1968 AFC Asian Cup
The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968, with five teams competing in a round-robin format with no final for what would be the last time. It was also the first tournament with 90-minute games, after 80-minute games in the first three editions.[1]
جام ملتهای آسیا ۱۹۶۸ | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Iran |
Dates | 10–19 May |
Teams | 5 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 32 (3.2 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() (4 goals each) |
The home team Iran won with a perfect record of four wins.[2]
Qualification
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
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![]() | Hosts | N/A | 0 (debut) |
![]() | Central Zone winners | 2 April 1967 | 2 (1956, 1964) |
![]() | Eastern zone winners | 7 August 1967 | 1 (1960) |
![]() | Western Zone 1 winners | 1967 | 3 (1956, 1960, 1964) |
![]() | Western Zone 2 winners | 16 November 1967 | 0 (debut) |
Squads
Venues
Tehran | |
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Amjadieh Stadium | |
Capacity: 30,000 | |
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Results
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 |
Republic of China ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Wong Chi-keung ![]() |
Hla Htay ![]() |
Hong Kong ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Li Kwok Keung ![]() |
Mak Tian-fu ![]() |
Israel ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Romano ![]() Rosenthal ![]() Spiegel ![]() |
Li Huan-wen ![]() |
Burma ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Aung Khin ![]() Suk Bahadur ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Behzadi ![]() Ghelichkhani ![]() |
Spiegel ![]() |
Goalscorers
With 4 goals, Homayoun Behzadi of Iran, Giora Spiegel and Moshe Romano of Israel are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 32 goals were scored by 18 players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Aung Khi
Maung Hla Htay
Suk Bahadur
Ali Jabbari
Gholam Hossein Farzami
Parviz Ghelichkhani
Shmuel Rosenthal
Li Kwok Keung
Yuan Kuan Yick
Lim Lu-shoor
Li Huan-wen
Lo Kwok Tai
References
- "Inside World Football - Asian Cup 1968". Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- "Asian Cup: Know Your History – Part One (1956–1988)". Goal.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
External links
- Garin, Erik; Jovanovic, Bojan; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1968". RSSSF.
- AFC Report for 1968 Asian Cup
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