1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

The 1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was the first edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, it was contested by Ghana, winners of the 1978 African Cup of Nations, and Iran, winners of the 1976 AFC Asian Cup. The tournament planned to be played into two legs. The first leg was played in Tehran and Iran beat Ghana 3–0. However the second leg which was normally played in Accra was cancelled because political problems in Iran[1].

1978 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Cancelled
First leg
Date19 May 1978
VenueAryamehr Stadium, Tehran
RefereeAbdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Attendance8,000
Second leg
Date1978
VenueAccra Sports Stadium, Accra

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Previous appearance in tournament
 Ghana1978 African Cup of Nations championsDebut
 Iran1976 Asian Cup championsDebut

Match details

First leg

Iran 3–0 Ghana
Ghelichkhani
Khalilian
Mazloomi
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Abdulwahab Al Bannai (Kuwait)
Iran:
GKKarim Boostani
DFMehdi Dinvarzadeh3
DFKazem Seyed Alikhani
DFMohammad Dadkan
MFAhmad Sanjari1
MFKamal Khalilian
MFHossein Hosseini2
MFMajeed Salimpour
MFAli Akbar Yousefi
FWParviz Ghelichkhani
FWGholam Hossein Mazloomi
Substitutes:
DFHabib Khabiri
MFMohammad Mayeli Kohan3
MFMohammad Ahmadzadeh1
MFAlireza Heydari2
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Second leg

The trophy was not awarded, because the second leg was cancelled.

References

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