1980 AFC Asian Cup

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1980 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Kuwait 1980 كأس آسيا 1980
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	15–30 September
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	76 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Behtash Fariba Choi Soon-ho (7 goals each)
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The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).^[1] The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Kuwait won their first championship, beating South Korea in the final 3–0.

Qualification[]

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Kuwait	Hosts		2 (1972, 1976)
Iran	1976 AFC Asian Cup champions	13 June 1976	3 (1968, 1972, 1976)
Syria	Group 1 winners	22 November 1979	0 (debut)
United Arab Emirates	Group 1 runners-up	23 November 1979	0 (debut)
Qatar	Group 2 winners	15 January 1979	0 (debut)
Bangladesh	Group 2 runners-up	16 January 1979	0 (debut)
North Korea	Group 3 winners	12 May 1979	0 (debut)
Malaysia	Group 3 runners-up	11 May 1979	1 (1976)
South Korea	Group 4 winners	29 December 1978	3 (1956, 1960, 1972)
China PR	Group 4 runners-up	29 December 1978	1 (1976)

Venues[]

Kuwait City	Kuwait City
	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium
	Capacity: 22,000

Squads[]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1980 AFC Asian Cup squads.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	North Korea	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
4	China PR	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
5	Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait (H)	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5
3	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
4	Qatar	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1

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Knockout stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 September – Kuwait
	Iran	1
					30 September – Kuwait
	Kuwait	2
					Kuwait	3
	28 September – Kuwait
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	2
	North Korea	1
					Third place
					29 September – Kuwait
					Iran	3
					North Korea	0

Semi-finals[]

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Third place play-off[]

Final[]

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

7 goals

• Choi Soon-ho
• Behtash Fariba

5 goals

• Faisal Al-Dakhil

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards[]

Top scorer

• Choi Soon-ho
• Behtash Fariba

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Nasser Hejazi	Naeem Saad Soh Chin Aun Mahboub Juma'a Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Abdolreza Barzegari Saad Al-Houti Lee Young-moo	Choi Soon-ho Faisal Al-Dakhil Jasem Yaqoub

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Kuwait	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	9	1st
2	South Korea	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	9	2nd
3	Iran	6	3	2	1	16	6	+10	8	3rd
4	North Korea	6	3	0	3	10	12	−2	6
5	Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5	Eliminated in the first stage
6	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
7	China PR	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
8	Qatar	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
9	United Arab Emirates	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1
10	Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

References[]

External links[]

• South Korea International Matches
• Kuwait Football Association
• All-Star Team News Straits Times, 2 October 1980, Page 27
• Details at RSSSF