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1976 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Iran 1976
جام ملت‌های آسیا ۱۹۷۶
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates3–13 June
Teams6
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place China
Fourth place Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored25 (2.5 per match)
Attendance334,000 (33,400 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kuwait Fathi Kamel
Iran Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
Iran Nasser Nouraei
(3 goals each)
Best playerIran Ali Parvin
← 1972
1980 →

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]

Qualification

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 IranHostsN/A2 (1968, 1972)
 KuwaitAutomatically qualified from Group 119751 (1972)
 South YemenAutomatically qualified from Group 119750 (debut)
 IraqGroup 2 winners2 December 19751 (1972)
 Saudi Arabia[note 1]Group 2 runners-up2 December 19750 (debut)
 North Korea[note 1]Group 3 winners24 June 19750 (debut)
 ChinaGroup 3 runners-up23 June 19750 (debut)
 MalaysiaGroup 4 winners23 March 19750 (debut)
 Thailand[note 1]Group 4 runners-up24 March 19751 (1972)

Venues

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

Tehran Tabriz
Aryamehr Stadium Reza Pahlavi Stadium
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 25,000

Squads

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Group stage

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All times are Iran Standard Time (UTC+3:30)

Group A

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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 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'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alex Wazs (India)
China 1–1 Malaysia
Wang Jilian 89' Mokhtar 50'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Talib Sabar (Qatar)
Kuwait 1–0 China
Kameel 1'
Attendance: 15,000

Group B

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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) Hosts
Iran 2–0 Iraq
Nouraei 45'
Roshan 57'
Attendance: 50,000
Iraq 1–0 South Yemen
Waal 86'
Attendance: 1,000
Iran 8–0 South Yemen
Azizi 17', 73'
Nouraei 40', 42'
Khorshidi 45'
Mazloumi 63', 74', 80'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ikramul Haq (India)

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 June–Tehran
 
 
 Kuwait (a.e.t.)3
 
13 June–Tehran
 
 Iraq2
 
 Kuwait0
 
11 June–Tehran
 
 Iran1
 
 Iran (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 China0
 
Third place
 
 
13 June–Tehran
 
 
 Iraq0
 
 
 China1

Semi-finals

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Kuwait 3–2 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Ibrahim 17'
Kameel 77', 100'		 Abdul-Jalil 41'
Hassan 85'
Attendance: 60,000
Iran 2–0 (a.e.t.) China
Khorshidi 100'
Roshan 119'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Toshio Asami (Japan)

Third place play-off

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Iraq 0–1 China
He Jia 66'
Attendance: 20,000

Final

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Iran 1–0 Kuwait
Parvin 73' Report
Attendance: 100,000[4]

Winners

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 1976 AFC Asian Cup winners 

Iran
Third title

Goalscorers

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With three goals, Fathi Kameel from Kuwait, Gholam Hossein Mazloumi and Nasser Nouraei from Iran 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

Notes

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  1. 1 2 3 Withdrew after qualifying

References

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  1. ↑ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ↑ "1976 Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "AFC Asian Cup finals 1976". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ettelaat13550324".
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