1980 AFC Asian Cup

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1980 AFC Asian Cup
كأس آسيا 1980
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
Dates15–30 September
Teams10
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 played24
Goals scored76 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Behtash Fariba
South Korea Choi Soon-ho
(7 goals each)
1976
1984

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 each. Kuwait won their first championship, beating South Korea in the final 3–0.[2][3]

Qualification

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 Kuwait Hosts N/A 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 4 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972)
 China Group 4 runners-up 29 December 1978 1 (1976)

Venues

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 4 1 1 2 9 5 +4 3
5  Bangladesh 4 0 0 4 2 17 −15 0
Source: RSSSF


North Korea 3–2 Bangladesh
Choi Jae-pil 44', 45'
Kim Jong-man 88'
Chunnu
90'
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City









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
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts


United Arab Emirates 1–1 Kuwait
Chombi 35' Al-Houti 19'
Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City









Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 September – Kuwait
 
 
 Iran1
 
30 September – Kuwait
 
 Kuwait2
 
 Kuwait3
 
28 September – Kuwait
 
 South Korea0
 
 South Korea2
 
 
 North Korea1
 
Third place
 
 
29 September – Kuwait
 
 
 Iran3
 
 
 North Korea0

Semi-finals


Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

Top scorer

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Iran Nasser Hejazi

Kuwait Naeem Saad

Soh Chin Aun

Kuwait Mahboub Juma'a
Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh

Iran Abdolreza Barzegari
Kuwait Saad Al-Houti
South Korea Lee Young-moo

South Korea Choi Soon-ho
Kuwait Faisal Al-Dakhil
Kuwait Jasem Yaqoub

References

  1. ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. ^ "1980 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Asian Cup 1980 Kuwait » Schedule". Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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