1968 AFC Asian Cup
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۶۸
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates10–19 May
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Burma
Third place Israel
Fourth place Republic of China
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored32 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Homayoun Behzadi
Israel Moshe Romano
Israel Giora Spiegel
(4 goals each)
← 1964
1972 →

The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968, with five teams competing in a round-robin format with no final for what would be the last time. It was also the first tournament with 90-minute games, after 80-minute games in the first three editions.[1]

The home team Iran won with a perfect record of four wins.[2]

Qualification

Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 Iran Hosts N/A 0 (debut)
 Hong Kong Central Zone winners 2 April 1967 2 (1956, 1964)
 Republic of China Eastern zone winners 7 August 1967 1 (1960)
 Israel Western Zone 1 winners 1967 3 (1956, 1960, 1964)
 Burma Western Zone 2 winners 16 November 1967 0 (debut)

Squads

Main article: 1968 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venues

Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H) 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 8 Champions
2  Burma 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 5 Runners-up
3  Israel 4 2 0 2 11 5 +6 4 Third place
4  Republic of China 4 0 2 2 3 10 −7 2 Fourth place
5  Hong Kong 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1 Fifth place
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Iran 2–0 Hong Kong
Behzadi 70'
Jabbari 89'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Republic of China 1–1 Burma
Wong Chi-keung 64' Hla Htay 14'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Hong Kong 1–6 Israel
Yuan Kuan Yick 75' Spiegler 10', 65'
Spiegel 52', 53'
Romano 61'
Young 70'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Iran 4–0 Republic of China
Behzadi 34'
Kalani 35'
Eftekhari 51'
Farzami 57'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma 1–0 Israel
Ye Nyunt 42'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Hong Kong 1–1 Republic of China
Li Kwok Keung 14' Mak Tian-fu 37'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma 1–3 Iran
Hla Htay 50' Kalani 2'
Eftekhari 60'
Behzadi 70'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
Israel 4–1 Republic of China
Romano 2', 60'
Rosenthal 70'
Spiegel 76'		 Li Huan-wen 45+1'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: S. K. Bhattacharya (India)
Burma 2–0 Hong Kong
Aung Khin 80'
Suk Bahadur 85'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)
Iran 2–1 Israel
Behzadi 75'
Ghelichkhani 87'		 Spiegel 52'
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)

Goalscorers

With 4 goals, Homayoun Behzadi of Iran, Giora Spiegel and Moshe Romano of Israel are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 32 goals were scored by 18 players, with none of them credited as own goal.

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1968". Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.

External links

1968 AFC Asian Cup finalists
AFC Asian Cup
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