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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)
Top scorer(s)	Fathi Kamel Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Nasser Nouraei (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Ali Parvin
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The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Iran 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, beating Kuwait in the final.

Qualification

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Iran	Hosts	N/A	2 (1968, 1972)
Kuwait	Automatically qualified from Group 1	1975	1 (1972)
South Yemen	Automatically qualified from Group 1	1975	0 (debut)
Iraq	Group 2 winners	2 December 1975	1 (1972)
China	Group 3 runners-up	23 June 1975	0 (debut)
Malaysia	Group 4 winners	23 March 1975	0 (debut)

• Note:  Saudi Arabia (Group 2 runners-up),  North Korea (Group 3 winners) and  Thailand (Group 4 runners-up) had qualified for the final tournament but withdrew later.

Venues

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

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

Squads

Group stage

All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)

Group A

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

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

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

Kuwait	1–0	China
Kameel 1'

Group B

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

Iran	2–0	Iraq
Nouraei 45' Roshan 58'

Iraq	1–0	South Yemen
Waal 84'

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

Knockout stage

	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

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

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

Third place play-off

Iraq	0–1	China
		He Jia 61'

Final

Iran	1–0	Kuwait
Parvin 71'	Report

Goalscorers

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.

3 goals

• Fathi Kameel
• Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
• Nasser Nouraei

2 goals

• Alireza Azizi
• Alireza Khorshidi
• Hassan Roshan

1 goal

• Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
• Ali Parvin
• Faisal Al-Dakhil
• Falah Hassan
• Faruq Ibrahim
• He Jia
• Kadhim Waal
• Mokhtar Dahari
• Sabah Abdul-Jalil
• Wang Jilian

References

1. "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
2. "1976 Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
3. "AFC Asian Cup finals 1976". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
4. "Ettelaat13550324".

External links

• Details at RSSSF

• 1976 AFC Asian Cup
• 1976 in AFC football
• AFC Asian Cup tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by Iran
• 1975–76 in Iranian football
• June 1976 sports events in Asia