Football at the 1978 Asian Games

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Football
at the 1978 Asian Games
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Dates10–20 December
Nations14
← 1974
1982 →

Football at the 1978 Asian Games was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 10 to 20 December 1978.

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  

An Se-uk
Cha Jong-sok
Hong Song-nam
Hwang Sang-hoi

Kim Bok-man
Kim Gang-il

Kim Jong-min
Kim Mu-gil

Myong Dong-chan
Pak Jong-hun
Pak Kyong-won
Ri Chang-ha

 Shared gold  China
 South Korea

Draw[]

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1974 Asian Games.[1]

Squads[]

Main article: Football at the 1978 Asian Games – Squads

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaysia 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 4
 India 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 2
 Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
India 0–1 Malaysia
Bangladesh 0–1 Malaysia
Bangladesh 0–3 India

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
 China 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Qatar 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Iraq 2–1 Qatar
Subhi 35'
Farhan 90'
China 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Qatar 2–2 Saudi Arabia
China 0–2 Iraq
Saeed 44'
62' (o.g.)
China 3–0 Qatar
Iraq 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Ali 40'

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 6
 Kuwait 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 2
 Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Bahrain 1–5 South Korea
Japan 0–2 Kuwait
Bahrain 0–4 Japan
South Korea 2–0 Kuwait
Japan 1–3 South Korea
Bahrain 0–3 Kuwait

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4
 Thailand 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
 Burma 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Burma 1–2 Thailand
Burma 0–3 North Korea
North Korea 3–0 Thailand

Semifinals[]

Group 1[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
 Iraq 3 2 0 1 6 1 +5 4
 Kuwait 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 3
 India 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
India 1–6 Kuwait
Iraq 0–1 North Korea
Iraq 3–0 Kuwait
Mahmoud 40'
Saeed 55'
Abdul-Sahib 85'
India 1–3 North Korea
India 0–3 Iraq
Mahmoud 20'
Shaker 25'
Saeed 63'
North Korea 2–2 Kuwait

Group 2[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 6
 China 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 4
 Thailand 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 2
 Malaysia 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
China 0–1 South Korea
Malaysia 1–2 Thailand
China 4–1 Thailand
Malaysia 0–1 South Korea
China 7–1 Malaysia
South Korea 3–1 Thailand

Final round[]

Bronze medal match[]

Iraq 0–1 China

Gold medal match[]

North Korea 0–0 (a.e.t.) South Korea

Final standing[]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 7 6 1 0 15 3 +12 13
1st place, gold medalist(s)  North Korea 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 7 5 0 2 16 5 +11 10
4  Iraq 7 4 1 2 11 4 +7 9
5  Kuwait 6 3 1 2 13 8 +5 7
6  Thailand 5 2 0 3 6 12 −6 4
7  Malaysia 5 2 0 3 4 10 −6 4
8  India 5 1 0 4 5 13 −8 2
9  Japan 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 2
10  Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
11  Qatar 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
12  Burma 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
13  Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
14  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0

References[]

  1. ^ "Games Draw". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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