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)	Hossein Kalani; (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Ebrahim Ashtiani
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1972 AFC Asian Cup

International football competition

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), that was hosted in Thailand. The finals were held in Thailand between 7 May and 19 May 1972. It was won by Iran.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Thailand	Hosts* and Central Zone winners	30 May 1971	0 (debut)
Iran	1968 AFC Asian Cup champions	19 May 1968	1 (1968)
Khmer Republic	Central Zone runners-up	30 May 1971	0 (debut)
South Korea	Eastern zone winners (automatically qualified)	1971	3 (1956, 1960, 1964)
Iraq	Western Zone winners	22 December 1971	0 (debut)
Kuwait	Western Zone runners-up	21 December 1971	0 (debut)

Bangkok	Bangkok
	National Stadium
	Capacity: 26,000

South Korea	0–0	Iraq

Penalties
Cha Bum-Kun Hwang Jae-Man Park Su-Deok	2–4	Aziz Nouri Kadhim Fathi

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Thailand (H)	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	1	1	5	3	+2	2	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Khmer Republic	2	1	1	5	4	+1	2	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Kuwait	2	1	1	2	5	−3	2

1972_AFC_Asian_Cup

1972 AFC Asian Cup

Qualification

Squads

Venue

Group allocation matches

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

References

External links

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Semi-finals		Final

16 May–Bangkok

Iran	2
		19 May–Bangkok
Khmer Republic	1
		Iran (a.e.t.)	2
17 May–Bangkok
		South Korea	1
South Korea (pen.)	1 (2)

Thailand	1 (1)
		Third place

		19 May–Bangkok

		Khmer Republic	2 (3)

		Thailand (pen.)	2 (5)

South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Thailand
Park Lee-chun 115'		Prapon Tantariyanond 98'
Penalties
	2–1

Khmer Republic	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand
Tol Kimchi 44', 49'		Ich Narding 6', 90+13'
Penalties
	3–5