1976 AFC Asian Cup

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The1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men'sAFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial internationalfootball tournament organised by theAsian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted byIran 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, beatingKuwait in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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)
Attendance	334,000 (33,400 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fathi Kamel Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Nasser Nouraei (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Ali Parvin
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Qualification

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Main article:1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Iran	Hosts	N/A	2 (1968,1972)
Kuwait	Automatically qualified fromGroup 1	1975	1 (1972)
South Yemen	Automatically qualified fromGroup 1	1975	0 (debut)
Iraq	Group 2 winners	2 December 1975	1 (1972)
~~Saudi Arabia~~^{[note 1]}	~~Group 2 runners-up~~	~~2 December 1975~~	~~0 (debut)~~
~~North Korea~~^{[note 1]}	~~Group 3 winners~~	~~24 June 1975~~	~~0 (debut)~~
China	Group 3 runners-up	23 June 1975	0 (debut)
Malaysia	Group 4 winners	23 March 1975	0 (debut)
~~Thailand~~^{[note 1]}	~~Group 4 runners-up~~	~~24 March 1975~~	~~1 (1972)~~

Venues

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The two host cities,Tehran andTabriz, with two venues was used for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup.

Tehran Tabriz	Tehran	Tabriz
	Aryamehr Stadium	Reza Pahlavi Stadium
	Capacity:100,000	Capacity:25,000

Squads

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Further information:1976 AFC Asian Cup squads

Group stage

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All times areIran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance toknockout stage
2	China	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Advance toknockout stage
3	Malaysia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source:RSSSF

3 June 1976

17:00

Kuwait	2–0	Malaysia
Al-Anberi 10' Al-Dakhil 42'

Reza Pahlavi Stadium,Tabriz

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Alex Wazs (India)

5 June 1976

17:00

China	1–1	Malaysia
Wang Jilian 58'		Mokhtar 50'

Reza Pahlavi Stadium,Tabriz

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Talib Sabar (Qatar)

7 June 1976

17:00

Kuwait	1–0	China
Kameel 1'

Reza Pahlavi Stadium,Tabriz

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Adolf Matius (Austria)

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran(H)	2	2	0	10	0	+10	4	Advance toknockout stage
2	Iraq	2	1	1	1	2	−1	2	Advance toknockout stage
3	South Yemen	2	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source:RSSSF
(H) Hosts

4 June 1976

18:00

Iran	2–0	Iraq
Nouraei 45' Roshan 58'

Aryamehr Stadium,Tehran

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

6 June 1976

18:00

Iraq	1–0	South Yemen
Waal 84'

Aryamehr Stadium,Tehran

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ibrahim Aido (Bahrain)

8 June 1976

18:00

Iran	8–0	South Yemen
Azizi 17',73' Nouraei 40',42' Khorshidi 45' Mazloumi 63',74',80'

Aryamehr Stadium,Tehran

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Akram Ul Haq (India)

Knockout stage

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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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11 June 1976

18:00

Kuwait	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Ibrahim 11' Kameel 77',100'		Abdul-Jalil 46' Hassan 85'

Aryamehr Stadium,Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Dahilon (Singapore)

11 June 1976

20:00

Iran	2–0 (a.e.t.)	China
Khorshidi 100' Roshan 119'

Aryamehr Stadium,Tehran

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Asami (Japan)

Third place play-off

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13 June 1976

18:00

Iraq	0–1	China
		He Jia 61'

Aryamehr Stadium,Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Hata (Indonesia)

Final

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Main article:1976 AFC Asian Cup Final

13 June 1976

20:00

Iran	1–0	Kuwait
Parvin 71'	Report

Aryamehr Stadium,Tehran

Attendance: 112,000^[4]

Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

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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.