1976 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Iran 1976
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۷۶
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates3–13 June
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place China
Fourth place Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored25 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kuwait Fathi Kamel
Iran Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
Iran Nasser Nouraei
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Iran Ali Parvin
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The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. 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][2][3]

Qualification

Main article: 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 Iran Hosts N/A 2 (1968, 1972)
 Kuwait Automatically qualified from Group 1 1975 1 (1972)
 South Yemen Automatically qualified from Group 1 1975 0 (debut)
 Iraq Group 2 winners 2 December 1975 1 (1972)
 China Group 3 runners-up 23 June 1975 0 (debut)
 Malaysia Group 4 winners 23 March 1975 0 (debut)

Venues

The two host cities, Tehran and Tabriz, with two venues was used for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.

Tehran Tabriz
Aryamehr Stadium Reza Pahlavi Stadium
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 25,000

Squads

Further information: 1976 AFC Asian Cup squads

Group stage

All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kuwait 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3  Malaysia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: RSSSF
Kuwait 2–0 Malaysia
Al-Anberi 10'
Al-Dakhil 42'
Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alex Wazs (India)
China 1–1 Malaysia
Wang Jilian 58' Mokhtar 50'
Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Talib Sabar (Qatar)
Kuwait 1–0 China
Kameel 1'
Reza Pahlavi Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Adolf Matius (Austria)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H) 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iraq 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2
3  South Yemen 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Iran 2–0 Iraq
Nouraei 45'
Roshan 58'
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)
Iraq 1–0 South Yemen
Waal 84'
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ibrahim Aido (Bahrain)
Iran 8–0 South Yemen
Azizi 17', 73'
Nouraei 40', 42'
Khorshidi 45'
Mazloumi 63', 74', 80'
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Akram Ul Haq (India)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 June–Tehran
 
 
 Kuwait (a.e.t.)3
 
13 June–Tehran
 
 Iraq2
 
 Kuwait0
 
11 June–Tehran
 
 Iran1
 
 Iran (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 China0
 
Third place
 
 
13 June–Tehran
 
 
 Iraq0
 
 
 China1

Semi-finals

Kuwait 3–2 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Ibrahim 11'
Kameel 77', 100'		 Abdul-Jalil 46'
Hassan 85'
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Dahilon (Singapore)
Iran 2–0 (a.e.t.) China
Khorshidi 100'
Roshan 119'
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Asami (Japan)

Third place play-off

Iraq 0–1 China
He Jia 61'
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Hata (Indonesia)

Final

Main article: 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final
Iran 1–0 Kuwait
Parvin 71' Report
Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 112,000[4]
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

With three goals, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Nasser Nouraei and Fathi Kameel are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 25 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ^ "1976 Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ^ "AFC Asian Cup finals 1976". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Ettelaat13550324".

External links

1976 AFC Asian Cup finalists
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