1976 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Iran 1976 جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۷۶
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	3–13 June
Teams	6
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 played	10
Goals scored	25 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fathi Kamel Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Nasser Nouraei (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	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

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)

• Note:   Saudi Arabia ( Group 2 runners-up),   North Korea ( Group 3 winners) and   Thailand ( Group 4 runners-up) had qualified for the final tournament but withdrew later.

Venues

The two host cities, Tehran and Tabriz, with two venues was used for the 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

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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

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 June– Tehran
	Kuwait ( a.e.t.)	3
					13 June– Tehran
	Iraq	2
					Kuwait	0
	11 June– Tehran
					Iran	1
	Iran ( a.e.t.)	2
	China	0
					Third place
					13 June– Tehran
					Iraq	0
					China	1

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

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

External links

• Details at RSSSF