1972 AFC Asian Cup

The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th AFC Asian Cup, a football tournament that happens every four years. It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was played in Thailand (originally planned to be in Israel) from 7 to 19 May 1972.

Iran won the tournament by beating South Korea, 2–1, in the finals.

Qualification

 Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance    and Central Zone winners 30 May 1971  0   1968 AFC Asian Cup champions  19 May 1968      Central Zone runners-up  30 May 1971  0   Eastern zone winners   1971     Western Zone winners  22 December 1971  0   Western Zone runners-up  21 December 1971  0

 qualified as the hosts but they later withdrew.  then replaced them.

Squads

Venue

 Bangkok National Stadium Capacity: 26,000 150px

Group allocation matches

 Winners divided over different groups

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

 Third place play-off 

Final

Goalscorers

5 goals
 Hossein Kalani
4 goals
 Ali Jabbari
 Park Lee-Chun
3 goals
 Doeur Sokhom
 Prapon Tantariyanond
2 goals
 Safar Iranpak
1 goal

 Parviz Ghelichkhani
 Ammo Yousif
 Sea Cheng Eang
 Sok Sun Hean
 Tes Sean
 Fayez Marzouq
 Ibrahim Duraiham
 Jawad Khalaf
 Mohammad Sultan
 Cha Bum-Kun
 Lee Hoi-Taek
 Park Su-Deok
 Supakit Meelarpkit

Final positions

References

Other websites
Details at RSSSF
FIFA results record, used to update dates and locations
AFC Report

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