'

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1980-09-25	China PR	6 – 0	Bangladesh

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Korea Republic	7	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8
Kuwait	5	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3
Malaysia	4	4	1	2	1	5	5	0
Qatar	3	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5
United Arab Emirates	1	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6

1980-09-15	United Arab Emirates	1 – 1	Kuwait
	Chombi		Al-Houti

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1980-09-16 18:30	Malaysia	1 – 1	Korea Republic	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 5,000
	Abdul Ali  90'		Choi Soon-Ho  68'

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1980-09-17	Qatar	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates
			Al-Hajri

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1980-09-18	Kuwait	3 – 1	Malaysia
	Jasem Yacob Kamel

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1980-09-19 18:30	Qatar	0 – 2	Korea Republic	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
			Lee Jung-Il  4' Choi Soon-Ho  21'

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1980-09-20	United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	Malaysia

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1980-09-21 16:30	Korea Republic	3 – 0	Kuwait	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 15,000
	Hwang Seok-Keun  47' Choi Soon-Ho  71'  78'

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1980-09-22	Malaysia	1 – 1	Qatar

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1980-09-24 18:30	Korea Republic	4 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Choi Soon-Ho  26'  53'  78' (pen.) Jung Hae-Won  84'		Chombi  79'

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1980-09-25	Kuwait	4 – 0	Qatar
	Al-Dakhil Jasem Yacob Al-Anberi

[edit] Knockout stage

	Semi finals				Final
	September 28 - Kuwait
	Iran	1
	Kuwait	2
					September 30 - Kuwait
					Kuwait	3
					Korea Republic	0
					Third place
	September 28 - Kuwait			September 29 - Kuwait
	Korea Republic	2		Iran	3
	Korea DPR	1			Korea DPR	0

[edit] Semi-finals

1980-09-28	Iran	1 – 2	Kuwait	Al-Arabi Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kok Lee (Singapore)
	Faraki  90'		Jasem Yacob  63' Al-Dakhil  85'

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1980-09-28 19:30	Korea Republic	2 – 1	Korea DPR	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City
	Jung Hae-Won  80'  89'		Park Jong-Hon  19' (pen.)

[edit] Third place play-off

1980-09-29	Iran	3 – 0	Korea DPR	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén (Mexico)
	Fariba  49' Faraki  66'  76'

[edit] Final

1980-09-30 18:30	Kuwait	3 – 0	Korea Republic	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City Attendance: 25,000
	Al-Houti  7' Al-Dakhil  30'  67'

[edit] Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1980 Winners
Kuwait First title

[edit] Top scoring teams

16 goals:  Iran 13 goals:  Kuwait 12 goals:  Korea Republic 10 goals:  Korea DPR 9 goals:  China PR

5 goals:  Malaysia 3 goals:  Qatar  Syria  United Arab Emirates 2 goals:  Bangladesh

[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF

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