1972 AFC Asian Cup

1972 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Thailand 1972
เอเชียนคัพ 2515
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates 7–19 May
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up  South Korea
Third place  Thailand
Fourth place  Khmer Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 13
Goals scored 38 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iran Hossein Kalani
(5 goals)

The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th 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 Thailand between 7 May and 19 May 1972. It was won by Iran.[1]

Qualification

  •  Iran (qualified automatically as defending champions)
  •  Israel originally qualified as host, but later withdrew.

The other 5 qualifying teams were:

Squads

Venue

Bangkok
National Stadium
Capacity: 26,000

Group allocation matches

  • Winners divided over different groups
South Korea  0–0  Iraq
Penalties
Cha Bum-Kun
Hwang Jae-Man
Park Su-Deok 		2–4 Aziz
Noori
Kadhim
Fathi
Attendance: 2,000
Iran  2–0  Khmer Republic
Kalani  45'
Iranpak  51'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Jo-Wong (South Korea)
Thailand  0–2  Kuwait
Khalaf  42'
Marzouq  87'

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 220062+44
 Thailand 201134−11
 Iraq 201114−31
Iran  3–0  Iraq
Kalani  34', 70', 78'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)
Thailand  1–1  Iraq
Supakit  57' Yousif  6'
Thailand  2–3  Iran
Prapon  69', 70' Jabbari  80', 86', 88'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Matolzi (Malaysia)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 210153+22
 Khmer Republic 210154+12
 Kuwait 210125−32
South Korea  4–1  Khmer Republic
Park Su-Deok  37'
Lee Hoi-Taek  59'
Cha Bum-Kun  69'
Park Lee-Chun  78'		 Doeur Sokhom  82'
South Korea  1–2  Kuwait
Park Lee-Chun  2' (pen.) Sultan  25'
Duraiham  73'
Khmer Republic  4–0  Kuwait
Doeur Sokhom  23'
Sok Sun Hean  56'
Tes Sean  59'
Sea Cheng Eang  80'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 May–Bangkok
 
 
 Iran2
 
19 May–Bangkok
 
 Khmer Republic 1
 
 Iran (a.e.t.)2
 
17 May–Bangkok
 
 South Korea 1
 
 South Korea (pen.)1 (2)
 
 
 Thailand1 (1)
 
Third place
 
 
19 May–Bangkok
 
 
 Khmer Republic2 (3)
 
 
 Thailand (pen.)2 (5)

Semi-finals

Iran  2–1  Khmer Republic
Iranpak  13'
Ghelichkhani  47'		 Doeur Sokhom  18'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Matolozi (Malaysia)
South Korea  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Thailand
Park Lee-Chun  115' Tantariyanond  98'
Penalties
2–1

Third place play-off

Final

Iran  2–1 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Jabbari  48'
Kalani  108'		 Park Lee-Chun  65'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 1972 Winners 

Iran
Second title

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • Cambodia Doeur Sokhom
  • Thailand Prapon Tantariyanond
2 goals
1 goal

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Iran 5500124+810
2 South Korea 512276+14
3 Thailand 503269−33
4 Khmer Republic 5113810−23
Eliminated in the First Stage
5 Kuwait 320145−14
6 Iraq 302114−32

References

  1. ↑ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
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