# 1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament

The 1978 President Park's Cup Football Tournament (Korean: 제8회 박대통령컵 쟁탈 국제축구대회) was the eighth competition of Korea Cup. It was held from 9 to 21 September 1978, and was won by South Korea for the fifth time, who defeated Washington Diplomats in the final.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| Washington Diplomats | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 4 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | |
* ↑ Korea Football Association documented Reduan Abdullah as Malaysian second goalscorer unlike newspapers of that time.

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| PAS Tehran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| AS FAR | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Mexico XI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 4 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| United States Olympic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 2 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |
* ↑ The United States, which was possessing a professional league, could call up non-professional players for the Olympic team until 1980.

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Paulista U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| South Korea B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | Qualification to quarter-finals |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 September – Seoul | 16 September – Seoul | | | |
| South Korea | 4 | | | |
| South Korea | 4 | 19 September – Seoul | 19 September – Seoul | | |
| United States Olympic | 1 | 19 September – Seoul | 19 September – Seoul | |
| United States Olympic | 1 | South Korea | 1 | |
| 17 September – Seoul | 17 September – Seoul | | South Korea | 1 | |
| 17 September – Seoul | 17 September – Seoul | South Korea B | 0 | |
| PAS Tehran | 1 | South Korea B | 0 | |
| PAS Tehran | 1 | | | | 21 September – Seoul | 21 September – Seoul |
| South Korea B | 2 | | | | 21 September – Seoul | 21 September – Seoul |
| South Korea B | 2 | | | | South Korea | 6 |
| 16 September – Seoul | 16 September – Seoul | | | | | South Korea | 6 |
| 16 September – Seoul | 16 September – Seoul | | | | Washington Diplomats | 2 |
| Mexico XI | 0 | | | | Washington Diplomats | 2 |
| Mexico XI | 0 | 19 September – Seoul | 19 September – Seoul | | | |
| Washington Diplomats | 3 | 19 September – Seoul | 19 September – Seoul | | | |
| Washington Diplomats | 3 | Washington Diplomats | 3 | | | |
| 17 September – Seoul | 17 September – Seoul | | Washington Diplomats | 3 | | | |
| 17 September – Seoul | 17 September – Seoul | AS FAR | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Paulista U21 | 0 | AS FAR | 1 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Paulista U21 | 0 | | | | 21 September – Seoul | 21 September – Seoul |
| AS FAR | 1 | | | | 21 September – Seoul | 21 September – Seoul |
| AS FAR | 1 | | | | South Korea B | 2 |
| | | | | | AS FAR | 1 |