1978 President's Cup Football Tournament

The 1978 President Park's Cup International 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.

1978 Korea Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
Dates9–21 September 1978
Teams15
Final positions
Champions South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up Washington Diplomats
Third place South Korea B
Fourth place ASFAR
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored104 (3.59 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kim Jae-han (6 goals)[1]

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 321085+35
Washington Diplomats 320175+24
 Malaysia 311145−13
 Bahrain 300348−40
South Korea 3–2 Washington Diplomats
 Report
Newscast
Malaysia 2–1 Bahrain
  • Abdah 32'
  • ? 82'
 Report Salman 34'
Washington Diplomats 3–2 Bahrain
South Korea 2–2 Malaysia
Kim Jae-han 67', 77' Report 1
Report 2
  1. Korea Football Association documented Reduan Abdullah as Malaysian second goalscorer unlike newspapers of that time.[3]
Malaysia 0–2 Washington Diplomats
South Korea 3–1 Bahrain
 Report I. Farhan 16'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
PAS Tehran 330072+56
ASFAR 311143+13
 New Zealand 310245−12
Eintracht Frankfurt II 301227−51
PAS Tehran 2–1 New Zealand
  • ? ?'
  • Hejazi 42'
 Report ? ?'
Eintracht Frankfurt II 1–1 ASFAR
New Zealand 0–3 ASFAR
PAS Tehran 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt II
New Zealand 3–0 Eintracht Frankfurt II
PAS Tehran 2–0 ASFAR

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico XI 220091+84
United States Olympic[lower-alpha 1] 210163+32
 Lebanon 2002213−110
  1. Possessing a professional league, the United States participated as the Olympic team, which could consist of only non-professional players until 1980.
Lebanon 1–7 Mexico XI
Kapila 15' Report
  • Morales 20'
  • Sánchez 32'
  • Montes ?', ?', ?'
  • ? ?'
  • ? ?'
Mexico XI 2–0 United States Olympic
Lebanon 1–6 United States Olympic

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Paulista U21 330090+96
South Korea B 311157−23
 Thailand 310246−22
 Indonesia 301216−51
Indonesia 0–2 Thailand
South Korea B 0–4 Paulista U21
Report
  • Ricardo 4'
  • Carlos Roberto 44', 88'
  • Taddei 58'
Paulista U21 2–0 Thailand
Carlos Roberto 31'
Taddei 39'		 Report
South Korea B 1–1 Indonesia
Park Chang-sun 14' Report Ismanto 28'
Paulista U21 3–0 Indonesia
South Korea B 4–2 Thailand
 Report 1
Report 2
  • Boonlert 14'
  • Thaweerat 40'

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 September – Seoul
 
 
 South Korea4
 
19 September – Seoul
 
 United States Olympic1
 
 South Korea1
 
17 September – Seoul
 
 South Korea B0
 
 PAS Tehran1
 
21 September – Seoul
 
 South Korea B2
 
 South Korea6
 
16 September – Seoul
 
 Washington Diplomats2
 
 Mexico XI0
 
19 September – Seoul
 
 Washington Diplomats 3
 
 Washington Diplomats3
 
17 September – Seoul
 
 ASFAR1 Third place play-off
 
 Paulista U210
 
21 September – Seoul
 
 ASFAR1
 
 South Korea B2
 
 
 ASFAR1
 

Quarter-finals
Mexico XI 0–3 Washington Diplomats
Report
South Korea 4–1 United States Olympic
 Report Garcia 19'
PAS Tehran 1–2 South Korea B
Fariba 38' Report
Paulista U21 0–1 ASFAR
Report Larbi 71'

Semi-finals
South Korea 1–0 South Korea B
Kim Jae-han 26' Report
Washington Diplomats 3–1 ASFAR
Child 55', 86'
Graydon 89'		 Report Driss 29' (pen.)

Third place play-off
South Korea B 2–1 ASFAR
Park Chang-sun 10', 73' Report
Newscast		 Mustapha 47'

Final
South Korea 6–2 Washington Diplomats
 Report
Newscast

See also

References
  1. 박대통령배 축구 필사의 대결 화랑·미국프로. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 21 September 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  2. 미국팀 골게터「바시스」는 유고출신. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 12 September 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "Match results - 1978" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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