1976 AFC Asian Cup

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.[1][2][3]

1976 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Iran 1976
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۷۶
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates3–13 June
Teams6
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place China PR
Fourth place Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored25 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Fathi Kamel
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
Nasser Nouraei
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Ali Parvin

Qualification
Main article: 1976 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 IranHosts2 (1968, 1972)
 South Yemenautomatically qualified from Group 119750 (debut)
 Kuwaitautomatically qualified from Group 119751 (1972)
 IraqGroup 2 winners2 December 19751 (1972)
 China PRGroup 3 runners-up23 June 19750 (debut)
 MalaysiaGroup 4 winners23 March 19750 (debut)

Venues

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

Tabriz
Tehran
Bagh Shomal Stadium Aryamehr Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 100,000

Squads
Further information: 1976 AFC Asian Cup squads

Group stage

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 PR 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3  Malaysia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: RSSSF
Kuwait 2–0 Malaysia
Al-Anberi 10'
Al-Dakhil 42'
China PR 1–1 Malaysia
Wang Jilian 58' Mokhtar 50'
Kuwait 1–0 China PR
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
Source: RSSSF
(H) Host
Iran 2–0 Iraq
Nouraei 45'
Roshan 58'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)
Iraq 1–0 South Yemen
Waal 84'
Iran 8–0 South Yemen
Azizi 17', 73'
Nouraei 40', 42'
Khorshidi 45'
Mazloumi 63', 74', 80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Akram Ul Haq (India)

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 June–Tehran
 
 
 Kuwait (a.e.t.)3
 
13 June–Tehran
 
 Iraq2
 
 Kuwait0
 
11 June–Tehran
 
 Iran1
 
 Iran (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 China PR0
 
Third place
 
 
13 June–Tehran
 
 
 Iraq0
 
 
 China PR1

Semi-finals
Kuwait 3–2 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Ibrahim 11'
Kameel 77', 100'		 Abdul-Jalil 46'
Hassan 85'
Attendance: 60,000
Iran 2–0 (a.e.t.) China PR
Khorshidi 100'
Roshan 119'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Asami (Japan)

Third place play-off
Iraq 0–1 China PR
He Jia 61'

Final
Iran 1–0 Kuwait
Parvin 71' Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

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
2 goals
1 goal

Final positions
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  Iran 4 4 0 0 13 0 +13 8 1st
2  Kuwait 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 6 2nd
3  China PR 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 3 3rd
4  Iraq 4 1 0 3 3 6 −3 2
5  Malaysia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1 Eliminated in the first stage
6  South Yemen 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: rsssf.com

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.
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