1968 AFC Asian Cup
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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 | Iran (1st title) |
Runners-up | Burma |
Third place | Israel |
Fourth place | Republic of China |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 32 (3.2 per match) |
Attendance | 182,000 (18,200 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Homayoun Behzadi Moshe Romano Giora Spiegel (4 goals each) |
← 1964 1972 → |
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 | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 8 | Champions |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Runners-up |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 4 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 2 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 | Fifth place |
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
Hla Htay
Ali Jabbari
Gholam Hossein Farzami
Parviz Ghelichkhani
Shmuel Rosenthal
Li Kwok Keung
Yuan Kuan Yick
Lim Lu-shoor
Li Huan-wen
Lo Kwok Tai
Wong Chi-keung
References
External links
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